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

They really should teach English properly in US schools. They still have no concept of irony.

US embassy bombed in Oslo this morning. Apparently deliberate. Hopefully the US sees more of this closer to home, might finally wake them up.

it will be random staff who have nothing to do with the war that are injured/killed. The actual decision makers/sociopaths causing death and misery around the world will face no consequences.

The U.S. could help in that regard by not having their ambassadors and members of their administration running around the world as well as at home shouting their mouths off insulting other countries.

Has the warmonger version of Trump helped him past the tiff between him and the NRA over his casual comments a few weeks back about the citizens 2nd amendment rights being under review by his administration?

Some interesting snippets from an interview with Der Speigal with self described neoconservative historian Robert Kagan. I read his history of the Pelopennesian wars which pretty much exhausted the Greek world to the point where the Macedonian Philip and heir Alexander swept down from the north and had little trouble defeating what was left.

Kagan: The crazy thing about Trump and his behavior is that we somehow seem to be getting used to the absurd. We are all now suffering from battered-family member syndrome: Was daddy nice today instead of delivering the usual abuse? Thank God! We end up cynically even being glad that he didn't invade Greenland this time. But the reality was: Trump was willing to commit an act of military force. And he probably still is. The notion that he's forgotten about Greenland is foolish.

On the mid terms:

DER SPIEGEL: What do you think he might do?

Kagan: It's reasonable to assume that the ICE deployment was part of a larger plan with the ultimate goal of subverting the congressional elections.

DER SPIEGEL: How could Trump concretely usurp the election?

Kagan: Imagine California: A few weeks before the election, Trump floods the state with ICE thugs who are encouraged to behave as brutally and drastically as possible. They harass citizens, shoot somebody – and trigger massive protests. Which in turn are supposed to escalate so that Trump can invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 and thus send in the National Guard and the military – of course only to supposedly "protect" the elections. At the same time, allegations of supposed election fraud will be made. The FBI seizes the ballot boxes, and they are "counted" at the Justice Department.

On the presidency.

DER SPIEGEL: You are considered one of the most influential neoconservative intellectuals in the United States. When you think about what laid the groundwork for the rise of Trumpism, what errors do you think you made?

Kagan: I don't see how the Iraq War or the neocons paved the way for Trump. In the larger historical context, however – and here the critics of the Cold War and perhaps also of the war on terror have a point – we created an overly powerful presidency. And now we're experiencing the consequences.

Post Trump?

DER SPIEGEL: Could the country be rebuilt after Trump?

Kagan: In the highly optimistic scenario of a change of government in 2028, you would have to not only fire practically every employee in the federal government but also prosecute many of them. After the Civil War in the 19th century, they initially reacted the same way: We will prosecute these people and give their property to the freed Blacks. But there was a counter-movement, and in the end, it was: Just come back, we'll forget the whole thing. That was a mistake.

Personally my view is that a heavily armed civilian population like the US is like a bonfire awaiting a match, and Trump is an arsonist.

Archive shot of article here.

that’s the most sickening part in this assault/attack on Iran. Those in power and driving it can’t even discuss it and debate it and justify it with even an ounce of decorum or professionalism. Weird bastids

It's absolutely disgusting. Make no mistake, this US regime is on a par with Putin and his psychopathic circle or Israel and Iran themselves.

Two questions: why isn't the EU condemning this?

And why aren't US citizens protesting in huge numbers? Do most of them just not care either?

It is a historical disgrace

"Fox & Friends this morning used *old footage of a previous dignified transfer* to mislead their audience about the fact that Trump wore a baseball cap during the one yesterday"

They were caught out and were pulled up on it.

"We want to acknowledge a mistake made earlier on our program. During our coverage of yesterday's dignified transfer, we inadvertently aired video from an older dignified transfer instead of the ceremony that took place yesterday. We deeply regret the error."

I'm old enough to remember when Obama's latte salute was a f**king international incident for weeks on Fox

Just heard from a relative in the US who made sure that their grand children born there got their Irish passports and she says if Trump reinstates the draft she's moving the lot back to Ireland. At least she still has a house here.

Sanchez like Trump was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and never worked a real day in his life.

Two con men on opposing sides of the same coin.