Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Corvus]

No wonder Donica hates Hillary - no one likes being the side chick.

[Dontrike]

Trump is bigly mad at anyone that asks him about Epstein.

President Donald Trump shouted "quiet" at a reporter who tried to question him about the recent revelations regarding the Epstein files.

The president seemed to snap at a reporter aboard Air Force One after she pressed him about recently released emails from disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was charged with child sex trafficking in 2019. It was recently revealed that Epstein mentioned President Trump by name in an email.
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"What did Epstein mean when he said you knew about the girls?" the journalist asked.

He responded: "I know nothing about that. It’s really what did he mean when he spent all his time with Bill Clinton, Larry Summers? Epstein and I had a very bad relationship for many years. But he also saw strength because I was president, so he dictated memos to himself. Give me a break. You’ve got to find out what he knew with respect to Bill Clinton… all those people he knew, including JPMorgan Chase," he said a day before he ordered the Justice Department to investigate Epstein's ties to prominent Democrats.

When the reporter pushed the issue, the president shouted "quiet" as he took a question from another journalist. "If there is nothing incriminating in the files, why not—"

"Quiet! Quiet!" he shouted.

In a social media post Friday, Trump urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to take aim at former Harvard President Larry Summers, Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman, former President Bill Clinton, and the bank JPMorgan Chase. All of these individuals held prominent positions in both the Clinton and Obama administrations.

“This is another Russia, Russia, Russia Scam, with all arrows pointing to the Democrats. Records show that these men, and many others, spent large portions of their life with Epstein, and on his ‘Island,'"

Prosecutors have not charged any of the Democrats Trump identified with any crimes. Trump himself has also never been accused of any wrongdoing nor has he been the subject of any criminal investigations related to Epstein.

Bondi promptly assigned Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to lead the investigation. Clayton is the director of the agency that prosecuted Epstein and secured Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction.

“Thank you, Mr. President,” Bondi wrote. “SDNY U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton is one of the most capable and trusted prosecutors in the country, and I’ve asked him to take the lead. As with all matters, the Department will pursue this with urgency and integrity to deliver answers to the American people.”

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Trump says he doesn't know why he needed an MRI, but that, of course, they were the best results ever. His lies are almost boring at this point.

President Donald Trump appeared to have little to no understanding of why he underwent an MRI scan during his medical checkup last month, telling reporters aboard Air Force One that he had “no idea” what they analyzed.

Asked by a reporter on Friday why he needed to get the MRI, the president replied that it was part of his physical.

“Getting an MRI is very standard. What, you think I shouldn’t have it? Other people do,” he responded. “The doctor said it was the best result he has ever seen as a doctor. That’s it.”

He continued, “I have the physical every year and the result was outstanding. Is it your brain or your heart? I have no idea what they analyzed, but whatever they analyze, they analyzed it well and they said that I had as good a result as they’ve ever seen.”

The president also took a moment to praise the score he received on the mental acuity test he took as part of his physical, telling reporters, “As you probably heard, I aced it. I got a perfect score. I got the highest score. I got a perfect score. And the only reason I tell you that is it’s one subject unlike Biden and others that you could take off your plate.”

The president had previously described the cognitive assessment he undertook as “very hard,” comparing them to IQ tests and offering to compare his results to those of Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jasmine Crockett.

When Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked the same question earlier this month, she declined to answer, instead telling reporters that the president would inquire with his physicians and that she would follow up.

Reporters followed up a week later, once again asking Leavitt about the MRI. In response, she repeated the statement provided at the time, telling reporters that the scan was routine and showed that the president was in “exceptional physical health.”

Before reporters could ask any follow-up questions, she ended the briefing, cutting it short at around 25 minutes. She had previously declined to confirm the president had undergone an MRI at all, instead only telling reporters that he had undergone “advanced imaging, laboratory testing and preventative health assessments.”

The president himself ended up confirming his MRI while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One as it was flying from Malaysia to Japan last month.

“I got an MRI; it was perfect,” he said at the time. “I gave you the full results. We had an MRI… you know the whole thing. And it was perfect.”

Speaking to CNN, Dr. Jonathan Reiner said that there is a laundry list of reasons why Trump’s doctors may have requested an MRI, and that the White House owes the public an explanation.

