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

Maybe take it up with the guardian. The very least he could have done as a one term president was oppose military aide to Israel.

What cost democrats the election is they are seen as the party of elites they have lost touch with the working class voters white and latina I don't like trump but he uses simple plain language and appears like a patriot he also promised to clamp down on illegal migrants he went on podcasts to get the young male vote

Of course voters may regret it when musk takes the federal government apart and reduces Medicare the federal government is the biggest employer in America it's budget is over a trillion dollars they are closing down government websites and deleting databases

The federal government is vital interms of protection of the environment and helping people when floods and fires happen and rebuilding infrastructure in times of disaster

One example there's a tb outbreak In one state it will need federal aid and coordination of medical services to get it under control

"What cost democrats the election is they are seen as the party of elites..."

"Sure Jan..."

The woke stuff is the reason Trump got over the line in the first place.

"She's for 'they/them', he's for 'you'"

I heard that that one ad made a 3% difference in polling with test audiences. Astonishingly effective.

The DNC are still at it too. From the Daily Mail: Every candidate running for Democratic National Committee chair raised their hand Thursday night when asked if Vice President Kamala Harris lost the 2024 race at least partially due to 'racism' and 'misogyny.'

Following by this excruciating spectacle:

And every so often candidates would break into song. They do realise this is all being recorded right? They'll be massacred by attack ads at the next election.

Trump has a habit of saying things for effect and to show he is active, on the ball, without knowing what the effect of his words will be. Marco Rubio has said there will be no US [sic] boots on the ground in Gaza. Until something shows he doesn't mean it, I think he's trying to keep the ship of state on an even keel. I think there may be a chance that if Trump tried to involve US troops in Gaza, he would face strong opposition from the GOP and the military as the effect would be bloody.

Ref others feathering their nests, that's possible. One way would be to drop suggestions around Trump which they think would "interest" him.

That used to work but seems not to now. Thanks.

Beeter late than never, about time the democrats started getting down and dirty to oppose the presidency in the senate

When’s the last time you saw Democrats try to raze the government to the ground? Never, I’d wager.

Backtracking on tariffs.

Backtracking on Gaza plan.

Guaranteed you've never met a trans person nor ever will, just like the rest of the people peddling this nonsense. They have zero impact on your life and nobody has "forced their delusions" on you. Quit the boring bullshït and just admit you hate them because they're different and you don't understand them.

This. I've worked with 3 and have a trans nephew. They just want to be left alone, funny how it's ultra-religious Evangeliban leading the assault against them in the US and their sheepish followers chiming in. Get your faces out of their genitals. Par for the course with the religious, though, persecution of the 'other' keeps the money rolling in.

I honestly can't believe this naivety. Trump isn't better than Biden, Trump is doing this because it's the next phase in Nethanyahu's plan and Trump winning was all his Christmas and Birthdays rolled in to one. A self-obsessed former casino and hotel developer in the White House with zero compassion to the cause of the Palestinian people and who is already in cahoots with Saudi Arabia is more than they could have ever hoped for.

Biden was played by Nethanyahu to be allowed to destroy Gaza and to have America pay for that destruction. And this is the next phase. Not necessarily the talk of resorts and nonsense like that, but the removal of the Palestinian people. That was always the plan in making it so inhabitable. Some of the earlier phases were Israel ignoring the preparation for the Oct 7th attack and before that the enabling of Hamas by Nethanyahu who said at the time that a strong and active Hamas would help Israel achieve it's goals. Later phases include the Israel having security oversight over Gaza before finally Gaza becoming part of Israel.

Watching videos appear on social media of Palestinians clean the rubble from their homes and start to try to create a semblance of life in the face of such persecution is incredibly uplifting for me. I am baffled how any Irish person with knowledge of our history and with a sense of pride of how we persevered in the face of the attempts the British to have us become entirely subservient could in any way shape or form condone what Trump is proposing for Israel.

I've spoken here of my hatred of Biden for his role in Palestines suffering, only an idiot would think it would have been any different if Trump had been the one in office for the last 12 months. All that would have happened is this conversation would have happened sooner.

And my point stands, we've got plenty of posters celebrating that Trump is going after minority groups who have no impact on their day to day lives. Meanwhile genocide seems to be a shoulder shrug....