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

Maybe. He certainly has been playing by his own set of rules for a while, but there are other things to consider. Legally he is still a 2nd term President and soon will be oldest ever President - he has no future beyond this term.

That might give him freedom not to care about polls, results etc as long as he can mobilise his base.

But polls and recent results are showing a string turn against his policies, and its the Republicans who are feeling it. At some point I feel, they'll have to turn on Trump, or try reign him in before he drags them down. He's already not their future leader, he's shown no inclination to listen to them, he's causing outrage and threatening wars, and while that polarisation has fed his base, it looks like the middle ground in moving the opposite direction.

A really bad midterm, and then the next big election being the Presidential one will I feel galvanise Republicans to react and try jettison/sideline Trump before they go the way of the Conservatives in the UK.

But since they are currently spineless, and afraid of Trump, you've another year of him at the helm alienating the middle ground of America, and previous global allies.

That suit is going nowhere. He said the two phrases used. He suffered no loss or damage and it wasn't even shown in the States, so how can he claim it was done to influence the election. It won't even get to court.

If that proves to be the level of malice required to sue someone then Trump could be sued into oblivion for his constant false statements.

At this stage, what reputation does he have left to lose?

Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, has withdrawn his private equity firm from a $500 million luxury hotel project in Serbia hours after four senior government officials were charged with bribery by prosecutors.

But, on Monday, Serbia’s Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime charged Culture Minister Nikola Selakovic and three others with abuse of office and falsifying documents relating to the undertaking. Selakovic denies any wrongdoing.

A spokesperson for Affinity Partners, Kushner’s Miami-based firm, responded by announcing the business’s withdrawal because “meaningful projects should unite rather than divide and out of respect for the people of Serbia and the city of Belgrade.”

The spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal that Affinity had no connection to the alleged offences.

If the US is tied down in Venezuela it probably won't be much help if Russia attacks NATO.

Let's hope the BBC get their retaliation in first………

Trump signed a landmark Technology Partnership Deal with Starmer when in the UK on 18 Sept last and suspended the deal a few days back as he is not too happy at the implementation of the deal. 3 Months is a long time in inter-gvt business deals… Allegedly Trump is looking for trade concessions now.

News report from the BBC on the 17 Sept… The UK government says it has secured £150bn worth of US investment which it hopes will create 7,600 jobs. The announcement came on the day that US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer signed an agreement dubbed the "Tech Prosperity Deal" which sees firms such as Microsoft and Google pledging to spend billions in the UK. It is part of a wider plan by the UK to deepen economic ties with the US. However, some industries, such as steel, have been dealt a blow with a proposed deal to cut tariffs shelved. Several big drugs companies, such as AstraZeneca, have also halted investment plans, claiming the UK is an "increasingly challenging" country to do business in.

"secured £150bn worth of US investment which it hopes will create 7,600 jobs"

7600 jobs for 150 Billion? Instead of creating jobs they could just give the money away and make 10,000 people multi-millionaires.

A puppet-government for Trump et al? Hopefully it'll last as just as long as the shortest Conservative Govts terms.

Hopefully it lasts as long as the term of the shortest Prime Ministers term. As in 41 days for Ms Truss.

It works for him either way.

If Vance wins in 2028 then Trump will have been so great that the people wanted his legacy to continue. One of very few presidents to achieve this and the first since Reagan (and notably something that Clinton, Bush II and Obama failed to achieve).

If Vance loses in 2028 then Trump will spiel about how poor a campaign Vance ran, how they should have let him run a 3rd time as the people demanded, how he is the only one beloved enough by the public to defeat the Dems, that it was always Trump and the people around him were effectively nobodies.

At least he's honest about it, in his own scumbag mental degenerate way. He mentions oil quite a lot, so we know what his war-mongering is all about.

Not sure how launching a massive war helps oil prices in the US, but maybe the state of the country under Trump, they need a boost in patriotism to distract them, and this might do it for them.

Bombs away. Tens of thousands dead, America occupying another country to rape it of it's oil.

America, fcuk yeah!!!

Basically the yanks want to sell the poison they call food in the UK and the Brits said no, Trump's had a sissy fit and "paused" the deal.

He should continually be told to fùck off.