Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Draco-Onis]

So, anyone taking any over / under bets on how long Trump is in office before he straight up just unequivocally violates a law and receives absolutely no consequences for doing so. Just straight up orders someone to do something completely illegal and they just do it, and the republicans just pull out all the stops to prevent anything from being done about it? Cause I seriously wouldn't put it past the incoming administration to pull something like that within the month.

The supreme court has already declared that Trump is above the law, he can shoot someone in broad daylight and there will be no consequences.

[Belize]

Vivek Ramaswamy already out at DOGE, FUCKING LOL.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vivek-r...o-depart-doge/

H-how many scarammuchi's to not even make it to day 0

[Flarelaine]

And just by voting for trump again you can extrapolate, at best, they are indifferent to enjoy the plights of children, lgbtq, women and people of colour

Fixed that for you.

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Vivek Ramaswamy already out at DOGE, FUCKING LOL.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vivek-r...o-depart-doge/

What? DOGE was two people and is now one dude. That is efficiency.

[Doomcookie]

So Trump launched his memecoin $TRUMP a few days ago, it appreciated in value rapidly, and made a lot of really savvy crypto investors a lot of money - those who invested early (or were in on the ground floor) and sold soon after the launch made a hundreds of thousands to millions.

The catch?

80% of all TRUMP coin belonged to one wallet - obviously owned by Trump or someone in his family like Barron.

Now the rugpull has arrived, and the main wallet holder dropped a ton of coin all at once, causing the price to plummet over 50% within hours. Crypto investors lost nearly $30 billion to this huge rugpull by Trump's family.

And the kicker? The day after Barron Trump launched $BARRON meme coin, and it's looking like the same thing is about to happen.

Today? Melania has launched $MELANIA coin, and people are still buying this shit after they got rugpulled by Trump.

Truly the stupidest people on the planet.

A lot of it is going to be dumb kids and gamer investors. The rest, well, that's going to be foreign governments lining his pockets.

[gondrin]

And people seriously say, that cryptos aren't a pyramid scheme. Sure as fuck looks and works like one, every time.

I agree that these aren't pyramid schemes. These are simple rug pulls. The biggest difference between the two is there aren't people out there recruiting others to sell stuff and then trying to recruit more people because they would earn a commission from those people. It is just one person basically selling whatever Pog or Beanie Baby this is and then cashing out.

[Poopymonster]

So, anyone taking any over / under bets on how long Trump is in office before he straight up just unequivocally violates a law and receives absolutely no consequences for doing so. Just straight up orders someone to do something completely illegal and they just do it, and the republicans just pull out all the stops to prevent anything from being done about it? Cause I seriously wouldn't put it past the incoming administration to pull something like that within the month.

I'd say -7 years at a guess, we've already been there.

[Aphelios]

Soon the God-Emperor will ascend to his rightful place.


Infracted.

[Shadowferal]

Soon the God-Emperor will ascend to his rightful place.

And now you can pretend to be brave to respond to posts..

[Gabriel]

Soon the God-Emperor will ascend to his rightful place.

Fun fact: The real God-Emperor was a colossal moron blinded by his hubris as well.

[En Sabah Nur]

And now you can pretend to be brave to respond to posts..

Respond? The account exists solely to throw out one post and get as many replies as it can. Responding would ruin that!

[Corvus]

So Trump is now ripping off the cryptobros. No one ever accused then of being smart, but to fall to the same scan three times is impressive.

[Draco-Onis]

So Trump is now ripping off the cryptobros. No one ever accused then of being smart, but to fall to the same scan three times is impressive.

That's actually 6 crypto scams, 2 NFT runs, 2 crypto coin, 2 meme coins that play out in 4 years. These "projects" are making them billions, you cannot blame them millions of people were dumb enough to vote for them. They are suckers asking to be scammed, it would be a crime not to rip them off.

[Breccia]

Soon the God-Emperor will ascend to his rightful place.

Interesting post from a clearly honest and genuine poster. @Flarelaine your thoughts?

Unrelated: remember all those political opponents Trump said he would prosecute? Maybe telling your enemies your strategy really is a dumb idea after all.

With just hours remaining in office, President Joe Biden issued a slew of pardons Monday morning to pre-emptively protect people President-elect Donald Trump had threatened.

Biden pardoned former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci, members and staff of the committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, and Capitol and D.C. Metropolitan police officers who testified before that committee.

The panel’s members included Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who was then a House member; former Reps. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., Elaine Luria, D-Va., and Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla.; and current Reps. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.

The police officers who testified before the committee included Harry Dunn, Aquilino Gonell, Michael Fanone and Daniel Hodges.

Trump reacted to the pardons in a text message to NBC News Monday, “It is disgraceful," he wrote, claiming without evidence, "Many are guilty of MAJOR CRIMES!”

"Which crimes?"

He has never said.

"Well if they are not guilty of any crimes, why pardon them? And if they are criminals, shouldn't they face consequences for their actions?"

According to the 2024 general election, no.

"Innocent people don't need pardons!"

