Trumplethinskin wants his Situation Room photo because it most definitely rained on his parade - Trump thread #145

[Spandauer]

All he’s done is lie since he came down that escalator.

Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5344386-no-more-musk-melania-mia-and-tacos-for-tea-the-idiocracy-beds-down-trump-thread-144

In 1981, when the Police album "Ghost in the Machine" was released, I was going to go into town to HMV Oxford Street to get a fan-special edition with a friend. However something came up and we had to call it off ... I remember being quite upset (sniffy tears as I recall). Then in the evening news we heard about the Oxford Street bomb that killed a bomb disposal expert.

All of a sudden "Danger UXB" was very, very real.

I've lost count of the times I've faced travel disruptions due to stations and roads being closed in the 80s and 90s.

And now I live in Brum, there's still people that talk about 1974.

It is delicious that the narrative that the US military deliberately made Trumps parade look ropey appears to be spreading across the world. Which is probably a really good thing. It's signalling just how far they would follow his orders. And if they ain't gonna parade straight, why the hell would they shoot straight ?

I may have a new found respect for the US armed forces.

911 was the ultimate sleeper cell activation.
a close relative went to uni with 2 of them. they were pretty unremarkable. attending class and socials.

Which wasn't planned in a weekend was it ?

That said, it's probably one of the most successful single military operations in history. It's still costing the world over two decades later with no end in sight.

If only they'd been running the British Rail network.

Are we sure this narrative is correct? (I’ve been taking a break from the news, and I hadn’t heard about this, so I’m wondering where to look for a reliable source?)

Well this is where the algorithms get to work if you let them

E2A: I wonder how Wiki will record if for posterity ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Army_250th_Anniversary_Parade

Feel free to add some encyclopedic content.

Thank you, @SerendipityJane. I do like vt's take on it.

I have just realised that I bandy the word “algorithms” gaily about as if I knew what it meant, but I don’t.

World peace is going to have to wait until Monday.

Trump Checks Out Early For Golf Club as World Burns
Trump is spending the weekend in New Jersey following a brief day in D.C.
meidasnews.com/news/trump-checks-out-early-for-golf-club-as-world-burns

FGS. He’s beyond disgraceful. How many more days of this shit do we have to endure, @CaveMum?

algorithm (from Arabic, the clue is the "al" bit)[1]

Basically a series of steps to perform a task. It's from algorithms that you build computer programs.

When used in advertising and social media, it generally means the series of steps applied to consumer data that extracts a notion of their tastes and preferences to allow the money advertisers spend on injecting their messages into your life to go as far as possible.

If you remember that you were unlikely to see adverts for F1 Motorsport in Womans Weekly, you'll realise this is nothing new.

[1]the MAGA movement are so dim that I live in hope someone picks up the origins of algorithm (and alcohol while we are at it) and gets MTG to ban this enemy indoctrination.

I wish FB algorithms would work out that I have no interest in any sort of advertising at all.

@Jaichangecentfoisdenom 1,236 days till the 2028 election I’m afraid. If it makes you feel better it’s “only” 501 days till Midterms, so if (and the way they’re behaving right now it’s a big IF sadly) the Dems can take the House and/or Senate he’ll be a lame duck for the rest of his term.

In another “CaveMum plugs a podcast” shocker (😜), for those interested in these things, The Rest is Classified is coming to the end of a special series on Bin Laden and they talk at length about the planning of 9/11. I’ve only listened to the first 2 episodes so far, but it’s worth listening to.

Much like those YouGov surveys that ask who would be the best Prime Minister, with no option for "none". Which are then used to "prove" to the client that what the client suspected was correct all along.

Judge: And so given all those factual findings, I'm going to exercise the discretion I have to ORDER THE RELEASE of Mahmoud Khalil

https://bsky.app/profile/joshuajfriedman.com/post/3ls2lqlveec26

Woo-hoo! (Mahmoud Khalil.) Presumably there’ll be pushback from the idiot in charge’s minions, though?

If you look at the footage of the walk-past (including the man in a funny hat carrying a drone above his head, and probably making aeroplane noises very quietly) you have a choice: either the US army is incapable of marching, or even keeping step, or else they decided not to. There is marching, and then there is strolling. They strolled.

I am inclined to think they resented having the military's 250th anniversary hijacked to be a Trumpian whingding. And I bet they were not being paid extra for losing their holiday.

The Senegal women’s national basketball team cancelled a 10-day training camp in the U.S. from June 22 to July 3 after the U.S. rejected visas for five players, six staff members and a ministerial delegation.

If Trump (and Miller) makes it through to 2028 how on earth can USA continue to host the Olympics?

Asked that question and got this:
(edit: seems to be satire?)

IOC announced vote to move 2028 Olympics out of LA due to safety?
According to the rumor, the International Olympic Committee said it would initiate a vote "for the safety of the athletes and fans alike."
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ioc-vote-move-2028-olympics-from-la-for-safety/

Who is WH Director of Personnel, Sergio Gor really?
There's speculation that he's a Putin plant!
https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3ls2e6vk2t22r

@AskingQuestionsAllTheTime - I’ve deliberately avoided watching any coverage of Trump and Co, as I have high blood pressure, and I can’t bring myself to take a look at the parade now. I love your description of the (s)trolling by the military on the day.

@Spandauer - what is satire today is Trump’s truth tomorrow.

It's for the best he goes golfing

Trump:

“They should give me the Nobel prize for Rwanda and have you looked at the Congo? You could say Serbia and Kosovo. You could say a lot of them.

“The big one is India and Pakistan. I should have gotten it four or five times.”

As far as I'm concerned it doesn't matter if it's 'real', although I hope it is. The appearance of it is enough to send Scrotus et al into shit fits. And if the rest of the world believes it's true, then according to MAGA logic, it is true.

Wut?