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

[Spandauer]

Here be dragons.

Previous thread:
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Will it be televised like the Zelensky meeting?

Form an orderly queue.

Artists wanted for Trump's National Garden of American Heroes.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/24/nx-s1-5375767/trump-national-garden-of-american-heroes-statues

Just having a quick look at the news headlines on my phone and there's enough going on in the world without Trump's bs.

We all had had enough of the mental exhaustion of 2016 - 2020 (2021) didn't we? Him and the media's frenzied feeding (and me looking at it) is a hideous thing to witness.

God should imagine Lauren Bacall would be turning in her grave to have any association with a Trump project. She campaigned heavily for Adlai Stephenson and worked hard to get Bogart to join her when he, and large parts of the rest of country, were instinctively Eisenhower supporters.

Unless she had a change of heart and became right wing in her old age.

The whole place is literally on fire isn’t it? It’s an absolute shit show of epic proportions. India and Pakistan now also kicking off, wonder what the orange peace maker will do to dampen that fuse

He mentioned the Nobel peace prize again today.

Yemen is not reported on much but the USA is very much involved there

Yes - India and Pakistan is concerning. I fully expect Trump will mangle some words about the situation and make matters worse.

If he batters and bullies Zelensky into a 'peace deal' then no doubt Bigly will get the Nobel. Blessed are the extortionists peacemakers.

The Pope's funeral is going to be interesting 😬

$38 million for a garden? Seriously?

No site has been chosen for the garden yet,

Versailles?

Mar-a-lago? Trump Towers?

Hey folks, a new line of Trump merch has hit the stores🎉🎉🎉. Remember that old, red, MAGA hat?😢 You need to burn that sonofabitch. Cos that's Chinese mind control right on top of your head.😱

Don't worry though. Trump and MAGA hear your pain.🙏 And we have the answer. Brand new, red, MAGA hats. Born and bred in the good ole USofA.🎉🎉🇺🇲 Yours for the one time only, bargain price of $50.*

Be an American hero. Burn your Chinese mind control hat.🔥 And show your ❤️ for the most terrifically President Trump. Who saved us from stuff.👏👏👏

*+P&P and state taxes
**Just because our MAGA hats are made in the US, doesn't mean the rest of the merch isn't Chinese.

This is not an Ad. This is a Fox News Business Report.

www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-store-sparks-buzz-debate-new-trump-2028-merchandise

By the time they cull out all the women, people of colour, Democrats, and people with known liberal leanings it'll be more like The National Allotment of American Heroes.

Sounds on par with Bozo's Garden Bridge. Maybe he could dust off the plans and make a few more quid on the side."Hey, America, we've got a bridge to sell you".

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-third-term-trial-balloon-gets-resounding-response-new-poll

I was a bit concerned about this. Spoiler alert - it's a resounding no.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-store-sparks-buzz-debate-new-trump-2028-merchandise

This is chilling. The media will treat it like it's a joke (as per) but it's morsels of drugged meat being fed to the MAGA faithful, insidiously prepping them to support this.

Made me want to throw up.

Yes that's exactly it. It's normalising the idea.

All the while using plausible deniability of "It's a joke! Lighten up!" if challenged.

Who remembers the Selina Meyer Library ?

Really good episode of TRIP US today - Katty Kay interviews former RNC Chair Michael Steele - safe to say he’s not a Trump fan! Interesting to hear him say (and obviously we have to trust what he says is true as we’ve not seen evidence to date) that there are people in the Republican Party who are working in the background to stop Trump and the excesses of MAGA.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-rest-is-politics-us/id1743030473?i=1000704756920

Transcript of Trump speaking to TIME magazine https://time.com/7280114/donald-trump-2025-interview-transcript/

Who?🤔

God, he's such a thick idiot.

No no, the IMF is wrong. I AM RIGHT! EVERYONE ELSE IS WRONG! Whatever anyone says they are wrong, and I am right. I inherited eggs. I'm dealing with everyone, I've made the deals. About 200 of them. Even horrible countries. And no I'm not announcing them.
We are a giant beautiful store, I run the store, and everyone wants to shop here. I own the store. I set the prices.

I would love to send criminals to foreign prisons if I could. Especially those that steal bicycles or hit old ladies over the head. I got 100% in my cognitive test, bet you couldn't get 100%, I'd make a big beautiful bet on that.

That's basically it... 🤣😂

Thanks for taking one for the team so we don't all have to read it 😂

I’m trying too; it’s difficult! And they didn’t once correct him, or really challenge him??? Apologies if I’ve not got to the but where they did, yet 🤪

Just finished reading it - good summary @TulipTiptoer!
What a narcissistic tool he is. Aides must explain things to him with analogies (eg the department store) and he gets them stuck in his bigly brain.

I think they tried to keep from challenging him otherwise he probably would have walked. He was already saying the questions were nasty and that he could see right through their approach.

I guess the interview with The Atlantic will have gone the same way. Anyone know when that will be published?