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

There was a distiller guy on Joe Duffy who said he did it recently.

Great start alright. LOL. Apple down 9%.

McGregor sold his whiskey company in 2021 and has had no association with it for a while now so that's pretty doubtful

He's threatening the invasion of Greenland, calling for ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and **** over a nation that was invaded by Russia. The upheaval of norms can make things worse...

What's really is bizarre is that the UK are currently negotiating to return the Chagos Islands (known currently as the British Indian Ocean Territories) to Mauritius. And because the US military base is on the island of Diego Garcia, they need US sign off to be able to do the deal

And the UK were very worried that Trump would just veto it because he wouldn't understand why you would just give away your territory, but just yesterday he signed off on it:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/01/donald-trump-signs-off-uks-handover-of-chagos-islands-to-mauritius

And then adds the tariffs anyway! I don't really get this one.

I like his use of toddler-level reverse psychology

Works on his dad, he's seen it all his life, so it will work on all other countries right?

I genuinely try not to wish people harm and I feel bad for the decent Americans out there, that are mortified by the current leadership, but these people need to feel some pain after voting this cretin back into power. I've been wondering what it'd take for the MAGA twits to finally start doubting Trump. Maybe seeing their 401k's going down the swanny might start to swing the tide of opinion a bit? God only knows.

Yeah one thing not obvious in the reporting of the tariffs is that in addition to the baseline tariff of 10%, he's also removed the exception for goods less than $800 in value if they originate in China or Hong Kong (comes into effect next month).

That's why cheap tat and fast fashion from Asia has succeeded across the west, because the tariffs never mattered if their customers never went higher than $800 in a single order (EU have the same rule but for €150 or less)

… there was a saying in Dublin some years ago. - if someone offended you just “iganore him iganatius”. ( ignore him ignatius.)

Some cold shouldering of US reps is required. - a wee while in Coventry might make them think. They seem to think we are hanging on their every word and are oblivious to the guffaws.

I somehow missed that he's just filed to sell his entire holding of his media stock (Truth Social)

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-media-stock-crash-djt-donald-trump-trust-sell-shares-2025-4?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Source chatgpt.com? Are people collating news from ChatGPT now??

how in hell did this guy become the leader of the free world??

There's 346,795,913 people in the US, and a very large portion of them are as dumb as a bag of stones.

No getting your point. The US has been heading for complete disaster. It's unlikely this will fix things but a hit like that if it were to fix things wouldn't be a big deal.

Which do you prize more highly, people's pensions or the entire USA? So a 2 trillion shock wouldn't be d big deal if it saved USA (unlikely it'll work out that way).

All the NA banks down around 10%. That is big.

Possibly a bit of a bounce the other way after lunch. But still.

Here is Reuters on this event. Seems to be "temporary"

"Stellantis NV <STLAM.MI> said on Thursday it was temporarily laying off 900 workers at five U.S. facilities after President Donald Trump's tariffs were announced, and temporarily pausing production at an assembly plant in Mexico and one in Canada.The maker of Ram trucks and Jeeps said the U.S. plants affected are powertrain and stamping facilities that provide parts for the two factories in Mexico and Canada that are being idled."

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/stellantis-says-will-temporarily-lay-off-900-us-workers-following-tariff-2025-04-03/