In 4+ years time when the US looks back on this period, what are they going to say?
That kind of thinking is very 2016. That this a blip for the USA. A period soon to be looked back on as a crazy misstep. I fear it’s a change for the long term, and its effects will be long lasting across the world.
It's the obvious state of the guy, I watched some of the "presser" over the plane thing and he's like a precocious 7 year hyped up on Sunny D. Nothing makes any sense and he's happy so long as he can just keep talking. It really doesn't matter what comes out of his mouth.
It really doesn't matter what comes out of his mouth.
I made the mistake of clicking on one of his interviews on FB recently, so now I’m bombarded with his lunacy. When you look into it, it’s far worse than the news channels report, his, and his cohorts, interviews are total madness, with no grounding of truth. The idiot drugs rep last week who told him he’d saved 250 million lives in 3 months, yet there are only 300million people in the USA. Senators, who 6 months ago were saying “X/Y/Z is a brilliant thing, we need it” then now saying the opposite, and denying they ever said it. Trump saying Canada is a small buyer of USA goods, yet figures show they are the biggest buyer of USA goods. It goes on. Luckily, from what I’ve seen, many more people are calling out their lies and pathetic plans.
Oh, and 59 repressed white people from South Africa were been given refugee status yesterday, and picked up by the USA. Strange that. They’ve said no more immigrants, yet they have taken these people in, supposedly without much questioning.
this a blip for the USA. A period soon to be looked back on as a crazy misstep.
I don't think the US has ever been a stable place. First it was a money making scheme based on rapacious colonialism, then the shit hit the fan, then there was a brief interlude of socialist nation building which was gradually forgotten when the money started rolling in after WW2, then the second lot of neoliberal shit hit the fan and we are now catching up with that.
Oh, and 59 repressed white people from South Africa were been given refugee status yesterday, and picked up by the USA. Strange that. They’ve said no more immigrants, yet they have taken these people in, supposedly without much questioning.
Par for the course, the president is now importing racist apartheid loving ****s into a country that voted for a racist apartheid president
makes perfect sense
I hate agreeing with Trump but South African farmers are being killed at a rate that could be called genocidal. Whether they are entitled to the land they are on is another story but without farmers there is no food.Oh, and 59 repressed white people from South Africa were been given refugee status yesterday, and picked up by the USA. Strange that. They’ve said no more immigrants, yet they have taken these people in, supposedly without much questioning.
Par for the course, the president is now importing racist apartheid loving ****s into a country that voted for a racist apartheid president
makes perfect sense
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41807642
I don't know if these 59 people were farmers or not but I think it's a bit harsh to assume that people who look fairly young were part of the Apartheid regime since that was 30 years ago. They may have parents who like me grew up in the Apartheid era and may be influenced by it. But I know I was one of many white Saffers who took part in anti apartheid demonstrations when I was at Uni. Don't tar us all with the same brush.
I hate agreeing with Trump but South African farmers are being killed at a rate that could be called genocidal. Whether they are entitled to the land they are on is another story but without farmers there is no food.Oh, and 59 repressed white people from South Africa were been given refugee status yesterday, and picked up by the USA. Strange that. They’ve said no more immigrants, yet they have taken these people in, supposedly without much questioning.
Par for the course, the president is now importing racist apartheid loving ****s into a country that voted for a racist apartheid president
makes perfect sense
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41807642
I don't know if these 59 people were farmers or not but I think it's a bit harsh to assume that people who look fairly young were part of the Apartheid regime since that was 30 years ago. They may have parents who like me grew up in the Apartheid era and may be influenced by it. But I know I was one of many white Saffers who took part in anti apartheid demonstrations when I was at Uni. Don't tar us all with the same brush.
You could argue that 74 people per year being killed is genocidal, but then others may just think you’re being a tad melodramatic when in other parts of the world not too far away 2million are being held in a concentration camp and killed on an industrial scale.
A more recent article here;
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crljn5046epo
“While black South Africans make up more than 90% of the population, they only hold 4% of all privately owned land, according to a 2017 report.”
“Figures from the South African police show that in 2024, 44 murders were recorded on farms and smaller plots of agricultural land, with eight of those killed being farmers.”
Like **** it’s a genocide, just the usual convenient dog whistle to those with the comprehension skills of a turnip
Re-markable:
https://bsky.app/profile/onestpress.onestnetwork.com/post/3lp2lz5lndc2y
It's really that easy to win favour from Trump. Just keep the Hamberders coming.
He'll go the way Elvis did.
I know that I should be disaproving and tut at the very thought of having a mobile Maccy D's following you around, but I have to admit that I'm actually quite jealous.
If I win the lottery I'm definitely having a mobile Greggs accompany me everywhere I go
#lifegoals
Like **** it’s a genocide, just the usual convenient dog whistle to those with the comprehension skills of a turnip
Their words not mine. I agree its' nowhere near genocide but it is a huge problem with a huge number of farmer having been killed since the end of apartheid.Figures show that attacks have decreased in recent years though.
While you are entitled to your opinion, and I welcome robust dicussion but I would ask you to keep it civil and not resort to derogatory name calling and insults. Thank you
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_farm_attacks
I saw this post on the Elon Musk thread and I honestly hadn't made the connection. I should have knowing EM is South African. So maybe that's the only reason Trump was bringing up the Farm murders. Grifting Elon.
My bad
Trump is a racist white supremacist on his own, he doesn't need Musk's influence for these actions.
In 4+ years time when the US looks back on this period, what are they going to say?
I wish we could still vote?
Meanwhile, he's continuing to undermine the Police (never thought I'd hear myself defending the US Police), the Supreme Court has removed protections for 350,000 Venezuelans and the head of CBS has stood down after a dispute with Trump.
