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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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CaveMum · 01/03/2025 08:31

hollyblueivy · 28/02/2025 23:48

Did Trump orchestrate the argument with Zelensky and pre plan kicking him out? I can't get my head around this. They have got so far in the agreement. Each side understands the others stance and then it all just blows up. Why does trump not appear to like Zelensky?

Every thing with Trump is personal. He doesn’t like Zelenskyy (for the aforementioned reasons) so he will take any opportunity to belittle him. He is that petty.

He also only cares about 2 things - money and headlines. He’s a reality tv star, it’s all about the ratings.

pananamana · 01/03/2025 00:26

hollyblueivy · 28/02/2025 23:48

Did Trump orchestrate the argument with Zelensky and pre plan kicking him out? I can't get my head around this. They have got so far in the agreement. Each side understands the others stance and then it all just blows up. Why does trump not appear to like Zelensky?

because Zelensky refused to investigate biden's son and that led to his impeachment.

Fifiworks · 28/02/2025 23:53

Maybe because Trump pushed him to investigate hunter biden and he wouldn’t.

hollyblueivy · 28/02/2025 23:48

Did Trump orchestrate the argument with Zelensky and pre plan kicking him out? I can't get my head around this. They have got so far in the agreement. Each side understands the others stance and then it all just blows up. Why does trump not appear to like Zelensky?

DdraigGoch · 27/02/2025 05:53

Notaflippinclue · 26/02/2025 16:53

Why do you think Starmer is increasing military spending - oh Trump
Who do you think is making Hamas toe the line - oh Trump
Who has got the framework for a deal with Ukraine up and running - oh Trump
Who closed the border - oh Trump
Even BP are binning renewables and returning to oil & gas drill baby drill - Trump
The DEI hiring has been a complete failure in the military and as long as the Americans are happy good because most of the Western world are hanging on his every word.

Well you got one thing right: you really don't have a flipping clue.

DdraigGoch · 27/02/2025 05:35

Notaflippinclue · 26/02/2025 15:09

This feed seems to be run by the American Democratic Party - I wondered where they were these days!

Most Mumsnetters are British. The US Democrats are considered "centre right" from our perspective.

nearlylovemyusername · 26/02/2025 22:03

Yet another one:
Jeff Bezos focuses Washington Post opinion pages on ‘personal liberties’ and ‘free markets’

It's behind pay wall so in brief:

"Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos is overhauling the newspaper’s opinion section to focus more narrowly on two topics — personal liberties and free markets.
...
In the email, Bezos said the newspaper would be writing “every day in support and defence of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others.”"

Personal liberties and free markets to be translated to complete deregulation which DOGE is implementing now.

This is just one of the examples of manipulation of opinions, we have to be super vigilant here in the UK to ensure we don't get into the same horror trap.

MushMonster · 26/02/2025 21:37

Putin's Russia interfered on US elections in 2016, not so long ago. US public knows about this thanks to Reality Winner, who had to spend time in prison for releasing documents proving this to the press.
Trump so clearly backing Putin cannot feel any good to them, at all. Money or no money. Your national security and democracy are not for sale.

TooBigForMyBoots · 26/02/2025 21:32

Notaflippinclue · 26/02/2025 15:09

This feed seems to be run by the American Democratic Party - I wondered where they were these days!

Typical MAGA cult mindset.😆

nearlylovemyusername · 26/02/2025 21:26

wholettheturnipsburn · 26/02/2025 18:02

Dont be a silly billy

Mumsnet isn't even american.

You don't have to be American to laugh at the tangerine toddler. He's a laughing stock, as are those maga muppets

🤣🤣🤣

I don't find this funny at all.

Demented orange buffoon is destroying the world. But I can't shake off the feeling that there are other forces behind him who brought him into power, not only Musk, but people like Peter Thiel etc, and it took them whole two weeks to decimate the foundations of democracy in the US, make rule of law a memory and make a copy of Russia there. It's terrifying

Parker231 · 26/02/2025 18:05

Notaflippinclue · 26/02/2025 15:09

This feed seems to be run by the American Democratic Party - I wondered where they were these days!

Hardly - we live in Canada so impacted by Trump’s rants.

wholettheturnipsburn · 26/02/2025 18:02

Notaflippinclue · 26/02/2025 15:09

This feed seems to be run by the American Democratic Party - I wondered where they were these days!

Dont be a silly billy

Mumsnet isn't even american.

You don't have to be American to laugh at the tangerine toddler. He's a laughing stock, as are those maga muppets

🤣🤣🤣

Abhannmor · 26/02/2025 17:55

He really seems to have it in for Veterans. Calling the dead ' losers' and now cutting their funding. A psychiatrist would have a field day with this man. Is it that he is jealous of them or that he simply can't conceive of people taking those risks for so little financial reward?

