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

[Spandauer]

Here be dragons.

Previous thread:
www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5307874-are-we-feeling-liberated-yet-trump-thread-141

Seems Mike Walz has been given his marching orders.

Just spotted that on Sky News, and his deputy Alex Wong.

Oh dear.

102 days tho...that's not bad.

🍊🤣

To save Hesgeth?

Politico says the leading candidate to replace Waltz is Steve Witkoff

I make that 9.3 Scaramucci’s 🤣

I stand corrected!

Trump participating in Nation Day of Prayer.

@CaveMum if he mentions Fishhooks McCarthy..?🤯

So do we think Waltz was thrown under the bus by Lil’ Marco and Pete (seeing as Trump has made a point of mentioning them at the prayer meeting thing) or did he grow a spine and actually resign?

Of course Trump mentioning Rubio and Hegseth might be some kind of Pavlovian trigger to get them to start worrying about their own positions. I serve at the pleasure of the President and all that…

Prayer meeting? Beelzebub calling to his own.

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lo4wb4mhmk25

Trump announces that Mike Waltz will be nominated as UN ambassador and Marco is the new intern national security adviser

Rearranging the deckchairs?

At least it’s not witcoff

Of course Trump mentioning Rubio and Hegseth might be some kind of Pavlovian trigger to get them to start worrying about their own positions. I serve at the pleasure of the President and all that…

Like when Henry VIII made Cromwell the Earl of Essex then chopped off his head soon after? We should be so lucky.

"Thank you for your attention to this matter" WtF does that even mean?

He has no command of the English language and no 'sense' of phrasing, does he?

Going from Secretary of State to NSA is a pretty big demotion isn’t it? I mean over here a lot of people could name the Foreign Secretary but I (and I consider myself pretty politically engaged) had to Google who the UK NSA is!

While everyone focuses on Trump's personnel shuffle this has also happened,

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/02/abu-dhabi-firm-binance-trump-stablecoin

And should be read with this in mind:

As Donald Trump’s administration has cut regulations for the cryptocurrency industry, the crypto firm World Liberty Financial, in which the Trump family has a large financial stake, has grown quickly by launching its own “stablecoin” and another digital token, prompting watchdogs and experts to warn of Trump’s conflicts of interest and economic hazards.

“Donald Trump is enriching himself and his family through their crypto businesses while his administration guts oversight of the market,” Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts said. “It’s a massive conflict of interest and a recipe for disaster.”
She added: “The SEC has already dropped enforcement actions against crypto firms tied to Trump donors and issued new guidance that could shield the first family’s own coins from scrutiny. Congress should step up and pass basic rules of the road that prevent corruption and protect consumers.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/14/critics-slam-deregulation-of-crypto-as-trump-family-expands-its-footprint-in-industry

I just posted about an Abu Dhabi firm investing $2bn using USD1 and the post's been hidden while MNHQ looks at it.

A few days ago, my post was hidden and my account blocked. MNHQ apologised and said "human error"!!!

It was about Trump family's involvement in World Liberty Financial's USD1 and the conflict of interest.

Unhidden now. Well done MNHQ!

MNHQ have an automated system that blocks any reference to crypt0 (we’ll see if this post gets past it!) The posts have to be manually approved.

10 o'clock news on BBC and all they can talk about us Reform 🤢 other parties are available, but nobody told the BBC.

Sorry, wrong thread!

Relevant though. Got to keep an eye on Bigly's smaller pal and imitator, odious creature.

Interesting too, as it shows how close things can be - there's a recount due to a 4 vote, yes FOUR vote margin.
You don't see those in the US...

Just thought I'd mention -
I've worked in polling stations and on counts...and done a couple of recounts.
It is very possible that there could even be a second recount... 🤯