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

If we were contributing to a genuine EU force, we wouldn't be left alone and the UK and the mainland can't afford for us to fall.

Even in your scenario, theres no point in trying to have a resistance with untrained plebs. The IRA were a hodge podge because they lacked any training or even proper knowledge of the weapons they had. Some groups were effective whilst others were a complete shambles.

Trumps health both physical and mental is obviously failing. He hasn't that long left before he is unable to continue or is removed the question is who replaces him then. Will they be worse or better?

Johnson is next in line until the mid-terms at least.

I agree , honestly Ukraine is a treasure throve for learning how to resist against overmatched power, the innovation with maritime drones was particularly interesting. The idea you could disable a frigate with a few 100k drones.

I think it’s very dangerous for us to assume that it’s only idiots who vote for Trump. It isn’t. My boss and her boss are very intelligent and well educated people. They both voted Trump because they are dyed in the wool Republicans from a part of the country that is staunchly Republican. The problem isn’t just that idiots are swallowing his nonsense.

The political landscape in America is so polarised right now and there is such a lack of choice that whoever runs for the Republicans (or Democrats) will have a very significant percentage of the vote off the bat.

Trump sees the Americas like Eastern Europe in the good old days of the Soviet Union. The only legitimate role for other leaders is to express limitless gratitude and implement his policy. This is why Carney’s speech sent him into yet another tantrum. There’s no room for the truth from the Canadian PM any more.

So he has concepts of a deal. We can expect that will be delivered soon.... right after the concepts of the Medicare plan....….

You can be highly educated and be an idiot in certain matters. Ben Carson was a top surgeon but also believed the pyramids were used to store grain and didn't function as tombs, and that Joseph from the Bible built them.

Trump is very obviously telling lies to save face or even look good in front of his supporters.

The dogs on the street know all of the above and know that if the yanks wanted better access to bases or mineral rights, all the had to do was ask through the regular channels.

Especially over there.

I have a relation who is as thick as two short planks (like never heard of Thailand stupid) and lazy to boot who is studying to be a doctor, because in good ole Murica money can buy you an education (rich parents).

After all Trump's antics the last week, why does anyway take what he says at face value?

On the other hand, we have Leavitt gaslighting us. This is the "beauty" of all the fake news/deepfake/AI push, even the DoD saying that they were releasing the Epstein files but that some had been tampered with, therefore delegitimising itself as a legitimate source.

There is so much crap out there to shift through that people can dismiss anything as fake news or AI, question the veracity of anything they disagree with, even from official sources, while promoting whatever perspective they agree with and pre-empting any criticism with 'of course, they'll say its fake news or AI'.