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

[Spandauer]

Here be dragons.

Previous thread:
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It’s a good response. Although half of me thinks that we should just ignore it. It’s a distraction, it means nothing. We should concentrate on the awful stuff he’s doing.

It's part of the awful stuff though. Utter contempt for anything that takes attention away from his infantile self. Ugh

So any one wanna take bets on how long before Scrotus directs the DoJ to 'conduct an investigation' on the NY Bishops? Maybe he'll designate the Roman Catholic Church as a 'foreign gang' and have ICE arrest & send the Bishops to El Salvador. I mean, the very name shows that it's a foreign invader, right?

C'mon, you know it's entered his head to do just that.

I know it’s not the US but, like in Canada, Dutton has lost his seat in Australia. Another middle finger to Trumpism.

"Australia's political centre has held - as disenchanted Liberal voters continued their drift to new pastures, turning their backs on bunyip Trumpism - paradoxically even as the political core becomes more fractured and diverse.
The Greens saw their own repudiation, with voters rejecting what they regarded as extremism, obstructionism and support for bad causes such as the CFMEU (the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union)."

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/559833/australian-election-voters-reject-peter-dutton-s-vision-giving-labor-a-remarkable-victory-and-liberals-a-difficult-future

Love it.

NB: the Liberals in Australia are the equivalent of Reform or perhaps the Conservatives in the UK or Canada.

NZ elections next year- happily, the Trumpy element among senior politicians is very limited.

Meanwhile our own bigly bigot is still revelling in the local election results 🤢

One bright thing amidst the gloom. Badenoch said "sorry" to her now ex councillors. Although anything that had gone wrong was obviously the fault of Keir Starmer and/or Jeremy Corbyn. Well done Australia and thank you. You're not as mad as we are.

New thread, thanks Spandauer

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5327971-idiotam-habemus-trumpum-the-bigly-xxx-trump-thread-143?reply=144027025

New thread in time for Trump's Victory in WW2 day.

For the rest of us - Commemorating VE Day and remembering all those from many nations who gave their lives that we might be free.

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In the Netherlands, we remember the fallen on May 4th at 8pm with 2 minutes silence and liberation day on May 5th

They're just as mad! Make of that what you will. But in Australia (and NZ) the sense is that the government is in control of immigration. That means both countries have been able to absorb more immigration per capita than the UK with less angst generally. Reform don't seem to be popular in Scotland or NI, no doubt that's partly because they're seen as English, but neither of those places are having to absorb anything like the uncontrolled immigration that England is getting. I guess my feeling is that it's the perception of uncontrolled immigration that is giving Reform their impetus.

And the U.K. has a barge going cheap.

Trump administration in talks with Rwanda to take deportees from U.S.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-in-talks-with-rwanda-to-take-deportees-from-u-s/

Irony being written large by the Reform-A-Tory rep on Kuensberg. He appears to think they've won a general election. Lies and delusion.

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Thanks for the new thread @Spandauer .

"Governing with moral clarity and purpose" - we need someone with the character, intelligence, determination and resolve of a certain previous PM.

Cometh the hour, cometh the man or woman. 🙏

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Even the AI knew to give Trump a red lightsaber.

May the 4th be with you

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Since we've had a bit of religious theme running;

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