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

Unfortunately it probably won't happen

I'd say legal consequences is an outside chance atm (hope springs eternal though).....the country worships money and success (even the trappings of it) above all else and those with money and power don't want to be setting a precedent..…

Also .... admitting "I was very very wrong" might be difficult for a lot of Trump voters.

They had the chance to not elect Trump but chose to double down and reelect him. They cant claim ignorance for his second term. They are getting exactly what they wanted, voted for and deserve. If they were too stupid to know what they were voting for, then thats why Trump targeted them.

They should rebrand to....the "**** Donald Trump..and all associated with him" protests.......

Cheers for impeachment at CPAC. CPAC boss Matt Schlapp not pleased with that.

Is he going to bankrupt this casino or the USA?

The problem is that the US just walking away creates so many other problems.

The gulf states will certainly question the point of having US bases in their country is.

The massive investments that the Gulf states have been doing in the US will start to be questioned. It was on the basis of we invest in the US and in return for money they also get the inplicit security provided by the US. Why bother investing if that part of the equation is gone? They will continue to invest, for there is money to be made, but America now becomes only one option.

Iran will know that controlling the Straits is the key to their surival, and so will Israel. Any future attempt to attack Iran will lead to the closure of the strait and the mess that creates.

While the US may look to simply walk away, and you can hear plenty in the US calim that the Strait isn't important as the U has enough oil, unless the US is going to nationalise the oil companies then the price of oil will continue to set internationally. They could look to break this, but that would remove the US$ as the currency with the knock on effects on the US costs of borrowing.

So while the easiest, and quickest option, is to simply say they won and walk away, the medium to long term effects of such a decision will be massive to botht he US and the ME as a whole.

So Trump has confirmed they they are building a military base underneath the ballroom, only because he was forced to arising from a law suit taken over its construction.

At this stage in this poxy timeline, I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he is planning to launch nukes and emerge afterwards to see what's left ala Fallout

Even if he walked away now oil prices would remain elevated well into next year for all the infrastructure in the gulf that was damaged. He'd still need to park blame on someone so he can move onto Cuba.

Used to be a time when Arab countries would not invest in US as they felt is was a Jew ridden/controlled country.

As an example for years Godolphin would not race or train horses over there or even have a stud base, this has all changed.

Talking about his big beautiful ahead of schedule under budget ballroom, and underground military bunker,

Speaking aboard Air Force One on Sunday, the president gave reporters details of the underground military development and trashed The Times for its report, fixating on its claim of “faux windows” as he defended his “beautiful” ballroom as “ahead of schedule and under budget.”

Holding up artists’ renderings of the finished product drawn up that day, the president apologized for the impromptu presentation, adding he was busy “fighting wars and other things” as he made his case:

To busy fighting wars, oops can't use that word, but the other things are…………….

Donald Trump has golfed 103 daysout of 435 days since returning to office(23.7% of the presidency spent golfing)

It’s like the horses. Before the first you’re going to make millions and before the last you’ll settle for getting back to where you were yesterday.