Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Fugus]

A point of dogma though, because JC gave up a long weekend, no matter what you do, outside of one thing, if you say you're sorry and really really mean it, you're all good.

Their problem with that for them is you would actually have to regret what you did to be forgiven, which they never will. Them just regretting being held accountable for it isn’t the same thing and I don’t think any deity worth his salt would accept such a political apology. So according to their own beliefs they will burn and there is nothing they can do about it because they will never regret what they did or supported being inflicted on others.

[D Luniz]

i can't wait until doge loses all the social security money

you know, they're not perfect. they're going to make mistakes.

..lets hope its just "loses" and not somehow stealing it
funny as it might be to see musk savaged by a horde of octogenarians.

[Xyonai]

Musk goes on FOX News *ding* and says that Social Security payments will go up due to DOGE.

"Well that makes sense, the same money with all the fraud and waste removed, yeah, that would work."

It would not. Your payments are not affected by other people. Musk is lying because he knows the things he's doing are viewed honestly and is desperate to change the narrative.

Also, if SS was in trouble, why would you break the contract and increase output? That doesn't sound like saving taxpayer money at all.

Also, and this is the key feature, changes to Social Security are caused by laws being passed by the House and Senate.

If Team Trump knew what they were doing was the right thing to do, they wouldn't have to lie so blatantly about it. They know they're ruining it on purpose.

As someone who is on Social Security; Payments were gonna be going up anyway, they always do to keep up with inflation. So he's just going to take credit for something that was already about to happen.

[DarkTZeratul]

A point of dogma though, because JC gave up a long weekend, no matter what you do, outside of one thing, if you say you're sorry and really really mean it, you're all good.

It's the "and really really mean it" part that I think is key there, because you have to actually mean it.

[Poopymonster]

Their problem with that for them is you would actually have to regret what you did to be forgiven, which they never will. Them just regretting being held accountable for it isn’t the same thing and I don’t think any deity worth his salt would accept such a political apology. So according to their own beliefs they will burn and there is nothing they can do about it because they will never regret what they did or supported being inflicted on others.

If such an afterlife exists, then that will be when they learn this.
Until then they've been told "I'm sowwy" covers it all.

[En Sabah Nur]

Vance speaking right now saying Denmark has failed to keep the people of Greenland safe from Russia and China.

He thinks Greenland will vote for independence from Denmark and then accept a deal from Trump. Some kind of deal that will be if Ukraine is anything to go by...

Now he's complaining about the media's "obsession" with the Signal scandal. What a bitch.

B-but its Vance and his administration that are the threat to Greenland... literally not a peep until Trump decided he wanted it

[Poopymonster]

It's the "and really really mean it" part that I think is key there, because you have to actually mean it.

Thoughts and Prayers level of meaning it.
Which is good enough for them on Earth.

EDIT: Let's end this tangent, forum rules, I shouldn't have jumped in to start, mea culpa.

[Edge-]

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/trum...aundering.html

President Donald Trump has granted pardons to three co-founders of the BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange, CNBC has learned.

The co-founders, former CEO Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo and Samuel Reed, previously pled guilty to a range of federal criminal charges related to money laundering and failure to police the exchange.

Reed pled guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act in 2022 and agreed to pay a $10 million fine.

Prosecutors accused the men of effectively operating BitMEX as a “money laundering platform” and that its purported withdrawal from the U.S. market was “a sham.”

Trump issued the pardons on Thursday, more than three months after BitMEX was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 million for violating the Bank Secrecy Act by failing to establish and maintain anti-money-laundering and “know your customer” programs.

Delo, the former chief operating officer and chief strategy officer of BitMEX, had been sentenced to 30 months of probation after his guilty plea in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

Hayes was sentenced to six months of home confinement, followed by two years of probation.

Reed, who is the exchange’s former chief technology officer, was sentenced to 18 months of probation.

Trevor Milton, the founder and former CEO of electric truck maker Nikola, revealed Thursday night that Trump had pardoned him for his criminal conviction for securities fraud. Milton had been sentenced to four years in prison in that case, but remained free on appeal.

If you're rich or in crypto, you can do all the crime you apparently want since it seems Donald is happy to pardon these criminals.

Just a reminder of who this administration is working for and focusing on.

It's not the working American.

[Azadina]

B-but its Vance and his administration that are the threat to Greenland... literally not a peep until Trump decided he wanted it

It's like the mafia. You gotta pay the protection money, and in return you're kept safe.....from the mob. Would be a crying shame if your house burned down afterall!

[fwc577]

I can say that about the majority of Trump's voters. Maybe they should have voted for candidates that actually care about their welfare. They don't have to be perfect. As long as they care.

