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

SE asians, like the many Thais kidnapped by Hamas in 2023

Indians replaced Palestinians since October 7th

There’s a parallel thread where you can learn all about how great BRICS are

The civil service was already packed with loyalists.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/97-of-political-contributions-from-usaid-employees-went-to-dems

He does tend to riff even when reading from an autocue. Also, his staff tried to walk back his comments after the fact so it's difficult to know how detailed his plan was on paper.

The thing that concerns me most is that Netanyahu has started to run with the idea and he knows he can do whatever he wants with Palestine now that Trump has his back.

Like a million rules/regulations/laws/whatever over the years and decades, I think they should change it, but I also don't give much of a **** either way.

That's not the problem - the real problem is that these things are hijacked by populists and agitators who then use social media to amplify and gaslight them beyond all reason, weaponise them, and next thing you know it's an election issue.

And next thing extreme populists or the far right are on their way into power.

They use the same technique over and over to split people, manufacture tribalism and culture wars - rinse, repeat. The concerning part is how many people fall for it. It's grim to watch.

In fairness, he referenced a DEI Musical in Ireland which turned out to be an other voices concert.

Feel free to delude yourself that the split of the donations is not reflective of the views of the staff in general.

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It's an entirely logical view for the staff though, and I don't see how it can't be held against them.

Choice was support the party that is generally going to maintain your job/lifestyle/livelihood, or support the leopards who've suggested there'll be a lot of USAID face-eating.

It doesn't prove they have inherent loyalty to the Dems or are inherently anti-Trump. Merely proves they can add 2+2.

saw on the news before i came to work,seems donnie diapers has either sent or is sending back some Haitians back to Haiti…so the dogs,cats and pets in general are safe now?

im also more then a little confused about how/where musk and his band of tech dude/bras fit in?what exactly are they doing or supposed to be doing?

The Daily wi

Imagine employees in an organisation devoted to international aid, making political donations to politicians who promise to protect international aid?

Feel free to delude yourself into believing people who choose to work in providing overseas aid being unlikely to be Trump supporters is anything other than a reflection of the fact that they are capable of empathy and therefore not likely to be big fans of a sociopathic ideology

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I've read some ignorant posts on this this thread but this one tops the charts.

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With apologies to the mods for posting this in the wrong thread earlier, here's an interesting take on the reason behind Elon's spending cuts…

Its obvious. The oligarchy is protecting itself. They are the true cause of the issues the average American is facing through their accumulation of the wealth generated by the productivity of everyone, and they know it too. The tax base has been hollowed out, because the growth in the economy has gone overwhelmingly to those who can avoid paying their fair share of tax. The only two solutions that are rational and fair are tax the super wealthy appropriately or distribute the gains more fairly to all those who created the growth through wage increases. So they have gone for the third option - gut public services. With the added benefit that services that previously were provided by the state will now be paid for by the average person, further transferring wealth to the oligarchy.

And the average American has been conned into believing this is being done for their benefit.