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

It has set a precedent for whomever takes over from Trump to do the same for those whom Trump and Hegseth (and the various under-secretary's in DOD) have sacked and demoted withing the U.S military branches, regardless of whom the president is or of which party membership.

I'd have thought Trump has enough ready cash to hand without dealing out begging letters for more so that he can enter heaven but no… he's sending out more begging letters for more money so he can enter heaven. One could be forgiven for thinking he's got to be taken the piss now, blaspheming for the fun of it or that he has never read some tracts in the bible like: it is easier for a rich man…. etc, etc. It's possible that he think's he can grease the palm of St Peter when he reaches the pearly gates with a few shekels, sorry, U.S dollars.

It really show's how much Trump has done to the GOP that they are allegedly promoting one Democrat (independent Cuomo) contender for the NY mayor's seat against another democrat contender (Mamdani) while there is a sitting democrat (Adams) in office and a republican contender (Sliwa).

Wouldn’t it be nice to able to get judgements against you thrown out because you don’t like them?

First Bureau of Labour Statistics report since its head was sacked by Trump due shortly.

Can statistics from the Trump administration be trusted after he did this?

Sounds like RFK Jnr is having quite the day at his hearing.

The photos of him are horrifying.

Expect the SC to enable him in some way, but wonder what fireworks will fly if they don't.

What I don't understand, here, is the Trump administration's reticence to use US Congress to rubberstamp their policies. I mean, I understand it in the sense that Trump aims to be an authoritarian and expand his powers into areas that the US President wouldn't normally trifle with, but failing that, you'd think he and the Project 2025 crew would be OK to use Congress as a backup or stopgap. This adherence to making the US President a de facto dictator makes it like they don't even want to use the normal democratic instruments at their disposal.

The majority held in the US Congress by the MAGA party (should we even call them the Republican party anymore?) isn't looked upon as a way to make laws at this point. It means they'll stand aside while Trump makes laws. I don't know how much evidence people need, here, but the goal here is clearly to make Congress such an irrelevance that it won't matter its makeup in 2027 because Trump will have the Federal government, the key organisations and the judiciary completely under his control by that point, all staffed by fire-breathing loyalists. This process has already been well underway, and because some appointments and firings aren't that 'newsy', all but the most diligent observers have a scant idea of how far this rot goes. It will only become really apparent when there is a serious challenge to Trump's power.

It's more than possible that it's his, by now, Presidential-size ego that is the problem. Whatever about what once was DJ Trump hotelier and property expert's ego, it's likely that has been consumed by the one he is now. He may literally think that he doesn't need to approach and ask Congress for assent-agreement with his tariff plans, that he is like King George the third, a god-king in his own right. He has been talking about being a dictator which the people would like and may believe it to a large extent.

Add to that ego the bruising effect he's been feeling lately of other people ignoring him by continuing wars which he keeps stating only he can end in a matter of a day, a week, or sometimes longer, all of which never happens. Throw in the action of sinking a boat in international waters to appease his feelings and then consider his earlier N/G deployment orders within the U.S, how far can the two other constitutionally controlling operative parts of the U.S afford to let him go with his ego before they call a halt to it?

On the bright side, his golfing outings are probably a pressure valve keeping the U.S from something he (or one of his misbegotten MAGA staff) might spring on it.

If the Nobel Peace Prize is a leftist hoax, how did Henry Kissinger get it?