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

A military parade was being tentatively planned for the 250th anniversary of the US army, founded on June 14th 1775. Guess what also happens on 14th June…Trump's birthday. So it looks as though, as a result of this very fortuitous coincidence he will get his birthday parade, he suggested it in his first term but they put him off.

Looks like this one is going to happen though, and the Trump admin is apparently 'in the early stages of planning it'.

It might not even be noticeable that there is a 250th anniversary on the day. He will have a lovely time.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/07/politics/trump-plans-military-parade-washington/index.html

I was thinking along the lines of the EU commission, with the agreement of the the 27 member Govts, telling the Pharma Corporations with US connections that due to the disruption caused to normal trade by Trump's tariffs increases on the EU and to ensure that trading returns to a safe level, all trading on Pharma Co's EU shares [incl IP], all movement of Pharma Co's EU pharma stock or production equipment will be stopped from midnight on whatever date AND no closure or interference with of EU Pharma production by any US authority or management will be permitted until usual sensible trading TOC's return. The EU commission should take over the production facilities of the Co's to ensure pharma needs to medics etc keeps going.

Make it clear to those who can make Trump do a u-turn on his tariffs scheming that he must be reined in from his financial wargaming for business to return to normal.

Maybe Ivanka could if she was in a saucy little number. We know he likes her at least.

Presumably the EU is near the back of the queue here.

South Korea, Japan and China announced closer economic ties to each other last week.

I'd be surprised if Japan/South Korea are reneging on that understanding so quickly.

Oh, and apparently the Dept of Defence has been green lighted to request a 1T$ budget. The first ever.

Shame really, after all the money DOGE was saving the tax payer, to just p*ss it out the window again to the military, but I'm sure that that is what the people voted for. More people out of work, and the organisation which hasn't passed an audit in how long getting several hundred Billion more this year than last.

Are you being serious? Or is that a joke comment?

It's hard to know nowadays.

This is funny

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The Tainaiste is on his way to talk to their Commerce Secretary as we speak.

As you say, you'd be as well off getting your news from Weekly World News as believing that X account.

He was just quoted on the 10 O'clock show as saying, and i paraphrase "I have a team from the EU ready to go and talk to them".

It sounds to me like he is. He's just back from Luxembourg for a meeting on trade.

(yeah I know, the Journal)

https://www.thejournal.ie/eu-trade-meeting-tariffs-luxembourg-6670676-Apr2025/

He's so bad at this.

Today, he's denigrating phone manufacturing jobs whike blowing smoke up the ass of coal miners, tomorrow, he'll be saying his tariffs are so successful Apple phones will now be made in the US and loads of jobs will be created in them doing so.

Jack Chambers came across as very glum and pessimistic on prime time. No positives at all.

musk and Navarro having a spat over on X.

From ABC news, Elon Musk took another shot at Peter Navarro on Tuesday over tariffs, calling President Donald Trump's top adviser on trade and manufacturing a "moron" and "dumber than a sack of bricks."