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Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
Budaatum. UK premier to declare in a speech tomorrow Globalization is over. It has failed

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/opinion/globalization-collapse.html

I have been saying the same for years WEF founder Klaus Schwab has also stepped down past week as it's CEO. The elites meeting at Davis every year to discuss global issues , was just a plot for the billionaires to acquire more power and wealth.
We had years of talking heads telling us how globalization is good, we live in a connected society and other lofty ideas.
I could do with a Chardonnay.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 5:14am On Apr 06, 2025
cococandy:
Our soldiers came home in coffins and the commander in chief couldn’t be bothered to be present to receive them. Instead he is golfing! Any military person, family members, active or retired, who voted for the trump, big shame on you!
Are you gaslighting . When bodies of 13 soldiers who died in Kabul bombing landed Biden wasn't bothered , he was caught looking at his watch. It's very rude while in a solemn ceremony,someone is glancing at his watch while looking very stupid in a face diaper.
He lied to the families. He ignored them.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12445477/Biden-IGNORED-Gold-Star-families-13-Americans-killed-Kabul-suicide-blast-demand-President-meet-admit-flaws-catastrophic-withdrawal-led-needless-murder-two-years-ago.html

"We’ve been lied to about what happened that day, as well as what happened to our children. We’ve been lied to about our relationship with the Taliban, which, by the way, have done more to take out the leaders of this attack than our own leadership has," said Greg Page, the father of Marine Cpl. Daegan W. Page.


Another example Democrats accusing others of exactly what they are doing.

You might want to be cross checking and fact checking some of the stuff you post here Most seems from liberal talking heads on X .Frankly, speaking it's exasperating to read them. Maybe you should just avoid posting and just read .. In any case it will save you the impending fallout.

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:55am On Apr 06, 2025
Sometimes when facts are staring at you , the media tells you otherwise.

Texas governor has stopped the construction of a Muslim city running on sharia principles.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/texas-gov-greg-abbott-blocks-construction-of-proposed-muslim-city/ar-AA1CjHzh

It's no new idea It's an expansion of a sharia enclave that's been operating with

74 homes—sold only to Muslims affiliated with EPIC
📍 A massive mega-mosque anchoring the enclave
📍 Sharia-adherent Islamic schools enforcing religious doctrine
📍 UIF Corporation offering only Sharia-compliant financial services
📍 A fortress-like home built beside the Plano Police Academy—overlooking SWAT vehicles, bomb trucks, and tactical zones (see maps and photos in article below)
📍 The owner? A senior EPIC leader and co-founder of the controversial Yaqeen Institute—a group that openly advocates Sharia in the West


They was looking to expand to a 400 acre enclave over 1000 homes , mosques,indoctrination centres and who knows,a jihad sniper range?
It's a mystery why particular migrants always strive to build a society identical to the shitholes they left.

Full story.

https://rairfoundation.com/bombshell-texas-retired-police-lieutenant-warns-epic-city/
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:46am On Apr 06, 2025
cococandy:
Every major city in America looked like this today.

Thousands of cities. Millions of Americans.

Don’t let any NL gaslighter try to tell you he was the choice of people. Him and Elon have been bragging about what they did.

Won in a landslide my peach 🍑
Minneapolis. Palestinian flags? Same shadowy groups that was funding Hamas protests are also behind this.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
The Great Black Hope has a new book by far left journalists of NBC and the Hill.
He left the Democrat party weaker.

https://nypost.com/2025/04/04/media/barack-obama-destroyed-the-democratic-party-by-competing-for-power-and-money-with-his-own-organization-new-book/

Watching for other media reviews.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 7:23pm On Apr 05, 2025
IjeBos:
The burner phone is smart.

I now have a travel phone with limited apps and carry my my main device in a faraday pouch and have started leaving it in the safe in the hotel. May need the main device for emergency 2FA and when I need to respond to texts from work/people that don't use whatsapp and want to keep the threads consistent.
But if I travel with my main device it defeats the purpose as they can ask for both.

