The Donald Trump thread

[Eric Cartman]

Re: The Donald Trump thread

There's a huge difference. Handing sovereignty to a united Europe is a sensible and worthwhile progression: handing sovereignty to the crazies in the "good ole US of A" is insane and suicidal.

What's insane and suicidal about being absorbed into a country where the governance structure is superceded by a guy writing instructions on a piece of paper and waving them at a camera, that sounds robust enough to me to not end badly.

[JamesWales]

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You are completely overthinking what was a final observation about the fact that a governor of the bank of England had just been elected PM of another country - a unique scenario - and that his tone on the importance of sovereignty and economic independence are of course different. I get that. The context is difference, but it's still an observation. He was happy for the UK to lose independence over tariff setting etc, yet stresses the importance of Canada being able to do so.

You can use the exaggerated language if you want. It's hardly uncommon for people to do so, but I don't think it's an accurate representation of reality, to summarize the UK enacting a democratic result as "bleating" or to just refer to people as 'lunatics" but that's your prerogative!

[Dorcus]

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What's insane and suicidal about being absorbed into a country where the governance structure is superceded by a guy writing instructions on a piece of paper and waving them at a camera, that sounds robust enough to me to not end badly.

And not forgetting the stratospherically increased odds of being murdered by a gun toting crazy or super zealous cops. That'll do for me Tommy!

[MOZZER2]

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so after months of talks it appears USA and Ukraine have signed a minerals deal tonight

will Trump manage to secure a peace deal with Russia now ?

[jon1959]

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so after months of talks it appears USA and Ukraine have signed a minerals deal tonight

will Trump manage to secure a peace deal with Russia now ?

Extortion followed by a forced Ukrainian surrender must surely be enough for Trump to ‘earn’ a Nobel Peace Prize?

[the other bob wilson]

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Carney wins his election by 2.5 per cent and the man baby says it’s “almost even” and yet his win in November by 1.5 per cent is a “landslide”

[stevo]

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That’s a trump in a nutshell. You can’t even call it spin - just outright lies.

[Rjk]

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That’s a trump in a nutshell. You can’t even call it spin - just outright lies.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WeTheFifth/s/jrLzWo6zi9

but apparently trump has saved the lives of 2/3s of Americans already.

[stevo]

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it gets better

[lardy]

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You might like this one. A few weeks ago, when they deported that dad and said he was in MS13, trumps team made a Photoshop of a tattoo allegedly on his knuckles. Each symbol was supposedly M S 1 or 3. So they helpfully printed each letter above the symbol to illustrate it clearly.

Trump seems to believe, very very adamantly, that the letters and numbers were actual tattoos.

TRUMP: He had MS-13 on his knuckles, tattooed!

MORAN: That was photoshopped

TRUMP: Terry, they're giving you the big break of a lifetime. I picked you. But you're not being very nice. pic.twitter.com/NgCpEB8o1S

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 30, 2025

Mind you, this is the same guy who expressed disbelief and admiration that his son could switch on a laptop.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: The Donald Trump thread

You might like this one. A few weeks ago, when they deported that dad and said he was in MS13, trumps team made a Photoshop of a tattoo allegedly on his knuckles. Each symbol was supposedly M S 1 or 3. So they helpfully printed each letter above the symbol to illustrate it clearly.

Trump seems to believe, very very adamantly, that the letters and numbers were actual tattoos.

TRUMP: He had MS-13 on his knuckles, tattooed!

MORAN: That was photoshopped

TRUMP: Terry, they're giving you the big break of a lifetime. I picked you. But you're not being very nice. pic.twitter.com/NgCpEB8o1S

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 30, 2025

Mind you, this is the same guy who expressed disbelief and admiration that his son could switch on a laptop.

Nothing surprises me about him any more

[chrisp_1927]

Re: The Donald Trump thread

You might like this one. A few weeks ago, when they deported that dad and said he was in MS13, trumps team made a Photoshop of a tattoo allegedly on his knuckles. Each symbol was supposedly M S 1 or 3. So they helpfully printed each letter above the symbol to illustrate it clearly.

Trump seems to believe, very very adamantly, that the letters and numbers were actual tattoos.

TRUMP: He had MS-13 on his knuckles, tattooed!

MORAN: That was photoshopped

TRUMP: Terry, they're giving you the big break of a lifetime. I picked you. But you're not being very nice. pic.twitter.com/NgCpEB8o1S

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 30, 2025

Mind you, this is the same guy who expressed disbelief and admiration that his son could switch on a laptop.

Top marks to the interviewer there mind. Didn't let trump get away with his nonsense

[lardy]

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Top marks to the interviewer there mind. Didn't let trump get away with his nonsense

I dunno, I thought the interviewer was trying to move on while Trump was the one going back to the topic, and looping the rope round his own neck.

[Eric Cartman]

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to summarize the UK enacting a democratic result as "bleating"

I am not overthinking anything, you made a a bit of a false comparison and have now partly accepted that, good for you.

As for bleating, there was lots of bleating once the reality set in post-brexit. The pathetic talk of the EU 'punishing us' was flowing from previously overconfident brexiteers on a daily basis. I didn't describe the process of us enacting Brexit as bleating, that wouldn't even make sense.

[stevo]

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US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for all federal funding to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR) to be blocked.

On Thursday evening, Trump alleged that both organisations have engaged with "biased and partisan news coverage".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly1jwe7582o