What have I just seen:Trump

No, I expect izimbra is just a normal person who doesn’t want someone who clearly has male genitalia using women’s spaces

Trump clearly outlined all his policies before the election. The people voted for Trump and those policies. Now he is keeping good his promise to the American people. The best person for the job is what he is proposing. Nobody is saying white first, just that they should not be pushed to the back of the jobs queue, behind black, female, trans, gay, disabled, or any other minority that shouts loud enough. A fair go for all, regardless of how they identify or what colour they are.

@Bluebellysmell

"Musk has frequently posted his support for Afd, a party who have previously said that the SS "were not necessarily criminal" yet you don't think he has political leanings which align with Nazism?"

So there were war crimes committed by both the Waffen SS, the Wehrmacht, Allied troops and Soviet troops.

Equally not all Waffen SS troops committed war crimes just as not all Wehrmacht, Allied and Soviet troops committed war crimes.

So the statement that not all Waffen SS were war criminals is factually correct. Equally not all SS were committed Nazis although many were. Many transferred from the Wehrmacht to the SS because the SS were better equipped which meant that their survival chances were higher.

Musk has frequently posted his support for Afd, a party who have previously said that the SS "were not necessarily criminal" yet you don't think he has political leanings which align with Nazism?

Quite correct. However people should be employed on merit, not on diversity targets.
People should also not be discriminated against.

Blame those who have over-emphasised DEI initiatives to the detriment of wider society.

Some would argue it had gone too far.

I am fully against discrimination in any shape or form, for the record.

Maybe he is foreseeing that by lifting all the regulations on AI, Americans currently in skilled work will soon be looking for low paid work that AI cannot do - the jobs that undocumented people do now. I would not be surprised for example if they get AI to take over healthcare in an ideological way and bypass doctors - eg prescribe sick people with sunshine.

I'm white, white husband, both English, non disabled kids.
Find it horrifying that all this is happening, I'm not virtue signalling before any knobhead starts.
Why are some so keen to brush away what is happening to others thinking they themselves will be exempt?
Just because you aren't the ones first come for, doesn't mean you'll get away free.

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Looks like Macron is a Nazi now too - 😱😑

BTW - anyone who knows anything about child exploitation knows that the impact of years of grinding austerity on children's services, the care system, and the poorest families, contributed to the ball being dropped repeatedly when it came to protecting the most vulnerable children.

Obviously Musk will never mention this aspect of the issue - he's a neo liberal who's supporting an immigration agenda in the US which is about to send a vast number of children into the foster care system by deporting their parents. He's also going to be the chief architect of trashing the social care system by removing billions of dollars worth of tax payers money and sacking thousands of public sector workers, including social workers.

The poorest and most vulnerable American children are going to have their lives absolutely FUCKED by the incoming administration.

@MyNameIsX

"DEI initiatives in the west will soon be quietly halted."

This is something you see as an achievement?

I have a disabled son and a black husband. Given the wealth of social research evidence pointing to a long history of discrimination against disabled and ethnic minority candidate in recruitment, how do you suggest I feel about this no longer being seen as something that should be addressed?

A trifle reductive, no?

His rhetoric alone moves policy and markets. Look at the Hamas ceasefire, watch Ukraine, observe the international response to his threatened tariffs. DEI initiatives in the west will soon be quietly halted.

Musk, meanwhile, provoked scrutiny of the grooming gangs, forcing Starmer to ‘address the nation’.

Your point was that none of this will impact you - but it already is.

"There was an expert on yesterday saying Americans won’t fill these jobs at the start so he predicted about two years of toughness for the country then a rise in employment"

Is he hoping to see a big rise in unemployment that will force Americans into these jobs?

Because their unemployment rate is currently at a historical low.

Or are they planning to use the forced labour of prisoners to do agricultural and construction work?

If they imprison vast numbers of undocumented workers and charge them with immigration crimes they can then use them as slave labour, like they do US born citizens.

He may not get as much done as he thinks . His ego is too big and gets in the way of good governance .

Rest assured, you will.

Not so much as I live in the UK now .

Not Superman too 😱🤯🙈 Is nothing sacred?

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Well it’s worse than that @twinklystar23 as the agricultural wages are less than minimum wage, then they get their lodgings deducted. No wonder the poor bastards no longer want to come here. It will get worse as (a lot of) the cheap labour will soon be flocking to Ukraine to rebuild.

This isnt quite true. I live in a rural /agricultural part of rhe UK. During covid there was this hype of "food rotting in the fields, food will be scarce pricws will spiral" many local people signed up, prepared to work for the minimum wage. Many were turned down due to "lack of experience" or "needed to live on site" or no response to their application. It transpires of course that 3/4 people usually usually share a caravan on site, obviousuly against covid restrictio s at the time. No doubt immigrant would no doubt be charged f4om their pay. So the lying politicians and big business flew in 1000s of people to (be exploited) work despite (though not evidenced to be fair) the potential of close proximity of workers sitting on planes let alone sharing accommodation (caravans) on site. Simarlarly my son worked briefly in a remote care home. Immigrant staff working for the minimum wage but obviously having deductions for their accommodation. Modern slavery? So lets put to bed this bullshit narrative that british people dont want to work. What needs addressing is that british people cannot afford to do minimum wage and zero hours contract jobs even before the COL crisis.

That goes back precisely to my point.

The UK, for example, manufactures very little - it’s a tertiary economy which accounts for c. 80% of its economic output. The PP suggested we sever links with the US. My point was/is, that would prove hugely inflationary. She took me to task on this - wrongly.

In addition, the UK lags in productivity, so even if we could fill the skills gap to which you refer (which is unlikely in many areas), this would also prove inflationary.

I generally try not to (pretend) to speak authoritatively, on subjects of which I know little - it would be terrific if other posters did similarly.

@MyNameIsX

"You require a lesson in basic economics, I see. Free trade means that, in normally functioning markets, consumers are able to choose the most competitive product/service, globally. Seek to remove the world’s largest economy - the US - and inflation will naturally rise (less relevant for small economies of course)."

Whilst you are broadly correct in your economic analysis much depends on the levels of imports (which will have tariffs on them) for that country and whether (and at what cost) these items can be manufactured in the home country instead. For example home growing oranges would be expensive in the UK but cheaper in the US.

But what we also have to factor in is new employment from home countries making their own products rather than importing them, environmental benefits from producing products in a more sustainable way (eg less CO2) and ethical considerations such as paying a living wage or not using slave Labour (eg Uighars).

Donald Trump has sacked the head of the US coast guard over her excessive focus on diversity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

Hallelujah.

Apology accepted! Omg, I would never defend that horrific orange nightmare. Never!!!

Ah see. I think I owe you an apology. I'm sorry, I mistook it as you were defending him. My mistake!