Trump+Musk; the DOGE and Pony show continues -Trump thread #140

[Spandauer]

Trump, as out of control as a faulty Tesla, takes an ICE pick to the Constitution.

Thanks to @AcrossthePond55 and @Jaichangecentfoisdenom for the thread title and sub-title 😊

Photocollage: Cold War Steve
Map illustration: Barry Blitt

Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5286872-the-orange-man-and-the-state-of-his-union-trump-thread-139

PMK.

Thanks for the new thread. I’ll do an updated countdown shortly.

For those that missed it at the end of the last thread, Chief Justice John Roberts has pushed back against Trump’s rantings.

Maybe it will come down to the judges after all. The Democrats certainly aren’t showing any signs of spinal growth at this time.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8j0vwpkwkxo

Checking in because these threads keep me sane!

Will SCOTUS be so brave when the DoJ removes their protection ?

Trump Countdown

Day 57 of Trump 2.0
595 days till Midterms (03/11/2026)
1,330 days till the 2028 election (07/11/2028)
1,404 days till Inauguration Day (20/01/2029)

Pmk

Thank you @Spandauer

I need these threads for a shred of normality. When I read the news I think I'm on the Onion all the time.

Latest headline *Trump sick and tired of Mainstream media always trying to put his words into some sort of context"
😂

Thank you for the new thread🙏
I saw this earlier on bluesky
Simon Marks joins experts warning that “America’s constitutional order has died”.

I do think Mr Marks is everso good!

So a limited 30 day cease fire on energy infrastructure means children’s hospitals, kindergartens, apartments and hotels journalists stay in is still ok to target?

Checking in 🍊

Putting down my towel.

Discussion from CNN

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/18/politics/trump-deportations-judge-executive-power/index.html

Miller’s certitude was mirrored Monday by Trump’s border czar Tom Homan, who expressed contempt for the notion that Trump’s border crackdown could be constrained. “We’re not stopping. I don’t care what the judges think. I don’t care what the left thinks. We’re coming,” Homan told Lawrence Jones of Fox News.
The idea that the White House would ignore what judges say threatens the most basic building blocks of constitutional government that every American kid learns in civics class.

Thanks for new thread, @Spandauer

Love that Cold War Steve has the orange one as Arfur Daley.

(For those who didn't grow up on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minder_(TV_series) )

Checking in!

Also checking in

Watching the astronauts return to Earth and I can’t quite explain the itch in my teeth caused by their use of the term “gulf of America!”

They probably don't want to be billed for the flight. Or deported back to the ISS!

The immediate ceasefire appears to be over as Russia hits Ukranian energy infrastructure. I’m sure this will not stop the orange buffoon from shouting about how successful he’s been in negotiating peace.

Who could possibly have guessed that Putin would be untrustworthy?

So it looks to be going great in Gaza and Ukraine with Trump's negotiations ceasefire wise don't it? 👍🙄

Mind boggling that any reputable media outlet was framing this as in anyway positive in the first place. Although not surprising.

The initial proposal was an unconditional 30 day land, sea and air ceasefire. What Putin actually agreed to was no land and sea ceasefire and a partial air ceasefire that still allows the Russians to hit civilian targets and that only takes place if military aid and information sharing to Ukraine is stopped. With no conditions on Russia. And it’s been broken within 2hrs anyway. Putin has played Trump like a cheap violin.

Nobel peace prize isn’t looking any closer.

Jumping in while I remember to reclaim my old name on these threads -

And here we all are <hands around a large bottle of Canadian Mist Whisky, some Panama Cigars, and a big bowl of Suaasat>

I can't believe we've only had 58 days of 🍊
😱

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5326118/segregation-federal-contracts-far-regulation-trump?fbclid=IwY2xjawJHasdleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHdNbSuKasoiviDhVky4g6UZSakOnygUX-8FiWyGs2AObBoG9qBetOMWgdg_aem_UbABj5JGxfTTzr_zuw-tig

If it walks like a duck.and quacks like a duck....

Thank you for the new thread, @Spandauer, at this rate we’ll be on Trump thread #200 by the end of the year, although the world as we know it will probably have imploded by then anyway.
I know this thread is for recording what is happening in Trump world but his behaviour is so appalling I don’t know what to do, thought I feel something absolutely needs to be done, since his contempt for the rule of law is destroying his country. And we thought he was bad the first time round..
Sorry if this doesn’t make sense, I can’t believe we’re here and that so many MAGAs think this is right.