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

The Vatican State is an independent state within Italy. ROFL if Don was turned away from Vatican City by the Swiss Guard "sorry, Mr Trump, you're not on the funeral invite list and don't have the correct visa".

I saw this chart on LeopardsEatMyFace and it's got some very interesting facts imbedded in it.

Ignoring CFTrump for the moment, if you look at the chart (there are about 3000 counties in the US, they're defined arbitrarily and most are historic - NJ where I lived for some time is a geographically small state with 21 counties, Alaska the largest state has 30 'county equivalents.' California, also a huge state, has 58.)

Anyway, if you look 25 years ago, government assistance was close to even between Blue and Red.

Now, in 2016, Blue is up to 169 counties. Red has ballooned to 1276, about 1/3 the entire national total.

The thing the chart is missing, is what changed in 16 years. Manufacturing leaving? Population soaring so fewer good paying jobs? 2000 to 2016 was split GQP/Democratic in the WH and various parts of Congress. So, why so many getting support?

Then, 4 years later, another spike (and Covid accounted for some of that for sure, not sure when the chart was generated probably the following year.)

So, yeah, red counties have been collapsing economically for some time. Unfortunately, they vote GOP, the classic voting against their own interests. A lot do poorly because they're 'right to work' states, a euphemism for 'union free,' attracting business but no pesky unions so employees get shafted with no recourse. But, another missing fact, if you look into the money spent on those programs especially Social Security, which is direct $$ in the pocket unlike the medical program, and ignore the over 65's, that's a lot of money gone out, yet, still voting for Trump.

Only losers (in politics) mention popular vote

Pope McGregor(y) 1.

Except for the fact that Trump said that knowing it would be a headline giving him free promotion material without any intent of ever doing so, while knowing he might meet an NRA member citizen prepared to defend himself in line with his amendment rights. Imagine no 1st or 2nd Trump presidency.

Is Trump not behaving clearly un constitutionally and when does the army ‘show an interest’ in what is going on and ‘do something about it’?

Make it the 51st state? Papa Donaldus Casino Roma.

If Trump was President in WW2, 100% the axis would have won.

He'd have gone for Canada and Greenland there and then and let Germany have Europe and Japan have the Far East as a trade off.

Massive tariffs announced on the import of the blood and/or bread of Jesus

oh wouldn’t you love it 😀

That's phucking hilarious 😂

Why not? Because there is no chance of her winning a national election.

People these days are so self involved. Thinking that we're gonna be the ones decimated by a fukin bomb or some ****.

We're not gonna be them.. so just accept it and move on.

The latest wheeze form the White House is that there's a China deal in the offing, the markets getting a bump from the hopium but zero detail as there's been no confirmation that China is actually in talks with Trump.

Most likely it will be a solo run where Trump announces that he's building an alliance against China made up of countries that he's currently tariffing, "be nice to me and I might drop my tariff".