Trump's Second Term

[The Great Zaganza]

We will see if "it's the economy, stupid" only applies to Democrats.

 

[Flo]

Typical Trump SOP from time immemorial. It's how his businesses have always operated. And now the USA is "one of Trump's businesses" because he's put new, fresh businessman ideas in the White House.

I don't know if that mode of operation - hiding transactions and laundering money - is legal for US businesses or not. I suspect it is definitely not. But I am almost 100%, nay 600% certain it is vastly illegal for US governments.

So I asked Google AI: "Is international money laundering a criminal offence in the USA?" Lo and behold, and with no surprise whatever, here's the answer:



So it's a criminal offence. And if Trump has facilitated this, he needs to be criminally charged. He already has 34 convictions for cooking the books. So this time round he should attract the fullest penalty: 20 years imprisonment PLUS a financial penalty of double whatever he scammed out of Venezuela. That should be dozens if not hundreds of billions of dollars.

Seems like a gold-plated, home-and-hosed, slam-dunk for any Democrat-led House to impeach the crook the moment they can. Let's hope they do, first opportunity.

Not such an easy case, he'll plead immunity as per the Supreme Court ruling about his immunity when he's acting as president, or some such rot.

 

[alfaniner]

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Yeah, that would be great. Except he abolished the penny.

(Perhaps that irony was intentional.)

 

[Flo]

We will see if "it's the economy, stupid" only applies to Democrats.

Of course it does. Because everything that's wrong with the economy, as well as the Republicans' incapacity to remedy it, is Biden's/the Democrats' fault.

 

[a_unique_person]

Not such an easy case, he'll plead immunity as per the Supreme Court ruling about his immunity when he's acting as president, or some such rot.

He'll give everyone else a blanket pardon before the end of his term.

 

[zooterkin]

https://bsky.app/profile/jesscraven101.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3mvw4cnmmuc2n

It's £1.99 a litre in the UK, which is not much more expensive (just over $10 per US gallon).

 

[Jack by the hedge]

It's £1.99 a litre in the UK, which is not much more expensive (just over $10 per US gallon).

And of course we have a lot of tax baked into that price. Fifty-something pence in fuel duty and 20% VAT on top.

 

[SpuriusMaximus]

Probably been said before, but Trump's proposed space force uniforms are self-admittedly based on the Starship Troopers movie. 'Cause, you know, it's perfectly normal to base your uniform on a parody of fascism

 

[a_unique_person]

It's £1.99 a litre in the UK, which is not much more expensive (just over $10 per US gallon).

Trump keeps reminding everyone that the US can produce it's own petrol. He doesn't seem to know that the stuff that's good for petrol isn't that good for diesel.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

Probably been said before, but Trump's proposed space force uniforms are self-admittedly based on the Starship Troopers movie. 'Cause, you know, it's perfectly normal to base your uniform on a parody of fascism

Hegseth could redesign the army's uniforms based on The Great Dictator. Jodphurs, brown shirts and the double-X cap badge. Very chic.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

Trump keeps reminding everyone that the US can produce it's own petrol. He doesn't seem to know that the stuff that's good for petrol isn't that good for diesel.

And he crows about how much of its domestic production the US is now exporting. Okay for oil companies but reducing supply drives prices up for domestic consumers.

 

[turingtest]

They will publish all of the evidence after the midterms.

At this point, sheer repetition of the claim has so baked it into the GOP's DNA that even the concept of "evidence" no longer applies- it's not a claim needing any such a silly thing, it's part of their governing philosophy. "Smaller government, lower taxes, electoral fraud by the Dems"- these are inarguable goals that carry their own weight, and anything that needs to be done to achieve them is fair game.