Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[En Sabah Nur]

Am I missing something? How would a law in Florida apply to UK media?

It wouldn't. This is probably the best option they could think of to try and get Trump another pay day, because that's literally all this really is. Successfully sue an international organisation and it opens the gates to sue them all. I guess the thinking is everyone will cave the same way US companies did. For the BBC, though, its actually demanding the UK population pay up, because they're the people that fund the BBC. Don't think that'll go down too well outside of the obvious places.

[Poopymonster]

Trump is suing the BBC for $10 billion. Not in the UK, but in Florida.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-...edit/106148940

Unless it gets thrown out immediately, it becomes a money sink for the BBC. And Trump right now has effectively unlimited funds in the US to prolong it.

[Twdft]

Literally come out and say he did give a blowjob to Clinton.

The base can handle someone who is racist, someone who is a pedophile and the like. But being gay or even gay curious? Might as well as be a death sentence.

Just imagine him blowing Clinton would lead to MAGA finally accepting gay people as people.

[Poopymonster]

Just imagine him blowing Clinton would lead to MAGA finally accepting gay people as people.

If Trump blew Charlie Kirk that might have worked.
Remember Christie's hug with Obama that sank him?
You can cross the streams but not cross the aisle.

[Mayhem]

It wouldn't. This is probably the best option they could think of to try and get Trump another pay day, because that's literally all this really is. Successfully sue an international organisation and it opens the gates to sue them all. I guess the thinking is everyone will cave the same way US companies did. For the BBC, though, its actually demanding the UK population pay up, because they're the people that fund the BBC. Don't think that'll go down too well outside of the obvious places.

This government is a clownshow, fascist clowns, racists clowns. 2026 will be so fucking depressing.

- - - Updated - - -

Unless it gets thrown out immediately, it becomes a money sink for the BBC. And Trump right now has effectively unlimited funds in the US to prolong it.

Hu? Why would it become a money sink if it doesn't get thrown out? What are they going to do if the BBC just doesn't react? Send an arrest warrant for the BBC? Deny them entry to the country?

[Odinfrost]

Unless it gets thrown out immediately, it becomes a money sink for the BBC. And Trump right now has effectively unlimited funds in the US to prolong it.

The only response BBC will need is an email going: "Your lawsuit means nil, because you don't have jurisdiction over here, you cockwomble."

[Biglog]

The latest idea to bring down car prices from the administration is to introduce tiny sub-compact cars like those that are popular in Southeast Asia. The catch is different environments, with much more distance to travel and more harsh weather conditions in the US. More importantly though, the prospect of potentially getting in a car accident with one of the millions of full-size trucks on US roads does not seem like it would end well for the tiny car owner. That should be a massive safety concern about this idea in the US.

[Endus]

Am I missing something? How would a law in Florida apply to UK media?

If the BBC broadcasts or is re-broadcast in the USA, their American operations exist under US jurisdiction.

Same way Twitter can get fined by the EU. They do business there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_America

[PhaelixWW]

If the BBC broadcasts or is re-broadcast in the USA, their American operations exist under US jurisdiction.

Same way Twitter can get fined by the EU. They do business there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_America

The clip apparently wasn't even broadcast in the US.

...

But Stephens questioned whether U.S. courts would even have jurisdiction.

"The problem is that Panorama wasn’t broadcast in the USA and the BBC iPlayer—the online streaming service—similar to Hulu—that lets UK viewers watch BBC programs on demand—isn’t legally available in the U.S. without a VPN; and that would prove to be a key issue in Trump’s potential lawsuit," he said.

The program "was primarily available on BBC One in the UK and on BBC iPlayer, but, as BBC iPlayer is geo-restricted [meaning access to a website or streaming service is limited to users in specific countries or regions using a viewer’s IP address to detect their location and block anyone outside the approved area] and not legitimately available in the U.S. without using a VPN that bypasses those restrictions."

This means Trump would struggle to prove that the Panorama program was "published" in the United States—a key jurisdictional hurdle for any defamation case filed in Florida. Stephens said Trump’s team would need to show that "the BBC intended to publish it in America." Without proof of official distribution, he added, "there would be no jurisdiction to hear a claim."

