The Trump Presidency, Season 2

[Cristiano]

I love that being called chicken is doing actual psychological harm to Trump. He hates being laughed at.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Nope, probably neither did Trump - or whichever intern is running that official Truth social account for him.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

Nope, probably neither did Trump - or whichever intern is running that official Truth social account for him.

I suspect it's usually him in his own words. Professional social media managers would be more coherent.

 

[Free]

Nope, probably neither did Trump

What? So Trump enjoys being laughed at? Huh?

 

[Erich Templar]

 

[Free]

I love that being called chicken is doing actual psychological harm to Trump. He hates being laughed at.

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[Free]

What with the drug use and outbursts like this, I wonder how Musk kept it together for as long as he did. </sarcasm>

Bannon Spills on Secret Physical Brawl Behind Musk’s Demise (archive.today)

Elon Musk suffered a violent outburst during a shouting match in the Oval Office, former Trump strategist Steve Bannon has revealed.

Bannon told the Daily Mail that the billionaire “got physical” with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent upon being confronted over the Department of Government Efficiency’s meager savings.

“Scott Bessent called him out and said, ‘You promised us a trillion dollars (in cuts), and now you’re at like $100 billion, and nobody can find anything, what are you doing?’” Bannon said. “And that’s when Elon got physical. It’s a sore subject with him.”

“It wasn’t an argument, it was a physical confrontation. Elon basically shoved him,” Bannon added.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

I went to a local Mexican restaurant and asked for a Trump taco.

They gave me a chicken taco to go.

 

[Lexxi]

Missed where Taco came from. Then all these posts about Taco.

It was just a few days ago when The New York Times published a headline — on Page 3 of Section B — that read, “Stocks Rally on the ‘TACO Trade.’” The accompanying article was principally about Wall Street climbing after Trump delayed his announced tariffs on the European Union, but it also included this explanation:

Stock markets jumped on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 posting its biggest gain in weeks. ... They also talked about tacos. Or rather, the ‘TACO’ trade, which is short for Trump Always Chickens Out. The tongue-in-cheek term, coined by [Financial Times columnist Robert Armstrong], has been adopted by some to describe the pattern in which markets tumble after Mr. Trump makes tariff threats, only to rebound just as sharply when he relents and gives countries more time to negotiate deals.

Trump
Always
Chickens
Out
TACO

Considering the number of articles that have Taco in them, and they explain what TACO is about . . . I don't read the news, it appears.

Maddow Blog | Unfortunately for Trump, the ‘TACO’ label isn’t just true, it’s also gaining traction

The "Trump Always Chickens Out" framing has caught on with extraordinary speed. The "TACO" memes are likely to annoy the president to no end.

www.yahoo.com

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/29/trump-always-chickens-out-taco-investors-narrative

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/us/politics/trump-taco-trade-question.html

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Missed where Taco came from. Then all these posts about Taco.


Trump
Always
Chickens
Out
TACO

Considering the number of articles that have Taco in them, and they explain what TACO is about . . . I don't read the news, it appears.

Maddow Blog | Unfortunately for Trump, the ‘TACO’ label isn’t just true, it’s also gaining traction

The "Trump Always Chickens Out" framing has caught on with extraordinary speed. The "TACO" memes are likely to annoy the president to no end.

www.yahoo.com

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/29/trump-always-chickens-out-taco-investors-narrative

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/us/politics/trump-taco-trade-question.html

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[Innula Zenovka]

Trump vs Harvard: Why they hate universities

Exactly what is it about independent minds and free inquiry that these fascists don't like?

iandunt.substack.com

British examples too, but the analysis applies anywhere

As Trump issued his legal threats against Harvard, the historian Michael Braddick sent me a text.

"The key metric in favour of my field: There is a 100% correlation between free and critical inquiry in the humanities and a free society. All politicians hate it and authoritarians always try to shut it down."

This is the core of the reasoning behind the attacks on universities. It's the key that unlocks our understanding of what's happening.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Lexxi]

 

[Lexxi]

 

[Lexxi]

 

[Noodles]

Trumps
A
Cunt
Ok

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

Doesn't seem like that long ago, that getting labeled a "waffler" was a political career ending stigma. "You changed your mind? You voted one way, then a different way? Sell-out! Spineless! Indecisive! WAFFLER!" and that was it, voters were ashamed to support you, reputation forever damaged, reelection chances dropping to zero.

Now, ffs, that fucking guy can't even get to the end of a sentence without contradicting himself... And maga turds just can't get enough of it.

Of course he chickens out on everything, it's like he doesn't even remember what he said long enough to stick to it. Bully and bluster one moment, hedging and prevarication the next.

He's like a dumb fat clumsy cat who keeps stepping on his own whiskers and tripping, only to lie there on the ground hissing "I meant to do that. It was deliberate!". As if, if only he could actually believe it enough, it will fool everyone else. Not that he cares, because he's a big tough man, who's terrified and traumatized by "nasty" females and their nasty questions.

He's become a black hole. Facts, logic, civility, Justice, Money all go in. Never to be seen again. Anything he doesn't consume and destroy, he distorts and disfigures with his proximity.

Rant froth fume growl sulk.

 

[Free]

Dark TACO? (I think I want one in red.)

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Musk pushed hard his buddy Jared Isaacman as runner for becoming the next head of NASA. Trump now took this nomination back.

Donald Trump said he would announce a new candidate soon. “After a thorough review of prior associations, I am hereby withdrawing the nomination of Jared Isaacman to head Nasa,” the US president posted online. “I will soon announce a new Nominee who will be mission aligned, and put America first in space.”

Musk, according to a person familiar with his reaction, was disappointed by Isaacman’s removal.

“It is rare to find someone so competent and good-hearted,” Musk wrote of Isaacman on X, responding to the news of the White House’s decision.

Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Isaacman, the former CEO of the payment processor company Shift4, had broad space industry support but drew concerns from lawmakers over his ties to Musk and SpaceX, where he spent hundreds of millions of dollars as an early private spaceflight customer.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/01/trump-drops-nasa-nominee-jared-isaacman-scrapping-elon-musks-pick

 

[detrius]

Remember the two serial rapists Trump invited to America after getting them out of a Romanian prison cell?

Andrew and Tristan Tate will return to UK to face charges, lawyer says

Charges have been authorised by the CPS for offences including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking.

www.bbc.com

When Trump brings in people, he's not bringing in the best. He's bringing in people who have lots of problems, and he's bringing those problems to America. He's bringing drugs. He's bringing crime. He's bringing rapists. None are good people.