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Yeah he's having his perverted power mad big fun at our expense. Insane or not, I consider the man has actually entered the EVIL space. Maga cult members that think he actually cares about them are to be deeply pitied.

I think aiming to retire in India is similarly masochistic as aiming to retire in Vietnam. (Unless you have an ethnic or marriage connection to those countries.) So for India, let's summarize: No retirement visa. Probably never will be. Only option is 6 month tourist visas at a time. Getting the full 6 months not guaranteed. Then you need to leave India and start that over again indefinitely. Always at the mercy of not getting a new 6 months or indeed not getting a new touris visa at all. Actually practically being able to live in a country should be the basic first thing to consider for expat retirement destinations. India simply doesn't make the cut. Yes some countries don't have a literal retirement visa but have other visas that can be used for that. India does NOT have EITHER. Again, why waste your time unless you're just here to pull our chains?

Yes. thanks for that. Insider trading was not an aspect of corruption mentioned by Zakaria. It's even worse than that. The autocratic Trump regime has massively gutted the SEC so they're basically crippled as far as doing investigations and it's obvious they wouldn't touch going after maga loyalists any more than Trump's DOJ would.

There are so many reasons that it's easy to not fully realize everything bad about them. (I'm not aware of even ONE good thing about them except if you're Putin and Xi and happy to see the USA actively accelerate it's own decline.) Had you thought of this one before? CORRUPTION. Hardly surprising from the most corrupt president in American history.

Why waste your time with that? No visa for retirement there.

Much less. Also much lower cost of living than Medellin.

Way off topic but I like to suggest another option for people looking for low cost, friendly people, beautiful scenery. affordable and high quality health care via a hybrid private/national health care scheme actually required for expats, very low retirement visa qualifications, modern infrastructure (you can drink the water), no need for a car (buses and cheap taxis), excellent climate year round "spring" like weather, and safe enough if you're not looking for trouble -- the coffee region of Colombia (specifically Armenia). Housing for expats mostly in a wide choice of modern condos with the expected amenities as Armenia is a top choice for retirement for Colombians from Bogota. No it's not perfect. Not as safe as Thailand but safer than U.S. big cities and Colombian food is bland as they don't like spicy food, limited Asian food,. etc. That's where I would be checking out first IF I wasn't so invested and settled in Thailand already. Condo examples:

No retirement visa. Maybe look into Sri Lanka (which does).

Fascists need scapegoats.

That's insane.

He will be incredibly unpopular by then so the only way he could take power again is if he has completely trashed the US election system (like Putin) which is exactly what he's working on. Hopefully we'll still have real midterms, but for 28 it's very uncertain.

Not sure about grinch but he's surely the GRIFT that keeps on GRIFTING. No doubt the most CORRUPT US president in history.

No. It was a lady doll with a very big mouth. I've always wondered if the last guest left it or it was one of those "off the menu" hotel amenities.

He does have the homophobic male eyeliner community locked up though.

A good reason why no charisma Vance won't win.

Trump loves the uneducated.

Answer to the song's question -- doomed unless he can be removed ASAP. Yeah the Aussies get it for sure. As the Aussie PM has said the U.S. can't be relied on anymore and it's actions aren't those of a friend. But remember -- zero tariffs on Russia, Belarus, and NK.

I'm not really a SOCAL kind of guy but the one trip I did take to LA during the 80's I checked into a random hotel and opened up a drawer and found a blow up sex doll. So that's what i think of when I think of 1980's LA. I did report my finding to the front desk but I guess they saw it as a feature not a bug.

Some people like fascists.

Here's the dealio. It's the economy, stupid, and Trump is as stupid as stupid gets on the economy. There is ZERO chance his tariff madness will have a positive outcome. The only question now is the level of bad. A recession is almost definite. A recession which has his filthy liddle paws all over it and yes the people get that. Inflation -- definite. Slow growth -- definite. Bingo -- that's STAGFLATION. If you don't know how bad that is google the history of JAPAN. A Trump induced GREAT DEPRESSION -- without a doubt possible. If you don't know why (tariffs) look up the history of the last one. So I'm seeing that he resigns for "health reasons" when he can't go out in public anymore anywhere without being BOOED. It will stop being fun for him.

Won't ever happen. Trump won't even make it through this current term. He's just playing to divert people, cause more chaos and outrage, and try to diffuse the reality that right now he is a LAME DUCK president.