Trump

[Simon]

Also:


Again, at what point does someone just take him out the back of the shed and Old Yeller the senile cunt?

K-K-Karoline is doing her best to get ratio'd on Xitter by claiming that Trump didn't say Iceland 3 times, and that he's just referring to the fact that Greenland is mostly Ice.

Oh, so he's not stupid, he just understands the world in a way that would be considered "requiring specialist educational intervention" for an eight year old?

Does she realise that is actually *worse* than him mixing them up?

She does realise that, right?

The same woman who argued with reporters about Americans paying tariffs, not the sending country. "I can't believe you're questioning my understanding of how tariffs work".

[Jobbo]

I heard a lovely fact on a podcast this morning. The last territory which Denmark transferred to the USA was a group of islands known as the Danish West Indies in 1917. Their name was changed to the US Virgin Islands. One of those islands is Little St James Island. Also known more recently as Epstein Island.

[Beany]

The same woman who argued with reporters about Americans paying tariffs, not the sending country. "I can't believe you're questioning my understanding of how tariffs work".

This ties into deeper problems with the US 'experiement' which is that there's billions in political funding, entirely editorialised """"news"""" and everyone in that chain up to and including politicians and their representatives can openly lie with no chance of repercussions.

TBH I don't think things should be getting back to remotely normal with the rest of the world without serious changes to the USs political ecosystem. They allowed an openly fascist, racist, adjudicated rapist who's been repeatedly credibly accused of noncery to stand for election; they just can't do that any more, and no-one should be treating them as a remotely normal political or economic partner till they tear that system apart and rebuild it from scratch, with serious safeguards in place.

Large swathes of their population obviously can't be trusted to take this shit seriously, and it's not just them who it impacts. We should treat the whole country like a failed state unless they fix it, even if they elect the most progressive, friendly, and apologetic government in next time.

They have got to sort their shit out. "Anyone can be president" has to end.

[Beany]

Oh, and Trumps latest grift - the Peace Board with the $1bn entry fee - is now being used to threaten tariffs if people don't join.

At what point do the rest of the world just start dropping white phosphorous on these obvious gangsters?

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/tr ... 026-01-20/ (it's been updated since)

Trump has also taken offence at France's reluctance to join a proposed Board of Peace, a new international organisation that he would lead. Paris has voiced concern over its impact on the role of the United Nations.
When asked about Macron's stance on the Board of Peace, Trump said late on Monday: "I'll put a 200% tariff on his wines and champagnes, and he'll join, but he doesn't have to join."

[Swervin_Mervin]

I heard a lovely fact on a podcast this morning. The last territory which Denmark transferred to the USA was a group of islands known as the Danish West Indies in 1917. Their name was changed to the US Virgin Islands. One of those islands is Little St James Island. Also known more recently as Epstein Island.

Ha! I knew about the transfer of the Danish West Indies, as it's the Appendix to that agreement that saw the US formal cede any opposition to Denmark taking control of the entirety of Greenland. But didn't know that about Little St. James Island.