Figured as uncharacteristically, Trump is being really on the ball with announcing cabinet picks, that the time for the general thread on the next term of the United States' politics is upon us. Perhaps a little early but Biden's is not showing any signs he's going to do much in the lame duck period.

 

Such INSPIRED cabinet picks include:

 

Elon Musk & Vivek Ramaswamy being sent to the kids table at the new Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE, wow so le epic)

Tulsi Gabbard, former Democratic snake oil saleswoman as Director of National Intelligence

Kristi Noem, South Dakotan governor and dog murderer in Homeland Security

Marco Rubio as Secretary Of State

Elise Stefanik, insane Trump loyalist as Ambassador to the UN

A Fox News host as Defense Secretary

 

and possibly most insane of all, the notoriously creepy Matt Gaetz as Attorney General.

 

Anyway, discuss the trajectory of the US here.

I'm sorta enjoying that quite a few cabinet appointments seem to be Republicans from the House which will ensure the Republicans don't get to use their slim House majority to do anything for several months. Other than that, what an outright batshit insane set of appointments. Trump 1.0. wasn't this blatant, it was a mix of some Trumpian political operators and Republican establishment, this just seems to be whoever's been most sycophantic to Trump over the campaign (Rubio aside).

 

One bright spot is that John Thune is the new Senate majority leader succeeding McConnell - he's still a Republican of course but much more clearly aligned with the Republican establishment and wasn't on board with Jan 6.

 

So between that I don't actually see the slim Republican trifecta working all that well for Trump. Hopefully, in any case.

 

And now Robert Kennedy, who thinks vaccines are generally a bad thing, has been nominated as Health Secretary.

So someone with no government experience and who cares more about shitposting memes than running a business properly in a government post and an anti-vaxxer as Health Secretary, God help you all x

 

I mean if their track record translates to government, we have nothing worry to about right?...

 

It’s already starting to look like it’s going to be hell…for at least 2 years until mid-elections in 2026 (even though chances that democrats will flip either senate or house are slim)!!!

Lol I thought this was a movie thread for a second (Joker sequel was in my head).

Loads of divorces happening and family splits!! Some voters shocked by the layoffs happening in anticipation of tariffs and deportations... Others shocked that project 2025 WAS the agenda all along, as they now announced, like the podt-Brexshit trolld and hard brexshit, and one wss shocked that Obamacare, whst he uses to survive, is the Affordable Care Act, and Trump is obdessed with undoing everything that Obama did, in his major, crazy, racist whitelash.

Lol I thought this was a movie thread for a second (Joker sequel was in my head).

 

excellent :D (I was already thinking about putting an extra clarifier in the title from yesterday so I will do that now though)

 

the Joker sequel's recent prominence and the meaning of the phrase as 'madness of two' came to me as a good descriptor for the second Trump term.

 

RFK Jr. at Health is so insane I can barely believe it but it really does fit with the theme of sycophants - this will really be a wild ride.

On the foreign policy front so far it is positive

 

Elon has been working to defuse tensions with Iran - https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/no...n-ambassador-un

 

Israel is rushing to create a ceasefire in Lebanon as a ‘gift’ to Trump - https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entr...-gift-to-trump/

 

Scholz holds a call with Putin for the first time in two years - https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german...022-2024-11-15/

 

Obviously the Gaza situation is still looking grim but everything else is heading in the right direction.

Elon is a private citizen. That is HIGHLY ILLEGAL. HIGHLY.

^Quite, and even if you say 'well he's part of the government now', a) not yet and b) that's not his role.

 

The way he's described as hanging around Mar-a-Lago and joining telephone calls with Trump in the same manner as if he's on a Discord call just sounds so pathetic - and to be saying that about one of the objectively most powerful men in the world right now...

 

And forgive me if I'm not exactly jumping for joy at Israel deciding to withdraw what should be their illegal invasion of another country apparently due to this. Blackmailers who got what they wanted.

 

Looks like we're in for a period of 'quid pro quo' international relations with the USA which is potentially very unstable and will just enable the power of autocrats across the world.

Unroll

On the foreign policy front so far it is positive

 

Elon has been working to defuse tensions with Iran - https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/no...n-ambassador-un

 

Israel is rushing to create a ceasefire in Lebanon as a ‘gift’ to Trump - https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entr...-gift-to-trump/

 

Scholz holds a call with Putin for the first time in two years - https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german...022-2024-11-15/

 

Obviously the Gaza situation is still looking grim but everything else is heading in the right direction.

The last has the square root of f*** all to do with Trump. The German coalition government collapsed and Germany is going to the polls in Feb, that’s just Scholz electioneering.

 

Critical thinking is not one of your skills is it?

The last has the square root of f*** all to do with Trump. The German coalition government collapsed and Germany is going to the polls in Feb, that’s just Scholz electioneering.

 

Critical thinking is not one of your skills is it?

 

Oh yeah just a coincidence. In unrelated news Zelensky said today the war will end sooner and they’re preparing for it to end next year so obviously the details will be hotly debated over but all sides are beginning to realise the end of the war is necessary. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mzgv4x901o

Ukraine is now in a war vs North Korea and Russia. Even the USA steuggled vs North Korea, due to its overwhelming manpoeer strategy.

And Russia is at war with NATO!

Biden has reportedly given Ukraine the green light to use long-range US missiles on russian targets.

 

About time.

Edited November 17, 2024Nov 17 by Envoirment

And Russia is at war with NATO!

No it’s not ????

 

 

My Russian bot comment a while back wasn’t aimed at you but that is Russian propaganda 101

And Russia is at war with NATO!

 

I meant to reply to this with pretty much whst Silas said.

 

This is EXTREME, EZTREME, EXTREEEEME RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA!!!

 

Screaming they are at war with Nato makes people go check the news and see that the post is, in fact, full of shite. It then leaves a psychological mark and raises the sñectre of war. That is full-on Ruddisn psy-op/ propaganda. Why? Why is the podt srill up?

 

For anyone reading, no. Russia is not at war with Nato. Ukrsine has been allowed ro use its ATACAMS inside Ruddia. That is all. It id a ploy to put them in a better bargaining position, now thst the fascist orange stain has returned.

Well the nato alliance is currently firing them weapons left right and centre, to me they may as well be.

 

Saying that opinion is Russian propaganda is nonsense, do you not have any better argument or debate to counter it?

Edited November 18, 2024Nov 18 by Steve201