Donald Trump Appreciation Thread

[spyinthesky]

We have to expect that Trump and his band of cult members will detach from NATO at some stage within his remaining years and the threat of Russia invading another of the countries in their purported sphere of influence will increase.
Hopefully the Ukrainians will do their utmost to keep Putin occupied.
The country getting the most benefit from Trump is probably China.
Meantime the cost of jet fuel will rise and adversely affect foreign travel plans.
Hopefully this will mean that far fewer people will be attracted to the USA for the forthcoming World Cup.
I truly hope so.

[sadoldgit]

3 hours ago, Saint86 said:

I can't see any way he gets 67% of the senate to back leaving Nato. That just isn't happening. The midterms are also coming up in November, at which point he looks set to lose control of the house and will be a lame duck president.

I don’t think that Trump is too bothered about getting the approval of Congress. He has ridden roughshod over them on many occasions so far. If he wants something he has enough useful idiots in positions of power to deliver for him. I wouldn’t rule anything out. 
As for Vance, he may be even more problematic than Trump. We can only hope that the Democrats get their act together and put the brakes on these lunatics.

[badgerx16]

13 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

I don’t think that Trump is too bothered about getting the approval of Congress. He has ridden roughshod over them on many occasions so far. If he wants something he has enough useful idiots in positions of power to deliver for him. I wouldn’t rule anything out. 

 

Even the Supreme Court would not back him against Congress. The Law on elections is cast in stone, that is why so much effort is being put into gerrymandering, by both sides, and why Congress, with it's current balance of power, has proven unable pass the SAVE Act  - he simply cannot command the majority needed to pass the Bill.

Edited yesterday at 16:15 by badgerx16

[sadoldgit]

17 hours ago, badgerx16 said:

Even the Supreme Court would not back him against Congress. The Law on elections is cast in stone, that is why so much effort is being put into gerrymandering, by both sides, and why Congress, with it's current balance of power, has proven unable pass the SAVE Act  - he simply cannot command the majority needed to pass the Bill.

He could do plenty to stop American participation in NATO without pulling out of the membership.

Remember too that the President needs to get approval from Congress to go to war and that hasn’t stopped him in Iran.

Edited 12 hours ago by sadoldgit

[Turkish]

Where has Nic gone? 

[whelk]

23 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Where has Nic gone? 

Reckon Lighthouse hit him with a stick 

[tdmickey3]

🤣

Putin ready to help resolve war in Middle East, Kremlin says

Vladimir Putin ⁠is talking to regional leaders in the Middle East and Russia is ready to contribute to resolving the Iran conflict, Moscow has said.

In his daily briefing with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "The president is ⁠continuing these contacts, and if our services are ⁠somehow required, we are, ⁠of course, ready ‌to make our contribution to ensuring that the military ‌situation transitions to a ‌peaceful course as soon as possible."

Peskov ⁠was responding to a question about Donald Trump's speech to the nation about the Iran war and his separate comment ‌that he was considering pulling the ‌US out ⁠of NATO - an alliance which Peskov said Russia viewed as "hostile".

Discussing the prospects of a Russian-Arab summit, he added: "Certainly, easing tensions in the region and minimising the negative consequences of this war are only possible through negotiations, through dialogue, for which such a summit could potentially become a good platform in the future."

[tdmickey3]

31 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Where has Nic gone? 

To a special institution for the unstable to get help

[inspectorfrost]

Inevitable that Putin sees an opportunity by offering to resolve the conflict (see Syria several years ago)

Iran have just stated that the Strait of Hormuz is open to any ships that aren't American/Israeli or belong to any related country. If an agreement could be reached where the Iranians let their countries' ships pass through the Strait in return for stopping the US/Israelis use any of their countries as a platform to launch attacks from.

Shame Starmer caved in to Trump's noise and didn't take a leaf out of the Spaniard's books. 

[sadoldgit]

20 minutes ago, inspectorfrost said:

Inevitable that Putin sees an opportunity by offering to resolve the conflict (see Syria several years ago)

Iran have just stated that the Strait of Hormuz is open to any ships that aren't American/Israeli or belong to any related country. If an agreement could be reached where the Iranians let their countries' ships pass through the Strait in return for stopping the US/Israelis use any of their countries as a platform to launch attacks from.

Shame Starmer caved in to Trump's noise and didn't take a leaf out of the Spaniard's books. 

Wasn’t the deal that the American’s could only use bases for “defensive” operations as part of protecting possible UK targets?

