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

Absolutely spot on there.

Trump 'cashing in' as much as possible as presidency 'runs out of road'

"His desire to make Greenland a US territory, to his controversial remodeling of the White House to include a massive ballroom, to his plan to try and convert Gaza into a luxury beachfront resort region. All these plans and impulses, the editor suggests, stem from the fact that Trump is "a real estate guy who enjoys wealth, almost for its own sake," and is driven considerably by "materialism."

Personal wealth for himself and family is what drives him, he has beaten off most of the "lawfare" termed cases, Trump Inc., and its assets are borrowed up to the hilt, according to fraud case and this Presidency represents his last opportunity to gain serious wealth, will be interesting to find out where the "Pardons" monies/payoffs are going, his family too dumb to keep to keep the secrets and someone will out the "scheme".

Add in he has his eye on the oil in Nigeria and Venezuela , Ukraines mineral wealth and business deals with Putin once they split up Ukraine between them. Not mention getting a cut of Jareds Middle East billions and his proposed investment in Netflix.

Meanwhile he’s getting praise from MAGA for granting 12 billion to farmers to compensate for losing hundreds of billions to Argentina (beef sales) and China (stopped buying US soyabeans) due to his stupid tariffs.

I thought politico would be decent enough but that interviewer was awful. No pushback, didn't seem to have any facts to hand and just let Trump ramble on and lie repeatedly.

When the history of this f*cked up period of America is written, the media's failure to properly hold Trump and his administration to account will be a significant chapter, especially when compared to the torrent of questions Biden and his team got on a daily basis.

Unsurprising but nonetheless shocking poll on the attitudes of 'Young Republicans', and indeed male GOPers generally, particularly those from ethnic minorities.

Young Republicans drawn to Holocaust denial and racism – politicalbetting.com

It's disturbing enough that 36-41% of all GOP voters think the moon landings were faked, that the holocaust either didn't happen or was greatly exaggerated, and 9/11 was orchestrated by the US govt, which incidentally was the Bush GOP at the time.

But specifically on the Holocaust denial issue,

“Younger men [who vote Republican] are especially likely to hold this view (54% of men under 50 vs. 39% of women under 50). Among men over 50, 41% agree, compared with 18% of women over 50. Racial divides are particularly striking:

“77% of Hispanic GOP voters

“30% of white GOP voters

“66% of black GOP voters”

There are similar age differences around racism. “Among the Current GOP under 50, a notable minority report that they themselves openly express racist (31%) or antisemitic (25%) views. Among those over 50 in the Current GOP, these figures drop to just 4% for each.”

It looked like some testicle fondling ...

I honestly don't know how Karolying Leavitt gets away with her gaslighting. She said the 12 billion being given to farmers - the backbone of the nation as per Donald Trump- was to help them recover from the mess Biden - who she said totally ignored farmers -had made of agriculture

Agriculture exports under Trump's first term were 580 billion. Under Biden, they were 718 billion. In Trump's second term, exports have collapsed again due to Tariffs.

How come journalists don't fact check her?

It's quite simple.

We have a thriving, vibrant and multicultural Europe that is the envy of the world. This is what Trump fears and hates more than anything. Why? It's because he's nothing more than a disgusting orange racist.

Better to let her waffle on and on, when the admin falls she can face whatever is coming to her with the evidence right there in front of everyone. No mercy for any of these lying c**nts.

On another note, of course any loud mouth obnoxious american you meet in europe on their 5 day holiday will claim not to have voted for trump but they should be told in no uncertain terms what people think of them and their stinking cuntry.

I remember those nutjobs now you say it. If that was believed who's to say the Bosnian war wasn't a stage set too. I Imagine they think all the buildings destroyed in wars were destroyed by demolition experts and hundreds of thousands of people declared dead by bribed doctors and then spirited away to new lives in Australia. The craziness never ends.

Sorry I left out, convicted felon.

Trump seems.quite rattled about the reporting of his mental health… and doesn't quell the talk by accusing the NYT of sedition.

Funnily enough, it was perfectly fine when they reported on Biden of course.

It's weird the way I used to think this talk of "figures like you've never seen before" etc as second hand car salesman talk. Now it just comes across as the utter delusional ramblings of a senile and bitter old man.