Trump's Second Term

[LDE1976]

"I'll ignore the racism and approve of the lies in the rest of the video."

 

[Tero]

The Epstein thing is a good reminder that Trump, when he still had a brain, manipulated himself to power. And with power you get all the rape and torture. Only the Aztecs did better, ripping out hearts for the show of power.

 

[Aridas]

On the Epstein front, looks like there's more evidence that Trump's DoJ lied about his death.

Epstein Files Reveal Prosecutors’ Announcement Dated Before His Death
The file dump includes multiple draft statements from federal prosecutors about the sex trafficker’s death, one of them dated the day before Epstein died.

Based on that, at least, it's mildly plausible that it was a typo/accidental misdating. Still remarkably suspicious in a case that was already extremely suspicious and where Trump and many of those that he surrounds himself with are some of the primary people who would want to silence Epstein. Added to that...

Who entered Epstein's jail tier the night of his death? Newly released video logs appear to contradict official accounts.

Looks like they've been caught in another lie. Again, this isn't proof of anyone in particular's guilt or confirmation of specific CTs, but as noted, the case was already extremely suspicious and Trump and many of those that he surrounds himself with are some of the primary people who would want to silence Epstein.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Respect

BARTIROMO: Do you have any estimate of when we're going to see that China trade deal in writing?

BESSENT: No. But I can tell you the Chinese have lived up to their end of the bargain. They have completed their soybean purchases. President Trump is the only world leader that Xi respects.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2020517653735940259

 

[Andy_Ross]

Integrity

BRENNAN: Do you think the president needs to apologize for the video?

REP. TONY GONZALES: It's up to the president. There's no room in the country for racism, antisemitism, socialism -- all the isms need to go. What no one is talking about is the video was about election integrity

https://twitter.com/x/status/2020530988653199423

 

[Armitage72]

Integrity

BRENNAN: Do you think the president needs to apologize for the video?

REP. TONY GONZALES: It's up to the president. There's no room in the country for racism, antisemitism, socialism --all the isms need to go. What no one is talking about is the video was about election integrity

Except "cronyism:, of course. That's essential to the operation of the current administration.

 

[Mojo]

Except "cronyism:, of course. That's essential to the operation of the current administration.

And fascism.

 

[steenkh]

People also keep leaving out the context. That clip wasn’t even the purpose of the video — it was part of a screen recording about election issues. But that didn’t stop people from rushing to label him something I know, from my own experience, he is not...

Let me see: if the racist content is not the main content of the video, then there is no racist material in the video …

 

[Planigale]

There is an interesting article in the weekend FT 'Normalisation of deviancy'. Essentially the slippery slope, Trump may be the president who has monetised the presidency most, and the degree to which friends and family have been able to exploit the presidency for money may be greater than previous presidencies, but it didn't start with 47. The Biden presidency allowed Hunter Biden to profit in a way previous presidencies never would have been permitted to. Bush junior and the war on terror opened the way to drones as agents of extra judicial and extra territorial execution, but Obama increased the use; Trump merely extended the project to criminal enforcement. No President since Bush has ended GITMO and the holding of political enemies without trial, Trump in his use of ICE and extraditing to foreign prisons is merely continuing with this policy.

What the US needs is a president who can reset things (and this would need help from congress). Minimise the ability to govern by executive orders, close GITMO, incorporate human rights in to the US constitution. Introduce rules to prevent the presidency being a for profit institution.

 

[Aridas]

And fascism.

The idealized form of conservatism is long gone already, though.

What the US needs is a president who can reset things (and this would need help from congress).

The latter, especially. To add a bit more perspective there, though, Obama did try to end GITMO and Republicans in Congress directly blocked him from doing so. There certainly is a real issue when it comes to Democrats not fixing things or changing course enough, but the Republicans are the main drivers of the corruption of nigh everything good and have been for a long time, now.

 

[LiteBright]

What the US needs is a president who can reset things (and this would need help from congress). Minimise the ability to govern by executive orders, close GITMO, incorporate human rights in to the US constitution. Introduce rules to prevent the presidency being a for profit institution.

Such a person would be filtered out by the entrenched system long before they ever reached any levers of power.

 

[P.J. Denyer]

And fascism.

And nepotism