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

They're also a party controlled by Billionaires. In many cases its the same billionaires who support Trump when it suits them. These guys are probably feeling a bit anxious that the great unwashed were getting a bit pee'd off not getting paid and might start turning on them. So cut it out and lets get back to the charade while they continue to gut the taxpayer. No different here than it is there. Just a different bunch of knuts pulling the strings.

The difference is that voters in the UK had the option of voting for more than one other party than the Boris Band of Brothers. And when the chance came, they did. Even though the British FPTP system is as deeply flawed as the US version, most Brits have a genuine choice of three, four, five or more candidates/parties to give their vote to. That's not the case in the USA.

To put things in perspective, for the comparable populations of the EU and the US, the European parliament is made up of eight different groups and a bunch of independents. That's eight political groups, each of which pulls together members of different parties from the different member states.

Ireland alone has ten different parties in its national assembly, Britain has thirteen, France has … forty!

The US has … two. For a country that supposedly prides itself on creativity and disruptive innovation, that's a pretty damning indictment not just of the political system, but also the tens of millions of voters who can't be bothered to give anyone else a shot at government.

So now that it looks like the shutdown is coming to an end, there will be no excuse left for that snake Johnson to block the swearing in of Adelita Grijalva which will mean there will be enough votes in the House to force the release of the Epstein files. Unless Johnson will somehow hold off until December when there is a special election in Tennessee which will probably see a GOP candidate win thus providing enough numbers to block the release again. If he does that, it will be clear as day that he is protecting Epstein's friends.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15277189/Donald-Trump-threatens-sue-BBC-1billion-fails-respond-Friday-doctored-Panorama-speech.html

"Sir Keir Starmer also backed the BBC. His spokesman said the Prime Minister does not believe it is 'institutionally biased'.

But Nigel Farage has said he has spoken to Mr Trump, who is 'absolutely enraged'. The Reform UK leader accused the 'biased' BBC of 'election interference'."

This will be fun, BBC operates on taxpayers funds and Farage, ever the opportunist, jumps right into the middle, this happened under BoJo's watch, friendly with Farage - Brexit.

Exhibit A in the defence of the BBC against any litigation will be the quote by Farage.

Judge - "Farage said that? Complete bollox - case dismissed"

https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/1987761111719190704?s=20

I look forward to the day he is reading 'state your name' and saying guilty or not guilty

What was the point of the shutdown if the dems were simply going to cave in?

They have created hardship and uncertainty for nothing. And the GOP look like they were right all along. The Dems caused the shutdown for their own political agenda. It was never about a position.

does Trump have any idea that the BBC isn’t a private company ? It’s a state / public service broadcaster.

Shows you what an absolute nut job he is. Even just threatening to sue it is basically taking aim at Britain, his and the US most, important, hardened and loyal ally.

He is genuinely off his rocker. Talk about pick your battles ffs, an ego maniac like never before seen. Scary.

"There is little surprise that the court refused to entertain it."

Well, that depends entirely on your confidence in the US Supreme Court at present, and I think most think/know it's a stacked, completely biased, right wing Trump approving rubber stamp show.

So, yes - despite your post, I'm still surprised.

The post below pops up far too often in my social media...

If foreign state owned press start paying Trump personally then not just America but the world is truly fxxked.

You and others seem to assume that (a) Trump will actually sue as opposed to threaten to sue and (b) that he will win. Given his stellar success rate in litigation maybe the only winners will be defendants' lawyers. Plaintiff's lowyers will probably get stiffed.

And whare would the case be taken: USA or UK?

still seems to be there

https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/African-American-History-at-ANC

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/10/trump-supreme-court-e-jean-carroll-lawsuit

"The second circuit upheld that verdict on 8 September, with a three-judge panel calling the jury’s damages awards “fair and reasonable”. Trump has since asked the full appellate court to hear arguments and reconsider the ruling.

Trump has had recent success fending off costly civil judgments. In August, a New York appeals court threw out Trump’s staggering penalty in a state civil fraud lawsuit."

Trump has been slapped around the head a few times by Carroll and now it goes before the SC, it got knocked back twice for reasons of no new evidence, original verdict stands, so expectation should be of same result, Carroll's backer has the coin to support her.