Trump Presidency Round 2

[Irish#1]

Corruption at it's finest

Definitely needs to be investigated.

 

[Irish#1]

LMAO!!! He got the idea via a talk show via Fox News. Bannon: "5D chess move by Trump". Guy can't even play checkers, let alone chess.

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It's not necessarily the need to be the smartest, but the ability to recognize a good idea regardless of where it originated. If you're expecting your president to know everything and have every answer, let me show you this bridge. I'll make you a great deal.

 

[TorontoGold]

Can’t wait to see the defense of this one.

 

[drayer54]

Can’t wait to see the defense of this one.

No defense. We should change the law so that this clear corruption never happens again.

 

[Irish#1]

Can’t wait to see the defense of this one.

I don't think anyone on IE will defend him if that's what your inferring. He should vote in person like everyone else and have to show proper ID.

 

[drayer54]

I don't think anyone on IE will defend him if that's what your inferring. He should vote in person like everyone else and have to show proper ID.

Maybe when he votes his second ballot this cycle he will do it in person.

 

[NDVirginia19]

I think there should be very minimal people allowed to vote by mail - those profoundly disabled and active duty military. Voting early on a very limited basis (1 week before, in person) and make Election Day a national holiday. Set aside federal funds to provide for a free picture ID that is required for voting.

 

[NDWarrior]

I think there should be very minimal people allowed to vote by mail - those profoundly disabled and active duty military. Voting early on a very limited basis (1 week before, in person) and make Election Day a national holiday. Set aside federal funds to provide for a free picture ID that is required for voting.

I've always thought this, BUT I don't think you'll see Trump or anyone in his admin or Republican-controlled Congress having any interest in these things... Because these things defeat the purpose of trying to suppress the vote of certain segments (women, poor folk, out of the country folk, folks who may not vote for DJT).

Now, I would 100% give Trump and his admin credit if they ever initiated such things for the general citizenry... I'm not counting on it ever happening in this admin's tenure.

 

[drayer54]

 

[Sea Turtle]

Maybe when he votes his second ballot this cycle he will do it in person.

And 2028 when he votes for himself, obviously.

 

[ulukinatme]

The hand wringing over ICE at the airports is a nothingburger.

 

[ulukinatme]

Related news:

 

[TorontoGold]

I don't think anyone on IE will defend him if that's what your inferring. He should vote in person like everyone else and have to show proper ID.

I can not believe this the one area that you want to break from him on. He is literally the most important person in the entire world, if he isn’t at home I think it’s probably for a good reason. Govt officials and people performing state activities abroad should at a minimum get to mail in votes. My GF votes by mail each election in Georgia and she spends maybe a month there each year and fairly small tax amount. I don’t really think a dual citizen should be voting IMO.

 

[drayer54]

 

[NDVirginia19]

Enforcing immigration law might just be the fix everything switch

 

[ulukinatme]

The housing bubble has certainly popped. I honestly haven't looked at rent a bit, but 4-5 years ago you couldn't find a house and the ones that were selling were going above asking price. We sold ours in 2020 so we could build, and I wanted to ask $10k more not just because I thought it was worth more, but because I knew it would sell. The agent thought otherwise, said the original asking price was perfect, and of course we had a buyer the next day. I'm sure the agent was very happy, and at the end of the day I couldn't complain since the home sold for double what I paid for it 10 years prior (After some elbow grease, new carpet, and replacing a few broken windows).

Now we've got houses on our new street that were asking in the mid to upper 300s and they're sitting on the market, some reducing their asking price. I'm here for the long haul more than likely, so I'm not terribly concerned with the short term market. Right now it sounds like it's better for the little guy though, which is good because it sucks when rent is crazy high

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[Irish#1]

I can not believe this the one area that you want to break from him on. He is literally the most important person in the entire world, if he isn’t at home I think it’s probably for a good reason. Govt officials and people performing state activities abroad should at a minimum get to mail in votes. My GF votes by mail each election in Georgia and she spends maybe a month there each year and fairly small tax amount. I don’t really think a dual citizen should be voting IMO.

Except he spends a great deal of time at Mar Lago. Wouldn’t be an imposition IMO. Besides every election we see the sitting president voting in their home town.

 

[drayer54]

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

The hand wringing over ICE at the airports is a nothingburger.

Can confirm.

Yesterday at 9am I got through Philly TSA in 5 minutes. Same with Boston this morning.

 

[GoIrish41]

The international geopolitical situation in 1945 is not the same as the situation in 2026. Are you trying to tell me the purpose of NATO and all of our other alliances is for our allies to be militarily impotent and for us to have to carry all of the water in times of conflict? If other NATO nations are not capable of meaningfully projecting naval power into the Middle East against Iran, the what the fuck would happen if China were to preemptively attack Guam prior to invading Taiwan? We’d be left out to dry by our “allies”

We are the belligerent in Iran. It’s not their war. It isn’t NATO refusing to help after we were attacked by an adversary, as you lay out above. It’s unwillingness to take part in an illegal, illogical and idiotic attack without provocation or planning after more than a year of being publicly drug through the mud by Trump. Why should they help clean up this mess they had no part in creating? Trump said “we don’t need help … that we are the most powerful country in the world!” So stop fucking whining!

