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

A part of the "alleged" tax scam is that it was voluntarily entered into by multiple US Co's for decades now under both GOP and Democrat Admins yet the Trump administration is not prosecuting those US Co's it sees as being complicit with the tax scam Lutnick is alleging they are involved in. That fact should, on its own, help make people understand that Lutnick's "alleged" tax scam does not and never did exist. It was merely businesspeople doing what they do best, ensure the corporate take is good, all above board in US law and foreign law. BTW, they are not our tax scams.

Indeed he made a healthy profit for himself and his clients over many years using the so called "scam", hes just another maga hypocrite

"Well - wasn't it worth it to own the libs!!!" /s

It's a long time since the US has been as politically polarised as it is now and the old adage of social control applies now more than ever.

"Divide and rule". It always works a treat.

While you have Americans who would cut the nose off their face in the vain hope it would upset someone of 'the other side', the plutocrat mega-wealthy class is absolutely laughing at them and gleefully planning what lovely property they're going to buy up in the next recession

US: Fcuk off freeloaders and look after your own security

EU: OK

EU looks to invest in European Arms companies at the expense of US ones.

US: Wait, What?

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-officials-object-european-push-buy-weapons-locally-2025-04-02/

i think all donnies tarriffs are going to be a bit of a fcuktastrophy,particularly for america…

He doesn't seem to understand what tariffs actually are, so yes. I saw Mike Johnson come out and say "you have to trust the president's instincts on this" which said it all really. This policy isn't thought out or rational whatsoever. It's basically a "foreigners bad" type policy that just floated into Trump's brain one day, and that's about all there is to it.

Worst thing for pharma industry here would be for EU to respond with tariffs on us pharma companies. If eu responded with tariffs on us pharma they would have no reason to operate base in the EU if they are going to get tariffed the same as us companies with no base in the EU. would be a double whammy for them companies. No backlash tarriffs from EU and most them MNC will stay in ireland, albeit with less investment i would imagine but would manufacture here for EU an ROW markets and invest more in us for us market.

Yep but pharma industry is probably most important sector for ireland so i would rather EU go that route then tariffing pharma here too along with trump.

I don't Think you understood my post, I'm saying i don't want EU to tariff American pharma companies that have manufacturing in Ireland(EU) like trump will as they would have no reason to stay in the eu if they are getting tariffed regardless of their location.

There is still hope for the USA.

Musk assumed he could buy the Supreme Court in Wisconsin with his grubby money and failed.

I'm waiting for tonight's Rose Garden announcement from Trump on what will be in his tariffs and whom they will be aimed at. Until he actually says it, and has Karoline give it to the media as a press release in print [maybe], I think it would be good to hold fire in case he does not go full throttle on the tariffs he's been indicating he has in mind.

Given how he has changed his position on his proposed tariffs recently, he might claim he has gotten enough from the other side in trade discussions - good deal claims from him - that he is able to reduce the percentage rate of the tariffs he is imposing on others, feeling that he can afford to take any criticism from his own side of the house for doing so.

I can't imagine him blinking before the combination of upset nations worldwide over his proposals but flip-flops are the order of the hour in his world. In his world, he is the best deal maker in the world and he can persuade himself to believe what he says is the God's honest truth, even when it includes flip-flops on how he conducts US trade deals, putting them down as the result of trade concessions from the others. If he flip-flops, the MAGA heads can choke on his words.

I apologise in advance if my optimism is upsetting to others here.