On one of my recent trips to Lagos, I had some security people(about 6) stop our car and try to seize my boys phone (thought he was taking a photo of them). Wanted my driver to pull in somewhere. I told the drive not to move, so they slapped him around some (I felt bad for him). I was adamant they were not getting that phone. It was pretty intense, lasted for about 15 minutes. But, I thought how insane it was that they should think that someone should give them their phone given all the financial info/blackmailable on it. Made me be more cautious about what I have on my phone in Nigeria.
Now, I am in the US, thinking about how to protect my phone while coming back to the US. undecided cry

We're in a new world.
Wow , an additional life shattering experience. You witnessed your buddy being asked for his phone and got manhandled.
Keep them coming.Fertile imaginations.
Would you use inflight Starlink internet by the way,or Musk is a Nazi.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
Investigation by Acting DC Attorney Ed Martin into how the DOJ misapplied the Obstruction of charges with the J6 protesters is expanding.

Judge Boasberg was one of those who used that charge to sentence J6ers to lengthy jail terms. No wonder he is taking on DOJ especially wanting to hold them in contempt over El Salvador flight order. When he is accused , he will say it's a witchhunt. He sent at least 55 to prison and loudly commented that every person who went into the Capitol deserved jail time .
https://www.declassified.live/p/jeb-boasbergs-selective-sympathies

Adam Schiff also sought to block Ed Martin confirmation this week. If there is questioning, Schiff is high among the list.

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:02pm On Apr 05, 2025
cococandy:
You don’t know me though. How can you measure people’s financial worth when you don’t know them? And their net worth is not public?
Just leave it at that for now.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:00pm On Apr 05, 2025
Nov 21,1991.

A fascist gives insights to Congress on key economic issues.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpoA7h6F07I&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD

After the testimony to Congress , he was declared a heretic and his citizenship was revoked.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:42pm On Apr 05, 2025
IjeBos:
I get why you'd seek affirmation from cococandy, from her posts, it's clear she's very smart, well read, successful, detailed and thoughtful.
But dude, let this thing go.
At this point, this jealousy is bordering on creepy.
Okay. She sounds to be doing better than you by far financially despite having been there only a few years. Musk suck real bad, how long does it take for jealousy to take over your senses?
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 2:26pm On Apr 05, 2025
cococandy:
you have no concept of seriousness
We are watching to see how long the bromance will last.
Maybe if you accept Ijebos is doing better than you, has more money and his quality of life is only one you can dream of you will the dance last .
smiley smiley
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 2:18pm On Apr 05, 2025
cococandy:
you have no concept of seriousness
Remember what I said about the savages Blair imported. Here's an old article on daily mail. The men think white girls are filthy. Their wives are also raped by their men, they give sad stories of what they go through with their husbands.
The clincher. These wives also think white girls are filthy and deserving of the rapes.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4936754/Wives-men-jailed-rape-blame-victims-too.html

One of the wives forcibly pregnant 8 times only two survived.
The writer of the article is biased and calls them Asian men. They are Pakistanis. Asians of Chinese ,Korea, Indians, Japanese origin don't behave like these animals.
Importing hordes of thugs from an archaic inhumane culture hoping to assimilate them .Then Blair doubles down on how multiculturalism enriches a society ..... With jihad babies.
Liberalism is madness.
Cc budaatum.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
The deported Maryland Father.

Came to US in 2010. Exhausted all his appeals process using every trick and was finally about to be deported in 2019. Judge had found him a liar. However he was a gang member and he was granted the withholding right of deportation. He argued the gang in El Salvador would kill him.He was engaged in human trafficking.
Today the gang has been wiped out by Bukele and it's members are safely in the maximum prison he was sent to.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/the_atlantic_s_tear_jerker_about_a_pitiful_maryland_father_illegal_shipped_back_to_el_salvador_falls_apart.html
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:22am On Apr 05, 2025
cococandy:
I’m getting rid of one house in Virginia and a set of 3 in California. The California ones come in a set. Buyer has to take all. There’s some work to be done on one of the units in CA but the rest are in pristine condition. Moderate units very easy to rent out.

