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Donald Trump the Megathread part II - mod warnings in OP, Updated 06/06/25

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  • #25292
    everlast75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,227 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    1000011548.jpg

    10 long, long, long years ago today...

    Elect a clown... Expect a circus



  • #25293
    Qaanaaq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 280 ✭✭Qaanaaq


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123546761#Comment_123546761

    That funny thing is that Mexicans (particularly poor ones) have much more native American DNA than the likes of Trump and his white racist followers. This whole thing is clearly a tactic to preserve white dominance



  • #25294
    aloyisious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,050 ✭✭✭✭aloyisious


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123547256#Comment_123547256

    A class example of how to pass comment, army style, about the person on the reviewing stand without making a sound and avoid disciplinary action.



  • #25295
    Quin_Dub
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,883 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quin_Dub


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123549389#Comment_123549389

    A bit like how I used to get out of doing jobs around the house as a kid.

    Do a sh!t job, without looking like it was deliberate until my Mother/Father would finally tell me to Feck off and that they'd do it themselves..

    Trump won't look for a Parade next year for the 1776 Anniversary celebrations , that's for sure..



  • #25296
    AbusesToilets
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,204 ✭✭✭✭AbusesToilets


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123549207#Comment_123549207

    no argument with respect to the parade, but marching in formation stopped being relevant with the invention of breech loading rifles. If you want to watch fancy drill, there's units that specialize in it. Having combat soldiers doing it is a pointless waste of time, and incredibly dull and frustrating for those soldiers being subjected to it.



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  • #25297
    Quin_Dub
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,883 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quin_Dub


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123549200#Comment_123549200

    He's everything they claim to hate and he's the opposite of all the "values" they claim to venerate.

    • He's not a "family" man.
    • He's not religious.
    • He's not "decent"
    • He's not "Patriotic" in the true meaning of the word.
    • He's not trustworthy
    • He's not reliable

    So , maybe they don't really value those things and what they really value is hatred and "punching down" - Which is really all Trump bring to the table.



  • #25298
    Notmything
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,218 ✭✭✭Notmything


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123549624#Comment_123549624

    Have you served to know that?



  • #25299
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 42,296 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123549639#Comment_123549639

    I get the impression that the Republican party views the American public as a necessary evil for providing services and making goods for consumption and nothing else. We saw the mask slip once again when RFK Jr lamented that autistic people don't pay tax as if that's all life is about.

    These shibboleths like family and faith just seem to be ways to keep the hoi polloi in line since it can't be discarded entirely. All Trump has really shown is how unnecessary these things are if you're hateful enough.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • #25300
    AbusesToilets
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,204 ✭✭✭✭AbusesToilets


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123549653#Comment_123549653

    Ya



  • #25301
    Notmything
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,218 ✭✭✭Notmything


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123549689#Comment_123549689

    So have I so guess we have to disagree as to it's value.



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  • #25302
    AbusesToilets
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,204 ✭✭✭✭AbusesToilets


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123549671#Comment_123549671

    I think it would be very interesting to see how the party will market itself once Trump falls, presuming democracy endures and they get dumped out of office. They've gone so gung-ho in pursuing their dreams of destroying government, what do they have left to offer people? They rely on cheating to hold onto power, outside of the die hard extremists, there's no appeal.



  • #25303
    Quin_Dub
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,883 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quin_Dub


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123549671#Comment_123549671

    They view them as an underclass to be tolerated at best, necessary for the provision of labour in the service of their betters.

    Education/Thought beyond that which is necessary for said provision of labour is to be discouraged.

    They want them compliant and productive - nothing more.

    Religion is critical as it allows them to tell the masses that their reward for their toil is awaiting them in heaven and that "God will take care of them" (because the GOP certainly f*cking won't).

    They protect themselves from the masses turning on them by making sure there's always a big scary boogey-man out there to distract attention.

    The Immigrants , the Brown/Black people , the LGBTQ+ community , Uppity women - Take your pick , whichever one is most effective at stopping the masses actually seeing where the pain is really coming from.

    It used to be the "Reds under the Beds" , but now actually the "Reds" are kinda the GOPs role models , so can't really be vilifying them these days now can you.

    Post edited by Quin_Dub on


  • #25304
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 42,296 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123549706#Comment_123549706

    It'll be one of two things. They'll either find a successor figure for Trump or they'll just have the media-industrial complex gaslight the American public into believing that they were powerless but now they've been liberated from MAGA tyranny.

    If they can find a worthy successor who can command broad support from MAGA, that's probably the most likely option since MAGA isn't going away any time soon.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • #25305
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 42,296 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123549712#Comment_123549712

    This is basically the mentality of a King in eighteenth century Europe. I know Frederick the Great was no fan of the common man but he did lead men into battle several times and was essentially an atheist and a homosexual.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • #25306
    Quin_Dub
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,883 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quin_Dub


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123549716#Comment_123549716

    You forgot the 3rd option - Accept Zero responsibility for anything , blame the Deep State and the Fascist, Communist , Immigrant loving Liberals for everything that happened and how if it wasn't for them "The Sunny uplands of Nirvana that the GOP had planned for all you God-fearing , America loving patriots were just around the corner."

