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

You know what, you've got a point there. Donnie does remind me a lot of Emporer Caligula. Caligula's rule was a lot shorter, and his own Praetorian Guard ended his rule by stabbing him to death, but a lot of the same unhinged narcassitic traits are there.

I wonder if Donnie would also attempt to make a horse a senator?

He's a very vindictive man, but its more than just that. He's using this as a threat to keep others from standing out of line.

It is possible that someone like Dr. Anthony Fauci gets attacked or killed and Trump will go on twitter and attack him for not having high enough walls around his house (like he did when the Pelosi's were attacked)

He pardons anyone who commits violence on his behalf, so he has a proto-militia who are already well armed and motivated to act, and every time Trump publicly removes security detail, he might as well go online and post the security PIN number for their alarm and tell them they hide a spare key under a pot next to the garage.

If you were one of the 51 people who signed a letter that contradicts a claim Trump was making about Hunter Biden's laptop, and you knew then, that you would have a target put on your back, and the backs of your family, would you still have signed that letter?

Will experts in the future be prepared to contradict anything Trump does? Some may, but many won't

The Trumpists will want all of them deported and fined for illegally watching a baseball match they didn't buy tickets for

Every time I see this picture I'm reminded of the quote: 'from each according to his ability, to each according to his need'.

It's invariably posted by someone who is pro-DEI.

All it does is reveal DEI for what it is: Marxism.

I'm glad the fightback has begun in the US. I hope it intensifies. I hope it spreads.

I agree with you on this. It isn't that he is speaking without engaging his brain. Trump wanted to say all of this and use this tragedy as a political witch hint. He saw the death of 67 people as a chance to hammer his political enemies, and to try to make himself look better.

And he has no actual evidence for anything. He is simply making things up that suit his own agenda.

He doesn't regret a single thing he said. This wasn't a conference that went slightly off-point, it was the point. He attacked DEI, he attacked the Democrats, particularly Buttigied as everyone knows he is going to be a key Dem from now on.

Imagine this scenario: Your family was on board that flight. Instead of the president coming out to talk about the investigation, imagine how the whole country was there to support you, how your community would rally around you, and how the investigation would be carried out so that such a tragedy could never happen again and leave the devastation that this has.

Instead of that, you see on the screen an angry and bitter man. Complaining about all his opponents and using his pulpit to carry out his political witchhunt. Not even an ounce of sympathy or empathy apart from a pre-scripted speech at the very beginning which he read off like he was reading a school report. He only got invested when it came to what he wanted to talk about.

If you can genuinely say that this is the leader you want then we can at least understand your complete lack of empathy on this issue.

This never would have happened if they were flying a Whitehawk helicopter.

I'm glad they found the black boxes or Trump would be saying:

Let me tell you, no one knows more about black boxes than me. Believe me. It's a tremendous technology, okay? The best. They put these black boxes in planes – you know, the planes that are flying all over the world, just like America, the best country. And these boxes, they record everything, everything that happens. They’re basically like your phone, but way more important. But Biden and Obama, they wanted them black, I said they should be red, but them and the DEI and the woke communist left wanted them black.

I don't know how you can take that away if you understand what marxism is.

First of all, the picture isn't asking any of the people to do anything, it's enabling one of them to participate.

The tall person is not doing any extra work in the 2nd picture but the shortest person is completely excluded in the first picture.

DEI is aimed at making small accommodations to unlock the potential of everyone, the alternative being picture 1, where the tall person can't enjoy the game because he has to explain what is happening to the person who can't see anything. (or the unstated picture 3, where neither of the 2 children can see anything

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/1/editorial-faa-turned-away-qualified-air-traffic-co/?utm_campaign=twt_app&utm_medium=twt_app_link&utm_source=twt_app

Article is a year old and says there is a court case this year after many qualified ATCs were turned away because of ethnicity not ability.
This is probably what Trump is referring to and trying to make it link to the tragedy. Completely inappropriate of course.

trump should be grateful for dei. Its allows felons and rapists with multiple bankruptcies in positions of government. Diversity.

but it’s Biden fault.

…or he'd dismiss Black Boxes as "DEI Boxes".

Just on the crash itself, plane crashes attract ignorant speculators like flies to shite, and frequently it's nonsense and doesn't relate to the actual cause of the crash at all. Two cases that jump to mind are the Manx Air crash in Cork and the Air France 447 crash. The truth won't be known until the full accident investigation report is published. Unfortunately, given the Trump administration's gutting and intimidation of government agencies, the truth about this one may never come out at all, and his political goon squad may succeed in rendering the NTSB unfit for purpose.

Jesus those press conferences were beyond crass and unhinged even for Trump.