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

Part of Western ideology is that democracy is the only legitimate form of government.

(Double negative bonus points for Iran for having a cleric as dictator.)

Yet attempts to "install" democracy, like in Iraq and the Arab Spring, usualy just create a bloodbath.

Trump's expected visit to China has now been announced by Beijing as a reduced to one day, and I bet even if he does attend they will not allow him any kind of platform for him to spew his boil from. I reckon he won't go.

I hope Micheal Martin makes a stand against Trump next week. And the Irish media make a name for themselves asking hard questions. 😋

The purpose of these visits is not, and was never for Ireland to lecture and criticize and tackle the U.S. President on how he and his administration are operating. And no matter how many couch potatoes think we should, we should not!!!

And why would you be hoping that Trump publicly ridicules our Taoiseach? Hardly something to be applauded and encouraged.

If you are aware of it why don’t you mention it? Do you have no understanding how serious it is? Cathal Kelly was offensive but he is a random journalist. Now explain what the US GOVERNMENT is doing in its TikTok account altering the words of a hockey player and causing grevious offence to its friend and neighbour. ‘51st state’ isn’t just trolling - it’s a blatant threat to destroy Canada.

Jeekers, I am about to have my blood pressure measured by my GP - not great preparation!

Anyone else going to take a spin over to his gold course with a hand held sign that reads..

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It's what Janey Godley would have wanted

He's criticised Israel on its actions in Gaza, rightly enough, and support of Israel has been an utterly unshakeable piece of US foreign policy for decades - perhaps never more so than under Trump. Who can forget the footage of Trump pulling a chair out for Netanyahu to sit down in, like he was a White House usher? Trump the man who finds opening a door by his own hand to be below his station.

But he's never going to do it to Trump's face.

I suppose it underlines that when push comes to shove, the Irish government isn't really going risk flushing its economy down the toilet by taking a stand over Israel directly against Trump and potentially have the drive to pull American corps out of Ireland put up to 11 as retaliation. I'm sort of surprised Netanyahu didn't instruct Trump to savage Martin last year, Zelensky-style, at the White House sit-down, just 'cause he could…

Brent crude hit $117 overnight. It's back below $100 already. Are markets thinking this may not go on much longer, or maybe oil will start moving again

I hope you are correct and I hope it spirals into him and his cronies experiencing actual consequences after the term is up too

Meehole should pull a sickie.....

Yet another enormous golden effigy of Trump, another crypto scheme (scam?), and a disgruntled sculptor: Don Colossus and $PATRIOT.

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/don-colossus-a-golden-statue-of-president-trump-waits-for-its-home/