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

Wish I'd gotten rid of mine years ago. I receive a statement every few months reminding me of the drop in value. If there's enough of an uptick I'll be able to afford something from the eurosaver menu.

if that breakout of disturbances actually happen , then would that not give Trump a reason to declare a national emergency, envoke an old law and postpone the mid terms. Or depending on timing postpone the presidential one - for , coincidentally, 4 years.

was it not VERY Naieve of Trump to give Putin some ideas of what he is thinking .eg imagine Trump saying that he will know within 2MINUTES whether Putin is serious about negotiating a ceasefire or not. All Putin has to do is say that he I definately is and that we should get into the details of it and at the same time, in order to stretch out the ‘opening remarks’ to well over the 2 MINUtES, throw in the nuclear situation , possibilities of economic and cultural cooperation, investment opportunities in Russia, enquire how his family is keeping, give him the posthumous medal for the family of the American who got killed fighting on the Russian side.
that fixes the 2 minute time span - with all those CARROTS dangles in front of Trump

It not so much what Putin has on him at this stage. It's probably, by Trump's standards, pretty minor stuff like the rumoured video footage of him getting a golden shower from a Russian prostitute. Given his supporters overlook his convictions for fraud, sexual assault, the documented abuse of his ex-wives, his close links to Epstein, his obvious hebephilia etc. etc. etc. it's unlikely that any scandal or kompromat that Putin has on him is enough to coerce him now.

It's the fact he was using whatever that initial leverage was to influence Trump since the 80's. It's his history of decades of treason that Putin controls him with now: "come along Agent Krasnov, do as your told or we'll tell the American people all the things you've already done for us and they'll shoot you as a traitor".

@Jelle1880 I think it's pretty well documented that Trump has been bankrolled by the Russian mafia since his mate Giuliani helped them knock out the Italian-American competition in New York. His presidential grifting and memecoin scams, however, may have freed him from that control? I've not seen exact figures but if the story that he's actually a billionaire is true, the financial leverage may no longer exist.

I'm sure that in Trump's deranged mind the prospect of being properly bankrupted and actually left destitute is probably more terrifying than being shot. Sadly, even were his financial house of cards to topple, his presidential pension will protect him from the karmic end he deserves: dying from a painful and perfectly treatable condition while homeless on the streets due to a lack of health insurance.

When it comes to Donnie, today will be about 3 things:

• Distraction from Epstien (He hopes)
• Photo-op to fluff his ego
• Pretending to talk "Peace" to prop up his chances for the Nobel that he's not getting.

I would doubt "Ukraine" will factor in there at all.

Donnie's ego will get a massage from Putin and his gouls, he'll propose a "Peace" "Deal" where Ukraine swaps bit of Ukraine with Russia for…..bits of Ukraine….which gets rejected. A couple weeks pass, Donnie gets pissy because the Russians had no intention of honoring a ceasefire and we end up back where we are now, where the rest of the free world is doing what they can to support Kyiv while the US is being shown up yet again as the tragic embarresment that it has become.

Today reminds me a lot of when Donnie met Kim Jong Un. Remember how that brought a permanent and lasting peace to Korea? Oh….right….

1. India / Pakistan (Which they likely did themselves, but Pakistan wanted to give Donnie credit, likely to garner favor)
2. Congo / Rwanda: I seriously doubt he did anything here beyond the US being a referee to the talks. Also, with the history of this conflict, give it a couple of months…
3. Kosovo: I have no idea why he's mentioning this. No major changes to this one, US sponsored or otherwise.
4. Thailand / Cambodia: Again, I doubt the US had much to do with this. They go into bursts of fighting and then stop.
5. ???????
6. ???????
7. Russia / Ukraine

Not sure with the last two claims. Could be that Donnie's "best people" have a counting problem.