Trump's Second Term

zooterkin said:
Is this one of those dress colour things? Or have you been primed to hear 'but'? It's more of an 'uh' than an 'or', and it's followed by the 't' of 'to', but there's no initial 'b' there. Even if he had said 'but', in this case it's clearly an error. (And I'm the lsat person to be an apologist for Trump.)
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I believe I do hear a "b" in the "but". More clearly I hear a "u" and not an "o".

If this does turn out to be an audio version of The Dress, we can look forward to Dr Geoff Lindsay's take on it popping up on YouTube.
 
Jack by the hedge said:
I believe I do hear a "b" in the "but". More clearly I hear a "u" and not an "o".

If this does turn out to be an audio version of The Dress, we can look forward to Dr Geoff Lindsay's take on it popping up on YouTube.
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That is just one more of dozens, maybe hundreds, of incidents where The POSOTUS does or says something and it's just vague enough, by either happenstance or circumstance, to be taken two completely opposite ways.
 
Donald's on Harvard again

Foreign students pay nothing apparently nobody told him.

Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
Why isn't Harvard saying that almost 31% of their students are from FOREIGN LANDS, and yet those countries, some not at all friendly to the United States, pay NOTHING toward their student's education, nor do they ever intend to. Nobody told us that! We want to know who those foreign students are, a reasonable request since we give Harvard BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, but Harvard isn't exactly forthcoming. We want those names and countries. Harvard has $52,000,000, use it, and stop asking for the Federal Government to continue GRANTING money to you!
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Laura Loomer
@LauraLoomer
How many of those 31% foreign students are CCP spies or Islamic jihadists?
 
Jack by the hedge said:
So far as I can tell he's angry to have realised that Harvard receives US government funding but it isn't also getting similar funding from all the other countries whose citizens pay to go there.
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I don't think Trump is capable of distinguishing between nations, companies, and citizens. He thinks each nation is a company, and all the citizens of it are its employees.
 
Andy_Ross said:
Everyone is invited to his parade.

Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
I am proud to announce that we will be hosting a magnificent Parade to honor the United States Army's 250th Birthday, on Saturday, June 14th, in Washington, D.C. For two and a half centuries, our brave soldiers have fought, bled, and died to keep us FREE, and now we will honor them...
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I have a question for anyone with actual military experience....

Ok, lets set aside the fact that Trump is likely going to make the parade/ceremonies all about himself. And lets set aside the fact that this is an event that will cost millions of dollars, at a time when the government claims it is so broke it has to cut funding into cancer research and schools.

Lets say the US had a real/rational/responsible president.... (Like Obama, or even Bush)...

How would you feel about such a parade "in your honor"?

Would you have pride in being able to "show off" in your finest uniform, highlighting your equipment?

Or would you be annoyed, thinking it was more of a distraction, getting viewed as a "dancing monkey", and would prefer something more low-key (maybe they can just give everyone a couple of days leave to celebrate).
 
On Threads: What a national embarrassment. I’m thankful that my grandfathers who fought in WWII didn’t have to see this.

(Also, he had teleprompter trouble)
 
Segnosaur said:
I have a question for anyone with actual military experience....

Ok, lets set aside the fact that Trump is likely going to make the parade/ceremonies all about himself. And lets set aside the fact that this is an event that will cost millions of dollars, at a time when the government claims it is so broke it has to cut funding into cancer research and schools.

Lets say the US had a real/rational/responsible president.... (Like Obama, or even Bush)...

How would you feel about such a parade "in your honor"?

Would you have pride in being able to "show off" in your finest uniform, highlighting your equipment?

Or would you be annoyed, thinking it was more of a distraction, getting viewed as a "dancing monkey", and would prefer something more low-key (maybe they can just give everyone a couple of days leave to celebrate).
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Well, in the UK we have a big parade every year on the Monarchs 'official' birthday when detachments of the Guards Regiments parade their Colours and the monarch travels in a carriage escorted by Cavalry to the Horseguards parade ground off Whitehall.

It's a big thing, it's televised live every year.

Last years event, edited highlights, the Irish Guards colours were paraded last year.


Plus, every day the Guards at Buckingham Palace and St James' Palace are changed every day and the new guard marches form the barracks with a band and the 'old guard' marches back.

