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

100%, but Donnie will champion the rate cuts he been crying over for months.

Who will he blame for the economy?The Chinese?The Deep State?The ,Lamestream media?

This was anticipated but the actual tarrif rates for now are less than threatened and so there was (still is?) a question as to whether they can be absorbed without an insane level of reaction.

Still, losing the goodwill of a country like India would imo be enough of a blow to America's own self interest to make the game not worth the candle even if Trump was able to transition America to S-hole State without dropping into the abyss.

And Trump wants other countries to invest in the USA:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/05/immigration-ice-raid-hyundai-georgia

I'd love to see Hyundai pull the plug completely.

Viruses much like fascism need people with living memory of consequences to stop them.

Ireland has an exceptionally high vaccine take up because we have all heard first hand stories of the power of vaccines against things like polio and TB in a country poor enough to be ravaged by them.

We are now at the point where the last WWII soldiers are dying and more industrialised countries have had top quality healthcare beyond living memory. All this means idiots are starting to not learn from history.

More likely Russian ground troops would walk towards any foreign troops to surrender rather than go backwards and have Putin's "elite" troops pick them off as kills.

The facility is part of what would be the biggest industrial investment in the state’s history and had been hailed as a huge boost for the economy by Georgia’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp.

I believe the investment was around $8Bn…this has to be the biggest form of self sabotage on record.

After the meet in China, I'd weigh off the three main leaders having had a private meeting in respect to the war in Ukraine. N/K has already lost around a thousand of its military in that war. China has a long border with Russia along with the sea of Japan route from Vladivostok. Xi doesn't have to provide actual boots on the ground to Russia for active use in Ukraine, it can provide materiel which would relieve stress on Russia's home munition and armoured fighting vehicles production.

An update on Putin's comments about European troops being in Ukraine as part of the peace deal Trump and Europe were trying to engage in post any peace deal between the warring parties.: Speaking in Vladivostok, Putin – who claims that Ukraine’s intention to join Nato is the reason his forces invaded – said: “If some troops appear there, especially now, during military operations, we proceed from the fact that these will be legitimate targets for destruction.”

He really is doing some job of trying to poison US relations with all its closest allies. It will be his main lasting achievement I think.

I suppose the nice letters written to the main man from Kim, and beautiful portrait(s) from Putin are far more of a strategic national interest for the USA under Trump!

There is great competition for the most loathsome person among the Trump cabinet and administration

Karolying Leavitt for her brazen lying and contemptuous treatment of the press

Pete Hegseth for his outright arrogance and superiority complex during a mediocre performance

Pam Bondi for her sycophancy and incompetence

Kristi Noem just hasn't got a clue

Howard Lutnick for thinking he can bluster his way whilst spouting bullsh*t and wildly gesturing with his hands

Scott Bessant, an upmarket version of Lutnick, which is not a complement

RFK for his ignorance andespousing conspiracy theories in relation to vaccines

Tom Homan for his inhumane treatment of suspected illegals

JD Vance. His tag teaming with Trump to attack Zelensky should go down as one of the most despicable actions in US foreign relations. He has backed that up by talking down and criticizing EU allies.

Stephen Millar. The Goebbels of the administration. Spews hatred and demonizes opponents with vicious lies. An evil man

DJ Trump though has to get the prize. He encompasses all the bad attributes of his staff. Lies, threats, bullying, hateful and spiteful comments, wooing of dictators, treasonous actions, support of Israel's actions in Gaza, his treatment of Ukraine, his antagonism of allies. The worst president in the history of the US and it is not even close

It would only take a few years before the maga crowd would see the light.....

A good summary of this Confederancy of Dunces. But you missed out on Tulsi Gabbard: way up there with the worst of them. It might be useful to put them into a few categoriies: Drunks and Clowns (Hegseth, Nutlick); Crazy and Conspirisist (RFK, Gabbard); Dumb bootlickers (Bondi, Noem, Leavitt); EVIL (Miller, Homen)