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Not just the left is looking forward to Trump breathing his last sooner rather than later. Any rational human being is looking forward to that, because Trump is a vile and despicable excuse for a man. He's not only wrecking the USA, he is now wrecking the entire planet, wrecking the economy, wrecking the environment, while he himself is raking in billions of dollars by being the most corrupt US president ever, by far. And MAGA got hundreds (thousands?) of people fired for not mourning Charlie Kirk's death "properly". They're making fun of people getting killed by ICE for no reason. Donald Trump jr. made fun of Pelosi's husband almost getting beaten to death. Some Utah Republican representative a-hole joked about Minnesota representative Melissa Hortman and her husband being assassinated. And that's just the tip of the festering hate-iceberg that is MAGA.

You prefer liars? Pretty odd That’s rich, coming from someone who defends the biggest liar of them all. That’s what I find pretty odd. Double standard much? You also said you’ll take someone who speaks the truth about how they feel. How about when Charlie Kirk was killed? What was your reaction then when someone said something about him you didn’t like? Although I don’t remember anyone in (high) office coming even close to saying anything like the hateful garbage Trump posted about Mueller. But MAGA (and I suspect you as well) already lost their sh!t when anyone didn’t mourn Charlie Kirk enough to their liking. Double standard much?

No, that was Donald Trump spouting one of his many, many lies. The same Donald Trump who recently claimed to have spoked to a former US president, and that that former president had said he wished he had done to Iran what Trump is now doing. Which we all know is completely made up, just total BS. Trump obviously lives in la-la-land, and just makes stuff up as he goes along. Intelligence is the last thing that has anything to do with that process.

I’m surprised Graham can still talk at all, with his head so far up Trump’s @ss….

Not just his brother was killed by that Israeli strike, but also his brother’s wife and children. Wouldn’t you be upset if someone did this to your brother’s family?

This man is completely off his rocker. He already was, but he’s becoming more deranged and unhinged every day. You’d almost hope Iran managed to drop a missile or two on the White House, or Mar a Lago, see if Trump would think that’s still funny.

More bombs were dropped on Laos alone than the total number of bombs dropped during the entire WWII. I imagine quite a few of those were duds. On top of that, large parts of the jungle in Laos, along the Vietnamese and Cambodian border were mined, as was also the case in Cambodia itself during the Pol Pot regime. The vast majority of those mines was never cleared, so they’re still out there, millions of them, making victims (almost) every single day. And the sad thing is, that for every mine that is cleared, another ten go into the ground somewhere else in the world.

Somehow this reminds me of something he said in 2020. Something about covid being over soon, that it would just disappear….

This from the man who claims you need ID to go shopping: “All we want is voter ID. You go to a grocery store, you have to give ID. You go to a gas station, you give ID.” In 2023, he falsely claimed identification was needed “if you buy a loaf of bread”. https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/05/politics/fact-check-trump-groceries-identification Why America still puts up with this buffoon is beyond me.

I don’t think he was trying to excuse Noem’s actions, just pointing out the mindless cult following ‘Befehl ist Befehl’ attitude. It’s the excuse that most German soldiers used after WWII, ‘we were just following orders’. Which is total BS, of course. That’s probably also why Republicans and the far right got so mad when those 6 Democratic lawmakers made that video in which they told American soldiers that it is their duty to refuse to follow illegal/unlawful orders. That’s the opposite of what Trump and his ilk want, which is blind obedience to dear leader.

Be careful what you wish for. Lot of Trump voters are now having (or have had) their spouse, boyfriend, girlfriend, mother, father, uncle, aunt or whatever deported. And then they scream "this is now what I voted for!!". While in fact it is exactly what they voted for. They just wished this upon others, not upon themselves.

She still is....

Hi all, This has probably been done to death here, but I really need info on how to live long term in Vietnam, especially in Nha Trang. I am 67 years old, I'm Dutch and retired now. Have been to Thailand many times and wanted to retire there, but a few things (like the air pollution, the really hot hot season, among other things) ultimately made me decide against that. So now I'm looking at Nha Trang. I understand it has one of the best climates in Vietnam, it almost never gets really really hot, and the air pollution situation is a lot better than in most of Thailand. So I would like to know from people who live there what the climate and air pollution are really like. Another - probably more important - question is about visa, staying long term. I understand that there are no long term visas, unless you have quite a bit of money. Which I don't. I get my state pension, plus a private pension on top of that, and that's it. In total I get about 1800 euro (almost 2100 USD) per month. Which should be enough to live on in Nha Trang. So my question is: how do expats manage to live in Vietnam long term? Do you get a 90-day visa, then leave the country and get a new visa, and do that over and over again? If so, is that not a problem with Immigration? I know in Thailand you can not do that. Not anymore, at least. Would love to hear from you guys how that works. What's the housing situation like in Nha Trang? I don't need a condo on the beach, not even close to the coast. I do need one bedroom, though. I'd be happy with a 1-bed condo or (small) house somewhere 5 to 15 kilometers from the coast. Any idea how much something like that would set me back, and how easy (or difficult) it is to find a place like that? I have a drivers license, but I don't have a license to ride a motorbike. That was never a problem in Thailand, though, and I've gotten quite experienced riding around there on one of those small 125 or 150 cc semi automatic or automatic bikes. But I guess it would be better to get my license while I'm there, so my question is how difficult it is to get that in Vietnam. Do you need a Vietnamese bank account when living there? If so, how easy/difficult is it to open a bank account there? These are probably the most important things that I need to know, especially about the visa(s). If you can think of anything else that you think is important, I would greatly appreciate any advice or tips that you could give me. Thanks! Rudi

Rubio says the US wants to “revitalize an old friendship”. Telling Europe to shut the hell up and bend over is probably not the way to go about that.

I just read an interesting theory. Remember groups like the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and such doing their marches? But it’s been eerily quiet on that front. So the assumption is that many of those goons joined ICE, hence no more nazi marches.