 
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Andy_Ross said:
Laura Loomer
@LauraLoomer
How many of those 31% foreign students are CCP spies or Islamic jihadists?
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International students being targeted wasn't on my 2025 bingo card either --racists are usually more concerned with residents and 'migrants'. Clearly everyone born in a different country, and/or with non-white ethnicity, is an undesirable. Scary. (edit: I guess I'm just stating the obvious, aren't I)

Andy_Ross said:
Donald's on Harvard again

Foreign students pay nothing apparently nobody told him.
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Yeah, if I was a foreign student in the States right now I'd GTFO posthaste.
 
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Criminals of a feather . . .

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https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdva/p...ff-sentenced-10-years-federal-bribery-charges
flock together.

Appointments
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The former sheriff of Culpeper County, Virginia was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for accepting over $75,000 in bribes in exchange for appointing numerous Northern Virginia businessmen as auxiliary deputy sheriffs within his department.

In December 2024, a jury convicted Scott Howard Jenkins, 53, of Culpeper, Virginia, of one count of conspiracy, four counts of honest services fraud, and seven counts of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds.

“Scott Jenkins violated his oath of office and the faith the citizens of Culpeper County placed in him when he engaged in a cash-for-badges scheme,” Acting United States Attorney Zachary T. Lee said today. “We hold our elected law enforcement officials to a higher standard of conduct and this case proves that when those officials use their authority for unjust personal enrichment, the Department of Justice will hold them accountable. I am grateful to the FBI for their tireless work on this investigation.”

“Every law enforcement officer takes an oath to serve and protect the community-- that includes following the law they’ve sworn to uphold. I am proud of the diligent work our investigative team did on this case to bring Jenkins to justice,” said Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Richmond Division, Stanley M. Meador.

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Jenkins accepted cash bribes and bribes in the form of campaign contributions from co-defendants Rick Rahim, Fredric Gumbinner, and James Metcalf, as well as at least five others, including two FBI undercover agents.

Rahim, Gumbinner, and Metcalf have all pled guilty for their roles in the conspiracy.
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What a piece of ◊◊◊◊ . . . well, the both of them.

Party of Law & Order, my left nut.
 
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Segnosaur said:
I have a question for anyone with actual military experience....

Ok, lets set aside the fact that Trump is likely going to make the parade/ceremonies all about himself. And lets set aside the fact that this is an event that will cost millions of dollars, at a time when the government claims it is so broke it has to cut funding into cancer research and schools.

Lets say the US had a real/rational/responsible president.... (Like Obama, or even Bush)...

How would you feel about such a parade "in your honor"?

Would you have pride in being able to "show off" in your finest uniform, highlighting your equipment?

Or would you be annoyed, thinking it was more of a distraction, getting viewed as a "dancing monkey", and would prefer something more low-key (maybe they can just give everyone a couple of days leave to celebrate).
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My group of four led off the Marine Corps Birthday Celebration Parade in 1979 at Camp Pendleton. That was quite an honor. I wish video recording was a thing at the time because I'd sure like to see it.
 
Segnosaur said:
I have a question for anyone with actual military experience....

Ok, lets set aside the fact that Trump is likely going to make the parade/ceremonies all about himself. And lets set aside the fact that this is an event that will cost millions of dollars, at a time when the government claims it is so broke it has to cut funding into cancer research and schools.

Lets say the US had a real/rational/responsible president.... (Like Obama, or even Bush)...

How would you feel about such a parade "in your honor"?

Would you have pride in being able to "show off" in your finest uniform, highlighting your equipment?

Or would you be annoyed, thinking it was more of a distraction, getting viewed as a "dancing monkey", and would prefer something more low-key (maybe they can just give everyone a couple of days leave to celebrate).
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Putin and Kim have them, so Trump has to.
 
Various Regiments have the 'freedom' of various cities and are allowed to parade with their colours unfurled and their bayonets fixed.

Always popular

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders March through Canterbury

 
Andy_Ross said:
Well, in the UK we have a big parade every year on the Monarchs 'official' birthday when detachments of the Guards Regiments parade their Colours and the monarch travels in a carriage escorted by Cavalry to the Horseguards parade ground off Whitehall.

It's a big thing, it's televised live every year.

Last years event, edited highlights, the Irish Guards colours were paraded last year.


Plus, every day the Guards at Buckingham Palace and St James' Palace are changed every day and the new guard marches form the barracks with a band and the 'old guard' marches back.

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I like the way the Princess Royal challenges tradition and rides with her brother's guards rather than in a carriage.

Historically the household guards were the king's bodyguards (think of the secret service for POTUS), when England had no standing army. They were both soldiers and not soldiers. The army was otherwise part time militia.
 
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