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Every day waking up to yet another insane declaration from Trump. America is losing the respect of the world

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100A · 05/02/2025 16:51

It's like a parallel universe - how did America come to this? So now he plans to ethnically cleanse Gaza we are told - to create the 'Riviera of the Middle East.' A golf course and hotels probably. The £2 million people can just go wherever. Wtf! AIBU to think America is imploding in on itself?

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TooBigForMyBoots · 06/02/2025 14:30

TorroFerney · 06/02/2025 13:45

No as they won’t be there he wants them relocated and not to America

How can they be relocated without passports?

TooBigForMyBoots · 06/02/2025 14:30

TorroFerney · 06/02/2025 13:45

No as they won’t be there he wants them relocated and not to America

How can they be relocated without passports?

Livelovebehappy · 06/02/2025 14:27

ARealitycheck · 06/02/2025 12:49

I genuinely weep for society with thinking like that. The innocent people on either side share no responsibility for the crazy ones. Murdering women & children by bombing or denial of aid is barbaric. Any attempt to justify that says a hell of a lot about you.

What, for putting the blame where it should be? Denial of aid was Hamas. Aid was getting through only to be intercepted by Hamas who took it all for themselves. Don't you think that inwardly a lot of Palestinians were praying for Hamas to give up the hostages so the Palestinian lives were no longer put in danger? And still Palestinisns hail them as heros rather than the terrorists they are.

pananamana · 06/02/2025 14:19

Livelovebehappy · 06/02/2025 14:18

But still a majority. I guess if we haven't lived in the shoes of the average American, how can we judge what living there has been like during the Biden administration.

https://sdvoice.info/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won-here-are-the-numbers/

Trump Lost. Vote Suppression Won. Here are the numbers…

"Trump lost. That is, if all legal voters were allowed to vote, if all legal ballots were counted, Trump would have lost the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia. Vice-President Kamala Harris would have won the Presidency with 286 electoral votes.

And, if not for the mass purge of voters of color, if not for the mass disqualification of provisional and mail-in ballots, if not for the new mass “vigilante” challenges in swing states, Harris would have gained at least another 3,565,000 votes, topping Trump’s official popular vote tally by 1.2 million."

Livelovebehappy · 06/02/2025 14:18

Turkeyneck101 · 06/02/2025 12:37

65 % voted he got just over half of the popular vote...or something like that...not the comprehensive landslide he would like his base to think. The 30% that didn't vote may well not be too happy with all his crap.

But still a majority. I guess if we haven't lived in the shoes of the average American, how can we judge what living there has been like during the Biden administration.

JudgeJ · 06/02/2025 14:04

TorroFerney · 06/02/2025 13:45

No as they won’t be there he wants them relocated and not to America

Relocated to Greenland maybe????????????

JudgeJ · 06/02/2025 14:03

NeelyOHara1 · 05/02/2025 19:40

His appeal is that he speaks his brain farts which can come across as "change" as opposed to the Democrat cookie cutter comment by committee status quo merchants. Bernie Sanders being the exception!

Back in the mists of time, when he first said he was going to run for President we jokingly likened it to New Years Eve when, under the influence of bottled substances, we 60+ year olds were going to go to Glastonbury etc next year. We luckily woke up to the reality, pity he didn't.
The Democrats need to now being priming candidates for 2028 otherwise there's a chance of a Trump dynasty, starting with Ivanka maybe.

TorroFerney · 06/02/2025 13:45

TooBigForMyBoots · 06/02/2025 13:21

So according to Trump today, Gaza is going to be given to America once the war ends and the USA is going to rebuild it.

Does that mean he'll have to give the Palestinians American passports?

No as they won’t be there he wants them relocated and not to America

Patterncarmen · 06/02/2025 13:33

Turkeyneck101 · 05/02/2025 22:07

Have a read of Project 2025...that should shed any doubts that he is an advocate for women.

Absolutely.

ARealitycheck · 06/02/2025 13:23

Ilovemytulips · 06/02/2025 13:13

I will be very very upset if this Is true. I am with you that Hamas can't continue to rule Gaza.

I will add that I think both Palestinians and Israelis have to accept each other or even just tolerate each other. It can't just be one sided

Unfortunately Israel took most of the good fertile land and places with good infrastructure and left the undesirable bits with more likely warfare from other Countries to the Palestinians.

TooBigForMyBoots · 06/02/2025 13:21

So according to Trump today, Gaza is going to be given to America once the war ends and the USA is going to rebuild it.

