Trump’s mad, mad, mad, mad world—now with extra madness

[FritsSikkink]

2 hours ago, hotsun said:

Articles like this are why people dont trust media anymore

things like this is why nobody in his right mind trusts Trump: Panama Canal denies Trump admin. claim U.S. gov't vessels can now transit for free

[Nick Carter icp]

10 minutes ago, proton said:

 

Biased in the first sentence, there is no 'alleged' about it. Who is Bob Scott the writer of this propaganda, is it our Bob?

 

   Seems to be 

"Bob Scott is an experienced writer and editor with a passion for travel. Born and raised in Newcastle, England, he spent more than 10 years in Asia. He worked as a sports writer in the north of England and London before relocating to Asia. Now he resides in Bangkok, Thailand, where he is the Editor-in-Chief for The Thaiger English News. With a vast amount of experience from living and writing abroad, Bob Scott is an expert on all things related to Asian culture and lifestyle"

 

[sherwood]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Picture courtesy of CNN

 

by Bob Scott

It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad, world, about to get a whole lot madder under newly elected United States President Donald Trump.

 

The 78 year old alleged leader of the free world, not content with stirring a hornet’s nest by saying he plans to take over Greenland and make Canada a US state, yesterday, February 5, announced plans to build real estate on top of the blood and bones of the slaughtered Palestine men, women and child victims of Israel’s ethnic cleansing programme.

Trump unveiled his Gaza Strip plans, which he intends to brand the “Riviera of the Middle East,” during an Oval Office briefing at the White House. He was joined by Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been labelled a “war criminal” by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his role in the genocide of Palestinians.

 

“The US will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it too. We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site.

“Level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings. Level it out and create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area.

 

“We’ll do a real job. Do something different. Just can’t go back. If you go back, it’s going to be the same way it has for 100 years.”

 

But that’s not all. Trump insists that Egypt, Jordan, and other Middle-Eastern countries take in and house the 1.8 million homeless or displaced Palestinian people as he begins his rebuilding programme.

 

Unsurprisingly, the international community roundly condemned Trump’s criminally crass comments.

Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian American member of the US Congress, accused Trump of “openly calling for ethnic cleansing,” on X (formerly Twitter).

 

Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas strongly rejected any plans to displace Palestinians from Gaza.

“These calls represent a serious violation of international law. Peace and stability will not be achieved in the region without establishing a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital on the borders of 1967, based on the two-state solution.”

US Senator Chris Murphy took to X to say Trump had lost his mind.

 

“He’s totally lost it. A US invasion of Gaza would lead to the slaughter of thousands of US troops and decades of war in the Middle East. It’s like a bad, sick joke.”

 

 

 

US Senator Chris Van Hollen added that what Trump plans to do is tantamount to ethnic cleansing.

 

“Trump’s proposal to push two million Palestinians out of Gaza and take ‘ownership’ by force, if necessary, is simply ethnic cleansing by another name. This declaration will give ammunition to Iran and other adversaries while undermining our Arab partners in the region.”

 

Egypt’s foreign minister rejected the proposal, insisting that Gaza must be rebuilt without the displacement of Palestinians. He was joined by a chorus of world leaders who reaffirmed their support for a two-state solution in the region.

 

Hamas, currently engaged in a fresh round of ceasefire negotiations with Israel, dismissed the plans as “absurd” and “hostile.”

 

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer stopped short of condemning Trump’s controversial proposal but reiterated Britain’s commitment to a two-state solution and emphasised the importance of maintaining the ongoing ceasefire in Gaza.

 

“They must be allowed home, they must be allowed to rebuild, and we should be with them in that rebuild on the way to a two-state solution.”

 

 

France’s foreign ministry issued a statement reaffirming its opposition to “any forced displacement of the Palestinian population of Gaza” and insisting that no third party should control the territory. It stressed that a two-state solution is “the only path to guaranteeing lasting peace” for both Israelis and Palestinians.

