[Help] Coping strategies for Donald Trump

[Giraffe]

This is an odd thread. This is the democratically elected leader of one of our closest allies. He's not a dictator. He also showed in his last presidency that he does't randomly start wars despite all the scaremongering beforehand. I actually think he prevents them by being strong. All he has said as far as I can see is that he wants to make his country great and he will always put the needs of his country first ahead of all else. Seems pretty reasonable to me.

 

[sparkie]

A guy at work totally isolated himself from news years ago. He didn't even know about the Brexit referendum.

What a blissful life to lead, and one I've seriously contemplated.

I also imagine a world where social media is burned down completely ( social media sites like Facebook, X etc. not message boards like NSC which were around before the term 'social media' ). I think that world is called Elysium.

 

[brighton_tom]

Getting rid of Twitter really helped. Now he just completely passes me by

Got bigger things to worry about than the president of another country

Ditching all social media really is the way forward.

 

[portlock seagull]

My blood pressure rises at the sound and sight of him, his entourage and 'experts' analysing his latest destructive / mad ideas.

My coping strategy is to avoid news and current affairs and listen to Radios 3, 3 Unwind and 6.

What are yours?

Am doing the same. I haven;t watched the news all week. Wife and I last time refused to travel to the States on holiday whilst he's in the White House, and we'll do so again.

 

[Simster]

This is an odd thread. This is the democratically elected leader of one of our closest allies. He's not a dictator. He also showed in his last presidency that he does't randomly start wars despite all the scaremongering beforehand. I actually think he prevents them by being strong. All he has said as far as I can see is that he wants to make his country great and he will always put the needs of his country first ahead of all else. Seems pretty reasonable to me.

Where do you stand on his threats to take the Panama Canal and Greenland by force if necessary?

Does that seem "pretty reasonable"?

 

[Chicken Run]

Where do you stand on his threats to take the Panama Canal and Greenland by force if necessary?

Does that seem "pretty reasonable"?

Does it really matter where @Giraffe stands on Frumps threats to take the PC or Greenland, you’re not likely to be having an evening of fine wine and liberal conversation with him anytime soon

You’ll be asking where he stands on the Gold Standard next, pretty bunny rabbits

 

[Zeberdi]

Remember there’s absolutely nothing you can do, and ranting constantly online or to friends will just bore everyone to tears and make you even more angry and anxious.

Next time you feel angry about Trump, go for a walk, go to the gym, watch a movie, play a video game - whatever you enjoy - and forget he exists.

Don’t live your life vicariously through the President of another country.

Or see the humour in his buffoonish incompetency and stupidity - it may be gallows but it really works!

I hated Thatcher with a vengeance but I found her highly amusing and kept the anger and anxiety at a distance by getting great entertaining mileage out of her mannerisms.

 

[A1X]

Hope that last sentence wasn’t aimed at me! I’m incredibly left in some areas and really quite right in others. Many people find it confusing if you don’t follow every tenet of one “side”

No perish the thought, it was a dig at one of our "esteemed" moderators who doesn't appear to understand that some people might be feeling genuine anxiety and instead chose to make a "lefty tears" gag about it.

 

[Zeberdi]

This is an odd thread. This is the democratically elected leader of one of our closest allies. He's not a dictator. He also showed in his last presidency that he does't randomly start wars despite all the scaremongering beforehand. I actually think he prevents them by being strong. All he has said as far as I can see is that he wants to make his country great and he will always put the needs of his country first ahead of all else. Seems pretty reasonable to me.

Well guess you aren’t a gay, Latino on a very low income then

 

[A1X]

This is an odd thread. This is the democratically elected leader of one of our closest allies. He's not a dictator. He also showed in his last presidency that he does't randomly start wars despite all the scaremongering beforehand. I actually think he prevents them by being strong. All he has said as far as I can see is that he wants to make his country great and he will always put the needs of his country first ahead of all else. Seems pretty reasonable to me.

He's also effectively said that Trans people no longer exist and allowed 1,500 extremely loyal psychopaths out onto the streets with a clean rap sheet to buy whatever guns they want. Surely you can therefore understand exactly why people are concerned about him?

 

[Zeberdi]

Oh God, I didn't mean this thread to turn into a debate about him and his policies. It was meant as a genuine question. I'm also firmly of the view that you shouldn't worry about things you can't change which helps a lot. I'm going to have to find out how to ignore threads.

