Has the US crossed the Rubicon? - Trump thread #142

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Here be dragons.

Previous thread:
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Why was Noem carrying $3k in cash with her?

Alledgedly.

From Bluesky:
If you wonder why the DHS Secretary brought $3,000 in cash to dinner, consider that she is reportedly having an affair with her unofficial top aide. (Both are married.)

To be clear, my theory is not that she’s footing all the bills or paying him but rather that married creepers might prefer to keep incriminating info off of their credit card bills.
bsky.app/profile/ericcolumbus.bsky.social/post/3lndixggds22y

www.wsj.com/politics/policy/how-corey-lewandowski-became-kristi-noems-gatekeeper-at-dhs-6c08d996

Maybe she likes to leave a big tip? 🤷‍♀️

More importantly, was her government issue very secure and possibly unlocked cellphone in her bag?

Who knows but anyone interested is probably on the group chat anyway or able to buy their way onto it. Security is effectively null and void in this administration.

Hegseth being defenestrated? Looks like Karoline Leavitt will have to do a reverse ferret...
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5371312/trump-white-house-pete-hegseth-defense-department

The incompetence across the board is breathtaking. How do these people get themselves dressed in the morning?

edition.cnn.com/2025/04/21/investing/us-stock-market/index.html

Trump and Melania will be attending the Pope’s funeral. Even in death the poor guy can’t escape his orangeness.

He’s looking forward to it. As you do with funerals.

Most of the world leaders, regardless of faith (or none) have made a classy, dignified statement about the Pope. He hasn’t, has he?

Rest in peace Pope Francis! May God bless him and all who loved him

Tbere was that from Truth Social and a weird speech on the balcony next to a rabbit at the Easter egg roll.

Drumpf wouldn't know a classy, dignified statement if he fell over one.

My goodness, he talks as if he is off to a golf tournament at MarALargo. What an imbecile he is

Aarrgtfhh! It always has to be about him! His world view is so orange.

Call me old fashioned but I can’t bear an exclamation mark in relation to a post about somebody’s death.

Who says they’re looking forward to a funeral?

Of course Bigly's looking forward to it. The huge crowd that will want to pay respect to the late Pope will, in Bigly's mind, be there to see him. No doubt he'll claim hordes clamour for him to become Pope. Tremendous. Maybe Vatican City can be 51st state if Canada keeps being awkward.

What tariffs did he put on Vatican City? Maybe he could sort out a trade deal while he’s there.

Trump announcement on the death of Pope, flanked by the Easter Bunny. Who was nodding along slightly. Award that actor a raise

I reckon the US administration are currently trying to figure out if they can bully the Vatican into picking the ‘right’ Pope.

Was this a documentary? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conclave_(film)

They absolutely will be. They don’t want Trump being called non Christian by the Pope again.

Maybe Vance thinks he's in the running.

Mad Marjorie isn't exactly in mourning for the Pope. I think there's an element of evangelicals who tend to be quite anti Catholic?

bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3lndgkkunr22c

And he will probably talk through it, as he does. Melania will end up apologising and putting him in the creche.

I had that exact thought about Putin. Vlad's a much more skillful operator than Trump, though, so much more likely to make it work.

I feel like they might be in for the same sort of shock they got when China didn’t just roll over on the tariffs.

Yes. Very much. It's a remnant from the time when English-speaking societies were majority Protestant and Catholics were routinely discriminated against, and Protestants regarded the Pope as the Antichrist.

I understand (but will stand corrected by Americans on here) that a 'proper' American used to be a WASP, ie, White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, the election of JFK as president was a big deal because he was a Catholic. The fact that a Catholic* like Vance is in the vanguard of American nationalism shows how things have changed

(*I don't think he's a very good Catholic.)