Donald Trump the Megathread part II

Mr Anarchy meet Mr Shaman

I thought the plan may have been to get Powell to just get annoyed but say little ,after which Trump would (may still) proceed to give his version of what Powell "agreed" or did not dispute.

Isn't one of his aims to get Powell prosecuted(or just fired?) for corruption wrt this building?

I think “incompetence” is their current approach - but no doubt they’ll consider a dash of “corruption” if they feel they can get away with it

His “gotcha” totally backfired - you don’t become chair of the federal reserve without knowing your onions - he presents as impassive and someone completely immune to the shenanigans of MAGA- which are exactly the qualities you want for your chair of the federal reserve - he’s likely enemy no 1 of Donald Trump and thankfully one of the few important people in America who has no issue standing up to the orange buffoon - may God be on his side always😀

Have you ever thought of criticising Trump, or even acknowledging when he is completely in the wrong, as he was in the lie he tried to peddle about the Federal Reserve building?
Or would that breach the see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil policy you seem to have about him?

Only in America could a party like the democrats be considered far left or called communists.

So that's just an excuse for you not to criticise Trump yourself. Not convincing.
It is far beyond "flaws" and being an "idiot", he is a vile human being, a racist, a rapist, who is a clear danger to democracy in the US and the safety of the wider world.
He bombed the Iranians, who pretty much then said well, you didn't do as much damage as you thought and in any way we moved the stuff. This was backed up by independent agencies.

His economic plans are nonsense, impoverishing ordinary Americans, stripping them of medical cover and benefits yet adding to the debt, caused economic uncertainty home and abroad, havoc in the markets that hits pension values… it is the bond markets and the Fed Reserve keeping some semblance of economic sanity to keep the lights on. But when Trump tries to discredit the Fed Reserve Chairman with lies, you say nothing.

But then some people will believe the headlines of whatever Trump claims, even when it is a lie.
Anyone who thinks Democrats like Biden and Harris = far left ideology has immediately discredited their opinion of US politics.

Objectively, your claims are nonsense.

"Trump has many flaws" - nope he is just deeply "flawed" full stop and clearly not fit for the office he holds. This is what gets me about the Trump phenomenon, the completely lack of honesty, the cult like faith and denial of reality of his supporters.

Some rhetorical questions (we all know the answers!).

Would you trust him to take care of takings of a local charity event?

Would you want his company doing work on your house, say the critical stuff like roof, walls or foundation?

If he was younger, would you like it if one of your children were in a relationship with him?

Would you buy a car (2nd biggest purchases of their lives for most people) off him?

Yet in a democracy where people have their say on their leader, he is put in charge. He gets to hold the trigger button for an arsenal of 1000s of ICBMs that can send us (non-Americans too!) to kingdom come. He gets to wield the awesome conventional might of the US military as he pleases, and a large deal of control over the giant US economy and by extension the world economy.

He doesn't "get sh— done" (IMO always the attraction of fascism and dictators for the ignorant, corrupt, greedy and/or evil voters in all democracies), he's just able to bully others to (try and) get his way by using the blunt force of the US (the powers listed above) and leverage it has over others, especially those countries who have put their trust in it. It's like having a cheat code, but he is IMO contributing to frittering away and weakening of that US power in future.

I never seen so many ridiculous questions.Would you let him run a charity shop. He is a Billionaire , he runs things at a grand scale. He works with loads of companys that would gladly work with him again. Clearly you have something against him but dont be asking ridiculous questions , your one step away from asking would you let him walk your dog .

You don't have any skin in the game yet you jumped in because of the poster drawing parallels with Trump's untrustworthiness in small things as a reflection of how he approaches the economy and politics.
Not because of any of the documented reprehensible conduct of Trump?
Utterly unconvincing.

Trump's tariff policies are already impacting the Irish economy and budget.

A Government source said the ongoing uncertainty on the impacts of the Trump administration’s tariffs on EU goods as well as any potential EU countermeasures means that the future of Irish finances is harder to predict and will necessitate a “tighter” budget this year. It is expected that Tánaiste Simon Harris will tell Cabinet this year’s document will be “different” from previous years, given the continued uncertainty with tariffs, and that decisions made in the budget will “have to focus on protecting jobs and investment during what could be an economically turbulent period ahead”. Government sources have said that the increase in protectionism, rising tariffs, and the “fragmentation of global supply chains” pose a threat to Ireland’s economic model.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41673926.html