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

That's democracy though, innit. They have what they voted for.

Honest question. How do you know most of them are entirely ignorant of who and what he is and represents? I would have thought everyone in the States would know who and what he is and what he represents. I mean, who doesn't think he is a big ignorant fcuker who doesn't engage the brain before he speaks?

And for the record, I'm neither for nor against Trump. I agree with some of his policies and totally disagree with others. Kind of like how I feel about our Government here in Ireland.

But you’d be ok if everyone agreed with you, right?

There's plenty who thought he was great and was going to be doing fantastic things when he got back into power who are now out of a job, believing that he was only going to be targeting the people they didn't like. There's others who are sh*tting themselves over the threats to their social security checks too, because they rely on them to live. And yet more who shop for cheap overseas imported goods that are going to see the prices of those goods rise because they hadn't a clue what a tariff meant.

Also, believe it or not, there are actual people out there that don't think he's a "big ignorant fcuker who doesn't engage his brain before he speaks". Conversely they think he's the best thing to happen in American politics and is going "make America great again".

Absolutely astonishing…I know.

I have some bad news for you.

That's not an echo chamber

Your view/opinion being the minority, doesn't make it an echo chamber.

Nor does people thanking other people's posts. Post thanking isn't something I would even notice, I'm curious why you would or why you feel it matters

I've relations in the States who love him, and some of the same family over there who hate him. Can't please everyone. There's no indifference, either people love him or hate him. And unfortunately for those who hate him, they are stuck with him for the next 4 years unless someone takes a pop at him again.

Ditto, and also more people didn't vote for either candidates in the last election too.

Why on earth would I vote for people who have turned my country into a total kip?

You're saying you wouldn't vote for the people who want to protect the natural resources and environment? The ones who want everyone to have access to affordable healthcare? The ones who want education to be accessible and affordable and not to result in life long saddling debt? The ones who want to have workplace standards and regulations so that you get paid annual leave and sick leave and maternity leave if you or your partner has a child? The ones who want everyone to have the option of marrying who they love? The ones who want to ensure that if you are a person of colour that you will have a better chance of being considered for a job or promotion?

You wouldn't vote for any of that? Strange.

Also, if you think most of US media is left wing, you need to recalibrate whatever metric you are using to judge them.

Well, he's a person you can't be indifferent to. He requires you to take a position. The only thing that's remarkable about him is that there are people out there that will fawn over him. It's so depressingly astounding that he isn't simply dismissed by everyone as the fraudulent conman that he is.

Political leaders across Greenland all united today to release a joint statement today pushing back against Trumps attempt to annex them.

"Our country will never be the USA and we Greenlanders will never be Americans," Egede wrote on Facebook. "Don't keep treating us with disrespect. Enough is enough."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2ljrjeqzq4o

MAGAt's will tell us this is a sign of Trump uniting people.

Well as the old saying goes even a broken clock is right twice a day!

At least the Monk was relatively above board in his thievery.

If what The Independent has written is correct even the dead are not safe from Trumps anti-D.E.I drive. Arlington National Cemetery has purged dozens of pages of information about famous Black, Hispanic and female veterans from its website to comply with President Donald Trump’s diversity, equity and inclusion executive order. The purge follows Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s declaration that “DEI is dead” as he implements Trump’s agenda at the Pentagon.

One of Trump’s many executive orders was banning DEI in federal programs, and Pentagon bosses have carried out orders to remove any content that “promotes” it. That includes removing internal links to educational materials on the cemetery’s website.

On the website’s “Notable Graves” dropdown menu, African American History, Hispanic American History and Women’s History no longer appear, screenshots taken by Armed forces outlet Task & Purpose comparing it in December 2024 and now show. Officials confirmed to the outlet that some pages had been “unpublished.” In a statement to The Independent, an Army spokesperson said it was “working diligently to return removed content” but did not specify when it would return. “We are proud of our educational content and programming and working diligently to return removed content to ensure alignment with Department of Defense instruction 5400.17 and Executive Orders issued by the President,” the spokesperson said. “We remain committed to sharing the stories of military service and sacrifice to the nation with transparency and professionalism, while continuing to engage with our community in a manner that reflects our core values.”

Edit: I notice that for some reason the way I typed this is not what showed up after I posted it. The system has put a gap between "The Hispanic and" and the next two words "female veterans" which is strange as I had typed the five words on the same line.

He is running wild and the American political/judicial system seems either apathetic to him, totally ineffective or compromised by him. So who's going to stop him and his merry band of sycophants from destabilizing the world even more?

Alot of people wouldn't vote for a bellicose reality TV star over pensionable age, either, but that particular hurdle was overcome by having a message that may not be rooted in hope or basic facts, but did viscerally connect with voters to motivate them to the polls.

The Republican Party and Trump managed to do something that the Democrats appear to still have no clue on and it's how to build a strong, ideologically-unified coalition of voters. They don't appear to have any really good idea on this other than sort of having Trump do the work for them and get the anti-Trump vote out as opposed to having a strong message of their own that can rally their base under one banner.

They need a Trump of their own in the sense of an outsider who'll come in and cut a swathe through the banal party offerings, but more positivity and less dark demagoguery. But then again, maybe fear and anger is simply a stronger force…