A Political Thread pt. 2

[AlRums]

Tulsi Gabbard declared her residency in Texas. Then she voted in Hawaii

https://us.cnn.com/2025/04/09/politics/tulsi-gabbard-texas-hawaii-voting-residency-invs/index.html

 

[AlRums]

Is the US making $2bn from tariffs - and other Trump claims

President Trump has made a series of claims about how the US faces "unfair trade" as he justifies his sweeping tariffs on imports from other countries.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[AlRums]

Trump orders investigation of two first-term administration aides who criticized him

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/09/donald-trump-retribution-miles-taylor-00007512

He never stops with the revenge

 

[AlRums]

'Not Enough': Starmer Warns Trump Tariff Fallout Won't Be Fixed With 'Any' Trade Deal

"Thinking that [...] is wrong," the prime minister warned amid the global economic turmoil.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

Maybe Kier does have a backbone after all.

Amusingly, about two hours after this article trump caved

 

[AlRums]

GOP To Change House Rules To Prevent Themselves From Blocking Trump’s Tariffs

They’re sneaking language into a procedural vote to bar lawmakers from terminating the national emergency Trump declared in order to impose his tariffs.

www.huffpost.com

Republicans now renaming themselves the invertebrates party.

 

[AlRums]

That's not the story.

The story is there has been a massive sell off of US treasury bonds in the last couple of days.

That trillion dollar debt of the USA? Doesn't take much movement in the bond market to make the interest payments really add up.

If that really starts to run away, you could be looking at the US government facing no option but to default.

Which of course, would be nothing new to the failed businessman in charge - with his track record of at least 6 bankruptcies. No-one does defaulting better than him.

You noticed something nobody else here did. Apparently the bond sell off was what caused strumpet to backtrack. Kudos

Inside Trump's tariff retreat: How fears of a bond market catastrophe convinced Trump to hit the pause button

https://us.cnn.com/2025/04/09/politics/trump-tariffs-retreat-bond-market/index.html

 

[AlRums]

Trump-backed bill to stop 'rogue' judges passes House

House lawmakers advanced a bill to block district judges from issuing nationwide injunctions in most cases.

www.foxnews.com

Courts being blocked

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Trump steps back from cliff edge of global trade war

The US is now making nice – or at least nicer - with nations that had faced their retaliatory trade fire, writes Anthony Zurcher.

www.bbc.co.uk

SMH at how unpredictable this Orange Buffoon is. And this is a guy that has the American electorate's pulse. A complete Basket case, including the 50% that voted for him that's all I can say.

 

[Kiwiwomble]

Trump steps back from cliff edge of global trade war

The US is now making nice – or at least nicer - with nations that had faced their retaliatory trade fire, writes Anthony Zurcher.

www.bbc.co.uk

SMH at how unpredictable this Orange Buffoon is. And this is a guy that has the American electorate's pulse. A complete Basket case, including the 50% that voted for him that's all I can say.

that would be the electorate thats education is ranked 31st in the world?

 

[Bada-Bing!]

that would be the electorate thats education is ranked 31st in the world?

Probably doesn't help. But I thought for a long time that America would end up tearing itself apart and every Empire will decline. Always thought their system of checks and balances would prevent such poor POTUSs.

 

[Kiwiwomble]

Probably doesn't help. But I thought for a long time that America would end up tearing itself apart and every Empire will decline. Always thought their system of checks and balances would prevent such poor POTUSs.

looking in from the outside, people seem to have lost faith in the system the administers those checks and balances and so more open to ignoring or at very least pushing them to their limits

 

[McTallshort]

Tulsi Gabbard declared her residency in Texas. Then she voted in Hawaii

https://us.cnn.com/2025/04/09/politics/tulsi-gabbard-texas-hawaii-voting-residency-invs/index.html

What about her one in St Petersburg?

 

[ncurd]

Again and again, Trump misunderstands the limits of American power.

And as a result is taking us to a global financial precipice.

goodallandgoodluck.substack.com

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Well, the world wide web was invented by a Brit

In hindsight, that doesn't always feel like a good thing.

 

[dirty harry]

Will someone arrange @AlRums a holiday...

I'm genuinely concerned about him, her, they, them, xi, xir!

 

[dirty harry]

'Not Enough': Starmer Warns Trump Tariff Fallout Won't Be Fixed With 'Any' Trade Deal

"Thinking that [...] is wrong," the prime minister warned amid the global economic turmoil.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

Maybe Kier does have a backbone after all.

Amusingly, about two hours after this article trump caved

Nothing in that article highlighted any strength whatsoever from Starmer...

Still negotiating with US and agreeing to concessions, still not condemning the Trump administration, still using Truss as a pejorative, still claiming no raise on taxes...

I don't know what you read, but backbone isn't it!

Case in point, do you actually read the daily beast, huggpost etc? If you do I feel for you, if you don't I feel for you!

 

[dirty harry]

I tell you who the real victims of this Trump tarriff debacle...

It's me!

I've had to mute both Etoro and Trading 212, the notifications are bombarding me ffs!!!

 

[Flankers' paradise]

Ms Badenoch with another car crash interview bbc breakfast this morning... can't imagine she'll still be leader of the tories come next GE

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

 

[Which Tyler]

Trump: *makes stupid decision*
*consequences*
Trump: *reverses stupid decision*
MAGA: OMG 4D CHESS! BRILLIANT MOVE! ART OF THE DEAL!