spidermike007

I could try but it would take up about three pages to cite them all, if you have to ask that question you're too blinkered to accept a rational answer.

Huh? Feel free to go ahead and cite when and where I did that. I think your imagination is becoming a bit overactive. If you recall I was never a supporter of the covid narrative, you're confusing politics with sensibility, and assuming that all Democrats are woke, and that we are all PC, and we all buy into fake narratives. You cannot possibly be more wrong.

No. Not at all. Can you cite just a few examples of why you think he is? And while you're at it can you give us a few examples of why you think Trump isn't?

It says I am a rational person, when the law is as inconsistent as it is applied here, and when the RTP are as selective as they tend to be on a daily basis, then there is no deterrent, and the people have no respect for the law. I have very little respect for the RTP, why should I? They haven't done anything to earn it. Respect should always be earned and it should never be freely given, not for any government, not for any law enforcement agency.

If you could only hear yourself or see yourself from the outside you would have a big chuckle. Guess who is trying to undermine democracy? It's not the Dems.

Hopefully it is considered a demotion. He has been a toxic liability for Thailand for well over a decade now.

Go ahead and prove our point about rabid MAGA supporters having lost their sense and sensibility, and inability to conduct a rational discussion without juvenile name calling.

I completely agree, I think the vast majority of Iranians are very moderate, they despise the government and the Ayatollah, and they would like nothing more than to see them gone. Whether or not that makes Israel's decision to attack a wise one will be borne out over time.

It is impossible to even conceive that Israel would make a choice like this without the blessing of the US, and it is also impossible to consider the possibility that Trump would be rational enough to say no.

I'm a very moderate and Centrist Democrat and I hope he does not run. I don't dislike him but I disagree with a lot of his policies in regard to California, and I don't think that he's improved California on any level. Having said that I love the way he stood up to Trump and spoke truth to toxic power. Trump over reached with the Armed Forces, it was a historic mistake and I truly believe this man will go down in history as being a clown, a goon and a wannabe authoritarian dictator. Hopefully those authoritarian tendencies will be shut down quickly by the people, or by a Congress and Senate that can grow some cajones, or by his supporters who see democracy eroding before their eyes, and democracy can be saved.

Good on you for coming back. I need to travel to America anywhere from 2 to 5 times a year for business and family stuff, and it is always a celebratory event to get on that plane and head back to Thailand. I love living here and when I'm away I always look forward to coming back. As far as I'm concerned everyday in Thailand is a good day.

This would appear to me to be overreach on the part of the cops, they go from no enforcement one day to chasing people down the next and causing an accident, it's pretty idiotic. The other thing that comes to mind when looking at the replies on this forum, is that there appear to be a lot of older guys who have been sort of out of touch for a while, and perhaps spending too much time at home in their little bubbles, and their hearts seem to be growing smaller and their compassion seems to be disappearing. What is that all about?

And his extremely thin skin, and his near total intolerance for criticism makes him a potentially very dangerous man. The American people are speaking up and his response is to send in storm troops.

I wonder when Israel makes these decisions if they ever even consider the concept of blowback and whether or not this will come back to haunt them in the long run. I'm not supportive of the Iranian government on any level, and I think they're up to no good but there are methods and then there is madness.

This is not a matter of Newsom versus Trump, this is a matter of democracy versus authoritarianism, this is a matter of free speech versus an overreaching government that appears to want to censor anything that even resembles criticism. Please explain to me how you can support those actions?

To many of us it would appear to be the case, his lack of tolerance for dissent is quite remarkable, and I don't believe I've witnessed anything quite like it in my lifetime. It reminds me a bit of Leninist and Stalinist Russia, and to some extent it reminds me of current day Russia under Putin, or even China under Xi. Not a good look. Sending the armed forces into Los Angeles to stop the protests against radical ICE agent behavior, roughing up Senator Padilla for questioning Kristy Noam, the list goes on and on. On Monday, President Donald Trump endorsed the arrest of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who irked him by criticizing his militarized response to Los Angeles protests against his administration’s immigration raids. Just four days earlier, Trump had suggested that billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, his former ally, could lose his government contracts for going public with concerns about the president’s fiscal recklessness. It’s not clear whether Trump was serious in either case, whether he intends to follow through on his threats, or exactly how that would work. But the authoritarian intolerance of dissent reflected in those comments is consistent with the various ways Trump already has used the powers of his office to punish people whose views offend him. Then again, maybe not. No such excuse is available for Trump’s plainly serious crusades against foreign students, lawyers, universities, and news outlets he portrays as enemies of democracy and American values. By deporting students who criticize the Israeli government, Trump says, he is fighting antisemitism and protecting U.S. foreign policy interests. The goal, he explains, is to make students think twice before they open their mouths. “Any student that protests,” Trump said during his 2024 campaign, “I throw them out of the country. You know, there are a lot of foreign students. As soon as they hear that, they’re going to behave.” To justify his executive orders against disfavored law firms — which aimed to ruin them by revoking their security clearances, restricting their access to federal officials and buildings, canceling their government contracts, and threatening other contractors with ties to them — Trump likewise cited their support for causes and clients he abhors. Federal judges therefore had no difficulty concluding that the orders violated the First Amendment. Trump’s conflict with Harvard, framed as an attempt to enforce federal civil rights laws, extends far beyond that goal. The administration has said the university cannot regain access to federal research grants unless it surrenders academic freedom by implementing a litany of hiring, admission, administrative, curricular, and disciplinary reforms. Trump is still pursuing his legal vendetta against CBS News, which he absurdly claims committed consumer fraud by editing a pre-election “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris in a way that made her seem slightly more cogent. In February, he upped the ante by raising his already risible estimate of the damages inflicted by that interview from $10 billion to $20 billion. Given this track record, it may not be safe to assume that Trump is only kidding when he threatens government retaliation for constitutionally protected speech. https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/06/12/donald-trump-threats-immigration-protests-gavin-newsom-israel-univserities-elon-musk-jacob-sullum

