Trump's Second Term

turingtest said:
To be completely accurate, I think it was that he intended the "surrender...with USD500m worth of free rare minerals thrown in for him and his gang" to be the "peace deal" he wanted to negotiate and crow over. He certainly never had any intention of doing any more to assure an equitable peace than to throw Ukraine under the bus, then to demand a Nobel for it.
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Sadly, you are more likely than not 100% correct!
 

‘Canada is killing our people’: Donald Trump, JD Vance demand Canada halt counter-tariffs, increase border security during heated call with Trudeau​


OTTAWA — Canada offered to delay its second phase of counter-tariffs against the U.S. if Donald Trump drops tariffs on all Canadian products — not just in the auto sector — that are covered by and comply with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement, the Star has learned.

High-stakes talks continued between Canadian and U.S. officials with no word about whether there would be more exemptions from Trump’s crippling 25-percent tariffs after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Trump held their longest call ever, and Trump announced he would exempt North American carmakers from tariffs for at least a month.

Trudeau and Trump spoke for 50 minutes Wednesday, a conversation described as heated and chaotic at times, where the president was joined by Vice-President JD Vance and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, according to a senior Canadian official.
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To which I can only reply BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
 
Andy_Ross said:
New Zealand has fired its most senior envoy to the United Kingdom over remarks that questioned US President Donald Trump's grasp of history.



www.bbc.co.uk

New Zealand fires UK envoy Phil Goff over Trump comments - BBC News

Phil Goff asked if Trump "understands history" as he contrasted him with Sir Winston Churchill.
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I like the irony of the following:

"His comments were "deeply disappointing" and made his position "untenable", New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters said."


Winston by name but failing to quite live up to it. :confused:
 
LiteBright said:

‘Canada is killing our people’: Donald Trump, JD Vance demand Canada halt counter-tariffs, increase border security during heated call with Trudeau​




To which I can only reply BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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They're eating the dogs, the cats . . . they're eating the pets!
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Everything Donnie Diapers utters is bull ◊◊◊◊. And maga idiots lap it up and defend his every utterance no matter how stupid. I am sick of him and them and the lazy mother ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ that couldn't bother getting off their asses to vote. Jesus H. ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ Christ we're only six weeks into his dictatorship and he's starting wars with long time allies, and allying with long time enemies.
 
LiteBright said:
He did similar in his first administration and a number of them decided to escape into Canada which caused quite a backlog of refugee applications in our country. My wife was applying for permanent resident status at the time and right after she applied, the wait time went from 6 weeks to 12 months due to the influx. I have nothing against anyone coming here to escape a bad situation elsewhere but as a country with 1/9 the population of the US, it puts quite a strain on resources to absorb that many newcomers at once. Lack of housing being the foremost concern.
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Not a bug … and taken straight out of Putin's and Orban's manual on how to flood neighbours with immigrants, all the while encouraging anti-immigrants sentiments and anti-muslim panic.
 
Trump promised jobs after Tariffs. 70 million voters are not that gullible, but probaly half of them are.
aaron.rupar

CNBC hosts literally laugh at Lutnick as he suggests that t-shirts, sneakers, towels, and TVs will again be made in the US as a result of Trump's trade war.
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CNBC hosts literally laugh at Lutnick as he suggests that t-shirts, sneakers, towels, and TVs will again be made in the US as a result of Trump's trade war
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The Great Zaganza said:
not enough!
Canadian Law Enforcement is biased against US drug smugglers, who just want to make a living !
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I've seen a few commercials for one of those ridealong-style law enforcement TV shows, about Mexican officers tracking and arresting criminals from the US operating in Mexico, and I keep imagining the reaction that's likely in certain circles.

ETA: It's specifically tracking and arresting US fugitives hiding in Mexico, not generic criminals, so it's Mexico dealing with US criminal elements sneaking across the border.
 
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Andy_Ross said:
CNBC: According to CDP, only 43 pounds of fentanyl were seized at the Canadian border last year

LUTNICK: I think autopsy deaths, as horrible as that is, should be the statistic

CNBC: But Americans are smuggling it over. It's not just Canadians.

LUTNICK: Well look, crooks are cooks
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Unfortunately I think Trump / his cronies take on the low amount of Fentanyl seized coming from Canada is that is proof that they are not doing enough to stop it.

In other words they don't accept that a low amount seized is indicative that it's a small problem but that there's huge amounts coming through and they are just not stopping it. I'm not sure how they can be disabused of this notion or even if they are willing to be disabused.
 
Norman Alexander said:
As a result, it will not be a cost-saving at all. Private enterprise versions of government services always, without exception, cost a LOT more. So DOGE won't save $2 trillion, or $1 trillion, or even one red (retired) cent. The same services will cost trillions MORE than they do now, with fewer people working them.
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It's a feature, not a bug: all that extra money will be going into the pockets of the kleptocracy.
 
Andy_Ross said:
New Zealand has fired its most senior envoy to the United Kingdom over remarks that questioned US President Donald Trump's grasp of history.



www.bbc.co.uk

New Zealand fires UK envoy Phil Goff over Trump comments - BBC News

Phil Goff asked if Trump "understands history" as he contrasted him with Sir Winston Churchill.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
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Goff is sacked for coming close to telling the truth in answer to a question?

FFS! It is blindingly obvious that Trump has no grasp of history, to the point that I don't believe he can spell it without auto-corrupt.
 
Rep. Lisa McClain on mass firings of federal workers: "I don't think the Americans want perfection ... you know what? Democracy is messy. I wish it was perfect. Unfortunately we don't like in a perfect world. But it is gonna take unconventional wisdom ... we don't have time to make sure that we get everything absolutely perfect"

https://twitter.com/x/status/1897705153718890871
 
Tero said:
Trump promised jobs after Tariffs. 70 million voters are not that gullible, but probaly half of them are.
aaron.rupar

CNBC hosts literally laugh at Lutnick as he suggests that t-shirts, sneakers, towels, and TVs will again be made in the US as a result of Trump's trade war.
www.threads.net

Aaron Rupar (@aaron.rupar) on Threads

CNBC hosts literally laugh at Lutnick as he suggests that t-shirts, sneakers, towels, and TVs will again be made in the US as a result of Trump's trade war
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Goddamn stuffed-suit moron! He isn't qualified to manage a McDonald's, he'd run it into the ground!
 
Andy_Ross said:
Rep. Lisa McClain on mass firings of federal workers: "I don't think the Americans want perfection ... you know what? Democracy is messy. I wish it was perfect. Unfortunately we don't like in a perfect world. But it is gonna take unconventional wisdom ... we don't have time to make sure that we get everything absolutely perfect"

https://twitter.com/x/status/1897705153718890871
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She's blatantly question-begging that the ketamine-fuelled chainsaw is actually doing more good than harm. Some evidence for that would be a pleasant surprise.
 
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