It was inevitable unfortunately - the premise is people need a coping strategy because Trump is everywhere on the news and despite your best intentions, there will be people posting political opinion in support of Trump ( they wouldn’t get away with that on the Trump thread ) Then others will challenging that POV and so on. It was a really good thread question though.

Sadly you can’t put your own thread on ignore ( I often wish we could!)

I recommend in addition to the humour angle I suggested above, a nice glass of wine, feet up and binge watch Amazon or Netflix - I didn’t watch any of the catch up news of the Inauguration when I got home from work yesterday but got through 6 episodes of ’Defending Jacob’ a very enjoyable legal drama on Apple TV. No news all evening.

 

[Simster]

Does it really matter where @Giraffe stands on Frumps threats to take the PC or Greenland, you’re not likely to be having an evening of fine wine and liberal conversation with him anytime soon

You’ll be asking where he stands on the Gold Standard next, pretty bunny rabbits

You could ask "does it really matter?" about literally any opinion that's given on this board, so I'm not really sure what your point is. I mean he said everything seemed pretty reasonable, so I highlighted a couple of issues that don't seem that way.

Is that OK with you or should I run my queries past you first in future?

 

[SweatyMexican]

I just hope he gives up power in 4 years. He'd quite happily crown himself the Emperor of America if he thought he could get away with it.

 

[Chicken Run]

You could ask "does it really matter?" about literally any opinion that's given on this board, so I'm not really sure what your point is. I mean he said everything seemed pretty reasonable, so I highlighted a couple of issues that don't seem that way.

Is that OK with you or should I run my queries past you first in future?

I should just Zone out as you alluded to earlier Simo
Edit And I said What does it matter where Girraffe stands so i’m not sure what your point is

 

[nicko31]

This is an odd thread. This is the democratically elected leader of one of our closest allies. He's not a dictator. He also showed in his last presidency that he does't randomly start wars despite all the scaremongering beforehand. I actually think he prevents them by being strong. All he has said as far as I can see is that he wants to make his country great and he will always put the needs of his country first ahead of all else. Seems pretty reasonable to me.

How do you feel about Trumpy pardoning this guy ?

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/21/nx-s1-5270051/trump-pardons-dark-web-marketplace-creator-ross-ulbricht

Would you vote for Farage or another far right politician if they promised to do similar here ?

 

[Coxovi]

My blood pressure rises at the sound and sight of him, his entourage and 'experts' analysing his latest destructive / mad ideas.

My coping strategy is to avoid news and current affairs and listen to Radios 3, 3 Unwind and 6.

What are yours?

Same as in avoiding all news. Having to work hard at it at the moment.

 

[WATFORD zero]

This is an odd thread. This is the democratically elected leader of one of our closest allies. He's not a dictator. He also showed in his last presidency that he does't randomly start wars despite all the scaremongering beforehand. I actually think he prevents them by being strong. All he has said as far as I can see is that he wants to make his country great and he will always put the needs of his country first ahead of all else. Seems pretty reasonable to me.

Well posts from Farage supporters rallying round to support Trump are not odd at all. Quite the opposite

*edit*

How do you feel about Trumpy pardoning this guy ?

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/21/nx-s1-5270051/trump-pardons-dark-web-marketplace-creator-ross-ulbricht

Would you 'continue to' vote for Farage or another far right politician if they promised to do similar here ?

Corrected for you.

 

[Eeyore]

This is an odd thread. This is the democratically elected leader of one of our closest allies. He's not a dictator. He also showed in his last presidency that he does't randomly start wars despite all the scaremongering beforehand. I actually think he prevents them by being strong. All he has said as far as I can see is that he wants to make his country great and he will always put the needs of his country first ahead of all else. Seems pretty reasonable to me.

Did he not say he would use economic force to make Canada a US state ? Then there's Greenland. And the chilling statement about expanding America's borders.

Not all wars are fought with guns. As it happens, as I said previously, he may be good for the Ukraine crisis. We'll have to see.

 

[dwayne]

Where do you stand on his threats to take the Panama Canal and Greenland by force if necessary?

Does that seem "pretty reasonable"?

That's not what he said..... He just refused to rule it out. He would never do it in a million years.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

This is an odd thread. This is the democratically elected leader of one of our closest allies. He's not a dictator. He also showed in his last presidency that he does't randomly start wars despite all the scaremongering beforehand. I actually think he prevents them by being strong. All he has said as far as I can see is that he wants to make his country great and he will always put the needs of his country first ahead of all else. Seems pretty reasonable to me.

But he's bonkers.....