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

Left wing leaning parties resurgence since Trumps tariffs.

First Canada, now Australia.

That was never going to happen anyway.

Lost his own seat in Parliament that he'd held for 24 years. Just like the guy in Canada, party leader losing his seat. The people are angry. The Australian lost to a paralympic athlete too!

It's hard to believe that this isn't satire. You're nearly expecting Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert to appear among the contributors.

These pathetic, immoral lackeys remind me of the boutique manager in Pretty Woman.

yea i wouldnt be getting overly excited over this, the political left is truly dreadful at the moment, and dont really have a response to our issues in general

it’s early days yet. The last thing one wants is a knee jerk reaction. The more time goes on - UP TO A POINT- the more ammunition Trump provides to the opposition for attacking him/MAGA

Re the recent UK elections. Am wondering would the electorate vote differently if there was a general election. I am wondering if the results of the recent ‘local ‘ elections was to give a slap on the wrists to the government - because they are not happy with some of the governments policies/ actions. Hence the reason why ReformFarrage did so well

BUT, BUT, BUT in a general election would the electorate ‘chance’ putting Reform in power to run the country - given the current international and very serious state of affairs.

We had a similar situation in the last Irish general election. It was felt -at least in some quarters- that we had enough of the outgoing administration and that the country needed a change but we put back in the same admin- probably/ mainly because of its ‘proven ‘ ability to manage what’s coming down the track compared to the lack of exp of the ‘waiting ‘government

Local elections are often an anti Government vote. Same happens here.

Local elections can rely more on grass root activism. After getting wiped out in the 2011 general election I think Fianna Fail won the most council seats. It was very much business as usual for at the parish pump.

There probably is a more significant shift at grassroots level in the UK, but I don't know if the success of Reform will just dilute the right wing vote again at the next election.

Or Trump's lizard brain tells him Canada may as well be part of the USA. it would chime with his MAGA rants, making America bigger again.

Invading Ukraine was never going to do anything to arrest Russia's demographic and economic decline but it was the most convenient thing to do to hold together a populist regime with no answers.

When the tariffs really hit home I won't be surprised if MAGA militias start preparing an invasion force.

And the right has nothing besides hate, racism and fascism. It's politics for hateful troglodytes who are anti democracy, equality, education or any kind of progress.

I roundly reject this notion of "it's all the fault of those people who dare to want to live in a functioning democracy". People didn't reject liberal values, they embraced fascism because of hate, stupidity and racism.

So you can stick your "critique" of whatever you see as "the left"

No surprise, same fundraising site raised millions for that murderer Rittenhouse.

What a truly bizarre thing for a leader of a country, any country, to post.

There really is something deeply, deeply, wrong with him. It's scary to think that this guy has access to the largest arsenal in the world.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/gold-card-residence-abroad/682103/

An interesting piece from back in March explaining how interest in an escape route from the USA is becoming common

Eric Major, the CEO of the immigration-advising firm Latitude, began his career helping rich Hong Kongers make exit plans to relocate to Canada or the United Kingdom ahead of the territory’s scheduled handover to China. Major went on to work mainly with clients from China, Russia, India, and the Middle East.

Today most of Major’s clients are American. Volek’s firm has more clients from America than from the next four biggest feeder countries (Pakistan, Nigeria, India, and the U.K.) combined. Fifteen years ago, the firm did not see much point in opening a U.S. office. This year, it’s launching its tenth. “I never would have imagined my No. 1 source market would become America,” Major told me. “But now the top brass of America is hedging.”

This bit is stark and reminded me of how super catholic some of my US relatives. Some of them would be fine with Trump as pope.

The couple had been looking forward to their homecoming, but it quickly became clear that the U.S. they’d left was not the same country that was waiting for them. Hsiao felt unsafe as an Asian woman, particularly when she went out wearing a mask. Carter’s family was divided along political lines. Even their church felt like a minefield. “We were hopeful until November,” Carter recalled. “But after I saw how many people voted for Trump, after the first term, after January 6—and people of faith in the church embracing Christian nationalism …”

“The Christianity that somehow has morphed in this country is not our expression of faith,” Hsiao interjected.