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

You're welcome

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Donald-Trump-Toilet-Paper-Novelty/dp/B07BTZZZXQ/ref=sr_1_1

Maybe they'll all turn into fine, upstanding US citizens.

My white South African family members who emigrated to the US certainly are.

It's just the circumstances here make it... more interesting.

We had Trump dog poop bags. I think we may have a few left in our caravan. Time to dig them out.

They had his ugly mug with 'Dumps for Trump' printed on them.

DS2 had a friend whose parents immigrated from SA in the early 00s. Lovely people.

I have a feeling the people claiming 'refugee status' aren't quite the same calibre.

💯 this.

I know plenty of very lovely South Africans. None of them have claimed to be refugees though.

@SerendipityJane you can get a Donald Trump loo brush too.

My DD had her work away day/night last week. They had a mixture of all sorts of fun and games and they all were encouraged to wear fancy dress.
The quietest guy in Accounts came as Trump! DD said he was bronzed with white eyes, a trump wig, navy suit long red tie and had his voice and mannerisms off pat! He was so good at it she said, maybe he will be on the British version of SNL!

Only one poll, but read in it what you like. It's like when you thank the beater when the beating stops. Temporarily.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-s-approval-rating-changes-direction/ar-AA1EC6Gk?cvid=ddd38d23bba843c388c2d34aea28a157&ei=25

He is visiting Saudi today, all the bling he wants.

So Musk (and a few other business grifters) are on the trip as well.

Money and business deals are the main objective. Let's just ignore Palestine - too messy - but maybe drop in on Zelenskyy and dear pals, Putin and Erdoğan, in Turkey on the way back.

Yeah, I spotted Skum kissing ass.
I feel dirty even looking at him.🤢

"According to Quantus Insights poll sponsored by right-wing news and opinion website Trending Politics News….."

Tells me all I need to know about his 'improved' approval rating.

Did anyone actually watch any of that insane press conference? I avoided it until now, but the bit here, where Seth Meyers quotes him verbatim in Joe Biden's voice is very illuminating (although we on here already know). I wish more mainstream news would spend some time highlighting this

Nice one, I hadn't even considered that anagram of his name, it couldn't be more fitting!

I've been calling him Leon Skum for a while now...amongst other names 😶😁

ICYMI

https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/13/eu_security_bug_database/

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/alabama-redistricting-congress-voting-rights-rcna206366

The news keep coming hard and fast. It's part of a $600B Saudi commitment to invest in the US.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/may/13/donald-trump-saudi-arabia-gulf-middle-east-latest-us-politics-news-live

Ah, yes, our friends and allies. The architects of 9/11 and, historically, funders of Hamas. So much better than that nasty free-speech-suppressing EU. Maybe JD should go there and lecture them on freedoms...

Where is eyeliner vp these days, anyway?

This feels apt, eh @JoshLymanSwagger

You beat me to it.

And let's not forget Jamal Khashoggi. (Also happened on Trump's watch...
Trump repeatedly alluded to the fact that Khashoggi was not a U.S. citizen. “It’s in Turkey, and it’s not a citizen, as I understand it," he said. "But a thing like that shouldn’t happen.” Trump added later: “Again, this took place in Turkey, and to the best of our knowledge, Khashoggi is not a United States citizen. Is that right?” An aide specified that Khashoggi has been a U.S. resident.)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45812399.amp

None of your furrin muck for 🍊💩

@Spandauer Yes, you're absolutely right. Jamal Khashoggi's murder was an absolute sickening disgrace.

And the McDonald's thing. How embarrassing. Maybe he'll just stay there? I think he'd quite like the lifestyle.

Thing is, I'm not even a good Catholic. I'm a shit Catholic. I haven't murdered anyone or joined the Taliban but I'm still shit at it.🙈

My sympathies are with the good Catholics who managed all this along with daily or weekly mass.😆