Donald Trump the Megathread part II

A question (or two) that might seem strange; It seems to me that a lot of us believe that a lot of U.S citizens do not have passports needed for foreign travel, have never been outside U.S borders and are therefore insular in belief. If that is true, would that not have an effect on their voting habits, seeing as they have not experienced foreign travel, have not lived with the locals abroad and not experienced living abroad which would have broadened their horizons literally.

Would a limited experience to foreigners living styles have left them at the mercy of their politicians like Trump, who has been abroad and knows the weakness of an insular upbringing?

I am excluding U.S citizens who have served abroad in various functions and employments and the average visitor to the auld country their forebears came from in Europe in the hope they'd have had their eyes opened.

One thing that I keep seeing is the unpleasant chance - for some-one - that there's a locked box somewhere which is only to be opened in the case of an unusual demise, life insurance as it were. One has to look towards whomever is more likely to be caught in the media spotlight if something were to happen to Maxwell, ala Epstein, something with more power than an oddly worded birthday greeting card. Epstein died before Maxwell went to prison.

REPORTER: Gabbard has submitted a criminal referral. Who should the DOJ target?

TRUMP: It would be President Obama. And Biden was there with him ... the leader of the gang was Obama. Barack Hussein Obama. He's guilty. This is treason.

Two things. Every time he says Hussein, it shows he is a racist piece of ****.

Secondly, more distraction BS. He's hoping his base hates Obama more than they hate paedophiles.

After his latest charge against Obama accusing him of treason, and Gabbard accusing Obama and others of treason and sedition, I have no doubt whatsoever that Trump is terrified of losing hold of the presidency and facing retribution for his varied crimes.

The question now is who is going to take the big step and gut him by releasing incontrovertible proof to the media and the internet of Trump's guilt; a Republican or a Democrat?

Speaker Johnson appears to be scared shitless as well by refusing to allow the Epstein affair go to a vote on the floor for an investigation. It's time to cut loose and start a run on Johnson by asking, on the internet: Mr Speaker, what do YOU KNOW about the Epstein file?

Maybe the Coca Cola and Washington Commanders Redskins kerfuffle was a diversion for Trump, along with the Epstein List distraction making him take his eye off the ball. Allegedly he was caught on the hop twice by his favourite Israeli when Benny authorized his military to carry out attacks in Syria and Gaza, something Trump did not receive an advance warning of. It looks like Putin is not the only friend who's gone rogue on Trump.

But don't you think his reaction to stuff coming out is very very telling?

trump has elevated himself to a practically untouchable position, the media are wary of him, voters won’t have the opportunity to pass judgement on him as he won’t be running again.
meanwhile the democrats flounder with no leadership, and Trumps acolytes are positioning themselves for the next presidential election.

His acolytes are probably blinded by their desire for power - to sit on the throne.

If it is a concerted effort to unseat Trump, the problem is that MAGA falls apart without him. It's a cult of personality and there is no other figure in the movement who is such a perfect chimera of all the attributes which characterise the movement other than Trump. Everyone else is like a facsimile. Without him the thing would dissolve into a parcel of warring factions. A civil war within the party.

Not that this wouldn't be a good outcome for the rest of America, but it's interesting that all these people who probably think themselves cogent political operators cannot see this obvious strategic error if usurping Trump is indeed the aim.

For sure, the quality of both interviewing and debate on TV, etc, has plummeted, especially in America, where what passes for interviews these days can often just be two people talking about the same thing and agreeing on everything, al la Tucker Carlson "interviewing" Vladimir Putin. That type of thing is more akin to reinforcement propaganda than an actual interview.

I've said for ages that the best thing that could happen to media over there is if Jeremy Paxman type sprung up and conducted proper interviews. It isn't going to be happening any time soon though. The problem is that when you do get a few mildly difficult questions thrown at certain types they always shit themselves and then whinge about it later. Fuck sake, MAGA can't even be fact checked without crying like little bitches and complaining about "bias". Then they actively go about banning certain press outlets. There's no hope there.

As far as debates are concerned, you'll have to elsewhere for good ones. I don't believe they can happen any more in the States. Intelligence Squared debates can often be very interesting. They're up on YouTube. But they can often be rather dry, which tends to turn off some people.

As far as that surrounded thing with Medhi Hasan, I can see what he's going for. But that type of environment won't breed anything positive really. All you'll get is what you got. A bunch of ignorant 20 something’s endlessly repeating tired talking points that they've been fed by people like Ben Shapiro and not understanding how flawed they are even when they are so easily dismantled before their very eyes.

You could literally say he needs to provide evidence for ANY of his claims…and you'd still get silence.

All this is, is classic Trump deflection and distraction. Anything to stop people thinking and talking about the Epstein files. The media needs to wise up to this nonsense and keep beating the Epstein drum.