 

In Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov asserted that a resolution in the Middle East can only be achieved through the implementation of a two-state solution.

 

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry declared its rejection of “any attempts to displace the Palestinians from their land” and reiterated that it would not establish ties with Israel without the creation of a Palestinian state.

 

Both China and Australia reaffirmed their support for a two-state solution.

 

Turkey’s foreign minister warned that any plans excluding Palestinians from the equation would only fuel further conflict.

 

Evidence, if it was ever needed, that Trump has flown over the “Cuckoo’s Nest” in disregarding international law, and that he is the biggest danger to world peace, not Russian leader Vladamir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping or the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Hosseini Khamenei.

 

 

Trump, a convicted felon, a sex offender, and a former associate of human trafficker and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, may soon add “war criminal” to his growing list of transgressions if he pursues the ethnic cleansing of what remains of Palestine. Forced displacement is a war crime.

 

In the 1963 American comedy It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, a chaotic chase unfolds as a motley crew of strangers scrambles to claim a suitcase full of stolen cash. In the 2025 remake… oh, wait. It’s not a comedy. It’s all too real.

 

Source: The Thaiger 

-- 2025-02-06

 

 

Try thinking outside the square.

[Ulyssesamui]

3 hours ago, Donga said:

Reversing trans competing with females is mad?
Tightening borders is mad?
Reducing government waste is mad?
Pulling the rug from WHO and UNRWA is mad?

Suggest we look at these initiatives in the context of years drifting too far along woke/left ideology.

As far as Gaza in concerned, brilliant concept and let's see how it unfolds. Pumping $billions of western aid to extremist based societies to rebuild, only to allow them to continue their destructive agenda for both their own citizens and Israelis alike, will just lead to more conflict and further damage to Gaza. This could be the circuit breaker than ends up sorting the whole mess. Certainly giving everyone something to ponder, some shriek.

Above all is Trump is a negotiator, so we shouldn't take his opening gambit as a final position. He is pointing out the silliness of so many situation and disrupting them.

I don't like what he says but like what he does.
 

You, as a Dems sycophant, can not face the fact that President Trump is doing what he promised, something that is anathema with the Dems. President Trump is a breath of fresh air: the US is dumping the corrupt WHO, USAID, sanctuary cities, parts of the corrupt UN and challenging the narco-states and open border policy of the WEF 'Young Leader". He will win, quick time. You seem to be under some illusion that President Trump has started or is starting wars. Are you out of your Democratic mind? Or maybe you only believe what the MSM feeds you (probably intravenously).

[Donga]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 

But is Trump actually invading all those countries. Or does he talk like that so that all the attention is on his madness?

We, or at least the Americans, should look at what is happening withing their country. Checks and balances are removed. Anti-Trump competent people are replaced with Pro-Trump incompetent people. Musk can do whatever he wants.

All that would be right now in the news if Trump would not have distracted them all with even more outrageous behavior. 

Is Trump actually invading these countries - hope you know the answer to that. Is he illustrating with his extreme language, how silly the Left has become - undergoing widespread rejection cos they went too far with ideology and dropped the ball on reality. How the hell and who is going to successfully rebuild Gaza and keep it from doing what they've been doing for decades? The UN?

What checks and balances are removed? He has his own party to deal with, let alone the media and the courts.

Anti-Trump competent people, really? The US is a mess is so many ways. And in danger of losing to China big time through their lack of policies and cohesive strategies. Musk is clearly an innovator and effective doer, time and time again, who has his own foes within the Trump team.

Settle petal and watch it all unfurl and you'll be able to think back on what a Harris reign would have achieved - more of the same old ideological nonsense, ridiculous bureaucracy, weak leadership.

[3NUMBAS]

Yes a dangerous maniac on the loose

and a mate to Putin 

 

2 nutters

[HappyExpat57]

3 hours ago, Donga said:

Reversing trans competing with females is mad?
Tightening borders is mad?
Reducing government waste is mad?
Pulling the rug from WHO and UNRWA is mad?

