A Political Thread pt. 2

[Which Tyler]

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/03/21/trump_well_sell_toned_down_planes_to_our_allies_one_day_they_might_not_be_allies.html

DONALD TRUMP (Re: F47): Certain allies, we will be selling them, perhaps, a toned-down version. We like to tone it down about 10%, which probably makes sense, because maybe some of them are not our allies, right?

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

So when Biden does it for the first time, it's justified, Trump took documents (Biden would never do that) but when Trump follows suit your outraged?

Let's be honest, does Biden have capacity? Is Hunter trustworthy?

There are probably arguments for and against the names on the list, and I have seen the full list, but Democrats seem to have a great skill for being short sighted. They set a precedent and then surprise Pikachu face when the next government do the same thing lol

I honestly don't care about ex presidents ability to access classified information, I just don't understand the pearl clutching only when Trump does something.

Let's say I agree it's him being petty, and vindictive, I would also keep the same energy when Biden did it though.

Trump ended his presidency by intentionally stealing vast quantities of highly classified documents, blocking attempts to get then back to the degree his house had to be raided to get them back, and stood by as his fanatics stormed the capitol based on his lies and refusal to accept the result of the election or oversee a peaceful transfer of power...

No other ex president has done that and shown they will put themselves ahead if the country.

 

[AlRums]

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/03/21/trump_well_sell_toned_down_planes_to_our_allies_one_day_they_might_not_be_allies.html

Alan Sugar says "you're fired, for bloody awful sales technique"

Mind you, it's made by Boeing so bits will probably fall off instead of bombs.

 

[AlRums]

Trump ended his presidency by intentionally stealing vast quantities of highly classified documents, blocking attempts to get then back to the degree his house had to be raided to get them back, and stood by as his fanatics stormed the capitol based on his lies and refusal to accept the result of the election or oversee a peaceful transfer of power...

No other ex president has done that and shown they will put themselves ahead if the country.

And you know four years from now it will all happen again

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

And you know four years from now it will all happen again

Yep, and there will be a stupid push by Republicans to bend or break every law to try to secure him a 3rd term

 

[Which Tyler]

Yep, and there will be a stupid push by Republicans to bend or break every law to try to secure him a 3rd term

Or they'll find a reason to call martial law and not hold an election...
Assuming Trump's still alive, no-one else seems to have his teflon coating

 

[AlRums]

Food banks scramble after USDA halts $500 million in deliveries

https://us.cnn.com/2025/03/22/politics/food-banks-usda-delivery-halt/index.html

 

[AlRums]

US blocks Canadian access to cross-border library, sparking outcry

US officials claim move was to curb drug trafficking while Quebec town says it ‘weakens collaboration’ among nations

www.theguardian.com

 

[AlRums]

Trump And A Powerhouse Law Firm Are Telling Different Stories About Their Shocking Agreement

Paul Weiss buckled under Trump’s threats — but the firm’s chair circulated a different version of the “agreement” Trump published online.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

Trump suggests US control of Ukraine’s power plants in Zelensky call

The US president says peace efforts are "very much on track", a day after Russia's president declined to agree a full ceasefire.

www.bbc.co.uk

Readouts of Trump-Putin Call Reaffirm Divergence of US, RF Views on Path to Peace | Russia Matters

www.russiamatters.org

There's a common theme here, trump claiming one thing and all the other sides disputing these with different records.

Who do you believe?

 

[General Melchett]

Looks like Putin has been giving Erdogan a few tips on how to deal with political opponents.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkish-prosecutors-demand-istanbul-mayor-imamoglu-be-jailed-pending-trial-2025-03-23/

 

[McTallshort]

Looks like Putin has been giving Erdogan a few tips on how to deal with political opponents.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkish-prosecutors-demand-istanbul-mayor-imamoglu-be-jailed-pending-trial-2025-03-23/

Think he's trying to get into Trumps good books

 

[Weldit]

 

[mikebrownsauce1512]

Private Eye magazine

Sounds like a porn magazine.

 

[Welsh Exile]

Private Eye magazine

Sounds like a porn magazine.

You never heard of Private Eye? You absolute philistine. I thought all you English rugby fans ate caviar and smelled each others farts?

 

[mikebrownsauce1512]

I thought all you English rugby fans ate caviar and smelled each others farts?

I wish we did

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

You never heard of Private Eye? You absolute philistine. I thought all you English rugby fans ate caviar and smelled each others farts?

Better than eating farts and smelling of caviar I guess, which incidentally is probably what yous see in MBS vision of private eye...

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Trumps billionaire Commerce secretary, and the guy who oversees the social security administration, said only fraudsters would complain if social security wasn't paid in a month...

So setting up to not make a payment and then labelling anyone who complains as a fraudster. This sort of crap is sickening.

 

[Sour Patch Kid]

@TRF_Olyy
Thread is 1000 pages long - do we want to take pity on the server and start afresh?
Maybe separate out N.American politics from European? Or European from RotW?

Good idea but one question. Out of curiosity, if I want to post about the US kicking Prince Harry out for falsifying immigration paperwork and that we (collectively as a nation) are willing to trade him back to the UK for a haggis, would that be in the American political or the European political thread?

 

[Weldit]

Good idea but one question. Out of curiosity, if I want to post about the US kicking Prince Harry out for falsifying immigration paperwork and that we (collectively as a nation) are willing to trade him back to the UK for a haggis, would that be in the American political or the European political thread?

Seems more like a trade thread. We'll take him if you'll have Boris Johnson back.

 

[Saintjay]

Good idea but one question. Out of curiosity, if I want to post about the US kicking Prince Harry out for falsifying immigration paperwork and that we (collectively as a nation) are willing to trade him back to the UK for a haggis, would that be in the American political or the European political thread?

You'll have to go on the Scottish thread for haggis.