The Virginia one (especially) never stays empty because of the huge traffic of military families in the area looking for long term rentals. If you find the rate you’re looking for and want to invest. Come buy one of my houses.

Oshe 🙌🏽
There you go. Ijebos never likes to hear anyone doing better than him.
Your bromance is on life support . Only a matter of time before you trade words.
We ( you know who else ) won't be surprised at all.
He is a manchild.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:39pm On Apr 04, 2025
AmazonTopaz:
God will punish everyone who voted and supported this mad man. Home and abroad.

This is deliberate and people are going to suffer and unfortunately die.

Lord have mercy.
The Lord who rescued him from a bullet to the head didn't know?
You think you are smarter than 76 million who voted for him?
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:31pm On Apr 04, 2025
Ibime:
Oil in 2020 was at zero and went negative on one one day

Saudis fighting fracking maintained it around $40 from 2014 to 2020, then COVID pushed it to $20 and even zero and negative on one day
Of course I agree that the lockdowns disrupted travel especially air.
My point is with frack baby frack the Saudis wanted to shut them down.
Saudi oil I read can be had for $6-15 per barrel but their social justice programs means they have to $25-30 to break even and their population 'sedatef'. Fracking after a lot of innovation can break even at just above that. So we might be seeing a new war.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 6:33pm On Apr 04, 2025
IjeBos:
1.) The White House put out the chart.
2.) The White House put out the formula.

Questions you should ask from what they put out.
1.) Is that Heard and McDonald territory inhabited by anyone other than penguins?
2.) If no, are the penguins are exporting anything to the US?
3.) If no, why is there a reciprocal 10% tariff on them?

But for some reason, you've taken their bullshit as truth and are assailing anyone who points out the inaccuracies based on what they put out.
Okay smart ass. The formula you displayed had total imports as the denominator, making the tariff infinite if penguins dont import whiskey.
I asked you about UK buying a $120B aircraft carrier, entitling them to export 2.1 million Land Rover Defenders @56K duty free to America. Does the formulae apply or there were a lot of considerations to arrive at a tariff?
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 6:02pm On Apr 04, 2025
Ibime.
I eemember you saying that oil in 2020 prices were because of COVID.. How you explain this now? My take was that Saudis wanted to kill fracking so they pushed out more oil
History repeats itself.

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:20pm On Apr 04, 2025
IjeBos:
What? Divide by 0? Huh? Stop pretending you understand math or have an idea what you are talking about.
Not here to be your personal tutor.
The white house posted the formula and it's easy math.
If you don't understand it, google an article explaining it. Both R's and D's have panned it at this point.
Fyi, you aren't qualified to check my work on Math.
Please leave me out the conspiracy theory that is your mind.
Idiot If penguins are not importing anything the denominator is zero.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 2:07pm On Apr 04, 2025
More proof that democrats accuse others of doing exactly what they do

https://washingtonreporter.news/p/exclusive-multiple-career-intelligence

EXCLUSIVE: Multiple career intelligence staff confirm Biden admin DNI Avril Haines used Signal "all the time and on her personal phone.....
........Several other top intelligence officials in the Biden administration reportedly relied extensively on Signal to conduct their jobs; the Reporter will follow up on these tips in the coming days.


Holier than thou democrats who never took the fall for Afghan debacle - Death of 13 Americans and hundreds of Afghans, gifting $60 billion of weapons and cash to Taliban leaving American citizens there and droning an innocent man and his entire family.
Yet they clamour for Hegseth's head on a pike.
Democrats fault the mirror for the reflection they see
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 12:07pm On Apr 04, 2025
WriteerNg:
⚡Trump Tariffs Could Push iPhone Prices to $2,300

Apple may be forced to hike iPhone prices as high as $2,300 for premium models due to sweeping new tariffs announced by former President Trump.

• Tariff Impact: A 10% base tariff plus a 34% China-specific tariff means iPhones built in China now face a total 54% duty.