Suggest we look at these initiatives in the context of years drifting too far along woke/left ideology.

As far as Gaza in concerned, brilliant concept and let's see how it unfolds. Pumping $billions of western aid to extremist based societies to rebuild, only to allow them to continue their destructive agenda for both their own citizens and Israelis alike, will just lead to more conflict and further damage to Gaza. This could be the circuit breaker than ends up sorting the whole mess. Certainly giving everyone something to ponder, some shriek.

Above all is Trump is a negotiator, so we shouldn't take his opening gambit as a final position. He is pointing out the silliness of so many situation and disrupting them.

I don't like what he says but like what he does.
 

True buffoonery.

 

It's not WHAT he's doing, it's HOW he's going about it. He's performing what should be handled as delicate surgery with a rusty chainsaw.

[proton]

1 minute ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Seems to be 

"Bob Scott is an experienced writer and editor with a passion for travel. Born and raised in Newcastle, England, he spent more than 10 years in Asia. He worked as a sports writer in the north of England and London before relocating to Asia. Now he resides in Bangkok, Thailand, where he is the Editor-in-Chief for The Thaiger English News. With a vast amount of experience from living and writing abroad, Bob Scott is an expert on all things related to Asian culture and lifestyle"

 

 

Geordie into the toon army and drinking is suddenly an expert on Asian culture and USA politics 😊 bet he does not know the difference between luktung and lukrung or the DNC and GOP. Just another ignorant Trump hater.

[HappyExpat57]

1 minute ago, Donga said:

Is Trump actually invading these countries - hope you know the answer to that. Is he illustrating with his extreme language, how silly the Left has become - undergoing widespread rejection cos they went too far with ideology and dropped the ball on reality. How the hell and who is going to successfully rebuild Gaza and keep it from doing what they've been doing for decades? The UN?

What checks and balances are removed? He has his own party to deal with, let alone the media and the courts.

Anti-Trump competent people, really? The US is a mess is so many ways. And in danger of losing to China big time through their lack of policies and cohesive strategies. Musk is clearly an innovator and effective doer, time and time again, who has his own foes within the Trump team.

Settle petal and watch it all unfurl and you'll be able to think back on what a Harris reign would have achieved - more of the same old ideological nonsense, ridiculous bureaucracy, weak leadership.

Words from the oval office have dire consequences, and already people will soon be dying due to his ridiculous ham-handed elimination of USAID.

 

But I guess MAGAts can't see that from their dilapidated single wide trailer porches so they just don't care.

[proton]

3 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Words from the oval office have dire consequences, and already people will soon be dying due to his ridiculous ham-handed elimination of USAID.

 

But I guess MAGAts can't see that from their dilapidated single wide trailer porches so they just don't care.

 

Who will soon be dying?

[Nick Carter icp]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

He was joined by Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been labelled a “war criminal” by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his role in the genocide of Palestinians.

 

   The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu to stand trial for war crimes , they didn't label him as being a war criminal 

  I do believe that Benjamin Netanyahu didn't get found to be guilty of genocide in the ICJ court case , so it should be the alleged genocide of Palestinians . 

  

[frank83628]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Picture courtesy of CNN

 

by Bob Scott

It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad, world, about to get a whole lot madder under newly elected United States President Donald Trump.

 

The 78 year old alleged leader of the free world, not content with stirring a hornet’s nest by saying he plans to take over Greenland and make Canada a US state, yesterday, February 5, announced plans to build real estate on top of the blood and bones of the slaughtered Palestine men, women and child victims of Israel’s ethnic cleansing programme.

Trump unveiled his Gaza Strip plans, which he intends to brand the “Riviera of the Middle East,” during an Oval Office briefing at the White House. He was joined by Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been labelled a “war criminal” by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his role in the genocide of Palestinians.

 

“The US will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it too. We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site.

“Level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings. Level it out and create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area.

