The Trump Presidency - Part 2



Trump is going to be pissed as he's been blocked by the courts a few times in the last few weeks. Let's see what happens at the hearing on Wednesday.
 
TheGame said:
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Yeah, but he probably only spoke to Democrat voters and the odd Republican. I watched a report on Sky News last night where the reporter went somewhere that had voted heavily for Trump and every single Republican they spoke to were over the moon with everything he and band of bellends are doing, especially with the way they are handling Ukraine and Canada.

He spoke to a few Dems and of course they were all disgusted and some were livid too.
 
VorZakone said:
"Shalom, Mahmoud" bro...this is some insane shit.

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It's shocking on so many levels.

Fairly sad state of things that a peaceful protest in relation to thousands of innocent people being slaughtered is being called anti-semetic, and used as an excuse to throw people out of the country because if you're against innocents being slaughtered you're pro-hamas. The official white house account and president of the US then essentially taunting a person that's been arrested, christ.
 
Smores said:
Wouldn't work, it's quite clear the US are looking at de-escalating language. The Hitler thing works on the European audience because there's a more real threat but the US don't see a threat to themselves, only opportunity.

If he wasn't willing to bite his tongue, put on a suit and blow smoke up Trumps peace efforts he shouldn't have gone it's that simple. I'm sure some will respond saying he shouldn't have to, and he shouldn't but that's the reality as the US aren't obligated to assist indefinitely.
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Are they not?

Budapest (?) Agreement 1994.
 

DOJ Official Ousted After Refusing To Recommend Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights Be Restored​

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The pardon attorney for the Department of Justice was dismissed one day after she refused to recommend gun rights be restored to Mel Gibson after he pleaded guilty to a domestic violence charge.


In an interview with The New York Times published on Monday, Elizabeth Oyer said she was not given a reason for her termination, but that it came on the heels of her decision regarding the actor, who pleaded guilty in 2011 to misdemeanor battery of his ex-girlfriend.


“This is dangerous. This isn’t political — this is a safety issue,” she told the Times. Oyer was one of several DOJ officials to be let go on Friday as President Donald Trump has sought to fill key government positions with loyalists.
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“He then essentially explained to me that Mel Gibson has a personal relationship with President Trump and that should be sufficient basis for me to make a recommendation and that I would be wise to make the recommendation,” she said. The next day, Oyer showed up at work and received a letter informing her of her termination.
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https://www.mediaite.com/news/doj-o...recommend-mel-gibsons-gun-rights-be-restored/

firing due to not following through with favours is just the norm now.
 
He’s totally unhinged just doubled down on the economic war with Canada, again rambling about 51st state nonsense. Markets will continue to bleed in the near future.
 
The mad thing is Trump actually means the 51st state thing. It's not just trolling — he genuinely does think it's conceivable that he'll be able to annex Canada at some point.
 
MikeUpNorth said:
The mad thing is Trump actually means the 51st state thing. It's not just trolling — he genuinely does think it's conceivable that he'll be able to annex Canada at some point.
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He's an old fool surrounded by yes men. This is why nobody has explained that people seeking asylum aren't actually from asylums.
 
MikeUpNorth said:
The mad thing is Trump actually means the 51st state thing. It's not just trolling — he genuinely does think it's conceivable that he'll be able to annex Canada at some point.
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I honestly think he's just leveraging the Bannon doctrine of manufacturing chaos to distract the masses while he sneaks the real heinous shite in. The 51st state distraction is just that.
 
He is now smashing the oblivious-muppet record set by Liz Truss and the markets are starting to screw him and his minions. It will be painful to see, also remember WWII actually started after a big crash market. Omg!
 
So in my infinite selfishness I kept telling myself, well, he may be a power hungry, narcissist, pathologically lying, shitclown, wannabe dictator, but at least he will be good for my stocks...
 
