Trump's Second Term

[Safe-Keeper]

Looks like a cease-fire between Israel and HAMAS might be close to fruition. Hopefully it happens before Dump takes office so it becomes harder for him to take credit for it.

The Department of Government Efficiency will no doubt declare that it will be good to have multiple departments doing the same thing. The deep state one which can be in conflict with the unofficial one that just makes decrees through Twitter and demands that everyone listen to them.

He'll probably take a leaf out of Hitler's playbook and have his underlings fight each other.

 

[steenkh]

Looks like a cease-fire between Israel and HAMAS might be close to fruition. Hopefully it happens before Dump takes office so it becomes harder for him to take credit for it.

He’ll claim that Biden stole the peace that was only made possible by himself (Trump).

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Just like Musk, Trump doesn't mind saving America, the Middle East, the World, the Cosmos - as long as he gets to do it and no one else.

 

[Andy_Ross]

He’ll claim that Biden stole the peace that was only made possible by himself (Trump).

He doesn't have to, others are doing it for him.

Rep. Lauren Boebert
@RepBoebert

BREAKING: Hamas has approved a ceasefire- hostage agreement. President Trump's strong leadership is already making the world a safer place.

 

[P.J. Denyer]

It's easy to delude yourself into thinking you're leading the parade when really you just jumped out in front of the other marchers.

Speaking of parades, apparently Trump's garbage truck is going to be in his inauguration parade. They should leave it at the Whitehouse for the convenience of whoever has to deal with Trump & Melania's home furnishing 'improvements' in four years.

 

[dudalb]

Is he pretending to be this dumb, or does it come naturally to him?

WHo knows?
What he does not get is it is a two way street. and the other nations will strike back.
I think Tariffs are a bad idea, and never seem to do what they were intended to do.
And they are a bad idea no matter who wants them, be it Trump or Bernie Sanders. Sanders beleif in high tariffs is one reason I cold noever support him.

 

[Safe-Keeper]

To nobody's surprise, Dump has already claimed credit for a deal that was achieved while he wasn't even president.
I'm sure his supporters will thanklessly lap it up, too, with a totally straight face as it will make total sense to them, bless their hearts.

 

[KDLarsen]

In fairness, Biden did make a statement that trump and his team had been involved, but that was unavoidable. This way trump feels like he can take credit for it, and it might not end up all bad for the Palestinians.

 

[Norman Alexander]

WHo knows?
What he does not get is it is a two way street. and the other nations will strike back.
I think Tariffs are a bad idea, and never seem to do what they were intended to do.
And they are a bad idea no matter who wants them, be it Trump or Bernie Sanders. Sanders beleif in high tariffs is one reason I cold noever support him.

No, Sanders did not say that.

Sanders Statement on Trump Tariffs » Senator Bernie Sanders

LOS ANGELES, June 1 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after President Donald Trump imposed steep tariffs on Mexico, the European Union and Canada: “We need a trade policy that is fair to American workers, not just large multi-national corporations. We need to stop...

www.sanders.senate.gov

 

[angrysoba]

Next Step: abolish the IRA,

I should bloody hope so. You guys over in America seem to believe that they were some group of lovable rogues when they were actually a bunch of terrorists.

 

[stanfr]

I should bloody hope so. You guys over in America seem to believe that they were some group of lovable rogues when they were actually a bunch of terrorists.

I once briefly worked for the IRA (not the IRA, but the IRA ). I wouldn't call them a bunch of terrorists but they were pretty annoying.

 

[thaiboxerken]

The deal is in phases, I'm certain that Trump will drop the ball during phase 1 and then blame Biden for making a terrible deal.

 

[dudalb]

Oddly enough Trump is taking fire from the right over the truce ..for helping to force Israel into a bad deal.

 

[arthwollipot]

The job of DOGE is not to save money but to take potshots at programmes and initiatives that the GOP doesn't like.

The job of DOGE is to abolish regulations on billionaires' dodgy business practices.

 

[dudalb]

The deal is in phases, I'm certain that Trump will drop the ball during phase 1 and then blame Biden for making a terrible deal.

From what I have been reading, the biggest problem the Deal has is oppostion from within Israel many on the right not happy with it. COuld cost Bibi his job. If he loses the right it's game over.

 

[phiwum]

He doesn't have to, others are doing it for him.

As a matter of fact, the negotiations for the ceasefire included negotiators from both the outgoing and incoming administrations. I don't know how that exactly worked, but it seems that the incoming administration does share the credit.

 

[angrysoba]

As a matter of fact, the negotiations for the ceasefire included negotiators from both the outgoing and incoming administrations. I don't know how that exactly worked, but it seems that the incoming administration does share the credit.

Good to see you back phiwum!

 

[angrysoba]

I think it is like a lot of historical events, people can sometimes get things done by appearing to do the opposite of what they would be expected to do. Nixon goes to China, De Gaulle accepts Algerian independence, Tony Blair agrees to go to war in Iraq. If their political opponents tried it they would be easily lambasted as just the types to cave in. So it appears here, especially as Trump has been publicly rebuking Netanyahu (when people in the Democratic Party do this, there is a frenzy of pearl-clutching about interference in that country's politics, siding with Hamas, likely anti-semitism etc... etc...)...

AFTER MORE than 15 months of war, and just five days before Donald Trump is inaugurated as America’s 47th president on January 20th, a ceasefire in Gaza has at last been agreed. The deal, struck on January 15th, is essentially the same proposal that the outgoing American president, Joe Biden, extracted from Israel in May. It took eight months of tortuous mediation and the joint efforts of both old and new American administrations, alongside those of Egypt and Qatar, to get Israel and Hamas, Gaza’s Islamists, to commit.
Mr Trump seems to have been the X factor. He made it clear to the Israelis he has no desire to enter the White House having to manage yet more war in the Middle East. That bellicosity seems to have helped secure a ceasefire in Lebanon, and now one in Gaza.

The new administration’s approach is yielding results in part because the Trump team has little truck with the diplomatic niceties of the outgoing bunch. When Mr Trump’s new envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, a New York real-estate mogul, arrived in Israel for talks on January 11th, he brusquely informed the Israelis he would not wait for the Sabbath to end to meet Mr Netanyahu.
But it is not just manners. Despite five decades of steadfast support for the Jewish state, Mr Biden is less popular in Israel than Mr Trump. Mr Netanyahu could at least tell his supporters that by refusing Mr Biden’s demands he was standing up for Israel’s interests. That argument is much less convincing when the Israeli right sees the incoming president as much friendlier than his predecessor.

After 15 months of hell, Israel and Hamas sign a ceasefire deal

archived 15 Jan 2025 22:15:06 UTC

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[Norman Alexander]

Trump basically won't be supplying arms to Israel unless & until Bibi pays for them. Also, Trump dislikes Jews.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Biden could have done this over a year ago.

I think the one thing that every future US President should learn is this: don't give a ◊◊◊◊ about how you are perceived by a Client State that causes you trouble.