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

I dont know what people think life in the US is like right now but the vast majority of people dont spend any of their time talking about trump and politics. Literally none. Shocking to some I know.

I can't believe you actually posted it. The US is on the road to full blown fascism and you genuinely don't think people are talking about politics at home, at work, in social settings or at protests and events?

The wide array of political satire shows like The Daily Show and Last Week Tonight alone would disprove this rather silly comment.

Feel free to provide proof that "literally none" are talking about politics though.

They didn't even say to disobey them, but to seek legal clarification or representation if you think an order is illegal

The recent No King's protests would suggest that it is very much a talking point.

But even is we take your point as reality, isn't that deeply troubling that in a democracy the vast majority of people aren't the slightest bit interested.

'The price of freedom is eternal vigilence ' would appear to he have completely forgotten in the US.

If the majority of people really don't care then they deserve to lose everything as they clearly don't value it.

Here or in the U.S.?

The dissatisfaction caused by the U.S Coastguard decision to lower the restriction level accorded to those devices had an effect in senior office levels there. Following is a Coastguard update from two media sources…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just hours after it was publicly revealed that it made plans to describe them as “potentially divisive” — a term that prompted outcry from lawmakers and advocates.

“Divisive or hate symbols and flags are prohibited,” the latest Coast Guard policy, released late Thursday, declared before adding that this category included “a noose, a swastika, and any symbols or flags co-opted or adopted by hate-based groups.”

“This is not an updated policy but a new policy to combat any misinformation and double down that the U.S. Coast Guard forbids these symbols,” an accompanying Coast Guard press release said.

The late-night change came on the same day that media outlets, led by The Washington Post, discovered that the Coast Guard had written a policy earlier this month that called those same symbols “potentially divisive.” The term was a shift from a years-long policy, first rolled out in 2019, that said symbols like swastikas and nooses were “widely identified with oppression or hatred” and called their display “a potential hate incident.”

The latest policy that was rolled out Thursday night also unequivocally banned the display of any divisive or hate symbols from all Coast Guard locations. The earlier version stopped short of banning the symbols, instead saying that commanders could take steps to remove them from public view and that the rule did not apply to private spaces outside of public view, such as family housing.

Personally speaking, I'd say the decision of a uniformed branch of the U.S military to lower the effective ban on the devices concerned probably rang out loudest when relatives of camp survivors and victims living in the U.S heard/read about it, given that the device was worn by the persons putting the boot into them.

"No one talks about it" is the new "I'm not a Trump fan but"

Talking about Trump is actually barred in some relatives homes, doesn't mean they don't talk about the effects of the cult.

Maybe they just don't talk to him 🤷‍♂️

I was on the phone to my opposite number in the US yesterday and it was he who brought Trump into the conversation. He wasn't very complimentary about his president.

This Russian peace plan is just a huge 'look over there' distraction from domestic issues in America