• Analyst Estimates: Prices could jump 30–40% if Apple passes the full cost to consumers. The iPhone 16 Pro Max might leap from $1,599 to ~$2,300.
They can build them in America. And still build others for the rest of the world in China
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 11:49am On Apr 04, 2025
Ijebos

Here are the 20 notable examples of fraudulent or wasteful spending uncovered or highlighted, based on available data as of April 4, 2025:
$59.3 million by FEMA to house illegal immigrants in luxury NYC hotels.

$20 million by USAID for an Iraqi "Sesame Street."

$900,000 to a Gaza-based terror charity.

$1.5 million for DEI initiatives in Serbia.

$20 billion in wasteful EPA spending.

$998,798 by the Pentagon to ship two 19-cent washers.

$293,451 for an 89-cent washer shipment.

$8,395 for a DOD lobster tank.

$659 billion in Treasury interest payments.

$100 million in unused DOD airline tickets.

$146 million in federal employee flight upgrades.

$60 billion in annual healthcare fraud.

$295 billion in Pentagon weapons cost overruns.

$9 billion in ignored HHS efficiency recommendations.

$34 billion in DHS contract waste.

$24.5 billion in unreconciled Treasury transactions.

$13,500 on a Postal Service dinner.

$3.9 million for SEC office rearrangements.

$2.4 billion on unneeded Pentagon jets.

$1.8 million for an Atlanta golf course.

$1,104,233.714144 million

This equals approximately $1.104 trillion when rounded . Note that this total reflects only the specific examples listed and may not encompass all waste uncovered by DOGE, as comprehensive data is still evolving and not fully public

Methinks your head needs to be examined.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:29am On Apr 04, 2025
IjeBos:
I believe If it was less than 20% he just made it 10%.
But, i think he already started negotiations with them.
Yoir maths is poor.
Any number divided by zero is infinite.
To get a zero rate, countries will need to export same amount as they import from America.
UK buys one Ford class aircraft carrier from America worth $120billion. That means the UK is entitled to sell 2.1 million Land Rover Defenders each at $56,000 duty free to America.
You should do your homework, stop peddling Bluesky BS about formulae used by Trump to calculate tarriffs.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
Violent Antifa leftists attack TPUSA at UC Davis .Campus police let them go scorched earth.

TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk responded online to the destruction, writing: “BREAKING: ANTIFA has vandalized a TPUSA tabling event featuring @TheOfficerTatum, destroying our camera gear, tent, event signage, flipping tables, and assaulting our staff. We are extremely lucky no one was seriously injured in the melee.

"While our people were under attack, police stood aside and did nothing. Our team is understandably shaken up, but they assure me they will not back down.


White Supremacists are the domestic terrorists for protesting at school board meetings. Or for praying outside baby murder clinics.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
The sinking ship that's the EU is threatening to fine Musk $1 B for not complying with the Digital Services Act.
They been threatening him , including warning Elon not to let Trump speak freely during the podcast last year.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/eu-set-to-fine-elon-musk-s-x-up-to-1-billion-for-breaking-disinformation-law/ar-AA1Cfv82?ocid=BingNewsSerp

xAI took over X. The most costly training for AI is the dataset, stuff like Research Papers and so on can't just be fed to the AI without permission. xAI will use X upto the second data generated by users on the platform giving it a huge headstart over other like chatgpt or Deepseek or Google's.

The EU is losing grip with the rise of the "evil" right who use media like X to disseminate ideas and policies.
France already indicted Telegram owner.At this point the blind can clearly see the EU is just one big unelected bureaucracy intent on limiting freedom of speech in order to preserve it's power in Europe.
The idea of losing power carefully accumulated for decades is too much for the EU bureaucrats.
I predict in two three years a major reform of the EU will happen, removing it's political power and relegating it to a Free Trade Union or a Golf Club .

This was the warning letter EU wrote to Musk specifically mentioning his upcoming Livestream with Trump last year. ( Make sure your interview contains no disinformation or else... ...)

