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

taratee · 20-01-2025 02:20PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123076049#Comment_123076049

I knew things were bad but I still expected to see someone at it. Will be very interesting to see what happens for St Patrick's day. Geraldine Byrne Nason, the Ambassador of Ireland to the United States, did attend, I believe but she wasn't invited.

Field east · 20-01-2025 02:21PM

Trump needs to be VeRY, VERY careful that he does not p—s off two cohorts of the voting public over the next four years. If he does a number of ‘silly’ moves that affects peoples lives , eg cost of living remains high;, level of unemployment increases, ;more mass shootings , ;handles another serious event/s like he handled Covid, and such like then things could sway against him / the republican party.
The two cohorts that had an impact - in different ways- are as follows :-

(1) those democrats that stayed at home in the last presidential election for whatever reason. They might be exercised enough to come out the next time

(2) I assume that some of those that voted for Trump - including some of the more luckwarm MAGA followers- might be disappointed with the republican performance over the next 4 years and vote Demo the next time.

Kermit.de.frog · 20-01-2025 02:24PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123076227#Comment_123076227

Time to move on. The election's over. At the end of the day what we will see over the next four years won't be pleasant, it will be vulgar, there'll be incompetence and corruption like never before, there'll be characters you wouldn't hire to stack shelves never mind be part of a US administration. There'll be consequences to all this.

All brought to you by the failure of the Democratic Party.

Tony EH · 20-01-2025 02:25PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123076447#Comment_123076447

Trump is a lame duck pres from today onwards. He won't care who he pisses off, there's nothing in it for him.

Leroy42 · 20-01-2025 02:37PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123076466#Comment_123076466

You keep saying this is the fault of the democratic party. I can guarantee you that nobody in the DNC voted for Trump.

The reason you want to blame others is that you know the mess that Trump is going to create. The failed promises, the lack of proper planning etc. And you need to blame that on someone else.

Whatever about 2016 when it could be argued that people were upset with a failing system and wanted a change, there is no 'excuse' for voting for Trump. People voted for him knowing exactly who he was and what he wants to do. He told them, and showed them, repeatedly.

everlast75 · 20-01-2025 02:38PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123076142#Comment_123076142

Ah - here comes the clean up crew, here to explain what Mr "Tells it like it is" meant, when he said what we saw him say, in English, on camera...

TinyMuffin · 20-01-2025 02:40PM

some basket of deplorables on display today.

Loafing Oaf · 20-01-2025 02:45PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123076447#Comment_123076447

Trump doesn't care about next time…

AMKC · 20-01-2025 02:48PM

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The only good thing is from today on its another day less that we will have to put up with Trump and by the midterms he will have served more days than he has left and then hopefully be gone.

Tell me how · 20-01-2025 03:04PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123076466#Comment_123076466

All brought to you by the failure of the Democratic Party.

Why the Democratic Party?

WhWhy do you hold them to a higher standard than the Republicans who rolled over to Trump? Lindsey Graham, Mitchell McConnel, Kevin McCarthy all held him respfor the sh*tatorm after 2020, they all bent the knee.

As did millions if voters.

And that's while claiming to protect women while.denying them healthcare and voting for a rapist.

But you think the Dems are to blame? Nonsense. The right own Trump, all of him, and it's not the Dems responsibility to clean the sh*t off the fan even though we all wish they had.

They didn't, it's still there, it's not their problem.

hometruths · 20-01-2025 03:05PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123076442#Comment_123076442

Did anyone from our government attend Biden's inauguration? Or Trump's first one? What's the norm?

everlast75 · 20-01-2025 03:09PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123076705#Comment_123076705

Well, McGregor was there, hand in hand with Farage, so I am guessing he'll be trying to transition into right wing politics pretty soon...

hometruths · 20-01-2025 03:11PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123076754#Comment_123076754

That's the current one. I wondering if anybody serious from Ireland was at previous ones.

ArmaniJeanss · 20-01-2025 03:15PM

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We were also snubbed by Biden, Obama, Clinton, Bushx2 etc as the government wasn't invited. Well, not really as it's never been a head of state occasion. But 'Irish government snubbed' seems to a popular go-to on the right-wing twitter sites. Same in the UK with the Mail/Telegraph gleeful about Starmer not being invited.

That Melloni/Melia/Orban and a few others have been invited this time is the exception. We are in comfortable company having been 'snubbed', nothing to worry about.

ancapailldorcha · 20-01-2025 03:17PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123076696#Comment_123076696

It's an abication of responsibilities. It's not the fault of voters for choosing someone who owes almost $100 million to the woman he raped. What Trump does is not the responsibility of Trump. It's all the Democrats' fault when Trump does something bad which is what he always does. When Trump triggers the libs, it's because Trump is brilliant and the libs can't stand it.