“Typically, they’re prompted by symptoms,” Reiner said. “They can be neurologic symptoms that prompt an MRI. They could be back pain that prompts an MRI. There can be issues with the heart that would prompt an MRI.”

“For those reasons, the public should really be told, you know, why did the president undergo the test, what consultants he saw, and what was the result of the testing?”

Remember, Biden's health was super important and it was a "huge coverup," but Trump's obvious failing health, in a dozen ways, is something the media covers their eyes to.

[Rasulis]

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday said the Trump administration is planning to have all Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries reapply for the program due to alleged fraud.

How long would it take to process over 42 million SNAP applications? Does the USDA have the resources to process 42 million SNAP application in a timely manner?

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It has been verified that my 2019 book, The State of Water: Understanding California's Most Precious Resource, has been flagged under the current presidential administration's March 2025 Executive Order, "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History," at Yosemite National Park. This means that, while the book hasn't been pulled from the shelves, no bookstore within the park will purchase any more copies from my publisher. (Note: Some of the bookstores in Yosemite are still open during the shutdown.) The deeper meaning is that, consistent with other applications of this Executive Order, there is a consistent, clandestine attempt to exert non-democratic power and to control the narrative. The list of books so flagged doesn't officially exist, and I am keeping my sources secret. Although I am going to bang this drum, however small it may be. This book, probably my most political, wrestles with issues of indigenous justice, the restoration of Hetch Hetchy, the historical decoupling of the California economy from agriculture, the rights of biodiverse spaces under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and what an excellent work of infrastructure that great machine of industrial water is in the state, and how it may be amended towards an abundant future. If you know more about this process and its implications than I do, please let me know. Apparently, three other books have been flagged. I don't know what they are. The whiplash irony of all of this is that I was tagged as the Yosemite Keynote Artist this year by the National Gallery of Art in their project to reconcile American History, American Vision, and the wonderful, ecological entity that is Yosemite.

I'll have to remember to pick up a copy once I am back in the state.

[Gorsameth]

UPDATE: There’s still ‘no evidence’ China is buying all the U.S. soybeans it promised under Trump’s trade deal amid oversupply from South America.

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you

[En Sabah Nur]

Doesn't get more obvious than this, surely?

His feed is literally a collection of screenshotted replies to MTG's tweet. The breakup is real lol

[Cthulhu 2020]

Donald Trump being Bill Clinton's OTHER side piece was not on my Epstein files bingo card



“If Hillary Clinton can’t satisfy her husband what makes her think she can satisfy America?” Trump 2015

[Gabriel]

Donald Trump being Bill Clinton's OTHER side piece was not on my Epstein files bingo card

Brojob brojob!

[Draco-Onis]

Also something I think about. This isn’t stuff from the FBI that they took as evidence. This is stuff from Epstiens estate that the FBI didn’t take. Can imagine just how much worse the stuff they have on Trump is that they are refusing to release. Especially since their evidence includes 12TB of tape drive tapes.

And we should have had all this in the first year of Biden’s administration is Merrick Garland had just got off his geriatric, lazy, cowardly, useless bum ass and did his god damn job instead of trying so hard to play politics over optics.

If Merrick Garland did his job we could have avoided this…

If Bob Mueller did his job when it came to the findings of his report, good chance we could have stopped this.

Same goes for others as well… it’s like you have to be a coward or just too idealistic to be a democrat while the republicans can be as evil, underhanded and rapee as they want to be and actively works in their favor if they are.

I think we are witnessing the quiet revolt of the republicans, there's no way they didn't know that releasing 20K emails almost unredacted would make things worst for Trump. MTG and Trump just publicly broke up and republicans are now saying that there's nothing bad in the Epstein files because Biden didn't release them so Trump must be innocent. They are all quietly turning their knives on him using Epstein, they never liked Trump he was just a useful tool and they must be scared of the future.

Unless Trump can rally the troops things are going to go downhill for Donnie fast.

[alach]

Doesn't get more obvious than this, surely?

His feed is literally a collection of screenshotted replies to MTG's tweet.

