What has Trump done now?

[Jerry_Atrick]

Haven't they already done that at the higher courts?

 

[facthunter]

They have tried to,, but that is obviously not enough to satisfy them in their Dictatorial Ambitions. Nev

[Marty_d]

An easy to understand explanation of how the Orange Dickwad is stuffing America.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-29/trump-trade-and-tariffs-three-things-to-know-analysis/105226638

[red750]

Canada gets it.

 

[red750]

A report on a recent meeting between Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, by a WHITE HOUSE REPORTER, someone who was present in the room, quoted below:

From a WH Reporter: 

“ I’ve covered a lot of Donald Trump's press conferences over the years. I’ve seen him lie, deflect, and embarrass himself in countless ways. But what I just witnessed in the Oval Office may have been the most off-the-rails, unhinged display yet.

Trump sat down with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte — a serious figure there to talk about security and alliance unity — but Trump wasn’t interested in that. No, Trump used the opportunity to fantasize about annexing Canada. He actually said, “Canada only works as a state,” and gushed about how the U.S. would look on a map if we just erased the border and took Canada as our own. This wasn’t satire. This wasn’t a joke. This was the president rambling about absorbing another sovereign nation — while the NATO secretary general sat there watching this clown show unfold.

And it didn’t stop there. Trump started pushing the idea of conquering Greenland too, saying NATO might need to get involved in helping the U.S. take it over — as if it’s a game of Risk. He literally said we "need it for international security" and tried to rope NATO into his imperial fever dream. The look on Rutte’s face said it all.

 

Then, Trump pivoted to his usual bigotry. Instead of talking about defense cooperation or global security, Trump bragged about how he uses transgender people as political pawns to rile up his base before elections — saying Republicans should “bring it up a week before the election” to win votes. In other words, he openly admitted he sees cruelty and manufactured culture war nonsense as a campaign strategy. Despicable.

When asked about American small businesses hurting from tariffs, Trump did what he always does: lie and bluster. “You’re going to be so much richer,” he said. Meanwhile, Medicaid is being gutted, Social Security is under threat, and Trump’s billionaire cronies are cheering as the safety net burns.

Oh, and then Trump suggested we start sending drug dealers to the Netherlands — yes, you read that right — in a bizarre attempt at humor that landed more like a diplomatic insult, especially considering the NATO secretary general used to be the prime minister of the Netherlands.

He kept rambling about how the U.S. doesn’t need anything from Canada, said the European Union is “very nasty,” claimed we can’t sell cars in Europe (not true), and then told an utterly deranged story about how he “invaded Los Angeles” to turn on the water — another lie pulled from his fantasyland. What actually happened was that he diverted water from Northern California, destroying farmland and hurting his own voters in the process.

To top it off, he said our allies shouldn’t worry about Putin, brushing off any concerns about Russian aggression with a shrug.

Let me be blunt: This is not normal. This is not politics-as-usual. This is a dangerous, unstable person with authoritarian fantasies, spewing nonsense in front of our closest allies while the world watches.”

Keep speaking up. Don’t accept any of this as normal. 
Ben Meiselas

[red750]

The U.S. Department of Commerce has finalized significant tariffs on solar panels imported from Southeast Asia, targeting Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Tariffs range from 41.56% on Malaysian Jinko Solar products to a staggering 3,521% on Cambodian imports due to a lack of cooperation in investigations. The move follows accusations of Chinese “dumping” by subsidizing Southeast Asian factories to flood the U.S. market with underpriced panels. 
Despite these tariffs, the solar industry has grown at a rate of 28% annually in the U.S. A previous 30% tariff in 2018 led to a loss of over 62,000 jobs, with critics questioning its long-term impact. In June, the International Trade Commission will decide whether to implement these tariffs, potentially putting the solar industry at risk again.

[ClintonB]

Ben Meseilas videos on Midas touch channel are informative. 
it’s just sad that trump cannot be held accountable for any of his sh!t.

 

[red750]

It’s barely 100 days into Donald Trump’s second term in office, and already, he’s suggesting he wants another job.

 

After a reporter asked Trump who he thought should follow Pope Francis as the next pope, the non-Catholic president offered a response that was entirely in character.

“I’d like to be pope,” Trump joked. “That’d be my No. 1 choice.”

 

Trump then presented a less narcissistic option.

