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Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 5:58pm On Oct 27, 2025
raumdeuter:
Like they told us he will criminalize same sex marriage, criminalize IVF, criminalize Inter racial marriages, He will ban women from voting
Everything about Trump is he will do this do that if blah blah blah. That's how democrats scare their sheep.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 5:55pm On Oct 27, 2025
raumdeuter:
Obama would win who or what?
Let's face. He is the most popular democrat as of today. He would beat Trump if they were on the ballot together.
That's my opinion. As to what he would do if he won ...
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 2:23pm On Oct 27, 2025
happney65:
Just start preparing. Dude will show you shege
That's just a troll from him. If he ran for a third the most bitter ex president Obama would also throw his hat into the ring.
Then Obama would win and we would see him overthrow Govts all over again, recognize Hamas, etc while promoting Iran getting a nuclear bomb. He would also replace the statue of liberty with George Floyd.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 1:26pm On Oct 27, 2025
Gaza type famine in America ,result of Schumer shutdown.

Woman says that she is going to steal carts worth of grocery products when the EBT money doesn’t reload:

""I'm gonna tell y'all straight up like this: I just got that text that the link is definitely cut the f*** off for November. Y'all better stay the f*** out of my way in these stores. I'm walking out with carts, and I'm not paying for sh**. Trump, if you want ms to start looting—oh, it's gonna happen. Before my kids go broke in this b**** like Jock, I'm gonna be stealing like it ain't no tomorrow. I am going to go in that store, get everything I get regularly. I'm going to bag my sh up, swipe my link card—soon as that b** say ain't no pending balance on there—I'm going to walk the f* out. And I'm gonna have one of my cousins with me that'll punch your a so hard, you gonna think a Jet 2 holiday hit your b** a** if you think I ain't gonna walk out that store. And please follow me to that ming car if you feeling ming froggy, b***. You ain't gonna make it back to your m******ing position at that fing Walmart store, I'm telling you. You want to take some link, like I don't be taking sh already? Watch this. It's okay.""

Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 12:39pm On Oct 27, 2025
RodgersAkpafu:
This is ridiculous
And a false equivalence.
Not only are you rationalising white supremacy and the false perception of race based hierarchies, it seems like in your mind, you see yourself as part of "that team"

You better wake up

Classism based on economic status is universal and does not have any link to this point i based, as despicable as it is

What is more despicable is racial based hierarchy where a bus driver with incomplete dentition thinks he is somehow above and superior to Rishi Sunak, who went to Winchester and the best schools in thw world, became PM and Chancellor and is now a big boy post Premiership because he is white

That is CRAZY
I have always said majority of white people think they are superior to every race They got there first the rest of the world is catching up . Surpasing them in some areas too.

Liberals and progressives are the ones who virtue signal and label their fellow white conservatives as white supremacists.
They do this for political mileage where sowing societal divisiona is the order of the day which they exploit to maintain power.
I will not join them in bashing conservatives as white supremacists,I know inwardly they are racist to the core .Their pretence for just governance,equality of men, love for humanity etc is just a facade , they would gladly smother every race if they were guaranteed political power and money.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 11:22am On Oct 27, 2025
Trump says they know everything that happened in 2020.
I want to see indictments.
Marc Elias. Remember that name.

Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 10:35am On Oct 27, 2025
RodgersAkpafu:
White losers are sensing a sense of loss of status

That is why we are having all these backlash

Underachieving pale skin fellows watching by as other groups of people are getting ahead
and either on par or even above them

It shatters their world of white supremacy hence all these hue and cry

Imagine some British people angry that they see many black and brown people on tv grin cheesy

Or that we wield the passport just like they do
We contest and run govt agencies
And all that

The pain will only increase because there is no going back
We also have black Nigerians in the west thinking they are better off than everyone back home. Others think their fellow Nigerians in America are lords of poverty.
The superiority mindset is not confined to skin colour, It plays out here everyday. A day hardly passes without some users belittling others simply because they work in the west.
Water is wet.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 10:28am On Oct 27, 2025
RodgersAkpafu:
Mamdami is gonna win
He will be in charge of NY
And nothing will happen

