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Trump's Second Term

Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
Iran had plans of taking over the entire Middle East, and completely obliterating Israel. JUST LIKE IRAN ITSELF, THOSE PLANS ARE NOW DEAD! President DONALD J. TRUMP
 
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Best case is Iran goes badly. Trump declares victory and goes back to designing the ballroom. Republicans get shellacked in the midterms. Trump goes to Florida and spends the rest of his term there. Vance spends the time running for president and gets walloped. MAGA falls apart without Trump...
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Best case is Iran goes badly. Trump declares victory and goes back to designing the ballroom. Republicans get shellacked in the midterms. Trump goes to Florida and spends the rest of his term there. Vance spends the time running for president and gets walloped. MAGA falls apart without Trump. Democrats investigate everything about the administration.
 
From the Onion

Health Speculations Swirl After Trump Screams, ‘◊◊◊◊! I’m Dying!’

WASHINGTON—Further fueling speculation that the commander-in-chief might have undisclosed medical conditions, rumors regarding President Trump’s health swirled Friday after he screamed, “◊◊◊◊! I’m dying!” during a press conference. “◊◊◊◊! I’m ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ dying! Oh God, it hurts! Ahhhhhhh!” Trump said in response to a question about the ongoing war in Iran, sparking fervent discussion among Beltway insiders over whether the president wincing in pain while clutching his chest and screaming, “I see the light, I see the light,” could potentially signal a serious illness he had failed to share with the public. “Ahhh! Ahhh! Ahhh! This is it! Here I go! I can feel my body shutting down! Jesus Christ, it’s all over!” At press time, additional concerns about the president’s health emerged after paramedics were spotted lifting Trump’s body into a body bag, zipping it up, and wheeling it out of the West Wing on a stretcher.
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Andy_Ross said:
Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
Iran had plans of taking over the entire Middle East, and completely obliterating Israel. JUST LIKE IRAN ITSELF, THOSE PLANS ARE NOW DEAD! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Hey, how's that tanker 'insurance' plan going now that they've started mining? Might just think all they are doing is Trumpcoin mining.
 
Read the whole article.

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Arellano: Marco Rubio proves he really is Little Marco

‘Tokenizing someone is always an ugly thing — yet Rubio deserves no tears. He has made a career out of wearing his latinidad like a shiny guayabera when convenient.’
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Arellano: Marco Rubio proves he really is Little Marco​

'Tokenizing someone is always an ugly thing — yet Rubio deserves no tears. He has made a career out of wearing his latinidad like a shiny guayabera when convenient.'​

The pet did a neat trick: Before a room filled with heads of state from across Latin America, Little Marco spoke Spanish.

His owner — well, his soul’s owner at least— grinned and joked, “I think he’s better in Spanish” than in English. Following President Donald Trump, it was Pentagon Pete’s turn to tease Little Marco.

“I only speak American,” Secretary of Defense Hegseth cracked. The auditorium stayed quiet save for Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who meekly protested, “I only speak Cuban.”

Trump gave him a pat on the back. Good boy, Marco.

The exchange, which happened over a weekend dominated by the war with Iran, was brief yet said so much about the times Latinos live in. Rubio, the most powerful Latino politician in U.S. history, might as well have been to Trump and Hegseth the Chihuahua that says “Yo quiero Taco Bell.” The man who has played an oversized role in pushing a president who campaigned against costly foreign wars and chaotic regime changes to do both was brought back down to an undignified size.
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Andy_Ross said:
Joe Biden

JD Vance: "Joe Biden left us in a terrible situation, and the reason why gas prices are where they are today is because of Donald Trump's work to get them lower."

https://twitter.com/x/status/2032531393834590501
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Well, at least he's being somewhat honest "gas prices are where they are today is because of Donald Trump's work...".

All lies need at least a kernel of truth. OK (considering some of them), not all.
 
Andy_Ross said:
[Q]: Are they [Ukraine] helping with drone defense?

President Trump: No, we don't need their help in drone defense. We know more about drones than anybody. We have the best drones in the world, actually

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Ya know, this ◊◊◊◊ really pisses me off. They are in modern live fire drone warfare. Can't just say 'we'll take any battlefield experience they can give us' but has to shun them publicly, while, at least hopefully (generals and such), gleaning whatever they can privately (somewhat pun somewhat intended).