TheGame said:
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What is the background on the tariffs Canada is taking on imports he's constantly bemoaning? Is there anything to it (and if so, what are the backgrounds on that?) or is he just making that up out of thin air (especially numbers such as 250% or 390%)?
 
Bestie07 said:
My portfolio is bleeding, lost more than a tenth of its value in the last few weeks.
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Same due to this fecking idiot. Glad I sold my tech stocks in Feb but still got a chunky weighting in the S&P 500 which is taking a hammering, along with some other holdings.
 
Jippy said:
Same due to this fecking idiot. Glad I sold my tech stocks in Feb but still got a chunky weighting in the S&P 500 which is taking a hammering, along with some other holdings.
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Harsh on Bestie07.

All my shares are in the weapons, uhm, defense industry.
 
Zehner said:
What is the background on the tariffs Canada is taking on imports he's constantly bemoaning? Is there anything to it (and if so, what are the backgrounds on that?) or is he just making that up out of thin air (especially numbers such as 250% or 390%)?
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Canada has high tariffs in place for when countries go over their quota, which they never do.
Worth noting that the 270% tariff on dairy is something trump himself helped negotiate and sign.
 
Zehner said:
What is the background on the tariffs Canada is taking on imports he's constantly bemoaning? Is there anything to it (and if so, what are the backgrounds on that?) or is he just making that up out of thin air (especially numbers such as 250% or 390%)?
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We do charge high tariffs on certain agricultural products as a protection to our industries. The US does the same and these are agreed per the best ever/worst ever trade deal he came up with to replace NAFTA.

Most Canadians wouldn't want US dairy products anyway. We have more restrictions on what's allowed in our cows and that makes our product better.
 
KirkDuyt said:
So in my infinite selfishness I kept telling myself, well, he may be a power hungry, narcissist, pathologically lying, shitclown, wannabe dictator, but at least he will be good for my stocks...
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Same here
 
If Trump keeps escalating the tariffs, some people close to him will get pissed off as well. I don‘t think he can keep this going very long.
 
NLunited said:
If Trump keeps escalating the tariffs, some people close to him will get pissed off as well. I don‘t think he can keep this going very long.
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People close to him are going to be ahead of the news and filling their pockets.
 
NLunited said:
If Trump keeps escalating the tariffs, some people close to him will get pissed off as well. I don‘t think he can keep this going very long.
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This won’t change until it becomes clear to house / senate republicans that the threat of getting primaried by Trump / Musk candidates is outweighed by the pressure / unpopularity within their own constituencies. Currently GOP and USA by an extension (as they hold all 3 branches) is authoritarian by nature.
 
TheGame said:
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"Let's bring back manufacturing to the US by making it more expensive to import materials for manufacturing."

Or maybe the tariffs were never meant to bring manufacturing back in the first place. Who would've thought.
 
NotChatGPT said:
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/10/politics/trump-canada-dairy-tariffs-fact-check/index.html
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FriedClams said:
Canada has high tariffs in place for when countries go over their quota, which they never do.
Worth noting that the 270% tariff on dairy is something trump himself helped negotiate and sign.
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Dr. Dwayne said:
We do charge high tariffs on certain agricultural products as a protection to our industries. The US does the same and these are agreed per the best ever/worst ever trade deal he came up with to replace NAFTA.

Most Canadians wouldn't want US dairy products anyway. We have more restrictions on what's allowed in our cows and that makes our product better.
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Thanks a lot
 
Maagge said:
"Let's bring back manufacturing to the US by making it more expensive to import materials for manufacturing."

Or maybe the tariffs were never meant to bring manufacturing back in the first place. Who would've thought.
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It doesn’t even make sense from a national security perspective given how close the relationship is between two countries, in case of war (e.g. with China) does anyone honestly believe Canada would stop supplying steel to the US? A complete buffoon.
 
Silver lining of Canada being annexed is that it's 60 guaranteed electoral votes for the dems.

What negates that is the only way Canada is being annexed is through a full US dictatorship under Trump, making the above moot.
 
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