 

“We’ll do a real job. Do something different. Just can’t go back. If you go back, it’s going to be the same way it has for 100 years.”

 

But that’s not all. Trump insists that Egypt, Jordan, and other Middle-Eastern countries take in and house the 1.8 million homeless or displaced Palestinian people as he begins his rebuilding programme.

 

Unsurprisingly, the international community roundly condemned Trump’s criminally crass comments.

Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian American member of the US Congress, accused Trump of “openly calling for ethnic cleansing,” on X (formerly Twitter).

 

Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas strongly rejected any plans to displace Palestinians from Gaza.

“These calls represent a serious violation of international law. Peace and stability will not be achieved in the region without establishing a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital on the borders of 1967, based on the two-state solution.”

US Senator Chris Murphy took to X to say Trump had lost his mind.

 

“He’s totally lost it. A US invasion of Gaza would lead to the slaughter of thousands of US troops and decades of war in the Middle East. It’s like a bad, sick joke.”

 

 

US Senator Chris Van Hollen added that what Trump plans to do is tantamount to ethnic cleansing.

 

“Trump’s proposal to push two million Palestinians out of Gaza and take ‘ownership’ by force, if necessary, is simply ethnic cleansing by another name. This declaration will give ammunition to Iran and other adversaries while undermining our Arab partners in the region.”

 

Egypt’s foreign minister rejected the proposal, insisting that Gaza must be rebuilt without the displacement of Palestinians. He was joined by a chorus of world leaders who reaffirmed their support for a two-state solution in the region.

 

Hamas, currently engaged in a fresh round of ceasefire negotiations with Israel, dismissed the plans as “absurd” and “hostile.”

 

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer stopped short of condemning Trump’s controversial proposal but reiterated Britain’s commitment to a two-state solution and emphasised the importance of maintaining the ongoing ceasefire in Gaza.

 

“They must be allowed home, they must be allowed to rebuild, and we should be with them in that rebuild on the way to a two-state solution.”

 

 

France’s foreign ministry issued a statement reaffirming its opposition to “any forced displacement of the Palestinian population of Gaza” and insisting that no third party should control the territory. It stressed that a two-state solution is “the only path to guaranteeing lasting peace” for both Israelis and Palestinians.

 

In Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov asserted that a resolution in the Middle East can only be achieved through the implementation of a two-state solution.

 

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry declared its rejection of “any attempts to displace the Palestinians from their land” and reiterated that it would not establish ties with Israel without the creation of a Palestinian state.

 

Both China and Australia reaffirmed their support for a two-state solution.

 

Turkey’s foreign minister warned that any plans excluding Palestinians from the equation would only fuel further conflict.

 

Evidence, if it was ever needed, that Trump has flown over the “Cuckoo’s Nest” in disregarding international law, and that he is the biggest danger to world peace, not Russian leader Vladamir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping or the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Hosseini Khamenei.

 

 

Trump, a convicted felon, a sex offender, and a former associate of human trafficker and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, may soon add “war criminal” to his growing list of transgressions if he pursues the ethnic cleansing of what remains of Palestine. Forced displacement is a war crime.

 

In the 1963 American comedy It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, a chaotic chase unfolds as a motley crew of strangers scrambles to claim a suitcase full of stolen cash. In the 2025 remake… oh, wait. It’s not a comedy. It’s all too real.

 

Source: The Thaiger 

-- 2025-02-06

 

 

Seems Bob Scott of the thaiger is a sever anti trumpet. Its quite the unhinged rant

[bannork]

 Trump is very keen to build up enemies all over the world.

Canadians are united in hating him. 

Greenland don't want the US to invade. 

Mexico, The Gulf of America sure as hell don't like him.

Europe hates Musk

And now the whole of the Middle East except right wing Israelis.

