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

everlast75 · 28-03-2026 08:08AM

The Washington Post reports that it called the White House. But the name attached to the number read “Epstein Island.”

A Google Maps error labeled the White House as “Epstein Island” on some Android phones. Google reversed the edit and the White House said it was an external issue.

Asdfgh2020 · 28-03-2026 08:09AM

The use of ‘Bibi’ and other such abbreviated ‘pet names’ such as ‘Donnie’ to refer to absolute ‘see you next Tuesdays’ is really nauseating……😡

Trump made some rambling claims in a press conference yesterday, nothing new there, a couple of egs. that he/USA has received 8-10 tankers of oil from Iran, a CNN poll of maga suppprters shows him with a 100% approval rating….he spent 10/15 mins the previous day **** talking about pens…😡

everlast75 · 28-03-2026 08:38AM

Trump: I always like to hang around with losers, actually, because it makes me feel better. I hate guys that are very successful and you have to listen to their success stories. I like people that like to listen to my success.

Well, that explains his entire cabinet, while also explaining his hatred of Obama, Biden, Harris etc etc

Rawr · 28-03-2026 08:41AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124346727#Comment_124346727

One thing I do wonder about is what the GOP will actually do with themselves post midterms. In the last 2 years of a term, a party would normally be looking at Primary canditates for the next Presidential run. The sitting president would often also be pushing for their VP to be the assumed canditate.

But this is Donnie’s MAGA-tastic Sh*tshow with a GOP logo on it. The Orange Lummox himself wouldn’t be that pushed about considering his replacement, let alone the idea that his term will end. The GOP itself might find themselves tip-toeing around the idea of even running Primaries until their Nitwit-in-Chief gives them the go ahead…which he might not bother doing.

So we might end up in a situation where the GOP can’t keep Donnie on the ballot without amending the constitution, but also not really having a canditate until perhaps the last possible moment.

The Dems really need to take full advantage of their primary runs to highlight their candidates compared to the stupid mental gymnastics the GOP will have to go to through just to put any name down that doesn’t end in “Trump”.

Lewis_Benson · 28-03-2026 09:22AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124346739#Comment_124346739

I call him the orange cockwomble.

Comhrá · 28-03-2026 09:32AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124346716#Comment_124346716

or maybe dire straits?

Lewis_Benson · 28-03-2026 09:51AM

Having a 70 to 80 year old man in charge of the United States is clearly not a good idea, you'd think they'd have learned by now.

They should reduce the maximum age to 60 for any sitting Presidents.

lee_baby_simms · 28-03-2026 10:04AM

That Druski skit about Erika Kirk is absolutely phenomenal. The reaction to it is entirely predictable. Conservatives are upset and offended by it. The same people who bragged about “making comedy legal again”. The same people who in the last few weeks looked the other way when their cult leader Donald Trump celebrated the death of a purple heart Vietnam vet and posted a video depicting the Obamas as apes.

It’s always the same with the MAGA lemmings.

Free speech is only allowed as long as we agree with it.

Oscar_Madison · 28-03-2026 10:07AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124345761#Comment_124345761

“Different culture and mindset. Different worlds.”

Absolutely- the fact we both speak English leads us to believe that we’d have much in common with many Americans -couldn’t be further from the truth.

I guess it stems from Scottish Presbyterian mindset- very dogmatic - black is black and white is white. Even if your relatives aren’t from that background, it’s a theme that runs through America and bound to rub off.

Easy for us to criticise from a distance- but if we lived there, I’ve no doubt we’d likely adopt stances and views that may not be in line with our current ones.

Oscar_Madison · 28-03-2026 10:35AM

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60-70 is fine in my eyes- and in fact, that age category brings with it a lot of wisdom. But unfortunately, if you elect someone like Trump, it doesn’t matter if he’s 45 or 75, his reign as American king is going to be a sh1tshow.

