Trump's Second Term

[steenkh]

Trump sanctions on ICC violate free speech, says lawsuit:

A lawsuit by two US-based advocacy groups argues the Trump administration is stifling freedom of speech through penalties it imposed last year against the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Palestinian human rights groups.

The groups are challenging an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that placed sanctions on ICC judges, prosecutors and groups that are seeking a ruling against Israel over claims of human rights violations.

Representatives of the groups argue Trump's order is being used to illegally "police the political expression of millions of Americans" and suppress pro-Palestinian advocacy.

 

[a_unique_person]

Wars that lost money!

Trump: We won World War One. We won World War II, then we decided to go politically correct. We had wars and we’d lose money and we’d leave We don't do that anymore

video in link

I could swear I read somewhere that the UK was still paying off war loans to the US until 2015.

 

[Safe-Keeper]

I hate to give his ramblings the time of day, but why is he so hung up on catapults on aircraft carriers anyway? It's just such a random, tiny thing to fixate on.

 

[Lukraak_Sisser]

Trump sanctions on ICC violate free speech, says lawsuit:

Impossible. Only the rest of the world is losing free speech according to US members of this forum.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

I hate to give his ramblings the time of day, but why is he so hung up on catapults on aircraft carriers anyway? It's just such a random, tiny thing to fixate on.

In his first term he got told about the electromagnetic catapult on the new carriers instead of the old steam ones, and he didn't understand it.

 

[Georg]

If "Central Casting" was a thing, you would have had major roles in porn films.

"misadventures of the tiny mushroom"

 

[Darat]

I could swear I read somewhere that the UK was still paying off war loans to the US until 2015.

It was 2006 for the WW2 loans from the USA, it was 2015 for the hundred year WW 1 war-bonds.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

I could swear I read somewhere that the UK was still paying off war loans to the US until 2015.

That sent me off down a rabbit hole where I found that it was domestic loans from WW1 which were eventually cleared by 2015. Britain eventually defaulted on US WW1 loans in 1934 during the great depression and never resumed. Repayment has never been pursued but the US treasury keeps note. The outstanding sum with interest was over $16b by 2020.

Book Review: The Long Shadow of Default: Britain’s Unpaid War Debts to the United States, 1917-2020 by David James Gill

By Max Harris In 2014, during the centenary of the First World War, Her Majesty’s Treasury announced that Britain would repay its outstanding debts from that tragic conflict. The Allies had long since defeated the Kaiser, but Britain was still spending millions of pounds in interest every year...

wifpr.wharton.upenn.edu

 

[Jack by the hedge]

In his first term he got told about the electromagnetic catapult on the new carriers instead of the old steam ones, and he didn't understand it.

It's just lucky he didn't have all new carriers redesigned to run on coal.

 

[a_unique_person]

That sent me off down a rabbit hole where I found that it was domestic loans from WW1 which were eventually cleared by 2015. Britain eventually defaulted on US WW1 loans in 1934 during the great depression and never resumed. Repayment has never been pursued but the US treasury keeps note. The outstanding sum with interest was over $16b by 2020.

Book Review: The Long Shadow of Default: Britain’s Unpaid War Debts to the United States, 1917-2020 by David James Gill

By Max Harris In 2014, during the centenary of the First World War, Her Majesty’s Treasury announced that Britain would repay its outstanding debts from that tragic conflict. The Allies had long since defeated the Kaiser, but Britain was still spending millions of pounds in interest every year...

wifpr.wharton.upenn.edu

Someone should tell Trump. That would really make his day.

 

[Mojo]

Impossible. Only the rest of the world is losing free speech according to US members of this forum.

Freedom of speech is only for the Right people. Everyone else can STFU.

 

[Andy_Ross]

EPA's Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals has several people on it with conflicts of interest.

I would be surprised if it didn't.

 

[Planigale]

It'd be interested to see how much oil money is coming out of Venezuela, full stop.

Given the state the Venezuelan oil industry is in and the unwillingness to put boots on the ground of TACO and his merry band of cowards, I'm guessing there's lots of excuses but very little cash flowing.

They could just release the Venezuelan government funds seized, allow access to IMF funds. Then there is the $100,000,000 of Venezuelan gold transferred to a Us company, $billions in oil .

The U.S. Took Over Venezuela’s Oil Industry. Where Has All the Money Gone? | Council on Foreign Relations

The American and Venezuelan people remain in the dark about how the Trump administration is controlling billions of dollars of Venezuelan oil revenue. Without accountability mechanisms or a clear democratic roadmap, the United States risks entrenching a corrupt successor regime.

www.cfr.org

 

[Andy_Ross]

I hate to give his ramblings the time of day, but why is he so hung up on catapults on aircraft carriers anyway? It's just such a random, tiny thing to fixate on.

Because he's a senile narcissist who thinks he knows best about everything.

 

[Andy_Ross]

It's just lucky he didn't have all new carriers redesigned to run on coal.

Don't you mean beautiful, clean coal?

 

[Planigale]

I could swear I read somewhere that the UK was still paying off war loans to the US until 2015.

The last payments were made on 29 December 2006 for the sum of about $83m USD (£45.5m) to the United States, and about $23.6m USD (£12m) to Canada; the 29th was chosen as it was the last working day of the year.[13][3][14] The final payments were made six years late, the British Government having suspended them in 1956, 1957, 1964, 1965, 1968 and 1976 because the exchange rates were seen as impractical.

Anglo-American loan - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

However WW1 debt remains unpaid!

What happens when Trump discovers UK’s WWI Debts? Gulati & Weidemaier

Donald Trump, a president who has proven himself to be highly transactional and keen on reducing debt, may find a potentially trillion-dollar foreign IOU too tempting to overlook – even if it's over 100 years old.

www.reuters.com

I see others already responded.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Craven

Q: In your mind, are Senators Ossoff and Warnock duly chosen and sworn in?

Lummis: *long pause* I don’t know

video in link

 

[Resume]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2077502919415378171

Yeah, he cares about working people.

 

[Resume]

Craven

Q: In your mind, are Senators Ossoff and Warnock duly chosen and sworn in?

Lummis: *long pause* I don’t know

video in link

They're not only going to ◊◊◊◊ with the mid-terms, but they're gonna ◊◊◊◊ with all the duly elected.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2077502919415378171

Yeah, he cares about working people.

Sure he does. He cares deeply for people who have to work as, unlike him, they have to pay for their own private jets.