He pointed out that "a consumer sitting in Florida can’t think less of Donald Trump about something they haven’t seen. And because he’s the claimant, he’ll have to prove it was officially available, not unofficially pirated via online uploads."

...

[En Sabah Nur]

If the BBC broadcasts or is re-broadcast in the USA, their American operations exist under US jurisdiction.

Same way Twitter can get fined by the EU. They do business there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_America

Haven't checked into it myself, but the programming in question didn't actually even air in the US, supposedly.

Oop, post above beat me to it, and did it better lol

[Endus]

The clip apparently wasn't even broadcast in the US.

Then Trump just won't have standing. The case will get tossed immediately if the BBC's lawyers aren't idiots.

[btlcryct]

He's declared fentanyl as a WMD, so he can use even more military to blow shit up.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...s-destruction/

[Mayhem]

He's declared fentanyl as a WMD, so he can use even more military to blow shit up.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...s-destruction/

So he's going to war with China and starting to lock up Americans and destroy their cars?

Most of the fentanyl entering the US comes from China, most smuggle in cars, most are Americans.

Oh, no wait, let me guess, it's trend de aragua or whatever that gang is called, they're responsible for all the crime everywhere all of it.

[Breccia]

Unemployment rises again.

4.6% highest in four years. In other words, unemployment is higher now than any time in Biden's tenure that didn't involve COVID.

"But jobs went up 64,000 in November!"

First of all, 64k ain't all that great. Second of all, Trump lost 105,000 jobs in October, including through his direct actions of firing government employees.

Federal-government employment shrank by 6,000 jobs in November, adding to a massive loss of 162,000 federal jobs in October. Federal-government employment is down by about 270,000 since January, the Labor Department said.

All delaying the report did was turn a sub-par month into a double bogey. Incidentally, the WSJ said basically every expert predicted this and therefore the market will barely flinch.

"Well at least there were no other losses. Oh fuck me, there were revisions, weren't there?"

Job numbers for September and August were worse than previously reported. Some 108,000 jobs were added in September, lower than the 119,000 gain previously reported; 26,000 jobs were lost in August, instead of the previously estimated 4,000 decline.

Trump is causing inflation to rise, taxes to rise, and jobs to be lost, all through his own direct actions taken in public on purpose.

Trump has lost jobs in three of the last six months.

[Edge-]

He's declared fentanyl as a WMD, so he can use even more military to blow shit up.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...s-destruction/

these are truly the most retarded, bad people in america holy fuck these people and anyone that's ever supported them sucks so fucking much

this will be iraq 2.0 (well, 3.0 technically), as I'm sure everyone else with a brain is calling it

[Rasulis]

Unemployment rises again.

"But jobs went up 64,000 in November!"

46,000 of those 64,000 jobs are in a single sector - health care.

It is not good. Health care has carried the US jobs throughout the entire 2025.

[btlcryct]

these are truly the most retarded, bad people in america holy fuck these people and anyone that's ever supported them sucks so fucking much

this will be iraq 2.0 (well, 3.0 technically), as I'm sure everyone else with a brain is calling it

My guess is he's doing that for that very reason. So he can have his own Afghanistan/Iraq, but with Venezuela and other countries he thinks it's coming from. The United States hasn't been in an official war, meaning war declared by Congress, since WWII. Everything after that has been 'actions', even if they're referred to a 'war' like Korean War, Vietnam War, etc. He's going to use this method to get around Congress like Bush Jr. did with WMDs.

[Breccia]

Health care has carried the US jobs throughout the entire 2025.

What about all those AI jobs? And also, how do you feel about leading questions?

[Rasulis]

What about all those AI jobs? And also, how do you feel about leading questions?

AI is the worst thing that could have happened to the US job market.

As for jobs in the AI field, despite layoffs at Meta, companies are still hiring. The number is small though and is limited to certain metro areas.

[Kathandira]

The number is small though and is limited to certain metro areas.

This is the curse of RTO.