[Politics] Donald Trump, US President

[Greg Bobkin]

My old man hates the foreign invasion so voted for Brexit. He was born in 1945 to a polish father and a Slovakian mother who met here after arriving a couple of years earlier. It is comparable to people who live in a new estate at the edge of town and then kick off about green belt when more houses coming on a newer estate.

I specifically remember a guy in a local Facebook group who did exactly that. And didn't understand the hypocracy when it was pointed out to him.

Mind you, he's a Portsmouth fan, so clearly a #Twat

 

[Greg Bobkin]

I really dont think so.

He doesnt need to actually change anything for the better. He just needs to keep telling everybody, and have his right wing media outlets tell everybody, that he has changed everything for the better. They believe the lies already - why else would a man like this be elected?- they just need to keep being fed more and more lies.
The landscape could be a boiling fetid mass of filth in 2028 for all but the stinking rich, and his message would be that he, and only he, is fixing things bigly, and Fox News and X and Meta and the like will spew out lies and outrageous untruths like never before.
Those who try to tell the truth will be eased out, mocked, ridiculed, set up as "Far Left Nasty People".

Its just a short step to him inventing a National Emergency to "postpone the election" by 2028. If he has the Supreme Court in his pocket, they could well uphold this.

Failing that - an amendment of the "Two Terms Maximum" rule - "That was only meant to be two terms in a row, folks, and I didnt get two terms in a row last time because I was cheated out of it. So the Supreme Court and I have had a little chat...."

Once the lies become so big, his followers will not care. He, and/or an increasingly autocratic Republican Party, are in for years and years now I fear.

I can't believe (well, I can, but you know what I mean) that he can still tout the whole 'rigged election' thing when it was proven false, Fox got stiffed for millions over it and he even – at one stage – admitted it wasn't true.... OK Donny mate

He really doesn't care and does and says what he wants because, quite frankly, he can. Bonkers.

 

[rippleman]

And now the slimey snake oil salesman Lord Mandelson has done a complete 180 and now decided that Trump is a thoroughly nice and decent chap after all, having previously called him "reckless" and "a bully". Pathetic.

Lord Peter Mandelson says criticism of Donald Trump 'ill-judged'

The UK's choice for ambassador to the US rows back on previous comments describing Trump as "a bully".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Eeyore]

And now the slimey snake oil salesman Lord Mandelson has done a complete 180 and now decided that Trump is a thoroughly nice and decent chap after all, having previously called him "reckless" and "a bully". Pathetic.

Lord Peter Mandelson says criticism of Donald Trump 'ill-judged'

The UK's choice for ambassador to the US rows back on previous comments describing Trump as "a bully".

www.bbc.co.uk

It was very ill judged of the government to send him there in the first place.

Everyone knows what he really thinks of Trump.

 

[nicko31]

I can't believe (well, I can, but you know what I mean) that he can still tout the whole 'rigged election' thing when it was proven false, Fox got stiffed for millions over it and he even – at one stage – admitted it wasn't true.... OK Donny mate

He really doesn't care and does and says what he wants because, quite frankly, he can. Bonkers.

Yeap, so easy to forget Fox reached a $787 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in a defamation lawsuit over its reporting of the 2020 presidential election. They now continue as if nothing ever happened

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

It was very ill judged of the government to send him there in the first place.

Everyone knows what he really thinks of Trump.

Might be a good appointment. Trump knows he can’t bully or threaten him, equally he can’t get on his good side. It’ll be interesting…

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Why does RFK sound like he smokes 80 fags a day but wants to be the head honcho of health ?

 

[Greenbag50]

Voice spasmodic Disphonia

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/29/nx-s1-5279176/rfk-voice-spasmodic-dysphonia

 

[Algernon]

Of course it will. It’s not the end of days. It’s an idiot in the White House. Been plenty of those before. Seen em come, seen em go.

Sacha Baron Cohen must be working on the script for this already.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Might be a good appointment. Trump knows he can’t bully or threaten him, equally he can’t get on his good side. It’ll be interesting…

Indeed. Trump has an odd attitude to people because he can't stand anyone who doesn't like him and yet he is desperate to be liked and loved by everyone.

 

[US Seagull]

That’s not how the Constitution is amended.

It's not about amending the Constitution, it's about interpreting the text of the Constitution. Something that falls to SCOTUS to do. A SCOTUS that is completely in Trump's pocket.

 

[vegster]

And now the slimey snake oil salesman Lord Mandelson has done a complete 180 and now decided that Trump is a thoroughly nice and decent chap after all, having previously called him "reckless" and "a bully". Pathetic.

Lord Peter Mandelson says criticism of Donald Trump 'ill-judged'

The UK's choice for ambassador to the US rows back on previous comments describing Trump as "a bully".

www.bbc.co.uk

Mandy is just doing what Trump does, lying. Don't get upset, it's ok to lie these days and the bigger the whopper, the better. We live in a " Fact Fluid " society thanks to the likes of Trump, Johnson, Farage and many so called journalists....what parties ? What 40 hospitals ? What sovereignty ?

 

[vegster]

Sacha Baron Cohen must be working on the script for this already.

I don't think he can write a script that is as absurd as current real life.

 

[beorhthelm]

It's not about amending the Constitution, it's about interpreting the text of the Constitution. Something that falls to SCOTUS to do. A SCOTUS that is completely in Trump's pocket.

they cant interpret away the 22nd amendment.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Mandy is just doing what Trump does, lying. Don't get upset, it's ok to lie these days and the bigger the whopper, the better. We live in a " Fact Fluid " society thanks to the likes of Trump, Johnson, Farage and many so called journalists....what parties ? What 40 hospitals ? What sovereignty ?

Indeed, Starmer voted against Heathrow back in opposition. Then fibbed again on tax rises, they all do it to suit their personal objectives.

 

[US Seagull]

they cant interpret away the 22nd amendment.

Yes they can. And you are naive to think they can't. This is the court that Trump has created. This is what it's for. They have repeatedly demonstrated the ability to legally stand on their heads to find a justification for their rules. Regardless of how thin (or non-existent) the legal reasoning is.

 

[superseagull1994]

What is it that Trump has done so far in his presidency that people disagree with ?

All seems pretty sensible to me.

Now if he can crack on and get some sort of ceasefire/agreement in Ukraine then happy days.

He has 2 years to get all his stuff done before the mid terms

This https://www.wgbh.org/news/2025-01-2...program-that-prevented-26-million-aids-deaths

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

There is a balance between sending people who break the law back to their native nations and targeting whole communities. If Trump gets this wrong, and it looks like he's going to, then long-term this would be catastrophic for Republican Party, as they can't just rely on White male votes as that is a shrinking base.

As I said earlier, it's not just white males. White females are supporters almost to the same degree. It's inexplicable.

 

[beorhthelm]

Yes they can. And you are naive to think they can't. This is the court that Trump has created. This is what it's for. They have repeatedly demonstrated the ability to legally stand on their heads to find a justification for their rules. Regardless of how thin (or non-existent) the legal reasoning is.

naive? maybe. i'm just surpriseed how fragile the US constitution and political structure has become, when it was supposed to stop exactly this sort of thing.

 

[Bakero]

As I said earlier, it's not just white males. White females are supporters almost to the same degree. It's inexplicable.

I heard earlier that 54% of American adults read at a 6th grade level (ie 11 years old) or below. That might explain it in part.

Before the schadenfreude fully kicks in, 33% of British adults have similarly poor literacy skills. Unsurprising, perhaps. What's amazing is that puts us 9th in the OECD table (the US are 16th out of 31)