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
Trump says that every country is calling the White House over the tariffs.
There is the story of the hare who convinced the hyena they should go beat their wives The hare beat a drum loudly while the hyena beat his wife to death.
These countries are just screaming to the microphones while secretly back channeling with the WH.

At the end of the day , Trump will have America tarriffs dropped by a majority of countries in return for them having a foot in the US market. Not so for the wealthiest countries.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 6:33am On Apr 04, 2025
raumdeuter:
Bernie Sanders on tariffs

Bernie has no gas left in his engine of life. He might as well do the right thing.
He also sees it as something that could be a huge win in the end.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 6:25am On Apr 04, 2025
bemeruca:
You would think rep Nancy Pelosi is possessed by Donald Trump but this is her in 1996 saying what Trump is saying today and doing something about it


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LayOiPkvKBw
Most people will say all sorts of good positive things when are not partaking in the gravy train .
A lot of politicians, activists and business people feed from the govt. Trump is an existential threat to their wallets. They love the status quo because they earn from it. Their hatred of him is that he permanently wants to stop the corruption.
There is a website that tracks Pelosi stock trades , a lot of people have made bank copying her trades.

Quiver Quantitative: This site provides insights into Nancy Pelosi's stock trades, net worth, portfolio, and more.
Capitol Trades: Offers detailed information on the stocks that Pelosi is trading, including performance metrics.
Nancy Pelosi Stock Tracker (@PelosiTracker_) on X: A social media account that highlights her trades and aims to inform investors.
ValueInvesting.io: Features a comprehensive list of Pelosi's current stock trades and insider trading activities.
TrendSpider: Displays her trading activity, including trade volume and total trades.


There are a couple if others which track what congressmen are trading.

Why waste time doing market research when Pelosi knows which company will get a contract to build the next F-47 for example.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
Democrats caught vandalizing Tesla.
Bloody fools don't know Teslas have at least 9 cameras that facilitate FSD or Autopilot.

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2025/04/02/tesla-vandalism-keeps-going-democrats-keep-silent-n3801413
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 7:24pm On Apr 03, 2025
raumdeuter:
Most human or businessmen will willingly refuse more profits and more money.
Most business people who are honest will gladly pay less taxes. It is natural to want to keep more.
Apple will not willingly bring manufacturing to America to pay $10 per hour when he can pay $0.75 per hour in India and China

What happens to the millions here who need jobs, both educated and uneducated? They should just go and die so that other countries don't get upset?

How can we be in a world where all our manufacturing is done by a country like China, we saw what happened during covid when the American supply chain ground to a halt because we were s dependent on China.
Hypothetical war with China and they just shut off the manufacturing to America. Way to self sabotage your country

civil service jobs are mostly bloated and not efficient, Its just where people go to get free money and retire to fat salaries. They were subjected to 4 weeks of private sector practices ad they are all groaning
Much as this hurts the global economy , Trump is the first one to take a gigantic step to cut the trade deficit
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 5:44pm On Apr 03, 2025
IjeBos:
You don't know?
I'm sure with all the right wing news you watch someone would have explained how he got the numbers, right?
No?
Of course not.
Nigeria taxes America at 27% . We get 14% discounted tariffs.
Spread the good news

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 5:00pm On Apr 03, 2025
IjeBos:
Ha, the Trump admin are fxing dumbasses.
These figures are not tariffs other countries are charging us.
To get the "Tariff" number, they divided the country’s trade surplus with the US by its total exports (t_i = [x_i-m_i]/m_i).
Lol.
And then they tried to come up with some fancy looking formula to fool people like Bemeruca.
But if you notice in the denominator of the formula (below) two of the values(which they chose by happenstance (wink)) are .25 and 4 (which effectively cancel each other out [.25*4=1]).
It's like propaganda everyday with everything.



https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-03/trump-s-reciprocal-tariff-formula-is-all-about-trade-deficits?embedded-checkout=true
What about the island of penguins with zero human beings. How did he get 10%.

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