Donald Trump the Megathread part II - mod warnings in OP, Updated 18/03/25

reclose

Religion is made up. Let people be offended by these types of things.

aloyisious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123416607#Comment_123416607

Oh, I don't know about that. I think a lot of people would like to give Trump a knee-jerk reaction.

kneemos

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123418487#Comment_123418487

I think most people were shocked that any leader of a country could contemplate posting that picture. Religious folk may have also been offended by his getup.

reclose

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123418504#Comment_123418504

I’d agree it’s not what you’d expect from a head of state.

The less relevance religion has in society the better.

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123418504#Comment_123418504

I don't see it as being about whether or not religious people are offended. I see it as being about basic decency and of course the man who thinks Nazis are very fine people once again falls far short of a very low bar. On top of this, we have the usual MAGAs here desperately telling us that this is just the latest move in a 4D chess game.

Capt'n Midnight

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123417773#Comment_123417773

AI generated crap. Any clued in human would have used "May the 4th be with you."

The generally unfunnyness of the their memes suggests a small pool rather than grassroots support. There's rarely any word play.

scottser

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123417978#Comment_123417978

Just think how far right you have to be to consider the Democrats 'Radical Left'.

briany

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123418504#Comment_123418504

Trump's been saying or doing controversial things for his whole political career and every single time he does so, he gets exactly the reaction he wants.

It seems to me that Trump's opponents are more interested in the little dopamine hit gained from displaying indignation and therefore moral superiority than they are in really getting rid of him. I would argue that roundly ignoring this kind of thing is far more hurtful to Trump than any shock that's proclaimed. His opponents in the US should use that mental energy in drafting policies that give people something to vote FOR. The Democrats don't seem to have learned that their policy of pointing at how terrible Trump is will get them four more years at best, but maybe not even that when you think of how Trump is consolidating his position.

Frank Bullitt

100% tariffs on movies not made in the US now. This is mental stuff.

Timberrrrrrrr

And in today's episode of "he said what now?"

Trump says he will reopen Alcatraz

https://news.sky.com/story/trump-calls-for-reopening-of-alcatraz-to-house-most-ruthless-and-violent-offenders-13362068

Trump places a 100% tariff on foreign made movies because they're full of propaganda and are a "national security threat"

rossie1977

Would take a decade to have Alcatraz ready to be a prison. When I last visited 15 years ago the guide showed us where it was completely falling apart. This won't happen, the cost alone would make it much easier to just build 10 normal prisons.

Movie industry in the US will be dead if this 100% tariffs comes in.

Incredible how this guy seems to top himself on daily basis. What's tomorrow's plan, buy Ireland and turn whole place into Trump golf course...

kneemos

The movie industry is dead because Hollywood hasn't come up with an original idea in decades. Also streaming.

Igotadose

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123418085#Comment_123418085

Abortion is legal in every US state (though some with draconian restrictions to make it effectively illegal.) NY State (I think) was the first to legalize it post-Roe. She's perfectly fine to state her opinion.

Even the Catholic Church in the US has weakly said things against CFTrump's latest grotesquerie, and plenty of US Catholics are pro-choice.

But you miss the important point: Trump never jokes, he's said so himself repeatedly. He's thinking he's floating a balloon, which is proving to be unpopular.

Plus he's so blindingly stupid, like his supporters, that he doesn't even realize he has no chance at the job. "Can't fault a guy for trying, can you?"

dogbert27

I'd like Trump to declare himself the next Mohammed and see how far that gets him… oh wait, that's not as easy as beating up the wimpy Catholics.

The Trump administration is what you get when the jocks and cheerleaders get to run a high school.

sock.rocker*

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123418938#Comment_123418938

Who knew I'd discover a brand new facial expression in my late 30s.

happyoutscan

Home-grown Trumpites have something in common with their American MAGA counterparts. Equally clueless, equally loud and equally desperate for relevance. Completely disconnected from reality and use their 'movement' to cover their own personal failings.

Blame everyone else for their sh*t lives.

eightieschewbaccy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123418085#Comment_123418085

Erm, you realise plenty of Ireland is Catholic but equally supported repeal? The reality is plenty of Catholics are pro choice and that should be something you're well aware of.

In terms of a dignitary making a "joke" after the leader of a world religion died that's in incredibly poor taste. It's more just one of the low level examples of why he is entirely unsuitable for the role of president cause he can't conduct himself appropriately. Somehow making this about the Democrats being at fault is a leap.

The Trump fans seem to be incapable of criticising anything he does….

Trigger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123418938#Comment_123418938

I think there was someone that said recently that it cost the same amount to fly 100 people to Ireland and shoot most of the movie there than to just take a walk across the studios in US. (Paraphrasing there).

What even is the tariff going to be based on? How do you even tariff a production. It's absolute batshit crazy stuff, that would be hilarious if it wasn't so serious.

everlast75

Trump: "I don't think a beautiful baby girl that's 11 years old needs to have 30 dolls. I think they can have three dolls or four dolls ... they don't need to have 250 pencils. They can have five."

Couple of things here.

1. 11 year old girls aren't babies
2. 11 year old girls generally don't have dolls
3. Why the **** is he talking about 11 year old having to skimp on school supllies as a result of this failed economic policy? Where the hell is Trump's sacrifice? Is he going to skimp on golf trips, expenses or wages? Is he f**k. This is the modern day "let them eat cake"

beggars_bush

This might be The Rock that Trump flounders on

What a silly orange man

Billy Mays

Looks like a certain someone watched 'Escape From Alcatraz' over the weekend