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

Would I be wrong to ask if the model number chosen for the planned Boeing jet fighter [the F47] to replace the F22 is coincidental or what?

BBC are constantly talking about constitutional crisis in US with Trump admin ignoring and targeting judges

To what end? No matter what the Supreme Court decides it's down to Congress to impeach and the Senate to convict in order to remove Trump from office. The numbers are simply not there.

@Wolf359f The WE THE PEOPLE part in the constitution preamble holds great power. This describes it:

"Importantly, the Preamble declares who is enacting this Constitution—the people of “the United States.” The document is the collective enactment of all U.S. citizens. The Constitution is “owned” (so to speak) by the people, not by the government or any branch thereof. We the People are the stewards of the U.S. Constitution and remain ultimately responsible for its continued existence and its faithful interpretation."

https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/preamble/interpretations/37

One might interpret that as THE PEOPLE can revoke the powers of the government OR ANY BRANCH THEREOF.

So .. The Constitution affirms that the real power lies with the people. All branches of government don't mean anything if enough citizens put their power into action. They could take to the streets in their millions and demand a president be removed. Which may then behove & give permission to the USAs military and other rule of law entities to act on what WE THE PEOPLE decide.

This too:

https://www.governing.com/now/the-forgotten-meaning-of-we-the-people.html

Too many citizens and public officials have forgotten the meaning of "We the People." This has profound implications for democracy.

I would be shocked if he didn't look for a way to have the judgment against him outright overturned as well as targeting Carroll herself.

Unfortunately I can easily see that happening.

Whatever about McGregor April 2nd won't be a good day for Ireland.

Good news for the cats and dogs of Springfield Ohio 🙄, bad news for the self-sabotaging Latinos For Trump or whatever they called themselves

It was never about halting criminals, it was never about weapons or drugs, MAGAs aim is to put a halt to anyone merely Existing While Brown.

The Trump administration will be revoking the legal status of hundreds of thousands of Latin American and Haitian migrants welcomed into the U.S. under a Biden-era sponsorship process, urging them to self-deport or face arrest and removal by deportation agents.

The termination of their work permits and deportation protections under an immigration authority known as parole will take effect in late April, 30 days after March 25, according to a notice posted by the federal government.

The move will affect immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who flew to the U.S. under a Biden administration program, known as CHNV, that was designed to reduce illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border by giving would-be migrants legal migration avenues.

The Department of Homeland Security said it will seek the arrest and deportation of those subject to the policy change if they fail to depart the U.S. in the next 30 days. Officials are urging migrants to use the newly repurposed CBP Home smartphone app to register for self-deportation.

Alot of these people were stupid enough to vote for him. He's not directly killing anyone yet but he's having his own version of a final solution with his deportations

None of these people had a vote. They're not citizens, they just had legal residency permits.

They're victims of this monster, not the ones to blame

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“I hereby direct the Attorney General to seek sanctions against attorneys and law firms who engage in frivolous, unreasonable, and vexatious litigation against the United States or in matters before executive departments and agencies of the United States.”
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/preventing-abuses-of-the-legal-system-and-the-federal-court/?trk=feed-detail_main-feed-card_feed-article-content

Oh there are plenty of naturalised, or born citizens of ethnic descent who absolutely shafted their family and friends by voting for trump, but the actual deportees won't be trump voters.

Trump is a monster, and his voters are split into 3 broad camps.

1. Other monsters (who actually want fascist things Trump stands for to happen)
2. Gullible fools (who were manipulated into thinking that Trump will actually make their lives better, or at least be better than Biden/Harris would have been)
3. Nihilists who feel that the entire US political system is corrupt to the core, and no matter who they voted for, the decline was already baked in, so they voted for Trump to see what would happen (the Democrats craven 'resistance' kinda proves them right so far)

Where would the AG get the authority to seek sanctions against attorneys and law firms if Trump could NOT give the AG to apply the sanctions himself under the Presidents Official Duties proviso? Peculiarly the US AG is head of the justice dept and chief Govt advisor to the President on legal matters so no one else would seem better placed to advise Trump on such matters,

It looks like Trump knows the POD ruling does not give him the power to so instruct or authorise the AG to go after attorneys directly and he's pushing the AG to seek court approval for his sanctions idea. According to Trump the lawyer are engaging in vexatious actins against his Admin Depts, not a mention of the word "illegal" in the directive.

Trump may be sacrificing his AG on the altar of Trump-ism at the SCOTUS court in a step too far move for it. The lawyers Trump is continuing to attack may not roll over so readily and may fight him in the SCOTUS arena.

I was always curious why Biden wanted to hire 80k+ within the IRS and then I found out for each $1 the IRS spends on audits, it recoups $5 in taxes for medium income people and $12 for high income.