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

there are a questions here .. 1. Does Trump really believe this is a genuine award ..

2 . Or is he laughing inside say look what I can make you do ?

2 Or is Trump and FiFA just taking the complete piss ..

I have a feeling part of him thinks he is getting a real award and everyone thinks he is great .. if this is the case he has absolutely no level of awareness and has diminished mental capacity.. I couldn’t even try to put my head space into such a level of disengagement..

And as the Irish Times put it Blatter "at least possessed a sort of Bond villain charisma"

He certainly wouldn't be crawling around and bending over like an emaciated sex slave.

found a great pic of Infantino handing over the "award"

Well, well. I had no idea that Infantino came from the Deep South.

Infant(ino) Slothald J(uvenile) Trump: "Hey you guys!!!"

Well,this is a crime against the sport but the sport has been taken over by big money anyway.

They are not trying to hide it now.

Concerns about the new US National Security Strategy. Russia has praised it.

Note that the US for the first time since 1999 did not attend the NATO summit a few days ago.

It says Europe is facing "civilisational erasure", and accuses Europe of democratic backsliding. It accuses Europe if suppressing freedom of speech. It does not accuse Russia of doing so. It also talks about acheiving "strategic stability with Russia".

“The days of the United States propping up the entire world order like Atlas are over,” the document says, adding that the administration will work towards restoring “American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere.” 

Gérard Araud, France's ambassador to the U.S. from 2014 to 2019, posted on the X platform that “the stunning section on Europe reads like a far-right pamphlet.” 

He added: "The document's claims of 'civilizational erasure' are a direct attack on the fundamental values of the European project." 

Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt also took to X to express his exasperation. 

“The only part of the world where the new [U.S.] security strategy sees any threat to democracy seems to be Europe,” he posted. "Bizarre." 

Germany’s foreign minister, Wadephul, said his country did not need "outside advice" and addressed the security implications of Trump’s new stance. 

"The United States is and will remain our most important ally in the [NATO] alliance," Wadephul said. "This alliance, however, is focused on addressing security policy issues. 

"I believe questions of freedom of expression or the organization of our free societies do not belong [in the newly published U.S. strategy], in any case at least when it comes to Germany," the minister added. …………

While the Biden strategy emphasized “constraining” Russia and condemned its “brutal and unprovoked war,” Trump talks about achieving “strategic stability” with Moscow. The strategy also stresses the need to reallocate American resources. 

“The days of the United States propping up the entire world order like Atlas are over,” the document says, adding that the administration will work towards restoring “American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere.” 

On the need to cease NATO expansion, the strategy specifies that emphasis should be placed on “ending the perception, and preventing the reality, of NATO as a perpetually expanding alliance.” 

Only skimmed it but I think Europe came up 50 times in it - far more mentions than USs traditional threats that might be referenced in this kind of a document.

Criticism, conspiracy theories, dark suggestions we won't be US "allies" in future (unless of course we see sense and get back on the "right" track, abandon the EU, put corrupt MAGA mini-me parties in power that will fawn appropriately before Trump and Putin).

Dire stuff, but yet another big warning siren sounded that our normal, centrist politicians in Europe, who still have power for now, should be paying attention to and acting on.

Can he be any more blatantly racist and egotistical at the same time?

National park visitors will receive free admission on President Donald Trump’s birthday next year, but will have to pay a regular fee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth, after the National Park Service overhauled its free admission calendar.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/06/politics/free-admission-national-parks-donald-trump-birthday

MAGA influencer Tim Pool claims someone in a passing car opened fire on his home.

Tim Pool was one of those associated with Tenet Media, which a report found was funded by Russia. Pool has always claimed he didn't know Russia was funding it. According to Pool and others, they claim they were unaware of the Russian funding or the alleged backing by RT

• According to a 2024 federal indictment in the U.S., a media company (referred to as “Company-1” in the indictment) is widely reported to be Tenet Media, which allegedly received nearly US$10 million from employees of RT (the Russian state-backed broadcaster) for producing and distributing content aimed at U.S. audiences. AP News+2Them+2

• That company is said to have contracted a set of conservative / right-leaning influencers to produce content — and the list of influencers matches those publicly associated with Tenet Media, including Tim Pool (alongside Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson, Lauren Southern, and others).

• According to the indictment, one unnamed commentator (matching Pool’s profile: ~1.3 million subscribers) was paid substantial sums under contract for weekly “episodes.”

A group of Trump supporters in California are planning a Disneyland invasion in the on the same date as a gay-friendly gathering scheduled at the popular theme park. The Southern California-based 805 Patriots announced the event at the Anaheim amusement park in February, coinciding with a 'Gay Days' get-together set for the same date. 'American Patriots and Conservatives will come together for a peaceful, family-oriented meetup at Disneyland Park,' the group said in a release. 'This event will take place on February 28, 2026, for a day celebrating in the "Happiest Place on Earth" with like-minded people that support our President and Great Nation.'

US 2025 National Security Strategy calls deterring a China-Taiwan conflict a priority. It says such a war would have "major implications for the US economy".

The strategy document calls deterring a conflict over Taiwan a “priority,” and says the ideal way to achieve that is by “preserving military overmatch.”

It says a war between Taiwan and China would have “major implications for the U.S. economy.”

Taiwan’s foreign ministry welcomed the U.S. position in a social media post on Friday morning: “The US National Security Strategy affirms that deterring conflict over Taiwan is essential to the region & the world,” it wrote on X.

The document emphasizes that the U.S. should aim to maintain dominance in the Western Hemisphere, an obvious nod to China’s growing relationship with Latin American and Caribbean nations, through expanding trade routes and political alliances.

CNN today saying a poll in Latin America shows 53% support for US military action to remove Maduro. Came up in a discussion with an ex Colombian president.

Trump was also asked is it just Venezuela that could be targeted and he said "no" and accused Colombia of growing drugs too.

US officials have called on Europe to take over most NATO capabilities by 2027 according to European officials familiar with the discussions. Some European diplomats call that unrealistic.

Recently, the US says it would like Germany to take charge of the role of NATO Supreme Commander in Europe. This role has traditionally been held by an American. This startled those present.

It does look like leaving NATO by stealth, or weakening the US role in it.

US National Security Strategy for 2025 calls for the US to get more involved in European politics (a nod to supporting Far Right parties) to "cultivate resistance to Europe's current trajaector within European nations" and noting, positively "the growing influence of patriotic European parties".

The document calls for the U.S. to take a more active role in the continent’s political affairs, including by “cultivating resistance to Europe’s current trajectory within European nations.” It also notes, positively, “the growing influence of patriotic European parties”—likely a reference to far-right, anti-immigration parties that have earned the public backing of the Administration.    

It`s time the E.U. started playing Trump and Co. at their own game, and do like he did with Argentina.

Make it clear to Hungary if Orban or anyone else leading Fidesz wins the 2026 election they will receive no further funding from the E.U.

As they are now under Orban and Fidesz they are snakes at the heart of the E.U. while being among the highest per capita recipients of E.U. funding.