The Trump Presidency, Season 2

[Casey Pelous]

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Reportedly fake.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Not getting under his skin at all. Nope. Not one bit. So there.

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ETA I assume the piece Cindy posted is satire (too few ALL CAPS, for one thing) but I think there's an element of truth there. Trump and Musk is not a stable combination, particularly since Musk has far more money than Trump and far more reach with ex-Twitter than does Trump with his social media operations, and Trump knows it.

 

[Cristiano]

New X logo:

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

I don't think Trump wrote that. It's too coherent and not tantrum-y enough.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

For some reason, thinking of Trump and Musk makes me think of the emperor Tiberius and Sejanus. Or maybe Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell. Wishful thinking, probably.

 

[Essence Lumin]

Not getting under his skin at all. Nope. Not one bit. So there.

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The last line of the article reads

“But no, he’s not going to be president, that I can tell you,” Trump said. “And I’m safe. You know why? He can’t be. He wasn’t born in this country. Ha ha ha.”

Oh boy so clueless.

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

I don't think Trump wrote that. It's too coherent and not tantrum-y enough.

No uncertainty about that from me. That screed wouldn't even pass his approval.

He'd be more likely to post something more like:

"Failing Twitter and Tesla CEO is right about one thing, and that's recognizing that only Trump can save the USA! He's MAGA because he knows what will happen to him and his struggling SpaceX if he goes against US. He came to me, tears in his eyes and begged "sir, how can I help?" And Trump will tell him how! USA!"

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

No uncertainty about that from me. That screed wouldn't even pass his approval.

He'd be more likely to post something more like:

"Failing Twitter and Tesla CEO is right about one thing, and that's recognizing that only Trump can save the USA! He's MAGA because he knows what will happen to him and his struggling SpaceX if he goes against US. He came to me, tears in his eyes and begged "sir, how can I help?" And Trump will tell him how! USA!"

You’re frighteningly good at that.

 

[Free]

For some reason, thinking of Trump and Musk makes me think of the emperor Tiberius and Sejanus. Or maybe Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell. Wishful thinking, probably.

Holy shit. Historical deep cuts for...Trump and Musk. We need to protect you.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Trump found new enemies... err mistakes to correct.

First he threatened Panama to take their canal back if they don't lower their fees, because they are too high in his eyes and the canal was built by America.

Trump threatens to try and regain control of Panama Canal

It prompts a sharp rebuke from Panama's president, who says "every square metre" of the canal belongs to his country.

www.bbc.com

Second at the Americafest in Arizona Trump was the keynote speaker. He went total against transgender identities.

"With the stroke of my pen on day one, we’re going to stop the transgender lunacy,” Trump said. “And I will sign executive orders to end child sexual mutilation, get transgender out of the military and out of our elementary schools and middle schools and high schools.”

“And we will keep men out of women’s sports,” he continued. “And that will likewise be done on day one. Should I do day one, day two, or day three? How about day one, right?”

“Under the Trump administration, it will be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female. Doesn’t sound too complicated, does it?” Trump concluded.

He also wants to rename Denali back to Mount McKinley.

Trump Says He Will ‘Stop the Transgender Lunacy’ His First Day in Office | Video

"Under the Trump administration, it will be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female," he tells rally attendees in Phoenix The post Trump Sa...

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[GoblinCampFollower]

Trump found new enemies... err mistakes to correct.

First he threatened Panama to take their canal back if they don't lower their fees, because they are too high in his eyes and the canal was built by America.

Trump threatens to try and regain control of Panama Canal

It prompts a sharp rebuke from Panama's president, who says "every square metre" of the canal belongs to his country.

www.bbc.com

Second at the Americafest in Arizona Trump was the keynote speaker. He went total against transgender identities.

"With the stroke of my pen on day one, we’re going to stop the transgender lunacy,” Trump said. “And I will sign executive orders to end child sexual mutilation, get transgender out of the military and out of our elementary schools and middle schools and high schools.”

