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

It probably will work out but my point was Qatar didn't have 2 other hosts alongside them. The US does and they don't get along right now with the other two especially people arriving from Mexico in droves. Vance already made comments about it recently regarding the upcoming club wc.

There are even stories by prisoners in Stalin's GULAG that they encountered other inmates that still supported the regime.

RE: the Fort Bragg "speech":

"internal 82nd Airborne Division communications reviewed by Military.com reveal a tightly orchestrated effort to curate the optics of Trump's recent visit, including handpicking soldiers for the audience based on political leanings and physical appearance.

One unit-level message bluntly saying: "No fat soldiers."

"If soldiers have political views that are in opposition to the current administration and they don't want to be in the audience then they need to speak with their leadership and get swapped out," another note to troops said

The insecure clown made sure he had the clapping seals behind him.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/11/bragg-soldiers-who-cheered-trumps-political-attacks-while-uniform-were-checked-allegiance-appearance.html

My point was if I was a football fan who was planning a trip to next years world cup most of whom might have spent years saving up money to witness what is for most people a once in a lifetime experience I would feel very nervous about travelling there the way things are. My reference to FIFA was only meant to be about how much of a shitshow this tournament could turn into and the poor punter will end up paying not FIFA themselves. FIFA being nervous meaning they lose money. When that happens the poor punter at the bottom of the ladder has to.

I'm not sure I can trust anyone in the Trump administration when it's an article of faith within that bubble that there are, at the least, major concerns about the 2020 election, despite it being the most heavily audited and examined election in recent US history, if not all time.

That wouldn't be to say you can dismiss other claims out of hand, but they would require a good bit of 3rd party verification before gaining credence.

And a slightly more recent poll (June 5-9) shows him underwater on immigration (-11) & (-16) on deportations. These are his lowest numbers across the board this term from the pollster.

The NW article you linked compares polls on the topic from 8 years ago to put a shine on it. I think trends over the last 6 months are more pertinent. Even in the polls you cite above his only alleged favourable policy area isn’t exactly an overwhelming success if his best issue polls put him at +1. Moreover his overall general approval isn’t recovering. Sure his partisan support, as always, remains intractable. But since the outset of this term he has lost significantly among independents & Democrats have never been this aligned against him. It will be interesting to see how Americans react to him throwing himself a Moscow/Pyongyang style birthday bash parade to the tune of $45 million at taxpayer’s expense.

Of all the spineless, gutless, and sycophantic Republicans, Mike Johnson is the most spineless, gutless, and sycophantic. A pathetic hypocritical weasel of a man. Just a gormless smirk in a suit. The fact that he has "Christian" as part of his Twitter bio is either sarcasm or a shocking display of self-delusion.

It is surreal… Trump is a destroyer of what we know and yet there are some who ham shank over his every word

 As usual, the left’s entire violence-justifying narrative is a tissue of lies.

More own goals.

You actually believe this administration? If you do, you will literally believe anything.

The EU should just go ahead and freeze Trump's assets. For a laugh if nothing else

The problem for the GOP is, while he's their president and party leader, that he doesn't care about the party, only himself. As long as there's free board and lodging for him courtesy of the taxpayer, everyone else can go swing. The Republicans in the individual states should be aware he doesn't share the glory with them, only the blame in his failures.

Ref the situation in the cities and states where Trump claims there are rioters and looters burning the cities down, wins for him there won't be worth the paper they're written on, they're things which will be gone in the wind once he's gone. Fox News and the Daily Mail will be shredding and burning any evidence of their praising his actions.

His 2 I/C has to be aware that he'll be on his own when Trump passes on to greener pastures. Ad for the White House staffers: alas poor Miller etc, we knew him well. Homan nailed his future to the mast when he said he'd arrest Newsom. His almost instant recanting showed he knew no one would support him if he did. The more strident-voiced ones can count on being told rudely their services are no longer required. Vance won't want reminders of past failures and ghosts haunting the White House. He'll have loads to burn and delete to feel in any way safe. I can see him having a completely different style of diplomatic conversations with foreign leaders than Trump.

The HSA agencies will presumably do their best to ensure they keep their share of the taxpayer funding they've got now but who-ever takes over from Trump will be faced with the Trump promises of reducing the federal taxes imposed on the taxpayer. He/she and the Sec Treasury will have swing the federal cost axe to stay ahead in the popularity game.

One thing that showed which way the wind is blowing in LA is the number of Mexicans flags, and not the Stars and Stripes, being waved about on the streets by peaceful demonstrators. It surprised me. Trump ensured a larger turnout for the Democrats in voting time and put a hole in the GOP boat. If Trump were to deploy more military in other cities in the way he's done in LA, the same vote result would follow there. New York would probably be a re-dedicated city for the Dems.

One thing I wish for the US is that no nutjob of any variety shows up in Washington on Saturday. Malice is not what it needs right now.