Name a better trio than Onion, Garlic & Ginger - Trump Thread #155

[Spandauer]

Blood clot, Announcement, Champagne.

(Shamelessly stolen from @Justsaynonow 's
post on the last thread)

Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5482659-whatever-atrocity-is-next-trump-thread-154

That must have been interesting when there were two different rates of VAT on different goods at the same time.

I didn't say that. As the vendor mansplained, of course it was capable of having different VAT rates.

It just had no concept that a given rate might change over time.

(They were also unable to assign dates to addresses. So customer changes of address had to be entered the day it happened).

It's hard Brexit in US time. I personally feel your pain.

Pretty sure that was fake. Sadly

Terrifying tarrifs are back up to 15%

No doubt it'll change again sometime soon.

Posters and the media will often complain about u turns but the 🍊 💩 has decided he owns it.

Anyway Ireland won a fantastic match against England in the rugby and I'm a happy bunny.

Have I understood right, the supreme court ruled he can't impose tariffs as it's unconstitutional and he's responded by imposing further tariffs?

So what happens now? Is the only recourse republicans stepping up and impeaching him? Otherwise it means the constitution is now an irrelevance. Tear it up and bin it.

I really don’t wish to sound snide, but I genuinely thought he had torn up the constitution and binned it yonks ago, without anyone apparently having the guts or “ganas” (as my Scottish Grandma who spent time in Spain in the early decades of last century was wont to say) to impeach him for treason. I still can’t understand why, except, as mentioned numerous times now recently, money and billionaires and greed.

Yep, you're probably right. I think this is just a much more visible and blatant 'fuck the constitution' moment. You could kind of pretend you didn't see the rest, if you were so inclined.

The now struck down tariffs were implemented using a 1977 law called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). IIRC, he declared an emergency due to the massive flow of drugs into the US from Canada (eyeroll).

The new justification for tariffs is Section 122 of the U.S. Trade Act.
Section 122 allows temporary tariffs of up to 15 per cent — but these tariffs can only be imposed for 150 days unless Congress approves an extension. Exemptions for CUSMA-compliant goods from Canada and Mexico apply.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-global-tariff-supreme-court-decision-canada-mexico-9.7101004

Shaking my head and coming back here for a dose of Saturday sanity.

Between Old Testament commandments (which are overruled by JC’s New covenant if you believe in that tripe) and 15%! Where’s tha blood clot? Where’s beady eyed Vance? Anyone care to spare a thought for the people of Cuba being blockaded to death?

He desperately needs a distraction. I wouldn't be surprised if he does a 'Venezuela' on Cuba tonight.

Did Bayer whisper in his ear?

This is a good illustration of the harm that Trump 's tariffs are doing to small businesses

https://www.publicsource.org/trump-tariffs-small-business-impact-pittsburgh/

He’s now threatening to tarrif anyone who doesn’t agree to give him Greenland

He is such a fucking tool

So hard to see why his businesses crashed and burned so many times...

I was in one of his tacky casinos (taj mahal) when I was in the states on a J1. He had cardboard cut outs of the different Ms Universe contestants, absolutely terrible food and when you stepped outside the casino you were surrounded by homeless people and their tents

Here's a better explanation of the tariff situation
https://thepreamble.com/p/the-daily-brief-feb-20-2026

Sorry what, this is next level batshit!

the hospital boat wouldn't be full of troops and flags by any chance would it ? Or a big gold statue of himself and new banners to hang from public buildings renaming it Trumpland.
. He is literally insane at this point so.who knows. Scary

Ha ha ha. This is straight out of the CPC playbook.

What's aboard China's hospital ship? - CGTN

Is Trump not aware that Denmark is right up there in world health care rankings ?

They don’t need a bloody hospital ship, the man is nuts.

Now this news is interesting.

A 'hospital' ship was in the Caribbean placating the natives around the time of the Venezuela incident According to people on the ground, it offered mainly diagnostic services and simple treatment. We're not talking heart surgery, mind. It was all a PR/propaganda exercise to soften up governments and people in advance.

Don't watch that, watch this!

https://www.southcom.mil/ContinuingPromise2025/

TBH, at this stage, I would prefer to take my chances be treated by a Chinese hospital ship!

Louisiana on the other hand. Firmly on the bottom of the US healthcare league. So far down, that they could close all their hospitals and clinics and not drop any places. There being nowhere for them to drop to.

Surely if anywhere needs a hospital ship it's America, with all the people who can't afford healthcare.

The powdered pangolin gives one terrible indigestion, so I have heard.

And no, that is not racist or xenophobic. Uncle Xi is a big fan of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

The Healing Ship: Foreign TCM practitioners assist onboard Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy's hospital ship - CGTN

from that:

"The Peace Ark, the hospital ship of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, has visited 52 countries over the past 15 years to provide humanitarian services. CGTN tracks one Chinese patient, and four foreign medics trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine aboard the Peace Ark to show how TCM has gone global."