Islamophobes and Zionists will cry blood

But he is UNSTOPPABLE

Watch his space and see how it plays out
All indications are that he will win handily, no doubts about that
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:10am On Oct 27, 2025
Some people are just stupid. Some people have posted they have reminders to update their 3 week ban victims
Childish. In this day and age,
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:55am On Oct 27, 2025
happney65:
Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House to build President Trump’s long-desired ballroom — despite his pledge that construction of the $250 million addition wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing building. https://wapo.st/3KXIBs1
Washington post defends the ballroom. Its a shame that hosting over 200 visitors required tents and porta potties. Kung Charles will be invited to open it once completed under budget and on tine. The occasion dubbed as the King's Ball of the century

Eric Swallell demands a pledge from any 2028 Democrat presidential candidate that he or she will demolish President Donald Trump’s planned “big beautiful ballroom” — or not bother to seek the party’s nomination.
“Don’t even think of seeking the Democratic nomination for president unless you pledge to take a wrecking ball to the Trump Ballroom on DAY ONE,” Swalwell wrote on X on Saturday night.
From TDS to BDS.

Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 7:28am On Oct 27, 2025
I don't much about Obamacare, this unrolled X thread puts the current situation in an understable perspective.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1981721301824745774.html
Foreign Affairs › Re: World News! Events Happening Around The World by basilico: 7:10am On Oct 27, 2025
Uprightness100:
Netanyahu:

"The Jewish people and the people of Persia have had a long history of mutual respect and admiration. Somebody got in the way and hijacked Iran. It's gonna end eventually, the people of Iran will take charge of their destiny again. And when that happens, you can visit us and we can visit you and we’ll cooperate as in ancient times- in modern times. It’ll be great.”
That someone was Jimmy Carter and France. Carter engineered the revolution which allowed France based antisemitic Ayatollah Khomeini to seize power.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:21am On Oct 27, 2025
Raumdeuter. Statistically one in every 8 American I meet needs govt food stamps to survive?
41millon recipients of food stamps or EBT or whatever in danger because of govt shutdown.
That's an insane statistic for the world's largest economy .
I also see there are over 30 other federal grants and assistance programs to the needy.

Why would someone work with all those benefits?
The other day I'd posted that a single mom gets $3000-9000 a month depending on the number of kids , compared to almost zero if she was married. So why not be a single mom?
Most of these benefits were proposed by democrats I would guess . They seem geared towards a big govt controlling aspects of their serfs.
No way America ever pays off it's $38T debt.
Democrats are putting up obstacles in every Trump effort to improve the economy,it's easy to see why. A govt dependent society votes for the leaders who promise to keep the largesse flowing.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 2:59am On Oct 27, 2025
Mamdani who looks set to win the Big Apple Mayor said that after 9/11 his Auntie was too scared to wear hijab in the subways
Yes after 3000 innocent deaths , the hijab wearers became victims.

Mamdani has Congress members demanding he be denaturalized and deported for not declaring in his naturalization papers that he was a member of the Democrat Social Alliance, the communist wing of the Democrats.

Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
basilico:
Canadian ad vs Reagan full speech that got Trump to stop any trade talks immediately .


https://www.rmoutlook.com/politics/what-did-reagan-actually-say-about-tariffs-read-the-transcript-of-his-1987-address-11393090




In a nutshell , Reagan talked about his reluctance after imposing tariffs on Japanese semiconductors because they were not playing fair . The Canadian ad nowhere mentioned that, implying Reagan hated tariffs.... Which he did when both sides are playing fair.
Canada has taken a hit with Stellantis, Jeep and world's 4th largest vehicle manufacturer moving from. Canada to America. A decision like that doesn't come easy, involves a lot of Excel sheets ,actuarial scientists,CFAs , horoscopes....in other words it's a decision not taken lightly.

https://apnews.com/article/canada-stellantis-ontario-trump-0313f7c512195195c6521fccbefd9dd3

"That guy, President Trump, he’s a real piece of work,” ,Ontario premier Doug Ford said. “I’m sick and tired of rolling over. We need to fight back.”
So he produced the ad His ad has now seen a 10% increase in tariffs.

Looks like a good chunk of Canadian auto economy is built around companies setting shop in Canada, but their largest market is America ,duty free?
If I'm right Trump tariffs are that if you setup shop in Canada,then import components for final assembly from China,you'll face the same tariff as China.
Trump is such a bully😚😚😚
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:18pm On Oct 26, 2025
REPORTER: Thank you. In addition to the ballroom and the Rose Garden patio, is the President looking at any other renovations or significant kind of projects here at the White House?

LEAVITT: Not to my knowledge, no, but he’s a builder at heart, clearly, and so his heart and his mind is always churning about how to improve things here on the White House grounds. But at this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the President’s main priority.