Looks like Trump just got slapped down again by the Judiciary, of course the most litigious man in history will appeal and hopefully the appeal will not be successful. American troops do not belong on American streets. A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's deployment of California's National Guard to Los Angeles and called the move illegal. The judge's order to return control of the troops to California Governor Gavin Newsom will not go into effect immediately and the administration has filed an appeal. The state sued President Donald Trump on Monday over his order to deploy the troops without Newsom's consent. Trump said he was sending the troops - who are typically under the governor's authority - to stop LA from "burning down" in protests against his immigration crackdown. Local authorities have argued they have the situation in hand and do not need troops. US District Judge Charles Breyer said the question presented by California's request was whether Trump followed the law set by Congress on the deployment of a state's National Guard. "He did not," the judge wrote in his decision. "His actions were illegal... He must therefore return control of the California National Guard to the Governor of the State of California forthwith." But the judge stayed the order until Friday afternoon to give the Trump administration time to appeal against it. The administration did so almost immediately after the order was issued. Newsom posted on social media on Thursday afternoon that "the court just confirmed what we all know — the military belongs on the battlefield, not on our city streets". https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd62d8jp046o

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's deployment of California's National Guard to Los Angeles and called the move illegal. The judge's order to return control of the troops to California Governor Gavin Newsom will not go into effect immediately and the administration has filed an appeal. The state sued President Donald Trump on Monday over his order to deploy the troops without Newsom's consent. Trump said he was sending the troops - who are typically under the governor's authority - to stop LA from "burning down" in protests against his immigration crackdown. Local authorities have argued they have the situation in hand and do not need troops. US District Judge Charles Breyer said the question presented by California's request was whether Trump followed the law set by Congress on the deployment of a state's National Guard. "He did not," the judge wrote in his decision. "His actions were illegal... He must therefore return control of the California National Guard to the Governor of the State of California forthwith." But the judge stayed the order until Friday afternoon to give the Trump administration time to appeal against it. The administration did so almost immediately after the order was issued. Newsom posted on social media on Thursday afternoon that "the court just confirmed what we all know — the military belongs on the battlefield, not on our city streets". https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd62d8jp046o

As indicated here.

Perhaps the goons actions are not resonating with the America public, who are not accustomed to the military acting against Americans?

When that happens we will have to coin it TIC. Trump induced chaos. It's the master of chaos bringing it home, dividing his nation, and creating anger, disenchantment and ugliness wherever he goes.

There is no doubt that large segments of the public are quite disenchanted with Trump's overreach and decision to illegally send the military into an American city. If you want to describe that a civil war go ahead. I describe that as dissent and disapproval, and both are very healthy aspects of a democracy.

That's a totally preposterous, ridiculous, and indefensible statement. He has already turned out to be the most corrupt president in history, and it has been well established that he's lined his pockets to the tune of billions of dollars already, in his first year in office with his crypto schemes alone.

It's best to just ignore him, when he has nothing to say (most of the time), he just reverts to the same old nonsense. As you and I know there are a handful of posters on here that are best ignored completely.

Complete and utter nonsense, these are fake government numbers and the real inflation numbers are likely closer to 21% . I travel back to the US 2 to 5 times a year, I have businesses back there and every time I go back there, every 6 months everyone of my staples is 10 to 15% higher. Everyone that I talk to in the US is constantly moaning about the increase of prices, which has barely slowed down at all. Inflation is out of control, the economy is doing poorly, and consumer confidence is at an all-time low.