“I don’t have a preference. I might say we have a cardinal that happens to be out of a place called New York who is very good,” he said, referring to Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York.

[rgmwa]

Was Ben Meiselas the WH reporter or is he quoting an un-named WH reporter. I can't imagine Trump letting Meiselas anywhere near the White House, however I can certainly imagine Trump saying exactly what was reported. Imagine suggesting the Secretary General of NATO to help him pry Greenland away from Denmark, a fellow member of NATO. Likewise dreaming of taking over Canada, another NATO member. Trump is showing exactly what a low-life he is. 

 

[ClintonB]

Ben wouldn’t be there, I’d say he would be on a watch list.

[red750]

[Jerry_Atrick]

I sincerely hope the interview in this vid was edited

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

1930s happening over again

 

[onetrack]

There's an interesting article in the link below, that explains precisely why manufacturing of everything on a large scale in the U.S., to try and beat China, is never, ever going to happen.

 

A big part of the problem is that a huge percentage of Americans want manufacturing returned to the U.S. - but only 25% of Americans would choose to work in a factory job.

 

https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/steve-jobs-quote-on-american-manufacturing-still-applies-today/91181530

[facthunter]

Robotic doesn't need many people once you've tooled up. Nev

[old man emu]

Aye! There's the rub!  once you've tooled up. As it says in the quoted article, there are just about no tool and die makers in the USA, or for that matter in Australia, who could make the tools and dies needed to produce the modern products consumers have been convinced that they need.

[facthunter]

That all depends on the numbers produced whether it's justified. China is in the box seat there. Nev

[red750]

Who's up themselves?

[onetrack]

There's been more than a few crooked, corrupt and downright evil popes. Perhaps he's getting ready to align himself with Pope Urban VI (1378–1389), who tortured Cardinals who had conspired against him.

 

 

[red750]

[red750]

President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he would be imposing a 100 percent tariff on any movie produced outside of the United States.

 

By doing so, the president wants to save America's movie industry from 'dying a very fast death.

 

'Other countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States,' he claimed on his Truth Social platform. 'Hollywood and many other areas within the USA are being devastated. 

 

'This is a concerted effort by other Nations and therefore a National Security threat,' the president declared. 

 

'It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda.' 

 

Trump then announced that he is authorizing the Department of Commerce and the US Trade Representative to 'immediately begin the process of instituting a 100 percent tariff on any and all Movies coming to our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands.

 'WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN,' he concluded.

 

The announcement comes as professionals have struggled to get movies and TV series to be completely filmed from beginning to end in Hollywood due to budget cuts for tax credits on productions. 

 

By the end of last year, FilmLA - the Los Angeles agency that handles film permits throughout the city - reported a 5 percent drop in film and TV production in the third quarter of 2024.  

 

The 5,048 total film and TV shoot days also represented a whopping 36.4 percent drop from the five-year average.

 

At the same time, reality television production tumbled a massive 56.3 percent from the third quarter of 2024 compared with the year before - and represented a 52.7 percent drop against the five-year average.

 

Drama television production was also down 34.4 percent from the five-year average and comedy was down a staggering 85.7 percent from the five-year average. 

Television production overall fell 18.3 percent, down also 53.2 percent from the five-year average over the quarter.

 

Now, experts warn, the once-booming city of the stars may be in decline.

'This is not hyperbole to say that if we don’t act, the California film and TV industry will become the next Detroit auto,' Noelle Stehman, a writer and producer who worked on The Sopranos and is a member of the 'Stay in LA' campaign, said last month.

 

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Interesting that an American Football movie, as yet unnamed, is being filmed atn the Cardinia Park football ground in Geelong.

[red750]

Trump rules out another presidential run

 

Though he has teased seeking a third term in 2028 despite the Constitution barring it, Trump on Sunday ruled out another run, saying his current four-year term will be his last.

 

“But this is not something I'm looking to do. I'm looking to have four great years and turn it over to somebody, ideally a great Republican, a great Republican, to carry it forward.

 

But I think we're going to have four years, and I think four years is plenty of time to do something really spectacular,” Trump told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

[Marty_d]

If "really spectacular" is code for "particularly stupid" then he's already achieved his ambition. Maybe he could retire early.

[rgmwa]

 

Trump saying he’s going to do something ‘really spectacular’ reminds me of the Titanic for some reason. 

[Litespeed]

Sounds like hold my beer and pass the shotgun moment to me.