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?

Why do they care. They don't live in the US. Great post

The UK elected Starmer who is the most incompetent and worthless PM in my lifetime.

I mean, I’m not the biggest Starmer fan, but I think you’ve gone too far… I’m sure you’re old enough to have been alive for the Truss days!

'His ass belongs to Russia yet the so called Russiagate has been proven to be a hoax by the democrats.'

Did you see the interview where Putin confirmed Russian involvement in the US election? The interview that was tampered with by the White House, removing that nugget?

Edit - spag

It's just one example, I could pick many. It's something that affects me. This is something that affects millions of people far worse than me because of a frivolous decision, and a great example of how Trump coughs and a massive powerful pharmaceutical company jumps. If you can't see that as a microcosm and a good deal more than solipsism then you need to take your head from up your arse.

And I hardly ever start threads. I can start one about what the hell I like without your permission, and I don't need to check off a list of every other thing Trump has done before commenting on this issue.

You did misconstrue my meaning, but I accept the apology.

‘Are you now saying’ implies I’m changing my position - which I’m not. What difference does it make whether I personally support or approve of him? I’m not an American. My late husband was - I’ve lived there - who cares what I personally think?

Because everyone should be interested in world politics. Because how other countries behave affects us all. Because America is influential. Because we should care about the citizens of other countries.

Because just because things aren’t good in the U.K. doesn’t negate the bad things in America. That posters argument is a stupid and baseless one. Of course we should all care. All the time. It’s not a great post at all.

Well, I have just got back from the US and that really did not happen! I went through customs to enter the US without any questions about my phone, just the usual checks of passport and ESTA. The customs guy was very pleasant and had a very dry humour which made us laugh. No issues at all coming home either.

So you’re not going to acknowledge all the statistics etc then?

You’ve ignored everything that anyone, including myself, has said to you if you can’t froth at it. Anything balanced or factual that anyone has responded to you you have absolutely ignored.

It amuses me when people shout loudly and think it covers the fact they are actually saying absolutely nothing, no coherent arguments, avoiding anyone who actually provides information and ignores direct questions. We can still see your empty arguments.

Anyway, it’s bed time for me, good night.

Anyone claiming they are scared are either illegal immigrants or idiotic scaremongers.

No, they're not. Only the deluded and naive are not worried atm.

Again what is dictatorial about it?

Pharmaceutical companies charge Americans way more than people in other countries and he is forcing them to stop ripping up Americans yet you are upset that it is dictatorial because you have to pay more 😂

How is it a frivolous decision? A decision aimed at stopping millions of Americans being ripped off and treated unfairly is frivolous 😂what a joker.

Is this just a rant about weight loss injections?

Yes it is, her Monjuro will be more expensive therefore he is a dictator 😂

Ah I thought that's what it was about.

There are cheaper ways to lose weight.

😃

I wonder you manage to make it through the day, all the caring and worrying you have to do on other people’s behalf. And not just a little bit - all the time! I hope you spend just as much time worrying about people in North Korea. And Sudan. What about European countries, we must worry about them too, we can’t leave them out… France and Spain and Denmark and Italy. No other competent adults in the world who can govern their own affairs without you worrying about them or thinking you know best… very stressful for you.

Of course you can start a thread about something particularly bothering you. It just amused me that this was the thing that pushed you over the edge. I'm sure you do care about lots of other stuff! Just not enough to start a thread....

Anyone who is legal has no issues and ICE is not picking people off the streets despite what Reddit tells you. Their raids are targeted similar to how the Home Office target and deport illegal immigrants even through I don’t see any outrage.

This is a video released by the UK Home Office recently showing the arrest of illegal immigrants, I guess people of colour are scared to go out in the UK now.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BkMBCAtPa84

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/NdgodIJXpQU

Yes I repeat it’s bullshit lies claiming immigrants are scared to go out except in liberal cities in California where they encourage illegal immigrants with their sanctuary city policies.

Trump is not worried about same sex marriage.

How are you this comfortable publicly admitting you’re an idiot?! 😂

Do you not stay up to date on world affairs? Don’t you ever learn about the politics and history of other countries? Are you that thick that you can’t keep up to date with multiple countries around the world at the same time?

What a small life you must have. Some of us actually do take an interest in world politics, including developing and developed countries, countries nearby and not so close. Of course here in the U.K. many people keep up to date with Europe! I’ve been very interested in France and Spain recently for a variety of reasons, but today I listened to a radio programme about women in Iran as I’ve been loosely following the situation for a while.

Shame you don’t have the capacity to do such things, the world doesn’t revolve around America or Britain you know.

I think the phrase the OP is looking for is "eat less, move more".

There you go OP, now you can stop fretting about the price of mounjaro (and fascism stuff) and go to bed.

No but the US Supreme Court is.

”so far in 2025, at least nine states have either introduced legislation aimed at blocking new marriage licenses for LGBTQ people or passed resolutions urging the Supreme Court to reverse Obergefell”

This is how these things start, small and the grow larger. Hopefully it won’t go the same way as Roe vs Wade.

I care, which is why I asked the question you are evading. You also didn't answer as the whether or not you think rape is prevalent in every country and every culture.

I was not saying you changed your position on Trump. I currently have no information on what it is because you refuse to say.
It appears you won't be clear about what your beliefs are, but you do tend to froth at the mouth about leftists and make silly generalizations about them. You have been sneeringly sarcastic to people who disagree with you as well. So a tentative conclusion about both your political leanings and character can be drawn from that and most especially from the anti-immigrant scaremongering propaganda you posted.

It's not hard to be more successful than me.😆 Especially if, like Trump you're from a really rich family.

He's declared bankruptcy numerous times, sinking many small US businesses along the way. He couldn't even make his casino turn a profit.🤯

His wealth and his position as POTUS come courtesy of Russia. His ass belongs to Putin.

Hahaha yeah it’s as a result of Russia 😂and yet the democrats with their Russiagate witch hunt ended up empty handed. And now you claim his wealth is due to Russia 😂yeah it is.

Is this addressed to anyone in particular, or is it just a general thing? I'm certainly interested in many countries, what are your thoughts on the current situation in Sri Lanka? I assume you are not so small minded as to have not been reading about it?

Indeed.