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

Even the fixation on trans athletes competing in women's sport is bizarre in the extreme. An absolute miniscule number of athletes in global sport have changed gender - things like the widespread use of drugs in sport, sexual abuse by coaches, sexism and homophobia in sport, sports washing etc are of absolutely no interest to them.

Hes still insisting that everyone loves his gaza plan, well obviously everyone in his circle while his staffers try to walk it back.

Threatening to take Greenland and Panama already forgotten.

His amazing plan to stop the war in Ukraine on day one, forgotten.

Effectively there is no leadership, but that's what he campaigned as, the anti government president.

How many trans athletes are competing in women's sport in Ireland? Are there even one or two? It's the greatest load of nonsense that impacts on virtually nobody on a day-to-day level.

wonder would the Gazans move to Greenland should trump acquire it. Loads of empty space there.

Those numbers as you call them are people's lives. I haven't heard from my friend in Gaza since June. I'm guessing you know nobody in Gaza.

It's only bad when it's Biden

I have never said this. To be very very clear It is evil if Trump murders children too.

Try reading my comments. As far as I'm concerned Trump committed war crimes during his first presidency and is a war criminal too. However, he has not reached the same depths of depravity as team Biden and I hope he does not, not because I like Trump or Republicans but because I am against war crimes, genocide, child murder, etc

A fair point - military capability comes with significant costs. No one is suggesting Ireland should try to match major military powers, but there’s a middle ground between full reliance on others and an unrealistic attempt at self-sufficiency.

You mention the cost of modern fighter jets, naval capabilities, and a standing army, but that assumes an all-or-nothing approach. Realistically, Ireland could develop a targeted, cost-effective defence policy focused on key areas: radar and intelligence capabilities, maritime security, and strategic deterrence. These wouldn't make us a military powerhouse, but they would enhance national security and reduce reliance on external forces.

The financial argument is valid, but so is the question of responsibility. We're an EU member state, benefitting from the security environment it helps maintain. Contributing in a way that suits our means - whether through cyber defence, surveillance infrastructure, or naval patrols - isn't just about national defence, it's about playing our part in a collective security framework.

As for taxes, if investment in defence is necessary for national security, then yes, it should be considered alongside other priorities. Dismissing the discussion outright due to cost ignores the reality that security always comes with a price - whether it's paid upfront or in a crisis when it's too late.

All this stuff he dreamed up to attack in the first couple of weeks will be dropped, he has had his 'golden escalator' moment for this term. He does not have the attention span or stamina or interest to pursue any of it, it will just become his 'I wrote more EOs in two weeks than anyone ever before me. No-one has passed more EOs than me, I made America great again' charm to be repeated between golf sessions.

Meanwhile the mess he has made will plague America for decades to come. The administration will be a shambles, Gaza will not be magically redeveloped into a holiday resort, nor will the people be aided by the US; most of the world, and especially the Canadians will continue to despise him and Maga will go on admiring him for whatever angle right wing news invents for him.

Trying to blame Biden for this debacle is ridiculous. History will eventually apportion blame, and will quite likely hold the Democrats and Biden responsible, but for the moment, blaming anyone but Trump and the people who voted for him is just distraction and making excuses.

That dimwit probably would think that too. Of course, I suspect any musings he had of the US "taking over" Gaza did not include any ideas of giving Gazans US Citizenship or Residency in the US. Wrong colour and religion afterall.

I'm also pretty sure Donnie has no grasp of what is needed to maintain a community of 2 million people. Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, has a population of about 20000 and is comparible to a small Irish town. If the crayons in Donnie's head actually drew up a plan to put Gazans on Greenland, his likely focus would be on the plentiful space available…while ignoring the Herculean job required to build the roads, housing and services needed to maintain a population of 2 million people.

That's what is especially monsterious about a plan to simply upend all of the Palestinians living there. Capacity for 2 million people cannot come out of thin air, even if the load was spread across several nations. To do it in a way to ensure the wellbeing of the Palestinians would require a logisitics operation so expansive that we've likely never seen before. It would require a vast multi-national operation, and Trillions of $ used to make it work. But I suspect Donnie didn't consider that, because Donnie doesn't think about things like that. He thinks about soundbytes that might make it look like he knows what he is doing…when really he hasn't got a f*cking clue.

They don’t really care about anything they claim to and it doesn’t take long to see it. They will scream from the rooftops about protecting children from drag performers but ignore the countless priests/pastors that are arrested for sexual abuse with a minor, or the thousands of dead kids from gun violence.

The trans issue is similar, they are such a tiny percentage of the population that most people will have never had any meaningful meeting with a single one but also somehow they’re destroying the country.

They have a side that they’ve picked and just want to see the other side lose. It doesn’t matter who’s abusing kids to them, it’s only whatever they can accuse the other side of.

Are you at least charging the left rent?

We had a poster on here early last year, or maybe it was 2023. Continually talking about protecting kids from trans book readings. Absolutely indifferent to the catalogue of abuses committed by the churches. Had zero interest in that despite the overwhelming evidence of how prevalent and sustained it was.

It's Nigel Farage caring about fishermen while campaigning for Brexit but not attending meetings in the EU while an MEP and on a Fisheries board.

And still people fall for it enough to elect Trump as President and to suggest Reform are the most popular party in the UK.

Nope they don’t believe in capitalism 😂

Shock horror, yet another example of his adminsitration lap dogs saying "What he actually meant was…."

https://www.thejournal.ie/trump-administration-appears-to-walk-back-shock-gaza-plan-6614583-Feb2025/