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I think it’s worth establishing a thread to document the coming 4 years’ worth of the madness of Trump.

We’ve already had a declared intention to take over Greenland, force Canada to become the 51st state, and seize ownership of the Panama Canal. Now he has decided to appoint Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, and the fucking-off-his-trolley Jon Voight as his “Hollywood envoys” who will apparently “make Hollywood great again”. (How ?).

And he’s not even formally back in the White House until Monday afternoon.

Next : Fuck Ukraine. Fuck NATO. Tariffs all round ???

Given that he is a climate change denier it is very fitting that his inauguration is being held indoors because of a severe weather warning.

satnav wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2025 10:25 pm Given that he is a climate change denier it is very fitting that his inauguration is being held indoors because of a severe weather warning.

It will be the biggest indoors ever.

Mind you, there may have been a sliver of hope from history had the Trump vanity led him to insist on doing it outdoors.

In 1841, then-President William Henry Harrison, 68, gave the longest inauguration speech in US history in cold, wet conditions.
He caught a cold and subsequently pneumonia, and died exactly one month later, making his presidency the shortest in US history.

Sad to see Stallone making a fool of himself amidst his enjoyable sunset years on the screen.
Arnie Vs Sly? Arnie.

davidjay wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2025 10:34 pm

satnav wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2025 10:25 pm Given that he is a climate change denier it is very fitting that his inauguration is being held indoors because of a severe weather warning.

It will be the biggest indoors ever.

Yes, that’s an interesting point. After the last one causing such a stir about numbers, I was expecting thousands being bussed in, with the offer of free beer, to swell the numbers. Looks like Donnie’s going to be disappointed

Youngian wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2025 6:56 am Sad to see Stallone making a fool of himself amidst his enjoyable sunset years on the screen.
Arnie Vs Sly? Arnie.

He makes my skin crawl. Always has.

Youngian wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2025 6:56 am Sad to see Stallone making a fool of himself amidst his enjoyable sunset years on the screen.
Arnie Vs Sly? Arnie.

Always Arnie.

All the sensible Hollywooders will be "Gettin' to da chopper".

The Donald apparently has about 100 executive orders ready to be signed off double quick as soon as he's back behind the desk in the oval office. One is about rounding up hundreds of people and deporting them. Fuck knows what the rest are, but you might be able to guess - your guess probably won't be nearly as shit as the reality.

Oh, how the Donald loves his executive orders.

One school of thought is that he will threaten all sorts of things in order to get great terms for America, and it's all just bluff and he'd never be mad enough to nuke the moon or invade Antarctica or whatever.

Counter to that is if the rest of the world calls his bluff, knowing he's 3 parts bullshit and one part piss, he'll get angry (angrier?) and everyone duck and cover.

US global reach relies on a concert of powers that hosts their bases and sees America as trusted security partners. Trump sees these allies as transactional and believes Limeys, Ragheads, Krauts, slopes, Sambos and beaners are getting a free ride from Uncle Sam's military protection and need to pay up.
If you let Trump shake you down he'll come back for more. So where will that leave America if its global allies call Trump and suggest Uncle Sam pack its bags and we'll figure it out without them?

France did that a few years ago, and it's still around.

davidjay wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2025 10:34 pm

satnav wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2025 10:25 pm Given that he is a climate change denier it is very fitting that his inauguration is being held indoors because of a severe weather warning.

It will be the biggest indoors ever.

Bigger than the tiny, corrupt, unpleasant outdoors.
All my golf courses are indoors.

Winners have roofs.

Oboogie wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2025 4:56 pm Winners have roofs.

NOT YOU MEL GIBSON!!!

What it means is that no one went broke underestimating the gullibilty of the American public.
A man once put rocks in paper bags, called them a Pet Rock and sold them for a Dollar each. He became a millionaire.

All the marks who got pumped and dumped by hawk tuah girl.

Good article here on how having no real principles is an advantage for him

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/ar ... aign=share

On most issues, Trump has no principles, and even on subjects where it seems like he might—such as China—he has shown remarkable flexibility, as when he moved to ban TikTok in his first term but then about-faced after one of the platform’s chief investors became a top donor. Because Trump believes nothing, he holds out the tantalizing prospect that he could do anything, and many people are willing to take him up on the offer.

Such overt double-dealing allows Trump to manage the many contradictions of his coalition by giving something to everyone: evangelical Zionists and Muslim anti-Zionists; Jewish conservatives and anti-Semitic white nationalists; devout Christians and libertine Barstool bros; elite Silicon Valley moguls and working-class union members. Outsiders look at Trump’s supporters and see an unruly rabble riven with irreconcilable tensions. But they miss what makes the entire operation tick.

The Weeping Angel wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2025 11:27 pm Good article here on how having no real principles is an advantage for him

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/ar ... aign=share

On most issues, Trump has no principles, and even on subjects where it seems like he might—such as China—he has shown remarkable flexibility, as when he moved to ban TikTok in his first term but then about-faced after one of the platform’s chief investors became a top donor. Because Trump believes nothing, he holds out the tantalizing prospect that he could do anything, and many people are willing to take him up on the offer.

Such overt double-dealing allows Trump to manage the many contradictions of his coalition by giving something to everyone: evangelical Zionists and Muslim anti-Zionists; Jewish conservatives and anti-Semitic white nationalists; devout Christians and libertine Barstool bros; elite Silicon Valley moguls and working-class union members. Outsiders look at Trump’s supporters and see an unruly rabble riven with irreconcilable tensions. But they miss what makes the entire operation tick.

So Trump’s a West Country Lib Dem.

All extremists seemingly have dilemmas, whether it's the far left using capitalist Microsoft or the fash having to support Jews against Muzzies. What makes them continue is that they don't care, provided their main enemy is still their enemy.