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

Yeah, my question is how many of them are genuinely 'Independent', as opposed to self-described. The swings between the Dems and GOP over the last 20 years have been minimal, at most 5-7%. Even McCain got over 45% of the vote, and in the two presidential elections they lost, 2016 and 2024, the Dems got over 48% (same in 2000 and 2004, incidentally).

This needs to keep happening. Bring it home to them that they're pariahs, in the same league as Putin and the Iranian mullahs.

A grandiose, malignant narcissist.

Christ above

Eh, the U.S. citizens had two bites a the cherry there and fooking blew it!!

Trump just announced he's not going ahead with tariffs on those European countries.

It’s astonishing that such a powerful and influential, and supposed to be good and inspiring title and position could possess so many poor and bad and awful traits; vindictive, petty, aggressive, rude, narcissistic, patronising, insulting, shameless, greedy, spiteful, uncaring, shallow…. Have I missed any?!

Yes, met with Mark Rutte apparently and Rutte talked him down.

Aka some insiders bought the dip.

It's a huge, huge backdown he's trying to portray as a win.

For talks that may allow Golden Dome be built on Greenland, suddenly the I must have Greenland and Tariff all my opponents is gone

TACO strikes again…AGAIN!!!!!!

The Greenland issue is now parked, it'll be bogged down in long talks for possibly years, and seems to centre around missile defence - which given that the US is welcome to have bases on Greenland, was never really an issue. There's no mention in that post of US ownership of Greenland.

Meanwhile all tariffs are gone, so we've had a week or the US burning so many bridges for nothing. Trump probably thinking I got my point across and everything will settle now, while Europe really, really needs to heed this wake up call. Become more self confident, build closer relationships with Canada - they need friends and ao so we.

Basically he creates a massive sh1t show which gets resolved in a manner that could have happened if he behaved like a normal person; win for Trump, art of the deal etc.

It's truly incredible. In 1 week he's

Absolutely enraged Denmark, one of the most peaceful countries going

Insulted Norway over the noble peace prize, who have massive amounts of American debt.

At random times tried to undermine Macron, Starmer, Von der Leyon.

Told Canada they owe their existence to him.

Told Italy that they have a great relationship with the US going back to Roman times!!!!

Stood up in Switzerland and said they'd all be speaking German except for America, German being the most common language in Switzerland. Also said some would have been speaking Japanese, but tbf that's less common in Switzerland.

I wonder what his next fixation will be

This has been his playbook from day one. There's usually ample opportunity for the inside circle to make money on whatever it is in that whole circle of ****. On this occasion it looks as if they status quo is a it was a week ago. Denmark had always been open to the items DJT is claiming as a 'win' now.

However on this occasion he has gone way way too far and alienated other members of NATO and ironically ended up de-stabilising the world order.

All the time he has been building up the leaders of China and Russia while on the other hand hating them......

There's no logic or bigger plan where this guy is involved.....

As I said this time he has gone far and above any time in the last and it will have significant but understated repurcuasions.