What has Trump done now?

[nomadpete]

The saga of the green reflecting pool is classic trumpfook.

 

First he personally gave the repair contract to a buddy.

Then he insisted it painted a darker colour in spite of the known fact that dark = warmer = faster algae growth.

 

Then within 10 days the water turned warm & green and they tipped insufficient Hydrogen Peroxide in. Then the blue Epoxy paint started to peel off & float about in the green water.

Then we hear about another contract to fix all this....

 

the National Park Service contracted not only the coating and painting of the pool under a no-bid contract, but also an additional $1.7 million contract for a water purification system.

That no-bid contract went to a firm whose ultimate owner is the J.J. Cafaro Investment Trust, led by Trump donor John J. Cafaro, whose wife chaired the 2017 International Red Cross Ball at Mar-a-Lago and who lives near Mar-a-Lago at a mansion that is listed as the water treatment company’s address in Florida corporate records. The name of the firm is Greenwater Services.

 

What? He hired Greenwater Services?....

 

 If only he'd thought to hire "Bluewater Services"......

[old man emu]

The Trump administrtation is the greatest threat to world peace, ever. Hitler, Stalin, Mao and many others don't hold a candle to him. What is a further worry are the warhawks controlling the US military. Trump's threats to Iran are nothing more than extortion. And if Israel isn't hauled in, teh Middle East will still be a bubbling cauldron.

 

Have you caught up with the new QANTAS route to London beginning late next year? It is a non-stop flight to London, avoiding the need for a stop in teh Middle East, of even overflying that part of the world.

[facthunter]

He just said the Iranian negotiators will be lucky to Make it Back to IRAN. This bloke should be in a Padded Cell. He's Stark Raving MAD.  Nev

[onetrack]

Trump is supported by utterly incompetent imbeciles such as J.D. Vance, who the Iranians have played like a fiddle at the peace talks in Switzerland. The Americans arrived early, and went in first to the negotiating room, giving the Iranians the pyschological edge. As seasoned negotiation veterans have said, the losing party is the first to enter the room, the victors enter last.

 

Then the negotiations have stalled at every turn, with the Iranians knowing full well they're playing with a handful of aces. When asked if the U.S. was demanding a full and total end to Iran's nuclear programme, Vance only said, "Oh yes, we'll be negotiating an end to their nuclear programme" - like it was now of secondary importance.

 

If the U.S. really were the winners here, they'd demand the end to Iran's nuclear programme as a primary and non-negotiable demand. Vance is a totally incompetent f****** loser, he couldn't negotiate his way out of a paper bag.

[facthunter]

He's used to Holding ALL the Cards, so he's not good in a real world. Nev

[rgmwa]

The Iran peace talks in Switzerland aren’t going too well because Trump keeps posting threats about blowing Iran up if the negotiators don’t comply with what he wants. The Iranians are correctly pointing out that the threats violate the first item on Trump’s own agreement and are threatening to walk away, and Vance can’t do much to negotiate because his boss keeps pulling the rug out from under him. 

[facthunter]

His Niece, Mary Trump who is a Psychologist reckons he's in deep trouble because of his cognitive decline and has been taught to NEVER admit defeat by his obsessive Father. There's no way to predict how he will act as he FAILS and becomes more desperate and unloved. Nev

[rgmwa]

Trump has no cards. I’ve heard that before somewhere. Now, where was that?

[facthunter]

It's "Clothes" but no one will tell him, because you can't TELL HIM anything.. Nev

[rgmwa]

He’s out of clothes too except for his MAGA cap which is also looking a bit worse for wear.

[facthunter]

I wouldn't like to see him "Out of clothes".. He doesn't have a BODY Like a Greek God.  The King has No Clothes, (But no one is game to tell him), Aptly describes the situation we have Now with Trump. Nev

[Marty_d]

I think Meloni (who is not a particularly nice person herself) has made the political calculation that in most of the world, including Italy, it's more palatable with the voters to stand up to Trump rather than lick his arse.

This is good, because if even right wing politicians realise this, then centrists and left leaning ones should definitely realise it.

I think the clown is going to find out that he's not going to get a lot of respect or time from other world leaders any more.

[facthunter]

He won't handle that well ,and therein lies the bigger problem. How'd you like to be living in IRAN.? about 90 million people do. Nev

[Marty_d]

4 minutes ago, facthunter said:

He won't handle that well

Good. The sooner he blows a fuse the better.

A visibly insane Trump is probably the only thing that would get the politically lethargic US voters to kick him and the Republicans out.  I don't think even the useless lackeys he's surrounded himself with would follow his orders if he told them to nuke Germany or something.

[rgmwa]

Except for Hegseth.

