Oh, peacemaker, peacemaker make me some peace - Trump Thread #167

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Many, many more months of the Mango Mussolini's maniacal merde.

Trump’s Final Term Ends in: - Countdown Timer

Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5545753-green-is-the-new-blue-trump-thread-166

After @RedTagAlan posted a link to the pro Trump thread (on another thread)....I may have left a post supporting Trump. At least I think I was supporting him...😎

And right below where I posted the link to that thread, someone stated " There is no pro Trump thread".

What is it with Trump defenders ?

They are in the Nile!

Geddit?

Dad joke !!! Love it!

Oh but I clearly remember that when he was given his $400 mil plane, the press was flooded with articles from experts saying it would cost a $billion to upgrade and maybe 2 years to get flying. He said that was fake news.

Reported.

Oi, @SerendipityJane ! It's too hard to spot irony these days!

For the sake of the exhausted among us, please spoil the joke flag when you're at it!

😂. I'll get me coat.

I'm only here for the bantz 😃

Apparently Carney did an end run around the US on the bridge opening deal. Either he's that good/they're that stupid, or everyone agreed to wording that changed little from the original deal but allowed the dump to post proudly that he'd negotiated a much better deal for the US.

'What he actually got is a 15-year agreement to split net revenues. Not tolls. Net revenues. That’s toll money AFTER operating costs. After paying the toll booth staff. After maintenance. After snow removal, and if you’ve never seen a Windsor-Detroit winter, mate, that’s not a line item, that’s a war effort.
And here’s the kicker, straight from Carney’s own mouth this week: for the first few years, those net revenues are expected to be “negative to modest.” Negative. As in, less than zero. As in, Trump fought for weeks, held a finished bridge hostage, humiliated his own border communities, delayed billions in trade efficiency, all to win a 50 per cent share of a number that starts with a minus sign.'

The Shakedown That Wasn't: How Mark Carney Sold Trump Half of Fuck-All

The only thing missing from that picture is a copy of "The Art of the Deal" tucked under his arm.

I am a tad disappointed in my Canadian friends.

If I didn't know differently, I think he got that plane at 'Honest Omar's Used Planes' lot over on the 'bad side of town'. Because whoever it was certainly knew a patsy when they saw him coming.

You know Honest Omar, the guy whose motto is "You buy 'em, just don't fly 'em".

If it's Boeing, I ain't going.

Boeing has been dealt a fresh blow after Emirates said it would refuse to take delivery of 10 aircraft, claiming that the much-delayed jets would be better off being turned into baked bean tins.
The Dubai airline has ordered a total of 270 new 777X planes from Boeing at $440m (£330m) apiece, with the first jet built in 2019. But repeated delays stemming from design modifications has meant Emirates is still waiting for the planes seven years later.

Sir Tim Clark, the president of Emirates, said the initial batch of 10 of the jets required such a patchwork of changes to update them that they were not fit for purpose.
“We’re not taking that batch and that’s it,” he told The Telegraph at the Farnborough International Airshow. “As far as we’re concerned, what they do with them is up to them.”
Sir Tim said he understood that Boeing had been trying to find a home for the aircraft, before adding: “Heinz would be interested – baked bean cans.”
His refusal to take the planes will serve as a new setback to Boeing, which has been rocked by a string of safety crises in recent years.
Sir Tim said Emirates was unwilling to take the 10 aircraft because the design of the 777X had undergone so many significant changes that bringing them up to the latest standard would not be feasible.
The 777X has suffered numerous problems that have pushed back entry into service from 2020 to next year at the earliest.

The Pentagon has identified the two US service members killed by an Iranian strike on their base in Jordan. 1st Lt Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii and Pvt Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.

The died to save his face.

RIP

I did actually laugh until I cried while I read that article.

It's heartbreaking.

Back on tariffs.

Trump to Impose 50% Tariff on Many Canadian Goods
The administration will use an untested legal provision to put significant duties on Canadian exports, reigniting a clash with one of America’s biggest trading partners.

President Trump on Monday signed orders that would impose a 50 percent tariff on a wide range of Canadian goods, claiming that Canada had discriminated against the United States in key markets.
U.S. officials said the tariffs would be imposed on products ranging from wine to hockey sticks to cement and would go into effect in 30 days. The officials said the tariffs were punishment for Canadian discrimination in three industries: motor vehicles, dairy and alcohol.
The tariffs appear likely to reignite a trade clash with Canada, one of America’s closest allies and its second-largest trading partner after Mexico. Canada has been in Mr. Trump’s cross hairs since its government retaliated against tariffs that the president imposed on a wide range of products last year.
Trump officials have repeatedly complained that Canadian provinces have halted purchases of U.S. alcohol, and said Canada was one of only two nations, along with China, to hit back against Mr. Trump’s tariffs with its own levies.
(NYT)

Yes, and will apply to goods covered by the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on free trade, a senior administration official told reporters on background. unlike the previous ones. Sigh. 🙄

Also, on the explosive diarrhea front, I guess Taylor Farms' cheque bounced. The U.S. FDA says data continues to support Taylor Farms' lettuce as cyclospora source. News comes in spite of agency's previous false positive announcement. On the plus side, I haven't bought lettuce in 2 months as our garden is overflowing.

Fantastic. And this is after the US fanily who own the competing bridge PAID Trump to stop the new Canadian funded bridge. That is the only reason Trump even know about the bridge,

And now Trump is going to be subsidizing the Canadian one.

It reminds me of the Ryan / Tatum O'Neil film "Paper Moon". Where they do that Change money scam with shop cashiers. Carney is playing the Tatum O'Neil part :-)

I remember they had this in California during the Biden era ? It was Romaine lettuce, and Trump/Fox were blaming Maxican workers for it ?

A hopeful thread just popped up on Trending..."How long does Trump have left? " A few 'you people are horrible' comments but entertaining.

So young 😔

Nearly 100 U.S. troops injured in last two weeks of Iran war. 18 killed since beginning.

What did 🍊💩 say way back at the beginning of March?
"...there will likely be more before it ends. That’s the way it is..."

I'm sure those empathetic words are still a comfort to all involved.