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

Trump: “it’s a shame” Clintons have to testify

“always liked him” re. Bill

“a very capable woman” re. Hillary

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What's the basis for this newfound affection for the Clintons? Presumably it's fear. Is it because they might bury him when testifying? Or is it because it sets the precedent that he will have to attend at some point in the future?

And if he doesn't want them to appear, why are the Republicans making it happen?

But didn't Bannon steal money allocated for the Wall………following on Trump's examples of raising monies from the public via branding - watches, phones, basketball sneakers, etc etc etc, Don Jnr is the one usually behind it.

You did make that point, but then the data you posted didn`t back it up.

It showed that up to 1.2 million entered the U.S. illegally in 2025. Of that 1.2 million, 70% - 80% entered via border crossings with the vast majority via the southern border.

622,000 were deported in 2025. Mathematics does not lie. If up to 1.2 million entered, then there were up to 600,000 more people illegally in the U.S. end of 2025 than the beginning of 2025.

Biden deported more people in 2024 than Trump did in 2025 and did it without spending an extra $19 billion on murderous boot boys.

So much winning!

Because Republicans made 'Release the Files!' one of the major parts of the 2024 campaign and then tried to go silent after the election until they were forced by court order to start releasing the files. The way they've sought to delay the release reflects very badly on them.

‘Release some of the files’ would have been a more accurate slogan. It is extraordinary how close Trump and Bannon were to a major MAGA fixation.

Some follow-up on that lawyer from Minnesota:

An ICE attorney who publicly expressed frustrations with her role and told a court “this job sucks” is no longer detailed to the US attorney’s office for the district of Minnesota, according to NBC News.

As people leave the department those who are left have to shoulder an increasingly onerous workload:

Le said that she moved from her job as an ICE lawyer to the Minnesota US attorney’s office on 5 January to help it respond to an influx of civil filings of detainees, known as petitions of habeas corpus.

Le also told the court that she had previously submitted her resignation, after handling more than 88 immigration cases in less than a month. She ultimately ended up staying in the role because there was no one to replace her.

Theres multiple reports of newly recruited ICE agents complaining that the advertised benefits arent real or come with a load of caveats like the advertised 50k bonus doesn't actually come until you've served 3 years etc, in some cases they simply haven't been paid at all or are getting nowhere close to the listed benefits they were promised..

Thats how cheap these people are they cant even be bothered paying their own gestapo.

Of course I'm not ignoring it, and I'm not 'comparing' it with anything.

Regardless of what had happened previously, the Democrats had a duty in 2023 and 2024 to do their utmost, by legal means of course, to ensure that Trump did not get back into power. They clearly failed to discharge that.

it’s the democrats fault that Trump is president…..

ffs

Well, hopefully all of these bastards are held to account for the mess they've created. Cynical me (or normal me) says that that probably won't ever happen.

What absolutely has to happen, however, is that…ugh…"going forward"…none of these types are ever allowed anywhere near a position of power again. And for that to occur the US public will need to do some very serious self reflection.

But I won't be holding my breath on that one either.

It genuinely wouldn't surprise me if Trump fought so hard to become the President of Murica again to have some sort of control over the Epstein files.

Trump is great copy. It's as simple as that. He sells, and ultimately that's what media companies are interested in.

Gone are the days of true investigative journalism and holding people in the public eye to account.

Trump speaking at 12.00am Irish time tonight. Probably another hour of rambling incoherent nonsense but no doubt it will send the markets down again tomorrow.

It must be close to that time when the major funds and market makers have to whip him into place again.

So, as well as being unable to read any article past the byline, it seems that MAGA idiots cannot read the contracts they sign either.

Who would have thought?