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

I know, but they want to give the illusion of impartiality. And they drill down what the democrats have done with a fine tooth comb. This was never done for the first Trump administration. All of his screw ups were brushed under the table.

I think the trade wars Trump has kicked off against both US enemies and allies deserves a thread of its own, as Trump thread is more focused on day to day clown show in Washington, while these have far reaching impacts and not just in US

And well the flip flopping is often taking place in span of days, see Colombia tariffs and reversal

Tarrifs placed on Canada, Mexico and China

EU next

Stocks already tumbling worldwide

There are many examples. Ill give one.

Kamala Harris supported a policy that gave transgender people who rely on the government for medical care — including those in prison and immigration detention — access to transition treatment, including surgical care.

The result being Donald Trump had a field day ridiculing and twisting this in his campaign speeches for the 2024 election.

Its not a court of law last time I checked.

The art of the deal?

The art of the schmuck.

I wonder how long it will be before it occurs to him that he isn't dealing with drywall contractors from The Bronx.

Yes America has a big and powerful economy, but even it cannot withstand a structural reorganisation by Canada, Mexico, the EU, China, BRICS, and others like Japan, Korea, Australia all together; which would simply wean the US out of their economic calculus and move to sourcing those goods and services from elsewhere, on a bilateral deal basis.

There is simply nothing, NOTH-ING, that the United States offers the World that cannot be substituted by an alternative from elsewhere.

I'm not saying it would be easy, or quick, or of course cheap. But for long term reliability and sustainability, people will do it.

Ireland did it in 5 years vis-a-vis the UK. When the Brits were chasing themselves around in circles over the shape of Brexit, Ireland and others just began the work of removing dependability on certain British things, and moved on.

Trump is doing a Liz Truss, and I love it for his voters and his party of milquetoasts.

You could have done that without the quotes but I'll leave that there.

I would like to think you can win an election and be morally right. It's not an either/or.

Not the last election obviously but give an option that is morally right and convince voters of this (Trump may do that by default). Lowering standards to win an election makes me think "why win?". Winning shouldn't be the end goal, putting forward and implementing policies to make your citizens better should be.

In a utopian society that would be great but in the real world especially the one maga has created you need to pick your battles.

I’d see merit in this argument. It ties in with what I see with some of my own friends.
I think some of the replies you received also reinforce it.

Both parties are neo-liberal entities. There's nothing "left wing" about them. Both the Dems and the Reps are wedded to corporate interests above everything else.

Naomi Klein once defined neoliberalism as "privatization of the public sphere, deregulation of the corporate sector, and the lowering of income and corporate taxes, paid for with cuts to public spending." which can be applied to either party in the US to varying degrees, albeit more so to the Republican Party. The Democrats not so much. But that certainly doesn't make them Left wing in any traditional sense of the word.

The modern Republican Party, however, have also embraced the more distasteful elements of right wing "belief", in that it sees punching down on the vulnerable to be a viable political tool.