It Costs A Lot Of Money To Be This Cheap - Trump Thread #169

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(Title with apologies to Miss Dolly)

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Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5559791-the-reaper-should-have-gone-to-specsavers-trump-thread-168

Trump’s Final Term Ends in: - Countdown Timer

Don't get me wrong, the GFA was overwhelmingly accepted by all the Island of Ireland. Of course there's going to be a United Ireland. But not under the 🍊 turd. He can feck the feck off.

Its not just about restrictions. They impact us less in NI, but there's still a negative impact. It's about the benefits of being a full member of the EU.

A huge, mostly stable, secure organisation or an increasingly destabilised UK? Nationalist NI political parties have been moving towards this since Brexit. As have re-unification parties in Ireland. Soft power has been moving for more than a decade on this island. The voting demographic has changed.

Yes I understand that because I was born in Northern Ireland.

That's not really accurate, or, at least the equal time rule has never actually been applied in these situations. And if it was going to be used against Fox, there have been thousands of opportunities.

And Kimmel has offered publicly to give Ken Paxton equal time, but it's not been accepted. So, does that mean by not accepting the proffered equal time, he can force Talerico to not be interviewed?

https://theconversation.com/why-stephen-colbert-is-right-about-the-equal-time-rule-despite-warnings-from-the-fcc-276559

For sure. And that is why I said I am not totally against it.

I was somewhat heartened by the protests against Trump in Dublin yesterday
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/12/the-only-people-on-the-streets-are-here-to-oppose-him-thousands-protest-trump-visit/
but am most put out that when I search the US media, I can only find something from USA Today on MSN news, and quite a fulsome article about his golf-course in the NYT. It's demoralising. So 1984.

This is an interesting one I thought. And It is sort of Epstein adjacent.

US officials 'secretly flew diplomat out of UK' after indecent image allegations - The Mirror

"American personnel have no powers of arrest in Britain and, The Sun reported, there was no formal request for the man to be extradited. UK ministers are understood to be in contact with the US embassy over the incident."

Note. I am an no way posting this to politicize victims here. These are serious accusations and my thoughts are with any victims.. My interest is on the "sweep under the carpet" aspect, and what might potentially be an illegal arrest and rendition. Because the action reported suggests "saving face" is potentially seen as more important to the US admin than justice for victims.

I saw this.

Is that Gordon Brown ?

😂. Not the best, but it’s supposed to be Netanyahu.

I have a memory from somewhere that UK law doesn't apply to US citizens.

Diplomatic immunity you mean ?

Anyway, I remembered this

Trump administration removes dozens of career diplomats from overseas posts | CNN Politics

So yeah. Sneaking people out the back door, away from UK police, now looks a bit different ? Because that is what they done. Out the back door via their private airfield. Instead of going through Heathrow where any ongoing investigations would be flagged up.

Ahh. I see it now :-)

https://bsky.app/profile/nothoodlum.bsky.social/post/3mvecigdupc2m

Senile Satan: “Nobody’s ever seen crowds like I got in Ireland.”

Ach, just to be predictable, I will post it. (att).

Not directly Trump related. Interesting, though:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/mark-carney-s-audacious-bid-to-make-canada-an-associate-member-of-the-eu/ar-AA2c5YUq

^https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2026/09/12/prime-minister-carney-strengthen-canadas-ties-european-partners-visit^

In a rapidly changing world, Canada’s new government is focused on what we can control. We are building our strength at home and diversifying our partnerships abroad. Our European allies are natural partners in this effort. We are bound by shared history, values, and increasingly shared interests and ambitions. Canada and our European partners are working together to create greater certainty, security, and prosperity for our peoples.

To that end, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, will travel to Strasbourg, France, and Liverpool, United Kingdom (UK), from September 15 to September 17, 2026.

Travel with Natalie continues to trigger MAGA

Remember Anne Sacoolas who was spirited out of the UK.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-10/anne-sacoolas-who-pled-guilty-over-harry-dunn-case-sentenced/101715146

Yes. I think this "sneaking a diplomat out" might blow up.

Especially if a political appointment and they did download in the UK. Maybe the UK police had the info. This would likely have gone as high as Rubio for the rendition decision.

Speculation yes. We need wait to see what the UK guv say. Lets see if the free press push them on it.

Even more off topic, but even Russia are shit at it. They missed Boris.

Download it ? For all we know they were actively peddling the vile stuff.

I don't miss him.

What is he up to these days anyway ?

:-)

Fun facts of the day:
Reuters say if the Pipeline in Saudia Arabia isn't fixed within 5 to 7 days it will run out of oil to export.

It sounds like the Saudi diesel refinery on the Red Sea has been hit today.

More fun facts:
The US imports 4% of its refined diesel from Canada.

Today Trump has been criticising Zelenskyy for attacking Russian diesel saying, he's going to cause a shortage.

The US of course imports zero diesel from Russia.

Oh look at this

https://x.com/MarhelmData/status/2099169474238664795

Sources within Saudi Arabia are now telling us that the damages to the East-West pipeline will take more than a month to repair due to a lack of spare parts and deeply impacted supply chains

Minor damages to the pipe itself have already been repaired, but catastrophic damage to pumping infrastructure will unfortunately take longer to resolve

Sources say that some points where repairs occurred were then hit again, depleting spares