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

Is that the stuff used in Roundup?

Can you give me a link to that post/study? Apologies I am only dipping in to the thread so missed it.

So what? I'd rather see pro-Trump people on this thread than have it 100% "We hate Trump" posts which get very repetitive and frankly boring. I want to understand why people still support him and his less known backers. I want to understand what the Trump voter mindset is. Yet people seem to want to hound those folks off the thread immediately (often for likes) and refuse to debate with them. It happens a lot on Boards to be fair. Calling a lad a traitor...I don't know.

I'm not a fan of the name-calling either, especially as a first resort. I'd prefer robust engagement with the content of posts. We can all learn a lot from proper discussion.

There's also the lovely irony that name-calling rather than discussion or analysis is no.1 in the Trumpian playback.

Agreed. And to be fair they are both informative/balanced posters generally (Frank Bullit & RoyalCelt) but I used that interaction as an example. The Trump stuff does get people very agitated. I'd recommend taking breaks from US politics at times 🙂

It's all well and good hoping for proper debate, but generally defence of Trump's latest idiocy, whatever it may be, tends to be "but Biden…" or outright lies.

Agreed, I know we're not supposed to discuss other posters but I hope the mods will be OK with me saying that the two posters you mentioned tend to be polite and measured, and their posts add to the discussion. Given the subject matter it's probably a surprise that there isn't a lot more aggression and nastiness.

I think we need a new word - "politics" seems inadequate to describe what's going on in the US atm.

Oops I didn't know we aren't supposed to discuss other posters. My bad. I'll leave it at that so.

Yeah the US is a mess. I talked to a friend in NJ last week for an hour. He was born and raised in Galway but got the Morrison visa in the 80s. He detests Trump and is married to another immigrant but said he isn't seeing any ICE activity locally as yet. He said there is tension in the air and most people won't openly talk about Trump etc at work. But for the most part he is just getting on with life. His biggest headache was trying to dig his driveway out from two big snowfalls!

Ok. Bondi used the "but Biden" excuse yesterday so it's not unique. Debate the point and prove them wrong is an option.

For the most part I liked Biden but I will never ever forgive him (or Trump) for allowing the alleged war criminal Netanyahu to commit a genocide in Gaza with USA arms. Granted Trump was/is even more reprehensible with his disgusting Netanyahu love-in and attacking respected institutions like the ICC.

I didn't know we were debating a point. I don't really want to go back any further looking for "but Biden" posts. I will gladly take your word for it, honestly. I was actually agreeing with your statement that Trump supporters and administration use the 'but Biden' tactic because it was in the news just yesterday. I was also adding that Biden wasn't a saint.

Mod: Can we move away from the discussion of other posters please. Certain posters were using it as an excuse to have a dig as usual. Pointed warnings and bans are going to follow if people can't stick in the lane of discussing the topic without throwing around insults like confetti. There's been enough leeway on this for too long and it stops now. If you have an issue with a post, report or ignore it and move on.