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

Assuming the child was born to Mexican etc… parents, would the child not also be entitled to Mexican citizenship?

It's a moot point anyways, he won't get past the constitutional change without the Supreme Court going against logic…. which isn't that far fetched though!

The US needs its allies too.

"Good for the USA, bad for the rest of the world."

Entirely foreseeable and would make you wonder at the short-sighted approach by posters in this country cheering him on just because he "winds up people they don't like".

Clearly that's more important to them than direct harm to their interests...

Trump could have one beneficial side effect, all the US allies will realise that the US is not a reliable partner or ally and they will work closer together, isolating the US. This will weaken the US and strengthen the rest of the world.

Good for us, bad for them.

Global and political trust in the US drastically declined during his first term so I wouldn't say another four years of being more deranged is gonna help. The US is in decline that's how plenty view it.

Dictators ran rings around him and the US allies literally laughed at him during global summits.

It pretty much spelled the end of his daughters political attempts on the bring your child to work day at the UN.

I don't think a lot of the US realise how pathetically weak trump is seen on the world stage.

Putin: "Ah, Donald! My friend. My idol. My... Those hands.... So large. So masculine. Did I hear correctly that you're a good enough golfer to join the PGA?"

Trump: "I want to help you bomb Ukraine."

I have a strong impression that he's gonna spend the next four years complaining about being a victim tbh.

Fairly defeatist and weak. Assuming the US doesn't just send their (storm!)troops in and sieze it (nobody can stop that, they can only react to it afterwards), there's lots that can be done.

If the US tariffs Danish products or imposes some other economic sanctions targetting Denmark, there will be an EU economic counter to that. Trade between its members and rest of the world is its core business. It will step up and defend a member under attack like that.

I suppose the Danes can start making things more difficult and expensive for the base the US has in Greenland, within the law + whatever agreements they have with the US.

It's really wonderful that despite your support for/approval of Trump, you don't agree with the US robbing territories and people off its own NATO allies, shítting all over the UN charter in the exact same way as Russia does. There are a few lights on at home.

The Danes never insulted the US or took advantage of them that I can recall. I think their govt.'s have probably been some of the most US supportive ones in the EU, would be closer to the likes of the UK (pre Brexit) or indeed ourselves, than to France say.

None of this nonsense with Trump going after the USs traditional allies is actually "good" for the US. It is great for dictators (and fascist sympathisers in democracies) all over the world I think, and those who hate the US, its allies, and the post WW2 orgs. and international system. It is really bad for any small and weak country (like Ireland). These will be fair game in world without any rules except power, who has the biggest gun basically, where the ends justify all means.

The man is a grade A loon

I think this is my favourite so far...

Trump’s ‘Gender Ideology’ order creates a federal mandate defining gender as the sex of an embryo at conception.

Impacts: As all embryos have female sex characteristics at conception, all Americans are now defined as female under this order.

😂😂😂

It's the opposite of short-sighted. He legitimises and empowers the causes we want to see advanced in our own countries and elsewhere around the world.

This is the problem when you have decision makers with no skills or achievements other than being born rich and with a elevated sense of their own intelligence. Dumb people who thought they were clever were laughed at in the past. Now they run the world. Just look at all the right wing podcasters and influencers. Articulate idiots are a danger.

Is there a compelling argument to suggest that Trump won’t attempt to rig the 2028 election if he has the opportunity? Do people believe he wouldn't try, or that he wouldn’t succeed? It seems clear to me that he would attempt it, which shifts the focus to what could prevent him. Over a four-year term, he has ample time to consolidate power by placing loyalists in key institutional positions. Whether or not he runs in 2028 might not even matter—Trumpism has thoroughly reshaped the Republican Party into a MAGA movement. For Trump, any defeat would likely be taken personally, motivating him to do whatever it takes to win.

There doesn’t seem to be enough discussion or consideration about 2028 yet, particularly the viability of a free and fair election. It’s hard to see what Democrats or their supporters could realistically do to stop such a scenario. The ultimate and most extreme response—civil war—feels implausible, given that MAGA supporters are far more likely to own firearms and show a willingness to use them. In that sense, the balance of power tilts heavily in their favor, making any resistance through force seem unlikely.

He didn't. He tried to overturn the result of the 2020 election but he was not able to rig the election itself.