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

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(Title with apologies to Miss Dolly)

Griftin’ 9 to 5, what a way to make a livin’, Truth Social is the lie, it’s all takin' and no givin'.
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Tangerine, Tangerine, Tangerine, Tangeriiiiiiiiiine. I'm begging of you please don't bomb Oman.
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Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5559791-the-reaper-should-have-gone-to-specsavers-trump-thread-168

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@RedTagAlan

I'm a great believer that 'certain traditions were made to be broken' and I think this is one that does. They can reinstitute it 'at a later date'.

Agree. Especially given that Trump has withdrawn the US from 31 UN organizations, by EO, on Jan 7 2026. The US is barely in the UN now.

Here is the list :

(i) 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Compact;
(ii) Colombo Plan Council;
(iii) Commission for Environmental Cooperation;
(iv) Education Cannot Wait;
(v) European Centre of Excellence for Countering
Hybrid Threats;
(vi) Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories;
(vii) Freedom Online Coalition;
(viii) Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund;
(ix) Global Counterterrorism Forum;
(x) Global Forum on Cyber Expertise;
(xi) Global Forum on Migration and Development;
(xii) Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research;
(xiii) Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals, and Sustainable Development;
(xiv) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change;
(xv) Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services;
(xvi) International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property;
(xvii) International Cotton Advisory Committee;
(xviii) International Development Law Organization;
(xix) International Energy Forum;
(xx) International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies;
(xxi) International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance;
(xxii) International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law;
(xxiii) International Lead and Zinc Study Group;
(xxiv) International Renewable Energy Agency;
(xxv) International Solar Alliance;
(xxvi) International Tropical Timber Organization;
(xxvii) International Union for Conservation of Nature;
(xxviii) Pan American Institute of Geography and History;
(xxix) Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation;
(xxx) Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combatting Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia;
(xxxi) Regional Cooperation Council;
(xxxii) Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century;
(xxxiii) Science and Technology Center in Ukraine;
(xxxiv) Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme; and
(xxxv) Venice Commission of the Council of Europe.
(b) United Nations (UN) Organizations:
(i) Department of Economic and Social Affairs;
(ii) UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) — Economic Commission for Africa;
(iii) ECOSOC — Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean;
(iv) ECOSOC — Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific;
(v) ECOSOC — Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia;
(vi) International Law Commission;
(vii) International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals;
(viii) International Trade Centre;
(ix) Office of the Special Adviser on Africa;
(x) Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children in Armed Conflict;
(xi) Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict;
(xii) Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children;
(xiii) Peacebuilding Commission;
(xiv) Peacebuilding Fund;
(xv) Permanent Forum on People of African Descent;
(xvi) UN Alliance of Civilizations;
(xvii) UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries;
(xviii) UN Conference on Trade and Development;
(xix) UN Democracy Fund;
(xx) UN Energy;
(xxi) UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women;
(xxii) UN Framework Convention on Climate Change;
(xxiii) UN Human Settlements Programme;
(xxiv) UN Institute for Training and Research;
(xxv) UN Oceans;
(xxvi) UN Population Fund;
(xxvii) UN Register of Conventional Arms;
(xxviii) UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination;
(xxix) UN System Staff College;
(xxx) UN Water; and
(xxxi) UN University.

Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States – The White House

This is the work of one man.

Just one.

Not even King George III (some Americans may recall "the tyrant") had that much power to wield. Even British monarchs are subject to the law. Unlike US presidents.

The Madness of King Donald (with apologies to Alan Bennet)

Seeing that list whilst also acknowledging the many US environmental, health and social groups etc that he and his contemptible administration have defunded or shut down is truly sickening.

Some of DH's old friends in the US have recently questioned why he (we) are still happy living in the "failing" UK. I think I'll just send them that list, a link to the Tangerine Tyrant's UN speech and a "right back attcha".

Tangent... can I add Nigel Hawthorne. He was superb in the film.

Bloody Tom Hanks and his Forrest Gump beating Nigel for the Gong. Then again, Nigel was up against it that year, Morgan Freeman in Shawshank, Travolta in Pulp Fiction. And for some reason Paul Newman in a film I can't remember.

No doubt Trump will do an EO on that. The American Awards for American Actors Order.

" By the power vested in me, by me, Donald J Trump, the best President ever, I hereby order that all Oscar awards may only be presented to PATRIOTIC AMERICANS, pre-approved by me. And furthermore, if the winners do not thank me personally in their speech, I will take said Oscar away and put it on my shelf beside my soccer World Cup, and my FIFA PEACE PRIZE.

By ORDER, and thank you for your attention in this matter. DJT"

Don't forget the WHO. He left that. And the UN Human rights council. And UNRWA.

