They’re literally still pulling children’s bodies out of the water. Somehow Trump just keeps finding new ways to be worse.
Even MrsMC - who deliberately avoids winding me up with political stories she know will wind me up - couldn't help but tell me that Trump had said was all the fault of Biden and DEI policies.
I really hope that the next press conference - whether it's him or the press secretary - that the whole press corps get together and absolutely batter them on these quotes at such a time of tragedy.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to give up ketamine!
Deserves recognition for the Airplane link, though my immediate reaction was "I think I know who's been getting your share"
20 mm.
20 chuffin mm.
*shakes head despondently
I was impressed by the NBC reporter during the Q&A who had fact-checked Trump's claim that all the diversity stuff he was quoting from the FAA website was down to Biden/Buttigieg predated them, and had been up on the website during Trump's first term.
They will have their credentials revoked and replaced by an arselicker, sorry, streamer who knows the appropriate questions to ask.
He's just appointed an acting FAA head I see. I assume he sacked the last one a few days ago.
A majority of Americans voted him in
A plurality of voters voted him in
well he's off to a good start
He has the lowest approval rating rating ever of a newly elected president. Which means he will probably fail to meet his own low bar - in his last term he was the only president never to a achieve more than 50% approval at any point in their term
Its a pity the pilot couldn't have kept it in the air for another couple of km in a sort of northerly direction before ditching......at least those poor souls wouldn't have died in vain then.
There’s going to be an awful lot of people pissed off with him and lots of those people have guns
Yeah but there's also going to be an awful lot of people pissed off with the people Trump tells them to be pissed off at, and they have guns too.
"Will nobody rid me of this turbulent FAA director"...
A much needed moment of levity..
Step off here for 5 minutes and join a political party. Then go and post some leaflets.
We must ALL take a stand to fight this ****ing idiot and his disciples in this country.
Do something positive.
Once again it's irrelevant that what he says is made up and disconnected from any fact. His zealot followers will parrot him and believe him.
It's going to be a challenging 4 years.
2016 will be viewed as a watershed year in 'western' history.
I heard some political correspondent the other day talking about opposition to RFK Jnr being US Health Secretary as obviously coming from the Left.
I just thought "what the actual ****?"
Since when has sense around vaccination and epidemiology been a so-called rights vs left issue?
Apologists for stuff like this can say what they want, but Brexit, Trump, Bolsonaro, AfD are all cheeks of the same arse. Appealing to deep-seated prejudices amongst some of the most materially well-off populations in history for whom enough will never be enough.
And, at the first time of asking, those populations said "hell, yeah. I'm sick of being nice to people who aren't exactly like me, so **** yeah, let's get nasty".
Making political capital out of the tragic death of 70 odd folks. Ffs man, you are the president of the United States..
And, at the first time of asking, those populations said “hell, yeah. I’m sick of being nice to people who aren’t exactly like me, so **** yeah, let’s get nasty”.
At the "first time" of asking? What on earth are you talking about?
Obviously human beings haven't suddenly changed their character as a species since 2016. If politics has changed dramatically, and it certainly seems to be, then circumstances have changed, rather than some weird global phenomena in which aliens have taken over the minds of humans, or whatever other excuse centrists can dream up for their own failures.
Stop slavishly supporting a failed economic model and you might start getting different political results. Otherwise if you really think it's all down to an inexplicable change in the character of human beings you might as well give up politics..... what would be the point of carrying on?
Once again it’s irrelevant that what he says is made up and disconnected from any fact. His zealot followers will parrot him and believe him.
I'm not sure we need an example, but.. I give you Kurt Schlichter - "journalist", lawyer and the embodiment of whatever the Murican equivalent of gammon is:
A failed economic model that allows a good number of Trump-voting so-called adults to sit in their living rooms behind a mocked up steering wheel and spend hours driving imaginary cars around imaginary tracks?
A failed economic model that has delivered the lowest infant mortality rates and highest life expectancy in history (if you take away self-inflicted ailments)?
