Donald Trump the Megathread part II - mod warnings in OP, Updated 06/06/25

Just look at the CBS poll quoted and you can see the cherry picking. Trump doing much worse in many of the more detailed polls included there. Plus, a downward trend (47% is lowest in 3 months, and lest we forget, most aren't as tuned in as this thread's readers. Give it time.)

Even if he got 80% disapproval (there will always be some who approve) it would not make a difference, he is not going anywhere, even if he only has power till the mid terms he can obviously do massive damage before then. The more disapproval he gets, the more extreme and dictatorial he will get. Don't expect rational, his approach is 'I will force them to love me'.

My original theory on Trump's presidency is that it's just one long con.

It's like a magicians act. Do all the visually powerful stuff out in front with my right hand. Meanwhile the actual trick/ con is being carried out behind my back with my left.

Trump tanked the stock market a week ago and then somewhat bought it back up less than 24 hours later. Can you imagine how much he and his circle made in those 24 hours?

But he's thrown so much out into the public domain before and since, we're not even talking about it now.

UKRAINE, GAZA, VENEZUELA, SUPREME COURT, stock market crash, HARVARD, RUSSIA, TARRIFS, CHINA, EU.

Even if the entire country turned on him, he'd have enough made and hidden that he'd be long gone before he has to face the music.

I actually think it's the cretins from Vance down that will ultimately push the US towards some backwards Christian fundamentalist far right nightmare that will do America the most harm.

That was just Trump 1.0. Stay tuned. (Biden not on list, not sure any indictments under his watch.)

Trump had several of his administration convicted, and sentenced and did their time, and reinstated in Trump 2.0. Peter Navarro being the most glaring example. Bannon was convicted and sentenced, not quite back in the administration.

It seems, according to Ben Meiselas, Meidastouch of New York, SCOTUS issued an order earlier today to ACLU blocking the removal of some people [Venezuelan migrants] from the US by the Trump Admin pending a hearing of the 5th circuit court of appeal. Two of the SCOTUS bench voted against the issue.

I’m reminded of an old Elvis Costello song, “Crawling to the USA” which has a line that seems apt “Everybody is on their knees, except the Russians and the Chinese”.

You must be truly outraged by him deporting people without trial so. Trump went to trial was found guilty as sin by a jury, meanwhile those in an El Salvador prison have faced no form of due process. Or do you only care that Trump was prosecuted for crimes that he did commit? You actually don't seem to be paying any attention to his presidency these days, just because it's going so atrociously?

Seems Temu and Shein are upping their prices to compensate for tariffs. Might dawn on some that a tariff is a consumer tax.

Just reading up on this Garcia fella they sent to El Salvador, they were dead right to get him out of the country because he seems to have come to the attention of law enforcement on way too many occasions.

So smoke without fire I say.

Yes, the charges she brought against Trump were completely over the top and abuse of power.

So by that 'logic'; the charges brought against her are……

Won't be surprised if he deports first nations people for being un-American.

It doesn't matter what kind of person Garcia is, or indeed any of the other people who were sent to El Salvador. The point is they did not have due process, which includes the opportunity to defend themself.

This is not a matter of rounding someone up and throwing him into the local jail for a night because they are a bit suspect, this is effectively ending someone's life by not just deporting them, but putting them into a interment camp in a third country from which they have no chance of release.

They should all be brought back, no doubt some of them are gang members and are not people you want free in the streets, but they need to be brought back and put through the proper process of a trial. Then you can deport or extradite them, or put them in jail in America.

You're very confident there'll be another free and fair election in the USA. I'm not.

That is very true.

I said it at the time of the Alvin Bragg case that it was a nonsense case and taking it would backfire badly.

It did make a Martyr out of Trump, it galvanised him and led to huge amounts of donations flooding in to renergise his campaign.

The Letitia James case was also heavy handed, youd be prosecuting hundreds of companies on an annual basis if the same criteria was applied across the board as it was to Trump. It was selective targeting by a biased Attorney General and Judge.

Standard industry practice expects the lender to do its own re-evaluation of the submissions made by Trump and other borrowers before issuing a loan. The lenders also made substantial profits in the transactions. There was no crime.

The Dems would of been much better served getting their own house in order, they were lying to the American Electorate about president Bidens mental health for half a decade untill they couldn't hide after that infamous debate.

Also 100% true.