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

No, it's on those who pulled the trigger or who might have conspired with them. I'd accept the political culture doesn't help but the Dems also contribute to that.

Originally Posted by beachbound

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

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

Mr. Trump wasn't ever charged with pussy grabbing. If it occurred it appears to have been consensual or no big deal. That was his point. He was also never charged with criminal offenses against the writer. Her lawyers knew she had a big chance of getting big $ because the jury would be so biased.

I don't think Mr. Trump is a nice man. At times he has behaved badly. He's entitled to his day in court. That's not ridiculous. At least he's now not facing a court biased against him.

Originally Posted by 39TG

at times he’s behaved badly

If by, “at times”, you mean his entire fucking adult life, then yeah, at times, he’s behaved badly.

You remind me of a MAGA imbecile. You’re either not paying attention, or you have rice pudding between your ears.

Accusations are just that. Accusations. They are dime a dozen against wealthy men today. Garland and the states had 4 years to sort this out. They didn't. Meanwhile Mr. Trump is entitled to his legal presumption of innocence. I accept water cooler talk will go beyond that. Mr. Trump easily passed the character test with American voters and his Republican peers. I respect that but he would have failed my character test for an office as prestigious as POTUS.

Kim Jong Un seemed a lot happier at his parades. Can't believe this silly road show cost 45 million dollars. I was most embarrassed by some tank soldiers saluting Trump like North Koreans. My buddy from Army 10th Mountain felt the same way. Total waste of ego dollars.

Originally Posted by 39TG

Accusations are just that. Accusations. They are dime a dozen against wealthy men today.

By all means name another wealthy man who has that many accusations against him and an adjucation for sexual assault that has survived every appeal.

Originally Posted by 39TG

Mr. Trump easily passed the character test with the American voters.

You’re a babbling idiot.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

By all means name another wealthy man who has that many accusations against him and an adjucation for sexual assault that has survived every appeal.

They don't call him Teflon Don for nothing!

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

By all means name another wealthy man who has that many accusations against him and an adjucation for sexual assault that has survived every appeal.

Bill Clinton?

Originally Posted by beachbound

If by, “at times”, you mean his entire fucking adult life, then yeah, at times, he’s behaved badly.

You remind me of a MAGA imbecile. You’re either not paying attention, or you have rice pudding between your ears.

He's a wind up merchant (although there does appear to be a bit of imbecillity thrown in there too).

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

Bill Clinton?

Awwww you were so close.

Good effort though.

^^ didn't someone suggest Socal playing silly bugger?

About the same level.

Originally Posted by thailazer

They don't call him Teflon Don for nothing!

Well in fairness to Chukok, Bill Clinton was known as "Slick Willy" although there could be more than one reason for that.

Happy birthday Mr. Trump. I think Mr. Trump's dementia is now so bad that I hope he retires before his next birthday. By the time a Dem is in the White House, Mr. Trump's dementia should be so bad he can't be charged with any of the offences he's alleged to have committed while he wasn't president. Who's capable of arranging the deal to get him to step aside? Barron? Vladimir?