    Stir up hate and division and basically lie their asses off until enough people have drunk the cool-aid to get them elected again.



  • #25307
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 42,296 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123549753#Comment_123549753

    Fair point. I partly alluded to that with my media industrial complex point but I assumed they'd have tracked back to the centre in that scenario.

    Liz Truss is a good example. Wiped out billions from the economy and now does nothing but appear on podcasts to say how it was the fault of woke that she was the shortest serving PM in British history (George Canning died in office).

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • #25308
    Penn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,896 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    "Trump is sacrificing so much by being President! He'd earn more money by running his businesses! He's not even taking his Presidential salary! If anything, he's losing money by being President!"

    Also Trump:

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/16/trump-mobile-phone-plan.html

    "The Trump Organization on Monday unveiled a mobile phone plan and a $499 smartphone that is set to launch in September.

    The new service, Trump Mobile, will offer a $47.45-per-month plan that includes unlimited talk, text and data, as well as roadside assistance and a “Telehealth and Pharmacy Benefit,” according to its website.

    The company owned by President Donald Trump also announced it will sell a “T1” smartphone, which appears to feature a gold-colored metal case etched with an American flag."



  • #25309
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,229 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123549785#Comment_123549785

    It's bad litany of grifting by Trump and his crew.

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/trump-conflict-of-interest


  • #25310
    CFlat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,908 ✭✭✭CFlat


    I thought the POTUS had to divest themselves from any interest he/she had in private business during their tenure in the WH? He's using his platform as POTUS, to enrich himself.



  • #25311
    poop emoji
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 823 ✭✭✭poop emoji


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123549921#Comment_123549921

    Kings can ignore such pesky things like laws and precedent



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  • #25312
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 42,296 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123549926#Comment_123549926

    They can't.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • #25313
    Quin_Dub
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,883 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quin_Dub


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123549932#Comment_123549932

    They can if they've replaced all the people tasked with holding them to account with sycophants and lickspittles..

    In the world we live in here and now - Who stops Trump doing what he's doing?

    The Justice Department?

    A Congressional Ethics committee?

    An Impeachment enquiry?



  • #25314
    poop emoji
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 823 ✭✭✭poop emoji


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123549932#Comment_123549932

    In Middle Eastern kingdoms Trump admires and wants to model Trumpistan after they can and they do

    Want the head of a journalist you don’t like on a silver platter? No problems. A few more slaves for the harem? Take your pick. Military parade that doesn’t suck? How bigly



  • #25315
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 42,296 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123549942#Comment_123549942

    Trump isn't a king though. He's the putrid walking manifestation of American greed and avarice.

    As for who stops him? Nobody does because he has the media, corporations, the GOP, churches, the supreme court behind him.

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123549944#Comment_123549944

    Sure but there are limits. Actual Kings do not have absolute power to break the law. Charles I and Louise XVI are good examples.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • #25316
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,871 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123549942#Comment_123549942

    Ah, yes, the famous Checks And Balances that we keep hearing about.

    About as much fuck1ng use as Thoughts And Prayers have been against mass shooters over there.



  • #25317
    Quin_Dub
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,883 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quin_Dub


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123550040#Comment_123550040

    Indeed - All created for a time when elected officials were expected to have some level of honour and to act like "gentlemen".

    Utterly unsuited to defend against the actions of a venal, amoral criminal.



  • #25318
    Sleepy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,581 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123549926#Comment_123549926

    They can't ignore bullets and sooner or later Democrats are going to start figuring out that clever slogans on placards aren't going to win a fight where you get 11 million out on the streets but the other side shoot one of your senators.

    It's only a matter of time before he's taken out by a "lone wolf" sniper or a drone attack imo.



  • #25319
    Baba Yaga
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 913 ✭✭✭Baba Yaga


    from what ive read and what little telly i saw over the weekend donnie vonshitzinpants' parade wasnt the most biggliest,awesomest spectatularly bestest ever…now the couple of bits of king charlies parade looked kind of sharp!


    "They gave me an impossible task,one which they said I wouldnt return from...."

    "You are him…the one they call the "Baba Yaga"…

    yo! donnie vonshitzinpants,vlad putin,benji netanyahu..you sirs are the skidmarks on the jocks of humanity!!!



  • #25320
    Frank Bullitt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,163 ✭✭✭✭Frank Bullitt


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123550216#Comment_123550216

    There was a reddit post that attempted to calculate the attendance, which came in closer 30K rather than 250K.

    MAGA math, doesn't always add up.



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  • #25321
    Baba Yaga
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 913 ✭✭✭Baba Yaga


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123550299#Comment_123550299

    only 30thousand?theres better Saint Patricks Day parades in Dublin! was there not about 500thousand at it this year?


    "They gave me an impossible task,one which they said I wouldnt return from...."

    "You are him…the one they call the "Baba Yaga"…

    yo! donnie vonshitzinpants,vlad putin,benji netanyahu..you sirs are the skidmarks on the jocks of humanity!!!



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