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

Baba Yaga · 12-05-2025 11:53AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123440193#Comment_123440193

hmmmm….?if it looks like a duck,walks like a duck,quacks like a duck…its probably a duck and fairly hefty thank you/bribe…

yagan · 12-05-2025 11:58AM

So qatar are offloading a used Boeing with zero commitment or agreement to continue with buying Boeing.

Last year qatar signed a currency swap arrangement with China so comac planes would be an obvious use of their yuan reserves.

Notmything · 12-05-2025 12:36PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123439921#Comment_123439921

So the military are allowed decide who gets to be president? That usually works out well.

Trump may have done lots of stuff people disagree with but that doesn't give the army the right to remove him

poop emoji · 12-05-2025 12:40PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123440395#Comment_123440395

They swore an oath to defend the constitution

If the senate and congress do nothing about constitutional violation as they should have then yes that leave the military as last line of defence against Nazis

Peregrinus · 12-05-2025 12:54PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123440409#Comment_123440409

The President is the commander in chief. The job of removing the President, if he is to be removed, is the job of Congress.

The army can't defend the constitution by violating the Constitution. There are lots of alarming things they might have to do to defend the Constitution — refusing to obey unlawful orders, for example — but mountin a coup d'etat is not one of them.

yagan · 12-05-2025 01:13PM

During Trump's last term wasn't their a Navy captain charged with mutiny for his decision to break from plan to save crew because of a COVID outbreak onboard?

Trump may be commander in chief but he's not god.

Bocadilloo · 12-05-2025 01:55PM

So he's back on the podium again. He is looking very yellow today. Wonder has he been tested for jaundice?? Or maybe he only counted to 2 Mississippi in the spray booth

scottser · 12-05-2025 02:00PM

Russell Vought, of Project 2025 fame, is now heading up DOGE.

Trump official who is taking over DOGE from Elon Musk revealed... and Democrats will be furious

everlast75 · 12-05-2025 02:06PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123438466#Comment_123438466

Trump - little girls need to tighten their belts - have less pencils and dolls!

Trump - accepts $400,000,000 airplane

Bocadilloo · 12-05-2025 02:07PM

Really rambling here today. It's actually scary that such high level discussion and decisions are interspersed with mindless drivel. And no-one can speak up to it

everlast75 · 12-05-2025 02:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123440739#Comment_123440739

Trump: "A friend of mine who is a businessman. Very very very top guy. Most of you would've heard of him. Highly neurotic. Brilliant businessman. Seriously overweight. And he takes the fat shot drug."

Yep.... A "friend"

Notmything · 12-05-2025 02:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123440409#Comment_123440409

Do they have the authority to remove him? Cause if they don't then what do you suggest

dubal · 12-05-2025 02:26PM

There can't have been a worse press conference than this

Kermit.de.frog · 12-05-2025 02:26PM

Trump has the Dems well and truly cornered here on drug prices.

He seems to be suggesting he is going to be tying this in to the big tax cut bill thereby challenging the Democrats to vote against it and putting themselves on the record.

Good stuff.

Bocadilloo · 12-05-2025 02:31PM

Sounds like the EU will be paying higher drug prices to subsidise this order

Frank Bullitt · 12-05-2025 02:37PM

Another failure in the art of the deal by Trump. China did nothing, just say and waited, and saw Trump fold up like a deck chair.

Has it dawned on his supporters yet that he is just a clown in a suit?

pad406 · 12-05-2025 02:50PM

It still amazes me, though I'm not sure why at this stage, that he has the audacity to stand there and declare big wins on stuff that he either has no plan but a vague idea, or things that he broke in the first place.

It would be like me deliberately breaking one of the kids favourite toys just so I could say "Don't worry honey, Daddy will fix it. It'll be nearly as good as new when I'm done"

yagan · 12-05-2025 02:50PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123440813#Comment_123440813

In the US the end user pays higher prices for drug because the for profit private health insurance companies will maximise the spread on what they pay the pharma at the factory gate and what they charge the end user. European and other nations have national procurement schemes that are not profit driven so that profit taking cost isn't there.

Pharma will go where the operating profit is and Trump hitting them rather than the insurance companies means that pharma will actually treat the US as a secondary market going forward, even if they're US registered companies.

Penn · 12-05-2025 02:55PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123440875#Comment_123440875

A big part of why prices in the US are so much higher is because there is no federal or centralised negotiation on prices; it's a free market. That doesn't happen in the EU or other areas, where prices are negotiated and agreed.

So the idea that prices in the EU will rise to accommodate the US's prices doesn't fully line up. Plus you then have so many of the pharmacutical companies who are based in the EU.

The US is free to negotiate their prices with these companies. That doesn't mean the companies can negate or just pass on those costs to other countries.

threeball · 12-05-2025 03:00PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123440875#Comment_123440875

And means any incentive they may have had to return to the US is gone too. There's no coherent strategy from this clown. Most of it is just noise to cover the corruption happening in the background. We'll really see just how weak the US is in 2028 if there is an election and not a single member of this administration will go to prison.

bluedex · 12-05-2025 03:19PM

USA's global image plummets under Trump administration

The image of the USA in the world has significantly deteriorated. Under Donald Trump's administration, the United States is now viewed similarly to Russia and is perceived much worse than China, according to a global survey by the Anders Fogh Rasmussen Foundation.