But definitely I’d advocate anyone over 70 off the job- it’s too important a job to risk something like early dementia where the president could reek havoc and no one could do a thing about it

Firstsub · 28-03-2026 10:41AM

So we have Trump's signature going on new currency, the first time for any president.

We have the Trump Ballroom

The Trump Kennedy Centre

The Trump Arc de Triomphe.

His Birthday being made a day of celebration

Are we far away from his sculpture on Mount Rushmore?

Replacing the Statue of Liberty with a Statue of Trump? After all, liberty is under threat in the US

The Trump Masters in Golf? Trump Olympics? Trump World Cup

Renaming Washington Trump City?

Why not go the whole hog and call the US Trumpica or Trumpland?

King Trump?

BettyS · 28-03-2026 10:42AM

the problem with older candidates is that it doesn’t matter if they go out in a blaze of fire. When the rest of your life is 5-10 years, the fear of accountability is no longer an inducement to do the right thing. We cannot rely on altruism and dulce et decorum est to ensure that the candidates are invested in the future world . This to me is the strongest argument against geriatric candidates

everlast75 · 28-03-2026 10:43AM

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She's more upset about this than her husband being shot dead

fullstop · 28-03-2026 10:50AM

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WON’T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHECKS AND BALANACES?!!!

Igotadose · 28-03-2026 10:50AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124346894#Comment_124346894

It impact$ the brand. This 'un, ex-beauty pageant winner, i$ all about the benjamin$

Paulzx · 28-03-2026 10:51AM

Every time i find my blood pressure rising watching Donald Trump i remind myself that "trump" is a British childish word for a fart.

Imagine having a second name that means "fart"…………………….the biggest fart ever of course

fullstop · 28-03-2026 10:55AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124346907#Comment_124346907

It’s not called Benjamin anymore, it’s $Donald$

Nody · 28-03-2026 11:26AM

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I've seen this raised in Ukraine as well and I'll repeat the same thing as with Ukraine; nuke what exactly? The point of a nuke is to take out a big military area / unit because anything smaller you can do with a normal missile/bomb much easier (and less political). The problem in Ukraine (beyond the fact Russia don't know what nukes actually work) and here is the same; what exactly do you need to nuke that you can't simply drop a big ordinary bomb on instead? After 10.000 sorties what's exactly left to nuke? You could argue the "nuclear sites" but once again good luck on that argument after being shunned globally for having dropped the first nuke in a war since WW2 esp. as they have total control over the airspace. Why not simply drop a few bunker busters instead to achieve the same result?

sligeach · 28-03-2026 12:00PM

Woods bailed after arrest following crash

https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/articles/cvg092kege7o

Golf legend Tiger Woods has been released on bail following his arrest on charges of driving under the influence after rolling his car in a crash in Florida.

Donald Trump would be friends with and can relate to a man who's known for his extramarital affairs, being a $¢umb@g and dodging punishment for his crimes.

US President Donald Trump said: "I feel so badly. He has got some difficulty. There was an accident. That's all I know.
"He's a very close friend of mine. He's an amazing person - an amazing man."

That's at least the 3rd car crash Woods has been involved in while under the influence. For a golfer, he's not very good at driving.

FishOnABike · 28-03-2026 12:12PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124346906#Comment_124346906

Oh, Trump is thinking of the checks ok, and the bitcoin, and all the other gifts and backhanders.

scuba8 · 28-03-2026 12:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124346048#Comment_124346048

Flynn actually pled guilty in court. There was no question of innocence.

scuba8 · 28-03-2026 12:43PM

The lies are getting wilder as the fcuking republicans try to justify the attack on Iran.

Rawr · 28-03-2026 01:01PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124346894#Comment_124346894

Ah now come on everlast…

….you’re assuming she was upset at all about her husband being shot. :P

Cluedo Monopoly · 28-03-2026 01:47PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124347024#Comment_124347024

To be fair he has only been charged with a DUI twice and the first wasn't alcohol related, it was prescription medication. This one was probably the same because he passed the breathalyser test.

