Thread: President Trump - 2nd Term

Originally Posted by hallelujah

... I mean you could argue that Britain has been at war with Russia for about 200 years, but imagine declaring that the US is no longer an ally!!!!

The US wasn't exactly an ally during the Suez Crisis in 1956. The US government pursues American interests. It won't always be an ally.

Thought this was pretty funny!

Trump deploys national guard troops to Los Angeles.


Tiananmen Trump


President Trump took extraordinary action on Saturday by calling up 2,000 National Guard troops to quell immigration protests in California, making rare use of federal powers and bypassing the authority of the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom.
It is the first time since 1965 that a president has activated a state’s National Guard force without a request from that state’s governor, according to Elizabeth Goitein, senior director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, an independent law and policy organization. The last time was when President Lyndon B. Johnson sent troops to Alabama to protect civil rights demonstrators in 1965, she said.
Mr. Newsom, a Democrat, immediately rebuked the president’s action. “That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions,” Mr. Newsom said, adding that “this is the wrong mission and will erode public trust.”
Governors almost always control the deployment of National Guard troops in their states. But the directive signed by Mr. Trump cites ”10 U.S.C. 12406,” referring to a specific provision within Title 10 of the U.S. Code on Armed Services. Part of that provision allows the federal deployment of National Guard forces if “there is a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States.”


nytimes.com

Betting on the orange sex pest to win both cases in SCOTUS?

A federal appeals court on Friday declined to rehear President Donald Trump's challenge to a $5m (£3.6m) sexual abuse and defamation suit he lost to writer E Jean Carroll two years ago.

In May 2023, a New York jury awarded Ms Carroll damages over her civil claim that Mr Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1990s, and then branded the incident a hoax on social media. He denied the allegations.
Mr Trump, 78, had asked for a hearing before the full US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, after a three-judge panel rejected his appeal.
The appellate court did not offer an explanation, though two of the 13 judges, both appointed by Mr Trump, dissented.


Ms Carroll, a former magazine columnist who is now 81, accused Mr Trump of attacking her in the mid-1990s in a Bergdorf Goodman department store dressing room in Manhattan, and later defaming her on Truth Social in a 2022 post denying her claim.

Mr Trump has called her accusations a lie on several occasions, claiming she was "not my type".

The US Supreme Court is the last place Mr Trump can appeal the $5m decision.
He has also appealed a separate jury's decision in 2024 finding him liable of defaming Ms Carroll and awarding her nearly $84m.

I hope he wins. Even if they just reduce the $s. It's fascinating that SCOTUS gets involved.

Originally Posted by 39TG

I hope he wins. Even if they just reduce the $s. It's fascinating that SCOTUS gets involved.

Why do you hope a adjudicated sex case gets off lightly? Wouldn't you like to see what he got up to with Epstein?

With Epstein, yes. I think the damages ($s) are ridiculous. US $84 million for defamation proves there is bias against Mr. Trump.

Originally Posted by 39TG

I hope he wins

Yes, the world needs more pussy-grabbing sex offenders, operating with impunity.

Originally Posted by 39TG

I think it’s fascinating that SCOTUS gets involved

If by fascinating, you mean fucking ridiculous, then yeah, it’s fascinating.

Democratic lawmaker killed, another wounded in politically motivated attack.

Two Minnesota lawmakers have been shot in their separate homes.
One of the lawmakers – Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman – has died, as has her husband, Mark, the state’s governor, Tim Walz, confirmed at a press conference on Saturday. He said the shooting “appears to be a politically motivated assassination”.

MAGA

Very sad news. Trump and MAGA with the help of FOX News and Brietbart have created this incredible division and polarization in the USA. It is all on them.

Originally Posted by beachbound

Democratic lawmaker killed, another wounded in politically motivated attack.

Two Minnesota lawmakers have been shot in their separate homes.
One of the lawmakers – Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman – has died, as has her husband, Mark, the state’s governor, Tim Walz, confirmed at a press conference on Saturday. He said the shooting “appears to be a politically motivated assassination”.

MAGA