And I think he cancelled the US subscription to the Franklin Mint" coins of the Empire " collection. But to be fair, I think it was Reagan who signed up to that during his "problem years". And he only signed up to that because Maggie left a " News of the World" behind one day.

Reagan also bought a caravan in Skegness, thanks to that "News of the World". Not many people know that. As someone said.

Excellent substack today from IFLA. Remains to be seen if the Democrats will act accordingly.

“What happened in the Biden administration was we fixed all the stuff that Trump broke and Republicans broke in their administration, but we didn’t do anything innovative and we didn’t make people’s lives better. We just spent the time putting out fires and trying to solve the pandemic. I’m tired. I’m done with that.”

I give up

Will try again later when the link gods take a nap

<a class="break-all" href="https://archive.is/20260923091708/www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/09/23/i-am-code-trump-clashed-with-ballroom-architect-over-safety-issues" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">archive.is/20260923091708/www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/09/23/i-am-code-trump-clashed-with-ballroom-architect-over-safety-issues/

Article is well worth reading but I can't get the link to work. If you cut from archive to issues/ and paste, it will work.

Surely a simple single EO would make the unlawful lawful ? And it's even within the scope of POTUS "offiicial actions" which are blessed by SCOTUS.

Who knew ?

News reporting that FBI website is still down after report of hacking.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/23/fbi-jobs-website-hacked

I was in Africa on holiday when DOGE were shutting down USAID
PReP clinics with chains on the doors
KILLED people

Leon can say all he likes about finding other funders, but on a dirt road in an isolated village its a tad tricky

Trump is "a bad thing"

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mw7qdyazxz2n

can't make it up -- the Trump administration is literally rolling a red carpet out right now for President Xi

The did the same for Putin in Alaska

How many does it take to change a light bulb roll out a carpet?

Tantrum incoming in 3, 2, 1…

Judge temporarily overturns Trump's White House media ban https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqm2mg34x2v7o

Sadly not don't think that means Trump must call on them for questions. Merely that CNN can report on answers to toady networks

Hegsbreath getting a bit of a bashing. What a shame:

“Christian leaders HuffPost spoke to criticized Hegseth for using Scripture in a military recruitment campaign for an unpopular war and framing the conflict as one religion against another.
Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, president and CEO of Interfaith Alliance, an ordained Baptist minister and former HuffPost editor, said that Hegseth’s motivational speech was better suited to the 12th-century Crusades than the U.S. military in the 21st century.
“The U.S. is not a theocracy and we don’t fight holy wars,” he said. “[Hegseth] refuses to recognize that the U.S. military is meant to serve and respect all Americans, regardless of faith, and not to carry out Christian nationalist crusades.”
“Pete Hegseth is exactly what he appears to be: an extremist who believes that the U.S. government and military should be a tool for advancing a narrow, repressive and violent religious worldview,” Raushenbush said.
Rev. Brandan Robertson, the pastor of Sunnyside Reformed Church in New York City, said Hegseth’s “Send Me Tour” is another example of the Trump administration “manipulating Christianity to justify its ungodly agenda and retain conservative Christian support.”
“When he talks about ‘the Islamists’ and ‘fighting the communists,’ he isn’t referring strictly to extremists and terrorists; he’s talking about Americans who hold different political ideologies or belong to different religions ― people who are our neighbors and friends,” he said.

Excerpt From
“Pete Hegseth’s Latest Military Move Sparks Outrage Over His ‘Hypocrisy And Blatant Misuse Of The Bible’”
Brittany Wong
HuffPost UK
https://apple.news/Ag19HHtwjST26-6YK1vpH9A
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Thanks, @OnePeppyFatball, it is a pleasure to see real Christian leadership in action, talking sense, rather than those fake "Christian nationals" Trump, his minions, and MAGA like to follow. That sentence about the Crusades is particularly apt, I think.

Hope my next pilot and cabin crew are cats. 🐈‍⬛🐈

www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/tommy-tuberville-alabama-governor-furry-community-pilots-flight-attendants-midterms

Heather Cox Richardson today pointing out that the Ballroom has been built to Trump's fire safety code rather than the USA or DC one .....

Trump Dismisses Report On Talks To Add His Name To Ford’s Theatre—Where Lincoln Was Assassinated.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/09/24/trump-dismisses-report-on-talks-to-add-his-name-to-fords-theatre-where-lincoln-was-assassinated/

Trump has his own fire safety code ?

Ahh, I had a look. He allegedly said -

“I Am The Code”

That sounded familiar, so I went to BibleHub to see where it comes from. And here it is

Revelation 1:8 “I am the Alpha, The Code. and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” (Trump Revised Edition)