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.

I think what was known as the presidential emergency operations center (aka a bunker of sorts) has existed under the now-destroyed east wing since the early 1900s. But it wasn't grand enough or bigly enough for his vast array of golden diapers or the UFC fights he plans to host after the nuclear holocaust.

It's so Top Secret that only Europe can provide the steel. American steel is too shit/ expensive/ leaky?

Does the White House have to pay 50% tariffs on imported steel?

https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/trump-pushed-50-steel-tariffs-161500242.html

No mention of his balls.

I think this is Melania related. Is it not the first lady who holds the Presidents balls ?

Re ground invasion forces. I was thinking HOUTHI.

I am not up to speed on what's going on in Yemen, but nobody really likes the Houthi. They have their own strange tribal version of Shia, it's Sunni majority, and there is an ongoing civil war.

It's also one of the poorest countries on earth. It's former government was China friendly, Saudi Arabia was at war with the Houthi. The UK and France have helped bomb them. I don't think any UN nation would vote against removal of the Houthi from power, and likewise with congress.

If I was a General with a mad POTUS jumping up and down demanding a victory, the Houthi would defo be in my notebook.

What do you reckon ?

From CNN :

President Donald Trump suggested developments could be imminent in Iran, telling a crowd to watch what happens in the coming week or so, as he spoke at a “No Tax on Tips” roundtable event on Thursday in Las Vegas.

He is making a big deal on this “No Tax on Tips” thing. Is this really his domestic policy win for US citizens ? Because looking into it, it does not appear to apply to many people. And I get it, the USA is a big tipping culture country. But really, this is his best ? The devil is in the detail as they say.

IRS publishes list of jobs that qualify for 'no tax on tips' provision (cnbc.com)

I tried to look for US federal revenue for tax on tips. Could not find it on my limited web. But according to the linked article above, only 6 million report tips on their returns. And this :

"More than a third of tipped workers didn’t earn enough to owe income taxes in 2022, according to the Yale Budget Lab, a non-partisan policy research center."

Looking at the T&Cs in that article, is this really as big a thing as the Turd Reich makes out ?

I also had a look to see if there is any stories in the news about the IRS fining or prosecuting workers for not reporting tips. I could not find any offhand. But I did find this :

IRS: Employers Will Not Be Penalized for Not Reporting Cash Tips (natlawreview.com)

The IRS do not prosecute anyway. Is this a nothing burger ?

Well that Israel/Lebanon ceasefire is holding well.
reported on CNN that Israel accused of still launching attacks

Hours after a 10-day truce in Lebanonbegan, the Lebanese army accused Israel of violating the ceasefire. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu previously said Israeli forces would not withdraw from positions in southern Lebanon, and Iran-backed Hezbollah warned it would only cease fire if Israeli attacks stopped.

No surprises there...
No ceasefire exists in the Middle East, certainly not if Israel is in the mixture.
Remember the time the word ceasefire was like a swear word in UK? Parlament being unable to have a unified calm session to just write a polite letter asking for a ceasefire in the Gaza-Israel war? A long term member of a council being questioned for hours for voting pro a ceasefire petition from another party in her council, against Labour's "command", just because she was fed up of the whataboutery. Posters would froth at the mouth if confronted with the word ceasefire in Mumsnet.
We live in a world that makes zero sense and this has to stop.
Many many things are going to stop going forwards.

I think unleasing the Houthis is a dangerous, two edged move that could turn the world against Iran. The threat, however, might be a useful card to hold in reserve. I have a friend who used to live in Yemen decades ago and it was problematic even then.

Only for as long as she keeps getting paid for.

The US Commission of Fine Arts, whose members were appointed by Trump, gave its go-ahead to the president’s design for a lofty 76-metre-high (250-foot) arch.

Unbelievable .

https://aje.news/zlg51s

I think a world where WASPy old orange men are in charge is a dangerous one.
I think a world where only WASPy people are allowed to have wealth is a dangerous one.
I think a world where you are told what faith you are permitted to have is a dangerous one.
I think a world where someone decides what to TAKE on any one day, with no idea of the consequences, is a dangerous one.
A world with Donald Trump is a dangerous one.

This made me laugh 😂

Can't imagine anyone wanting to hold the President's balls.

It's a new concept. CTW. It's so new in fact, that this is the first time it has been published. I just invented it.

Concurrent Two Weeks. CTW

It's very similar to concurrent engineering. That is the idea where all the stages of a project overlap to such an extent where different functions are being done concurrently. As opposed to being done in a strict linear fashion.

I am still padding out the fine details of this stunning new method of peacemaking, but in the meantime I have knocked up a simple Gannt chart (att). It is a rather astounding new idea in so many ways.

Note, I selected the colours for my chart carefully. Woke rainbows not allowed.

What do you reckon? Two pendulous onions in a carrier bag or siverskin onions wrapped in cling film ? Both with the button mushroom poking out.

:-)

Ambulance was hit in S Lebanon, so now there's a problem for the Lebanese gov't re it's own issues with Hezbollah.

I noticed the strategic use of red and green...

Sadly nothing is unbelievable anymore.

Trump has absolutely stitched up every commitee he thinks is relevant to his wants and needs by appointing his acolytes.

All these checks and balances we were told were in place in the US to safeguard against against abuse of power are clearly ineffective.

Pretty sure they belong to Putin.

I didn't. Just picked at random.

I did notice an error, but first draft. " UN PEACE KEEPERS WATCH" should be " UN PEACE KEEPERS DUCK".

Lighthearted post of course. I fear for the people of Lebanon, as we all do. Like many however, I have no idea what the UN peacekeepers do there.

I didn't. Just picked at random.

A psychiatrist/psychologist might differ re 'random'.🤔

I don't imagine his balls to be pendulous at all, merely shrivelled peanuts swimming in a blanket of excess skin which probably smells of partly digested McDonalds and verbal and general incontinence.

The irony that the bunker is now allowed to continue works while the innocuous ballroom is being held up is notable. Maybe America should suggest that the president doesn't get access to the bunker if he is the one tapdancing on the big red button of war?

Ew. Ew. Ew. Pass the brain bleach.

Noooooo🤮🤮to either description
Off to bleach my brain.

WipeyWipeys description is even worse 😂

Agree 💯