 

[GATTACA!]

Watch This | Iran releases Lego‑style AI clips mocking Trump as 'loser', Israel's puppet

Shortly after the US‑Israel‑Iran conflict broke out, Iran released several Lego‑style AI animated clips on state television mocking the United States and Israel.

english.dotdotnews.com

Iran dropping bars lol.

 

[TorontoGold]

Watch This | Iran releases Lego‑style AI clips mocking Trump as 'loser', Israel's puppet

Shortly after the US‑Israel‑Iran conflict broke out, Iran released several Lego‑style AI animated clips on state television mocking the United States and Israel.

english.dotdotnews.com

Iran dropping bars lol.

Oh fuck, they've done it now, incorporating black culture into this is like some random hicks worst nightmare. DANG GUMMIT THEMS USIN THA URBAN MUSIC!

 

[NDVirginia19]

We are the belligerent in Iran. It’s not their war. It isn’t NATO refusing to help after we were attacked by an adversary, as you lay out above. It’s unwillingness to take part in an illegal, illogical and idiotic attack without provocation or planning after more than a year of being publicly drug through the mud by Trump. Why should they help clean up this mess they had no part in creating? Trump said “we don’t need help … that we are the most powerful country in the world!” So stop fucking whining!

My gripes with NATO's naval ineptitude do not stem solely from this conflict. During Prosperity Guardian, the defense of neutral shipping in the BAM from the Houthi's, our allies did essentially nothing

 

[IrishinSyria]

Can’t wait to see the defense of this one.

My defense is that mail on voting is good, legal, reliable, convenient, and a healthy way to increase civic engagement. Good on him.

list of best things trump has done as president (either term):

1) project warp speed
2) appointed Anthony Fauci to head CDC
3) appointed Jerome Powell as fed chair
4) voted by mail
5) limited regressive SALT tax deductions
6) lifted sanctions on Iran

 

[TorontoGold]

OMG NATO SUX! Kinda tough to keep with the schizo morons in charge.

 

[Irish#1]

Except he spends a great deal of time at Mar Lago. Wouldn’t be an imposition IMO. Besides every election we see the sitting president voting in their home town.

lol

Trump explains why he cast a mail ballot in Florida's election: 'Because I'm president'

Trump frequently criticizes mail-in voting, although he says there should be exceptions. He said he "couldn't be there" to vote in Florida's recent special election because he's president.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[NDVirginia19]

OMG NATO SUX! Kinda tough to keep with the schizo morons in charge.

Did anyone here defend the talks of using the military to invade Greenland? That being said my criticisms of NATO predate Trump

 

[drayer54]

OMG NATO SUX! Kinda tough to keep with the schizo morons in charge.

All that means is Denmark is dumber than previously anticipated. Also- NATO support only strengthens argument to take Denmark. The Alliance is too weak.

 

[TorontoGold]

Did anyone here defend the talks of using the military to invade Greenland? That being said my criticisms of NATO predate Trump

Oh, you haven't met Drayer yet. Please see below. He gets quite excited at the prospect of big guns going pew pew.

Foot the bill OR give us Greenland. I think the case is that is critically important in the future and Denmark is not positioned to use it strategically and we are. Denmark is also not exactly an important or relevant partner, so they should let people who know how to land rockets use it.

I mean, don't get me wrong. I want Greenland so the US can have unfettered access to the arctic militarily.

But the best case deal is that we tell Denmark and NATO that they are worthless militarily and need to let us do whatever the hell we want in their arctic wasteland and now have to deal with the people. I don't totally disagree with your position.

All that means is Denmark is dumber than previously anticipated. Also- NATO support only strengthens argument to take Denmark. The Alliance is too weak.

Yeah why would they ever assume that the US military would encroach on sovereign nations. Flawless logic, NATO supporting Denmark is bad so therefore US should take Denmark.

 

[drayer54]

Denmark is an incapable and worthless partner. Greenland is a strategic asset necessary for future security. Ships company onboard the Ford is greater than the entire Royal Danish Navy, which includes ice breakers, coasties, and the defense of Greenland. Yes, I believe for the good of the alliance, the good of the US, the good of NATO, and the good of Denmark, it should be sold to the United States. I’m not advocating for bombing it or killing those people. I do however support pushing them to sell it to us and force them make it a security asset for NATO vice a future stepping stone for an adversary.

NATO is a worthless alliance in many ways. Trump 45 wasn’t that great, IMHO. But one thing I certainly appreciated was him finally lecturing our European allies that they had a role to fill and a defense obligation to meet. I’m not convinced out future partnership is worth a hoot. You see leaders like Sanchez and Starmer and see the degradation of these nations and realize it’s a deteriorating relationship. Dems can come in and kiss ass, send money, take pics and act like they are doing it right- but what’s that really worth?