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

Like any other cult they know that too in anyway publicly question anything by the leaders is the catalyst that will bring the whole house of cards tumbling down around their ears.

Performances like Bondi`s is not going to add to their numbers. More likely the opposite when attempting to justified it would make their own heads explode never mind it converting someone to their cult.

Hey, Rogan apparently largely believes in science...

The guy is voluntary staying in detention in awful conditions rather than go back to ireland. I doubt its because of these charges, would they even do anything at this stage? His life is in the US now, he probably didn't even think about the warrant before went public its so long ago.

But if the US is so bad and an awful place to live, akin to nazi Germany etc as people on here seem to think, you'd think he'd be on the first plane out of there right? Instead he is fighting tooth and nail to stay. Hint, its because the US isnt actually a dystopian hellscape.

Hegseths attempt to penalize Senator Kelly by reducing his service rank and pension for - along with several other members of congress - reminding serving DF members of their legal obligations was thrown out of court by Richard L. Leon, a Bush-appointed federal judge for the District of Columbia.

'Rather than trying to shrink the First Amendment liberties of retired service members, Secretary Hegseth and his fellow Defendants might reflect and be grateful for the wisdom and expertise that retired service members have brought to public discussions and debate on military matters in our Nation over the past 250 years,' Judge Leon wrote in a 29-page ruling. 'If so, they will more fully appreciate why the Founding Fathers made free speech the first Amendment in the Bill of Rights!'

Judge Leon stated Hegseth's decision to punish Kelly through military channels appears to be a tactic to avoid oversight by the legal system. 'This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly’s First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees,' Judge Leon added. He goes on in his ruling to quote famous musician Bob Dylan who said, '"You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows."

Trump reacted to the Kelly video by accusing Kelly and his fellow Democrats of 'SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!' so I can imagine the effect the ruling will have on him. As for Hegseth and the judge, they're lucky that Trump doesn't have Darth Vader's ability to leave people gasping for air.

Still no sign of that video from Hegseth that Trump promised of a second strike taken to kill two men clinging to a wrecked boat.

I believe there is no need for any doubt now that it was anything other than a war crime which has no statute of limitations, so if I was Drunken Pete, or anyone else that had any hand or part in it, I would not be including any trips outside of the U.S. in my future plans.

Jaysus calm yourself. Whatever else about the country they are basically the reigning champions at just about everything globally, hardly they rabble of castoffs you are describing them as.

I mean criticism is well warranted but it doesn't negate decades of total global domination economically, scientifically, socially, militarily etc etc.

Trump dying would not mean anyone involved could not be charged with committing a war crime, and there is no statute of limitation for a war crime.

If someone gets the franchise for tearing down signs they would make an absolute fortune auctioning out the jobs and then selling the signs to MAGA fruit cakes.

Trump has revoked a finding that greenhouse gassed harm human health.

Also Trumps £10bn lawsuit against the BBC is going ahead in February 2027. It should have been thrown out.

Under Sullivan Vs NY Times, a public figure in a US court can only prove defamation if the story was known too be false by the producer, or if they acted with reckless disregard for whether it was or not.

Europe working on alternative to Visa/Mastercard to reduce reliance on an increasingly erratic US. Concerns US could use Europe's dependence on Visa and Mastercard as pressure.

Follows agreement between Bizum (Spanish), Bancomat (Italian), Sibs-MB-Way (Portugal) and Vibbs (Norway,) and the EPI (European Payments Initiative). It will cover 13 countries of western Europe except Ireland and Iceland. Norway and Finland will be covered as will Switzerland.

There's a proposal to use the EU flag on this systems cards. The planned initiative uses existing national payment apps. That could ease the transition.

The European Payments Alliance is starting the switch to instant cross border payments between mobile transfer schemes enabling users in Italy, Portugal, Spain and and Andorra to send and receive money instantly to mobile phone numbers.

The proposed timeline in the Memorandum of Understanding is:

- First half of 2026. To establish a Central body to build foundations.

- Second half of 2026. To begin rolling out cross border payments.

- 2027. Expand to e-commerce and point of sale transactions.

Should Ireland sign up? I support this. We are especially susceptible to US pressure.

Makes a mockery of the EU threats to fine us for not hitting targets especially when a huge amount of our output is from data centres mainly used by people out of Ireland so if they weren't here they'd be somewhere else.

You'll now have a situation where the likes of China, US, Russia, South America, India, Africa and more don't give a flying ****.

China is literally doing the exact opposite of the US. They've got huge renewable energy growth. So give it ten years or so and their emissions are gonna be drastically lower. This is more another example of the US falling behind on technologies that will shape the future.

Trump has some more odd speech difficulties going on .

https://www.wionews.com/trending/-unserious-and-unstable-trump-s-bizarre-gibberish-during-speech-sparks-renewed-health-concerns-1770886823514