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

I think they're a bit spooked because this is desperation. They don't know how to walk back on the decision to send Garcia to El Salvador so they have to shore it up by using a grieving mother.

Ah yes. And then maybe they'll do a 'Fred Waterford'😏 on him.

I find that post utterly bamboozling.

I haven't got to that bit yet.

I think now, in the middle of this nonsense, when the US seems so far apart, is a good time to remember great US / UK collaborations of the past. Here are some artistic ones.

1. Monty Pythons Flying Circus
2. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
3. This Is Spinal Tap
4. The Police
5. The James Bond films.

This is a good description of how the two cases have been conflated. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/trump100/id1488434518?i=1000703820095

The Vice President of El Salvador has told US Senator Van Hollen that the reason they are still holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia is due to the Trump regime paying them to do so.

https://x.com/YourAnonCentral/status/1912608778199183549?t=E2Jh6msUBPzdmS7E_73F_Q&s=19

Is the Administration trying to draw attention away from the tariffs shitshow? In this clip, Senator Van Hollen explains the situation very well

This sounds like a good move, the UK beefing up security on trade documents to stop trump getting his eyes on it

www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/16/uk-officials-trade-documents-secret-trump-tariff-security

"Is the Administration trying to draw attention away from the tariffs shitshow?"

I wouldn't think that focussing on one particular shit show precludes the rest of the world from seeing ALL of the shit shows, despite what the Administration might think about how clever they’re being with their distraction techniques. Unlike Trump the Magnificent, many people are capable of holding more than one shit show in their minds for longer than a minute.

Hopefully that isn't news to anyone.

Meanwhile, knowing the US is a direct channel to Russia can't possibly play out to Russias advantage for obvious reasons.

JFK on Autism..

I don't know which part I'm most angry about. But what really struck me is how he referred to children as a 'resource', and one of the first things he lists, in his list of things that autistic children will not achieve/experience, is that 'these kids will never pay taxes'.
Good to see where his priorities lie. Asshole.

I don't know which part I'm most angry about. But what really struck me is how he referred to children as a 'resource'

Why did "decrease the surplus population" suddenly ring in my ears.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/17/google_faces_uk_class_action/

I find it so hard to believe RFK is from the same Democrat family, it's shocking to someone like me who remembers the day JFK was shot and who, as an Irish Catholic, was taught to revere him almost as a saint. (OK, we know different now, but still!) These people are so selfish and callous. I could carry on ranting in disgust but I'm sure you all know what I mean and my BP is way too high without my going there now. Will try to find something amusing to share later on!

It's a stark reminder why aristocracies aren't sustainable.

Crap, I meant RFK.

Again apologies for mistyping. Two mistakes in the last two days. Really must stop posting when angry. 🤣

I've had a a few hot beverages. Little less angry now..

He is toxic. He's also wrong. One of my autistic kids is a higher rate taxpayer and another is a senior teacher paying taxes in another country. What a fud RFK IS.

It's like he's never met anyone who is autistic. I actually think I despise him more than I do Donnie.

Trump's three adversaries that are not blinking.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/17/trump-china-harvard-supreme-court

🍻 I'm having a beer.

We all knew you meant R not J.

I wonder if anyone living near Arlington can hear rattling?🙊

The second time they've done this!

The Kennedy clan who shoved their sister Rosemary in an institution because she had learning difficulties and did a lobotomy on her

Oops! Sorry!!😳

I'll say no more 🤐

It's ok - I've read some reviews so it's not going to be a surprise/shock.

I wonder what the people of El Salvador think. I know my Salvadorean friend says that, although she is horrified, her family that lives there is happy the current administration is cracking down (brutally) so that it's safer for them. Becoming America's prison for not guilty people seems like a horrifying choice. Becoming an annex to America's poor choices.