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

The child wasnt deported, the mother was, and she wanted to take her child with her, as most people would. For whatever reason, she didn't seem to want to leave the child in the US with their father or other family. Would it be better for them to deny the mothers wishes and forcibly seperate them instead? Either way, it's a no win situation for the government.

I do think that they should have let them stay at least until the child had finished treatment though. I hope there is treatment where they are going, or she can apply to return legally with her child somehow or arrange for someone she trusts to take her.

Trump says he wants Americans to have more children? Didn't Putin say that to the Russians a few years ago?

Wait for it....he'll say the election was rigged.

Alternatively, if they won because of Trump's endorsement they would be telling the liberals to STFU.

It's bizarre how people fawn over Trump yet no matter who he chooses to endorse in an election, they always lose!

The only reason this stupidity continues is that nobody likes to be told they're stupid and would prefer to keep their heads in the sand.

Trump didn't actually endorse anyone in the Canadian election. He posted on Truth Social urging Canadians to vote for the man who would bring Canada into the US as the 51st state. But no party, and SFAIK no candidate, in the Canadian elections supported this idea. He specifically didn't call for people to vote for Poilievre, who he says is "no friend of mine" and has "said negative things".

Trump's hostility towards Canada has been a signficant factor in the elections, with Canadians overwhelmning rallying to the flag. The Liberals have benefitted from this rather than the Conservatives, but that's not because the Conservatives have aligned themselves with Trump's policies towards Canada — in fact they strongly reject them. It's more because, before Trump embarked on this madness, Poilievre was seen as somewhat Trump-like — a right-wing populist calling for lower taxes and smaller government, with a somewhat confrontational relationship with LGBTQ advocacy groups, a fixation with free speech but rather less concern for other rights and freedoms, a more restrictive attitude to immigration, opposition to vaccine mandates, a cheap "Canada first!" slogan, etc.

The truth is that there's a great gap between Poilievre and Trump, and seeing Poilievre as a Canadian analogue of Trump wouild be very unfair to Poilievre. But Canadian voters wanting to express resistance to Trump's ambitions with regard to Canada in particular, and to Trump's values and attitudes in general, were always going to vote for Carney rather than for Poilievre.

The Trump Effect has been particularly strong in Canada because of Trump's open aggression towards Canada, but there is reason to think that it also operate in other countries. Right-populist leaders who have sought to echo some of Trump's attitudes or adopt some of his style are now paying an electoral price for that as voters look at the the US and decide that they don't want a leader that looks anything like Trump.

39% overall approval rating, no issue polling above 48% favorable for CFTrump.

https://apnorc.org/projects/100-days-in-and-the-public-feels-trumps-presidency-is-proceeding-mostly-as-expected/

also (https://archive.ph/BdpTI)

Laughably low ratings for 100 days into an administration.

At the next presser, I wonder if BS Barbie will say Trump congratulates Carney and looks forward to working with him…nah, he'll make it about himself and she'll just pass that through while taunting the reporters.

Looking forward to Carney as PM, Canada made a good choice, a serious economist in charge during wildly uncertain times. Canada with closer ties to the EU and China will be something to behold. Plus, Canadians aren't vacationing in the US and are selling their vacation homes.

Carney's victory will reveal more layers of MAGA deception, lies and general nonsense. MAGA and Brexit, the gifts that keep on giving.

We more handmaidens tale than andor by now

Trumps meddling brought the Liberals back from the dead.

In early January, support for the Conservative party peaked at 44 percent in polls. The Liberals were down to only 20 percent.

People are very fickle, it seems to be a common occurence around the world, people complain and slate the incumbent party only to re-elect the same incompetent/corrupt politicians at the polling booth.

People deserve the politicians they elect.

There's such irony here, Trump is incredibly corrupt. He's literally got the FBI jailing his political enemies ATM. I do agree though, the US has gotten what it deserves at this stage.

People deserve the politicians they elect.

That statement ignores the reality of how close many elections are. We see Trump and his staff insisting he has a mandate for what he is doing, when in reality only less then 1 in 3 of all eligible voters voted for him and of those who did vote, only 1.5% more voted for him than for Kamala.

People who voted for Trump in 2020 got the fastest recovery from Covid, very significant pieces of legislation, strong stock markets and low unemployment because Biden won.

75M People went out to vote in the last election and selected Kamala for President, they have to suffer through the most negatively impactful US Presidential opening of their lifetimes.

It's incorrect to suggest they deserve that just because they took part in the election.

Labour in the Uk say they have a mandate too.

After all they secured 412 seats and the largest majority government in 25 years.

Of course Labour only received 33.8% of the total vote, a measly 1.7% higher than the previous election.

Carney said he would protext Canada, would stand strong against the bully that the US voters put in. Sounds like a perfectly reasonable position for the lectorate to take. They put aside their small individual concerns for the greater good.

And Polievre wouldnt protect Canada is it ?

Polievre is more of a nationalist than Carney, he would have been tough on Trump.

I think you'll find that people are patriotic and when the clown president of your neighbouring country decides to belittle you as a nation and a people, declare that you should really be a subservient state to him and not a sovereign country, those people will vote for who is most vocal in defending them.

Carney came out fighting from the get go against Trump while Poilievre was too little too late. It was only in early March that the premier of Alberta, Danielle Smith said that, while there would always be disagreements, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre would be "very much in sync with … the new direction in America"

Being patriotic is not fickle. I'm sure every MAGA will be able to tell you that!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-trump-smith-analysis-1.7496125

The irony is that the Govt initiated the deportation decision, not the mother, denying her child continuance of her medical treatment. The Admin chose only to see the small deportation picture that Trump & Co see, and not the bigger picture.

The Conservatives havent taken a huge beating.

They are currently projected to have won 144 seats - that's up from 120 before the election.

In fact the last time the Conservatives won a majority was in 2011 with 39.6% of the vote. They are on track to beat that this time, with roughly 41.4% of the vote. They peaked at 44% in the polls in January.

The key factor this time is that the progressive vote has coalesced around the Liberals. The NDP have been decimated, down from 18% to 6%.

In a different election, this would have been a very successful one for the Conservatives.