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Trump's Second Term

C-SPAN: Would you consider the military taking over Kharg island boots on the ground?

REP. HARIDOPOLOS: I think people would see that as an occupation of a vital economic interest. As a history teacher, I consider boots on the ground occupying an entire country like we did after WW2 in Japan


Well that certainly puts to rest any concerns I had about the quality of US education.

ETA: Or what Shemp said.
 
There is such a poll, but it was literally asking people if they were MAGA and then asked if they thought Trump was doing a good job.

You can see the problem, right? Well, a lot of Trump media-types can't.

1) Do you consider yourself 'MAGA'?

If 'Yes' please proceed to next question

2) Do you regularly huff paint, sniff glue, smoke crack or hit yourself in the head with a mallet recreationally?

If 'Yes' please proceed to next question

3) Is your Uncle also your Daddy?

If 'Yes' please proceed to next question

4) Do you think Donald Trump is going a good job?
 
sometimes I miss the United States...


On a January 2025 podcast appearance, Phillips claimed that his car was “lifted up” while he was driving and transported 40 miles (65km) away into a ditch near a church.


"And those damned aliens drank my Jack Daniels on route"
 
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Apropos of nothing, but The Economist has just introduced me to a useful Cuban word.

Singao.

The redacted words are synonyms for someone who is more than an arsehole and someone who is ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ stupid



On the political front, American policy increasingly looks like a version of the face-lift given to the regime in Venezuela. People familiar with the talks say American negotiators are gunning for Mr Díaz-Canel. But forcing him out would be no real victory, since he is widely and openly derided as a "singao", a Cubanism meaning something between "◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊" and "◊◊◊◊◊◊◊". He was installed by the regime precisely because he would not make drastic changes (his second five-year term ends in April 2028). Cuba has also agreed to release political prisoners: on March 12th it said 51 would be freed. That leaves more than a thousand behind bars.
 
Not a cult

Levin: Trump is the biggest liberator in modern history. He and Reagan. Trump is liberating the people in Venezuela, the people in the Middle East, the people in Iran. He will liberate the people in Cuba and he has liberated the American people.


Ultimately, people will always debate whether Donerys was predestined for madness or whether his descent into insanity was a more gradual process, fuelled by what he perceived as a lack of gratitude from the rest of the world.

At the end of the day, when a Trump is born, the gods flip a coin.

And then the Trump steals it.
 
Not a cult

Levin: Trump is the biggest liberator in modern history. He and Reagan. Trump is liberating the people in Venezuela, the people in the Middle East, the people in Iran. He will liberate the people in Cuba and he has liberated the American people.

I don't think it is a cult. I think these people are old-fashioned sycophants, who would bend the knee to whoever was in power. It's just that as with so many things in the US political system Trump has magnified them in a way no previous administration did.
 
Not a cult

Levin: Trump is the biggest liberator in modern history. He and Reagan. Trump is liberating the people in Venezuela, the people in the Middle East, the people in Iran. He will liberate the people in Cuba and he has liberated the American people.

“Looking about us, we can say with pardonable pride that we have been about as thoroughly liberated as it is possible for a race and a planet to be!” - William Tenn, The Liberation of Earth
 
I don't think it is a cult. I think these people are old-fashioned sycophants, who would bend the knee to whoever was in power. It's just that as with so many things in the US political system Trump has magnified them in a way no previous administration did.
Kaikocracy
 
Weak attempt to fix his image. They are still deporting Liam in Minnesota
“President Trump is seeking to lower the profile of his mass deportation effort, and has directed his top advisers to adopt a new approach on one of his central campaign promises, according to people familiar with the matter.

"In conversations with top advisers and his wife Melania, Trump has become convinced that some of his administration’s deportation policies have gone too far, and voters don’t like the term “mass deportation.” The president has told them he wants to see more attention on arresting “bad guys” and less chaos in American cities, according to people familiar with the matter.”

“The desire for an immigration reset is being driven in part by Trump’s White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, who believes the president’s immigration team has turned one of his marquee issues into more of a challenging issue ahead of the midterms, the people said. As a result, the administration is attempting to change not only how it talks about the issue—but also what actual enforcement looks like on the ground.”
 
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