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What have I just seen:Trump

367 replies

Chinupandtitsout · 19/01/2025 23:22

Just been sitting open-mouthed at his speach. Now it’s the Village People. Am
i living in augmented reality?

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MyNameIsX · 20/01/2025 09:22

maxplanck · 20/01/2025 09:15

@MyNameIsX so patriotic brain dead rioters who destroy their own communities represent you ? The left can be skeptical about large scale immigration too but don’t need to flock to racists like TR. Labour has deported more foreign criminals and arrested more trafficking gangs than the tories did in 14 years.

No racism here, so you are barking up the wrong tree.

There is however a distinction between those who are willing to assimilate and contribute, and those who will not.

Kindly provide the source for your final sentence, thanks.

OneAmberFinch · 20/01/2025 09:23

OurFlagMeansAfternoonTea · 20/01/2025 09:13

I agree with Vance when he says the economy shouldn't depend on an underclass of people with no rights.
They are undermining the wages of legal immigrants and citizens.

The "oh who will clean my pool for a pittance?" argument is pretty obscene.

I find it fascinating that "but I need my underclass peasants to do my dirty work for me, and they have to be specifically underclass peasants of a different race from me" is apparently the actual bien pensant opinion.

shayri · 20/01/2025 09:26

exactly @OneAmberFinch and they don't seem to realise how gross and totally tone deaf this is!

shayri · 20/01/2025 09:27

hey, we need lots of illegal immigrants to come and work for a pittance so employers don't have to pay a living wage! God Bless America!

Iloveautumnwinterchristmas · 20/01/2025 09:29

MayaPinion · 20/01/2025 07:06

Trump’s just the mouthpiece. Musk is the real new president.

Really? Well that's nothing new then,is it? I wonder who's been running the US for the past four years because it sure has Hell hasn't been the incompetent,senile old man Biden.

Iloveautumnwinterchristmas · 20/01/2025 09:34

Kendodd · 20/01/2025 07:07

I wonder how the woman he raped feels watching all this?

Which woman?

itsnotagameshow · 20/01/2025 09:36

MyNameIsX · 20/01/2025 09:12

Patriotism?

You mean akin to the patriots who allowed unfettered access to the UK, who take to the streets for Hamas, who provide pro bono legal defence to those who despise the UK.

An emphatic yes, to your question - the left wing do not represent me.

But unelected foreign billionaires do? I see you.

MyNameIsX · 20/01/2025 09:36

I am genuinely keen to see just how much influence a Trump administration has on broader UK policy (Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos aside).

Libertarianism is a wonderful thing, and I am optimistic this will extend to fiscal policy, as well as a rolling back of the welfare state.

The impending bonfire of DEI and wokeism in the US, will hopefully catch throughout the West. The UK is notable for its recent journey on the socialist experiment - we are an anomaly.

Exciting times.

HelenaWaiting · 20/01/2025 09:45

I think Europe should welcome American isolationism and take steps to help them along. Cut access to Twxtter, Facebook etc. Start our own social media platforms. Let them leave NATO - time we stood on our own two feet. We're a big enough continent who just don't want to pay for our own defence. Do no trade with them. Cut diplomatic relations. Make our own movies, TV shows etc - it will only boost our economy. Shut them out. And if they start another war, let them do it on their own.

MyNameIsX · 20/01/2025 09:47

HelenaWaiting · 20/01/2025 09:45

I think Europe should welcome American isolationism and take steps to help them along. Cut access to Twxtter, Facebook etc. Start our own social media platforms. Let them leave NATO - time we stood on our own two feet. We're a big enough continent who just don't want to pay for our own defence. Do no trade with them. Cut diplomatic relations. Make our own movies, TV shows etc - it will only boost our economy. Shut them out. And if they start another war, let them do it on their own.

Much of which is hugely inflationary, so you might want to prepare people to become a lot poorer at the same time.

Oh, and you will probably need to introduce conscription - for fairly obvious reasons.

TENSsion · 20/01/2025 09:51

thepariscrimefiles · 20/01/2025 08:46

People from the UK are much more knowledgeable about US politics/culture than people from the US are about UK politics and culture. Elon Musk knows absolutely fuck all about the UK but amplifies the views of right-wing fascist thug, grifter and convicted criminal, Tommy Robinson (not even his real name). Tommy Robinson's illegal antics collapsed a grooming trial. Imagine how the victims felt, giving their testimony and it all be for nothing due to this cunt.

You support an adjudicated sex offender in Trump and his other cabinet picks so how you have the brass neck (British saying) to spout your uninformed drivel about UK politics on here is baffling.

He’s bringing attention to rape gangs operating with impunity around the UK. Why is that an issue for you?

SnakesAndArrows · 20/01/2025 09:54

shayri · 20/01/2025 08:03

Godwin's law, at its finest!

You’re not as smart as you think you are.

Godwin didn’t say that comparisons with Nazism are never allowed - and in any case he is only a person with an opinion, not an actual maker of online law.

MyNameIsX · 20/01/2025 09:59

itsnotagameshow · 20/01/2025 09:36

But unelected foreign billionaires do? I see you.

