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

Everything crashed anyway more of the same ahead economy was cruising since coming out of covid now its crashing since early last year with corruption and a mix of some admin billionaire's and now a new fed chair whose is a billionaire.

Yeah that makes sense now regarding the bribery accusations. What does Amazon want in return or at least according to speculation? I'm assuming for the administration to favour Amazon.

I went to a cinema last week and my reaction upon seeing the trailer was to wonder who it was for. Stupid question obviously. It's incredible how they gobble this sort of thing up.

I take it she can 't be made to testify by Congress into the Epstein question?

Or it it just a question of the votes?

I doubt Trump dips into Melania's pocket very often. 🤭

In today's edition of "there's always a tweet"...

For once I agree with Twittler

I see Trump's and Putin's favourite European govt has got caught up in the latest release of docs. Note the casual nature of this guy's references to Lavrov and Churkin, clearly as heroes of his.

Slovakia PM's national security adviser resigns over Epstein links

In a text exchange from October 2018 - when Lajčák was serving as Slovakia's foreign minister - Lajčák and Epstein could be seen lightheartedly discussing women and a forthcoming meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

After Epstein sent an image, which cannot be seen in the record, Lajčák replies: "Why don't you invite me for these games? I would take the 'MI' girl".

"Who wouldn't," Epstein texts back. "You can have them both, I am not possessive. And their sisters."

Later on in the conversation, Epstein can be seen imploring Lajčák to ask Lavrov to get him a t-shirt featuring Lavrov and Viltaly Churkin, a Russian ambassador to the UN who had died the previous year.

"You get the tee shirt. Then you get the girls," Epstein writes, to which Lajčák agrees.

Epstein then says: "No kidding their sisters are both swimming in the pool."

"That's not fair!" Lajčák responds.

"Though they're all under 30. So. Probably too young for you," Epstein adds. "Or should I say under 50."

"Don't be mean," Lajčák replies. "You don't know me in action."

In an email to Epstein in November 2017, Lajčák asks Epstein to help a female film producer get her movie on the shortlist for that year's Oscars.

Lajčák initially denied discussing women with Epstein when the files were released on Friday, according to Slovak media. He later reportedly said he had decided to resign to avoid damaging Fico politically.

Fico characterised the outrage in Slovakia over Lajčák's association with Epstein as "an attack against me".

Back then yes. But I will say that since the 1990s, whatever the shortcomings, Irish governments since then have not shied away from investigations, as the Ryan and Murphy Reports show. We have been far more willing to investigate paedophile cases than the US or the UK.

In the 1990s, many of us wondered was Ireland more affected by it. But we now see that Ireland is not unique - except perhaps in being the first to investigate it. In the US too, politicians obstructed investigations of the Church. But I think in the US the issue is magnified by the role of religion in politics, especially in the Republican party. There are also abuse scandals in the Evangelical Church. White Evangelicals vote Republican by 85%.

Regarding Epstein and Jimmy Saville. What they show is that at the same time as the media were (correctly) attacking the Church, they were not seeing abuse in non-church settings by the rich and powerful. In prosecutions of priests in Ireland, they are now almost all historical cases now, where the accusation relates to pre-2002. That suggests that the vetting of new priests by the Church is working. And I say that as a secularist but one who believes we should give credit where it is due.

The Grace case happened in a non-church setting remember.

Separately, regarding an earlier post where I said a Democrat won a +17% Trump state House seat in Texas, it turns out its a State Senate District. This is the first time since 1991 this seat has been won by a Democrat.

Trump yesterday...

Trump today....

Q: In Texas, a Democrat won a special election in an area you won by 17 points. What is your reaction?

TRUMP: I don't know. I didn't hear about it. Somebody ran -- where?

Q: In Texas

TRUMP: I'm not involved in that. That's a local Texas race. You mean I won by 17, and this person lost? Things like that happen. I'm not on the ballot

Reports there are 1000 mentions of Putin in the Epstein files.

Musk - I don't need anyone's help at being a pedo

Pretty much everyone currently on the naughty list should be able to do the same. They're rich… connected…. powerful… have a public profile. Shouldn't be hard for them to find younger women who want to sleep with them, if that's all it's about.

Thing Musk is leaving out, there, is that Epstein knew so many people. When you went to a party on Epstein's island, you didn't just get this promise of nubile young girls, but you also had this opportunity to make contacts and socialise with a lot of 'elite' people in a private, luxurious setting.