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

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,019 ✭✭✭✭Boggles


    He was too good a politician and communicator to have used him so ineffectively.

    The hilarious thing about that is, his own political coach right up to that speech in 2004 described his communication skills as "excrement".

    Hindsight is rarely applicable for obvious reasons.

    But for Obama the stars just aligned a just the right time, he was also a notorious hard worker.

    Also I think McCain would have beaten Clinton.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,092 ✭✭✭✭aloyisious


    That is the one thing about the MAGA people that amazes me, the US populace see them and Trump removing two foundation stones of the US, the constitution and the economy, the MAGA people think it's the way to go and the populace are doing nothing to stop them. King George got an angrier response from the North American populace over how his Govt was treating them. How much more are the present US N/A populace going to take from Trump and his shower of useless gits?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,670 ✭✭✭valoren




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,252 ✭✭✭✭Oscar_Madison
    #MEGA MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN


    “How much more are the present US N/A populace going to take from Trump and his shower of useless gits?”

    Considering the number of people who were idiotic enough to vote for him in the first place, I fear quite a bit more actually 😀

    But don’t worry, they’ve sorted all those LGBTQ people and are defunding those horrible universities who preach human rights - you might not have a dime in your pocket but hey, you can’t have it all - Drill baby Drill !



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,252 ✭✭✭✭Oscar_Madison
    #MEGA MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,092 ✭✭✭✭aloyisious


    And the constitution prevents the calling of a snap election by the US Govt, so it'd be useless planting the idea "the people love you, they'll re-elect you 100% - with the electoral college as back-up" into Trump's brain. The President and the V/P can resign but the next in succession line in the constitution covers that, ensuring continuance of Govt from within. Even scrapping the electoral college seems to be a worthless idea.



  • Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 32,355 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    He did but that was the first almost anyone knew of him. He was a rising star but that was it. He was absolutely not expected to be the presidential nominee. No more than Angela Alsobrooks (a person I've never heard of) is expected to be the 2028 nominee.

    No one has a clue who will be the Dem nominee and I suspect a good 20 to 30 people are eyeing it up.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,829 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    We've been hearing for months now that despite Democrats claims that Republicans will gut Medicaid, that Republicans insist that that will not happen and no one will touch it.

    Here's how they're going to do that.

    Screenshot_20250422_160743_X.jpg

    They're planning on removing the 90% of federal and telling Governors that if they want the program to remain, they must fund it.

    They'll then tell Joe Public that the Governors were the ones who decided to end the program.

    Things will get very difficult in red states if they succeed with this.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,092 ✭✭✭✭aloyisious


    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".



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,019 ✭✭✭✭Boggles


    Personally I hope the democrats are not waiting for the next enigma to burst out from nowhere.

    I said the second Trump won they need now to start seriously grooming a few candidates and getting them a national platform.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,302 ✭✭✭✭Igotadose


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

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    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.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,059 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    A quick witted bill burr type who could take trumps abuse at debates and send it right back at him ten fold is what's needed(sadly)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,059 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    Only losers (in politics) mention popular vote



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 398 ✭✭17togo


    Funny you mention the pledge of allegiance. The yanks staying with us were telling my kids about the pledge of allegiance before the start school everyday. My 10year old said, that sounds like north Korea. 🤣 Even a kid can see it. In fairness to her she kinda admitted it does sound like it when she was explaining it to them, she just never had thought about it like that!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,076 ✭✭✭CFlat




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,076 ✭✭✭CFlat


    The pettiness of the Trump Administration really is astounding. Just because Ukraine/Russian war hasn't ended when they wanted it to, they're willing to walk away . Thank god he wasn't President during WW2 , cause if he was, we'd all be speaking German now.

    Trump and his band of merry men don't understand the meaning of the word, diplomacy, that's why they're never going to stop any war.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,092 ✭✭✭✭aloyisious


    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.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,095 ✭✭✭Field east


    what was Vance before that and why did he convert? Given his’ take on things’ I would be of the opinion that other American beliefs would be more suited to him



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,095 ✭✭✭Field east


    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’?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,092 ✭✭✭✭aloyisious


    My bad in that I misnamed the Chief Justice. It should have read Roberts.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,031 ✭✭✭saabsaab


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



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,617 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    I love the jokes about Trump somehow rigging the pope vote, but in the grand scheme of things he's done more mental **** already



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,829 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    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.



  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 18,074 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    Probably call up Poland and ask them why did they start a fight with Germany.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,617 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


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



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,980 ✭✭✭yagan




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,252 ✭✭✭✭Oscar_Madison
    #MEGA MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,252 ✭✭✭✭Oscar_Madison
    #MEGA MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN


    Yeah like that’s gonna happen - they’re behaving and are perceived as a diverse bunch of hippies - even hippies back in the day had their together and “high” point (pun intended)- I don’t see that happening in 2025 for the democrats - MAGA has gone beyond normal politics and ways of doing things politically - a standard grey suited white man with centrist views frankly won’t cut the orange mustard



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,076 ✭✭✭CFlat




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,816 ✭✭✭For Petes Sake


    Why not?

    Obama was a relative unknown when he was elected as a Senator just 4 years before he ran for President.

    AOC has one of the biggest profiles in the entire party.



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