Does that mean he'll have to give the Palestinians American passports?

GouacheEnthusiast · 06/02/2025 13:18

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PollyPaintsFlowers · 06/02/2025 13:16

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The two situations are hardly comparable so it's a moot argument

GouacheEnthusiast · 06/02/2025 13:14

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Ilovemytulips · 06/02/2025 13:13

PollyPaintsFlowers · 06/02/2025 13:04

A two state solution would be ideal. I still have hope that's not just a pipe dream after October 7th. Al Jazeera have reported that Shiri Bibas and her two small children are dead, of course Hamas are blaming Israel as if the hostages just walked themselves into Gaza. If that's true I'm not sure what the public mood in Israel or its government will be

No one is going to invest without long term peace, which is why Hamas have to go and Palestinians have to accept the existence of Israel and not start any more wars

I will be very very upset if this Is true. I am with you that Hamas can't continue to rule Gaza.

I will add that I think both Palestinians and Israelis have to accept each other or even just tolerate each other. It can't just be one sided

PollyPaintsFlowers · 06/02/2025 13:09

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And that was wrong and shouldn't have happened. Your article also shows some pretty violent behaviour from Palestinians aswell btw

PollyPaintsFlowers · 06/02/2025 13:04

Ilovemytulips · 06/02/2025 12:48

Who is going to invest in Gaza? Many Arab countries have said they will on the condition of there being a two state solution. On the condition of there being a Palestinian state.

Don't you think that would be a better option? The condition will also likely be that Hamas is gone and the PA take over which is in line with the previous US administration.

They aren't going to want to foot the bill caused by Israeli bombs if there isn't a lasting solution and for any reconstruction to just be bombed again.

A two state solution would be ideal. I still have hope that's not just a pipe dream after October 7th. Al Jazeera have reported that Shiri Bibas and her two small children are dead, of course Hamas are blaming Israel as if the hostages just walked themselves into Gaza. If that's true I'm not sure what the public mood in Israel or its government will be

No one is going to invest without long term peace, which is why Hamas have to go and Palestinians have to accept the existence of Israel and not start any more wars

GouacheEnthusiast · 06/02/2025 12:55

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ARealitycheck · 06/02/2025 12:49

Livelovebehappy · 06/02/2025 12:15

Didn't make them, but by default allowed them to. Do you not think there is any blame or accountability for Hamas on this? Hamas brought on this situation. I'm actually with the Palestinians on how they've been treated for the past 70 years, but 100% on Hamas for the deaths since October 7th. What were they hoping to achieve by kidnapping the Israeli civilians?

I genuinely weep for society with thinking like that. The innocent people on either side share no responsibility for the crazy ones. Murdering women & children by bombing or denial of aid is barbaric. Any attempt to justify that says a hell of a lot about you.

Ilovemytulips · 06/02/2025 12:48

Who is going to invest in Gaza? Many Arab countries have said they will on the condition of there being a two state solution. On the condition of there being a Palestinian state.

Don't you think that would be a better option? The condition will also likely be that Hamas is gone and the PA take over which is in line with the previous US administration.

They aren't going to want to foot the bill caused by Israeli bombs if there isn't a lasting solution and for any reconstruction to just be bombed again.

PollyPaintsFlowers · 06/02/2025 12:39

I say Jews because that's what they say in their videos. They don't refer to Israelis, they say the Jews

PollyPaintsFlowers · 06/02/2025 12:38

I don't support Trump's plans but I don't know of any other solution, or if there is one in the present climate. Who is going to invest in rebuilding Gaza when Hamas have sworn to repeat their actions that started this war that will just start future wars and more death and destruction?

Israel isn't going anywhere so what are Palestinians going to do? I've seen the videos of people, including women so it's not just Hamas, who say they're going to keep on fighting and killing Jews. I'm sure there's posters on here who'd love for Israel to just sit on their hands and take it, but that's not going to happen either. So what are the Palestinians going to do to build themselves a prosperous and peaceful future?

Turkeyneck101 · 06/02/2025 12:37

Livelovebehappy · 06/02/2025 10:53

Not the majority of Americans it seems.....

65 % voted he got just over half of the popular vote...or something like that...not the comprehensive landslide he would like his base to think. The 30% that didn't vote may well not be too happy with all his crap.

Ilovemytulips · 06/02/2025 12:33

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Agreed.

GouacheEnthusiast · 06/02/2025 12:29

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