"Donald Trump just openly committed American arms, honour, and credibility to forcibly expel Gaza’s Palestinian population and redevelop the territory into a glittering tourist hub," wrote Rick Wilson, former GOP strategist.. "Yes, it sounds entirely unhinged, and it may torpedo any remaining hope of an enduring Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. It also hands every Islamist militant group an airtight propaganda victory: proof, in their eyes, that the United States is indeed the 'Great Satan.' It’s sounds insane because it is. It sounds manic because it is. It sounds deranged because it is."

One of the most telling reactions to Trump's Gaza proposal, said Wilson, came from his chief of staff, Susie Wiles, a long time GOP strategist with a reputation for whipping those around her into ruthless discipline; she looked on at Trump, her eyes bulging and her expression astonished.

"The widely photographed look on Susie Wiles’ face spoke volumes: even insiders realize nothing and no one controls Trump. He is a man who is, by all appearances, is both mentally unstable and cognitively unable to process reality beyond his own mental architecture," wrote Wilson. "The damage is mounting, and even red-state leaders are slowly waking up to the danger of entrusting government after government function to the most extreme and least capable loyalists."

[Briggsy]

The BBC running with a story that the US seeking to tie Iran into a non-nuclear deal at the same time as this announcement on Gaza. The Gaza announcement gets the headlines and keeps Netanyahu happy because it keeps his rebellious ultra-Zionist coalition partners happy. At the same time, the Iran news which would send the ultra-Zionist into a fury has been buried.

[scottiejohn]

1 minute ago, bannork said:

Trump is very keen to build up enemies all over the world.

And has recently shown that it is probably the only thing that he is any good at!

[proton]

8 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

Seems Bob Scott of the thaiger is a sever anti trumpet. Its quite the unhinged rant

 

Well he is a Geordie from Newcastle, never met a nice one and rarely a sober one 😆

[Thingamabob]

2 hours ago, Will B Good said:

 

 

No you don't understand.....he is the great disruptor, unfreezing the minds of us tiny people to new opportunities....it is all in the plan.

Sarcastic. but well said anyway !

[billd766]

3 hours ago, mfd101 said:

The beauty of disruptors - even ignorant & irrational ones - is that they force other people to justify their long-held but frozen views on controversial matters.

 

Horrible though he is, Trump is a great disruptor. Proof of the pudding was on Netanyahu's nervous but frozen smile as he stood beside Trump. And the candles burning late in the night in Cairo, Amman & Riyadh.

 

Noone can tell what the outcome will be. But it will be different & possibly better than the outcome currently in prospect ie no change, more of the same, and more still.

And for that you can only blame the person standing next to Trump, who is of course Netanyahu. Get rid of him and all his murderous war cabinet and there may, just may be a chance of peace.

[riclag]

2 hours ago, PomPolo said:

No offence to the reporting, but it definitely comes off as biased. Throwing around terms like ‘ethnic cleansing’ is heavy, it’s not as black and white as it’s being framed here.

What actual evidence is there to back up claims that Israel is committing ethnic cleansing? Are we talking about mass graves being found like in WWII or Bosnia? or is this more about political and military conflict? Because they are two very different things, or even reporting bias.

The term ‘ethnic cleansing’ isn’t just dramatic, it’s subjective unless backed by solid, undeniable proof. Context matters are we looking at forced displacement, military actions, or actual attempts to wipe out an entire population? Big difference.

Trump had his fair share of controversial moments no doubt (the whole ‘new Riviera’ comment comes to mind) but let’s be real Americans knew what they were voting for his foreign policy was always going to shake things up, and people either love him or hate him.

'ethnic-cleansing' is just outright wrong need to look at the facts.

“Ethnic - cleansing “ .Its Terminology used by far left extremist similar to 

organizations that use the  anti colonialism narrative's. The headline and the narrative is to make Trump look like a idiot, mad, mad mad mad!

When in reality , he’s taking out Hamas and their radical sympathizers and casting them back to the stone age.

 

He and others have created a debate with Peace as a goal. Insanity, doing the same thing over and over expecting different results isn’t a option.

