The Trump Presidency, Season 2

[Innula Zenovka]

This is my point of difference: I don't see it as a misapprehension or the myopia that comes from preconceived ideas. I believe it is conscious and deliberate. They know what they're doing and why.

I agree. And the point of the article, as I take it, is that in order to justify what they're doing they're twisting English common law out of all recognition.

 

[Beebo Brink]

America is destroying itself. It’s no surprise | Stephen Marche | The Guardian

The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence has arrived at a moment of some embarrassment for the Republic. The United States of America, established to overthrow a mad king, has elected, 250 years later, a mad king of its very own. America is setting itself on fire at its birthday party. It always had a dramatic streak.

In 30 or 40 years, scholars of history, if they exist, will want to know how the richest country in history, with the world’s most powerful alliance network, and a scientific and research capacity fuelled by the talent of the world, chose to throw it all away.

Indeed.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Belgian diamond group that won tariff relief gifted Trump a lavishly encrusted ring

A lavish gold ring encrusted with diamonds, sapphires, emeralds and rubies has been presented to the U.S. ambassador to Belgium to give to President Donald Trump.

apnews.com

BRUSSELS (AP) — Dozens of diamonds spell out two giant letter T’s next to the Stars and Stripes and “1776” and “2026.” Dozens more frame the numbers 45 and 47 in the shape of Superman’s logo. A diamond-winged eagle carries a ruby shield and clutches an olive branch of emeralds, below a radiant “250” and atop the phrase “250 YEARS USA” etched in 18-karat gold.

All told, 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds and six rubies encrust the watch-sized gold ring presented this week to Bill White, the U.S. ambassador to Belgium, to give to U.S. President Donald Trump.

“A very special thank you to my friends from Antwerp for the magnificent Freedom 250 ring,” Trump said in a prerecorded video message during an event marking America’s 250th birthday in Brussels.

 

[Beebo Brink]

Epic troll by The Atlantic!

The Atlantic Republishes JD Vance's Scathing Trump Op-Ed On Its 10th Anniversary | HuffPost UK Politics

Donald Trump Is an Opioid for the Masses, But He Can't Solve America's Growing Social-Cultural Crisis - The Atlantic

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

Epic troll by The Atlantic!

The Atlantic Republishes JD Vance's Scathing Trump Op-Ed On Its 10th Anniversary | HuffPost UK Politics

“I don’t hide from that,” Vance told Sean Hannity in 2024. “I was certainly skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016 heroin, but President Trump heroin was a great president powerfully addictive drug, and he changed it rotted my mind. I think he changed it rotted the minds of a lot of Americans.”

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Epic troll by The Atlantic!

The Atlantic Republishes JD Vance's Scathing Trump Op-Ed On Its 10th Anniversary | HuffPost UK Politics

Donald Trump Is an Opioid for the Masses, But He Can't Solve America's Growing Social-Cultural Crisis - The Atlantic