Trump's Second Term

[Ethan Thane Athen]

Then what would we operate off the carriers?

Remember Cameron scrapped the Harriers to save a few quid when he first got in to office saying they were over 30 years old. Which was a bald faced lie, the ones in operation were almost brand new and the Sea Harrier 2 was a completely new aircraft.

Is it just the one carrier we have now? Genuine question - thought we were going for 2 or 3 but then thought I read this had been scaled back.

 

[Mojo]

Is it just the one carrier we have now? Genuine question - thought we were going for 2 or 3 but then thought I read this had been scaled back.

I thought we had an unsinkable aircraft carrier.

ETA: my mistake, for "had" read "were".

 

[Ivor the Engineer]

Senator Mike Lee and Elon say it's time for the US to leave NATO and the UN.

This isn't news. The US left NATO on Friday when Trump went on his "what if a bomb drops on your head right now..." rant.

 

[LDE1976]

Is it just the one carrier we have now? Genuine question - thought we were going for 2 or 3 but then thought I read this had been scaled back.

Two carriers - HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Is it just the one carrier we have now? Genuine question - thought we were going for 2 or 3 but then thought I read this had been scaled back.

We have two.

 

[Andy_Ross]

The White House says

"The Declaration of Independence was written in ENGLISH!
Our Nation’s historic governing documents have all been written in English.
It is therefore long past time that English is declared as the official language of the United States."

 

[Darat]

The White House says

"The Declaration of Independence was written in ENGLISH!
Our Nation’s historic governing documents have all been written in English.
It is therefore long past time that English is declared as the official language of the United States."

Will he be taking lessons?

 

[Mojo]

Will he be taking lessons?

He's going to put a 25% tariff on the OED if it doesn't include "covfefe".

 

[Andy_Ross]

Donald has officially signed an executive order making English the official language of the United States.

 

[Ivor the Engineer]

Donald has officially signed an executive order making English the official language of the United States.

Cor blimey Mary Poppins! The Americans are finally going to have to use English!

 

[TragicMonkey]

Donald has officially signed an executive order making English the official language of the United States.

I'm surprised he didn't sign an accompanying order changing the name of the language to "American".

 

[shemp]

I'm surprised he didn't sign an accompanying order changing the name of the language to "American".

I'm surprised he can even sign his own name to anything.

 

[Armitage72]

I'm surprised he can even sign his own name to anything.

Have you seen his signature? It looks like a seismograph.

 

[Andy_Ross]

America is SO BACK!

The White House
@WhiteHouse

Executive Order Alert!
ENGLISH IS NOW THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE UNITED STATES.

America is SO BACK!

 

[Carrot Flower King]

Have you seen his signature? It looks like a seismograph.

Or an ECG even worse than one of mine (I'm in AF and at least one hospital has kept one of my ECG traces as a teaching aide as it was so text book AF).

 

[TragicMonkey]

We managed 250 years without an official language, what changed?

 

[The Don]

We managed 250 years without an official language, what changed?

America didn't have an official language because it was a confident forward looking country which thought it was unnecessary.

Now it's a scared country looking to the past for confidence and inspiration.

 

[Resume]

We managed 250 years without an official language, what changed?

I would wager it has to do with multi-lingual govt documents like, I dunno, ballots for example. Also too multi-lingual classes etc.

 

[Andy_Ross]

SAN DIEGO — Mexico has issued a warning to its citizens asking them not to travel to Texas and seven other states in the U.S. due to a measles outbreak.

In a statement issued by Mexico’s Health Secretary, it describes 106 cases of measles in the states of Alaska, California, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, New Mexico, Rhode Island and in nine counties throughout Texas.

https://www.borderreport.com/news/health/mexicans-warned-not-to-travel-to-texas-over-measles/

 

[Wudang]

Anyone else ever wonder if Trump is encouraged to issue the performative EOs by his handlers so he feels he’s doing stuff while they get on with dismantling the government?