Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Edge-]

This is literal cancel culture from the woke right

it's different when they do it : 3

[Kaleredar]

it's different when they do it : 3

And of course it’s them feigning concern over something they do casually, which is either ignore or outright call for political violence against people and groups they don’t like.

They pretend to have a platform, they pretend to have a plan, they pretend to have empathy, and they pretend to have standards.

[btlcryct]

He must be sick of all this winning! SCOTUS blocks Trump from using the AEA:

https://nypost.com/2025/05/16/us-new...blow-to-trump/

It's on CNN too, but behind their paywall.

[Belize]

He must be sick of all this winning! SCOTUS blocks Trump from using the AEA:

https://nypost.com/2025/05/16/us-new...blow-to-trump/

It's on CNN too, but behind their paywall.

Lol Alito and Thomas continuing to be less respectable than actual scum.

[s_bushido]

Lol Alito and Thomas continuing to be less respectable than actual scum.

They have to keep up appearances for their sponsors. Though I think they should be required to wear patches on their robes like race car drivers or esports teams.

[btlcryct]

They have to keep up appearances for their sponsors. Though I think they should be required to wear patches on their robes like race car drivers or esports teams.

My dad has said that for years for all politicians.

[Edge-]

He must be sick of all this winning! SCOTUS blocks Trump from using the AEA:

https://nypost.com/2025/05/16/us-new...blow-to-trump/

It's on CNN too, but behind their paywall.

reckon donny will hold the record for most cases lost in front of the scotus and highest proportion of cases lost in front of the scotus?

seems very likely at this point

[Kaleredar]

reckon donny will hold the record for most cases lost in front of the scotus and highest proportion of cases lost in front of the scotus?

seems very likely at this point

I’d be surprised if he didn’t already

[postman1782]

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They didn't say a fucking thing when Republicans said to 86 Joe Biden.

Here is Matt Gaetz saying his "86" is different than Comey's: https://www.the-independent.com/news...-b2752452.html

In that link Jack Posobiec said the same thing on Twitter.

Here is a link showing they were selling fucking shirts to 8646: https://www.latintimes.com/conservat...47-post-583225

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Comey, 2016 and 2017: This respected, sober-minded, nonpartisan career civil servant is the pride of the FBI. We can trust him to handle the moment. He is virtually the law itself.
Comey, now: lol 8647, cool joke bros. Just discovered these seashells on the beach! Wait, no, I'm going to take it down. Not that there was actually anything wrong with it, of course!

What a clown. The maturity of a 22 year old shitposter, the physical age of a man in his 60s. He does great damage to the illusion of professionalism and non-partisan character in the federal bureaucracy. And his, um, resist-y allies just don't see it. Pick up a shovel, you're burying the reputation of the civil service just like your opponents.

I told you. Trump will step over his dick on this one. If he had any brains at all, he'd put this in a 2 minute monologue on when he first met Comey and how he was described to him.

When I think of right-wing whack jobs, I think of recruiting soldiers to fight in Ukraine against Russia. Holding protest signs in Kiev. Leave it at whack jobs.

Don't worry, I'm well aware that "Russia, are you listening?" was Trump committing treason by asking Russia to hack into Hillary's emails. And not a joke. Oh god, somebody made the OK sign with the hand. Of course, knowing that it's been coopted by the alt right, and still knowingly doing so! Etc etc. I'm familiar.

Feel free to get him back in his former job in a future AOC or Buttigieg administration (or Kamala? I don't even know.) I gather this kind of Instagram behavior is a career-enhancer for the left.

He might need a few expletive-laden rants to really convince me he's considering going back into public service. He's just trying to get attention to sell his book.

You can shut the fuck up again with the faux outrage.

[Xath]

Comey, 2016 and 2017: This respected, sober-minded, nonpartisan career civil servant is the pride of the FBI. We can trust him to handle the moment. He is virtually the law itself.
Comey, now: lol 8647, cool joke bros. Just discovered these seashells on the beach! Wait, no, I'm going to take it down. Not that there was actually anything wrong with it, of course!

What a clown. The maturity of a 22 year old shitposter, the physical age of a man in his 60s. He does great damage to the illusion of professionalism and non-partisan character in the federal bureaucracy. And his, um, resist-y allies just don't see it. Pick up a shovel, you're burying the reputation of the civil service just like your opponents.

I told you. Trump will step over his dick on this one. If he had any brains at all, he'd put this in a 2 minute monologue on when he first met Comey and how he was described to him.

