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

Can I just say a heartfelt "f**k you" to those, at home and abroad, who said people overreacted when Trump was elected, on either or both occasions.

Especially those who thought it was one big laugh, or that he would "shake things up" in the American political system.

It was clear to anyone who paid attention that he was always a demented, racist, fascist wannabe with psychopathic tendencies.

If I had a euro for every "he's not that bad", or "he has a point", "well, at least it isn't boring", or "it'll never happen, there are too many checks and balances" or "he's only joking", I'd f**ing retire.

Call me petty, but i sincerely hope some of them get burned, and I mean properly burned, by this madness. Any request for sympathy will be met but the same apathy they showed during the likes of Charlottesville, his mocking of the disabled reporter, his disgusting comments about E. Jean Carroll, his indifference to Biden's cancer, or Paul Pelosi's attack, his incitement of the riots storming the Capitol building, or his brazen grifting from his position in office.

It was clear from 2015 and before, that he was an absolute scumbag and electing him was like handing your car keys to a complete drunk, and yet wringing your hands when you see the absolute carnage. Honestly - What the f**k did you think was going to happen?

Pretty confident in my knowledge about tariffs, you’re just not grasping how they can be applied to the EU…due to it being a single market.

He can and does employ them, probably because it’s all he knows really, he doesn’t possess the brain power or skills of a statesman to understand how basic his current actions are. This is shown in his business failings as well.

His tariffs have alway been a joke, some still exist but a lot he has chickened out on. It doesn’t really do much for international partners other hurt their trust in America, which is probably gone back decades now.

Either way, we are probably going to get a warning at this rate. Happy to take it to DM if you wish.

That would be plying into his hands. He would love nothing better than trying to get E.U. member negotiating with him individually. Doing it as a group on specific businesses in Republican or marginal states would hurt him a lot more. Jack Daniels whisky is stopping production for a year due to Canada not buying. Last time as far as I recall he had Harley Davidson bikers in the WH telling him how great he was. A few weeks after the E.U. tariffed Harley Davidson the company were in the WH saying it was a disaster for them and they were looking at major job loses.

The E.U. could do that with tech companies but at the end of the day it could do more harm than good, especially here as we make a lot of money from them paying their taxes here and they are big employers. We would be hitting our own E.U. economies rather than the U.S. economy.

Other than E.U. specific targeted tariffs that would hurt his base support I don`t see them having much effect.

New Puck poll of 18-34 year old men. Seems to have been taken before Maduro was captured and the Greenland issue arose.

Young men seem upset with the lack of progress the President has made toward improving their lives. Only 27% of the young men polled believed that Trump was “delivering” for people like them. Young men just seemed upset with the lack of progress the President has made toward improving their lives. Only 27% of the young men polled believed that Trump was “delivering” for people like them.

His approval rating with this group has dropped from 56% in Spring 2024 to 46% now.

47% of young men agreed that Trump “creates chaos and makes things worse” while 40% told pollsters that the President “shakes things up and brings needed change” when asked about his impact on the political system. 

68% of young men told pollsters they would be more likely to support a candidate who avoided unnecessary wars and conflict. They also thought Democrats were more likely to avoid wars and conflicts than Republicans by a 5-point margin. 

Those between the ages of 18 and 34 said that they would vote for a generic Democrat candidate over a generic Republican by a 15-point to 20-point margin. 

On Greenland, we are learning the lessons of the risks of being so dependent on one country. This affects Ireland economically as well but I think the evidence from the tariffs is we can weather it. We have actually continued to do well GDP and public finances wise despite them beforehand.

The silence of most of the Republican party will one day be remembered like the silence of traditional German conservatives like Franz von Papen or Alfred Hugenburg who entered Hitler's first Cabinet and were then discarded when no longer needed.

The Congress has the power of the purse and the Republican majority is tiny. There are several vacant seats coming up for election and starting a war with NATO will not go down well I think. The Speaker delayed seating Rep.Grijalva in Arizona a long time.

A study a few days ago found that removing some internal trade barriers between EU states could counterbalance Trump tariffs.

Source.

I've noticed a lot of "MIRROR NOW" "Times Now" etc. videos suddenly appearing on youtube on Greenland. Is this some sort of paid MAGA propaganda?

Time to start flogging off the US treasury bonds.

Where is Covid when you need it

When he was standing on that balcony struggling to breathe I had my fingers crossed.