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

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  • #62072
    ancapailldorcha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,447 ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124557739#Comment_124557739

    That's never going to happen though. People would rather fill their brains with culture war nonsense than anything real.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • #62073
    somenergy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 447 ✭✭somenergy


    I am not tax the rich more camp just equality and no exceptions am sure musk will pay zero but hey fcuk america



  • #62074
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,829 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124557802#Comment_124557802

    Why shouldn't the rich be taxed more though? And their assets should be taxed, as well as earnings from disposing of shares/etc.



  • #62075
    amandstu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,906 ✭✭✭amandstu


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124557814#Comment_124557814

    There is no good reason why people at the top of the human and resources exploitation chain should be allowed to retain an exhorbitant share of the communal pie and an obscene license to live as powerful parasites on us all and an affront to equality before the law

    The (sadly valid) argumement has been that taxing them accordingly only makes them take their money elsewhere and so the country loses out.

    Appeasement always ends so well.

    Post edited by amandstu on


  • #62076
    tarvis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 532 ✭✭✭tarvis


    How come Trump dominates the g7 - he has upskuttled the world economy. Many unknown folk are suffering from his actions and have lost their livelihoods - not to mention the deaths caused by his partner in crimes Netanyahu - in Israel and in Lebanon

    Sick to the teeth of his attacks on his perceived inferiors….

    He is a great big ignorant nothing!!!


    “ Im always right” says he.

    He must surely crash land!



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  • #62077
    everlast75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,023 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    Trump: "You know what the Iranians did? They laughed at Obama and they said he's a stupid son of a bitch."

    In which Trump invents an imaginary conversation so that can call Obama a name...

    Elect a clown... Expect a circus



  • #62078
    Frank Bullitt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,203 ✭✭✭✭Frank Bullitt


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124557841#Comment_124557841

    At least he didn’t use Hussain this time…



  • #62079
    Akrasia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,079 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124557186#Comment_124557186

    I was being tongue in cheek btw, not because I don't think they should do it, but because I know they won't

    Musk wants to say that he's the first trillionaire, then he should be forced to pay the capital gains taxes that got him there at the top rate of tax.

    Capital gains tax only gets paid when you 'cash in' your shares but if owning the shares gives them the purchasing power and wealth increase then the should have to do an income return every year and pay CGT on the net increase of the value of all of their assets above a certain value (say 1 billion dollars)

    Ban billionaires



  • #62080
    PropJoe10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,651 ✭✭✭PropJoe10


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124557841#Comment_124557841

    He is an elderly racist piece of sh*t that needs to be consigned to the septic tank of history.



  • #62081
    Quin_Dub
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 17,594 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quin_Dub


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124557891#Comment_124557891

    He's been all of those things for quite some time.

    But he really has rather suddenly begun to look his age.

    He's always been a foul excuse for a human , but he had a certain vitality and energy about him that some found appealing - That has now left him.

    He is in rapid mental and physical decline and it's happening in public for all to see



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  • #62082
    ancapailldorcha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,447 ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124557929#Comment_124557929

    It's insane that he increased his electoral performance in 2024. Utterly, utterly insane.

    The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 19:34



  • #62083
    Ozymandius2011
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 4,734 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ozymandius2011


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124557246#Comment_124557246

    A DC Circuit judge so far declined to block it, though only because he said more time was needed.



  • #62084
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,898 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124556992#Comment_124556992

    There are two primary causes. Lack of resourcing and lack of education.

    The obvious and most important one is resourcing: Are there enough polling sites to meet the population's needs, with enough personnel and machines per site for the anticipated throughput at anticipated times? If not, then you're going to have a line. That is a function of the county electoral board/commission/equivalent. If the county doesn't want to throw the tax dollars at the problem, they will get what they pay for.

    The other is education, particularly when there are rule changes. If someone hasn't seen the ballot before, discovered they don't meet a new ID requirement and need to use a provisional ballot, if the locations change, etc, this all leads to a slow-down in the line as they are walked through the process and assisted. This can be mitigated by an education program beforehand, and by throwing additional manning resources at the problem in anticipation of these delays caused by rule changes.



  • #62085
    For Petes Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭For Petes Sake


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124557841#Comment_124557841

    If the leaked memorandum is in any way true then if Obama is a 'stupid son of a bitch', then Trump somehow managed to still lose to him.