When I think of right-wing whack jobs, I think of recruiting soldiers to fight in Ukraine against Russia. Holding protest signs in Kiev. Leave it at whack jobs.

Don't worry, I'm well aware that "Russia, are you listening?" was Trump committing treason by asking Russia to hack into Hillary's emails. And not a joke. Oh god, somebody made the OK sign with the hand. Of course, knowing that it's been coopted by the alt right, and still knowingly doing so! Etc etc. I'm familiar.

Feel free to get him back in his former job in a future AOC or Buttigieg administration (or Kamala? I don't even know.) I gather this kind of Instagram behavior is a career-enhancer for the left.

He might need a few expletive-laden rants to really convince me he's considering going back into public service. He's just trying to get attention to sell his book.

Do you ever actually look at the actions of the shitstain you voted for before posting? Like his most recent the posts threatening The Boss granted he probably has even less maturity than your average 22 year shitposter but still.

[Jastall]

Clutching pearls about Comey, who hasn't held an office in years, making one (1) shitpost while the actual sitting President is out there making 4chan posters look like bastions of eloquence and moral rectitude on his safe space platform is a new low of bullshit lol.

[NED funded]

Lol Alito and Thomas continuing to be less respectable than actual scum.

I will keep remarking that its insane that Alito and Thomas are more insane than the actual Trump appointees they fought tooth and nail for.

Bush Era judges man

[gondrin]

So, Trump in his normal fashion cannot handle the fact that SCOTUS pretty much rejected his birthright citizenship arguments. Granted, they haven't issued a ruling yet but, as far as the current arguments were put forth, they were just bad all around.

https://newrepublic.com/post/195343/...ht-citizenship

Trump Thursday night:

“The Radical Left SleazeBags, which has no cards remaining in its illegal bag of tricks, is, in a very coordinated manner, PLAYING THE REF with regard to the United States Supreme Court. They lost the Election in a landslide, and with it, have totally lost their confidence and reason. They are stone cold CRAZY! I hope the Supreme Court doesn’t fall for the games they play. The people are with us in bigger numbers than ever before. They want to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”

Trump Friday morning:

“SUPREME COURT IS BEING PLAYED BY THE RADICAL LEFT LOSERS, WHO HAVE NO SUPPORT, THE PUBLIC HATES THEM, AND THEIR ONLY HOPE IS THE INTIMIDATION OF THE COURT, ITSELF. WE CAN’T LET THAT HAPPEN TO OUR COUNTRY!”

[Odinfrost]

So, Trump in his normal fashion cannot handle the fact that SCOTUS pretty much rejected his birthright citizenship arguments. Granted, they haven't issued a ruling yet but, as far as the current arguments were put forth, they were just bad all around.

https://newrepublic.com/post/195343/...ht-citizenship

Trump Thursday night:



Trump Friday morning:

IT'S EVERYONE'S FAULT THAN MINE!
- Donald J. "The Toddler" Trump

[gondrin]

So, another Legislative branch agency, another attempt by Trump or Musk to install minions into it. This time, the Government Accountability Office. And, much like the Library of Congress, got completely rebuffed and shown the door.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...8d9e98f1&ei=31

As the White House angles to exert control over the Library of Congress, Democrats defended the independence of another legislative branch agency on Friday.

A spokesman for the Government Accountability Office confirmed that the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency attempted to assign a team there but was rebuffed.

“I can confirm that GAO has been contacted by DOGE staffers seeking to assign a team to GAO,” the spokesman said in a statement, without saying when the request occurred. “As a legislative branch agency, GAO is not subject to Executive Orders and has therefore declined any requests to have a DOGE team assigned to GAO.”

Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee decried the attempts by DOGE, which is spearheaded by billionaire GOP donor and government contractor Elon Musk.

“DOGE’s attempted intrusion into an independent, nonpartisan legislative branch agency is a direct assault on our nation’s sacred separation of powers,” Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, D-Va., said in a statement. “DOGE cannot and must not have any access to GAO. Oversight Democrats are monitoring this situation closely and stand behind GAO’s well-established status as a critical legislative branch agency.”

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, also issued a statement. “The law is crystal clear: GAO is a legislative branch agency not subject to DOGE or the president’s whims. It is an indispensable, impartial government watchdog, and its independence must remain. My message to Elon and DOGE: get lost.”

An internal communication on Friday alerted GAO employees to the request from DOGE and the agency’s intent to push back, according to reporting by NOTUS.

