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

We really need to make investing in Europe easier, undermining the NYSE would pull the carpet from under them.

A bit part of that is a lot of European companies aren't publicly traded, nor can they forced to be. Think of IKEA, Aldi Nord and sud, lidl etc.....

Id rather not recreate the precarious casino economics of US stock holding as pension funds.

Little Marco is a hard right sabre rattler that would invade Cuba and half the countries of South America that do not share his right wing views. He is also a supporter of Netanyahu`s genocide policy in Gaza and Israel`s illegal West Bank settlements, whose largest financial backers are the Israeli lobby and the U.S. arms industry.

Not that any of the bunch is blessed with principles,but if Rubio ever had any he has ditched them to lick up to Trump.

In 2015 in a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations he vowed to, "support the spread of economic and political freedom by reinforcing our alliances, resting efforts by large powers to subjugate their smaller neighbors, maintaining a robust commitment to transparent and effective foreign assistance programs, and advance the rights of the vulnerable…"

While running against Trump in 2016 for the Presidential nomination he compared Trump to a "third world strongman" and went on to say "I can tell you this, no matter what happens in this election, for years to come there are many people on the right, in the media, and voters at large, that are gonna to having to explain and justify how the fell into this trap of supporting Donald Trump because this is not going to end well one way or the other".

Rubio is a self serving little creep that has shown that not a word out of his mouth can be trusted .

Unfortunately here in Ireland we have likes of deemed disposal which makes it easier to invest in US companies than European ETFs

This week alone Netherlands came up with some fairly draconian and backwards laws which will kill investments there, see discussion in investment forum

But yes good point, why are European pensions and investments not being invested in Europe

Why? Because it saves a little bit of fuel and a little bit of emissions which mean long term it's better for the environment?

Or something, something, it's bad for engine (without proof)

Yes but stories are like assholes, everyone has one.

Of course Culleton painted himself as the victim, but why did the journalists run with it without probing?

It wouldn't take a genius to realise that he had been living there illegally and was almost certainly being detained because he was fighting deportation. Granted the extras about the drugs charges and walking out on the 2 daughters couldn't have been foreseen.

But these ambulance chasing journalists thought they were on a winner and went all in without doing the proper due diligence, so it's great to see that backfire.

Most people aren't anti immigrants, they are anti sponger, anti fraud. If you can find an example of an Irish immigrant to the states living off social welfare or claiming asylum I'd like to see it.

That reminded me of a comment I read about a month ago suggesting Greenland should adopt the song written by David Bowie in 1995 "I`m afraid of Americans" as their anthem.

Yes his wife is a US citizen, so she's there legally, he isn't.

He might also be fighting deportation because of the warrants and daughters waiting for him at home!

I know that but he's saying it like it's a bad thing. The white race which includes me and most Irish people don't owe anybody any apology.

Your confusing media reporters with media agony aunts.

A reporters job is to report the news based on the information they have at the time.

Agony Aunts give advice to those who seek it, and that advice is often tainted by the Agony Aunt`s own prejudices.

And facing Putin and the US across the negotiating table with Zelenski are……?

Where are the Europeans, any Europeans?

Europe is funding Ukraine unlike the US which is providing armaments so long as they are paid for them - by Europe.
Eastern Europe is in the sights of Russia -And European countries are failing to get together, calling endless summit meetings and waiting for ….?
it’s not always what’s done but what fails to get done that really matters.