Donald Trump the Megathread part II - Mod Warning added to OP 10/1/26

Did he do it on purpose? I thought they always went on paddys day. Give the shamrock and all that .

Instead of making a fool of him on live TV he invited McGregor on the day instead just to rub it in.

They are obviously rattled , see how quick all the tweets/facebook posts are up rejecting everything.

That’s true about International law, however, there is no facility in Irish law to revoke citizenship from an Irish born citizen (there is a provision to revoke in the case of naturalised citizens) so there is no way of revoking McGregors citizenship.

Love or hate him, McGregor is right.

Uncontrolled and illegal immigration is a huge issue and nobody in power cares, in most cases they champion it.

People of Ireland are sick of it.

Attack the message not the messenger.

His message is valid

I'll choose my democratically elected representative to advocate for my views on national issues, not some morally bankrupt unelected uneducated celebrity thanks.

when you spell country’s as countries, you know well the messenger is the problem!

For no apparent rhyme or reason McGregor is talking about how problematic immigration is? We might laugh at the optics of this and at a McGregor entertaining thoughts of becoming President. Lest we forget that he is there at the invitation of another rapist who was deemed a joke but who managed to actually become POTUS by promising to fix immigration by building a wall with Mexico. History doesn't repeat itself but it rhymes.

But...but...Ireland won't vote a rapist as President. Well his campaign can just adopt the same effective tactics about how the judiciary was weaponised to try and destroy him, that the mainstream media are the enemy attacking a patriot, that he wants to drain the swamp in Dáil Eireann etc.

No, they just pretend to hate cosplayers

There won't be any campaign because no politician or party is going to back someone found liable of rape in a civil case. He needs four councils. He has no chance of getting one.

A message so valid, it could only be articulated by a coke fiend sexual assaulter?

Go pick a better representative, if your cause is so just.

We did have The Monk come within an ass's roar of getting elected to the Dail, so unfortunately McGregor getting someone's backing isn't beyond the realms of possibility IMHO. 😲

Don't know if it was a calculated snub (I really doubt it tbh) but people like McGregor represent the political "forces" this admin. will support and promote in Europe IMO, incl. Ireland - definitely not likes of Micheál Martin! It's clear from what the VP JD Vance and Elon Musk have both said, and how they behave, what Musk's platform chooses to boost etc.

It's been a developing policy of the Republicans over there (pushed by likes of Steve Bannon for years) now coming to full bloom under this admin. and isn't likely to change.

They basically will support the exact same people + agendas in Europe that Putin and Xi Jinping do - incompetents and agents of chaos that will weaken and divide us, useful idiots and corrupt people who can be bribed or bullied to follow the bidding of foreign, non European powers.

So (IMO) we have the USA, Russia and China all attacking + trying to undermine us in Europe right now, effectively tag teaming. Not good.