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The thing about the maga cult. They don’t value democracy. They're actually for dictatorship as long as the dictator is maga.

Could you be more specific about your objection? Yes you put up the money. Yes you pay a high interest if you don't pay it off every month. What beyond that was required that you objected to?

Exactly. They are a useful tool for some people. Basically expats in Thailand who for whatever reason want to have a Thailand based CREDIT card (as opposed to debit) who can't otherwise get such a card here without a secured deposit.

Nothing to do with the topic which is that the DOJ is supposed to be independent and now under dictator Trump is clearly not. But I get it. People in the maga bubble don't care.

This video which includes an extensive interview with a former DOJ federal prosecutor who was actually doing his job to defend the constitution instead of following orders of the current president illustrates my point dramatically. There has never been anything like this in American history. Yes we did it to ourselves by putting Trump in power, but it's high time more people face up to what has happened.

I and many other people warning of the danger that is Trump (before and after the election) to American democracy have been accused by both maga cult members and just people who haven't been paying attention of indulging in hyperbole. No. You were wrong, It was not hyperbole. In fact it is much worse than most people making the warnings thought it would be. I include myself in that. I was sure it would be very bad, but not this bad. The DOJ of course is just one part, but a massively important part, of the emerging Trump dictatorship. But it is very illustrative of what his regime is doing across every aspect of American life. Trump contorting justice department into his ‘personal weapon’, experts warn | Trump administration | The Guardian As Donald Trump’s Department of Justice expands investigations of his foes and ousts dozens of lawyers and staff who worked on cases targeting himself and his allies, scholars and ex-prosecutors say the rule of law is under siege in the US as the department morphs into Trump’s “personal weapon”. The justice department’s politicization to please Trump was underscored by an announcement on 23 July of a new “ strike force” to investigate unsubstantiated charges that ex-president Barack Obama and top officials conspired to hurt Trump’s 2016 campaign and his presidency with inquiries into Russian influence operations to help Trump win, say critics. The announcement came the day after Trump dodged queries from reporters about the justice department’s failure to produce long-promised files about the notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, and pivoted to blast Obama without evidence for “treason”. Trump’s conspiratorial charge echoed dubious claims by his national intelligence director, Tulsi Gabbard, who days before called for a justice department inquiry into a purported “treasonous conspiracy”.

This is nothing to do with Biden. Biden is not president now. Trump is president now. Do you actually not see the severe and rapidly accelerating cognitive mental decline in the current president?!? If not, you're probably deep into the cult. This is not a contest between who is president now and all previous presidents. This about who RIGHT NOW has the most power in the world including the nuclear football. Your deflection attempts are pathetic and lame.

Maga fans may well feel that Trump is a fabulous president. However in the world of objective facts Mr. Trump is now confabulating which is a clear sign of cognitive mental decline.

I'm a fan of the Australian legal office comedy series Fisk. I had watched the first two seasons and recently realized the third was already out, so happily binged on that. A fourth season has not been announced as yet. The finale of Season 3 could work either as a finale or an opener to a Season 4.

Ukraine's future will be determined by the response to Putin's imperialism of Europe.

They vith both criminals but as the US is not part of the ICC there are no grounds for arrest of Putin.

Well 25 to 1 shouldn't shock anyone if it happens. A weak dollar is one of the few coherent policy goals of the Trump regime. After Powell, he'll likely get someone willing to lower interest rates faster than they should be lowered and normally that would continue to weaken the dollar.

What do you expect from a grifter from Queens who likes his steaks well done smothered in ketchup?

As above.

Sarcasm? The U.S. constitution wasn't designed for a King or "Ruler" as president. If you're American and think that's how it's supposed to be, you really had a crap education. If the U.S. ever gets past maga authoritarianism which sadly is not certain, I'm sure the first thing a new president of a recovering American democracy will do is to trash all the tacky crass gold of the Trump era into the dustbin of history where it belongs.

Everything for him is about the Trump presidential reality tv show and his infinite need to feed his narcissism.

I call B.S. TOTAL B.S.! Only a facts resistant shameless maga cult member could come up with such utter ridiculousness. www.ndtv.com/world-news/trump-envoy-steve-witkoff-criticised-over-iran-hamas-russia-strategy-8301867 Trump Envoy Steve Witkoff Criticised Over Iran, Hamas, Russia Strategy During a meeting with Mr Putin last Friday, Mr Witkoff appeared alone, lacking the usual diplomatic or military advisers. "Anybody engaging in these kinds of talks with Putin would benefit from having experienced Russia hands on his or her team and bringing them along to meetings with the Kremlin," John Hardie, director of the Russia programme at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told The New York Post. A former Trump official didn't hold back, calling Mr Witkoff a "nice guy," but totally unqualified for the role. “Nice guy, but a bumbling f***ing idiot,” he said of Mr Witkoff.

Absolutely NO foreign policy education or experience before being a key "negotiator" for Trump. You're right, that doesn't mean he's a "stupid" person. I'm stupid on fixing cas but smart on other things but only a total moron would hire me to fix his car. Got it now?

Putin can't legally travel to much of the world including some BRICS nations. But the USA is not in the ICC so can't legally arrest him when he enters Alaska. But allowing that genocidal war criminal to enter the USA at all, especially to former Russia possession Alaska which many Russian nationalists hope to conquer back, is a massively huge symbolic win for Putin. Trump may possibly be too idiotic to even realize that. But that doesn't matter what garbage is in Trump's narcissistic brain. Regardless, it solidifies his reputation globally as a very WEAK Putin poodle clown. Decent Americans are disgusted and embarrassed that this criminally corrupt bad excuse for a human being now has nearly total power in the U.S.

History.

Reflecting on history, there can be GREAT harm in talking. Trump is giving Putin a massive gift by holding these talks in Alaska.

Abandon all hope. Opinion | Trump risks getting played again by Putin - The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/09/trump-putin-summit-ukraine-munich/

Impossible to educate Trump.

This meeting in Alaska is a farce. The leader of the free world speaks

Putin invaded. What is it with forum maga cultists?