Refried Boogaloo: Trump Just... Sucks

Discussion in 'Politics & Current Events' started by Val, Aug 6, 2025.

  1. American Brummie

    Jun 19, 2009
    There Be Dragons Here
    Club:
    Birmingham City FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Especially as the economy gets worse, his desire to control *something* will go overboard.
     
  2. Q*bert Jones III

    Q*bert Jones III The People's Poet

    Feb 12, 2005
    Woodstock, NY
    Club:
    DC United
    If it's OK for Russia to attack Ukraine, then it's OK for the USA to attack Greenland.

    *Also China->Taiwan
     
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  3. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
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    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I totally forgot about wanting to invade Greenland.

    There's still 5+ months left in the year.
     
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  4. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
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    --other--
    Libertarians and centrists are antiBlack, full stop. The only way to right the wrongs of the recent past is thru government. The people were never going to willingly do right by us. And now government is against us.
     
  5. Robert Borden

    Robert Borden Member+

    Chelsea
    Canada
    Apr 19, 2017
    Toronto, Ontario
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    Who knows what the US will do anymore when you have the vice-president saying publicly that he doesn't care about assassinations without due process.

    The US reputation won't recover from this term, we're not even a full year into it
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  6. Has the "The Hague Invasion Act" been repealed? Iirc it was.
     
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  7. JamesA

    JamesA Member+

    Dec 7, 2004
    Victoria
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    Manchester United FC
    So, US Intel is suddenly something this administration should believe in?

    Their hypocrisy knows no bounds.
     
  8. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    It's a tall task but we at least need to flip the House next year before any chance at normalization will occur. We have a president declaring war on cities (POC), trans people, immigrants. At least a Dem House can assert itself and not be compliant liddle bitches like this Mikey Johnson one.
     
  9. Robert Borden

    Robert Borden Member+

    Chelsea
    Canada
    Apr 19, 2017
    Toronto, Ontario
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    This is most likely what the Venezuela thing is about.

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    The Trump Administration seems to be retreating from being "the" global superpower into the regional one in the western hemisphere.
    Pentagon plan prioritizes homeland over China threat
    https://www.politico.com/news/2025/...gy-china-homeland-western-hemisphere-00546310

    Optically, doing nothing would be a massive setback for the US neocolonialistic and degrading Monroe doctrine.

    Hard to make a prediction...it's unlikely that China will not defend its interest in Venezuela to some extend. At the same time, hard to see how the US doesn't intervene here. Failing to act in Venezuela might lead to a domino effect in the region. They already lost Brazil, Colombia would be next and then pretty much the rest of the region.

    A decapitation operation against Maduro would serve as a severe warning to the rest of the region but this could backfire and further antagonize Latin America against the US. What's stopping a loose cannon like Trump from removing them next? Do something about it to protect yourself or wait your turn?

    Bold from China to be f'n with the US in its own "backyard" but from their point of view, this would be "karma" from what they had to endure for decades in theirs
     
  10. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    We recovered after Dumbya. If we can flip the House, we may be able to put brakes on this fascist twat
     
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  11. Robert Borden

    Robert Borden Member+

    Chelsea
    Canada
    Apr 19, 2017
    Toronto, Ontario
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    "Dumbya" didn't throw his allies (publicly) under the bus, despite the change of tone. If you just take Canada, this ship has sailed for quite a while - imagine elsewhere. Even if politicians seek reconciliation, this will hard if their population won't have it.

    Here, Carney is already being criticized for "caving" to Trump and not follow through with his tough stance during his campaign. "W" was hated but this is way beyond anything I've ever seen in my lifetime
     
  12. toad455

    toad455 Member+

    Nov 28, 2005
    City by city, they'll arrest protesters regardless of your citizenship. One by one, they'll find you and kidnap you.

    1964733543122395496 is not a valid tweet id
     
  13. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    A fascist police state
     
  14. Trump/Project2025 already declared war with Brasil over autocratic pal Bollie.
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    europarl.europa.eu

    https://www.europarl.europa.eu › RegData › etudes › BRIE › 2025 › 769504 › EPRS_BRI(2025)769504_EN.pdf

    China's increasing presence in Latin America: Implications for the ...
    In South America, China's economic influence is even stronger; there, China has overtaken the US to become the region's top trading partner. According to the World Economic Forum, trade between China and LAC grew 26-fold between 2000 and 2020, increasing from US$12 billion to US$315 billion.

    China has been encroaching in S-America for some time now and the Project 2025 fantasy of dominating the region/Americas has de facto been made impossible with the ties China has established.

    Only imbecils make enemies with everybody at the same time.
     
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  15. Robert Borden

    Robert Borden Member+

    Chelsea
    Canada
    Apr 19, 2017
    Toronto, Ontario
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    It's hubris...and it's undoing the US empire
     
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  16. roadkit

    roadkit Greetings from the Fringe of Obscurity

    Club: San Diego FC
    Jul 2, 2003
    Fornax Cluster
    Nat'l Team:
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    ICE agents are going to start getting shot.
     
  17. ElNaranja

    ElNaranja Member+

    Houston Dynamo
    United States
    Jul 16, 2017
    I fear long after it's too late.
     
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  18. Deadtigers

    Deadtigers Member+

    Jul 23, 2015
    Independent Republic of the Bronx, NY
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    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ghana
    You cannot base your foreign policy on the wims of 100,000 yanks over 3 or 4 states. Europe has learned that and Canada needs to adopt it. The Dems can come back into power but one bad recession and the people will go back to fascism. It's not in your benefit.

    The way I see it, You guys have been great spouses but your partner has a drug problem and they won't go to treatment, you have to leave us for your own good.
     
  19. yossarian

    yossarian Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 16, 1999
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    Arsenal FC
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    United States
    Baby, I swear I'm clean this time!
     
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  20. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    When they try to kidnap a protestor who's just exercising their 1st Amendment rights, they should be pummeled by 50 people
     
  21. celito

    celito Moderator
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    Palmeiras
    Brazil
    Feb 28, 2005
    USA
    Club:
    Palmeiras Sao Paulo
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    As it goes for Brazil, no amount friendliness would pull Lula away from China. Lula has always been against American economic and political influence / imperialism.
     
  22. Robert Borden

    Robert Borden Member+

    Chelsea
    Canada
    Apr 19, 2017
    Toronto, Ontario
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    We've learned, that's why we've been working with Mexico to bypass the US for our bilateral trade, (more cars were imported from Mexico than the US) - while selling resources to China (record oil sale) and Europe. Those changes are irreversible since Trump will break the CUSMA deal next year.
     
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  23. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    Remember when politicians had class?
     
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  24. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

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