Trump's Second Term

[Safe-Keeper]

Nah, chances are high it will be less than that. All sorts of things can happen. Republicans can revolt. Somebody might shoot him. He might just die. Nuclear apocalypse. See ? No need to be pessimistic ..

Makes no difference, the whole GOP has become a fascist party a long time ago.
If someone had killed Hitler after he became Führer, Germany would probably still be a Nazi country, just with some other NSDAP higher-up at the wheel.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Trump on the Panama Canal: "We're taking it back"

 

[Andy_Ross]

"We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars."

 

[KDLarsen]

No mention of tarriffs then? But that external revenue service, forcing foreign companies to deposit their taxes in the US, could lead to a bloodbath if it turns into a tit-for-tat.

"We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars."

Let's compromise and start by sending elonia, he seems to have loads of spare time anyway.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Declaring war on Panama on day one.

 

[Safe-Keeper]

First ◊◊◊◊ up!

Are you going to tell us? Sorry for being grumpy, but I refuse to pay attention to the coronation ceremony.

 

[Darat]

Are you going to tell us? Sorry for being grumpy, but I refuse to pay attention to the coronation ceremony.

The singer, screw-up with audio.

 

[Andy_Ross]

He also says they'll restore the name of William McKinley to Mount McKinley - which he says is "where it should be and belongs".

 

[Safe-Keeper]

The singer, screw-up with audio.

Ah, thanks. Again, sorry for being a grouch.

 

[Darat]

Hard to stand out amongst the general lunacy but that black preacher was managing it.

 

[angrysoba]

On TikTok. No one has bought it, Trump is refusing to enforce the ban.

I think it is a bad idea to ban it anyway. Pretty much unworkable or would just result in another workaround or rival app no better than TikTok as we saw.

He also says they'll restore the name of William McKinley to Mount McKinley - which he says is "where it should be and belongs".

Instead of Denali? Is that a thing that MAGA care about now?

 

[Dr.Sid]

The singer, screw-up with audio.

It was a screw-up ? I thought he sings like that ..

 

[Safe-Keeper]

Hard to stand out amongst the general lunacy but that black preacher was managing it.

On second thought, don't tell me anything more. I don't want to know. Lunatic preacher will do, I don't even need the details.

 

[Darat]

And the last preacher - is he deaf? Did he not just hear what Trump said?

 

[thaiboxerken]

I think it is a bad idea to ban it anyway. Pretty much unworkable or would just result in another workaround or rival app no better than TikTok as we saw.

Instead of Denali? Is that a thing that MAGA care about now?

I didn't care for the ban either, what I do care about is the fact that TikTok is now controlled by MAGA.

Also, Denali isn't a white person name, so you know MAGA will celebrate renaming the mountain back to a white person's name.

 

[turingtest]

"Those who wish to stop our cause have tried to take my freedom, and indeed, to take my life ... my life was saved for a reason. I was saved by God to make America great again."

"For American citizens, January 20, 2025, is liberation day."

That's kind of scary to me, on two accounts. First is the implication (at least) that the assassination attempts on him were engineered by political opponents, the same sort who "tried to take my freedom" (i.e., Democrats and so forth); and second...no leader who proclaims that he was "saved by god" for a political purpose has a healthy, grounded view of his place in a democracy or a republic. I mean, that sort of thing has never had a bad outcome, right...?

(Can you imagine the right's response if Obama had ever said such a thing? They were already sneering about people regarding him as a Messiah without him ever actually coming right out like this and claiming it)

 

[Tero]

Trump has announced the creation of an "external revenue service" to collect tariffs

Good name. Perfect explanation for MAGA.

 

[angrysoba]

I didn't care for the ban either, what I do care about is the fact that TikTok is now controlled by MAGA.

Also, Denali isn't a white person name, so you know MAGA will celebrate renaming the mountain back to a white person's name.

What a total prick Trump is. A small thing in the whole scheme of things, but it completely undermines all the arguments that MAGA use elsewhere for them to over-ride the state (Alaska in this case) who themselves have been happy to call the mountain Denali, and he’s doing it by executive order which we have seen is what they criticized Obama for. The fact that it just does so for identify politics reasons right-wing woke - white guy feelings - just shows what a ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ little whiny beeeyatch he is.

 

[thaiboxerken]

White Supremacists are always whiny when they don't have the power to oppress.

 

[KDLarsen]

IIRC when Denali was originally renamed, it was after a petition by the state of Alaska to do so had sat idle at the federal Board on Geographic Names for 40 years.