Donald Trump the Megathread part II - Mod Warning updated in OP 12/2/26

Yes, that would be a major near term goal. Looking farther ahead perhaps, a Middle-east or Africanisation or Balkanisation of the UK and current EU member states.

Turn them into very weak and divided client entities which the superpowers (i.e. their oligarchs/rulers) can easily extract rents from, or use them as arenas for proxy warfare with each other. Europeans can be the meat for the future wars and weapons testing.

McGregor's credibility in Ireland is shot through since the rape case. One would advise him not to run - it would go very, very badly for him (and his supporters).

The requirements for nomination are ALOT higher for a presidential election, he needs either 20 tds/senators to nominate him which he wont get or 4 county councils to do it which he also wont get.

Also he hasnt a clue what the job entails much like many of the nutters who tried to run last time, ie "she who should not be named".

I would really like to agree with you both but I'm afraid that I just don't have your faith, lol.
I know we laugh about the so called ''silent majority'' rising up but as evidenced by the fact that Trump got elected again, my trust in the system/people has waned considerably. 😮

Believe me, I hope that I am wrong on this.

Watching McGregor just now being interviewed by David Blevins of Sky News, McGregor was in a very animated state and it's almost chilling to hear him practically threatening the Taoiseach "I could throw a jab - I've thrown many a jab…."

He looked agitated and almost manic in demeanor. Unbelievable stuff.

No doubt he's on coke again.

The fact of the matter is that there IS a lot of simmering disquiet in Ireland about immigration or maybe more specifically the way it's handled by authorities where large groups of people will get placed in particular towns and villages whether that by closed hotels that are then turned into asylum centres or one particular town/village in an area gets zoned for a lot of housing that gets turned over to HAP schemes and there comes a sudden demographic shift with that. Some of that can be down to out and out xenophobia and some can be down to just saying that the infrastructure isn't really there to cope with these population increases, but when that concern is consistently ignored, it can transmogrify into anger, too.

Luckily, Irish people are bit more critical-thinking in general and not so reactionary that they'd vote in some loudmouth like Conor McGregor as Irish president, if only because we well recognise that the Irish Presidency is a largely ceremonial role with no real power to have any real sway in these matters. But the kindling is there for the fire, if someone comes along with the right set of matches.

My worry with the US is that the way it's going, it'll probably want to have more of a say in the countries it looks upon as its dominion down the line, and Ireland would be one of those countries. If it can create rifts in the EU or help destroy it altogether, we could arrive at a pretty dystopian point where they have a direct say in the kind of leaders we have and then idea of having malcontents like McGregor leading us isn't actually that far fetched.

The solution to that would be that the leaders in this country listen to the concerns of their people and come to sensible compromises before they reach critical mass and cause our populations to do some pretty stupid things that may feel cathartic in the moment but really work against our long term interests.

Are you talking about the US or Ireland? Trump seems to think he's getting a handle on it in the US; is he wrong?

Why does McGregor talk like he's learning English as a second language?

Such a strange man.

@For Petes Sake

Why does McGregor talk like he's learning English as a second language?

Such a strange man.

I think it was initially his voice he used for American audiences as they would find it hard to understand howya-speak, so he tries to compensate by over enunciating.

But even reading his tweets and Instagram posts. He's talking in broken English.

How come McGregor got to meet the President on Paddy's Day and MM was pushed through earlier in the week?

A reporter asked Rump about secret service protection for Bidens kids. A few hours later he announces that it's been revoked.

What an absolutely horrible guy.