Turkeyneck101 · 26/02/2025 17:47

Notaflippinclue · 26/02/2025 16:53

Why do you think Starmer is increasing military spending - oh Trump
Who do you think is making Hamas toe the line - oh Trump
Who has got the framework for a deal with Ukraine up and running - oh Trump
Who closed the border - oh Trump
Even BP are binning renewables and returning to oil & gas drill baby drill - Trump
The DEI hiring has been a complete failure in the military and as long as the Americans are happy good because most of the Western world are hanging on his every word.

You see and believe what you see and believe...I see a nazi-esque rascist thin skinned lieing rapist. He is aligning himself with Putin...it wasn't so long ago Americans were throwing people in jail at the mere hint of being a communist.
I will give you this, he has been successful, very successful at making Americans very angry at the little guy, taking away whatever rights and pittance of pay that they get, while allowing the billionaires and oligarchs to have their tax cuts and pillage the government under the guise of 'saving money' . The laughable thing is that trump continues to grift, flogging his trainers, bibles coins, meme coins, etc at the same time....filling his pockets while playing golf, snorting whatever it is he shoves up his nose , along with his ketamine loving friend musk. And maga think he is doing it all for them.😂 They've invited in the biggest grifter, thief, bankrupt and conman, opened their savings book and told him and his billionaire mates to help themselves. All he has to do is hug a flag and dance to ymca and they're complete suckers for it.

As for european leaders they all see trump for the loon that he is. He is a laughing stock but a dangerous one.

America has aligned itself with Russia and North Korea fgs. No-one trusts him. They see the writing on the wall and see their strength in sticking together.

America came knocking on Europe's door after 9/11 good luck with getting putin and Kim jung un to back America up should you ever need it.

Enjoy your increased medication prices, lack of medicare and Medicaid, increased insurance premiums and high fuel and food costs...it will be an absolute blast I'm sure.

Ps I see the economy is tanking and inflation is on the up...but don't worry the billionaires will be a-ok. 😁

Serpentstooth · 26/02/2025 17:40

Great name pp. Well chosen.

Notaflippinclue · 26/02/2025 16:53

Why do you think Starmer is increasing military spending - oh Trump
Who do you think is making Hamas toe the line - oh Trump
Who has got the framework for a deal with Ukraine up and running - oh Trump
Who closed the border - oh Trump
Even BP are binning renewables and returning to oil & gas drill baby drill - Trump
The DEI hiring has been a complete failure in the military and as long as the Americans are happy good because most of the Western world are hanging on his every word.

JHound · 26/02/2025 16:05

user1471516498 · 24/02/2025 20:03

The original resolution was from the US, but Europe forced some amendments, which basically condemned Russia's invasion and asked for the addition of the text you quoted, so US had to abstain.

They did not abstain. They voted against with countries such as Russia, Syria and North Korea…

JHound · 26/02/2025 16:04

Loveumagenta · 22/02/2025 21:18

Because everyone knows ‘competent, white men’ are better than everyone else. Obvs.

Apparently “less qualified white men” beat “more qualified women and black men”.

You cannot make it up!

JHound · 26/02/2025 16:03

hollyblueivy · 22/02/2025 16:48

Top military sackings to include a black man and a woman. How can he get away with this blatant sexism and racism?

And replaced them with less qualified people….

JHound · 26/02/2025 16:01

Notaflippinclue · 26/02/2025 15:09

This feed seems to be run by the American Democratic Party - I wondered where they were these days!

What a stupid statement. You can see that Trump are Batshit crazy and incredibly incompetent without having any particular views on The Democrats.

pananamana · 26/02/2025 15:56

Notaflippinclue · 26/02/2025 15:09

This feed seems to be run by the American Democratic Party - I wondered where they were these days!

Or maybe just sensible MNers who are horrified at Trump and Musk's behaviour.

Turkeyneck101 · 26/02/2025 15:48

Notaflippinclue · 26/02/2025 15:09

This feed seems to be run by the American Democratic Party - I wondered where they were these days!

It must be difficult to adjust from the maga mindset to the more independently minded and educated.

Notaflippinclue · 26/02/2025 15:09

This feed seems to be run by the American Democratic Party - I wondered where they were these days!

Turkeyneck101 · 26/02/2025 14:09

Trump, musk, republicans, really don't care what they're doing.

Every day waking up to yet another insane declaration from Trump. America is losing the respect of the world
Nanny0gg · 26/02/2025 13:50

Loveumagenta · 16/02/2025 17:48

An American colleague once asked me if I didn’t think the USA was the greatest country in the world then WHICH country did I think was??
Then was jaw droppingly shocked to discover that I didn’t rhink any country was, not even my own. In fact none of us Europeans around that dinner table did.
Mind blown. And this was a man in his 40s in a senior role at a big company, albeit one who’d never been anywhere that required a passport … so conversation ended with him going ‘Well MUST be the US then,
hahahaha.’
moron.

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