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, whelk said:

Reckon Lighthouse hit him with a stick 

Visited on Monday but not posted for a couple of weeks. Unless he’s training for another 5k walk I suspect we’ll see another login soon if not created already 

[badgerx16]

1 hour ago, inspectorfrost said:

Inevitable that Putin sees an opportunity by offering to resolve the conflict (see Syria several years ago)

Iran have just stated that the Strait of Hormuz is open to any ships that aren't American/Israeli or belong to any related country. If an agreement could be reached where the Iranians let their countries' ships pass through the Strait in return for stopping the US/Israelis use any of their countries as a platform to launch attacks from.

Shame Starmer caved in to Trump's noise and didn't take a leaf out of the Spaniard's books. 

The UK imports almost all of it's oil from the US, Norway, Libya, and Nigeria.  The problem is that a lot of our diesel comes from refineries in the Low Countries, which rely on imports from the Middle East.

Edited 10 hours ago by badgerx16

[AlexLaw76]

3 hours ago, sadoldgit said:

Wasn’t the deal that the American’s could only use bases for “defensive” operations as part of protecting possible UK targets?

Yeah, that is exactly what they are doing

😐🤣

[The Kraken]

3 hours ago, Turkish said:

Visited on Monday but not posted for a couple of weeks. Unless he’s training for another 5k walk I suspect we’ll see another login soon if not created already 

I was only chuckling to myself the other day about the whole 5K walk episode with Eddie the clown. Halcyon times.

[Turkish]

7 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

I was only chuckling to myself the other day about the whole 5K walk episode with Eddie the clown. Halcyon times.

Definitely the golden age. I’m hoping to see a return of Alan from Yeovil with big Chris and the rest of the road crew gang

Edited 7 hours ago by Turkish

[benjii]

7 hours ago, Turkish said:

Where has Nic gone? 

Laughed himself to death.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or ladyboy AIDS got him.

[badgerx16]

Trump talking about the important stuff in a Cabinet meeting during a war.....

 

[badgerx16]

Pam Bondi has been sacked.

[whelk]

3 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

Pam Bondi has been sacked.

Following Kristi Noem. Cull of the shrill fawning Bimbos

[whelk]

16 minutes ago, benjii said:

Or ladyboy AIDS got him.

You’ve never been there, no one has and no one knows what it’s like. You only go to Benidorm. Cornered loser.

[spyinthesky]

12 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

Pam Bondi has been sacked.

She was near the top of a truly awful group of Trump acolytes.

[spyinthesky]

5 hours ago, badgerx16 said:

The UK imports almost all of it's oil from the US, Norway, Libya, and Nigeria.  The problem is that a lot of our diesel comes from refineries in the Low Countries, which rely on imports from the Middle East.

Approx 20% of the petrol, diesel and jet fuel for use in this country is refined at Fawley.
There are now only 4 refineries in the UK whereas there used to be 6.
A lot of ships now have to use LNG under UK regulations.
The main suppliers are USA and Qatar (problematic!!)

[badgerx16]

Kemi Badenoch says something I agree with - speaking about Trump, "if you break it, you own it..... the "special relationship" is between the UK and the US, not between Donald Trump, and Keir Starmer.......He should now not be abandoning a mess that he's made, .......it doesn't feel like there is a co-ordinated plan, ( to end the war )...."

[benjii]

33 minutes ago, whelk said:

You’ve never been there, no one has and no one knows what it’s like. You only go to Benidorm. Cornered loser.

Aha! The jokes on you, because I know all about the Pattaya ladyboys, sonny Jim!

 

 

 

 

*oh, shit

[whelk]

20 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

Kemi Badenoch says something I agree with - speaking about Trump, "if you break it, you own it..... the "special relationship" is between the UK and the US, not between Donald Trump, and Keir Starmer.......He should now not be abandoning a mess that he's made, .......it doesn't feel like there is a co-ordinated plan, ( to end the war )...."

Assume a focus group reported back that Brits almost to a man loathe Trump and aware he is an irrational, irresponsible moron

[badgerx16]

1 hour ago, whelk said:

Assume a focus group reported back that Brits almost to a man loathe Trump and aware he is an irrational, irresponsible moron

Presumably she now agrees that the UK should stay out of the war.

[whelk]

A sensible leader speaks 'Be serious... don't speak every day': Macron criticises Trump approach to Iran war https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cevk0e4ykwko

Even Farage is being critical of Trump as well

[inspectorfrost]

10 hours ago, sadoldgit said:

Wasn’t the deal that the American’s could only use bases for “defensive” operations as part of protecting possible UK targets?

Hm, should play Trump at his own game and use this and his fictional timelines has an excuse to withdraw the support.

If this committee does achieve the unblocking of the strait, maybe they should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. . .

[Gloucester Saint]

11 hours ago, Turkish said:

Where has Nic gone? 

And another poster. I think you are right, an alter ego.

[skintsaint]