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Weakening Iran also weakens Russia. What's not to like?

That from the petty dictator man who cut off security protection for John Bolton who has been directly threatened by Iran because Bolton had the nerve to criticize him. When asked if he would feel any responsible if Iran offed Bolton, he arrogantly said no. To address what could or should happen if Iran offed a U.S. president, there is no reason to flatten any country to dust, but that would justify completely going after their regime and military capability.

Endless Poetry. 2016. Chile. Surrealist autobiographical film from one of the best filmmakers in history, Jodorowsky.

Trump's upcoming best seller -- how to lose friends (Canada) and disgust people.

Lies.

Remember the low information voters that rationalized voting for Trump because we got through his first term and the world didn't explode. Why would the second term be different? Or the same silly people who believed him when he said he had nothing to do with the fascist blueprint of Project 2025? Well, it was easy to predict they were wrong before, but now we KNOW they were wrong. Opinion | Trump shows contempt for government and its workers - The Washington Post Trump 2.0: The most damaging two weeks in history

Even worse, republican "politicians" that know he didn't say he did out of fear of being cancelled by the bully dictator. Mafia stuff.

Trump fans are easily fooled. Trump considers them suckers and marks.

Exactly. The world is laughing at that big old FOOL. His cult actually believes he won though. Pathetic. To add, in the read out from the White House the sleazy corrupt liars there failed to mention action demanded by the brilliant wildly popular Mexican president about stopping imports of guns from the U.S. to Mexico, the main source of gun violence in Mexico.

A typical check is 1600 a month. A typical retiree lives on social security. Do the math. Trump's proposed SS tax cut does NOTHING for the lower income masses.

Don't bother. It's a Kremlin disinformation campaign that takes a Zelensky quote out of context paired with a picture of him look sheepish and guilty. The CONTEXT was talking about how the majority of US "money" spent doesn't actually make it to Ukraine as it's spent within the U.S. which actually helps the U.S. economy. Next ...

You missed official announcements from Thai officials on these matters. I understand your POV but the practical reality is that the rubicon has been crossed and you can't reverse that

A lot of wishful speculation.

The funny thing about that is that the vast majority of social security recipients are NOT taxed federally as their overall income excludes that, so the benefit would only be to wealthier Americans. (See a pattern?) Also that policy would mean that the mandated about 20 percent cut would happen years sooner if no other funding changes are made. So be careful what you wish for.

Makes sense that it "could" but that doesn't mean that it will happen.

You don't even understand the issue.

Here's an interesting question. The current U.S. president (God help us) has promised to end taxation of social security. Social security is currently exempt if remitted to Thailand. Would it become accessable in Thailand if the U.S. makes that change? I don't think so.

Hiding out in Pattaya? Was that very bright? I would think if attempting to hide out in Thailand a backwater might have worked better.

I think the issue here is that you think that the TRD takes the peculiarities of IRS taxation into account on how they classify types of pension income.

The world sees the reality of what Trump is. Maga cult members will take some time or at least until the leapard eats their face. Even the Kremlin gets that the USA democratically elected a dictator. They are thrilled!

Blind partisan knee jerk reaction.

If Roths are accessable then there would no doubt that traditional IRAs would be as well.

There is zero doubt that Trump and Musk are trying to install a dictatorship in every way they can get away with. They will push everything to their absolute limits. They won't even listen to supreme court rulings if they go against them. Voters were warned but they were just too stupid to heed to the warnings.

Very different rules in the U.S. Both accessable pension income if remitted to Thailand.

I find your argument totally specious. The environment has radically changed. Before now, pretty much nobody, certainly not retired expats, was filing or paying Thai tax based on remittances during the current year, regardless of the vehicle. And TRD wasn't interested either. Have you heard of something called POLITICS and changes of government? The priorities and targets changed and expats would need to be totally in denial not to see that.