Yes there are growing disparities between the mega-rich and the bottom 10%. But in countries where these arsehole populists are striding forwards, that still leaves about 89% in the middle.
It is, viewed broadly, inexcusable and I will never view it otherwise. Sorry.
The helicopter was painted a dark colour and very hard to see. If it was a white helicopter, it would have been much easier to see and maybe 67 people would still be alive. Is there some DEI reason the military paint their gear dark colours instead of shiny white?
A failed economic model that allows a good number of Trump-voting so-called adults to sit in their living rooms behind a mocked up steering wheel and spend hours driving imaginary cars around imaginary tracks?
Yep not a formula 1 fan either but some seem to like it.
Apparently Canadian fentanyl caused “10s of millions” of US deaths: hence the tariffs.
i don’t know where to go next with that one. It betrays such a failure of understanding in so many ways simultaneously, I’m left wondering if it’s deliberate trolling.
When asked today, Trump said tariffs on EU goods (that includes Sweden) are coming.
Apparently Canadian fentanyl caused “10s of millions” of US deaths: hence the tariffs.
i don’t know where to go next with that one. It betrays such a failure of understanding in so many ways simultaneously, I’m left wondering if it’s deliberate trolling.
it’s trolling. Even the dea knows that the vast majority of fentanyl enters the USA through its sea ports and that it doesnt start its journey in Canada.
Having said that, a fentanyl lab was recently busted in BC. it is believed to be connected to a Mexican drug cartel. I think it had the ability to produce the ingredients for fentanyl as well as the final product.
I’ve read thst a lot of MDMA consumed in the USA is made in Canadian with the precursor chemicals coming from china.
Odd- pharma company I worked for supplied a lot of fentanyl to the. We were a UK factory but had Swedish owners.
I think and hope that the fentanyl that is sold on the street isn’t redirected legal supplies.
The world is so ****ed up.
Wonder when the reality of who picks up the final bill for tariffs will hit home?
Hope Mark Carney turns the lights off in New York. Trump’s messing with someone who’s got a brain.
Am I right in thinking he's favourite to take over from Trudeau but only until the nationwide election? His party then not the favourite to continue... I have no clue how the Canadian system works!
Watched his news night interview last night. He certainly comes across with the right mixture of plain speaking combined with the intelligence to back it up!
He has to call an election and his party is likely to lose
Though if he's taking a common sense and "assertive" position regarding Trump and tariffs, that may attract/retain a fair bit of support
Even MrsMC – who deliberately avoids winding me up with political stories she know will wind me up – couldn’t help but tell me that Trump had said was all the fault of Biden and DEI policies.
You've a lovely day for building a new patio!
America getting to the 'finding out' stage more quickly than I thought. Mainstream media (even ones that fawned over Trump) getting purged out of governement departments, Musk apparently harvesting federal personnel data, presumably to profile and dismiss minority hires. Swingeing tariffs on allies and major trading partners that will undoubtedly hurt US consumers. Trump signing whatever executive order the Project 25 mob stick in front of him, shaky hands and all.
Fascinating to watch how quickly government can be dismantled. Terrifying, but fascinating.
I see we're on page 666 of the thread now. It's hard to tell whether the evangelicals are backing Trump because they think he is God's appointee, or because, as the Beast, his arrival heralds the end times.
Page 666!
Dammit I was planning to get the first post on this page with
has to call an election and his party is likely to lose
Hopefully Carney gets in with enough time to save the Libs and keep right leaning mini Trump inspired Polievre out.
I wonder what a 25% tariff on Canadian oil will do?
https://bsky.app/profile/chadbourn.bsky.social/post/3lh5asepems26
He has started bombing caves earlier than he did in his last term.
*Not posting like from Twitter*
I wonder what a 25% tariff on Canadian oil will do?
Depends what the external vs internal oil balance is and also what is suitable for what.
Plus sadly you need to consider the ****wits who voted for him. If the price of diesel for their "trucks" which are roughly the same size as an artic but used solely to get them to a drive through goes up he can just blame, well, anyone but them and the orange ****wit they voted for.
