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

The US army isn't staffed by intellectuals. It's full of hoo ra, bone heads who blindly follow the flag and are highly likely to be big fans of the mindless nonsense spouted by Joe Rogan, Tucker Carlson or even that physcho Alex Jones.

Have a look at the black hawk down documentary on netflix and you'll see the attitude, the way they treat people who aren't Americans, which was a carbon copy of Iraq and Afghanistan, and how it all falls down as a result.

There's a reason the British were considered vastly superior at dealing with the general population in the middle east.

Accurate.

Can the serious implications for the ordinary Irish citizen of Trump being Trump be expanded upon please?
Lot of hand ringing about Americas place in the world changing - what will this do to mitigate against our own problems of homelessness and hospital waiting lists? And more importantly what can we do to stop him from making it worse.

All of these are possible, if not in motion:

• Trump pushes back on Europe taxing US companies for global profits, encourages said companies to pay tax in the US, significantly hitting our economy
• Trump pushes back on EU fines of US tech companies, singling out Ireland for it's receipt of $13bn from Apple
• Trump raises tariffs on pharma imports, significantly hitting our economy
• Trump forces through an unfavorable peace in Ukraine, causing further mass migration from Ukraine to Europe, placing more strain on services and social security
• Trump imposes sanctions on countries that recognize ICC, ICJ rulings, that recognize the state of Palestine or that apply sanctions to the occupied territories

That's before we get into the more mundane stuff of a possible global recession, war & political instability, responses to climate change...

Why would he be damaging the 1%? They are completely insulated against this, and if a recession hits, they can buy assets at distressed prices.

What we have seen in the last 30/40 years is a massive shift in assets from the lower/middle class to the rich. This has happened regardless of what actually happens in the economy. The public paid the price not the 1%.

Covid hit, the public paid the price, and the 1% did pretty well out of that.

So this idea that somehow the 1% will be hurting too in nonsense. Even if they did, there is a massive difference in having your value drop from 100m to 50m, losing your 3 part-time jobs, and not having enough money to buy food.

of all the religions, beliefs, tribes, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc in the world - including those in the ‘proverbial’ third world , I suggest that they are all clear on what is right and what is wrong, what is true and what is false/a lie and that they would have ‘rules’ re punishment through some kind of a court , chastisement by parents/ the tribal family elders et al.The only exception to this that I have come across is in the US and Russia

. Maybe I am missing something and that there is such a state/arrangement/ new way/order of living that has gone beyond the whole traditional religion/ belief thing that has served us all to date? . And typical America it is the first to find new ways, new technologies , etc!!!!!!

I have read that several times and haven't a clue what point you are making. Could you clarify please? Are you saying that the US does not have a court system?

It might be that you misunderstood my point: I think Patel was copying his boss's habit in order to curry favour with Trump [imitation is the best form of flattery] while using it to send a "hands off my dept & staff" message to Musk that he works for Trump.

We haven't even seen the details of Trumps tax bill. On my previous post these MNCs put a greater burden on individual tax payers by practically paying no tax in America. Quite literally holding hundreds of billions off shore, completely rotten and anyone who calls this out should be commended. Any change here and that's a win for the working class in the US. Nothing will change though as they have too much infuence in government so Trumps bill will fail and any tariffs will be temporary.

So yeah, that 4tn in tax breaks will help up the value of some of my work shares and stock options. While ******* over the average american worker. Thanks Don.

I see Dublin Airport have stuck their oar into the DEI conversation with their radio ad: proudly behind Diversity Equity and inclusion. Not sure why they felt the need to say that with imported American language when equality is mandated by law here.

I suppose though will that be quietly dropped when the Trump administration inevitably tells them they are closing pre clearance? I don't see the value in the Airport authority poking the bear

Can’t be real??

Why is he congratulating himself??!

Evidently not. He is a deeply ignorant man, and proud of it.

What's hilarious is that it's possible that none of his underlings would have the spine to point out his mistake and he'll just keep on crowing about how great the Conservative party of Germany is.

Because he is afraid no one else will. And he is a pompous, ignorant egotist.