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

Trump said he was going to do many many things.

He does one or two and supporter use that to "prove" their point.

It was a democrat convention in case you missed it. Is that the kind of politics you'd like to see here. They really need help, The Trumps will be in power for generations if that's what the competition are up to.

The Americans will survive, let's see how Cork holds up, our idiotic politicians with pronouns in their bio aren't going to save them that's for sure.

Nope, not at all. You've been claiming Trump is getting things done and what he promised. So far it seems to be attacking minorities including the LGBT community, people who aren't white, those with disabilities and people with mental health issues. I guess he did promise that but the actual benefit simply is non existent.

Meanwhile he's in the process of drastically increasing the price of goods and decreasing exports. Which do you the American public will care more about? It's gonna be the latter but you will have plenty with family/friends in those groups who will be pissed off on behalf of their. So it looks like he'll manage to piss off a huge proportion of the public.

Trump is making history but it's that of the US becoming irrelevant in the international order that's the reality. You seem to be missing that his international positions which involve actual finesse are failing miserably. But he signs some EOs and you lap it up.

My understanding was that he didn't need Congress for tariffs.

They had a non binary candidate, they didn't get elected, not exactly scandalous. I'm guessing the libsoftiktok account is equally outraged cause Parkland survivor David Hogg got elected.

I think you are over estimating US military hardware. The heavy tanks Ukraine got were German, 50% of the Artillery was German, French or Nordic. Mainly the US provide APC's ( Bradley's end of life stock) and F16's. The USbis not goingbto stop supplying spare parts to European countries. Even if it did it would be a 1-2 year issue if at all.

If Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia decided to enter the war on Ukraine side it would be over in a few weeks unless Russia went Nuclear. Going Nuclear 2oukd carry its own risk for Russia.

The mistake Ukraine made was not joining Nato back.in the noughties. It was unlucky that Obama was President when Russia invaded first. If Biden or someone similar had been President and activated the treaty Nato signed when Ukraine gave up it Nuclear arsenal we would not have the mess we have now.

He'll publicly 'revoke their security detail' in the same way that tyrants in the past used to put their opponents heads on pikes on the road into the capital city.

Anyone who was considering taking a stand against Trump will know that, not only will they themselves be targeted, but tyey won't be able to rely on the support of any of their former colleagues.

Its Tyranny 101

Where's that marvellous Medicare plan, or concept of a plan, or thoughts of a concept of a plan he's been thinking of working on for the last few years?

That alone should be enough for the public to get rid of him.

Seems to be only Audi and Porsche, and some Mercedes, bmw and vw have plants in the states where they build the American variants, which isbstraneg with Audi being a VAG brand.

Such fears have foundation

The BMW plant in Spartanburg South Carolina is the largest car exporter in the US (about 200,000 vehicles a year)

It's main export markets are: Germany, China and Canada. Which combined account for 36.5% of it's exports. So with retaliation tariffs the largest vehicle exporter in the US could loose over 1/3 of its exports.

David McWilliams predicted way back in early November that Trump would bankrupt the US within the four years of his presidency:

"Can Trumponomics work? Partly yes. Ultimately no. In the end, the financial markets, now celebrating his victory, will push Trumpism towards bankruptcy. Trumpism doesn’t do debt management, and it is clear that this trajectory will lead to a massive debt crisis in the US, not this year or next but within the term of his administration. Ultimately, the financial markets, so effusive today celebrating the victory of Trump, will push Trumpism towards bankruptcy."