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

It seems more likely to me that it was produced by persons unknown as, at best, satire, but more likely to mock him. They got it to him directly (it wasn't re-truthed/twittered) and he was completely enthusiastic about it as he has no imagination and saw it as his vision come to life, so he posted it. If it was produced by/for his team it is unlikely they would have deliberately included the bearded belly dancers.

However its possible the AI 'saw/learned from' veiled belly dancers and interpreted the veils as beards.

Maybe it was Musk's rats who produced it and were mocking him, the beards were only visible for about a second. Where would they have got the idea to mock him from? Surely not Musk, the person whose son had some how picked up on theories about the validity of Trump's presidency? Musk seems to be getting a kick out of living dangerously, he's not been exactly subtle about putting himself forward.

Name one thing he negotiated where that tactic actually worked out?

Trump has been around so many mafia goons his entire life, it's the only way he knows how to work. It's not demand more and get what you want. It's demand more, expect it all, end up with nothing.

The guys a top class clown. Believing there's any intelligence behind anything he does only makes anyone that believes that look like a fool also.

Hard to believe it would come true with such speed. The MAGA are already screaming that Europe is run by islamists and transexuals (how both things can be true is a puzzle but then….. we can add 'Doublethink'

Only the middle ground and the lightest of (eggs, petrol prices) MAGA are reachable. Hard MAGA have careened into Jim Jones/Heaven's Gate territory. They are beyond evidence, beyond the evidence of their own eyes. Even as the salt water rushes down their throats their last dying gurgles will be "climate hoax….glug glug".

Have never visited that site in my life, but interestingly have already reached my 'monthly article limit'.

…birds of a feather and all that

Let's see what EU reply with - they will take this seriously no matter how it’s presented to them - they will separate the real issues from the “noise”

Simple example is Canada. Got nothing other than what was promised other than a "we'll really promise" support and now it will be very easy for future Canadian leader to stick it to the US for whatever reason, even if it causes Canadians some hardship.

US consumption per head is already multiples of other countries, them highlighting this means they risk having to reduce their consumption to comparable figures. This is reflected in their trade in-balances and the trust the world has in US security and $, if they went with a trade balance, their consumption and thus qualify of life would nosedive. trump trying to run USA as a business (when he is already an awful businessman) could be catastrophic and I suspect he won't be around to see the mess.

Consumption like this isn't possible anymore:

I think it's going to become progressively harder for ANY Irish people to profess a liking or affinity for Trump as his administration rolls on. He'd have no problem slapping a 25 percent tariff on our exports and he wants to raze Gaza. What is there for any Irish person to really like?

I have this weird feeling that if he does make a visit to Ireland, it will be solely to Northern Ireland, and that he will snub the 1st minister, and meet only with a delegation from the two big Unionist parties.

Not that I want to be giving the likes of the DUP any ideas, but Trump is probably the only US president in living memory who would be likely to really vocally be on their side. If they played their cards right, they could put a bee in his bonnet about the Northern Ireland protocol or even the GFA.

His ma will probably get him out of it.

There's plenty of stupid Irish people who'll lick his boots clean regardless of what he does.

A new shade of orange was discovered today

To be fair, I think that shade of orange has been around since Charlie and the Chocolate Factory....