News of the contact comes days after President Donald Trump fired the librarian of Congress and the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, and attempted to install two Department of Justice officials to act in their stead. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle criticized Trump for the actions, saying they violated the Constitution’s separation of powers, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries , D-N.Y., said “litigation will be evaluated strongly.”

It also comes after GAO angered some Republicans with its stance on Clean Air Act waivers. Republican lawmakers hope to use the Congressional Review Act, which allows Congress to block an agency rulemaking within a 60-day period by simple majority in both chambers, to prevent a waiver granted by the EPA to California that allowed the state to effectively ban gas-powered vehicles by 2035.

After GAO said it did not view those waivers as eligible to be overturned under the CRA process, House Oversight Chair James R. Comer, R-Ky., and Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., sent a letter to the head of GAO raising questions about “distortion of its role” and “ideological bias.”

Led by Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, GAO is the federal government’s chief audit agency. The nonpartisan legislative branch organization provides detailed policy analysis and program evaluations at the direction of Congress.

Dodaro recently testified before a Senate panel on its investigations of any attempts by the administration to withhold congressionally-appropriated funds. “We have right now 39 different investigations underway. We’re trying to get the information from the agencies about what their legal position is for not expending the money,” Dodaro told the Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee in April, adding that the executive branch had been slow to respond to GAO’s inquiries.

DOGE’s stated purpose is to root out fraud and waste in the federal government and improve efficiency, mirroring GAO’s own long-held mission. But some reports have estimated that DOGE’s early efforts, which included attempts at decimating federal staffing levels, will actually increase federal expenditures.

[NED funded]

I was reading the news about the new supreme court around nationwide injunction but yeah, one of the judges made the perfect argument. If Trump succeeds on this, the next dem president can just unilaterally forgive student debt and issue nationwide rent control and let the people affected fight it out in the mean time. It could take years until they succeed adn the government is not motivated to ever bring the case to the supreme court. So the people affected would need to win, a lower court case, the case of appeals and so on and on

[Corvus]

Moody's has downgraded the US's AAA credit rating.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4ge0xk4ld1o

Such economic management.

[Xyonai]

Moody's has downgraded the US's AAA credit rating.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4ge0xk4ld1o

Such economic management.

It's almost as if, for the last twenty five years, every time the Republican party has held a majority in DC the Economy fucking tanks. It's fucking wild how, without fail, the exact same people will keep doing the exact same shit with the exact same results and yet somehow still get away with being the 'Fiscally Responsible' party.

[Draco-Onis]

Moody's has downgraded the US's AAA credit rating.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4ge0xk4ld1o

Such economic management.

They are simply reflecting the reality of the dollar and the bond market, the US is no longer a safe haven.

[tehdang]

What happened to free speech dude. Why do Trump cultists hate the First Ammendment so much, it's really sad how easily offended you are.

Typical conflation of criticism for legal consequences. Quote what made you feel this way.

You need to learn to come to a point because a bunch of vague insinuations about tone policing by… whomever… really doesn’t come off as anything meaningful.

FBI director beclowns himself. It's instagram-stupid to post that you were walking on the beach and happened upon seashells saying 8647. The poor judgment to post that on social media shows he lacks judgment. Leave the shitposts to shitposters.

Unless you like how Trump speaks and acts.

Do you ever actually look at the actions of the shitstain you voted for before posting? Like his most recent the posts threatening The Boss granted he probably has even less maturity than your average 22 year shitposter but still.

I tend to think people disagree with Trump. Then I hear that they expect Trump's opponents to act like him. If you like Trump and you like Comey and you want more shitposters and memers promoted in society, then behave exactly as you are now.

What are we talking abt? He has retired from public advocacy since 2020, he hasnt been working in the government and is retired from that end, and he doesnt even have a large public platform. B4 Conservatives made this "story" into national news like 60 people gave his Instagram post a heart. People that have given their life for the government and did their job in the most professional way deserve to have their opinions not be scrutinized by the government or even turned into national news.

This is literal cancel culture from the woke right

He showed bad judgment back then, and he's continued down the path of clownery. "Opinions scrutinized by the government" what are you talking about and who are you talking to? Is Instagram the government now? Am I the government?

He got trapped in a bad situation of his own making during the Hillary-Weiner stuff, and was director of the FBI that used opposition research from the Hillary campaign to start wiretaps on the Trump campaign. When he does stupid posts on instagram, it reminds everybody of the character of the man making it. You stumble upon seashells on the beach saying 8647, and post it on Instagram much, NED funded?