Anyone else terrified!!

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I’m starting to find all these deals between Trump and the dodgy Middle East nations quite scary. Latest being the AI deal with Abu Dhabi.

All it'll do is split the Reform/Tory vote even further. I'm good with that, thanks.

At least the deals with the Middle East give the message that it is trade but war that the US wants.

I’m very worried about his treatment of allies like Canada and the EU. The world order is shifting and things are unpredictable. I’m most worried about his moves within the US. I think we are watching authoritarianism take hold. And with the US becoming isolationist, it will end up having a very large impact on our lives.

Who was calling him a terrorist? That's right, a bunch of colonisers and their sympathisers.

Dodgy Middle East nations?

You mean as dodgy as every other nation

With the UAE as his allies?

Are you aware of how few Emiratis there actually are including babes in arms and the elderly?

surely you don’t think Elon & his team went in and found out all that in 100 days?
As President Trump said years ago…..”We caught them all”.
They’re just showing the people (in slow time) who aren’t ‘awake’ yet what’s really been going on for decades

And that makes a difference????

My point is he was officially considered a terrorist and yet he ended up leading South Africa so it is not the US place to say they will continue to sanction Syria because the new president was formally Al Queda.

Continuing to sanction Syria will lead to more destitution and when people don't have any other hope or option they will fall into the hands of Iran and Hezbollah leading to more terrorism and chaos so as I said yes he is right to work with the new Syrian president for peace and progress.

The west imposed their self righteous morality in Iraq, Iran, Libya, Afghanistan etc and they are all huge messes today so yes Trump is right that it is not the place of the US to force changes on those countries. He has made an offer to help Syria rebuild after over a decade of civil war, massive corruption from the dictatorship Assad family and lots of chaos caused by Russia, Iran etc by proxy.

I don't understand what you mean. Found all what?

All of the money laundering, fraud & and load of other dodgy dealings

The only time it doesn't make a difference is when you are a card carrying racist...

I wasn't aware that government staff were money laundering, committing fraud and making dodgy deals. No wonder thousands were sacked with no notice.

What are you going on about?

My point is purely about the decision to work with Syria and you think we shouldn't because the new leader is former Al Queda. Don't use Mandela and racism to distort my point. I used Mandela and Adams as few of many examples of where people have been considered terrorists yet we ended up working with them later on, simple.

As I said I don't agree that Mandela was a terrorist but again my point is about Syria. I support the decision to help them rebuild. The alternative will lead to poverty, destitution, more migrants trying to flee to other countries, breeding ground to groom future terrorists etc.

My young adult child died this year. I refuse to waste my life worrying about things I cannot control, and don’t have the headspace to be concerned. It put everything into perspective.

That’s only touching the surface!

Really? Incredible. And this has been going on for years? Thousands of crooks working for the government!

I totally agree. As they say, those who don’t study history are doomed to repeat it.

I’m another one who doesn’t watch the news anymore. I stopped during Covid - I used to listen to LBC everyday but stopped because it was really impacting on my mood. No point worrying about shit I can’t change.

i find his approach repulsive and yes dodgy.
the airplane gift, coercing starmer into buying boeing planes and beef....
boeing planes to the saudi's and now convincing the germans to up their defense spending to 5% of their gdp.
politicians need to start ignoring him, he's a typical bully and nauseates me.

I can’t tell if you’re asking seriously and genuinely shocked.
Check out the video (find it anywhere) of Victoria Nuland admitting there are US funded bio labs in Ukraine.

The plane was a gift to the US military …..not to President Trumps!

Well, there's your problem then. How do people at this point even give the BBC the time of day, it really beats me.

I mean, the US both considered them to be terrorists and also imposed sanctions to pressure the government, so I would not say they were particularly supportive of the regime.

The ANC targeted buildings and infrastructure, and participated in crop burnings, which were intended to create pressure from the population to influence government policy. Which arguably falls within the classic definition of terrorism which was still fairly closely defined at the time.

There's often a thin line between a freedom fighter and a terrorist but usually the dividing point is whether it's meant to scare the public into creating pressure or directly affect the state. Though in the end if they prevail they always seem to be considered freedom fighters.

Former FBI director James Comey is in big trouble tonight…..
after the shell picture he posted!

although the department of defense needs to (dismantle it and rebuild it after checking for bugs) it is NOT a state gift it is a gift to the president who MAY transfer it to the library of congress after his term (but equally could keep it).
as corrupt as corrupt can be.

The Germans (and the rest of NATO) are supposed to spend 5% of GDP on defense, that's part of the commitment they make as part of being in NATO.

Nations are always trying to get other nations to buy their products, that's often a significant part of international relations, if they want certain kinds of concessions or whatever they agree to purchase things like airplanes, age products, medical products, whatever - these kinds of agreements are even a part of international aid agreements.

That's in no way unique to the US, or to the UK.

Another bunch of colonisers.