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

I keep seeing clips of Karoline Leavitt in her daily press conference/misinformation and all I can think of is chemical Ali from the gulf war. The level of nothing to see here is scary.

If any of them believe that they're living in denial.

The us as we know it and as an ally is over for the foreseeable. Even if trump and his administration fail in holding onto power and turning the us into a dictatorship or quasi dictatorship, the cat is out of the bag with fascists there for a long time to come. They've dismantled decades worth of federal government institutions and agencies, checks and balances on their power.

The us that is friendly and stable is gone.

I read some business experts think trump is stupid or has toxic masculinity. Issues eg he wants to show he's tough raising tariffs even though all experts say tariffs are pointless and hurt the consumer and increase inflation .He has crashed the stock market and bond market in America .This is not good for musk most of his wealth is based on the stock market value of his companys

Even worse than that trillions lost in stock market value is that he is reducing the value of the dollar meaning goods for consumers and parts imported to make cars will cost more

No one wants to say the king is wrong

Ceo,s are afraid to criticize Trump as he,s taking money from the social security fund to find tax cuts for the rich and corporations

He supports lite touch regulations on digital currencys.

Its a massive change if people investors lose faith in the dollar and American Treasury bonds

america being a superpower is based on the strength of the dollar

All the alarm bells point to a coming recession caused by trump .

Doge is wreaking havoc on the social security agency which pays out pensions to 75 million people Doges motto is if it's not broke ,it,ll be broke when we are finished but it's ok cos we just fired 10,000 people so who cares if you can't get thru to someone on the phone to talk to or have a problem filling in an online application on an app to access your pension

i miss mad magazine if it was on the stands now trump and musk would be in every issue and their basic stupidity and greed would be lampooned

Tech company's are donating to trump as he s not in favour of regulation

meta has sacked moderation staff and sent moderators to work in the Texas to show they are in line with conservatives

Goggle said years ago browser fingerprinting is bad for consumer privacy but it's using it now it can spy on you by tracking the os version what version of chrome you are using on your PC or phone

Theres no basic privacy user data laws in America.

Theres,s a vibe shift going on tech companies do not have to even pretend to respect user,s privacy

Trump is clamping down on free speech and the right to protest in America

University s will have to agree to strict policy's against protestors in order to receive any federal funding for research or to be able to take on students on low income

Trump knows universitys are the source of the next generation of liberal democrats politicians and human rights activists

China will have to decide whether to decouple from the US dollar. Components ordered from China are mainly quoted in US dollars. If I'm quoted last week and decide to purchase today then there's a 14% loss of margin that the Chinese company have to absorb as the dollar is weakening considerably. So there are issues for China too outside of losing trade to the US.

Trump has managed to take the attention off two human tragedies in Ukraine and Gaza whilst making himself the main news story. And he's delighted. It's what he lives for. The entire population of both could be eliminated tomorrow and he'd spend 10mins working out how to make it about him and divert the attention back.

It's merely coincidence that it's helping his genocidal buddies, Putin and Netanyahu.

Any wonder trump has her on board.

Probabaly thinks he in there.

She won't last the 4 years

Her next career will be as a major presenter on Fox News......same as Kayleigh McEnany.....except bigger.....coz she's even further right than McEnany!

You want us to stop criticising the presidents mouthpiece? I’ve heard it all now.

One thing for sure is that the "Good Guy Wins" westerns movies made in the USA in the past won't be made nowadays. The men in the black hats are all over town and the law officer isn't wearing a white hat either.

Pretty clear messaging from the Chinese embassy in the US.