We'll come back to that if and when Trump pardons the terrorists who were tried and convicted in a court of law. Also, didn't he pardon some of his friends, like Steve Bannon? If you are against pardoning guilty criminals, this is a very strange time to bring that up. If you believe the pardon should be use to correct mistakes of justice, well, prosecuting people who were investigating actual crimes for their act of investigating crimes sounds like a mistake of justice to me, which Biden has just headed off.

In a statement, Biden said that some of the people he pre-emptively pardoned were “threatened with criminal prosecutions” and that he “cannot in good conscience do nothing.”

“These public servants have served our nation with honor and distinction and do not deserve to be the targets of unjustified and politically motivated prosecutions,” he wrote.

The president said Milley served the U.S. for more than 40 years and “guided our Armed Forces through complex global security threats and strengthened our existing alliances while forging new ones.” Fauci, he said, saved lives managing responses to HIV/AIDS and the Ebola and Zika viruses and then he helped the country “tackle a once-in-a-century pandemic,” referring to Covid.

Biden defended the members of the Jan. 6 committee and slammed people — though he didn’t name Trump — who have attacked and threatened them. The president-elect has said members of the Jan. 6 committee should be investigated and jailed.

“Rather than accept accountability, those who perpetrated the January 6th attack have taken every opportunity to undermine and intimidate those who participated in the Select Committee in an attempt to rewrite history, erase the stain of January 6th for partisan gain, and seek revenge, including by threatening criminal prosecutions,” Biden wrote.

Biden said “baseless and politically motivated investigations wreak havoc on the lives, safety, and financial security of targeted individuals and their families.”

“Even when individuals have done nothing wrong — and in fact have done the right thing — and will ultimately be exonerated, the mere fact of being investigated or prosecuted can irreparably damage reputations and finances,” he said.

It's not 100% protection, but at least Biden stands for democracy and the rule of law. Prosecuting the people who looked into your many crimes isn't what America is supposed to be.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, criticized Biden's pre-emptive pardon of Fauci, with whom he has repeatedly clashed over the pandemic response.

"If there was ever any doubt as to who bears responsibility for the COVID pandemic, Biden’s pardon of Fauci forever seals the deal," Paul wrote in a post on X. He suggested he would investigate Fauci, saying, "I will not rest until the entire truth of the coverup is exposed. Fauci’s pardon will only serve as an accelerant to pierce the veil of deception."

By the way, I look forward to seeing what Sen. Paul said about Trump's pardons. If some Trump supporter finds a 2021 quote from Sen. Paul, accusing Trump of a coverup, by all means show it to demonstrate that he is being genuine and fair. Failing that, stepping between a dictator and their victim is how America started, and Biden is using a tool Trump campaigned and ran on using heavily.

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They are suckers asking to be scammed, it would be a crime not to rip them off.

I dunno, that feels like a side-effect this time. I think the most obvious answer is "Trump has found a way to legally get bribes from anyone, and we don't know who or for how much." Some FOX News watcher in Bumblefuck, AK losing $100 isn't going to matter. A coal baron handing Trump $100 million is.

[Mekh]

Soon the God-Emperor will ascend to his rightful place.

They're finally gonna land that headshot?

[Somewhatconcerned]

Biden with all his preemptive pardons....sheesh. Not a great look.

Not that anyone will want to take this on, but presidential pardon power needs to be reworked.

[Breccia]

Not a great look.

I'll take someone pardoning the innocent over someone who pardons terrorists. I'd ask your opinion, but you've already demonstrated it.

[Endus]

Biden with all his preemptive pardons....sheesh. Not a great look.

Not that anyone will want to take this on, but presidential pardon power needs to be reworked.

Blame the abuser-in-chief that Biden's protecting people from. Giving blanket pardons to people who've committed no crimes wouldn't be an issue whatsoever if the incoming President wasn't going to maliciously target them with bullshit harassment through his DOJ.

[Shadowferal]

Biden with all his preemptive pardons....sheesh. Not a great look.
Not that anyone will want to take this on, but presidential pardon power needs to be reworked.

I'm sure you thought this was a good look;

[Templar 331]

Biden with all his preemptive pardons....sheesh. Not a great look.

You're right. The fact that we're at the point where government officials and witnesses have to be pardoned to do their lawful duties is very sad.

Not that anyone will want to take this on,

You seriously don't know Trump. I mean you're basically simping for him but you really don't have the foggiest of clues how his decrepit little mind works. He WILL find a way to get around this, legal or not. He WILL send his murderous followers against these people again. Why? Because he's such an insecure little bitch that his ego will not let this go.

[Azadina]

I agree that these aren't pyramid schemes. These are simple rug pulls. The biggest difference between the two is there aren't people out there recruiting others to sell stuff and then trying to recruit more people because they would earn a commission from those people. It is just one person basically selling whatever Pog or Beanie Baby this is and then cashing out.

Recruiters or not, there's people at the top of the not pyramid (in this case Trump and anyone who got in early), being fed money by new people getting suckered on the scheme. The people at the bottom of the not pyramid on the other hand, they're the ones who pay the whole fun, losing their money.