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

Getting stuff done, yeah like last time when more than twice as many people per capita died of Covid in US compared to Ireland thanks to Trumps botched response..

Hitler got stuff done in Germany, as well, but this was outweighed by things such as the Holocaust and trying take over mainland Europe.

There doesn't tend to be a whole lot of lag time between dictators announcing a new policy and it being enacted. The problem is that notably few of them are wise King Solomon. They tend to be megalomaniacs who raise support through fear and recrimination while brutally opressing dissent.

The hedge funds seem to be setting themselves up for the next crash. Even when things are bad they make their money. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/31/hedge-funds-bet-billions-against-trumps-america/

There you go.

Threatening the EU with tariffs now.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cqjvg82lg4yt

"They've really taken advantage of [the US]," he says.

"They don't take our cars, they don't take our farm products. They take almost nothing, and we take everything from the millions of cars, tremendous amounts of food and farm products."

Do you know why the EU don’t want their cars, food and farm products? Because they don’t meet the standards the EU has set. Meet them and I’m sure there could be discussions.

Even at that, American vehicles are garbage, and the food is repulsive.

This is his excuse, not his reason.

The Mooch is smart enough to know that Elon isn't motivated about fining any waste or fraud. He is motivated by enriching his own pockets or standing.

Elon, an immigrant who broke immigration law when he came to the country being given what seems to be unfettered access to the bowels of the US government finance system when he has so many contracts and payments himself from that same system should be setting off massive flashing red lights amongst people worried about the integrity of the most powerful country on the planet.

Incredible stuff when you think that they've managed all this on the words of "draining the swamp". Sure, replacing dedicated career civil servants with the minions of the richest man on the planet is going to work out in the best interests of Mr and Mrs Joe America.

Good …. it seems that all the current American government are clearly drinking too much whiskey already …. and it is not helping their mood to say the least !!!!!!! ….. but not enough to make them drunk and only enough to make them nasty negative grinches …… but if they have more to drink it may put them to sleep ….. and then a bloodless coup can take over and carry the drunken terrorists off to jail …..

How are they going to square the Ireland / Indiana trade deficit. There's nothing we can do to even come close to balancing that $40 Billion. I'm not sure if he's going to hit the whole EU with tariffs but we're definitely in the firing line. Mike Braun the governor is a Trumper and supports tarrifs, he's also a bit of a greenery so I'm thinking the green thing to do is bring those jobs home not a create a direct shipping route between Cork and Indiana as was mooted back in November.

Have a look at this....

They've probably figured out, they'll be poorer regardless of who rules. The money floats to the top... but to not live in a woke hell hole, is a seriously attractive proposition...

I would prefer to be slightly worse off financially, if there was a credible non woke , virtue signalling, kite flying, non bullshit party here, I'd vote for it...

You'd rather be poorer than see more diversity and equality? How does 'woke nonsense' impact you negatively? Unless you are a member of the groups getting more exposure and acceptance then it doesn't affect you in any way.

Financial impacts will really affect your quality of life but you are happy to accept that just so you don't have to see other people being treated fairly.

There really is no arguing with that idiotic, miserable logic.

Define 'Woke'. Give me a few examples of how it makes a place a hell hole. You feel very strongly about it so it should not be hard.

Trump was very, VERY successful re the signing of the EOs . Why ? Because he SMASHED the Guninness Book Of Records when compared to the number signed by previous presidents.
The REAL success or otherwise will be to see how many of them will be successfully implemented and that will take time for the ‘average’ EO

shouldn’t we wait for the posters answer on what they consider woke before jumping down their throat?
This is part of the problem.