Donald Trump the Megathread part II - mod warnings in OP, Updated 18/03/25

He's just another grifter that happens to lean the same way as I do on DJT.

Churning out the 10min vids several times a day, all with less depth than a puddle is simply monetising frustration for his own benefit. Trump I suspect has been very profitable for them.

Nothing against online commentary but when it consists of a NYT headline followed by effectively the same rant to fill the ten minutes, doesn't make you feel informed or further opposition which he ostensibly supports. All the while doing so on a platform whose CEO backed Trump.

But got to get to 5m subscribers. Don't forget to like and comment and of course check out the merch store.

I reckon that's the way to go for governments now, private meetings as the Trump team can't be trusted not to make any meeting an ambush to sate the rabid true believers.

Anyone who can claim that the SC decision 9 - 0 against was a win is not going to be argued with. And the cult will believe it was a win. There is no way to prove anything to people who do not want to know.

One possibly encouraging thing is that Trump is an old man. If he was 45 or 50, he would arguably be much more dangerous as we could be facing into 30+ plus years of Trumpism.

I'm not sure I buy the idea that Vance will be Trump 2. He clearly is a personality vacuum and is uncharismatic - hard to see how he could ever have a cult like following.

It won't matter. Once Trump has effectively crossed the line of democracy the next leader is whomever the party decides it will be and the people will be told to like him. The likes of Fox etc will then flood the zone with stories about how amazing and normal Vance actually is and anyone that says otherwise is part of the Fake News.

Popularity or charisma has nothing to do with, apart from allowing one to climb the ranks within the party.

Trump has crossed that line. He is ruling without any input from Congress or the Senate and is ignoring SCOTUS. Nothing now to stop him for calling an emergency and doing an executive order to postpone the elections.

Hope he wore his best eyeliner for the occasion.

I know the feeling. Brother in US since late teens-now a citizen, retired law enforcement. As different in all aspects to me as can be imagined. When I visit,NO politics discussed and have to watch Fox News.

What floored me,on a FBook discussion my sister sent on to me—I am not on FB. Himself and his partner trashing DEI with all the usual lies, people should get jobs only on merit. Their daughter is mmm, I would say is mildly autistic. Has a part-time job bagging groceries at a local supermarket. Most certainly a candidate for a DEI hire and I applaud the supermarket, but Bro cannot see this. Does me head in!

What a load of nonsense, millions of Americans who voted for Trump are not a cult. How about his policies actually resonate with people. His message has been clear for decades, every speech has basically been about trade and immigration. These two issues are now front and center. This is why people voted for Trump.

If that's true then why didn't it happen during his first term?

We know his hotels are entirely dependent on irregular immigrants.

He ran on building a wall and making Mexico pay for it?

How much do you know about his success with that policy?

Do you know that it didn't happen.

Do you know Mexico told him to **** off when he embarrassing asked the Mexican government to not publicly admit that it wasn't going to happen?

Do you know about Steve Bannon, and how he committed fraud by getting people to donate to build the wall, only for him to later misappropriate the money?

Do you know that he pardoned Steve Bannon for defrauding MAGA supporters?

Yeah - sounds very similar to an encounter I had with my cousin last year. It's actually quite disturbing to have someone you grew up with and thought you knew well come out with this nonsense.

Of course Trump supporters and apologists on this thread will hape this as a beautiful deal, the best, wonderfully etc.…

Whilst I don’t support illegal crossings (but do support a fair system for immigration to USA) - in my own view, it’s not that the border is better protected (albeit it probably is)- it’s because a lot fewer people are willing to experience the wrath of ICE and MAGA combined- something that the democrats could also have achieved when in power if they so wished - you don’t have to stop all immigration - you just need to stop the undesirables - and treat them harshly - Democrats didn’t do that so whilst I despise the current regime I do criticise the previous one on illegal crossings - it was simply bizarre what they allowed.

But- agriculture no less many other industries still need immigrants - it’s that simple- so what’s the MAGA view and when will they implement it? Great no one wants to travel to America in case their pecker gets chopped off by an overzealous border guard- fine, message understood- but what about letting in the people who keep the economy going and doing the jobs Americans don’t want to do, but need to be done in order to keep the wheels going around?

I’ll be listening to the farmers in the coming months - they should be a vocal bunch if they’re not finding the labour they need

https://youtu.be/uPREWIv7Qs4?t=502