He needs a driver.

amandstu · 28-03-2026 02:08PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124347249#Comment_124347249

Clearly has personal issues if he can be told that he is a "very close friend" of Trump and seemingly not need to set the record straight.

Unless ,that is actually true .In which case it would be worse than it seemed at first.

Tony EH · 28-03-2026 02:24PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124346522#Comment_124346522

Look at them. Feckin idiots think they're at a pop concert or something.

Tony EH · 28-03-2026 02:32PM

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Is there nobody in the media over there that won't just say "Ah will you stop all the bollocks talk…nuclear suicide vests…for fuck sake".

They'd deserve a Pulitzer for that alone.

yagan · 28-03-2026 02:32PM

The baseline gas price for US consumers is on course to hit a new high on Monday and given that his Taco's don't work anymore he will still want someone to blame.

Now I know a lot of you have said AIPAC have their claws in him, and successive Israeli and Russian governments probably funded Epstein for the blackmail value, but with no way out of the Iranian hole he's in I won't be surprised if he turns on the Israeli's over the next week or so. His hardcore voter base are the most impressionable and at this stage they too will turn on AIPAC if they attack their messiah.

banie01 · 28-03-2026 02:41PM

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+1 on this point.

The Unitary Executive Theory has been used to usurp control of the actual functional government and it's agencies and to subvert congressional and judicial oversight.

There are a few posters who've long expounded on their belief that the US constitutional system was more an effort to replace monarchy in an expedient fashion, than it was a genuine experiment in democracy.

The US has democracy at every level, from school boards and even state judiciaries and law enforcement up to State level.
It very quickly devolves once it reaches the federal level to a system reliant upon honour and tradition rather than robust guard rails.

I am reminded of a quote from Dune, so much of that back really is a primer for geopolitical intrigue rather than Space Opera.
But, it's particularly apt given the move by Don to have his signature appear on US currency as well as the actions undertaken in Trump 1 to get as many Judicial nominees as possible seated.

Control the coinage and the courts, let the rabble have the rest

The Culture Wars, the hyper partisanship, the things that Trump claimed mattered to him because they mattered to MAGA?
All abandoned and forgotten as the consolidation of power and control into the President continues apace.
All real power exists within the control of POTUS, the rest of the shíte is a distraction.

The reality of the current US regime, the deference afforded and as I mentioned earlier, Trump's own efforts at imposing an almost Feudal regime upon American allies and "their" hemisphere all scream Monarchy and Empire.
When you map the current actions of the US to historical precedents of past empire?
It is also a very clear death rattle of the empire IMO

Tell me how · 28-03-2026 03:13PM

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The wheel is always turning in this respect.

Social media is the news interface right now, and in the near future, it may actually be AI digital PA's that people have "relationships" with that are responsible for delivering most news to people. And that latter mode most definitely has the potential to be problematic.

But I think people fundamentally know a couple of things. When they are being lied to, and when things are not working for them. And so there will be interest (at least amongst people who are open to it) to demand services that better serve society.

As I said, the wheel is always turning. And I would say the last ten years in particular it has been turning in a negative direction which started in the US in the late 80's with the abolition of the Fairness doctrine and obviously while the digital age of social media initially started with people having more access to more sources, we've seen very negative impacts from that first with the loss of funding for print journalism and secondly with the monopolization of the industry by a few players. And of course we're already well down the path of that happening with social media with Facebook/Twitter and most recently Tik Tok being controlled by people with very pronounced political influences, or ideologies.

But I'm hoping the wheel will turn positive in the near future and whether that is some sort of crowdfunding of responsible outlets, or legislation to prevent corporate influence, or ethically driven entities that capture significant reach or whatever it will look like. I think fundamentally society will demand it and hopefully we will still have the ability to bring that about.

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

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