To think that the USA is a dictatorship now?

[spoonbillstretford]

Trump appears to have ultimate power. Who can challenge him? Who controls him? Presidents should not be dictating what drug companies charge for medicines on a whim, or indeed any other goods, at the drop of a hat. He says jump and the US says "How High?" What on earth have you done to yourselves and the world to let this evil, thick, orange toddler clown represent you? What the hell were you thinking?

I understand British dislike of Trump far more than Trump’s obsession with the Mayor of London or Barack Obama….

(Personally I find Trump to be a buffoon and highly problematic as well as a bigot. But when he is only behaving in a way that impacts the USA I don’t care about him).

Loads of Brit’s will have an opinion on the US president because the USA’s policy decisions often impacts the rest of us.

That’s a horrible misrepresentation in itself.

Because hes a liar, fraudster, bullying, repeat sex offender who's fucking up the global economy. That we're part of.

And this is Mumsnet, we're not keen on men who sexually abused women.

And he's about to sell Ukraine down the river because his mate Putin is always right.

It’s going a little bit further than merely upholding the Supreme Court 2023 ruling on university admissions though isn’t it?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/16/defense-department-black-medal-of-honor-veteran

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna224588

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/30/trump-washington-dc-plane-crash-dei

Ok.

The actions are taken against the universities that knowingly permitted violations of title VI of the Civil Rights Act.

www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/office-civil-rights-initiates-title-vi-investigations-institutions-of-higher-education-0

And lots of laws were broken by the pro Gaza protestors. Vandalism, breaking into buildings, resisting arrest, trespassing, blocking traffic, etc. At Columbia, they blocked access to classroom buildings so that no one could attend classes. Your right to swing your fist stops at the other persons nose.

mcintyrefirm.com/what-laws-and-rules-did-student-protesters-break/

You're talking out of your ass.
Where the heck did you get your figures from?
Don't spout made up figures at least without providing a credible recognized source
These are from professional polls:
A June 2025 Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Trump's overall approval rating at 42%, consistent with previous months.

A June 2025 Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Trump's overall approval rating at 42%, consistent with previous months.

Sources:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-approval-steady-42-support-weakens-his-immigration-policy-reutersipsos-2025-06-16/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keir_Starmer

It’s not though. I have already shown that the threat about removing funding was not within the narrow context of violent acts.

No matter how much you want to pretend otherwise. (This is the same man who defended and pardoned the Capitol.

I think one of the biggest disparities is that she was held on the remand without option of bail and he was released for a year to get his ducks in a row. And a fake ADHD diagnosis.

Except that private universities have no right to Federal funding. It's purely discretionary. If they want to behave as political actors and in ways that violate civil rights law, they can have that funding withdrawn.

I did not say they have a right to Federal funding did I? The conversation was about Free Speech and how the administration responds to speech they disagree with.

What you are now doing is called “moving the goalposts”.

You were the one who brought up Federal funding.

I have already shown that the threat about removing funding was not within the narrow context of violent acts.

Where within that do I say “they have a right to Federal funding”?

Calling out their weak commitment to Free Speech, using the example of Trump calling for financial consequences (in this case freezing federal funds) for universities that allow protest he disapproves is not, in any way shape or form me saying they have a right to federal funds.

But you knew that.

So you concede that dropping the funding was fully within the discretion of the government. That's fine.

I ve read various stuff on cuts to scientific funding, up to 80%... Trump went on about trans mice, not realising the whole point was hormone research but then this is the guy that thought injecting bleach was worth looking into

Which may be good news for us, now we are back in Horizon.

The whole TACO thing gets me though, whether its tariffs or the strange hold Putin has over him, he doesn't follow up on threats made.

Goalpost shifting.

I think what she said was a horrible rude, disgusting comment. I vehemently disagree with it. But I don't think the sentence should have been custodial.

You've missed a point.
She was put in remand immediately until the trial was held.
He was let go on bail until his trial which was around one year later.
Black belt barrister who is a qualified professional, offers the terms that the law recommends versus what actually happened. No advice is given. Just how the law should have treated it according to their own guidelines.

They are not being held without due process. They are being detained while an immigration judge processes their removal. NO ONE is going against the law or the Constitution. It is illegal to enter the US without prior approval. It is illegal to overstay a visa. All of these laws are on the books and have been for decades. They are just finally being enforced.

As for DC, guess what DC means? District of Columbia, another word for the federal government. DC has ALWAYS been under the purview of the federal government, but the responsibility for policing themselves was given to the residents who obviously couldn't handle the responsibility. It devolved into a lawless shithole, to the point where elected officials had to hire body guards or carry firearms themselves and staffers were being attacked in broad daylight.

The amount of ignorance on MN always astounds me.

Again, you were the one who brought the whole topic of funding into the thread, not me, so it's a bit hard for me to be "goalpost shifting", and repeating yourself ad nauseam isn't making it any clearer.

Rasmussen, one of the few polls who called the 2024 election correctly, has Trump at 49% overall approval rating as of Aug. 15.

Amazing that people will run to obviously biased polls that had Kamala winning by several points to try to say Trump is unpopular. Trump's approval in this term is running much higher than it did in his first term.

Understood. Thanks for clarifying. (I agree with you btw)

It's all online, if you care to look it up.

There's a lot of right wing screeching about CRT, and you can find examples, particularly out-of-contezt ones, where it looks daft (as you can with most things).

But criticism of CRT is mostly just stupid hyperbole.

And no, it does not teach that all white people are racist.