He's a (Very Good) Friend Of Epstein (Oh, Yes He Is) - Trump Thread #149

[Spandauer]

Taking paracetamol doesn’t give you autistic babies but voting for Trump definitely gives you a festering carcass of American rot shoved into an ill-fitting suit: the sleaze of a conman, the cowardice of a draft dodger, the gluttony of a parasite, the racism of a Klansman, the sexism of a back-alley creep, the ignorance of a bar-stool drunk, and the greed of a hedge-fund ghoul— all spray-painted orange and paraded like a prize hog at a county fair.
(Description of Trump courtesy of Oliver Kornetzke 18/8/25)

Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5408426-on-and-on-and-on-it-goes-trump-thread-148

This was totally predictable.

The Israelis appear to be dishonest war criminals, intent on wiping out the Palestinians. There was a very shocking This American Life a few months back that focused on the fact that doctors have observed systematic shots to the head and chest of children in Gaza by Israeli soldiers. It's sickening.

Yes Rafah remains closed and only half expected aid to be allowed into Gaza - 300 trucks instead of 600

I think Trump's swansong should be I Fall to Pieces.

Nobel Peace prize latest

Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people.

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This peace deal is feeling more precarious all the time, now Don has had his day of adoration, he’ll no doubt move onto the next shiny thing.

The peace deal is fraught with danger at every turn. “If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is…”

Jeremy Bowen has been writing very realistically throughout this.

Bowen: Trump's role in Gaza ceasefire was decisive, but not a roadmap to peace
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce86118q6ego
Anyone watching the speeches he made in Jerusalem and Sharm el-Sheikh could see a man luxuriating in his power - enjoying the applause in Israel's parliament, and in Egypt, basking in the fact that so many heads of state and government had flown in.

One veteran diplomat in the room said it looked as if Trump saw the role of the world leaders there as extras on his film set.
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It helps to recognise what the deal is – and what it isn't.

The agreement was for a ceasefire and an exchange of hostages for prisoners. It is not a peace agreement, or even the start of a peace process.

The next phase of the Trump 20-point plan requires an agreement filling in the gaps of the framework which declares that the Gaza Strip will be demilitarised, secured and governed by a committee including Palestinians.

If only Charlie had turned as well as me... I'm the best turner, better than Lincoln or Kennedy.

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."
bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m36mvbxl522s

Trump threatens removal of World Cup games from Boston, Olympics from LA.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/oct/14/trump-world-cup-olympics-threat-boston?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The US should have never got the world cup in the first place.
It's FIFA that decide which stadia gets used not the orange buffoon.

It's Canada, Mexico and the USA that are hosting the World Cup 2026.

Cheers I stand corrected 👍

Listening to the News. Bigly says Hamas must disarm and if it doesn't then it will be assured that they do, violently if necessary. I'd like to believe that Bigly has accomplished something successfully but I don't. If the two sides aren't still killing one another in 3 months time, then I'll grudgingly congratulate him. Not holding my breath.

The meddling in elections out in the open

Trump threatens to punish Argentina if Milei loses elections https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/14/trump-threatens-to-cut-us-aid-to-argentina-if-milei-loses-election

He/they are out of control now aren't they?

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

You do have a point though. Trump cannot unilaterally make the decision to move the games within the USA.

Fingers in every pie.

Why was FIFA President Infantino with Trump at Gaza peace summit in Egypt?
FIFA boss Gianni Infantino was among attendees in Egypt, continuing a string of appearances with the US president Donald Trump.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/sports/2025/10/14/why-was-fifa-president-infantino-with-trump-at-gaza-peace-summit-in-egypt

Bet it's to do with cash and FIFA aren't exactly squeaky clean

Have you seen the ticket prices

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146

I wish I was surprised and shocked by the above but I'm not. Its completely what I'd expect from the utterly depraved, vile creatures that USA has clutched to its national heart. And they're so proud of what they are. Unfathomable.

Eeuuw.

This message seems to some up the general strategy of this movement, even among those who aren't so crude in their misogyny, racism, anti-semitism and homophobia:

We gotta pretend that we like them. “Hey, come on in. Take a nice shower and relax”. Boom - they’re dead

I wish this had been on the cover

That Young Republican chat is just banter according to JD

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

I wouldn't exactly call them kids or young adults either