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

It's not a surprise (to me). If Trump had his way, the US would be pretty much supporting Russia in their war (US sanctions would be gone…that is happening gradually anyway, and Russia may even be allowed buy some weapons if price was right), but such a policy is not quite possible.

There's Trump, there's a few pro Russia cabinet members (incl. the VP) and there is the GOP, much of which has become very sympathetic towards Russia, but against that there is the US military and their civil service, which need more time for the leadership to be filled with people who will happily enact this new pro Russia foreign policy. It's amazing how far things have come in a year though, such that I hardly raised an eyebrow when I saw this story.

Sorry, I was thinking of Ivana his first missus. Melania was more discreet when she was a ,ahem, model.

An interesting theory from a well respected former FBI Special Agent

Not just Ukraine, but I'd say the entire former 'eastern bloc'. Putin is hated in most of the former Warsaw Pact countries (bar with the usual far right, racist and Russia loving types like Viktor Orban and the fella in Slovakia).

Saw the Pink Jacket Lady who recorded the Pretti murder by ICE agents, Stella Carlson interview on CNN. They ran initially as that is what cowards do. Then a minute later they came back with a scissors and cut open his shirt to count the bullets holes! She described their attitude as like hunters counting the hits on a stag. This lady has not being questioned by Federal authorities yet - 3 days after the murder. What I can say is the way she described her and her friends behaviour, the people of Minneapolis deserve our upmost respect for the struggle they have put up with. History will be very kind and hopefully gracious to them if the US can get through the next 3 years.

If you look closely at that photo of Putin and Trump, you can see another monster in the background pulling the strings.

Trump will wake from his drug induced stupor soon, I wonder what he'll have to say about this.

There's a chance that the bullets in or under him, in the snow, were what they were after. No bullets found on scene for comparison purposes with test-fired rounds from their service weapons in any investigation.

With neighbours and friends like Trump?
Who needs enemies.

The Trump administration has held covert meetings with fringe separatists from Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta as a rift deepens between Washington and Ottawa.

Leaders of the Alberta Prosperity Project, a group of far-right separatists who want the western province to become independent, met US state department officials in Washington three times since April last year, according to people familiar with the talks.

They are seeking another meeting next month with state and Treasury officials to ask for a $500bn credit facility to help bankroll the province if an independence referendum — yet to be called — is passed.

“The US is extremely enthusiastic about a free and independent Alberta,” Jeff Rath, APP legal counsel, who attended the meetings, told the FT.

He claimed he had a “much stronger relationship” with the Trump administration than Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

A state department spokesperson said: “The department regularly meets with civil society types. As is typical in routine meetings such as these, no commitments were made.”

Adding this to the USA's and particularly their ambassador to Canada's temper tantrum over Canada potentially reducing its F35 buy is a damning indictment of just how poorly the US views it's friends and allies.

The US ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, warned that if Canada reduces its order for 88 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) agreement could be altered.

Hoekstra indicated that a reduced Canadian purchase might necessitate increased US intervention in Canadian airspace and a re-evaluation of security cooperation.

If you aren't paying the American piper and understanding that however much you send them?
That it'll always be their tune?
You haven't been paying attention.

Holman now blaming those protesting the heavily masked and armed border force for the unrest - ICE is just enforcing the law says he- Not a word to his officers to be less thuggish -

There are none so blind as those who will not see

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-presidential-ballroom-lawsuit-b2907325.html

"Judge Leon sharply rebuked a lawyer for the administration, stating, "Come on, be serious," after comparisons were drawn to minor renovations, such as the installation of a swimming pool during the Gerald Ford administration in the 1970s.

The judge indicated he would issue a ruling in the coming weeks on the National Trust's request for a preliminary injunction, which aims to halt construction work".

Wonder if the Tech lads are reconsidering their "donations" and Trump will seek to go forward with Federal funds.

Perhaps all he really wanted to do was open a MacDonalds franchise, a friend of mine who is a QS arranged a transferable Macs building for the London Olympics, was deconstructed a couple of months after the ending of the Games.