Donald Trump the Megathread part II - Mod Warning updated in OP 12/2/26

He does when it's for Netanyahu, Putin or another tyrant.

Is there anywhere to read or copy that as a page ?

What price press freedom and constitutional guarantees?

The U.S. president spoke on Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, and insisted once again that U.S. airstrikes targeting three Iranian facilities last weekend completed the task of disabling the Iranian nuclear weapons development program. The president vowed legal action against Democratic members of Congress and journalists he blamed for publishing parts of a U.S. intelligence assessment of the effects of the three attacks.

“You go up and tell the reporter, 'national security, who gave it?'” Trump told Bartiromo, adding: “You have to do that. And I suspect we'll be doing things like that.” Of Democratic members of Congress with access to the intelligence assessment leaked to various news publications this past week, Trump added that they “should be prosecuted” for allegedly sharing parts of it with reporters.

But a compliant GOP Congress is unlikely to challenge the president on this matter. Speaker Mike Johnson backed up Trump’s calls for retribution in a statement to NBC News last week. He confirmed that he agreed with the president’s assessment that a member of Congress provided news agencies with a summary or parts of the intelligence assessment on Iran.

What happened to the Pentagon leak Hegseth and the White House were so sure was the source of the leak about the bombing result initial intelligence success estimate? Did the White House make up a fake story for the papers to print in a mole hunt or is it more like Trump & Co don't know what the **** is going on?

How will unreliable members of congress react to Trump saying he'll have them arrested, interviewed and prosecuted under whatever he thinks should be used against them? It would be nice to have another TACO moment where he (or his press agent) would try to persuade the U.S. he said something different about having congress members arrested and prosecuted on drummed up charges.

The senate big beautiful bill will add $3.3 trillion to the national debt according to the congressional budget office.

Thanks for answering the question about whether SCOTUS shuts up shop totally when it is not in open session or if its work continues on unabated in it's courts.

Ref the 2nd question in your 3rd Para: probably because the present president has set, and keeps setting, precedents whereby what he personally wants done is seen by him as more important than what is factually more important to the U.S.

When the president decides to corrupt and mangle the U.S constitution so that it fits his purpose, instead of faithfully upholding it, it raises the question for the U.S and it's population: which is more important to that nation; the corruptive agent or the constitution protecting it? The agent who came to Washington in 2016 to drain the swamp has made it a morass by choice.

I suspect and expect that a lot of U.S citizens, regardless of party and electorate, will be getting a knock on the door from people representing the president over the next two or so years and that if his chosen successor takes up the office afterwards, the period of corruption to the U.S may well be extended for another four years.

Hitler famously used to sleep until after midday after nights of staying up till 3am ranting to his guests. No one ever disturbed him, not even for D-Day and it resulted in no tanks being sent to the coast to push back the allies.

Trump will slob around and sleep most of the day but once he gets his BIG Mac and settles in for a night of Faux news tjen he comes to life, jabbering to the world on social media.

Narcissists tend to be lazy and incompetent but loving telling others how everything should be done and no one does it better than them.

Doesn't say alot of the human race that we flock to them like moths to a bulb.

Sorry if this sounds pedantic, but the heading in the above chart should read "US Exports of Wine to Canada", or alternatively "Canadian Imports of Wine from the US".

No argument about the substance of the chart, though.

All due to Canada placing a 25% tariff on US wine. Wine imports from Australia and New Zealand into Canada have increased to fill in the gap.

It appears there's no tariff on vinegar so at least the US Wineries can convert their expensive wine to cheap vinegar in order to shift it in Canada!

That's why you target industries in a trade war, hit the US in certain markets, the same markets you can look elsewhere to supply (Australia and NZ).