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Trump's Second Term

Norman Alexander said:
The Venezuelan oil is not really going to be very valuable because it has to be transported to the USA to be processed. That takes time and money. And it's a low-quality product suitable only for asphalt, and the main customers for asphalt are not the USA.
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Donnie hasn't announced his plan to tarmac over the national parks yet.
 
Armitage72 said:
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He made this claim a few months ago, and it was debunked then.

"Data compiled by a Sweden-based organization that advocates for democracy globally found in an October 2024 report found that 34 countries or territories allow mail-in voting, which it refers to as "postal voting.""

www.pbs.org

Fact-checking Trump's claim the U.S. is the 'only country' that uses mail-in voting

President Donald Trump vowed to take action against voting by mail, which he said makes the United States an outlier.
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It will save a lot money, especially for the USA military folk living away from home, Trump will just be able to allocate their votes where he needs them, after all he is their boss so they all vote for him.
 
I said a couple of months ago that the most influential people in the world were the people of the committee of the Nobel peace prize, they are now the most powerful. Not only can they get Trump to do what they want on the back of a promise to give him the prize, they can now hold any country to ransom "nice country you have here, wouldn't it be a pity if we gave one of your citizens a Nobel peace prize...."
 
Darat said:
I said a couple of months ago that the most influential people in the world were the people of the committee of the Nobel peace prize, they are now the most powerful. Not only can they get Trump to do what they want on the back of a promise to give him the prize, they can now hold any country to ransom "nice country you have here, wouldn't it be a pity if we gave one of your citizens a Nobel peace prize...."
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You know, I think Mike Johnson has done a lot for peace in America.

Admittedly in a similar way to what Ridcully did for rare animals.
 
Norman Alexander said:
Some comments about the Venezuelan oil.

1) The tankers being intercepted would appear to be empty, or near empty. So the value of any cargo, i.e. the oil they were pirated for by the USA, is effectively zero. Certainly the old rust-bucket tankers themselves would have value only by being scrapped on the beach in Bangladesh. They are not worth money spent by the US to illegally seize them. Trump has turned the US Navy and Coast Guard into a bunch of bumbling, failing pirates - a laughingstock.

2) The original major buyers of Venezuelan oil - Russia, Cuba and China - are on Miller's naughty list of socialist commie countries. So what is going to be the priority for Don? Not selling the oil and sticking to Miller's naughty list? Or selling to them, thereby looking hypocritical (no problem for Trump personally), and also helping further Russian, Cuban and Chinese influence and prosperity at home and abroad? I'm betting he will sell. He really covets the money more than anything.

3) Would Russia buy oil from the USA when it has ample reserves of its own, and reasonable infrastructure to extract and process it? Would Pootie do Donnie a favour? Sure he would! All Donnie has to do is...anything Pootie asks of him! ;)

4) The Venezuelan oil is not really going to be very valuable because it has to be transported to the USA to be processed. That takes time and money. And it's a low-quality product suitable only for asphalt, and the main customers for asphalt are not the USA. Exxon have just said that it probably won't be worth them investing in that whole shemozzle.

5) Exxon also said there's no viable infrastructure in Venezuela for further oil extraction, or it's so outdated it is unprofitable. It would require billions of dollars investment from scratch to re-establish any economical extraction, and they aren't up for that just now. So the supply is going to run out and production dry up soon (for wide values of "soon"). The Trump invasion simply killed off an ailing, crumbling, low-profit operation.

Summary: Everything Trump touches turns to ◊◊◊◊. The Venezuelan debacle is just the latest, on a global scale.
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Plus, China is moving to renewables as fast as it can.
 
Today, @USDA is SUSPENDING FEDERAL FINANCIAL AWARDS to Minnesota and Minneapolis, effective immediately

Secretary Brooke Rollins
@SecRollins
Enough is enough! The Trump administration has uncovered MASSIVE fraud in Minnesota and Minneapolis—billions siphoned off by fraudsters. And those in charge have ZERO plan to fix it.

Today, @USDA is SUSPENDING FEDERAL FINANCIAL AWARDS to Minnesota and Minneapolis, effective immediately, until sufficient proof has been provided that the fraud has stopped.

No more handouts to thieves! Time to drain the Minnesota swamp and put American taxpayers first

https://twitter.com/x/status/2009755310718648629
 
Andy_Ross said:
Today, @USDA is SUSPENDING FEDERAL FINANCIAL AWARDS to Minnesota and Minneapolis, effective immediately

Secretary Brooke Rollins
@SecRollins
Enough is enough! The Trump administration has uncovered MASSIVE fraud in Minnesota and Minneapolis—billions siphoned off by fraudsters.
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Is that what Trump meant when he said he'd won Minnesota?
 
He has to know this is a stupid thing to lie about.
We all know China is investing massively in wind and has huge wind farms and turbine manufacturing.

Trump: All you have to do is say to China, how many windmill areas do you have in China? They are not able to find any. They don’t have windmills. I have told my people, we will not approve windmills. We will not approve any windmills in this country.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2009734556522557527
 
Be Informed.

Ruling by decree

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Please be informed that we will no longer let the American Public be "ripped off" by Credit Card Companies that are charging Interest Rates of 20 to 30%, and even more, which festered unimpeded during the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration. AFFORDABILITY! Effective January 20, 2026, I, as President of the United States, am calling for a one year cap on Credit Card Interest Rates of 10%. Coincidentally, the January 20th date will coincide with the one year anniversary of the historic and very successful Trump Administration. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
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