What has Trump done now?

[nomadpete]

15 hours ago, rgmwa said:

Here's how his new arch will look, if it ever gets built.

 

-I met a traveller from an antique land,
-Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
-Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
-Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
-And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
-Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
-Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
-The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
-And on the pedestal, these words appear:
-“My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
-Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
-Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
-Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
-The lone and level sands stretch far away.

(Shelly,  circa 1800's)

[nomadpete]

So, what next? all possible paths look too bleak.

 

People assumed it couldn't be -that- bad, that "the system" would curb him. Life would go on.

 

But now they are on track for a busted country? With slave labor camps, gov't death squads in the streets? 

(such as ICE)

 

Will  stupid brutal people rise under this regime, too dumb and short-sighted to keep it together?.

 

The USA may yet collapse and the ruins will be colonized by smarter, more industrious, civic-minded, neighbors. Alternatively,  one of the even dumber trumpalo successors will lose another war and cities will be turned to rubble.

 

 

[facthunter]

A Society  divided unto itself shall surely fall. Trump thrives on division.  Nev

[Marty_d]

Watch the 2024 movie "Civil War" - I think it's a possibility there.

I just hope that as a society we can learn lessons from the horrible shit Trump and his puppet masters are causing over there.

[old man emu]

1 hour ago, nomadpete said:

The USA may yet collapse

Unfortunately, due to the mesh that is global economics, if the USA collapses, then so does the global economy. 

 

1 hour ago, nomadpete said:

the ruins will be colonized by smarter, more industrious, civic-minded, neighbors.

Don't know about the civic-minded bit, but the rest sure describes China. I really wonder if it is the goal of China to implant its form of communism on the rest of the world. I don't think so. I think China is happy with economic dominance. It has fought economic fire with  economic fire. 

[facthunter]

Trump wouldn't last 5 minutes as  Leader of China. If you don't deliver , you are gone.  Nev

[kgwilson]

He wouldn't last 5 minutes anywhere else either. The US is the only place where there are enough stupid people to elect a convicted felon, 6 time bankrupt, accused rapist, malignant narcissist, poorly educated conman because he appeals to fundamentalist christians and is a billionaire.

[facthunter]

He also attacks those who say anything against him. Criticism is not permitted..Nev

[facthunter]

He's the BEST at showing us what NOT to BE. It's ALL about HIM (and his Giant EGO.).  He's the "Most POWERFULL Person in History. (So He says)  IF that doesn't scare you, Nothing will.  What IF he turns (More) on AUSTRALIA? Nev

[rgmwa]

Recent reports based on what people close to him have allegedly said have suggested that in his second term, Trump has begun to view himself less as a peer to past U.S. presidents like Lincoln or Washington, and more as a "world-historical" figure on par with figures like Alexander the Great or Napoleon. 

[Marty_d]

I think governments around the world are keenly aware that standing up to Trump is politically popular.

If Trump ramps up the rhetoric against Australia I reckon Albo will start being less restrained in response.

At the moment it's only Andrew Hastie that publicly speaks common sense about Trump - I'm sure a lot of his sentiments are shared widely around the parliament but at the moment they're not done in front of the press.

[red750]

Looks like Canada has his number.

[facthunter]

Malcolm Turnbull had to get that from a Golfer. I think that Not overly stirring the Possum is the way to go..  King Charlie made a Point of saying to Trump that He was very Fond of Australia and I know he means it.  Hastie has personal experience of Wars that can't be won.  (Afghanistan). Nev