  • #62086
    RickBlaine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭RickBlaine


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124557936#Comment_124557936

    Yes, at least more people voted for Clinton than Trump in 2016 so you could blame the stupid electoral college for his first term, but Trump winning the popular vote in 2024 is a terrible indictment of a huge portion of the American public.



  • #62087
    Quin_Dub
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 17,594 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quin_Dub


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124557970#Comment_124557970

    I know Ireland is small and therefore easier to administrate , but the rules for voting haven't really changed in decades and our actual voting process is more involved (PR-STV vs FPTP).

    The place I first voted in ~37 years ago when I was still living at home with my parents is still the same place that people living in that area vote in today (the local primary school , like pretty much everywhere else) and the rules around what was needed are also still pretty much the same.

    Why is the US constantly changing things and moving things around such that "education" is such a factor?

    And if the Federal government wants to get involved in Elections then surely the best thing they can do is mandate a certain level of funding to be used to ensure that there are enough people and places available so voting isn't an all day chore for some people.



  • #62088
    everlast75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,023 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    If it truly was a pool of reflection...

    1000046124.jpg

    Elect a clown... Expect a circus



  • #62089
    Quin_Dub
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 17,594 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quin_Dub


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124558016#Comment_124558016

    He still didn't win a majority though,

    I saw an article that said that if around 140k voters across the 6/7 key swings States had voted differently , Harris would have won all those States.



  • #62090
    Alonzo Moseley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 494 ✭✭Alonzo Moseley


    Watching his closing remarks at G7 here.

    He is visibly deteriorating mentally and physically. Rambling, incoherent, irrelevant nonsense, and all delivered with low energy, his voice croaky and weak. Rubio is starting to look really uncomfortable when standing behind him, listening to an endless stream of BS and lies.

    I doubt he will see out the Presidency.



  • #62091
    Stanley 1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,366 ✭✭✭Stanley 1


    Trump’s tweet blasting Obama’s Iran deal resurfaces after memo leaks

    “The terms seem no better than what Obama secured under the JCPOA nearly a decade ago,” Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, wrote on X. “But today, we can be relieved that gas and food costs will start coming down for Americans. And that no more American or civilian lives will be lost.”

    If costs start to decrease, Trump will look to take credit for it, suddenly it will be " I sorted inflation" and he will keep a straight face just like when he is crapping into his diaper.



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  • #62092
    Patrick2010
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,894 ✭✭✭Patrick2010


    Trumps America where cops are so gun happy their first response is to shoot first whether it’s a woman trying to pull away in her car or a labradoodle coming to its own door. 20 lAPD cops investigating a noise complaint

    https://twitter.com/danimayakovski/status/2066748506899947568?s=46

    https://twitter.com/danimayakovski/status/2066748506899947568?s=46

    https://twitter.com/defaultreece/status/2066957467745911262?s=46
    Post edited by Patrick2010 on


  • #62093
    septictank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 967 ✭✭✭septictank


    He's the drunk granddad at the wedding at the moment, talking crap, whole world watching, he could say anything. Perfect time for an Epstein question lol.



  • #62094
    z80CPU
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭z80CPU
    Darth 8-bit


    I still have zero sympathy for him

    https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c8j2ewl0dpxt?post=asset%3Aaf846723-39ce-4e39-9e2f-7b69f361837f#post



  • #62095
    RickBlaine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭RickBlaine


    He's at the G7 still talking about a rigged election. What a clown. I'd love to be a fly on the wall to hear what the other leaders are saying about him behind his back.



  • #62096
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,728 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124558212#Comment_124558212

    probably watching world cup on their phones



  • #62097
    Patrick2010
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,894 ✭✭✭Patrick2010


    Still licking up to him giving him a German football shirt with 47 on it. Why do so many world leaders feel they have to pay homage to him?



  • #62098
    ilkhanid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭ilkhanid


    deleted.



  • #62099
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,485 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    Presidential as f*ck 🙄

    1000112650.jpg


  • #62100
    z80CPU
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭z80CPU
    Darth 8-bit


    EDIT

    The FINAL sentence is most significant for me.

    https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxnfi_MLT_12pfEDA6ge8A94tDRWUyIgC1

    Post edited by z80CPU on


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  • #62101
    ilkhanid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭ilkhanid


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124557382#Comment_124557382

    Considering that he can heal the sick, is a medical expert, an expert in everything else too, can stop wars in a day(although he never got around to it) does the biggest, best most amazing things ever done by humanity, then walking on water should be no biggie.



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