Democracy Perception Index: The survey was conducted in 100 countries, showing a decline in the positive image of the USA from 76% to 45%.
Leaders Assessment: U.S. President Donald Trump is viewed negatively in 82% of the countries surveyed, which is a poorer result compared to Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.
Defence priorities: In 86 countries, the most important action is strengthening international partnerships, while in Ukraine, the priority is developing nuclear weapons.

How has the image of the USA changed?

According to the survey published by the Anders Fogh Rasmussen Foundation, the image of the United States in 2025 has significantly worsened. The democracy perception index shows that the USA is perceived negatively at minus 5%, a significant drop compared to plus 22% in 2024.

The USA's image is now comparable to Russia, which stands at minus 9%, and significantly worse than China, which has achieved plus 14%.

Trump rated worse than Putin and Xi

President Donald Trump is viewed negatively in 82% of the countries surveyed, which is considerably worse than the figures for Russian President Vladimir Putin (61%) and Chinese leader Xi Jinping (44%).

The study highlighted that 85% of countries support adhering to international laws and agreements, even if it limits their freedom of action.

charlie14 · 12-05-2025 03:19PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123440798#Comment_123440798

So yet another off the top of his head vague idea from Trump that he has no idea of how it would be implemented or what the consequences would be.

Just the usual bluster from him when yet another of his bluffs have been called.

This time it`s due to China calling check, then sitting back showing how weak his hand of cards were watching him fold like a cheap tent.

Leroy42 · 12-05-2025 03:35PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123440798#Comment_123440798

Amazing that you cannot see that they are tying it directly to the tax cut bill to hide what will be in that bill. Tax cuts for the wealthy but pushed through because it would be wrong to deny people lower drug prices.

The two are not linked at all.

But apart from that, are GOP supporters really happy with the socialising of healthcare? Why stop at the drug companies? Surely doctors, nurses, ambulance, home care etc etc should all be included.

And why is big government, the very same big government that should get the hell out of people's lives, not dictating what companies can charge? Who is going to pick up the tab for the lost profits?

Since you are happy with this, I can safely assume that you agree that socialism is a good idea and that capitalism needs to be cut back in the US. I can't find it on the election literature that Trump put ou,t but I'm pretty certain that was one of his mantras.

Patser · 12-05-2025 03:37PM

A thing i don't get, in all this tariff stuff, is that today Trump is claiming a great deal, and tariffs gone etc....

But literally 2 weeks ago tariffs were free money, the IRS would be scrapped and an ERS set up so Americans reap the benefits of all this free money.

Sensible people pointed out illogical that all was, but MAGA fans heralded it as start of golden era. Now that tariffs are gone, how do they reconcile that the IRS stays, free money that was promised is gone, and all those benefits will not appear because Trump has reneged on those pledges.

Cody montana · 12-05-2025 03:49PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123441029#Comment_123441029

They’ll blame Biden

ixoy · 12-05-2025 03:51PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123441029#Comment_123441029

Or indeed how it's any better than before he opened his mouth about Liberation Day and this mess started.

Quin_Dub · 12-05-2025 03:51PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123441029#Comment_123441029

It's all part of the "flood the zone" strategy.

He talks utter bollocks 24/7 so it's hard to keep track of all of the nonsense to be able to call him out on his contradictions.

The media absolutely categorically should be doing it , all day every day - But average Joe who only tunes in every now and again has almost no hope of keeping track of the torrent of bullsh!t flowing from the White House every day.

As an aside , is it just me or does Scott Bessent sound like a Hostage reading a "statement" apologising to their captors??

He's painful to watch..

Rawr · 12-05-2025 03:52PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123441029#Comment_123441029

It’s a bit cliché of me to reference this, but if you want to learn why MAGA are like this; you’re best bet is to read Orwell’s «Nineteen Eighty-Four» (or watch the 1984 Movie starring John Hurt)

It will show you how a conditioned group can accept two opposing versions of reality, despite it being impossible. MAGA are very much the «Outer Party» in Orwell’s story, a people who are expected to agree with any statement issued by the facist government of «Oceania», for the simple reason that the government said so. So when Donnie says something is good….it’s good, to them. If Donnie says it’s bad the next day…it is bad to them…even if it didn’t make sense.

«Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.»

Frank Bullitt · 12-05-2025 03:53PM

He just threw a little temper tantrum at an ABC reporter because she asked about the bribe/jet gift, he is a proper child.

Quin_Dub · 12-05-2025 04:29PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123441080#Comment_123441080

That's his go to response to being put on the spot for his actions - Attack the questioner and their abilities whilst completely ignoring the actual question asked.

I didn't hear/see the clip , but I am absolutely certain that his tantrum contained at least one of the classics , if not all of them.

"You're just fake news from the failing XYZ media outlet "

"You're a very nasty person"

"You're just a low IQ person"

"You just hate America"

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

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How has the image of the USA changed?

Trump rated worse than Putin and Xi