I'm all for expanding it to Trump Voters as well as people who were eligible to vote and didn't bother. It's all their faults.

[Edge-]

It's like the mafia. You gotta pay the protection money, and in return you're kept safe.....from the mob. Would be a crying shame if your house burned down afterall!

funny you mention this given the republican parties love of framing themselves like the mob, what with the "five families" and all that nonsense

[Azadina]

funny you mention this given the republican parties love of framing themselves like the mob, what with the "five families" and all that nonsense

Didn't they themselves do a Trump photo edit as a mob boss, and post it? Was it even Drumpf himself who posted? I seem to recall something like that, but now I'm not too sure. So much shit going on at the same time...

[Breccia]

EDIT: Let's end this tangent, forum rules,

*ahem*

When are you going to get on board rather than standing in the way of divinity?

Looks like discussing religion is expressly allowed. Carry on.

[LeGin v4]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwyd...31b50898f#post

"But today, Greenland faces new threats - from Russian aggression and Chinese expansion," the narrator continues.

It goes on to say describe the US-Greenland partnership growing with "every Arctic patrol, every partnership forged in the shadow of melting ice and rising tensions."

"This is not just history. It is destiny," as music swells in the background and icebergs are shown on screen.

"Now is the time to stand together again," it continues. "For peace, for security, for the future. America stands with Greenland."

rofl

It's like something from a Verhoeven film

[Iphie]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwyd...31b50898f#post

"But today, Greenland faces new threats - from Russian aggression and Chinese expansion," the narrator continues.

It goes on to say describe the US-Greenland partnership growing with "every Arctic patrol, every partnership forged in the shadow of melting ice and rising tensions."

"This is not just history. It is destiny," as music swells in the background and icebergs are shown on screen.

"Now is the time to stand together again," it continues. "For peace, for security, for the future. America stands with Greenland."

rofl

It's like something from a Verhoeven film

Ooh, back to the "Manifest Destiny" era I see, that ended so well for the indigneous peoples...

[Breccia]

Musk at the last minute deletes his own Tweet promising $1 million to people who voted for the candidate he told them to.

Musk initially announced the plan in a post shortly after midnight on Friday, promising a $1 million giveaway to two attendees who had voted. That post was deleted after legal experts raised concerns it would violate state law. Musk clarified on Friday afternoon that the giveaways would be limited to people who signed his super PAC’s petition — although Wisconsin’s attorney general said Friday his office would seek a court order to stop that from happening.


In a Friday afternoon post, Musk said the event would be held Sunday night and would be reserved for those who had signed a petition circulated by America PAC. He will hand out two $1 million checks at the event, he said.

He had previously posted, and then deleted, about the event and the checks, but the earlier post said the event would be “limited to those who have voted in the Supreme Court election.”

Yep, just another lie.

[SAY HER NAME]

Musk goes on FOX News *ding* and says that Social Security payments will go up due to DOGE.

"Well that makes sense, the same money with all the fraud and waste removed, yeah, that would work."

It would not. Your payments are not affected by other people. Musk is lying because he knows the things he's doing are viewed honestly and is desperate to change the narrative.

Also, if SS was in trouble, why would you break the contract and increase output? That doesn't sound like saving taxpayer money at all.

Also, and this is the key feature, changes to Social Security are caused by laws being passed by the House and Senate.

If Team Trump knew what they were doing was the right thing to do, they wouldn't have to lie so blatantly about it. They know they're ruining it on purpose.

I saw some bits of it and they are still repeating the lies that there are millions of dead people that are receiving social security

Its insane how little regard for the truth Musk and Trump have. The whole dead people with SSN receiving payments or being involved in fraudulent activities has been so thoroughly debunked its insane that he keeps telling it.

[Teriz]

To all the posters that spent part of 2024 posting "Strike Breaking Biden":
Fuck you and your turn to touch the Hot Stove.

Trump's executive order has illegally cancelled union contracts for 67% of the federal workforce & 75% of unionized federal employees, roughly 700,000 union workers.

This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history.

41% of Union workers voted for Trump.

It should have been 0%.

[fwc577]

41% of Union workers voted for Trump.

It should have been 0%.

It's a shame we cannot just fire 41% of Union Workers.

[Edge-]

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/trum...aundering.html



If you're rich or in crypto, you can do all the crime you apparently want since it seems Donald is happy to pardon these criminals.

Just a reminder of who this administration is working for and focusing on.

It's not the working American.

So fun fact on this pardon: Trevor Milton's lawyer is the brother of AG Pam Bondi.

He won't have to pay back the tens of millions he owes investors after his lied resulted in the company folding.

Just a reminder that Republicans do not care about conflicts of interest and have no shame.