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Is anyone watching this Trump car crash?

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soundsys · 02/04/2025 21:36

WTF is happening? It’s like some bizarre performance art piece.

He’s holding up signs and shouting and throwing out hats it’s just 🤯

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Igotjelly · 14/04/2025 11:52

Mielikki · 14/04/2025 11:44

Apparently an RHR of 64 is in the middle of the 'good' range for 65+ year old men. To me it seems quite high, but apparently not.

Google tells me an average rhr for a 79 year old man is between 60 and 100. I’m no expert (clearly) but the liar in chief is certainly not one of the healthiest 79 year olds. That of course is despite is stellar golfing performance Hmm

Cornettoninja · 14/04/2025 12:02

Musk is 6ft2.

I thought he was shorter given how Trump positively towers over him/s.

why go to the effort of lying when it’s so provably untrue? The only silver lining is that he’s probably not quite so inertly healthy as that report would suggest.

Is anyone watching this Trump car crash?
Cornettoninja · 14/04/2025 12:03

And why list an appendectomy at 11 but omit anything about ‘bone spurs’?

Igotjelly · 14/04/2025 12:10

Anthony Scaramucci and others have also said repeatedly that he’s know to wear inserts in his shoes to make him taller….

Wonder of that counts as a left wing conspiracy 🤔

pointythings · 14/04/2025 12:16

Frankly I don't care how tall or heavy he is, only how vengeful, unhinged and incompetent he is.

Cornettoninja · 14/04/2025 12:18

pointythings · 14/04/2025 12:16

Frankly I don't care how tall or heavy he is, only how vengeful, unhinged and incompetent he is.

I don’t particularly, in fact I’d go out of my way not to have to think about his body at all, but it’s evidence of how far he’s prepared to go and drag people along with him to maintain a lie that he perceives makes him masculine and powerful.

Igotjelly · 14/04/2025 12:28

I don’t care about his health but when he’s not even trying to hide the levels of corruption (we can all see he’s overweight and shorter than 6ft 3) it matters. What’s he lying about/hiding/changing that’s more subtle but more nefarious?

SabrinaThwaite · 14/04/2025 12:29

Mielikki · 14/04/2025 11:50

Oh boy, I just googled pictures of them standing together - Prince William is half a head taller! Trump really is a lying sack of shit isn't he?

Surely they're just 'alternative facts'?

Serpentstooth · 14/04/2025 13:15

He's says he's 6'3"?😂 how tall does that kind of measurement make Baron? 7'? 7.5"? 8'?¹

Alexandra2001 · 14/04/2025 13:22

Who gives a shit what he says his health stats are?

This is a guy fucking up our economies, interfering with our democratic processes, defending whatever Russia does in Ukraine...

If only lying about his health was the worst of his lies?

lawpluslaw · 14/04/2025 13:35

Alexandra2001 · 14/04/2025 13:22

Who gives a shit what he says his health stats are?

This is a guy fucking up our economies, interfering with our democratic processes, defending whatever Russia does in Ukraine...

If only lying about his health was the worst of his lies?

It's because it's part of the pattern of constant lies and deception, even when it's totally unnecessary. The unreality of the North Korea-like lapping up of being told something we can see with our own eyes isn't true. Don't believe your eyes. Facts don't matter. We all need to pretend it's the truth or there will be retribution.

TopPocketFind · 14/04/2025 13:45

It was apparent at the press conference and the cabinet meeting with compliments on how healthy he looked.

Very Kim, Putin like

SabrinaThwaite · 14/04/2025 13:56

I bet Vance has his eye on stepping into the breach if and when Trump is incapacitated. Help yourself to another burger, Mr President?

llizzie · 14/04/2025 14:20

ElbowsUp · 14/04/2025 02:28

My goodness do I hope the UK doesnt leave the ECHR. Not that Labour would, and I'm not sure the Tories would either...but if Reform were to win...

Why? The ECHR is the reason why we cannot get rid of the illegal boat migrants which are costing the taxpayer billions each year.

They are put up in hotels, no council tax, water bills, energy bills to pay and £50 a week pocket money.

...and people in Britain are homeless.

Igotjelly · 14/04/2025 14:30

llizzie · 14/04/2025 14:20

Why? The ECHR is the reason why we cannot get rid of the illegal boat migrants which are costing the taxpayer billions each year.

They are put up in hotels, no council tax, water bills, energy bills to pay and £50 a week pocket money.

...and people in Britain are homeless.

You do realise that these “illegal boat migrants” you’re talking about are actual human beings don’t you?

TulipTiptoer · 14/04/2025 14:31

So you would like to come out of the ECHR and be alongside Russia and Belarus, the only two countries in Europe not signed up for it.
Russia? Where they are using all their young men as cannon fodder at the moment, and criticism of Putin sends you off to a siberian gulag. Right....
Personally I prefer access to a human rights court.
The rest of your post is misguided and not based in fact.

Igotjelly · 14/04/2025 14:32

Igotjelly · 14/04/2025 14:30

You do realise that these “illegal boat migrants” you’re talking about are actual human beings don’t you?

