Who are they kidding? It's Oil, Oil, Oil, baby - Trump Thread #152

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Back on US soil, an American citizen in a peaceful neighbourhood is gunned down by masked agents sent there to make people afraid.

Despicable, wretched people lying, lying, lying - all day, every day, about everything.

Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5458156-war-crimes-and-peace-prizes-trump-thread-151?page=1

I don't think we should be concerned with safety, in this instance.

Why?
and can we hold him hostage?

bsky.app/profile/commonsspeaker.parliament.uk/post/3mcrvzts4al24

That can't possibly be real, can it?

I mean, I'm sure it can. But is it?

That was my first thought, but apparently it is

I'd go with the opposite - they never should have let him set foot off the plane

They are both spineless when it comes to holding a rogue government to account. So I can see the parallels. Admittedly Boris’s rogue government and rule breaking wasn’t on quite the same scale.

"Mr Trump has invited 60 countries to join the Board of Peace, but permanent membership will be available to those who pay $1bn."

To whom is it payable?

Just skim read that and misread it as invaded 60 countries. Given how the first 2 weeks of this year have gone I guess it isn’t implausible.

You're right. At least it's all over reliable news sources, so I assume it's been properly investigated and verified.

What on God's green Earth is it going to take for the GOP to wake up and DO something? WTF are they waiting for and/or what are they so afraid of? I'd think that his insanity would now have gone beyond the fear of being primaried. Is it going to take a full scale invasion of Greenland before they unlock the safes in which they've been storing their balls or ovaries since 20 Jan 2025? Will they do it even then?

I’d be embarrassed for my 7 year old granddaughter reading something like this out loud at school - or telling her mate to do so!
don’t the rest of the Republicans care at all? Who assists him?
What real benefit is it to his party, most of whom will still be here when he is gone?

What real benefit is it to his party, most of whom will still be here when he is gone?

I guess the crux of their fears is that they'll be primaried and lose their seats or whatever 'power' they derive from being bigwigs in the GOP. I don't know what it will take, but certainly his GOP approval rating of 70-80% is a big factor in the party sticking its head in the sand because that's what means continuing financial contributions.

I’ve just seen this from yesterday, Brian Bilston with a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world. It’s a shame Shakespeare doesn’t rhyme there, though.

Yeah. The ones who said I was a lunatic for saying people shouldn’t holiday in the US (although my reasoning was to do with cutting off tourism $, to be fair).

Someone needs to have a steering issue and block the canal again...

Praise be to Brian Bilston. One sane voice amidst the madness.

He has already been "truthing" about candidates to primary any GOP members who voted against him. From a CNN report today, he has been endorsing a MAGA candidate against a GOP senator. The MAGA woman he endorsed has not even said if she wants to stand, but he is basically insisting she does. I won't link, to avoid bloat.

Just seen Trump insisting that it was Norway who made sure he didn’t get the Nobel Peace Prize - he seems to really believe that - but even if it were you don’t start wars as a country irritated you.
Or many countries should be picking off states of America.

Why don't Canada "put a bid in" which includes the option for Greenland to remain completely independent...
Thinking about it, why don't Canada annex Alaska?

eta Imagine being Canada - you'll soon be completely surrounded by the US.

Wait till he finds out that NORAD is a joint US/Canada entity.

He will have heard of NORAD of course. Melania likely uses it to show him where Santa is on Christmas Eve. " Yes Donald, Santa is coming. Look here, he is over Greenland just now ".

Mike Johnson has time to visit our legislative chamber
but closes his whenever there is work to do

" Yes Donald, Santa is coming. Look here, he is over Greenland just now ".

"Wait wait!! Santa gets to Greenland before he gets to meee?!! I need Greenland so I will get my presents before anyone else does!!! We must invade!! Waaahhhh!!!"

We could expand this wee ditty too.

" No Donald, don't touch"

" Helloooo Santaaaa"

But that would be in bad taste.

Funny you should mention wee ditties. I've had this one in my head for a while:

🎶
Putin has only got one ball,
Donald has two but very small,
JD's are more like ladies',
And Nigel Farage has no balls at all... 🎶

Isn't there a song "Donald where's your troosers"?

Epstein Island presumably.