[facthunter]

He's a loose Cannon that bloke. According to him we are at Armageddon. Like Ronnie Raygun's "WE are in the Last days". Religious fruit loops worry me the Most. Baby Bush said" God Speaks through My lips".   Born again reformed Drug addict. with barely adequate brain cells to tell the time of day. Nev.  

[Marty_d]

I saw a woman protesting something Dubya had done, holding a sign saying "Bush is another word for 'c**t' ".

Wonder what that makes the meaning of "Trump"?

[facthunter]

Well Trump doesn't grab ME at all and never has. I agree 100% with his Neice Mary, about his condition and suitability for the POTUS role.  There was a TV show called "That's MY Bush".  A satire which ran for a (short) while . I think I saw about 3 Episodes. Incredibly funny. BTW I think Bush is Fanny-hair.  I've lived a very sheltered Life so feel free to correct me If I'm wrong. Nev

Edited June 22 by facthunter

[nomadpete]

All I can say is 'Yep, He did this'.....

 

Tomahawk cruise missile. The United States burned through over 1,000 Tomahawks in Iran — ten years’ worth of production. Each one’s fin actuators run on samarium-cobalt magnets. China mines and refines 99% of the world’s samarium and placed it under export licensing on April 4, 2025. To rebuild the inventory, Raytheon must turn to Beijing for samarium.

Patriot PAC-3 interceptor. The seeker uses samarium-cobalt (SmCo) to slew its guidance head; the radar’s traveling-wave tubes use SmCo to focus the microwave beam; yttrium-iron-garnet phase shifters tune the array. Replenishing the 1,200-plus interceptors expended in Iran requires roughly 1.2 to 2.4 tons of high-temperature SmCo, plus yttrium oxide. Between 2020 and 2023, China supplied 93% of U.S. yttrium imports.

JASSM-ER stealth cruise missile. The fin servos and seeker run on neodymium-iron-boron magnets (NdFB) doped with dysprosium and terbium for thermal stability. Strip out the heavy rare earths, and the magnet demagnetizes in flight. Roughly 1,100 missiles expended translates to between 1.5 and 3 tons of NdFeB feedstock. China refines the vast majority of the world’s dysprosium and terbium.

F-35 Lightning II. For a decade, the Department of Defense itself has repeated that each F-35 contains 920 pounds of rare earths. The strategically critical content is the high-temperature SmCo and dysprosium-doped NdFeB in the engine actuators, electric drives, and radar.

 

These are materials Beijing has placed under license.
 

So US used up most of their ammo in Iran and now need China's permission to reload.

[facthunter]

Trump said "America DOESN'T Have MANY Geniuses".   That having been said HE listens to nobody, anyhow and GOD put him where he is.  And He just accidently becomes much more wealthy and dictatorial, WTF? Good on you GOP. Who's laughing the Most? CHINA. Well done! US continues to fall further behind, in debt, Inflation and infrastructure and Production.  Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

Everyone is following the world cup, but as FIFA is a corrupt rort for a sport, there is no way that my eyeballs are going to be used in the numbers to get the advertisers to pay the TV stations to pay FIFA to watch the world cup. 

 

What#s this got to do with Chump?

 

Well, he has stepped in and FIFA has bowed to his request to suspend the suspension - in accordance with the rules - of whom I suppose is an American star player: https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12098/13560770/world-cup-2026-fifa-step-in-to-allow-banned-folarin-balogun-to-play-usa-last-16-tie-a-move-praised-by-president-donald-trump

 

So, if you;re likened to watch the game, you are now inadvertently supporting Chump cheating. 

[red750]

Thi is the incident Balogun was awarded the red card for, stepping on an oponent's foot.

 

[kgwilson]

FIFA management has been corrupt for years bowing to the almighty $. They inserted a drinks break supposedly because of the heat but mandated it for all games whether it is hot or cold, effectively splitting the game in to 4 quarters. This not only disrupts the flow of the game & gives players a bit of a breather but and most importantly provides and additional period to rake in $billions from advertisers.

[Jerry_Atrick]

5 hours ago, red750 said:

Thi is the incident Balogun was awarded the red card for, stepping on an oponent's foot.

 

There are always questionable decisions that result in red cards. There are questionable decisions in all sports that have adverse effects. That is part and parcel of the game. I can't recall a time when FIFA has overruled a decision in the world cup prior. In 2018, Australia lost to Italy in the last 32 or whatever. Australia, under Gus Huding were the far better side.

 

I saw that game. The British referee made what looked like horrendous decisions which cost Australia the game. Even the Brits were apologising on his behalf... 

 

FIFA didn't review and "put right" the decisions... 

Edited 18 minutes ago by Jerry_Atrick