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

There is to a degree in the immediate term. The long term objective would be to increase American productivity through automation. Automation is coming to sectors like trucking that were previously immune from such threats.

The presence of cheap labour usually hinders increasing productivity

If Biden had issued as many EO's as Trump has over the past two days and brought people from outside sources, I think the GOP and Trump would be looking very closely by both senate and congress oversight committees at the EO's questioning the orders validity wondering if there was some deep state conspiracy behind the EO's.

On the basis of being interested in activities which it usually covers with some spirit, why is the GOP NOT interested in the activities of Musk's band when Doge is reportedly shutting down the FBI and CIA sections who are tasked with protecting the US from malicious foreign state operatives?

It was a sorry state of affairs that the self proclaimed greatest democracy in the world had a doddery old man and a sex pest competing to be President. It speaks to a dearth of talent in the the American political system. When the Biden confirmed his lack of lucidity he was made to shuffle off stage for Kamala. She proved to have no substance and so Trump's re-election was a given.

Trump like Biden was, is tied to the Jewish lobby as they provided a great portion of his election campaign finance. In his first term he he moved the American embassy to Jerusalem which was a slap in the face to the Palestinian people and a huge coup for Israel.

That Trump and his predecessor Biden would even entertain Netanyahu is appalling. It confirms that America is not an honest broker in the Middle East. I'm pretty certain we won't see American soldiers in Gaza. The Gazan people are determined to remain in their homeland so Trump's spiel was just for Netanyahu's benefit. The Jewish lobby has Trump by the short and curlies. The optics of Trump's spiel were just what Netanyahu needed for his domestic audience.

As for Biden he hadn't the self awareness to realise he was destroying his own Presidential legacy by assisting genocide.

Pam Bondi's first act as A.G.: dismantle the FBI's efforts to prevent foreign interference in US elections, thereby enabl;ing the likes of Putin to exert influence in favour of Trump - the great betrayer of the USA.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/06/politics/bondi-trump-election-fara-justice/index.html

There is some kind of ideology now, that one can crowd source facts, that popularity= correct. It's an absolute disaster because most people are dumb as a plank, yours truly is no exception. They love trump because they see that he is lazy, not rigorous, just like them. He can take shortcuts, go with his gut, contradict himself, just like them. He can bluff and bulky his way to drown out the truth with his own nonsense and his supporter will equate noise with truth but of course it's only inevitable, you can't keep a house of cards from falling, eventually the cult will either collapse or it will be out compete and become irrelevant. Caveat: Many people may actually die first though

If ireland is being told by the EU who we have to let into the country then we have handed over sovereignty to the EU.

The government even say this.

We don't have control over our own border, as our government let's the EU tell use we need to take people in when a sovereign country could say no and stop people coming in unchecked.

This has been the strategy for ten years, almost. It's worked an absolute treat, and there's no sign of an effective antidote on the horizon. The news is addicted to it because the public is addicted to it and the cycle will not stop because of the money there is in clicks, views and ratings.

You have to admire the elegance of it, despite its evil end.

Could you point out on this map where the EU touched you?

The goal is power, both for Trump and his administration.

Whether Trump thinks intently about what he's doing is debatable, but the post you replied to mentioned his administration, which includes more than himself, and those behind him have absolutely used the 'flood the zone' strategy to the hilt, and still are.

Potentially, the reactions to his Gaza comments would point to a degree of misalignment on that front though.

the phrase ‘ a VERY POPULIST MOVE’ comes to mind

Thought this was made up initially but the key to Trump's genocidal heart is pretty simple apparently. The gift from Netanyahu.

What a disgusting thing to gift to him. Pagers that killed and maimed children.

Not entirely sure if this is a piss take or not.

For one to fly everyone out of Gaza would require 5000+ flights.

You also do not understand how international aviation works.