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

ICE-land anyone!

In an effort to avoid negative semantic association, the Department of Homeland Security has reportedly asked Federal Emergency Management Agency staffers to limit their use of the term “ice” in messaging around the storm. “What they are worried about here is that by posting something like ‘Watch out for the ice,’ it’s going to become an opportunity for a meme, for internet fodder, for public ridicule against the department,”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-issues-idiotic-warning-as-winter-storm-approaches/

As opposed to the running gag 'yes, Vladimir, indeed Vladimir, absolutely Vladimir, I loved that portrait of me you send back with Steve, Vladimir'.

You are correct that both Europe and the US under Biden responded lethargically to the war in Ukraine. They did not, however, commit outright treachery in openly favouring Russian interests over those of their allies.

an AI-generated image was posted on the White House's official Instagram profile  of what appears to be Donald Trump, seen from behind, walking side by side with a penguin in a snowy landscape against the Greenlandic flag. It is not known whether the White House is aware that there are no penguins in Greenland.

I'd love to see Karoline Levitts response to a journalist when asked about that that in a press conference!

"Do you think there's no penguins in Greenland? You're not even a real journalist. You're a left wing, socialist, communist who knows nothing about Greenland and shouldn't even even be here. Everybody knows Greenland has the biggest, bestest penguins and that's why it deserves to be part of the USA"

The polar bears would eat them.

That is rewriting history.Biden's

reticence to provide particular armament to Ukraine did not seem obviously wrong at the time.(I seem to remember there were questions as to how long it would take to train the military etc etc)

His stance was debatable but honorable.

This present administration is such a shiťstorm one doesn't know where to start critiquing it.

Honorable is the very last descriptor.

In hindsight strong early action might well have worked .

A Democratic Europe now needs time to build its military forces again Russian attacks -which is really sad as the "peace dividend" was a really good thing simply on its own terms.

Addendum: Nobody foresaw the strength of Ukrainian resistance...

Bidens democrats like you said had the support of the republicans so didn't have their hands tied. They gave enough military aid to keep Ukraine in the war but not to win it which is disgraceful. Ridiculous restrictions put on Ukraine which severely limited their ability to commit long range strikes on Russia. Constantly scared of breaking their "red lines".

Even on the sanctions front there was more they could have done. Just because Trump is worse doesn't make their effort acceptable. Zelenski had the begging bowl out constantly which he shouldn't have to do. Ukraine used patriots to shoot down Heli's over Belgorod? Slap on the wrist and they haven't done it since. Ukraine started hitting Russian refineries before the election and they're told to stop because of political reasons. Constant red tape while Russia was sending endless long range missile's into Ukraine.

And all for what? Trump won the next election anyway.

Edit: I see others have spelt this out too with additional points. And you've now admitted yourself Biden was no Saint. Trump has proven to be worse militarily (perhaps better on the sanctions front) and that's exactly one of the primary reasons I said I'd vote democrat if I could the last election. I also believe if the Dems won the last election they'd be doing a much better job at aiding Ukraine this time around especially before the midterms.

If European leaders think that nonsense is all over and "safe" now, they are deluding themselves. I hope that is not happening. Someone talked him off the ledge, but he'll come back to this again, and when he does "Sec. of War" Hegseth will have cleared out some more of the woke generals that believe in not stabbing allies in the back from the US military, some more old stagers will have left Rubio's state dept. on their pension and been replaced with zealous MAGA fascists etc.

Just seen Trumps explanation for the bruising on his hand and im...... well im slightly confused.

Let's break it down, he says he "clipped his hand on a table" and it caused this (pretty severe) bruising.

This is the same guy who was (allegedly) SHOT in the ear, GREW the missing piece back and has ZERO scarring from said gunshot wound

Someone please help me make sense of this.

If you do not know the numbers deported in 2025 or the numbers that entered illegally - and it would be naive to believe nobody did - then then how do you know what the migration statistics are ?

Brookings had a stab at it and came up with a figure of 10,000 - 295,000. That is quite a spread which shows just how inaccurate the current data is. Those figure in comparison to the population of the U.S. represent 0.0029% - 0.084%. The nearest thing to nothing you will find.

Net migration figures are not just about deportees. They include those that have left voluntarily for various reasons. Including no longer wishing to live under a fascist regime. In 2025 For the first 8 month of 2025 alone 26,111 U.S. citizens applied for Irish passport, with 9,600 moving here. Double the previous years number. And that is just for Ireland.

One interesting statistic that Brookings highlighted on 2025 deportations alone is that they estimate it has lowered consumer spending by $40 - $60 billion which will lower GDP and increase job lay-offs. That this administration has also gone the same way with data reporting on jobs as it has on deportation would strongly suggest that to be the case. What is that saying again about being careful what you wish for ?

It was probably meant to be Trump in the Antarctic being shown by the leader of the Heard and McDonald Islands penguins all those factories Australia moved staff and production 4,000 kilometers to by-pass his tariffs.

An easy mistake to make when you believe Greenland is also called Iceland.