President Trump 2.0: The NEW one and only politics thread

[Michael_ Gee]

It's too soon for people like WriteThinking's family to abandon their commitment to Trump. Now, it's really like admitting they were taken by a con man, and people HATE doing that. It'll take more time and unfortunately more bad things in their own experience directly related to the government for them to move to the step of "I haven't changed, but he has, and he said he wouldn't." Some never will, of course, but it'd be a mistake to think the switchers don't exist, because they changed in both 2020 and 2024, once in each direction.

 

[WriteThinking]

So the US-Russia meeting about the war in Ukraine has been expanded to include discussions about normalizing relations. This is the start of a US-Russian alliance.

Of course it is. That was the purpose of Tulsi Gabbard's nomination and conformation as Director of National Intelligence. And Trump and Putin have been buddies for years, at least in Trump's mind.

I truly hope that Zelinsky does what he says and does not accept any Ukraine deal in which his country is not involved with the discussions.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Ding, dong, the witch is dead...

Who will Trump appoint to sell off the USPS parts for profit? Or will Musk tell him not to bother?

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Oh, good, they're going to start texting all of us.

Musk Ally Demands Admin Access to System That Lets Government Text the Public

 

[wicked]

The U.S. hierarchy of the Catholic Church definitely is.

Maybe I'm mistaken, but I don't think the Catholic Church is that powerful in this country anymore. The raping of children meant it surrendered every bit of its moral authority. All the nutters are dying off or retiring. Do they even have enough cardinals to make any impact at the next conclave?

 

[sgreenwell]

Ding, dong, the witch is dead...

As Inky brings up, it's pretty much the worst time he could have done it, because it means we'll get someone that is somehow worse than DeJoy for another 10-year term or so. (I think that's how long they get.)

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

And even if I don't agree with some of Trump/DOGE's cuts, I don't believe it's a daily constitutional crisis.

Unelected leader of an extralegal government agency running around cutting a bunch of Congressionally-pashed budgets, and you don't see it as a daily Constitutional crisis?!?

Sir, you are both daft and a fop. Delete your account and join a vow-of-silence monastery.

 

[DanOregon]

We'd be seeing a repeat of Jan. 6th - only at the WH instead of the Capitol if the Dems even tried half of this stuff. Dem Senators would probably even vote to oust as well.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Oh, good, they're going to start texting all of us.

Musk Ally Demands Admin Access to System That Lets Government Text the Public

And I'll text back.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

This judge better have personal security due to the backlash once Fox News rants about this.

Judge torches Trump lawyers over ban on trans service members and pronouns: 'Frankly ridiculous'

 

[BTExpress]

Some never will, of course, but it'd be a mistake to think the switchers don't exist, because they changed in both 2020 and 2024, once in each direction.

Trump got 8 million MORE votes in 2020 than he did in 2026. The only meaningful "switching" was Dems who switched from their couches to the voting booth.

And they switched back to their couches in 2024.

 

[WriteThinking]

I've often said here that nothing matters anymore. The guy gets away with everything. His Fifth Avenue comment was the most accurate thing he ever said.

But as an exercise, is there anything he and his administration could do that would actually enrage enough of the population that goes too far? What is that line? Like, if tanks rolled into Canada tomorrow, would even that be enough for any supporters, however they might be, to be like, "OK, big guy, too far?"

I'm actually being serious. Is there a scandal that could ever be big enough?

I am not sure there is anything anymore.

Maybe noticeable, mash problems with Social Security, or screwing with people's 401k's. Other than that, I don't know. I'm beginning to think that everybody is just fine with anything. Or, at least, they're OK enough with it that it doesn't rouse them to any difference-making level.

And I think that, in itself, may be part of the problem, too. Like, when I rail about what Trump is doing that I don't like, and my brother screams back at me, often, what he says is, "What are you going to do about it?," "What are you gonna do about it?"

It's as if the fact that there isn't much to be done about it at this point is now the excuse to just let things go. Enforced laissez-faire that, first, was sheer laziness but now is just reality that has to be lived with.

Now, whether we can actually do that is the issue.