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

Trump held a rally in Kentucky tonight, trying to drum up support to get rid of Massie. He declared victory 5 times in Iran conflict.

Meanwhile in Straits of Hormuz

2 tankers up in flames, the sort of spectacle News channels love; and which Hegseth and Trump revel in. Oil prices already on the way up, as obviously the Straits are very much closed.

And Trump's 12 day war, ain't ending no matter how many times he claims victory.

Edit - 1 of the tanker Seasafe Vishnu is American owned (other is Greek)

On no, what would Paris, London, Rome etc. be like in summer without megaphone American accents!

Iran is practicing economic warfare to make up for its disadvantage in arms. Also Iranian drones keep reaching their targets. Drones can cost $17,000. US Reaper drones cost $100 million for a full system.

Trump is delusional when he says he doesn't believe Iran has mined the Strait of Hormuz. Also when he claims to have sunk the Iranian navy. If that is true why did US sources tell media they have seen indications Iran has started mining the Strait. I think Trump suffers from hubris, and while the US has the theoretical advantage, incompetent leadership can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Meidas reporting that Hegseth has banned certain photographers from the Pentagon who took photos of him he doesn't like.

Economic warfare works.

If they struck the US in any way, Pedolf Shitler will use that as an excuse to go all out and hope the Americans are thick enough to focus on that - as opposed to why they are in the mess in the first place.

I wouldn't put a false flag past them at this stage

The recent reports of the possibility of Iran putting a ship loaded with drones off the coast of California to bomb California reeks of false flag. They must think that we're all braindead.

Trumps smartest political move since his first campaign started was targeting the stupidest fùcks to create his loyal base.

What's even funnier is that if Trump were to suddenly die I'm pretty sure at the next election there'll be loads of spoiled ballots inscribed with Trump #1.

He's given every racist and rapy type permission to live out load and some people will never get back in their box after he's gone.

So just like in the gulf the disturbance will rumble on domestically long after he's gone.

@Strazdas

If Trump announced today that washing windows was woke and gay his followers would agree and never wash their windows again. They've surrendered personal responsibility and are happy in their own filth.

He has made sex trafficking, insider trading, racism, commiting war crimes, lying, Russian agression and any rightwing lawlessness more acceptable

No other president has achieved this and honoured with a FIFA peace award

You are half right.

Nonsense or minor issue dominate the politics for two main reason.

1. The corporate control of USA politics through the Super PAC system. The donors decide on what can be discussed by politicians; which makes reform in taxation, health care costs, pharma costs, crypto regulation, education costs, regulation of tech oligarchs are effectively of limits. Its why Sanders or Cenk Uygur, who had lots of ideas and policies to help ordinary americans never had a chance for nomination. The wealth shift between late 1970's and today, which has killed the American dream for most, can therefore never ben discussed not to mind fixed.
2. The brain dead primary system (the only democracy which uses such a system) which sees the wing nuts endorsed on left and right which drives polarisation which today is as bad as it has ever been. None of us would know what QAnon for example was without this system

The battleground is for a small number of voters; if real issues were in play that number would be much bigger.

From most things good can come. With luck, Trumps mishandling of the war he started causes the people on Capitol Hill gathered strength to move more War Powers Act votes against him, NOT because he didn't ask them for the power but because he, and his Secretary for War, have made such a **** up of the job and the power of the offices they hold that it is expedient for Capitol Hill to rein him in. Make unintended consequences the bane of his life…

How can he withdraw while Bibi wants to keep going?

He keeps calling it an excursion. Is this what the remnants of his brain confusing it with incursion? In the same way he talked about people coming from asylums, as opposed to seeking asylum