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

Murdoch. The same dope who took his own kids to court because they weren't right wing enough. Madman

Apparently, ICE (US immigration and customs) has the power to detain literally anyone in a room for many hours and go through their phone etc - even if the person has done nothing suspicious or anything to attract their attention.

It's the wording on the US government website, it's completely at the discretion of the border control officer if they want to give you a hard time if you look like their partner that they're not getting on with at the moment.

It's going to take a month or so for the true tariff effect to impact inflation. Some companies have stockpiled months of supply. I believe that why we have seen Irish pharma exports skyrocket the past few months (so ignore the doomongers when the exports drop)

I think the small family businesses who rely on cheap materials from China will be decimated, especially those who have ordered and paid for stock from China well in advance and when it lands, they are hit with a massive tariff bill.

Very easy to forget the small businesses when it's the billion dollar ones who seem to sway Trump.

The problem is tourists are being harassed if they are found to have social media posts that are critical of trump or are critical of the Israeli government s policy on the war in Gaza

Canadian tourists are putting off traveling to the us due to trumps policys on trade with Canada

Millions of American jobs rely on income from tourism

So, we are clear that apparently Trump isn't a fascist, however - he is absolutely fine with the government deciding to scoop up any person they want and disappear him without any due process, to a country where he *will* face torture/slave labour, and will baldly refuse any attempt by the US courts to rectify the situation?

They send an innocent man to prison abroad and wash their hands of it, but when the wife of a US diplomat kills a British teenager by driving carelessly, they made sure was back in America safe from justice.

I see Bukele was re-elected because the Supreme Court there "reinterpreted" (Wikipedia's words) the constitution to allow more terms. Bukele is a strongman. To his credit, he has got the homicide rate way down but he's another who doesn't care about legal concerns and delights in performative cruelty. He's another cryptobro, too.

No wonder Trump's cozying up to him.

If you are a young man and look a certain way live in the wrong place and have tattoo,s you are at risk of being arrested as a gang member even if you have never committed any crime Ice have quotas to arrest a certain no of men per week . Students are being arrested and deported because they criticize Israel on social media . Trump has crashed the stock market and us Treasury bond market and the housing market is showing signs of a slowdown . The dollar has dropped in value which is going to increase the cost of all goods imported to America

The stock market has lost about 10 per cent of it's value and most Americans depend on 401k stock investments in order to be able to retire after the age of 60 . I think a lot of people will lose their jobs in the next few months as the effects of tariffs start to effect small business

The housing market depends on consumer confidence which is not good at the moment .

Warren Buffet has sold off most of his American stocks months ago as he's could see trumps policy's would not be good for the economy

A leaving cert economics student can see a recession is the predictable outcome of all of these decisions - so it’s clear to me that a recession is exactly what Trump wants - aside from himself and his cronies making a lot of money, I’m not sure for what benefit - this is obviously the “pain” that was promised to the electorate .

high interest rates and high costs and inflation - I’m not seeing the plus side anytime soon

Trump doesn't know what he wants as he doesn't have a clue how any of it works. He just sees the title "most powerful man in the world" and assumes everyone will just bend to his will. You take a narcissist and let them near a role with that title and the outcomes are predictable.

The only thing Trump plans for is how to get more attention and hopefully adulation. Hes like a junkie, he'll do anything for his fix.