“And we will keep men out of women’s sports,” he continued. “And that will likewise be done on day one. Should I do day one, day two, or day three? How about day one, right?”

“Under the Trump administration, it will be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female. Doesn’t sound too complicated, does it?” Trump concluded.

He also wants to rename Denali back to Mount McKinley.

Trump Says He Will ‘Stop the Transgender Lunacy’ His First Day in Office | Video

"Under the Trump administration, it will be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female," he tells rally attendees in Phoenix The post Trump Sa...

www.yahoo.com

Everyone expects him to make a really big deal out of the <1% of transgender athletes who really are next to irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. ....but the panama canal thing.... that is new...

 

[Innula Zenovka]

He still wants to buy Greenland

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Greenland PM reiterates ‘we are not for sale’ after Trump suggests US ownership https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/23/trump-buying-greenland-ownership

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[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Everyone expects him to make a really big deal out of the <1% of transgender athletes who really are next to irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. ....but the panama canal thing.... that is new...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-name-removed-panama-hotel-1.4563053

Your tax dollars are now his to use for his own petty grievances. Maybe a number of dead American soldiers too.

 

[Essence Lumin]

Trump found new enemies... err mistakes to correct.

First he threatened Panama to take their canal back if they don't lower their fees, because they are too high in his eyes and the canal was built by America.

Trump threatens to try and regain control of Panama Canal

It prompts a sharp rebuke from Panama's president, who says "every square metre" of the canal belongs to his country.

www.bbc.com

A man, a plan, a canal, panama!

 

[Cindy Claveau]

My fondest hope is that DT is so hamstrung by his own ignorance and psychosis that his administration can't even carry out the most basic of Project 2025 warnings. Then, midway through his term - say, a month after he's inaugurated - he chokes on a cheeseburger that does NOT kill him but leaves him incpacitated in the GOP old folks' home.

We will have to deal with JD, but on his best day he's not 1/100th the threat of Donnie.

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

I wonder if Biden could furlough TSA workers if the government got shutdown. Would serve maga holiday travelers right if they got stranded because Lawn Mush & De Ijit pushed for a shutdown.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

He still wants to buy Greenland

Unofficial Guardian (UK) Bot (@guardian-uk-rss.bsky.social)

Greenland PM reiterates ‘we are not for sale’ after Trump suggests US ownership https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/23/trump-buying-greenland-ownership

bsky.app

Well Greenland being the 51st state or something would actually make lot of sense for the states: there are supposed to be many ressources, which have not been mined yet. Also Trump is not the first American ever to suggest that.

There's an own article on Wikipedia just about the history of US proposals to buy Greenland. It dates back to 1867.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_the_United_States_to_purchase_Greenland

As why the states might want Greenland: An acquisition of Greenland would give the United States permanent possession of an island that is crucial to its defense.[6][29] The country would acquire vast amounts of natural resources—whether found or expected—including petroleum and rare minerals;[26][21] the island has the largest deposits of rare earths outside China.[82] Climate change may by 2030 make the Northern Sea Route the first of the Arctic shipping routes to be ice-free,[36] connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and greatly improving accessibility of Greenland's resources.[21] The United States would become the second-largest nation in the world by land area, after Russia. It would be the single-largest territorial acquisition in American history, slightly larger than the Louisiana Purchase.[115]

 

[Khamon]

Is the Reich not composed of billionaire raiders that know how to gain controlling interest of anything they want? Will they let the people of Greenland prove them impotent? Do they not have God on their side!?

 

[Grey Mars]

No uncertainty about that from me. That screed wouldn't even pass his approval.

He'd be more likely to post something more like:

"Failing Twitter and Tesla CEO is right about one thing, and that's recognizing that only Trump can save the USA! He's MAGA because he knows what will happen to him and his struggling SpaceX if he goes against US. He came to me, tears in his eyes and begged "sir, how can I help?" And Trump will tell him how! USA!"

Needs to be in all caps, but otherwise yeah.