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

The Irish lady that was detained is getting released.

At this stage, it's pretty clear that Trump and Putin must have been twins separated at birth. Everything they say is a lie, always. Even when it doesn't have to be.

A banker's going to know a shifty businessman when he sees them. I'm sure he's met plenty.

Today's announcement is supposedly about a trade deal with the UK. I wonder if they know about it.

I was looking at some US presenter on some TV station last night talking about that Kearney Trump meeting and it was ALL ABOUT the ‘mauling ‘ that Trump gave Carney !!!!!. For example, She interpreted Carneys facial expressions as ‘ he was confused’ ; adid not know what to say’ ; ‘was caught on the hop’ ; ‘ almost failed to get a word in edgeways’ etc, etc, etc, etc. I cannot come up with the correct combination of words to describe the angles taken but for the moment it was AWAY BEYOND BS.
She/ her station must be well paid by Trump/ his supporters

Carnegie showed up what ‘happens when you stand up to a BULLY. He was so composed, his facial expressions throughout said a lot, he let Trump do his usual rant and his one comment about ‘ real estate’ was a master stroke. It was enough , IMO, to totally counteract all of Trumps Rantings. Trump was like a lap dog in his responses. Eg ‘ Never day never ‘ and with a nervous /cheapish smile

I'd like to think he has a better track record there than Deutsche Bank.

He clearly does. Its part of his malignant narcissism.

He has no cognitive appreciation for tradition or style or class or decency or heritage, or anything like that.

He lives in a transactional world. Obsessively driven by the need to have a win/lose outcome. It's why he has turned the Oval Office into a nasty 1970s Vegas lounge, and he's the local mafia under-boss running the joint. In his mind, it should both impress and intimidate, to improve his dominant position in the deal, whereas any normal thinking person views it as pathetic vandalism.

And its all why I think we will see this trade deal with GB being decried in Britain, as the details of it begin to emerge.

Starmer comes to the table in a position of weakness anyway. Britain, in self-imposed isolation, is circling the economic porcelain bowl, and so he must shore up what manufacturing they do have left, albeit owned from overseas, like Jaguar Land Rover, Mini, Rolls and Bentley, Vauxhall etc.

The British farmers already he's effed them on inheritance tax, but wait till they see the agricultural feces that will land on British supermarket shelves from America, undercutting them both in price and in standards.

Its going to be a terrible deal for Britain so they can export some rubbish Range Rovers. And its the sort of deal that the EU won't want, and won't need to make.

but wait till they see the agricultural feces that will land on British supermarket shelves from America, undercutting them both in price and in standards.

Its going to be a terrible deal for Britain so they can export some rubbish Range Rovers. And its the sort of deal that the EU won't want, and won't need to make

That's what Sky News reporting at the moment:

Sky News business correspondent Paul Kelso understands the UK has agreed to give some concessions on food and agriculture imports from the United States to secure an easing of export tariffs for the car industry.

Will have to wait till this afternoon to find out the details, but my inclination is that it will be a bad deal for the UK. Trump really needs a big win announced

I'd almost be inclined to think the opposite. I'd say whatever gets announced will include something Trump can point to as a win, says he'll lift all the tariffs on the UK, and then say he's willing to do deals with other countries too. And then it goes back to mostly business as usual.

He could be treating the UK as a signal to all others; give the US something that looks enough like a win so Trump can lift the tariffs, restore stability to the stock market, and make himself look like a master negotiator. No matter what the arrangement is, Trump and his acolytes will just inflate the numbers or importance of it and make it out to be the greatest deal ever in the history of the world.

From what little is known calling this a “deal” is stretching the word quite a bit

I’m struggling to see why actually concrete has UK given up and and will receive

The possible difference with the UK though is that there have been on-going discussions with the US since Brexit, so it 'could' be way more advanced than other countries which likely only started since liberation letsscrewtheeconomy day

I'm not saying he has or he hasn't. I'm saying the Farmer's protests are based on the premise that he has, from their perspective.

Britain's economic fortunes are not really a matter for debate though. Their budget deficit and terrible growth over the last 10 years are a matter of fact.

And so, Britain is in a position of weakness and somewhat desperation as they went into this negotiation with Washington.

Meanwhile, the Saudi policy of women barely allowed to do anything ever has been given full approval.