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

Yep.

What the article was reporting on.. You'll find plenty of industry leaders backing up these statements. That's not to mention the impact on graduate markets.

https://www.cipd.org/en/about/press-releases/one-in-six-employers-say-ai-shrink-headcount-autumn-labour-market-outlook/

"In medieval England, there was no law if your pockets were deep. Crimes had fixed costs: A couple of hundred gold coins got you off the hook if you killed a poor man; 2,000 if you killed a rich one. America’s founders imagined a different way forward. In their debates about the pardon power, Edmund Randolph, later the first attorney general, demanded an exception for treason. “The President may himself be guilty,” he objected. “The traitors may be his own instruments.”

Randolph secured an exception for those impeached, but other than that, the president can pardon anyone for any reason. And while there have always been dubious pardons for political cronies, “unprecedented” doesn’t begin to describe how Donald Trump has corrupted the power of presidential forgiveness. First, there’s the scope: He granted 238 pardons and commutations in his first term. Last year, he went into overdrive, granting some 1,700 more, including to many key actors in the plot to steal the 2020 election. That included all 1,583 people charged with or convicted of joining in the January 6 riot—a mass pardon of violent insurrectionists exceeded only by Andrew Johnson’s blanket amnesty for Confederate troops. In fact, two-thirds of all pardons since 2001 went to people who invaded the Capitol, including 169 people charged with beating cops and 174 who stormed its grounds with a deadly weapon. Some went on to get new convictions: possession of child porn, even reckless homicide.

Trump’s other pardons show his affinity for white-collar criminals, especially those who line MAGA pockets. Con artist Jacob Wohl and his business partner Jack Burkman got a million to help nursing home fraudster Joseph Schwartz. Lobbyist Ches McDowell, a hunting pal of Donald Trump Jr., charged at least $450,000 to bag a pardon for crypto mogul Changpeng Zhao. Altogether, Trump has erased more than a billion dollars in restitution and nearly 2,000 convictions. You need data to understand a break this extreme—so we crunched the numbers."

Link to article from Mother Jones....

https://www.threads.com/@motherjonesmag/post/DUWKURSlCyT?xmt=AQF0FvpQrsLDhx1QaLEXk0Sc_4dEm0NLGqUupQJANPCZkMyejvbKFJoGppASrZ6LJxBimuIq&slof=1

They should watch "Triumph of the Will" it will completely change their perception of Der Führer!!!

And they voted in a man that oversaw 500k deaths due to covid. And us now happily killing citizens and non citizens alike while also pardoning drug traffickers.

So super job on completely misunderstanding the Democrats position on abortion and in doing so voting in a man with little to no regard for human life.

And that's my point. Trump promised them what they wanted and so they arw happy to accept everything that comes with it

It not sunk cost. It that they fully accept that whatever Trump does, its worth it to get what they value. Be that abortion restrictions, cut down immigration or whatever.

Agreed. It's amazing how short a memory people seem to have because they forgot how Trump's approval rating was tanking in 2020 and Biden had double digit leads in some swing state polls going into that election, yet Trump actually got more votes than in 2016. Despite everything, people have shown up for him in 3 successive elections. They'd show up again if they could and would, if Trump has his way.

There's definitely some political dark matter out there in the suburbs who strongly approve of his approach on immigration.

Even though all of them now show a disapproval rating his strongest support is from white males, 45 - 64 years of age, with home schooling or less.

Source : Economist poll 4th.February 2026.

High school or less? Some home schooling is very good.

I’ve long considered Plato and Aristotle anti-democratic elitists but I’m beginning to see the dangers of populism which social media seems to exacerbate. In this regard I prefer our system to America’s. I’m happy to let parties choose the leaders of their parties and therefore the country. They know more about it than I do.

Bannon’s threats of ICE at the polling stations are chilling. Americans will have to stand up if they want to keep their republic.

I see Trump wished Ghislaine well again in another interview. This is the third time.

How the f*** is he not publicly eviscerated daily by the press for this?

Ffs Collins received more contempt from Trump for not smiling while she asked about raped kids, than he has shown to the rapist of those kids.

Whistleblower complaint against DNI Tulsi Gabbard. Claims shes stalling the review of it. We dont know what the allegations are. Executive privilege seems to be involved.

A few days ago she was present in the raid on Fulton County Georgia 2020 ballots.

Unfortunately you need to understand the difference between border crossings and detected border crossings.

That's ironic about Bannon seeing he is repeatedly mentioned in the latest release, usually telling Epstein about his far-right proselytising in Europe and the UK.