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

Swopped "at heart" for "defines himself".

what is his actual purpose then in all of this?
he does not need to make himself richer as he is loaded. He could retire now and just be fine.

Is it just a power thing, make his friends richer.

EU responding to trumps tariffs while UK and Australia won’t be. Pretty pathetic from UK

They just contributing to the chaos now as the above has already been undone and tarrifs are back

It’s sort of funny how trump flip flops between extremes in hours on any subject depending on last person he spoken too

That had better have a serious guard force and fencing around it. I'd gladly contribute to its construction, the sooner, the better.

If the Pharma companies did move their lab and production work lock, stock and barrel back to the US, it seems to me that Trump, and which ever state/s they chose to base in, would have to provide/let the Pharma firms have a profit level equal to what they are currently getting here [in the EU]. State and federal taxes would probably be adjusted or offset by provision of industry aid or premises and housing at a reduced rate.

I'd imagine that whatever products the firms make in the US would be subject to tariffs on entering the EU. Not exactly good for the customers here.

Trump is a treacherous and dangerous man, quite unfit to be a chief executive, let alone the President of the USA.

Trump has betrayed his allies and committed treachery on Ukraine.

Not my opinion, it's the opinion of the respected historian and former Sunday Telegraph editor, Max Hastings.

The stock market is falling by billions rich people are leaving the USA.the economy is going into recession as millions of people are at risk of losing their job it turns out breaking up the federal government with a budget of trillions in a random manner is a disaster if you are a us citizen you pay taxes while recieving reduced public services like national parks with reduced opening hours .

A major investor warren buffet sold off most of his us stock once he thought trump might be elected .due to tariffs goods for consumers will cost more.and of course the us national debt is massive .they have sacked 100s of people who provide services for veterans

Its unlikely doge will make much savings while crippling the us economy 100s of highly trained experts were sacked from the faa. The faa is in a state of crisis not good for making flying safe for air travellers .

Us company's are here because of tax breaks but also to have easy access to the eu economy

Doge is a very blunt instrument it just cuts say 3o percent of workers without checking what work they do is it essential or important to the us economy .More country's like Canada will simply switch over to buying goods not from America if possible

Yes doge will save abit by cutting support for non English languages and some minor government services .But against other costs I believe the savings will be limited against the long term cost of destroying federal government . They are going to reduce social security pensions to people who who worked all their lives and paid taxs and reduce Snap meals school lunch for children or low income

Trumps motto should be make America mediocre again Mama.

Or America for the rich f everyone else

Snl should do a sketch trump as scrooge reducing services or payments to children and old people

They are still saying **** like "Biden killed all the chickens" and "we have to go through economic pain after the disaster that Biden left us with".

Reality is no longer required now, we live in a fever dream where up is down and black is white.

For the record not that it seemingly matters but the Biden admin was very solid, the US economy under Biden probably was the highest performing relative to the rest of the world since post ww2

As US presidents go, Trump is more fleeting than most. He is a one term president who will become a lame duck in a couple of years, hopefully even more acute if the Democrats take back seats in both chambers.

Serious companies who have spent a considerable amount of money basing themselves here will not react drastically to Trump and his bipolar policies.

One of the reasons they are here is because Ireland politically is as stable as you can get. The literal opposite of what is going on over there at the moment.

Meeting Vance for breakfast at 12.30. God help him.

Trump at 3.

4 he will give him the bowl of weeds.

All Irish times.

My concern is that when he has gotten bored with shredding the US's international reputation he will turn to shredding what's left of public decorum within the US. His only concern is the MAGA rally adherents, everyone can burn as far as he's concerned.

He will blame minorities and anyone else who isn't MAGA for all the economic damage he's inflicted. His megalomania could fracture the union.

Buyer remorse is already starting to kick in, if he keeps going like he is Public burnout will not be far behind.

The GOP will then be directed by polling numbers coming up to midterms and you will then get a shift in tone.

Hopefully they are severely punished for supporting this Clown Show.

BBC headline seems to disagree, though I'm hardly saying this is gospel.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yrjg1d7z1o

I do wonder if MM would have the balls to press the point on Gaza to Trump. I really don't think he would. We in Ireland stand with Palestine, but only to a certain point. Waving their flag a bit, giving some spare change to Trocaire, or offering a drunken cheer in their honour at a Mary Wallopers gig, that kind of thing.

Marco Rubio a short while ago at a press event at Shannon Airport agreeing that Ukraine needs a definite reassurance that it wont be attacked again in about [6] six years time again and; sic "it will be helped in updating its defence" [my words as I didn't write down Rubio's exact words on Ukraine's future defence gear].