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

It will only take 2-3 flights to cause chaos here and bring down a government

This is precisely what republicans have been doing in US for years, dumping thousands of refugees in “blue” cities to cause chaos and sow division, and the terrible practice seems to have worked

Outbound leg, bring over US occupation force

Return leg, instead of flying empty cause chaos in a country that’s been too vocal and has no way of defending itself

Ireland is massively exposed in terms of the US companies based here - both employment, exports back to the US from pharma companies and taxes collected - US federal government agencies are already dumping some consulting firms leading to job losses - whatever about wars and whatnot, I think we might be in for hard economic times - I wouldn’t like to be considering buying a house right now or planning a family

Very populist & popular move both here and in the US, for if there is one thing Trump has got right (and maybe the only thing)? it is the women's /female sporting issue, which he has amended to the delight of millions of women & girls.

As Steve Bannon would say flood the zone with ****

The Polish Presidency of the EU certainly doesn't think so.

They have made the theme of their 6 month term all about the strategic situation on the European continent and defensive co-operation within the EU.

^^Yes, 4 years (or more) of Trump and his evil clown troupe, and any kind of international system/rules (with US as the "keystone" state in that) will be left in rubble.

Sure you can attack hypocrisies and double standards in the current system, and Russia/China and propagandists for their vision of the "multipolar" world (where they will be far freer to act as they like, and throw weight around with anyone smaller & weaker than they are) do that all the time. However, I think people won't really know what they had till it is gone for good, and replaced with relative chaos and disorder.

One outcome will be a massive amount of general arming up (already well under way, but it will accelerate/expand), followed by a big burst of nuclear proliferation with 10s of new nuclear weapons states (more of a long term prediction - China is already masively expanding their own arsenal though, which may be a harbinger). That should worry everyone.

The warrants for members of icj has the wider implication that the EU has to follow through with an alternative to the SWIFT payments system that it tabled during Trump's first term.

My point is that you and other posters are fixating on this and claims of it protecting women. Meanwhile you ignore that he pretty clearly does not care about protecting women and both he and others in his administration have endangered both women and minors(eg McMahon). You guys equally ignore things like ethnic cleansing. You're celebrating your pet subject being targeted, that's the reality.

Historically, can you think of some other examples in history where people have celebrated targeting of minority groups while ignoring other criminal behaviors? I'm pretty sure you're not gonna find positive scenarios as a reference point.

Dumped a bunch of water into areas in California that actually didn't need it, nor would the water get to the LA area anyway. Might be some flooding, plus the snowpack's low so, this water won't be available when things warm up when it'll be in even more demand. But, hey, good for a photo op. And, unsurprisingly, Hegseth's DoD who have oversight of the dams in question hasn't responded to questions - it's the Army Corp of Engineers, after all.

"Trump just dumped over 2.2 billion gallons of California reservoir water"

"But this was not a typical water release — not in its preparation, timing or stated aims. Locals hadn’t planned for the large water flows. The choice to release water in the winter, when there’s less need, confused water experts. And President Trump, lauding the releases, claimed that if they’d happened earlier, “There would have been no fires” in Los Angeles — even though Kaweah and Success are far away from Southern California’s reservoirs, which are at above-average levels. The agencies’ statement also noted that the waterways do not connect to the aqueduct that serves Southern California."

https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/california-reservoirs-lose-water-trump-20147181.php

We are all getting a real time reality show in how anarchism operates and how a democracy can be dismantled with end “state” (ha pun) being a weird dystopian mix of anarchy, oligarchy, nationalism, fascism and libertarian bullshitism

Women and girls make up 51% of the US population, and all we are saying is that their sporting competitions should be (for female athletes only), if you interpret that as targeting a specific group like non female competitors maybe? then there shouldn't be a problem.

FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS OF CONDOMS TO HAMAS. YUGE IF TRUE

No offence, but I had to go check myself to see if this was real.

The amount of times I read comments here slating Biden back when he was president for being too soft on Israel. Not one of those has appeared here to say anything now, which makes me think they were all crocodile tears, but let's give them a pass.

The question I have is... there are Trump supporters here now saying he is better than Biden regarding Israel. Where the hell are they? What's their take with this gift? Jfc

Realistically, I cant see either Musk or the DOJ taking a look at Elez's former account contents as they are all for free speech ,)