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Trump's Second Term

Jack by the hedge said:
I hardly dare ask but is that real, or is he just fishing for reactions to what he wants to do to the memorial?

I mean, he could have painted in American flag blue rubber so I guess it could be worse, but once again my immediate reaction is, it's not his personal plaything to ruin with his own bad taste, but we already know he's exactly the sort of ◊◊◊◊ who would just do it anyway.

Please someone reassure me that is not real.

<edit> AI assures me it is not real and was created as satire. But of course His Tackiness posted it because he does not see it as satire.
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Yeah, he re-posted it on TS because he wants to do it. Or he's trollng, which is worse. He may be doing it now, for all we know.
 
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Trump on his Iran war: "You have a higher gas -- it's a very inexpensive price to pay for what we've done. Remember that. It's a little more. Frankly, even if it was a lot more."
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There had to be truckers in stupid red hats somewhere in the audience at that . . . whatever that was. Did they applaud like trained seals after this remark, forgetting the $6 plus per gallon they paid to fill up their rig earlier that day
 
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Jack by the hedge said:
Conservatively, the Trump fuel price rises are costing US drivers voters a couple of billion a week. And it's a lot of weeks since February.
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Thing is though, if Trump could wiggle his nose like Samantha Stevens, and magically drop gas prices, a significant number of those voters will forget all the rest of his ◊◊◊◊ and vote red in the mid-terms and beyond. Which is why the dems need to keep pounding the rest of the economic data.
 
Apropos of nothing: if America survives this administration, and the next one successfully starts the process of resetting all that needs to be reset, and ultimately we find ourselves back in a world of more or less rational governance -- just think of what America will have survived. That we kept ourselves from full-on fascism. That even deep descents into incompetence and corruption were overcome.

Assuming we're not permanently disabled, we'll have something to be, in a way, proud of. We didn't become Germany, or North Korea. Our Democracy had a terrible glitch but was resilient enough to right itself.

That will be significant. And I believe we're not so disabled that we can't get there.

Your Kumbaya of the day.
 
Ryan O'Dine said:
Apropos of nothing: if America survives this administration, and the next one successfully starts the process of resetting all that needs to be reset, and ultimately we find ourselves back in a world of more or less rational governance -- just think of what America will have survived. That we kept ourselves from full-on fascism. That even deep descents into incompetence and corruption were overcome.

Assuming we're not permanently disabled, we'll have something to be, in a way, proud of. We didn't become Germany, or North Korea. Our Democracy had a terrible glitch but was resilient enough to right itself.

That will be significant. And I believe we're not so disabled that we can't get there.

Your Kumbaya of the day.
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OTOH, I'm advising my kids to investigate alternate citizenships. My grand kids are all girls and I don't trust this country to not go all christian nationalist. I firmly believe that my country is in an unrecoverable yaw until the final swing is a maga-like permanent regime. On the other, other hand, I have been known to be wrong. I hope that is the case here.
 
Ryan O'Dine said:
Apropos of nothing: if America survives this administration, and the next one successfully starts the process of resetting all that needs to be reset, and ultimately we find ourselves back in a world of more or less rational governance -- just think of what America will have survived. That we kept ourselves from full-on fascism. That even deep descents into incompetence and corruption were overcome.

Assuming we're not permanently disabled, we'll have something to be, in a way, proud of. We didn't become Germany, or North Korea. Our Democracy had a terrible glitch but was resilient enough to right itself.

That will be significant. And I believe we're not so disabled that we can't get there.

Your Kumbaya of the day.
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Sadly, I believe the Democrats will not hold The Regime accountable for all of the corruption and lawbreaking, which will pave the way for Republicans to gain power back, at which point they will destry democracy. Trump is only in power now because the Dems failed to prosecute him and his mafia the last time.
 
Ryan O'Dine said:
Apropos of nothing: if America survives this administration, and the next one successfully starts the process of resetting all that needs to be reset, and ultimately we find ourselves back in a world of more or less rational governance -- just think of what America will have survived. That we kept ourselves from full-on fascism. That even deep descents into incompetence and corruption were overcome.

Assuming we're not permanently disabled, we'll have something to be, in a way, proud of. We didn't become Germany, or North Korea. Our Democracy had a terrible glitch but was resilient enough to right itself.

That will be significant. And I believe we're not so disabled that we can't get there.

Your Kumbaya of the day.
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The fact that the US avoided full Third Reich will be seen as proof that there was no danger at all, and by the end of the next Presidency, the next Trump will be running and getting widespread support.
It's not like Trump 1.0 wasn't a complete failure already.
 
Resume said:
OTOH, I'm advising my kids to investigate alternate citizenships. My grand kids are all girls and I don't trust this country to not go all christian nationalist. I firmly believe that my country is in an unrecoverable yaw until the final swing is a maga-like permanent regime. On the other, other hand, I have been known to be wrong. I hope that is the case here.
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thaiboxerken said:
Sadly, I believe the Democrats will not hold The Regime accountable for all of the corruption and lawbreaking, which will pave the way for Republicans to gain power back, at which point they will destry democracy. Trump is only in power now because the Dems failed to prosecute him and his mafia the last time.
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The Great Zaganza said:
The fact that the US avoided full Third Reich will be seen as proof that there was no danger at all, and by the end of the next Presidency, the next Trump will be running and getting widespread support.
It's not like Trump 1.0 wasn't a complete failure already.
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I'm not there yet. We've been through civil war, Joseph McCarthy, the Bush wars. Not that they're comparable, but we've proven capable of clawing our way out of bad places in the past. MAGA may prove surprisingly fragile, but that's not really my bet. I just don't think we're in a situation that can't possibly be turned around. As things stand.

Barring an intervening disaster, I guess the midterms will give a clue.
 
thaiboxerken said:
Sadly, I believe the Democrats will not hold The Regime accountable for all of the corruption and lawbreaking, which will pave the way for Republicans to gain power back, at which point they will destry democracy. Trump is only in power now because the Dems failed to prosecute him and his mafia the last time.
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What a giant ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ mistake. Now, we can also certainly blame his concierge judge Cannon, and his sycophants on SCOTUS, but my dog, this guy should have been prosecuted back into the stone age.
 
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