President Trump 2.0: The NEW one and only politics thread

[Inky_Wretch]

Guess what: Trump isn't in control. He's a figurehead who has turned the difficult parts of governing over to Musk so he can do the fun stuff like golf and handpick who plays the Kennedy Center.

 

[Della9250]

 

[HanSenSE]

Meanwhile in Canuckistan.

 

[Slacker]

Commenter there ...

 

[Neutral Corner]

Musk Tells Tesla Employees Hang On to Stock After 50% Plunge

Unhappy_Surround_982
• 3d ago

Also when your entire board (the very definition of insiders) are offloading their holdings, that is the single biggest red flag of all. So not only does Elon want people to slave away under "extremely hardcore" working conditions, he also wants your savings. If Tesla goes bust that means you become unemployed AND broke. Terribly risky for the workers.

 

[Slacker]

 

[HanSenSE]

Musk Tells Tesla Employees Hang On to Stock After 50% Plunge

Unhappy_Surround_982
• 3d ago

Also when your entire board (the very definition of insiders) are offloading their holdings, that is the single biggest red flag of all. So not only does Elon want people to slave away under "extremely hardcore" working conditions, he also wants your savings. If Tesla goes bust that means you become unemployed AND broke. Terribly risky for the workers.

Holding on to a failing stock. Isn't that what helped Enron's downfall?

 

[Neutral Corner]

Trump administration’s blockchain plan for USAID is a real head-scratcher

Whatever happens to USAID, it will apparently “leverage blockchain technology.”…

arstechnica.com

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Friggin' idiot can't tell the difference between Aragua, Venezuela, and Aurora, Colo.

And that's the least of his problems.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

RIP Mark Twain Prize …

Conan O'Brien accepts Mark Twain Prize for humor as politics roils the Kennedy Center

O’Brien accepted the award for lifetime achievement in comedy Sunday night while acknowledging the backstage turmoil that hangs over the future of the cultural center in Washington.

apnews.com

 

[garrow]

Greenland’s prime minister slams ‘highly aggressive’ visit by US officials, including second lady Usha Vance

Greenland’s prime minister said a planned visit to the island by US officials, including second lady Usha Vance, is “highly aggressive,” plunging relations to a new low after President Donald Trump vowed to annex the autonomous Danish territory.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Huggy]

I would totally write that in.

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2025/0...arifies-canadians-cant-just-write-fork-trump/

As someone with a vote in that election I just might.