Idiotam habemus - Trumpum the Bigly XXX - Trump thread #143

[Spandauer]

No grey smoke necessary.

First 100 days have come and gone. Vance has killed the Pope, Musk is melting away and Trump's tariffs are on a slow boat to China.

Coming soon... Bigly's Birthday Parade. What could possibly go wrong?

Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5315681-has-the-us-crossed-the-rubicon-trump-thread-142

Wonder if Scrotus is going to impose a 3000% tariff on all goods imported from the Vatican.

Holy water and wine?

This is so sinister

https://bsky.app/profile/npr.org/post/3lootjvtuw227

'Judge' Jeanine Pirro just named AG for DC.

Another Fox 'personality'. Fuck

I was just about to come and post this. Jeanine Pirro. Oh my golly good grief. I have seen and heard this woman in action when she is literally ranting on and on against Trump critics. She sounds totally deranged and I have found her completely OTT tor telly, and now she's AG?

You just know they aren’t doing this for the good of the people with autism.

Hans Asperger would have approved.

As a lapsed Catholic, the first thing I did when I heard the new Pope’s chosen name was to check who Pope Leo XIII had been, as logically, I thought that would be a clue as to which path Pope Leo XIV would take (the non-Catholics round me at the time looked at me as though I was mad). What it roughly boiled down to was this, which I found quoted on FB, though I can’t find the originator.

It seems to me that Pope Francis has left the Catholic church in a safe pair of hands. Before the conclave, I read somewhere that Pope Francis had left indications of two men who he would prefer to follow him and continue his work in the same vein, and I wonder if Cardinal Robert Prevost was one of these men?

He's obviously a good man for the job given that loon Loomer said the new Pope ‘is anti-Trump, anti-MAGA, pro-open Borders, and a total Marxist like Pope Francis,’ adding that it’s ‘GROSS’ that he now leads the Catholic Church.

And he's publicly criticised idiot Vance, so the bloke's a good 'un.

MAGAts are losing their shit and callimg him 'WOKE MARXIST POPE'

Thanks for looking that up, @Jaichangecentfoisdenom . Another lapsed Catholic here, so know the drill.

Popes choose their names for a reason, and it's often to signal that they wish to continue the work of a predecessor.

"MAGAts are losing their shit and callimg him 'WOKE MARXIST POPE’"

There’s the thing, you see, as far as I’m concerned, it’s not an insult to call followers of Jesus Christ “woke" or “Marxist", because it seems to me that Jesus was the original embodiment of Communism, or at least Socialism.

Well... yeah.

Almost everything Jesus preached is anathema to MAGAs. Bit of a challenging religion for them to have chosen, really...

@Jaichangecentfoisdenom Did you come across this?

https://bsky.app/profile/rid9way.bsky.social/post/3loopi7wq4s2u

The last Leo, Leo XIII, was born in 1810. In 1896 he was persuaded to allow a film camera into the Vatican. He is the oldest (or, the earliest born) human being ever caught on film.

Jesus was far too woke for MAGA. They’d find a way to stick him in an El Salvadorean prison if he ever set foot in the USA.

Oh that's amazing to have that film. The 1896 Popemobile!

From the NPR report about autism:
(my bold)

The Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement on Wednesday that the NIH would team up with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to create the database utilizing insurance claims, electronic medical records and data from wearable devices with health sensors, like smartwatches.

DH uses his smartwatch like it's his personal GP - tracking/monitoring all sorts of health stuff... I am completely the opposite and refuse to have a wearable device monitoring me. I do realise I'm being monitored in many other ways by my phone/computer etc but I don't willingly give extra information about myself.

This is what they wanted isn't it? Access to information that can be used to grade you and/or police you as 'useful' citizens... Diabetes readings, menstrual and pregnancy tracking, blood pressure readings, heart rates, blood test results, medications taken etc etc. ...all starting with databases of disabilities.

That is chilling @Spandauer

I know it’s not strictly US related but this feels like a supportive space. Is anyone else absolutely done with the state of the World. Between Ukraine and Russia, Israel and Palestine, India and Pakistan, the big orange oaf and everything in between my nerves are honestly shot to shit. When did the world become such a basket case.

Sorry as you were, if it makes it more relevant it was seeing JD Vance basically say helping to solve the Pakistan India crisis is none of the US’ business that tipped me over.

@Igotjelly I totally understand where you are coming from. It can all feel depressing/terrifying/or just draining ALL the time.

During Covid I remember there was a series of threads whose sole purpose was to share nothing but good/funny news. I wonder if we need that again?

Trying to keep positive can be incredibly hard so sharing nice things helps. I find getting outside in nature really helps, particularly on a sunny day like today. Even if it’s just in your back garden for 5 minutes of light (sunlight is amazing at boosting your mood), eyes closed and (if possible) barefoot on the grass is incredibly grounding.

Snap, @Igotjelly Fortunately I have like minded friends so we can rant with each other on the state of the world. It's very sad, but I'm hopefully looking at 47th's time as a 'hitting rockbottom' recognition era from which the world will rebound.

I'm with you. 😔

The disregard for the planet and all life in general also has my stomach in knots.

Plus as someone who came of age in the 70s, I despair at the dismantling of women's rights and the increase of unapologetic racism.

Agree the rise of hate across all spectrums and the rolling back of equality is so depressing. I just see it seeping into every aspect of life.

Totally with you @Igotjelly

What with all that's going on in the world, years more of the orange sack of porridge and now I've now got a third world problem with my family that's going to affect us through till Autumn arghhhh. (Not health related just massive aggro that I could do without)

Also ponder why the most evil men in the world live such long lives. Putin looked on his last legs a year or two ago but now looks robust. Ditto Murdoch who's obviously made of kryptonite. Ditto 🍊.

Sorry for wildly inappropriate rant 🥴

But is it original Putin tho??!!😎

One thing about the new Papal name that occured to me...
Let the Lion Roar

@Igotjelly The whole world has gone completely off it's rocker. I guessed 🍊 would be bad, but this?! He's sooo far off the scale.

(if possible) barefoot on the grass is incredibly grounding
I have hedgehog poo on my lawn, so I might skip that. 🦔 😁

@Spandauer this is why I have a stupid phone.