Duke of Bullshit: "The" Donald

[The Magic Pudding..]

Trump is just thumbing his nose at and mooning the world. He wants to appoint Putin to the "Board of Peace" in Gaza. A mass murderer of civilian women and children. A true man of peace.

Tariffs for those who don't support his takeover of Greenland, what a fuckwad.

US has turned loon, how to disentangle?

Rob Hirst percussionist extraordinaire has died

[billy rubin]

is there anything to say about trump's text message to norway about the peace prize he didnt get?

[Dark Lightning]

It won't happen, but he should be removed from office via the 25th Amendment. He's proven that he's bat-shit crazy.

[billy rubin]

i agree, hes bonkers.

but the 25th amendment must be invoked by vance and trumps cabinet.

theyre happy with what hes doing

[Dark Lightning]

^ This is, unfortunately, true.

[Ecurb Noselrub]

On behalf of the entire USA, I apologize to the world. I didn't vote for Trump, but I live in a society that did and thinks he is great. I don't understand my fellow citizens. I can only attribute it to ignorance.

[billy rubin]

bruce, how have the other texans not started burning crosses in your front yard?

[zorkan]

Trump now says he won't use force to acquire Greenland.
Strange, I thought he had implied he would send in the military.

"The first casualty of war is the truth."
Attributed to ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus, the saying highlights how war thrives on illusion, with words becoming weapons and facts becoming flexible to sway public opinion, even while the actual truth perseveres in quiet corners.

[Recusant]

As mentioned by Ecurb Noselrub above, some brilliant advisor has given Trump a plan to circumvent the United Nations with an organization ruled by Trump, regardless of whether he's president of the US or not. He will have final say in all decisions, and gets to anoint his successor. It's only $1 billion to buy in, do it now before the price goes up!

The full text of a charter for President Donald Trump's proposed Board of Peace sounds suspiciously like plans to make himself "king of the world," according to a political theorist.

A charter was sent out with invitations to dozens of world leaders, asking them to join the U.S. president on a panel to oversee the postwar management of Gaza, but the full text, obtained by The Times of Israel, conspicuously does not mention Gaza.

"So, the 'Board of Peace' [sic] not only doesn't mention Gaza in particular; it proposes to make Donald Trump in particular (not the president of the United States) king of the world," said Jacob T. Levy, a political theory professor at McGill University.

Levy dug into the full text of the charter and analyzed its rules, which he believes sketch out a plan to make the 79-year-old former reality TV star the ruler of the global conglomerate and then pass that title down to one of his heirs.

"Membership is subject to a 3-year term limit unless the member state either pays a billion-dollar bribe or the Chairman — entirely unilaterally — decides to extend it," Levy wrote. "The Chairman may choose to *terminate* a member state's membership (even if it has paid!), which requires a 2/3 vote to override."

Decisions shall be made by a majority of the member states that are present and voting, but subject to the approval of the chairman, and Levy dismissed that arrangement as absurd.

"That's not how collective decision-making works," Levy wrote. "That's a curia regis or the medieval privy council."

Trump himself shall serve as inaugural chairman, according to the charter, and the chairman shall at all times designate his own successor.

"So Don Jr will still be in charge even if Kamala Harris wins the presidency in a landslide in 2028," Levy wrote.

"Indeed, at that point the membership of the United States is subject to the same whims of the Chairman," he added. Assuming the thing goes into force sometime soon, the US' initial three-year term will expire right about the time the next president is inaugurated... so Chairman Don Jr can either demand that President Harris pay the billion-dollar bribe or else terminate the US' membership entirely."

[source]

[billy rubin]

amazing, isnt it?

im waiting for the amendment that a;llows oligarchs to purchase a full voting membership independently of any political state.

[Recusant]

Trump is just thumbing his nose at and mooning the world. He wants to appoint Putin to the "Board of Peace" in Gaza. A mass murderer of civilian women and children. A true man of peace.

Tariffs for those who don't support his takeover of Greenland, what a fuckwad.

US has turned loon, how to disentangle?

Carefully and using all the diplomatic tradecraft you have (including polite deception). A powerful and tetchy loon.

Rob Hirst percussionist extraordinaire has died

Yeah, I'd seen that. While this ain't the gone but not forgotten thread, another influential musician has also gone. Billy Bass Nelson, the founding bassist of Funkadelic.

[Icarus]

I respectfully disagree Rec. We need not be diplomatic nor bother with polite deception.  I believe that the multi millions of angry demonstrators are not much interested in being polite or diplomatic, not now. We have damned well had very close to all that we can peacefully tolerate.

We have given up on the hope that space aliens will kidnap the mentally and morally disabled Trump. 

[Icarus]

Maga dude gets his Trump card punched....................
https://imgur.com/gallery/maga-adult-male-assaults-high-school-students-protesting-ice-texas-maga-loves-to-fafo-time-to-find-this-idiot-so-he-can-be-charged-assaulting-minors-sqUdaHm

[Dark Lightning]

What a man, punching a bunch of girls. Too bad one or more of them didn't have martial arts training. Disgusting.

[Recusant]

I respectfully disagree Rec. We need not be diplomatic nor bother with polite deception.  I believe that the multi millions of angry demonstrators are not much interested in being polite or diplomatic, not now. We have damned well had very close to all that we can peacefully tolerate.

We have given up on the hope that space aliens will kidnap the mentally and morally disabled Trump. 

Yes for those of us in the belly of the beast, steadfast opposition is definitely preferable to cowed acceptance.

It seemed to me that The Magic Pudding.. was thinking more about how democratic nations that have been longtime allies of the US can safely put some distance between themselves and a country that's become an overt threat to peace and stability, blatantly using its power to violate international law.