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

Manic? Also, what are your thoughts on the US military dropping missiles on boats in international waters that may or may not have had drug smugglers?

At this stage the answer is predictable.

Regardless of how heinous or outrageous it is,

1) he'll assume it's legal and that all protocols were adhered to

2) if borderline, he will assume all the government/army acted in good faith, regardless of them not being entitled to such a presumption as a direct result of many many reasons

3) if there is any evidence to the contrary, some lazy, historical example barely relevant will be brought up as precedent, in an attempt to show we are all over reacting

4) when pushed, the best he can possibly muster is "I don't approve but...."

We are no longer marching towards fascism. We have broken into a trot.

I get the impression from the tone of certain posts that Manic thinks of himself as the adult in the room, and the rest of us are petulantly over reacting and now aware of how things work "in the real world".

In reality, I would compare him to a character who is a devout christian in a movie who was bitten by a vampire and puts cheap band aids over his cuts, tries to act normal and despite all the warning signs patently clear to the rest of us of the inevitability of where it will end up, stubbornly holds on to the conditioned belief that "everything will be okay, the Lord will save me". The Constitution isn't going to save the US. Those questioning or refusing to take orders from a fascist are.

Trump may be the first U.S president to brag that a U.S city is about to find out why the Department of War is so named.

To Chicago's citizens and visitors: congratulations, DJT posted on his Truth Social site that you are about to find out why. He's sending the uniformed military branches of the U.S Department of War to your doors and streets to teach you manners about civility and obedience.

I'd be waiting to see what ICE would do if the women of Chicago should get it into their heads that acts of civil disobedience were to be the order of the day and decide to blockade the Military Post ICE has been allowed use by D of W to prevent ICE coming and going to and from Chicago's streets on an anti-war protest basis.

Given that Chicago's mayor has instructed the city's police not to cooperate with ICE, the next step would be up to Trump and Hegseth. Would Trump be so stupid as to use the military against it's mums, sisters and wives?

Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma) blocks a bill (that already passed the House with 349 votes) that sanctions the Republic of Georgia over its rigged election , growing Russian influence (Chinese and Iranian influence there growing too) and growing repression.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has now stopped the measures from the NDAA, which has to be passed annually to fund the military.

Under Senate rules, one Senator can put a "hold" on a bill, delaying debate on it unless and until the Senate voted to overturn a hold, which I think required a two thirds vote.

This is a turnaround from this Senator, who in 2020 criticised the regime for denying contracts to a Texas oil company, Frontera Resources. Recently Georgia granted a new contract to them.

What the actual fuck?

How did it come to this? This absurdity.

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Plutocracy. Government by the billionaires, for the billionaires, of the billionaires.

I doubt there's enough money in the world to get him into heaven. The grift goes on. Make America Gullible Again.

Will they put sections on themselves for wrongfully detaining those Korean workers.

Is that a real picture? Certainly revealing if it is .

A.P Report. South Korea says it has reached a deal with the U.S. on the release of South Korean workers detained at a Hyundai plant in Georgia. Presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik announced Sunday that South Korea and the U.S. finalized negotiations on the workers’ release and that some unspecified administrative steps are left to be taken.

He said South Korea plans to send a charter plane to bring the workers back home. South Korea’s Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Saturday that more than 300 South Koreans were among the 475 people detained.

Immigration Raid Hyundai Plant© ASSOCIATED PRESS