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What, is it suggested that Trump and Mrs Musk's troubled son's combined knowledge of, experience and expertise in irrigation practices and the management of water resources in California were not up to the task? But Trump had a "massive landslide" and Musk paid an awful lot of money for his job! That alone should make them the bigliest experts!

You can live on as much or as little as you want, if the truth be told. When my job disappeared for several months when COVID struck, I managed on ThB 12, 000 a month. That included providing for a teenage daughter. It was a struggle, I ate Mama noodles a couple of times a week, but I managed. By contrast, I should imagine if your wife has a 20K pension, and you have your US Social Security, then as a couple you would be, I would say, quite comfortably off. On the other hand, others will be along shortly no doubt to claim that one cannot live on less than 100K a month. It is, as they say here: "up to you!"

Phone battery went flat!

@xylophone, come now, please stop introducing truth, and facts into the debate! You surely must acknowledge that President Trump is the wisest, most honest, most respected domestically and internationally of Presidents since records began. His performance, intellectually, as a businessman, as a paragon of truth, honesty and undeniably fair business practices stand as a testament to his personality. His performance in the Oval Office, in the Civil Courts, the Criminal Courts, and (no doubt once the records are put straight in the Appeal Courts) assorted hotel rooms in both New York and Moscow will stand as a new high in American political, economic, social, diplomatic and yes sexual history!

They simply should be ignored, they will die out soon enough - it is not as if they are going to breed or anything! And, much as it pains me to say so, I rather agree with you on "Tommy Robinson".

No, most emphatically not. During my long, if not particularly glorious service in the army I served in a number of wars and conflicts. ( two of them American led, and both of which were essentially a waste of blood and treasure). Unlike many here I am aware of the horrors of war, and have seen it's effects upon soldiers and civilians. I come from a society (Europe), which has twice been ripped apart by the bloody horrors of war. I am also, as a former soldier and a student of history aware that there are times, terrible as it is, when one has to fight to prevent an even greater evil. Ukraine is one of those, simply because if Putin gets what he wants in Ukraine he will go on to unleash still greater horrors on the Baltic and Eastern Europe. To reduce the whole arguement to such glib political sloganeering as "Are you not a pro war guy" with a silly little emoji is silly, demeaning to the victims of war, demeaning to those who have fought, and deeply offensive. You should be ashamed of yourself.

I for one think it's rather simpler; Trump is a narcissist. He thrives on being the center of attention - the poses with a resolute jaw, ( reminds me irresistibly of newsreel footage of Mussolini), the cameras, the staged events, the charades of signing the executive orders. His view and understanding of the political process is simplified to himself versus the rest,their opposition to him is seen as victimisation. It is all about Donald Trump. He is amoral and feels no empathy.The.impact of his actions and their consequences are of no interest to him. It is all about Donald Trump. He is backed and manipulated by an oligarchy which don't really care what he wants, what he does, what happens, as long as they have the power to enrich themselves even more. They have a plan, to cement themselves in power and make themselves richer. Trump? I don't think he has a plan beyond being the center of attention. For him, it is all about Donald Trump.

He would, but his phone battery is (jolly inconveniently) flat!

That is what I said.

Well he certainly knows what one costs - $130,000 and 32 felony convictions!

He was suffering from advanced Alzheimer's Disease.

8 days at least. Did no one even pick up the phone?

As were the Czech Republic, Slovakia, large tracts of Poland, Hungary, Bosnia, Slovenia, Croatia and parts of Romania. The Austro Hungarian Empire, which included all these countries, came spectacularly unstuck over a hundred years ago, at the end of the First World War ( which they rather foolishly started), and to the general satisfaction of most of the people's of those countries. Are you suggesting that the Czech Republic, Slovakia, large tracts of Poland, Hungary, Bosnia, Slovenia, Croatia and parts of Romania are also "made up countries" after all most of them were identifiable countries well before they were unwillingly incorporated into the unwieldy "made up" Austro Hungarian Empire, and long before the United States was "made up", I do apologise, formed. Incidentally, Germany, Norway, Belgium and Italy have all been "made up" in the last couple of centuries, largely to the general satisfaction of their people's. Now I do realise that we/they ( even my foggy Island off the coast of France) are effete Euro socialists, but, we do have certain "takeaways" from the last few hundred years, one of which is that " made up empires" rarely fare well, and should in general avoid picking fights with their smaller neighbours. A point which was ignored (or not recognised) by your mascara smeared Vice President and his dissolute piss head sidekick during their recent European lecture tour!

And if you had read my post, before you had started bellowing like some outraged mastadon (magadon?) you would have seen that I was neither commenting on inflation nor currency, rather remarking on the suggestion that the original poster is the "person who holds the records for the most lies, hate and invective on this Forum". As so often you have totally missed the point!

I know that most of your posts could be described as an " area weapon" but you are so far off target it defies description! As I said, "extraordinary"!

I think that the favourite American phrase is "collateral damage".

However did you manage to deduce that from my post? Extraordinary!

If he does hold such a record, it is a remarkable achievement given the competition from what might be termed the "other side of the fence"!

Read my post before you get all "punchy", I didn't say I was offended,did I. In fact I opened my post by saying that I wasn't particularly offended!

As an Englishman, a Catholic and a follower of Cricket I can't say that I was particularly upset about the ECBs quip. Given the Popes current ill health it may have been in questionable taste. There is also, sometimes, the occasional niggling irritant when aspects and practices of our faith, which are important and significant to some of us are mocked, however gently. But outrage - that would be like calling for a fatwah on Dave Allen!

Wasn't the main drive of the vaccination campaign to vaccinated those who were elderly or had other health issues which made them more vulnerable to COVID? They are now 4 years older, and still have health vulnerabilities. That may have some bearing on why they are dieing?

Existing factories taking up spare capacity.

You set out to pick a fight, congratulations, you got one. Having the "courage" to wear a red baseball cap in Thailand does not bring with it the right to call upon the moderators to suppress opinions you don't like.

Oh, that would be a shame! 😔

Well certainly if he insists on standing on a pile of paper clutching a can of petrol and a "burning brand"!