Trump

[TheFishman1]

Next thing you know Trump would be blaming Ukraine for starting the war

[SunnyinBangrak]

1 hour ago, TheFishman1 said:

Next thing you know Trump would be blaming Ukraine for starting the war

Well did Ukraine invite Joe Biden to control the countries judicial system, or not?

[frank83628]

2 hours ago, bannork said:

Nothing rabid here Frank. Shame you're too blinded by love for the great appeaser to realise his stupidity, narcissism and love of autocrats.

Putin is far from stupid, he hasn't been Russian leader for 20yrs by being stupid

[candide]

7 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

Next thing you know Trump would be blaming Ukraine for starting the war

That's what he just did! 🤣

 

As expected, Trump got played by Putin! 

[beautifulthailand99]

9 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

Next thing you know Trump would be blaming Ukraine for starting the war

 And make Ukraine pay for it.

[beautifulthailand99]

1 hour ago, candide said:

That's what he just did! 🤣

 

As expected, Trump got played by Putin! 

 

[spidermike007]

A great essay from the NY Times. It cuts through alot of the nonsense, and reveals the stunning level of Trump's ignorance. 

 

It’s a total mess. As the Ford Motor chief executive Jim Farley courageously (compared to other chief executives) pointed out, “Let’s be real honest: Long term, a 25 percent tariff across the Mexico and Canada borders would blow a hole in the U.S. industry that we’ve never seen.”

 

So, either Trump wants to blow that hole, or he’s bluffing, or he is clueless. If it is the latter, Trump is going to get a crash course in the hard realities of the global economy as it really is — not how he imagines it.

 

Ecosystems? Listen a bit to Beinhocker, who is also the executive director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School. In the real world, he argues, “There is no such thing as the American economy anymore that you can identify in any real, tangible way. There’s just this accounting fiction that we call U.S. G.D.P.” To be sure, he says, “There are American interests in the economy. There are American workers. There are American consumers. There are firms based in America. But there is no American economy in that isolated sense.”

 

The old days, he added, “where you made wine and I made cheese, and you had everything you needed to make wine and I had everything I needed to make cheese and so we traded with each other — which made us both better off, as Adam Smith taught — those days are long gone.” Except in Trump’s head.

 

Instead, there is a global web of commercial, manufacturing, services and trading “ecosystems,” explains Beinhocker. “There is an automobile ecosystem. There’s an A.I. ecosystem. There’s a smartphone ecosystem. There’s a drug development ecosystem. There is the chip-making ecosystem.” And the people, parts and knowledge that make up those ecosystems all move back and forth across many economies.

 

As NPR noted in a recent story about the auto industry, “carmakers have built a vast, complicated supply chain that spans North America, with parts crossing back and forth across borders throughout the auto manufacturing process. … Some parts cross borders multiple times — like, say, a wire that is manufactured in the U.S., sent to Mexico to be bundled into a group of wires, and then back to the U.S. for installation into a bigger piece of a car, like a seat.”

 

Trump just waves off all of this. He told reporters that the U.S. is not reliant on Canada. “We don’t need them to make our cars,” he said.

 

Actually, we do. And thank goodness for that. It not only enables us to make cars cheaper, but also better. All that a Model T did was get you from point to point faster than a horse, but today’s cars offer you heating and cooling and entertainment from the internet and satellites. They will navigate for you and even drive for you — and they’re much safer. When we can combine more complex knowledge and complex parts to solve complex problems, our quality of life soars.

 

But here’s the catch. You cannot make complex stuff alone anymore. It’s too complex. And if you are not part of these ecosystems, your country will not thrive.”

 

And trust is the essential ingredient that makes these ecosystems work and grow, Beinhocker adds. Trust acts as both glue and grease. It glues together bonds of cooperation, while at the same time it greases the flows of people, products, capital and ideas from one country to the next. Remove trust and the ecosystems start to collapse.

 

Trust, though, is built by good rules and healthy relationships, and Trump is trampling on both. The result: If he goes down this road, Trump will make America and the world poorer. Mr. President, do your homework.

[spidermike007]

The whole make America great again and bring manufacturing back to the US is just another fake promise, another bald-faced lie from this absolute creep who will say or do anything for power. 

 

The New York Times editorial on globalization certainly schooled this ignoramus, who knows nothing about the topic. 

[TheFishman1]

All the allies are less 80 years in America have built up relationship with Trump are treating our allies like the enemies and the enemies in the dictators Trump is admiring how soon will Trump be saying that the president of Ukraine is the dictator anything that the Russian say Trump is repeating what does Russia have on Trump that he’s never ever said a bad word about Putin go figure

[FritsSikkink]

On 2/18/2025 at 10:01 PM, Harrisfan said:

Yeah he is Hitler. Just say it and be done with it.

No, he is your king: 'Only took him a month': Trump critics disgusted as he calls himself 'king'

[FritsSikkink]

On 2/18/2025 at 10:01 PM, Harrisfan said:

Yeah he is Hitler. Just say it and be done with it.

