Trump - 4 more years of this at least...

**pritch** · 3rd February 2025, 08:12

Originally Posted by nerrrd

In theory the US has the bigger stick I guess, I wonder what President Trump will consider a win once this all shakes out. I mean, he doesn’t seriously think Canada is going to join the US…does he?

Indications are that he does. It is rapidly becoming too obvious to ignore that he is not firing on all cylinders.

I wonder if has lowered the rice of groceries yet?

**pritch** · 3rd February 2025, 08:17

Originally Posted by sugilite

And the musk thing, it is unconscionable for the single largest recipient of government contracts and the single largest maga election campaign donor to have any hand in government spending. It is the largest single conflict of interest I have ever seen.

Musk minions have taken over government IT systems and refused to let the staff access them. Musk himself has taken over the US Federal Government cheque book. He now controls all US government spending. That's OK, it's not like he's a druggie or mentally unstable or anything. Oh wait...

**nerrrd** · 3rd February 2025, 08:47

Good on the Canadians for retaliating in kind to the tariffs, I wonder how long that's going to hold, though, especially if President Trump escalates them as promised.

Makes me think of NZ's situation with Australia and the 501s, we could retaliate economically (I guess), but it would hurt us a lot more than it would them and is unlikely to change any Australian minds.

**pete376403** · 3rd February 2025, 09:48

Wonder if the cartels will apply the tariffs to coke, fentanyl and other recreational chemicals (including coffee) in Mexico and Columbia

**Kickaha** · 3rd February 2025, 10:40

Originally Posted by nerrrd

Good on the Canadians for retaliating in kind to the tariffs, I wonder how long that's going to hold, though, especially if President Trump escalates them as promised..

I also like the way some are targeted at red states

The Canadians can escalate because they supply a lot of electricity and oil (although that flows both ways)

There won't really be any winners, but they need to play hard ball with that orange cockwomble and show they won't be pushed around, unfortunately Trump wont care what effect it has on the general public and is likely just to keep escalating

**sugilite:Me** · 3rd February 2025, 11:13

A large batch of Brocolli has become contaminated in the States.
The issue? DEI of course - if only they had white men in charge of the whole process, this would of been avoided

**Berries** · 3rd February 2025, 12:05

Originally Posted by sugilite

A large batch of Brocolli has become contaminated in the States.

The issue? DEI of course

WASHINGTON, D.C. — An infuriated President Trump blamed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion after discovering that McDonald's had accidentally left the pickles off of his Big Mac.

"NO PICKLES!! This is what you get when you choose diversity over merit!!" Trump posted on Truth Social. "It was a routine Big Mac order, very straightforward. How do you miss the pickles? This is a terrible situation that could have been prevented. NOT GOOD!!"

Advisors reportedly questioned Trump as to why, exactly, he believed the forgotten pickles were due to diversity hires. "Forgive me, sir, but how do we know your lost pickles are due to inclusion programs?" asked Presidential aide Thomas Denton. "We all agree that hiring people because of their skin color or gender is bad, but shouldn't we perhaps gather more evidence before saying that's what caused the pickle tragedy?"

White House sources report that Denton was slapped in the mouth and reassigned to a consulate in Bosnia.

At publishing time, a still livid President Trump had posted, "THIS WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED WHEN I WORKED AT MCDONALD'S!!"

**TheDemonLord** · 3rd February 2025, 14:32

https://kamalaharris.com/a-new-way-forward/

This page has been doing the rounds.

I love it.

**sugilite:Me** · 3rd February 2025, 15:22

Ahh yes, Trump and his pickle issues - a walk down mammary lane......

**sugilite:Me** · 3rd February 2025, 16:28

You know it must be bad when even the right wing Wall Street Journal calls your trade war the "Dumbest Trade War in History"

https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/...rumps-tariffs/

**neels** · 3rd February 2025, 17:50

About as dumb as ordering the release of billions of gallons of water from Northern California to help with fighting the wildfires, except that the water will never reach Southern California where the fires are, and won't be available when it's dry in the summer for it's intended purpose of irrigation and maintaining river flows.

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...-release-dumb/

**Kickaha** · 3rd February 2025, 19:29

Originally Posted by neels

About as dumb as ordering the release of billions of gallons of water from Northern California to help with fighting the wildfires, except that the water will never reach Southern California where the fires are, and won't be available when it's dry in the summer for it's intended purpose of irrigation and maintaining river flows.

His stupid fucking followers wont even check on that and find out he's talking crap