Democrats, the Schumers, Jefferies,etc used the part in red to go ballistic , lying that instead of shutdown, tariffs etc the President only priority was the ballroom.
Manufactured outrage, some networks like CNN didn't get into the bandwagon thankfully
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
Canadian ad vs Reagan full speech that got Trump to stop any trade talks immediately .


https://www.rmoutlook.com/politics/what-did-reagan-actually-say-about-tariffs-read-the-transcript-of-his-1987-address-11393090


In a nutshell , Reagan talked about his reluctance after imposing tariffs on Japanese semiconductors because they were not playing fair . The Canadian ad nowhere mentioned that, implying Reagan hated tariffs.... Which he did when both sides are playing fair.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:49am On Oct 26, 2025
James Comey briefed Trump about the pee dossier. Immediately he wrote a memo detailing the meeting. He started on the memos in his car after leaving WH back to his office when his memory was still fresh

He then leaked the nemos to David Kelly, David Richman and Patrick Fitzgerald. Past associates of his. Richman did leak the memo to the media. He had been doing that,Comey had given him security clearance .

As to lying to Congress charges Comey has hired David Kelly and Patrick Fitzgerald. Two lawyers that he leaked to. They can't be questioned at the trial because of attorney client privellege. Ideally these two lawyers should be charged with possession and improper handling of classified documents.

Comey has filed motion to have US attorney Halligan appointment declared unlawful. Biden judge granted him a win, a Clinton judge is set to rule .
Letitia James also filed similar motion, the black gay Biden judge granted her a win. Her motion was enjoined with Comeys, the Clinton judge will determine if Halligan was unlawfully appointed.

Personally I think the Clinton judge will determine in Comey $ Jame's favour .Govt appeals, Then the Biden judges will defer the trials until the appeals are over. Who knows ,if the appeajs court declines to hear the cases then the Biden judges can withdraw the cases with prejudice. Whatever they rule on,will be appealed again to reach SCOTUS hopefully by 2035.

( Comey briefing the President was devious. The media already had the full Steele dossier for months but they couldn't leak until FBI verified that they had it. Coney briefing Trump about the dossier was leaked to the press intentionally. Buzzfeed published the junk dossier immediately )
A well coordinated plot to hide Spygate, smear,hamstring and possibly remove a duly elected president A salivating prosecutor could easily build a RICO case on these deep state and media hacks
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
basilico:
Democrats are just wrecking balls. They are livid about the new ballroom , Previously the WH had to hire tents and all that .
Hakeem Jeffries on MSNBC .
More likely this is part of what Donald Trump has been doing since day one of his presidency,” Jeffries claimed, “running the largest pay-to-play scheme in the history of the country and probably soliciting, uh, donations from people who’ve got business, uh, before the United States government.”

Jeffries went on to promise that the matter “will” be investigated, insisting, “All of this will have to be uncovered. It will. And these people are gonna be held accountable, uh, no matter how long it takes.”

He closed with a thinly veiled threat aimed at Trump’s supporters and donors: “That’s gonna be the reality of the situation, and that’s our warning to all of these people participating, uh, in this scheming to manipulate taxpayer dollars and, of course, to destroy the people’s house. The White House, uh, belongs to the American people. It doesn’t belong to Donald Trump.


Guess what. Comcast is a donor to the ballroom among other companies like Amazon.
Comcast owns MSNBC and NBC among other myriad channels.
List of donors to the new Ballroom.
Can't wait for Trump to comment.
Senator Bluemental has written a letter to all donors demanding to know who solicited the donations, how much they’re contributing, what corporate interests are served, & more.

Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 6:19pm On Oct 25, 2025
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
Democrats are just wrecking balls. They are livid about the new ballroom , Previously the WH had to hire tents and all that .
Hakeem Jeffries on MSNBC .
More likely this is part of what Donald Trump has been doing since day one of his presidency,” Jeffries claimed, “running the largest pay-to-play scheme in the history of the country and probably soliciting, uh, donations from people who’ve got business, uh, before the United States government.”

Jeffries went on to promise that the matter “will” be investigated, insisting, “All of this will have to be uncovered. It will. And these people are gonna be held accountable, uh, no matter how long it takes.”

He closed with a thinly veiled threat aimed at Trump’s supporters and donors: “That’s gonna be the reality of the situation, and that’s our warning to all of these people participating, uh, in this scheming to manipulate taxpayer dollars and, of course, to destroy the people’s house. The White House, uh, belongs to the American people. It doesn’t belong to Donald Trump.