It always comes across as a pathetic ploy for attention to me. Some people just get off on this kind of thing because they know that they have nothing meaningful to contribute. Notice how everything is just the same tedious axioms repeated ad nauseam.

They've spent years defending a moral cancer of a man with cultish fervour. The sunken cost fallacy means that they just can't back down so everything Trump says or does something stupid, ie every time he says or does something, they've programmed themselves to never ask questions and go with it. Millions of lives will be seriously damaged but all they can do is spout unhinged drivel about it being somehow the Democrats' fault instead of the creature they worship. It's all they have.

Kermit.de.frog · 20-01-2025 03:18PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123076571#Comment_123076571

Trump's first term was chaotic but in the end not very consequential for the world. I honestly don't think we'll be so lucky this time.

What stopped him last time was his own inexperience.

I hope infighting and incompetence gets in the way of delivery again but with no more elections for Trump he'll have a much freeer hand and they have a more cohesive agenda this time.

And, more worryingly, those who were brought in to his last adminstration to steady the ship and try bring some sanity to it all - they are long gone and I don't think we'll have the adults in the room this time in the background.

Remember General Kelly as Chief of Staff and what he endured trying to control the fire? What right thinking person of any calibre is going to sacrifice their own standing this time to do the same thing?

hometruths · 20-01-2025 03:22PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123076791#Comment_123076791

Thanks, that's what I expected. Bit of a stretch to believe that our government has been snubbed in favour of Conor McGregor!

Snake Plisken · 20-01-2025 03:27PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123076142#Comment_123076142

Unfortunately lost on the Trump/Elon haters on here.

Trump or Musk clearly had no access to the voting machines. Comment was mad as I'm sure Elon just pointed out to keep an eye on any offline modes that could lead to potential voter fraud.

Markus Antonius · 20-01-2025 03:35PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123076053#Comment_123076053

He meant they rigged the election in 2020 but now for this term he is president and thus will now preside over the olympic games and world cup

hometruths · 20-01-2025 03:36PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123076868#Comment_123076868

I suspect the comment was an out and out attempt at trolling which appears to have worked.

SuperBowserWorld · 20-01-2025 03:46PM

Donald converting a LOT of billionaires to Christianity today !! Praise the Lord !!

When 200+ billion dollars for one person is simply not enough !

MisterAnarchy · 20-01-2025 03:46PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123076929#Comment_123076929

As I said yesterday its very easy to get the Left outraged.

Trump knows how to wind them up and God help them they always take the bait.

The Greenland nonsense, the Panama Canal , Canada 51st state, all just bluster but in some peoples minds they think Trump is actually serious.

Youd think at this stage after almost 10 years they would have copped on to it but alas no, they still fall for it.

The ironic thing is that they label Trump supporters dumb, when they themselves fall for it every single time.

Perhaps they are just like Maddow and Lemon, they need to maintain the anti Trump agenda at all costs despite what they really think.

Man Vs ManUre · 20-01-2025 03:51PM

You really have to admire Trumps work ethic. Today is Blue Monday and most people can’t be arsed to work today, especially those that are working from home. I went straight back to bed after this morning’s meeting. Trump puts a Kate shift in last night and then has to do an inauguration today. What a great man.

RoyalCelt · 20-01-2025 04:10PM

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McGregor will be invited over and Will meet with trump/musk. He's our unofficial embassador at this point.

BluePlanet · 20-01-2025 04:16PM

Mid Terms will be interesting. We've seen the "Not Trump" ticket fail again, like it did in 2016.
Then, the Democrats laid the blame on Bernie Sanders and his Medicare-For-All mantra.

After 2020 the slogan was "Safe Pair of Hands". The Progressives said absolutely nothing about Medicare-For-All. Infact, when the opportunity presented to leverage power over the election of Speaker of the House, they could have pushed a public vote on the issue. Instead they caved, surrendered their leverage and essentially abandoned the idea for nothing, no wins, no cabinet positions, pretty much nothing.

2024 rolls around again the Dems try the "Not Trump" strategy, which fails again, unsurprisingly.
There's no Bernie Sanders or Medicare-For-All mantra to blame this time, so what is the lesson?

Once again, blame goes onto the Progressives, this time for pushing "gender ideology".

But the pattern here is Dems blaming the Progressives for their L's.

With that in mind, I expect to see the Dems basically shift right on some social issues, bury the Progressives, perhaps primary some of them, and brow beat the remainder into line (Vote Blue No Matter Who).

Problem is, it's looking like an ever shrinking party.