Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Edge-]

We're speedrunning China becoming the leader in every research field by taking that money away from our top universities. Absolute clown shit.

Don't forget the reports that Donald and Republicans want to axe 50% of NASA's science budget.

Republicans and Donald are working hard to Make America As Stupid As Possible.

[Poopymonster]

Don't forget the reports that Donald and Republicans want to axe 50% of NASA's science budget.

Republicans and Donald are working hard to Make America As Stupid As Possible.

Well, didn't one of those Assholes from the party of Fuck You try to run on "Make America Florida"?
They're working on it.

[Edge-]

Well, didn't one of those Assholes from the party of Fuck You try to run on "Make America Florida"?
They're working on it.

Yes. And literally nobody wanted that and he got his ass kicked.

Republicans sure don't seem to like American and want to make it something else than what it is, in general.

[Bwgmon]

Yes. And literally nobody wanted that and he got his ass kicked.

Republicans sure don't seem to like American and want to make it something else than what it is, in general.

And they have the gall to go "If you don't like America, then leave" despite they themselves spending 90% of the past 5 decades crying endlessly about how much they hate every aspect of America.

[Breccia]

"failure to police antisemitism"

"Had protests against Trump's policy for Israel".

[Edge-]

"Had protests against Trump's policy for Israel".

Someone should tell the White House about all the antisemites and Nazi apologists roaming in the West Wing and the Pentagon.

I'm sure they'll be shocked to hear this and will want to take swift action.

Surely.

[Moralgy]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-cab...225426989.html

When Mr Musk denied this, Mr Collins demanded that Doge should be strategic about their cuts and not wield a blunt instrument to cleave off staff in his department, to which the president agreed.

“Trump called the meeting and then he backed his cabinet guys. Collins and Duffy called him (Musk) a liar to his face, in front of the president.”

I think we are starting to see the end of doge as even the telegraph is posting stuff like this now. I think it is inevitable that trump and musk get in a baby rage screaming match soon because both have the same ego to them.

[Edge-]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-cab...225426989.html



I think we are starting to see the end of doge as even the telegraph is posting stuff like this now. I think it is inevitable that trump and musk get in a baby rage screaming match soon because both have the same ego to them.

i like how this is all reporting on how apparently everyone in the white house hates elon and blames him for everything

but nobody will actually say shit roflmao

same shit as the last administration, apparently everyone was actually secretly a very good person protecting the nation and who hated what was going on but nobody actually like, you know, publicly ever did anything about it

which, to me, reads a lot more like farming positive headlines in the face of nonstop bad press because media are giddy to be manipulated again

[Bwgmon]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-cab...225426989.html



I think we are starting to see the end of doge as even the telegraph is posting stuff like this now. I think it is inevitable that trump and musk get in a baby rage screaming match soon because both have the same ego to them.

God, I hope their egos get them into a shit-flinging contest where they expose some indefensible shit on eachother.

[Rasulis]

The Justice Department on Friday celebrated its decision to drop a federal lawsuit against a Louisiana petrochemical plant accused of worsening cancer risks for residents in a majority-Black community, saying the dismissal showed that officials are “delivering on President (Donald) Trump’s promise to dismantle radical DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) programs and restore integrity to federal enforcement efforts.”

Smack dab in the middle of Cancer Alley.

The Denka plant is located in an industrial stretch of Louisiana from New Orleans to Baton Rouge that is officially called the Mississippi River Chemical Corridor. It’s known informally as Cancer Alley for the high incidence of cancer among residents who live near the industrial corridor, which has about 200 fossil fuel and petrochemical operations. The area accounts for about 25% of the petrochemical production in the United States.

Trying to protect US citizens from carcinogenic chemicals = DEI.

[Draco-Onis]

If you are curious where the fund leaving US stock market went to, take a look at China's and EU's markets.

Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and Xiaomi doubled their combined market cap to $1.6 trillion this year. Meanwhile, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla lost $3 trillion.

The German DAX index has risen nearly 17% so far this year. France’s CAC 40 has gained 11.5% and Britain’s FTSE 100 has advanced nearly 9%. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 is up less than 1% since the start of the year. The last time this happened, it was the year 2000.

That makes sense the EU, China and many other countries are launching massive spending programs so that they can decouple themselves from the US. The damage done by Trump is irreversible, these countries including Canada and Mexico will never cozy up to the US again.

[Edge-]

The Justice Department on Friday celebrated its decision to drop a federal lawsuit against a Louisiana petrochemical plant accused of worsening cancer risks for residents in a majority-Black community, saying the dismissal showed that officials are “delivering on President (Donald) Trump’s promise to dismantle radical DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) programs and restore integrity to federal enforcement efforts.”

Smack dab in the middle of Cancer Alley.



Trying to protect US citizens from carcinogenic chemicals = DEI.

White supermacists, the lot of them.

[Cthulhu 2020]

And how does she feel with Trump as president?

And Trump’s approach to Israel?



And like I said, any “progressive” voter that didn’t vote because Harris wasn’t “exciting” enough doesn’t actually care about progressive issues, because they are more than happy to cut the nose to spite their own face.

