He Has No Deal, He Has No Dice - Trump Thread #162

[Spandauer]

Old enough to remember whole years in which I barely thought about the American president.

Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/chat/5513875-depraved-desperate-deluded-and-dangerous-trump-thread-160

eta: in my haste I think I've numbered the thread incorrectly! Oh well.

Lego giving away free Taco stands is no accident, that's a political message.

I saw somewhere yesterday the new one is Tofu - Trump always fucks up.
I'll have a Tofu Taco please. (No Marmite!)

A Rest is History fan like myself 😁

That would be TAFU, surely? 🤔

Yes, please!!!!

Ha ha - yes, you're right - I think it's meant to be Trump ONLY fucks up! 😅

The Guardian is reporting ships (sanctioned ships!) are passing too LOL
But, nothing about any attack on any ship.
Now, I was not expecting them to just sail by..... Trump must be incandescent wotsit colour! LOL

Your link above to Malcolm Nance on The Trump Report was so good on this!

I know we've mentioned Nance's stuff on these threads before, but turns out shipping interdiction in the ME is a thing he used to do in person.

Of course he knows the geography very well and also what happens when you try to stop a ship – including Chinese ship crews locking themselves into the engine room with enough food and water to just keep going until the boarding party leaves!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=YCKTW4ai2EspAz8z&v=8mHpmTN86-Q&feature=youtu.be

This from The Times...

We live, we learn
I had no idea commercial sailing is that adventorous!!!

Remember that "OK" has been said to mean "Orl Korrect"

My uncle was in the merchant navy. Had some stories ...

As mentioned by @RedTagAlan up post

https://shipandbunker.com/news/emea/725055-fire-reported-on-bulker-after-attack-off-oman

Ahh. Last week.

So it does look as though the media are a bit keen.

Edit : Or it is me

I know, but it was the truth of my youth! Wahhhh!

If you want to cosplay doctor, here's the latest costume.

Trying to reload photo.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp9vm5ezxz4t?post=asset%3Af3be53ae-eb7c-4c4c-a629-d04abb2789f3#post

Good analysis from Frank Gardiner

How long do we reckon trigger happy gun toting Americans likely aided by Venezuelan marching powder will be happy to sit watching Chinese vessels sailing past them, quite possibly mooning in their general direction?

Here it is

I can't help but imagine the US as a pair of rather dim bouncers scowling as people enter and leave the nightclub across the road.

A white shirt with cuffs and a short red waistcoat, yes.

A white cuffless long-sleeved robe and a flowing red stole-thing, not so much.

If it were a Red Cross doctor's uniform it is also supposed to have a red cross prominently displayed on it.

Or as Wiki puts it: "Under the Geneva Conventions, the emblems of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement are to be worn by all medical and humanitarian personnel and also displayed on their vehicles and buildings while they are in an active warzone".

Or, from the Greek "Ola Kala", meaning all good.

Or from the Choctaw?

(But my money would be on a Boston fad being put into print and sticking.)

Old Kinderhook

Oh Kock.