What has Trump done now?

[facthunter]

When  the Current POTUS doesn't think law and Protocol  apply to Him the Problem is right there. Don't look further. You have a Dictator who will get more desperate as his decline continues. Keep watching. (Till you are Not allowed to)  Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

 

 

[rgmwa]

Trump has had his wings clipped by the Supreme Court who ruled that his IEEPA tariffs are illegal. He’s not a happy camper. 

[red750]

[old man emu]

Ha! Ha! His appointed cronies on the Supreme Court have just declared his method for imposing tariffs was illegal, so they come off. Any tariffs in existence prior to those his method imposed will probably stay, but they were mainly down aroung 10%. Billions of dollars were paid to the US Government through his tariffs, but it appears that it would be impossible to refund money to those individuals who paid it. No doubt Big Busiess will have the records to recoup what it paid, but Joe Citizen remains screwed.

 

One has to wonder if the insult of the exorbitant tariffs will be forgiven by those countries whose trade suffered from them. 

[nomadpete]

19 minutes ago, old man emu said:

One has to wonder if the insult of the exorbitant tariffs will be forgiven by those countries whose trade suffered from them. 

Unlikely. 

The deranged orange one has crapped on its trade 'partners'. The stink will linger long after the crap is gone.

 

Art of the deal? There might be big money changing hands in the background, but joe public won't see any of it.

[old man emu]

There are calls for the money taken as tariffs to be returned to the busineses that paid them, but how can those small businesses return the small portions that individuals paid? Imagine Walmart trying to identify each customer who bought a packet of AA batteries that came from China and carried a tarriff amount, which Walmart had passed on in its retail pricing.

 

Don't forget the sales taxes that are applied to the shelf price at the check-out. We might complain about a 10% GST, but it is a much simpler way to tax sales than the multi-layer system in the USA. If teh retail price of thos batteries rose due to the passing on of tarrif costs, how does the extra sales tax get calculated and returned? What a mess!!!!

[facthunter]

Anyhow it gives Trump a Headache. He's NOT trained to deal with Knock Backs. Let's see how he handles it?  Nev

[onetrack]

5 hours ago, rgmwa said:

Trump has had his wings clipped by the Supreme Court who ruled that his IEEPA tariffs are illegal. He’s not a happy camper. 

Yep, the U.S. Supreme Court has essentially stated that Trumps claims that there's a major economic "emergency" that must be corrected by the application of his random and erratic and constantly-changing tariffs, is totally unbelievable BS. Just like most of what comes out of his mouth.

 

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/02/supreme-court-strikes-down-tariffs/#:~:text=IEEPA—'regulate' and ',Chief Justice John Roberts wrote.

[red750]

Here is a list of most of the countries that joined his "Board of Peace" and those that have said No. Australia doesn't rate a mention.

 

https://www.tyla.com/news/politics/donald-trump-board-of-peace-all-countries-rejected-979320-20260219

[nomadpete]

37 minutes ago, red750 said:

No. Australia doesn't rate a mention.

No spine here?

[facthunter]

The fact we weren't mentioned cannot be Albanese's fault. We did NOT sign up is what  COUNTS. . Nev. 

[Marty_d]

Apparently we're still thinking about it. Hope like hell we say no.

[rgmwa]

Even the Liberals wouldn't sign Australia up to that transparently corrupt outfit. 

[facthunter]

Can you tell me where you found that, Marty?  Nev

[Marty_d]

47 minutes ago, facthunter said:

Can you tell me where you found that, Marty?  Nev

Heard it on Radio National yesterday - Fran Kelly was talking about it.  She had a political science academic saying it was unlikely we would sign up, as the government is putting lots of time into the UN - and this brainfart of Trump's is supposed to be a replacement for the UN - but we had not made any statements about it either way.

[Marty_d]

For anyone who thinks what Trump is doing regarding immigration is right or justified - I dare you to read this article, fully, then continue to argue his case.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice

 

 

Edited 13 hours ago by Marty_d

[facthunter]

Many believe HE was Put there By God. and 7% believe the earth is FLAT. Nev

[facthunter]

USA has been destroyed from within. It's Now a Horrible place with people against each other. Scared to  speak up. Former agreements Broken Former Allies treated Poorly Lies and Hate abound and graft and corruption everywhere to be seen. certainly NOT an example to be copied unless you are an aspiring Greedy Tyrannical Control Freak. Nev

[red750]

https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/us-politics/us-president-donald-trump-wants-to-award-himself-10-billion/news-story/d00b9563cc058de77f258a6200fa36cb?utm_campaign=EditorialSB&utm_source=News.com.au&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_content=SocialBakers

[pmccarthy]

Yep definitely a shame. Shame on Andrew.

[facthunter]

He's just a very small Player in this show.  Nev

[Grumpy Old Nasho]

6 hours ago, Marty_d said:

For anyone who thinks what Trump is doing regarding immigration is right or justified - I dare you to read this article, fully, then continue to argue his case.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice

 

 

 

In the article ...

 

"You only really appreciate your freedom when you’ve had it taken away"

 

That's how I felt when I was conscripted.

 

Here's a young bloke being dragged away for conscription. The Fed Government made sure he lost his freedom for two years - or go to jail for two years.

 

 

In the article, it says Karen's husband's visa ran out - why didn't he try to get it renewed straight away? Look what happened to them. They got detained for months.

 

What we've got to do now, is make sure those female ISIS muslims and their kids are kept out of Australia. Albanese said "They made their bed, now they've got to lay in it"  

Edited 6 hours ago by Grumpy Old Nasho

[facthunter]

Do you still LOVE how Trump is doing it? Why would you risk going THERE to watch the soccer? Too risky.  It's a $#!thole now. Those people went there for the Holiday of a Lifetime and got  treated in a way that shouldn't be tolerated in ANY CIVILISED Country.Nev

[red750]