This “I’m not happy with the lesser of two evils” crap is tiresome. We live in reality, where the greater evil doesn’t give a fuck about whether you believe you kept some sense of “pride” in your choice to valiantly not do anything or not. They just think “damn, I’m glad those guys were easy to beat. Anyway, on to destroying the government; we’re gonna need some good scapegoats to persecute in the meantime.”

And any progressive voters like that? They’re gonna be part of that same FAFO. Sadly Trump’s first term wasn’t illustration enough.

I was told I was delusional by Jill Stein supporters when I said Trump was going to give Israel a blank check to completely decimate and annex Gaza. That surely Trump wouldn't be worse than Kamala on genocide.

Vindicated AGAIN. Damn I hate continuing to be right and predicting everything, even though it was clear as day for anyone with a brain.

[Rasulis]

White supermacists, the lot of them.

It gets worse.

The Environmental Protection Agency is rewriting a rule providing safeguards to prevent accidents at chemical plants, according to a motion filed Thursday in federal court, a move that would affect nearly 12,000 chemical facilities around the country.

The EPA asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to pause legal challenges to safety regulations introduced during the Biden administration while it “undertakes a new rulemaking,” without specifying how it would change them. The stricter standards established under the Biden administration were set to go into effect next year and be fully implemented by May 2027.

[gondrin]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-cab...225426989.html



I think we are starting to see the end of doge as even the telegraph is posting stuff like this now. I think it is inevitable that trump and musk get in a baby rage screaming match soon because both have the same ego to them.

I love this part of it.

You have fired “nobody,” Mr Musk is said to have told Mr Rubio, scornfully insinuating that the only person he had fired was a staff member from Doge.

Sorry Musk, you are finding out that you have no actual power and are going to find out really quick what pissing off people do that actually do have power. They can easily lock you, your minions and the like out of any department they so choose.

And here it is happening sooner than I thought it would happen. I thought it would be another good 6 months before everything started to come to a head.

EDIT: Want to add this. Making something more efficient is a good thing and pretty much everyone will generally agree on this. Making something cheaper is also a good thing and pretty much everyone agrees on this. How we get to that point is where the differences come in. But at no time is just firing everyone with a certain designation(probationary) a good way to make things more efficient or even cheaper. At no time is bringing people in without any actual experience in the fields they are trying to work with to make those areas more efficient ever going to be cheaper or actually make things efficient. Using AI to do this is most definitely not going to do that either as we are seeing when it flagged pictures of the Enola Gay for removal.

[Edge-]

It gets worse.

The Environmental Protection Agency is rewriting a rule providing safeguards to prevent accidents at chemical plants, according to a motion filed Thursday in federal court, a move that would affect nearly 12,000 chemical facilities around the country.

The EPA asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to pause legal challenges to safety regulations introduced during the Biden administration while it “undertakes a new rulemaking,” without specifying how it would change them. The stricter standards established under the Biden administration were set to go into effect next year and be fully implemented by May 2027.

Donald and Republicans want to give Americans cancer, it seems.

[gondrin]

I was told I was delusional by Jill Stein supporters when I said Trump was going to give Israel a blank check to completely decimate and annex Gaza. That surely Trump wouldn't be worse than Kamala on genocide.

Vindicated AGAIN. Damn I hate continuing to be right and predicting everything, even though it was clear as day for anyone with a brain.

Anyone with a functioning brain could have seen that Trump pretty much was going to either back off of Israel completely or outright help them genocide Palestine(both Gaza and the West Bank).

So those Arabs in Deerborn, how do you like your vote now?

[tehdang]

The Republican assault on higher education continues.

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/nx-s1...lion-cancelled



Gotta keep Americans from getting a higher education because that teaches them critical thinking skills.

Let me respond to this by quoting the Democratic Senator from Pennsylvania:

Columbia let antisemitism run amok to cater to lunatic fringe and paid provocateurs.

Leadership allowed those assholes to take over the campus and terrorize Jewish students.

Now, Columbia pays for its failure and I support that.

https://x.com/SenFettermanPA/status/1898080811301454149


I know this will make some anti-semites mad. But they had a good run of it during the Biden administration. Look back on the good times when you could do whatever, and only get some stern words in return.

“Universities must comply with all federal antidiscrimination laws if they are going to receive federal funding. For too long, Columbia has abandoned that obligation to Jewish students studying on its campus. Today, we demonstrate to Columbia and other universities that we will not tolerate their appalling inaction any longer.”

They can, of course, decide that the federal cuts are worth it to maintain their tolerance or establishment of content-discriminatory policies, intimidation, harassment, property destruction, and assault. Naturally, while saying it actually doesn't like those things, all the while showing that nothing will be done. They have a $15 billion endowment, so if that's what they want it used for, by all means.

https://x.com/JGreenblattADL/status/1898138184711835956

[Rasulis]

Donald and Republicans want to give Americans cancer, it seems.

You may be right.

Iowa has the second highest rate of new cancer cases in the U.S. It is also one of the states with the highest cancer prevalence rates. However, potential cuts to federal funding for medical research threaten future progress in cancer treatment.

[gondrin]

You may be right.

Iowa has the second highest rate of new cancer cases in the U.S. It is also one of the states with the highest cancer prevalence rates. However, potential cuts to federal funding for medical research threaten future progress in cancer treatment.

"Make America Cancerous Again"