The Orange Man and the State of his Union - Trump thread #139

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Thanks to @JoshLymanSwagger for the thread title.

Trump, Vance and Musk are building a bigly bridge across the Bering Strait...
...and creating a gaping chasm in the Atlantic.

Kind hearts are more than coronets, and simple faith than Norman blood.
Alfred Lord Tennyson

Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/chat/5275361-an-unholy-trinity-or-just-a-seedy-threesome-trump-musk-and-putin-trump-thread-138

Are those bats on Vance’s socks?

I clocked the socks but I'm on my phone so can't zoom in to see. I guess they're not cats? 😂

No idea if this is real, but it’s funny all the same.

Looks like 3 leaf clovers to me, but vampire bat would be more appropriate.

To go with his heavy use of eyeliner

They are shamrock socks

That’s the word is was searching for 🤦🏻‍♀️ Honestly perimenopause is frying my brain - need to up the HRT,

Shamrocks, not bats or cats (sadly).

It would be a brave reporter who asked him what evidence he had that "The Irish loved him" and also to follow up with asking him if he was generalising about a whole population.

Shame, they look just like bats to me. I thought they were highly appropriate.

This is fun. Not that what Tottenham thinks would have the least effect on any of them, but still.

That’s so funny, can you imagine going into any business meeting and proclaiming this “I think everyone loves me”.

Everyone knows it's perfectly fine as long as you refer to yourself in the third person. Very, very normal

Thinking about calling in this service. Pity they seem to be US based. Sigh.

https://stealmytesla.com

The website is actually very funny. Someone put some time into this one

Chefs kiss - pure genius

Unbelievable

x.com/SundaeDivine/status/1899395982338511101?s=19

Maybe the were there to pick up their free ones..

So nice to finally have people at the top who care about children

I'm sure the Trump 'justice' department will find a way to make these charges go away.
https://bsky.app/profile/trumpwatch.skyfleet.blue/post/3lkac4k7ztt26

And I don't know if anyone saw this, which, with so much going on kind of slipped under the radar.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/us-said-to-drop-sex-abuse-lawsuit-against-migrant-child-shelter

Seen on a tech forum I use.

Personally I think they are missing a trick and could offer the "Elon Extension" which is just the same but with a bigger pickle

Nice to see Alice in Wonderland using in a court ruling slapping down Trump.

However note the warning from the judge:

Howell told Mizelle that the government’s position “sends little chills” down her spine, suggesting it means the president can bar any person or company from doing business with the government or entering its buildings if it’s his opinion they operate counter to the nation’s interests.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5191623-trump-executive-order-perkins-coie/

All done so these (mostly) old white men can enjoy their last few years pimping up their lives with their ill-gotten gains and taking selfies with Drumpf at Mar a Lardo.

“We are driving a dagger through the heart of climate-change religion and ushering in America’s Golden Age."
apnews.com/article/trump-epa-climate-zeldin-power-plants-feb184286a7a9419aefddce293362e6b

Lee Zeldin is a quality guy. From Brookings:

Another tried-and-true dirty trick is to attempt to confuse the voters about important election dates. In the 2018 election Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-NY) sent out flyers telling his constituents that they had to return their absentee ballots by November 6. The actual deadline was November 5 and ballots received after that were not counted. Democrats were suspicious that the “mistake” was meant to keep students from voting but Zeldin’s campaign denied any wrongdoing and provided a statement from the printer also saying it was a mistake. The problem was that the Zeldin campaign made the same “mistake” in 2016 as well, fueling suspicion that this was a dirty trick.

London

This is a Hitler-screaming-in-his-bunker-at-generals level of lunacy

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lkb5qzbnm22f

So 200% tariffs on the EU for alcohol if ....

It just gets more ridiculous...

He should celebrate the gains that the US would make from that move with some champagne.