ETA: Drone defense ain't about having "the best drones in the world" unless you're planning on trying to slam those "best drones" into a cheap Amazon drone with a hand grenade ziptied (pin pulled) to it.
 
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Segnosaur said:
In a rational world, the U.S. would lose both the olympics and the FIFA world cup. (The hostility to international travelers, such as new visa requirements, the open racism by Stubby McBonespurs, the general incompetence of the government, etc.)

Unfortunately, we are not in a 'rational world'. Not only would it be exceptionally difficult to find alternative sites, FIFA and the Olympic committee are almost as corrupt as Trump is.
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If the world cup goes tits up*, there's barely enough time to find an alternative host, and enough dictatorships around that would enjoy embarrassing TACO. One, China, hosted the games recently enough that they wont have any need to build new stadia.

*Which is increasingly likely, host cities are a few weeks away from having to bin the fan zones and other ancillary events for fans due tonmonies set aside for preparations not being released. And if the money is withheld past April it is very likely they won't be able to hire security or staidum staff for the matches themselves. This is all turning into a veritable ◊◊◊◊ show. Combine this with the chances that Saudi Arabia will have very few stadia ready in 2034 and two failed world cups in quick succession is probably the best result for soccer overall.
 
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Well, to be fair, we still don't know exactly how "wealthy" the Trump Klan actually is.

Remember before the 2016 election, Trump claimed he was worth billions, but as we pointed to at the time, we didn't really have any verification. (We know Trump had assets, but he also had debts. So for all we know he could have been flat broke.)

Now, Trump has supposedly added billions of dollars in "wealth" since his first election, but a lot of that has been quite... nebulous. (Stock holdings in Truth social, which will probably never turn a profit, crypto holdings of questionable value.) And, lets fact it, he's still a pretty poor businessman, so any "real" money he manages to scam might have already been lost.

He might still actually be completely broke for all we know.
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Plus he's been surrounded by scam artists in his businesses for absolute decades. The chances of the money from any of his profitable scams reaching him could very well be zero, and at least a good chunk of it is being leeched away.
 
Safe-Keeper said:
I figured it'd be the Onion but I'm still disappointed. Should've probably read the whole quote, too :p .

eta When Drumpf dies, I expect the trumpkins to part deny it, part deflect by yelling 'BUT MOST DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTS ARE DEAD TOO!!!'
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They can legitimately argue that it makes him no more unfit to be President than he currently is.
 
I feel a bit dirty watching Anthony Scaramuchi even talking to Katy Kay, but it is interesting because he certainly seems to understand what Trump is (talking about "the wood chipper" where he went into. But he seems to still be pretty well informed and self aware. Which makes me wonder why he took the job*. As he must have known the story of the scorpion and the frog.

This is a good discussion about the politics around Trump's war. Apparently still 80% of Republicans support the war.









*I always feel more uneasy around people who understand things are bad ideas but go ahead with them for short term political gain as opposed to sincere believers (cough Brexit and the remainers in Johnson's government)
 
Gulliver Foyle said:
If the world cup goes tits up*, there's barely enough time to find an alternative host, and enough dictatorships around that would enjoy embarrassing TACO. One, China, hosted the games recently enough that they wont have any need to build new stadia.

*Which is increasingly likely, host cities are a few weeks away from having to bin the fan zones and other ancillary events for fans due tonmonies set aside for preparations not being released. And if the money is withheld past April it is very likely they won't be able to hire security or staidum staff for the matches themselves. This is all turning into a veritable ◊◊◊◊ show. Combine this with the chances that Saudi Arabia will have very few stadia ready in 2034 and two failed world cups in quick succession is probably the best result for soccer overall.
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Although Trump is a notorious cheapskate and swindler I don't think he'd tolerate America being seen to be unable to host a world event on his watch. It has to be at least adequate so he can brag it was the best ever.

The biggest problem might be staff. He can recruit from the faithful at the drop of a red hat but this job is looking after foreigners instead of beating them up. He needs to appeal to a different demographic.
 
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