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

So I wonder when Trump will start the concessions on the Tariffs. In his first term he gave Apple an exemption from the tariffs from China, this time around there's been none.

No wonder the tech sector's stock plunged, all these data center's planned to be built for AI, is it possible to do that without sourcing from outside the US?

Apple's shareholders overwhelmingly voted to keep their DEI policy. No concessions until they bend the knee and kiss the ring.

Semiconductors were excluded from the Taiwan tariffs but all other material will become far more expensive.

A lot of MAGA followers are claiming Antifa are behind the protests.

I wonder if the rest of the word (excluding China) are just waiting to see what happens. Never interrupt an enemy when they are making a mistake!

You heard of Nero right?

Bit of the old violin playing while all hell was breaking loose? Don't think golf was invented then, perhaps if it had been the phrase would have been "Nero played golf while Rome burned". See any similarities today?

But the bit I really struggle to get my head around. Yeah, take a chance in 2016, maybe he'll make a difference, but then he does nothing, and I mean NOTHING for the ordinary Joe Public, and yet they re-elect him on the same non-sensical and plain false promises?

Seriously people? You get the Government you deserve.

And for those that stayed at home and didn't vote, I present my favorite political quote of all time, one that I hammer home to my now voting age kids:

"Even if you think they are all idiots, use your vote to keep the biggest idiot out"

It deserves summarizing one particular angle of just what happened these last few days.

On Thursday/Friday the Stock market had one of its worst drops ever and the worst since Trump was last President and Covid happened.

While all that was kicking off, Trump headed to Florida for a golf tournament at his resort.

On Friday, Trump was not present for the return of 4 American Soldiers who had died during a training exercise in Lithuania. It is usually the case that the President would attend such an event.

Today, Saturday, as people continue to reel from the turmoil of the self-imposed market events, Trump had the White House issue a public statement stating that Trump had won in a Senior Championship qualifying round at his course and that he would be playing again on Sunday in the Championship round. Trump also posted today a video of what he claimed were Terrorists in Yemen being blown up which is actually now being reported as likely having been civilians celebrating Eid in that country.

So in the 4 days around the most impactful Presidential event since Covid, Trump spent those days focused on Golfing matters and posting a possible video of the US committing war crimes.

I don't think there has ever in my lifetime been such abdication of the responsibilities of the office you hold as what Trump continuously demonstrates and while many of us said prior to last November that this is what he brought to the table, many on here and obviously on conservative Media circles worldwide claimed the opposite and now they continue to praise the naked emperor. In the case of the media, that in itself is an abdication of responsibility which has led him to being able to assume the office he holds. The removal of the fairness doctrine had very severe impacts for America and the World.

Is there evidence of retail investors buying the dip being MAGA throwing in their life savings? What are they buying, Tech stocks?

If I'd seen Trunp, Musks or whomever post asking them to then yeah likely, but I don't think they'd do it off their own volition - if anything I'd have thought they'd be doubling down on Gold which they've been huge on recently

(It might be they are doing this, I'm just saying I haven't heard anything on the likes of CNBC mentioning it when watching while the slumps were happening on Thursday and Friday)

Trump is using the excuse we must ptotect the Jews to stop any protests against the government genocide in Gaza .There's a good article about this at nynag.com The IDF is executing aid workers and ambulance drivers in Gaza No person is safe in Gaza except maybe foreign press reporters .Jewish leaders should be speaking out against trump and supporting the right to protest . America is turning in to a police state ypu can say anything as long as you don't criticize trump or the Israeli governments right to kill innocent people

I don't follow this thread very closely so just a quick question.

I'm aware there was a handful of Trump supporters on here. Are they:

A) admitting that they were wrong and Trump is very bad

B) Still trying to find whatever angle they can to defend/support him

Or

C) Disappeared, likely too embarrassed to be seen

China imports rather little from the US; on cars, BMW exports around 15k SUVs and Merc 65k, but the US guys don't have a product that sell there.

Does it matter whether it is goods and/ or services. They both respond to the exact same thing WHICH IS MONEY - so , based on Trump’s ideology re his tarriff calculations he is totally WRONG to have excluded the value of services in the calculation

This Senator Ossoff is like an Obama clone but white. His speaking, right down to his cadence is like an Obama mimic. I reckon he'll be the one who gets the push.

Obama was popular when he first arrived on the scene, he'd have been a hell of a lot more popular if he was white.

Just read a few MAGA responses on Thread. We have now reached the "well - your kids don't need expensive iPads and iPhones so stop complaining" level of discourse....

I am talking about who is the leader of the DEMOCRAT party NOW....specifically with a view to 2028!?! Any ideas?

I'm well aware of how the primary system in the US works thanks (the system under which Kamala Harris was NOT chosen by the Dems). And there's nothing in the system that prevents the people running either party from deciding now who they'd like their candidate in 2028 to be.