Cobwebs in Congress, Bigly Ballrooms, Tariff Tantrums, Dementia Denials - Trump Thread #150

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And Epstein and his beautiful files are still trying to claw their way out of his grave

Previous thread :
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5416501-hes-a-very-good-friend-of-epstein-oh-yes-he-is-trump-thread-149

Yeah. Terrible deal and it makes it seem like they've put us all through this for nothing. A big win for Trump and a huge fracturing of the Dems. What ridiculousness.

Someone on Bluesky said last night that it's like the Dems looked around, saw that Trump is at record unpopularity and they just won elections resoundingly, so got out their biggest guns, and shot themselves in the foot.

A pretty quick but incisive discussion of both sides on the deal

I can’t do this any more. The world’s gone mad. I can’t cope.

Why are Dems so pathetic and spineless? It's mind-bending.

On a more positive note, Trump got booed at a Commander's game

https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3m5a7te2sva2q

I, insert your name, do solemnly swear🤣.

Sigh. My only question is what took him so long to pardon this bunch of crooks and liars.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/politics/trump-pardon-allies-2020-election-hnk?utm_source=cnn_Five+Things+for+Monday%2C+November+10%2C+2025&utm_medium=email&bt_ee=6Vym8qNfdBKolTgtPGwIdpDgfUt%2BNDZWlNFqcDl3BjKs1HCHP2LfYapW6Q7T2oMr&bt_ts=1762775997569

Trust me, with SCROTUS in office I'm swearing constantly. OK, so not solemnly, but loudly and through gritted teeth.

I felt sick with despair, reading that. And I'm not an American.

(Too late to edit)......

Apparently, none of the above are/were charged with FEDERAL crimes so the pardons are legally meaningless. Unless, of course, SCROTUS is going to try to assert that the Presidential pardon power 'trumps' (pun intended) any state courts. And that wouldn't surprise me one bit.

Re the Donald suing the BBC

TACO

Nothing in the film was what he did not say.
No election was influenced
Nobody was injured because of the edit

unlike the other issues in the Prescott report

Ghislaine Maxwell is apparently going to ask for a commutation

Well THAT may end up being very interesting. He'd be an absolute idiot (OK, I know he is) to touch her sentence in any way. But then again, what damaging photos or documents might she have tucked away somewhere that could prove horribly embarrassing to him if he doesn't 'cooperate'?

According to this the Epstein files are worse than anyone could imagine.
https://www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ibr7r8

Checking in, lost you for a while!

Nothing in the film was what he did not say.

This was my first thought when the news broke.

Indeed.

Does anyone know what a magnet is? Asking for a friend old orange

Trump doesn't realise that, if he wants to sue the BBC, he needs to show that the programme damaged him in the eyes of the general public. That means demonstrating that the general pubic had a high opinion of him which has sunk way down as a direct result of the programme. That's going to pose a major problem for the convicted criminal with a long, long record of very, very murky stuff indeed. To say nothing of the fact that it could give his opponents the perfect opportunity for demanding disclosure of the Epstein files.

Why would a friend of Epstein want to sue the BBC, the British Broadcasting Company, funded by the public, when King Charles has demoted his own brother, another friend of Epstein, so publicly?

Yup, although separate things, fair play needs to go out the window when it comes to Trump.

The BBC potentially have access to Andrew and Mandelson. How about they "leak" that they are doing a " Panorama : Trump, Epstein and The Prince".

Have the pap press out " catching" the BBC crews arriving at Sandringham.

Photos in the tabloids of Mandelson at the BBC, with lawyers.

DH says Trump's right about there being a problem with China and magnets, although that grain is truth is wrapped up and delivered in a layer of gibberish.

They realise it. It's the same thing as his suit against 60 Minutes. He would have had to prove damages, of which there were none- it's actually easier to win defamation/libel suits in the uk than the us. But it's a tactic to get them to kowtow to him/settle with him/be beholden to him going forward. Like CBS did, with the giant payment and their recent kid glove treatment of him. The very last thing he and his minions want is to actually end up in court, which would be very damaging to him.

I just hope that the BBC, which unlike CBS is taxpayer funded, decides to hold firm. Although I suspect, in trying to avoid another tariff fiasco, they're keen to keep his ire tamped down, so will issue a grovelling apology. Not to mention that people like Robbie Gibb seem pretty inclined in his direction anyway.

I just hope that the BBC, which unlike CBS is taxpayer funded,

If they pay a single cent to the Orange cunt they can kiss goodbye to the remaining licence fee payers. (And it's ironic that UK Trump supporters are much less likely to pay the licence fee anyway).

The only issue right now about China and magnets is that China has a world dominating position in possessing and processing the rare earth minerals essential for producing the powerful magnets used in electronic and military applications, and is willing to use that advantage.

Trump and his blackmailing beautiful tariffs is what caused China to push back with export restrictions. But as other countries develop their own rare earth minerals, China's dominance will fall.

I cannot fault their use of a currently effective trade weapon to counter Trump's attempts to damage their economy. Or to put it in Trump's words - China has all the cards.

I just wish other countries had the ability to fight back too. Consumers around the world are paying for Trump's bloody tariffs.