Trump's Second Term

The fallout from Signalgate could be interesting, depending on how Goldberg likes turning from trusted leaker and cheerleader (he was once called Netanjahu's personal stenographer) to public enemy no.1. Let's hope he learns the lesson of being expendable and tries to be an actual journalist for a change.
 
Not enough people in general, and leaders in particular, know how to deal with bullies, either because they are bullies themselves or have been privileged enough to not have been bullied.

Bullies cannot be managed or negotiated with, only stripped of power. You have to stand up to them, no matter the risks or costs, because you will lose a lot more if you don't.

The latter isn't particularly addressed to the population of the USA, most of whom are demonstrating that their sworn allegiance to the constitution of the USA was merely performative and apparently have no real values they believe are worth defending*, but rather to people in the rest of the world whose country has not completely turned to ◊◊◊◊ (yet).

*Other than the 2nd amendment. I mean, without that what protection do they have against tyrannical regime?
 
JayUtah said:
Some like Sen. Mike Lee are fairly certain they will only get two because they expect Republicans to be defeated in the midterms.
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May fate, the gods, and destiny hear you, that there should be a cleanish election, in these times when "Fair is foul, and foul is fair."

My understanding is that election booths will be scarce and hours short in all major cities, with all forms of voting that are not same day at the booth prohibited by royal orange edict.
 
The Great Zaganza said:
Trump bailing out Boeing with a personal vanity project probably going to cost trillions:

F-47, named, of course, after Trump's Presidency.
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Boeing has been developing this airplane since at least 2020. While we can wonder about ulterior motives for selecting Boeing's design, the way this normally works is that you publish the requirements, let a bunch of development contracts, and then award the actual contract based on a competition and bids. It's not as if this airplane sprang forth from nothing in the past 3 months. It's been in development for years.
 
Andy_Ross said:
Remember, America is now one of those countries where they snatch people off the street, provide no due process of law, and disappear them into prison camps never to be seen again.
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This is called 'Rendition'.

The change is that they are now doing it on American streets. Guantanamo was full of people snatched off streets and disappeared, the US has kidnapped thousands of people, imprisoning them in secret prisons, denying them due process, torturing them. All that is changing is the kidnapping is happening on US streets,. By redefining who is a US citizen, (e.g. US born children of illegal immigrants may be denied citizen ship?), by removing citizenship from naturalised citizens, by redefining terrorism to include suspected membership of criminal gangs or possesion of tattoos, or being an enemy of the state, thousands are now at risk of rendition on US streets.
 
Re: Boeing F-47 project...
JayUtah said:
Boeing has been developing this airplane since at least 2020. While we can wonder about ulterior motives for selecting Boeing's design, the way this normally works is that you publish the requirements, let a bunch of development contracts, and then award the actual contract based on a competition and bids. It's not as if this airplane sprang forth from nothing in the past 3 months. It's been in development for years.
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You are right, that's the way it is SUPPOSED to work. I think people are just naturally skeptical about whether Trump is actually following the rules, or is "short circuiting" things in favor of the Boeing project for some reason.
 
Segnosaur said:
Re: Boeing F-47 project...

You are right, that's the way it is SUPPOSED to work. I think people are just naturally skeptical about whether Trump is actually following the rules, or is "short circuiting" things in favor of the Boeing project for some reason.
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Lockheed Martin and Northrup Grumman were also in the running. And that's how it has worked for a while: a few companies trading contract awards. That's how we got the F-22 and the F-35. General Dynamics won the F-16, and so forth. The contract is always going to go to one of the giant American aerospace contractors, therefore we can dismiss nationalistic concerns. But why Boeing over the other companies? You're right: who knows? Given Boeing's recent stumbles, it's valid to wonder if they really did beat out the other contenders. But while the commercial airplanes division is circling the drain, you still have a fair amount of competence in the military systems division. And some too still in the space division. The economics of military contracting isn't the same as commercial airplanes, so it's less likely to be messed up by the people who are looting the company and undercutting quality.
 
On March 21, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the program would move ahead, that its centerpiece aircraft would be called the F-47, and that the engineering and manufacturing development contract, worth more than $20 billion, would be awarded to Boeing.
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Boeing F-47 - Wikipedia

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Presidents shouldn't greenlight megaprojects based on them getting to name it.
 
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