Brilliant 

 

[proton]

Yer typical Newcastle Geordie for those wondering, probably an expert on Asian culture as well, as he's had a few take a ways after the match 😊 

 

 

 

 

 

[Purdey]

Will eggs be cheap in Gaza?

[candide]

18 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

The BBC running with a story that the US seeking to tie Iran into a non-nuclear deal at the same time as this announcement on Gaza. The Gaza announcement gets the headlines and keeps Netanyahu happy because it keeps his rebellious ultra-Zionist coalition partners happy. At the same time, the Iran news which would send the ultra-Zionist into a fury has been buried.

Trump sent a Truth message about it. Nothing's buried.

[Nick Carter icp]

19 minutes ago, proton said:

 

Well he is a Geordie from Newcastle, never met a nice one and rarely a sober one 😆

 

   He probably thought that Trump had taken s Gazzas football strip ?

*Trump taking the Gazza strip*

 

 

[riclag]

49 minutes ago, Ulyssesamui said:

You, as a Dems sycophant, can not face the fact that President Trump is doing what he promised, something that is anathema with the Dems. President Trump is a breath of fresh air: the US is dumping the corrupt WHO, USAID, sanctuary cities, parts of the corrupt UN and challenging the narco-states and open border policy of the WEF 'Young Leader". He will win, quick time. You seem to be under some illusion that President Trump has started or is starting wars. Are you out of your Democratic mind? Or maybe you only believe what the MSM feeds you (probably intravenously).

You’re a loyalist !

We have something in common, sense!

Well said!

[mfd101]

9 minutes ago, billd766 said:

And for that you can only blame the person standing next to Trump, who is of course Netanyahu. Get rid of him and all his murderous war cabinet and there may, just may be a chance of peace.

Don't think so. Netanyahu hasn't been around for all the time since 1948. Nothing has changed since the 1960s - rebuild, fight, destroy, rebuild, fight destroy etc etc etc.

[proton]

2 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   He probably thought that Trump had taken s Gazzas football strip ?

*Trump taking the Gazza strip*

 

 

 

Gazza, another drunken Geordie buffoon 😆 

[Nick Carter icp]

15 minutes ago, billd766 said:

And for that you can only blame the person standing next to Trump, who is of course Netanyahu. Get rid of him and all his murderous war cabinet and there may, just may be a chance of peace.

 

   Will never be peace until Palestinians accept Israel's right to exist and they stop attacking Israel .

   Israel are fighting back after being invaded by an enemy force and all Israeli leadership would have fought back against an attacker 

[PuiPuiHarry]

Xi insist to get control over China Town in San Francisco. He does NOT exclude the use of force.

Putin wants Alaska back and is willing to pay the amout Russia got when the USA swindeled it away from the Russian people, to return that to Washington. He dos not exclude force.

France insists to get Lousiana back, but without English speaking citizens. Also here the Force de Frappe is mobilized to archieve that goal.

[bannork]

28 minutes ago, riclag said:

“Ethnic - cleansing “ .Its Terminology used by far left extremist similar to 

organizations that use the  anti colonialism narrative's. The headline and the narrative is to make Trump look like a idiot, mad, mad mad mad!

When in reality , he’s taking out Hamas and their radical sympathizers and casting them back to the stone age.

 

He and others have created a debate with Peace as a goal. Insanity, doing the same thing over and over expecting different results isn’t a option.

Brilliant 

 

No, he's making enemies of all the Palestinian people plus a considerable number of Arabs too.

He's an idiot, as are all his foreign policy announcements, making enemies wherever he goes 

Putin and Xi are laughing.

 

[BangkokReady]

3 hours ago, Nickcage49 said:

Granted, Trump is a crazy man, but the terrorists in Hamas caused all of this by murdering innocent Israelis.

 

And yes, Trump's plan is ridiculous and will never happen.

 

You could also argue that Israel caused this by occupying Palestinian land, ethnically cleansing Palestinians, and forcing Palestinians that remained to live under apartheid conditions in their own territory.

 

Two sides to every story...  🤷‍♂️