No, he is your king: 'Only took him a month': Trump critics disgusted as he calls himself 'king'

[Harrisfan]

1 minute ago, FritsSikkink said:

No, he is your king: 'Only took him a month': Trump critics disgusted as he calls himself 'king'

Cool

[Harrisfan]

4 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

The whole make America great again and bring manufacturing back to the US is just another fake promise, another bald-faced lie from this absolute creep who will say or do anything for power. 

 

The New York Times editorial on globalization certainly schooled this ignoramus, who knows nothing about the topic. 

7 days a week whining about Trump

[TheFishman1]

Trump lies steals and cheats you want to be president this time to keep himself out of jail and now he’s totally gonna wreck havoc on the American values orange face has all the yes people around them now so he thinks she’s a king and the people around them they’re not gonna argue with him

[Harrisfan]

7 minutes ago, TheFishman1 said:

Trump lies steals and cheats you want to be president this time to keep himself out of jail and now he’s totally gonna wreck havoc on the American values orange face has all the yes people around them now so he thinks she’s a king and the people around them they’re not gonna argue with him

Border fixed

Wars ending soon

Cutting waste

lowering taxes

Fixing inflation

 

 

[SunnyinBangrak]

18 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

No, he is your king: 'Only took him a month': Trump critics disgusted as he calls himself 'king'

Now we've got this frothing out the way, so nobody will be surprised when Trump cancels elections and rules himself King for real? Or the outrage now is moronic and of course he will hold elections like last time?

Personally I hope he cancels it, to make it the 1st time the left have been correct on anything Trump

[blaze master]

14 minutes ago, TheFishman1 said:

Trump lies steals and cheats you want to be president this time to keep himself out of jail and now he’s totally gonna wreck havoc on the American values orange face has all the yes people around them now so he thinks she’s a king and the people around them they’re not gonna argue with him

 

Totally.

[Harrisfan]

11 hours ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

 

Putin nuked Ukraine?

[FritsSikkink]

58 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Cool

Your king, Putin's lapdog.

[Harrisfan]

8 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

Your king, Putin's lapdog.

Cool

[blaze master]

53 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Now we've got this frothing out the way, so nobody will be surprised when Trump cancels elections and rules himself King for real? Or the outrage now is moronic and of course he will hold elections like last time?

Personally I hope he cancels it, to make it the 1st time the left have been correct on anything Trump

 

I for one can't wait for the 2028 election. Finally all of this nonsense talk will be over.

 

I wonder what members will scatter then. Quite a few scattered after the election and haven't returned. Thankfully as many were vile angry bullies. 

 

Remember the d man. Classic. 

 

Vote the rock 2028.

[spidermike007]

1 hour ago, Harrisfan said:

7 days a week whining about Trump

He deserves it, he richly earned it, and he's proving every day why he deserves the criticism, the lack of approval, and the lack of fealty.

 

Billions of people around the world feel that way. You think most people love him, but quite the opposite is true, it is a relatively small minority that support him. And I can assure you that minority will get smaller as time goes on. 

[Harrisfan]

7 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

He deserves it, he richly earned it, and he's proving every day why he deserves the criticism, the lack of approval, and the lack of fealty.

 

Billions of people around the world feel that way. You think most people love him, but quite the opposite is true, it is a relatively small minority that support him. And I can assure you that minority will get smaller as time goes on. 

Trump does not read AN.

[mogandave]

How would calling Putin names advance pease? 

 

Will attempting to belittle Putin make Putin more likely to negotiate. 

 

How did the Democrats attempting to belittle Trump work out for them? 

 

How is Zelinski attacking Trump going to help Ukraine? If Trump looks weak, it only benefits Putin. 

 

The only thing that really matters is how good a deal Trump can get for Ukraine. 

 

Now let the buffoon brigade open up….

[mogandave]

8 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

He deserves it, he richly earned it, and he's proving every day why he deserves the criticism, the lack of approval, and the lack of fealty.

 

Billions of people around the world feel that way. You think most people love him, but quite the opposite is true, it is a relatively small minority that support him. And I can assure you that minority will get smaller as time goes on. 

Leftist morons (redundant) drinking poison and waiting for Trump to die. 

 

Neither Trump, nor the majority of Americans care what leftist media says.

[Harrisfan]

7 minutes ago, mogandave said:

Leftist morons (redundant) drinking poison and waiting for Trump to die. 

 

Neither Trump, nor the majority of Americans care what leftist media says.

Sad isn't it?

[mogandave]

2 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Sad isn't it?

Not at all, it’s exquisite. 

[spidermike007]

15 hours ago, mogandave said:

Leftist morons (redundant) drinking poison and waiting for Trump to die. 

 

Neither Trump, nor the majority of Americans care what leftist media says.

Trump has spent nearly the entire week on his golf courses, and he just seems to be content letting Musk run the country at this point. We get the occasional tweet and that's about it. 

 

Must did buy the presidency after all, so Don seems to be his underling. 

[OneMoreFarang]

Enjoy!