Guess what. Comcast is a donor to the ballroom among other companies like Amazon.
Comcast owns MSNBC and NBC among other myriad channels.
List of donors to the new Ballroom.
Can't wait for Trump to comment.

Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 11:39am On Oct 25, 2025
UNRWA is a Hamas Subsidiary .

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is currently in Israel and made an announcement today that did not please the United Nations. During a press briefing, Rubio said that UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, would not play any role in aid distribution within Gaza. He explained that "UNRWA became a subsidiary of Hamas."

He is 200% correct. Busybodies like Gutierrez and ICJ support UNRWA.
..saying that the agency has "made invaluable contributions to development, human rights, humanitarian action, and peace and security, including for Israel."

"UNRWA is vital to any prospects for peace and stability in the region," Guterres added.


The International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion on Wednesday, asserting that Israel is legally obligated to allow the UN’s controversial Palestinian relief agency to provide humanitarian aid in Gaza, and stating that the provision of aid to the Strip during the war there has been inadequate.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:07am On Oct 25, 2025
So Iowa poll that had Kamala leading by 3 % finally went to Trump beating her by 13%. Poll was a week before elections and media hyped it like it was the next best thing after sliced bread. smiley smiley

Trump lawsuit wins a ruling.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-scores-legal-win-he-gets-lawsuit-against-iowa-pollster-des-moines-register-moved-state-court

If there was no media bias at all, just straight up balanced ethical journalism , Trump would have won 400 plus electoral seats.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:15pm On Oct 24, 2025
bemeruca:
All you said plays a factor, but I believe a person's DNA also plays a significant part in their intelligence.
People can coach themselves on how to reason and think in a certain way or profession. DNA has a role on how fast they grasp or can expand on the information they took in.

Thats what I believe
bemeruca:
All you said plays a factor, but I believe a person's DNA also plays a significant part in their intelligence.
People can coach themselves on how to reason and think in a certain way or profession. DNA has a role on how fast they grasp or can expand on the information they took in.

Thats what I believe
I won't rule out DNA also. I think there are good genes and bad genes.
Good genes get extra sharpened by many factors like the ones I mentioned . I should have added discipline.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 7:19pm On Oct 24, 2025
budaatum:
Note the person I responded to believes Caucasian's genes make them smarter than black him, and one more does not validate that opinion as far as I am concerned.

And the Richard Lynn you mentioned has done such shoddy work that makes his opinion and belief not worth considering, not to talk of me wasting my time to read a book he wrote.
I don't believe genes make a race more intelligent. The environment, mentoring,ambition ,,,role models, and culture can contribute to specific groups of people being smarter than others though.
Wisdom iand intelligence is somewhat hereditary but a lot of factors come into play before it's apparent..
The education system is a major player. I like the IGCSE a lot.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 6:23pm On Oct 24, 2025
bayelsaowei:
All in the house..

Is this video actually AI influenced or real?

cheesy wink

Let me know before I descend on baba orange..
The Reagan Foundation is the complainant.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:05pm On Oct 24, 2025
budaatum:
Listen to the extermination.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeQ1b-g-4Dc?si=PUqhSJKZwK4CB3Ry
The IDF has a policy to exterminate those who threaten the Jewish state. Self defence
P/S I didn't watch the video.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:25pm On Oct 24, 2025
RodgersAkpafu:
The democratic party of today stand for NONE of the above
Obamacare is good for america but is a disgrace here in Europe
They had to water down the original idea just to get it passed
NHS is a general consensus in the UK AND any govt that messes with it will cause chaos on tbe streets, but Obama was biting his nails when it was time for the vote

I repeat
USA has a far right and centre right party
No left wing party
Polite reminder.
Water is wet.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 1:41pm On Oct 24, 2025
https://trendingpoliticsnews.com/just-in-doj-opens-investigations-into-multiple-dems-over-ice-targeting-cmc/

Democrats who want to doxx ICE agents in real time got some letters from DoJ ordering them to preserve every record.
Nancy Pelosi, Prietzker and Lori Lightfoot are proud recipients.
Doxxing an agent can lead to physical attacks or harassment, which is against the law .
Democrats don't care about the law, they only want to appeal to their expected voting base.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 1:14pm On Oct 24, 2025
happney65:
The Man who claims we should stop waste is doing fala folo. grin
Democrat position on shutdown, the 13th time... House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA)

"Of course there will be families that are going to suffer… but it is one of the few leverage times we have."

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