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

I've often heard this idle speculation that we are perhaps living in some kind simulation, but this video posted by Trump gives me an even weirder idle speculation:- that we're living inside an Aphex Twin music video.

Just because Trump says 'drill baby drill' doesn't mean its actually going to happen, or even that he anticipated it would happen. Its just a meme for the followers. They will have no idea whether any additional drilling has happened, but they will be 'right on' about Trump saying it. Like many other things, the wall, prices going down, tax cuts, they just need to hear and believe.

My thinking was more down to AI still being stupid, so it put beards on some women.

And then Trump was so pleased looking at himself in it he didn't even notice he was posting a video with dancing bearded ladies.

Their similarity to jihadists, complete with green hamas headbands, suggests it wasn't just an AI error.

Why were the Pentagon setting up a new facility in Ireland? Why do they have anything here at all in fact?

Not sure how much of this is confirmed but that Vance prick was going on about free speech not allowed in Romania because they cancelled elections due to Russian interface with this candidate as the forerunner. It really does seem like they're controlled by Russia now. And Israel.

They specialise in decontamination of tools and instruments with Intel being a major customer. Unfortunately Intel seem to be slowing down at the moment and this is having a knock on effect.

I'm actually amazed this has not been in the media at all.

The green is a muslim colour. So asking an AI to generate belly dancers might actually generate it.

Although to be clear, we're investing far too much time looking for hidden messages in a trump posted, AI generated, piece of drivel. :D

A quick search online shows that he was arrested as part of an investigation into campaign funds. I can't find any reference to the money or tickets.

However it does say that he reported in his election campaign that he spent Zero. Not a single penny paid to anyone. That's dodgy as hell.

So what are the odds Trump suggests the US buys Ireland leading up to St Patrick's day?

What could go wrong with billionaires buying and controlling media outlets?

Jeff Bezos on Twitter:

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"There was a time when a newspaper, especially one that was a local monopoly, might have seen it as a service to bring to the reader’s doorstep every morning a broad-based opinion section that sought to cover all views. Today, the internet does that job."

Get absolutely f*cked, you waste of oxygen.

Absolutely nothing which is what I find so strange , the facility was only a few weeks away from being finished and handed over.

Have heard nothing in the media about Intel either.

On a lighter note, but still depressing because it speaks to the sh*tshow we are in the middle of, this week Trump lambasted the signers of previous trade agreements with Canada and Mexico and said that Canada in particular is taking advantage of the US.

One of the primary trade deals in place between these countries is USMCA and this was signed in 2019. Anyone want to guess who was the American President who negotiated and signed that deal? Yep, Donald J Trump.

I suppose he is right now in saying it was an idiot who signed it.

i dont get this "deal" at all…it just looks to me like every one is carving up Ukraine for themselves for pure profit…or am i missing something…?