You speak of democracy, and yet Starmer only won 33.7% of the popular vote last year - many of which were protest votes. He also lied during electioneering.

And before you say, that’s a democracy for you - Government comes with privilege and responsibility. I am perfectly entitled to support legitimate means which stymie Labour from enacting damaging policy and/or which shortens their tenure.

thepariscrimefiles · 20/01/2025 10:05

TENSsion · 20/01/2025 09:51

He’s bringing attention to rape gangs operating with impunity around the UK. Why is that an issue for you?

Because he is uninformed and racist.

He could not give a fuck about the victims, he just wants to stir up hatred and civil unrest.

TENSsion · 20/01/2025 10:12

thepariscrimefiles · 20/01/2025 10:05

Because he is uninformed and racist.

He could not give a fuck about the victims, he just wants to stir up hatred and civil unrest.

He’s sharing court transcripts. He sharing newspaper articles. He’s sharing the truth.

I’m from Rotherham. It’s all true.

catmothertes1 · 20/01/2025 10:12

Coldanddamp · 19/01/2025 23:38

i find him fascinating, he's awful & people know that but they can overlook it because he really seems to know what people want.

That is what being a populist politician is about! However,will the people get what they want? I doubt it. However,they will not blame him but blame "others".

MyNameIsX · 20/01/2025 10:16

TENSsion · 20/01/2025 10:12

He’s sharing court transcripts. He sharing newspaper articles. He’s sharing the truth.

I’m from Rotherham. It’s all true.

Thank you.

Lilifer · 20/01/2025 10:17

Always fun to see the Trump Derangement Syndrome come out to play on Mumsnet threads. The level of hysteria fumes generated should be harnessed as a source of renewable energy to power the grid 😅

1dayatatime · 20/01/2025 10:25

@thepariscrimefiles
@TENSsion

"TENSsion
He’s bringing attention to rape gangs operating with impunity around the UK. Why is that an issue for you?"

"Because he is uninformed and racist.

He could not give a fuck about the victims, he just wants to stir up hatred and civil unrest."

But would you agree that the publicity Musk generated has led to the implementation of one of the recommendations from the Jay inquiry (which Prof Jay herself has said) or led to the agreement by Labour for a further local inquiry backed by central government (which Chris Bryant Labour Minister also confirmed on Question Time last week).

Or do you think that Prof Jay and Chris Bryant are also uniformed and racist?

izimbra · 20/01/2025 10:25

Lilifer · 20/01/2025 10:17

Always fun to see the Trump Derangement Syndrome come out to play on Mumsnet threads. The level of hysteria fumes generated should be harnessed as a source of renewable energy to power the grid 😅

'Anyone who criticises Trump or calls him a fascist, including highly respected members of his own previous administration, is mentally ill'.

Is that about it?

You appreciate that saying things like that makes YOU sound like you have some sort of 'derangement syndrome'? Like the sort of mental fuckery that happens when you join a cult.

LegoTherapy · 20/01/2025 10:25

Well. That's quite something. Native American and a black cop-surely they aren't the kind of people Trump represents? I'm disappointed he didn't do the actions but it's tickled me except there's nothing funny about Trump

Anniegetyourgun · 20/01/2025 10:32

Lilifer · 20/01/2025 10:17

Always fun to see the Trump Derangement Syndrome come out to play on Mumsnet threads. The level of hysteria fumes generated should be harnessed as a source of renewable energy to power the grid 😅

Renewable energy is woke! You're supposed to drill baby drill, and mine that sweet clean coal.

Savemydrink · 20/01/2025 10:34

Mittens67 · 20/01/2025 08:41

I think he will change the law so that he never has to leave the White House again and who will stop him when he has the law makers in his pocket?
I genuinely fear civil war in America when he does this. He is completely amoral with nobody to stop him targeting any dissenters and imprisoning them. Once you control the law you can do as you want.
Then there are his violent supporters who will be happy to kill anyone Trump bad mouths on social media.
I foresee an underground resistance movement similar to occupied France in WW2.
I feel so sorry for Americans who didn’t vote for this sociopath.

I think you will find that the violence comes from the Democrats. I haven’t seen anyone taking pot shots at sleepy joe and his harridan of a wife.

ExtraOnions · 20/01/2025 10:36

TENSsion · 20/01/2025 10:12

He’s sharing court transcripts. He sharing newspaper articles. He’s sharing the truth.

I’m from Rotherham. It’s all true.

He’s ONLY interested in sharing information in Asian gangs … not any other groups of sex offenders. Where is his outrage at the group of white men from round here who raped a 14 year old girl?

If he was really concerned he would be highlighting all this behaviour, not just ones based on skin tone.

Alltheprettyseahorses · 20/01/2025 10:41

thepariscrimefiles · 20/01/2025 10:05

Because he is uninformed and racist.

He could not give a fuck about the victims, he just wants to stir up hatred and civil unrest.

The victims of the rape gangs endured unimaginable torture. Some of those little girls are now dead, some suffered life-changing injuries. Is it so unimaginable that Musk is a human being and a father genuinely upset by what he has seen or is is it just that certain people need to make him the real evil bogeyman out to stir up trouble, it's easier than confronting what the need to feel like a liberal lefty has allowed to happen?