The breakup is real lol

Well that's a shame. Couldn't happen to two more deserving folks.
Yet another trump loyalist who gets burned and tossed aside like yesterdays Big Mac wrapper. When will these fools learn?

Donald Trump being Bill Clinton's OTHER side piece was not on my Epstein files bingo card



“If Hillary Clinton can’t satisfy her husband what makes her think she can satisfy America?” Trump 2015

And that, is vomit inducing. Sleeziest, creepiest, dirty old man vibes. (mostly the one on the left)

[s_bushido]

Doesn't get more obvious than this, surely?

What is the significance of that image, other than the obvious "I'm going to seek an illegal 3rd term" thing?

[Mayhem]

Trump is bigly mad at anyone that asks him about Epstein.

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Trump says he doesn't know why he needed an MRI, but that, of course, they were the best results ever. His lies are almost boring at this point.

Remember, Biden's health was super important and it was a "huge coverup," but Trump's obvious failing health, in a dozen ways, is something the media covers their eyes to.

It reads like he thinks JPMorgan Chase is an actual person. Well, he puts his name on everything; maybe he thinks that's what everyone does. So, Samsung, obviously the name of the Family that owns Samsung. Maybe that's why he called the CEO of Apple Tim Apple.

[DarkTZeratul]

It reads like he thinks JPMorgan Chase is an actual person. Well, he puts his name on everything; maybe he thinks that's what everyone does. So, Samsung, obviously the name of the Family that owns Samsung. Maybe that's why he called the CEO of Apple Tim Apple.

On the one hand, unlike Tim Apple JP Morgan was, in fact, an actual person. On the other hand, he's been dead for 112 years (his son, JP Morgan Jr, has "only" been dead for a mere 82 years).

(Technically Salmon P. Chase was also a real person, but he had nothing to do with the bank that was named after him... and is, of course, also dead, having died all the way back in 1873).

[Draco-Onis]

And that, is vomit inducing. Sleeziest, creepiest, dirty old man vibes. (mostly the one on the left)

Trump is simply reaching across the isle

[Mayhem]

On the one hand, unlike Tim Apple JP Morgan was, in fact, an actual person. On the other hand, he's been dead for 112 years (his son, JP Morgan Jr, has "only" been dead for a mere 82 years).

(Technically Salmon P. Chase was also a real person, but he had nothing to do with the bank that was named after him... and is, of course, also dead, having died all the way back in 1873).

I'm aware of all of that, but thanks for highlighting the insanity of Trump thinking Epstein has met J.P. Morgan and Salmon Chase.

[Al Gorefiend]

I think we are witnessing the quiet revolt of the republicans, there's no way they didn't know that releasing 20K emails almost unredacted would make things worst for Trump. MTG and Trump just publicly broke up and republicans are now saying that there's nothing bad in the Epstein files because Biden didn't release them so Trump must be innocent. They are all quietly turning their knives on him using Epstein, they never liked Trump he was just a useful tool and they must be scared of the future.

Unless Trump can rally the troops things are going to go downhill for Donnie fast.

I read posts like this throughout all of 2024 so I'll believe accountability when I see it

[D Luniz]

UPDATE: There’s still ‘no evidence’ China is buying all the U.S. soybeans it promised under Trump’s trade deal amid oversupply from South America.

That's a constant. Everyone (supposedly) promises il Douche things, but they are things that conveniently have slow ramp ups, and they wait then ultimately have and will do nothing while the orange idiot stands on a podium claiming victory.

[Breccia]

Trump caught tiny-handed using autopen to pardon.

The Justice Department posted pardons online bearing identical copies of Trump’s signature before quietly correcting them this week after what the agency called a “technical error.”

The replacements came after online commenters seized on striking similarities in the president’s signature across a series of pardons dated Nov. 7, including those granted to former New York Mets player Darryl Strawberry, former Tennessee House speaker Glen Casada and former New York police sergeant Michael McMahon. In fact, the signatures on several pardons initially uploaded to the Justice Department’s website were identical, two forensic document experts confirmed to The Associated Press.

Within hours of the online speculation, the administration replaced copies of the pardons with new ones that did not feature identical signatures. It insisted Trump, who mercilessly mocked his predecessor’s use of an autopen, had originally signed all the Nov. 7 pardons himself and blamed “technical” and staffing issues for the error, which has no bearing on the validity of the clemency actions.

