Whatever Atrocity is Next... - Trump Thread #154

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I actually put this as a 'placeholder' title whilst I tried to think of a better one. But then, on reflection, copy editing didn't seem necessary.

Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5479042-blackmail-bluster-and-batshit-bonkers-trump-thread-153

Summary massively appreciated thanks.

So it's the old: State secrets are secret, so we can't say what is a state secret, because that's a secret.

Makes my head spin :-)

Yup, how to build a nuke should be a state secret. But not if you drop one by accident.

Hmmm, I wonder who Gianni has been talking to?

FIFA boss says Russia should be let back into international football.
https://www.politico.eu/article/fifa-boss-says-russia-should-be-allowed-compete-again-gianni-infantino/

Infantino maintains close ties with U.S. President Donald Trump and awarded him the newly created FIFA Peace Prize — widely seen as a token honor after the American president did not get the Nobel Peace Prize despite campaigning heavily for it — in December.

FIFA also opened an office in New York’s Trump Tower in July and appointed Trump’s daughter Ivanka to the board of an education charity project co-funded by 2026 FIFA World Cup ticket sales.

"FIFA also opened an office in New York’s Trump Tower in July and appointed Trump’s daughter Ivanka to the board of an education charity project co-funded by 2026 FIFA World Cup ticket sales."

Am I allowed to swear on here... I MEAN REALLY F***G SWEAR ?

:-)

His corruption is beyond even Saddam Hussain level.

Drain the swamp. Yes indeed. There is no swamp big enough for his corruption.

As for FIFA... FFS.

https://krassencast.com/p/urgent-doj-deletes-epstein-files

For the second time in just three days, the U.S. Department of Justice has removed major Jeffrey Epstein-related files from its own website.

Can anyone confirm or deny a story that flitted past me that involved someone demanding an ICE agent's credential's and it turning out the thug trying to "arrest" her (?I think it was a her) wasn't ICE at all and he was arrested by the local cops?

It all sounded to weird for me to take in, and when I went looking I couldn't find it, but... I mean, who manages to challenge an ICE goon and demand his ID? If it was as I thought I heard, my hat is off to that victim.

Looks like Starmer's dumbest move yet was making Mandelson the US Ambassador and thus dragging the Epstein story into UK Politics

He is a peer in the HoL, UK politics were always going to be dragged in.

Brexit features a lot in the files as well.

And he appears to have been sharing things he shouldn't have with Epstein back when he was an MP and government minister so his involvement with Epstein would have come out now, even if it hadn't previously.

He was always supremely comfortable with people getting stinking rich.

Especially himself apparently 🙄

Oh yes, Greenland is definitely only needed for security and the bigly golden dome...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2026/02/02/rare-earth-stocks-rise-on-news-trump-wants-12-billion-stockpile/

Rare earth stocks rose quickly after markets opened on Monday morning after Bloomberg reported the Trump administration’s plans to create a $12 billion critical minerals stockpile for American firms to reduce reliance on Chinese imports.

KEY FACTS
The new initiative, reportedly called “Project Vault,” would provide rare earth minerals and critical metals like cobalt for U.S. civilian tech companies, automakers and other firms to purchase

The funds for the stockpile would come from about $1.67 in private capital and an $11 billion loan from the U.S. Export-Import Bank, according to the report.

The two rare earth firms the Trump administration took stakes in rose rapidly on Monday morning—MP Materials was up 3.5% by 11:10 a.m. EST, while USA Rare Earth Inc. climbed 10%.

Other rare earth stocks posted gains, including Critical Metals, which rose 2.9%, and Niocorp Developments rose 8.4%.

The White House has not officially confirmed the plans for the stockpile.

Ugh. Just listened to a few clips of the orange shit stain rambling and slurring dementedly on Dan Bongino's show or podcast or whatever it is.

Upshot, he's now floating the federal government taking over running elections. He's clearly going to give it a try.

He'd definitely give Mugabe and co a run for their money. The US under Trump is a true kleptocracy.

Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"

This in spite of the fact that literally the only illegal vote they found one year was a man who voted his dead mother's ballot as well as his own, and he was a Republican.

It really isn't that easy to get a vote in most places in America.

Never let it be said that Trump allows truth to get in the way of his fantasy facts.
Was Fantasy Island (which I’ve never seen, for the avoidance of doubt) based on Epstein’s island? Or vice versa?

I'm wondering when he ll go ahead an declare himself Emporor or King.

As he's said before, it ll make great television 🤣

Mandelson considers himself political royalty, heritage y'know, and insufficiently rewarded for his superior knowledge and grasp of world affairs. He has the entitlement as a matter of right, in his eyes, but not the readies. He is a chancer and a grifter, always surrounded by an aura of 'pay me tribute'. Posting here as Epstein & Trump Co related. I hope and expect him to be arrested shortly for disclosing confidential government information to Epstein. Just appalling.

Mandelson has dirt on people, I reckon.

And this will no doubt be what he considers his Get Out Of Jail Free card.

Scrotus is rapidly (and joyfully I might add) approaching Idi Amin territory.

Did anyone else see the article in the NYT today by Jodi Kantor about John Roberts requiring all court staff to sign NDAs?

Gift article
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/supreme-court-nondisclosure-agreements.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JFA.jlx2.N_Aa9Z-oQJV2&smid=url-share

It's not looking good for those involved in Brexit.

The mechanics of how Mandy orchestrated pressure on chancellor Alistair Darling during the banking crisis

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2kzmnr14lo

That great things about trump thread seems to have gone very quiet today.

Couldn't resist giving them a little poke.

Tsk!