BBC News - US to pay $5m to family of 6 January rioter Ashli Babbitt
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gr3kdxkr7o
happened a few days ago but the US ambassador to Ukraine recently resigned due to the Trump regimes' policies.
happened a few days ago but the US ambassador to Ukraine recently resigned due to the Trump regimes' policies.
Shame that didn't get more coverage at the time. There's a lot of knowledgeable folk calling him out, but coverage is stifled.
JD Vance: "If Russia is not willing to engage, eventually the US has to say that this is not our war."
...and you are not reliable allies.
Jeez, less than 4 months after inauguration.
So all Putin has to do it wait it out and the USA will stop interfering. Brilliant!
So all Putin has to do it wait it out and the USA will stop interfering. Brilliant!
At some point you just have to sit back and admire Putin's playing of the long game and investments paying off.
It's taken ten years, but he's going to get the bits of Ukraine he wants handed to him on a plate.
Think one of the reasons for the rare earth deal was that the US gets paid for weapons in future, so even if the US stops engaging in talks, Ukraine shouldn't be set completely adrift. I'm sure the US weapons industry would be happy to keep selling.
Suppose it's down to Trump's whim though, so anything could happen.
Suppose it's down to Trump's whim though, so anything could happen.
I think the trump regime is is still angry with Ukraine after they didn't fall for his blackmail attempt to get dirt on Hunter Biden.
Comedy of errors or tragedy?
I don't think they care so long as they get enough nasty morons to vote for them.
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Comedy of errors or tragedy?
Is tragedy of errors a thing?
Another political ambush in a Whitehouse press conference, looks like this is going to be a repeated tactic.
China isn't going to have to work very hard to gain African nations trust, Trump is pushing them eastward. Although I think the different dynamics of US and Chinese policy in Africa, this is just an acceleration of that path.
His world view is just so disconnected from reality now
Ramaphosa impressing again.
”Sorry I don’t have a plane to give you”
try this matty about 1:54
Jeez, trump is bent as hell... not that that needed re-affirming, lol, but thanks for the link.
Ah there’s no free dinners with trump $394mil kerchung
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/crypto/trumps-crypto-dinner-cost-1-million-seat-average-rcna207802
Jeez, trump is bent as hell... not that that needed re-affirming, lol, but thanks for the link.
Don't forget the enablers,having to collapse reality on a daily basis to make this all seem normal.
I went out with friends a couple of weeks ago and they were 5 pints into their evening when I met them, they 100% more coherent than that bumbling wazzock.
well his spending bill is on the way to the senate now
it takes a huge slice from those at the bottom and gives the richest some chunky tax breaks
but because he's scrapping tax on tips* he can sell it as good for all
bond markets are on the run now, anyone feel another crash coming?
*insane that tips were ever taxed, but even more insane that service wages are so low that staff are dependent on tips
Bumbling Incoherent Orange Wazzock's little rant at Cyril Ramaphosa neatly debunked by the BBC factchecker service
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce9vxve994ro
insane that tips were ever taxed,
lulwut?
tips, like for waiters and whatnot, are taxed?
what possible motivation would anyone ever have for declaring them?
In the US even more than the UK, it is virtually all card payment, so the tips go through the till.
Waiting staff are basically paid by tips rather than a wage, so that is their earnings it isn't really tipping as we know it, you pay the establishment for the meal and the waiting staff for the service (which is called a tip). It would make more sense to actually just make earning of less than x dollars a week tax free than make a specific clause for waiting staff paid by tips.
iirc the restaurant/diner/cafe etc used to be also able to take a cut of the tips, don't know if that is still allowed.
I think in some big tipping establishments, you have to pay to work there, as you can make so much money from tips, but that is obviously rare place and not representative of most who make a living from tips (and might be an urban legend).
I think the IRS also assume a tip is paid (and tax accordingly) even if the punter doesn't pay a tip...so paying for a meal by card and paying cash for a tip won't necessarily help the server...but lack of a tip certainly will hurt the staff...
Edit to add: servers (and probably some other employment types) are not subject to the same minimum wages rules. My knowledge is a few years out of date, the minimum wages for servers was something ridiculously low (like circa $2 per hour) compared to other industries (which were circa $10-$11 per hour)
(This doesn't necessarily apply to all states before anyone calls me out on this as each state has different rules)
Tips are taxed in the UK, or at least they used to be and I can't believe its changed for the better.
Years ago (1990) when I worked in Pizza Hut after quitting college, the front of house staff had a different tax code to those that worked in the kitchens to allow for tips as the tips were not shared with them.
Every day in every way he does something that justs makes me think he's a slightly bigger knob than the day before - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c05768jmm11o
More evidence that Trump is a lying piece of shit. Should anyone still require confirmation.
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Why ? And where is this going ?
There is no reason for most of this, the sooner the world realises that and products or supply chains going into or out of the us are increasingly unviable the better.
He really needs to meet his very own Harvey Lee Oswald, or perhaps he'll meet a particularly satisfying gruesome end with an alligator on his Mar a Lago golf course .
“I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone’s that will be sold in the United States of America will be manufactured and built in the United States, not India, or anyplace else,” Trump posted Friday morning on Truth Social. “If that is not the case, a Tariff of at least 25% must be paid by Apple to the U.S.”
How can anyone be this ****ing thick?, and how can his coterie of so called advisers (with exception of the 2025 pricks) not get through to him that this is damaging to the U.S.
They don't give a shit, clearly his advisors have demanded another bounce in the stock market as they didn't get enough the last 2 times. Will be another tariff that won't go into full effect and the US consumers will largely pay for it (I know EU industries will take a hit too).