And good luck feeding, clothing and caring for children with £49.18 per person (£8.86 if your accommodation provides food).

pointythings · 14/04/2025 14:55

llizzie · 14/04/2025 14:20

Why? The ECHR is the reason why we cannot get rid of the illegal boat migrants which are costing the taxpayer billions each year.

They are put up in hotels, no council tax, water bills, energy bills to pay and £50 a week pocket money.

...and people in Britain are homeless.

How about you acknowledging that your implication that no British born person has ever accessed the ECHR was completely and 100% false? Because unless you do, nothing you say has any credibility at all.

TopPocketFind · 14/04/2025 14:57

llizzie · 14/04/2025 14:20

Why? The ECHR is the reason why we cannot get rid of the illegal boat migrants which are costing the taxpayer billions each year.

They are put up in hotels, no council tax, water bills, energy bills to pay and £50 a week pocket money.

...and people in Britain are homeless.

Please tell us which Human Rights you like to forgo

Maggiethecat · 14/04/2025 15:14

Why do people insist on viewing things through a single lens without considering wider implications of actions?

There was a woman interviewed who said she voted for Trump because she needed fertility treatment and thought his policies would help her.

As a federal employee she was gleeful that she had escaped the DOGE chainsaw until she didn’t

He was proven to be a loose canon and dangerous and yet people chose to overlook this until their single issue faded into the rear view because of the bigger issues facing them now.

If you have no human rights that you value then by all means agitate for the UK to withdraw from the ECHR.

Alexandra2001 · 14/04/2025 15:17

llizzie · 14/04/2025 14:20

Why? The ECHR is the reason why we cannot get rid of the illegal boat migrants which are costing the taxpayer billions each year.

They are put up in hotels, no council tax, water bills, energy bills to pay and £50 a week pocket money.

...and people in Britain are homeless.

We cannot deport the migrants because its a: taking months if not years to decide their cases, the back log is huge.
b: France will not accept them back
c: We do not deport people back to countries like Iran, Afghanistan Syria Sudan..
Would you be happy to send a man back to X only to hear later he'd been tortured and killed?
We do send back Albanians Vietnamese etc.. since Lab in, over 26k... returned.
d: The UK has signed up to various UN refugee charters.

But of course, we wouldn't have this issue had we stayed in the EU, do you recall boat crossing in 2019 or before? no, it started once we officially left in 2020.

You can see what happens with no HR back stop, look at the USA? deporting people back to a jail when they've committed no crimes, engaged in the asylum process but have a "i love mum" tattoo.
Or mass sackings with no of appeal.

Some people are homeless in the UK because of years of low wages, a mass shift of wealth upwards, the sell off of council housing, not building new council housing.

Its got nothing to do with spending 2 or 3 billion on migrants, the UK should be wealthy enough to fix most homelessness and live up to its international obligations.

thepariscrimefiles · 14/04/2025 15:18

pointythings · 14/04/2025 12:16

Frankly I don't care how tall or heavy he is, only how vengeful, unhinged and incompetent he is.

True, but it's all part of the fantasy that he has the physique of a Greek god. His supporters are delusional but they all absolutely love the cruelty that he has unleashed. He hates the people that they hate and his presidency is just a huge opportunity for revenge, corruption and grifting.

thepariscrimefiles · 14/04/2025 15:22

llizzie · 14/04/2025 14:20

Why? The ECHR is the reason why we cannot get rid of the illegal boat migrants which are costing the taxpayer billions each year.

They are put up in hotels, no council tax, water bills, energy bills to pay and £50 a week pocket money.

...and people in Britain are homeless.

Your views are repellent. They are not illegal until their asymlum claims have been processed and rejected. It's a miserable life being an asylum seeker. You make it sounds as though they are living in the lap of luxury.

TopPocketFind · 14/04/2025 15:23

Doing Putin's bidding

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lmrqxthz2k2k

Trump on Putin’s war: “President Zelenskyy and Crooked Joe Biden did an absolutely horrible job in allowing this travesty to begin.”

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)

Trump on Putin’s war: “President Zelenskyy and Crooked Joe Biden did an absolutely horrible job in allowing this travesty to begin.”

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lmrqxthz2k2k

llizzie · 14/04/2025 15:26

pointythings · 14/04/2025 14:55

How about you acknowledging that your implication that no British born person has ever accessed the ECHR was completely and 100% false? Because unless you do, nothing you say has any credibility at all.

I didn't say that. I didn't even imply that. Do I have to answer to people who are not able to address the thread, but take the opportunity to attack someone personally. You have done that on other threads. Start one of your own if you profess to have more knowledge of human rights than politics.

You have made yet another attempt to divert attention away from the thread. However, since you invite argument, as usual, I will respond to your post.

There may be successful cases which are dealt with in the court. Who pays for their lawyer costs? What about the people in UK who cannot get there because they have no money?

The average solicitor fees are not much short of £400 an hour. You have to turn all your possessions into cash before you can get legal aid. To take a case to the

Have you ever tried getting a pro bono lawyer in Britain? Ever tried getting legal aid? Anyone who owns their home, or has savings has to pay their court costs. Even if they do not own property, or have savings, everything saleable that they have must be saved before they are awarded legal aid.

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