Oh, and the proof they got caught:

“There is no story here other than the fact that President Trump signed seven pardons by hand and DOJ posted those same seven pardons with seven unique signatures to our website,” Gilmartin said in a statement to AP, referring to the latest wave of clemency Trump has granted in recent weeks.

White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson wrote in an email that Trump “signed each one of these pardons by hand as he does with all pardons.”

“The media should spend their time investigating Joe Biden’s countless auto penned pardons, not covering a non-story,” she wrote.

Signatures are never identical unless mechanized. Trump offered no explanation how his staff could, somehow, have replaced his very real very honest signatures done by hand six times with a single copy from a single source - incidentally, wouldn't altering a federal form as important as a WH pardon be a very serious crime? Wouldn't you have to Photoshop that shit to do what they claim happened, and if that was true, why isn't anyone being fired or arrested?

Also, Trump did not sign these pardons in front of cameras, which he's done before. His word, "I promise I did these", means nothing.

Also:

On Friday, Republicans who control the committee released a statement that characterized Trump’s potential use of an electronic signature as legitimate, which it distinguished from Biden’s.

Yeah, everyone including Trump is admitting in public Trump uses autopen.

"But Breccia! Didn't you defend Biden using autopen?"

First of all, no, I was pretty quiet on the subject. Second of all, near as I can tell, the use of autopen is legal. The problem is Trump said it was bad, evil, and illegal, and of course that is now admission that he does it. And we know he knows it's bad because his use of autopen was fixed and blamed on Biden the second he was caught.

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How bad are the Epstein files?

FOX News brings up Hunter Biden *ding*

The Trump administration has so far remained silent on a widening corruption scandal inside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government and inner circle.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment on a $100 million corruption probe announced this week that has already prompted the resignations of senior Ukrainian officials.

Corruption has long been a friction point in U.S.–Ukraine relations. In 2019, the Trump administration paused roughly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine, citing concerns about government corruption. At the same time, Trump’s associates sought information on then–Democratic rival Joe Biden, who served as vice president under Barack Obama.

Meanwhile, Biden’s son Hunter held a $50,000-per-month board seat at the Ukrainian energy firm Burisma. As vice president, Joe Biden had threatened to withhold $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees unless Ukraine dismissed prosecutor Viktor Shokin, whom Western governments accused of failing to pursue corruption cases. Shokin later claimed he was fired because he was investigating Burisma — a claim U.S. and European officials dispute.

Has anyone seen this issue in any other source? Is anything about this especially new?

This really reads like FOX News telling Trump "you need to keep attacking Biden". Also

Trump for months has been working to secure a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, which the U.S. has provided with around $175 billion in aid since the start of the war in 2022.

...has he, though? Has he really?

[Draco-Onis]

I read posts like this throughout all of 2024 so I'll believe accountability when I see it

It's not accountability it's survival, Trump is 79 years old and decaying before their very eyes. All of these assholes want to be president / senator / whatever their plans go beyond a dying old man. They all want to quietly sink Trump's ship and take control of the MAGA movement. If Trump can rally them with something to keep the wolves fed they will continue to back him but he doesn't have anything at this point.

[Breccia]

If Trump can rally them with something to keep the wolves fed they will continue to back him but he doesn't have anything at this point.

This would explain why he's flailing desperately with the same tired old lines. He doesn't understand why people don't love him and he is trying what he thinks worked before. Meanwhile flights are grounded, prices are increasing, Trump raped children and layoffs are spiking. Anyone who's not Trump has to think about their future. Trump has none.

[Gigantique]

Is that how it is in the US? You can't inherit debts here in Finland at least.

You sure? Us Nordics tend to be similar-ish, and I'm 99% sure both here in Norway (and for my relatives in Sweden once my grandpa died as well as Iceland according to my wife) you don't automatically inherit debt but if you accept the inheritance you also accept any debt(s) along with it.

Not forced but if you want to inherit Papa's Vintage Dragon Rod collection you also have to take on all their debts and balance it up against whatever fortune he had.