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

And if he then decided he needed a nice new base off the west of Europe to protect the Atlantic and sent troops to "annex" Ireland, you would be fine with that too?

Yes. Important things like the price of eggs shows Trump hears the concerns of ordinary voters.

Oh wait...

https://www.thejournal.ie/egg-prices-6649778-Mar2025/

Militarily? No

But how long would the US economy last if every country stopped buying US products/produce?

How long would their military last outside of the US if every country refused to allow their bases and refused to let any of their ships/subs dock for fuel?

Imagine if the EU and China stopped using the $ for trade.

The US could quite easily be brought to its knees through these actions.

If courts make a finding against Trump's administration, who is in charge of actually enforcing it? Is it the US Department of Justice? Because that is currently headed up by a Trump loyalist - Pam Bondi. Is it federal marshals? I understand Trump sacked quite a number of them shortly after taking office. The FBI? Their chief wrote a children's book about the 'plot' against Trump.

The great thing about acting unlawfully is that you don't have to wait for approval from institutions of law. You just go ahead and do your business and deal with the consequences later on. The crucial difference with the Trump administration is that not only can they move faster than the law, when needed, but that they have a huge hand in how the law is administered and will only seek to consolidate their power in this area meaning that the law never actually catches up with them. That's presuming the laws aren't just completely rewritten to validate everything they do, anyway.

As for the Democrats as a party, they're not fit for purpose as opposition to what's going on. There are a few noble actors out in the left wing of the party like Bernie Sanders and AOC who are doing their bit to raise the alarm, but the actual party establishment who have their hands on the party's overall direction of travel just appear completely spineless right now, apparently set on a kind of beige business-as-usual attitude in the face of what amounts to an authoritarian takeover of the United States in slow motion, and this isn't hyperbole. I'm not sure if there's a batch of EOs being signed by Trump where you couldn't pick out one that is deeply troubling and directly intended to tighten his grip on the machinery of power in an unprecedented way, and I don't see any particular sign of this abating. I'm just wondering what kind of fireworks are going to go off at the point where Trump and his team feel like they have all their ducks in a row and their power cannot be challenged any longer?

Well if it came to it would they?

Well, he did say that he'd be in the mosh pit at Limp Bizkit and that never happened, so my outlook would be guarded.

The Supreme Court ruled he has presidential immunity so he's nothing to worry about. The courts could hold people carrying out illegal orders in contempt, however as was mentioned earlier, who would actually enforce it? The DOJ, FBI etc... all Trump supporters at the helm.

The only group that can actually do anything would be Congress and impeachment. Judging by the spineless Dem senators recently, he's nothing to fear there either.

Any chance of a knock out..

The stock market has lost trillions .Public services and social security are being cut .People rely on 401k pension funds to pay pensions when they retire when the stock market falls the value of the pension fund falls .the price of gold is going up . investment in public infrastructure is being cut as federal workers are being sacked. .This will effect the quality of life for every one in America .

Federal workers are the ones who fight forest fires and protect against extreme weather events they are needed more than ever as climate change continues .

An expert could make an argument that theres little money being saved more work will be done by expensive private contractors versus low paid federal workers .

Federal workers spend money in hotels shops cafes restaurants when you sack 100,000 workers there's less money to be spent in those places . A lot of highly trained specialist workers

will never be replaced .

Trump standing in front of the Last Wives Club.

“The most important meeting of my countries (sic) future”. 🤣 don’t flatter yourself you scumbag

because thats what his justifiers do……… They take the most insane stuff he says and complain its a distraction or he doesnt mean it or its a bargaining tool

A crashed stock market never stays crashed. The losses will be fully recovered. The only losers will be those who sell at the wrong time.

am ‘looking forward’ with great interest at how The Donald will handle the cyclones/ tornados ripping through the heart of America - from South to north - judging by the maps on the TV of the areas affected.

-will he make a statement that he will only support those states that voted for him?

- will he say that it’s all hands on deck by the federal workers - even though their numbers have been massively reduced by Musk and blame Biden if things do not ‘work out’?

- will he say nothing as it’s solely a matter for the governor of each affected state . Saying ‘ if ye had tied down yer roofs they would have not got blown away’. Also saying ‘ you grew trees to respond to one of Biden’s climate change programmes so what did you expect when a small camp fire takes off ?

-Will he manage to fein empathy along with visiting the areas ?

I get the impression that the people mainly affected were Trump voters in that they lived mainly in trailer parks and owned buildings, eg shops , garages , that were not solidly built. And how will they feel when it’s all cleaned up and whatever help had been given?

Interesting times ahead

Another challenge for Trump that he would prefer that it did not happen. Then we have all the negative reaction in those town meetings manipulated meetings as far as the GOP is concerned

One thing the Americans follow very closely is the stock market as in a country without a safety net anyone who is not homeless and on street has to self manage their 401k retirement funds

I suspect as we now enter 4th week the slide will resume today as he is doubling down on tarrifs and uncertainty, there’s just no end in sight

Tesla was just downgraded to a target at half its current value