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TIME Personality of the Year…. Trump. For the 2nd time.

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FriedGreenTomatoes2 Thu 12-Dec-24 14:42:30

He’s just rung the bell on the NY Stock Exchange (considered an honour) to begin the day’s trading!

Skydancer Mon 16-Dec-24 15:19:23

One thing I’ve learned in life is that those with the biggest mouths are revered. Don’t know why. Quiet shy people get overlooked. I’ve come across this so many times.

Wyllow3 Mon 16-Dec-24 15:07:38

And up to date:

Trump and MAGA fans push drone conspiracy theories amid reported New Jersey sightings

www.indy100.com/news/new-jersey-drones-trump-conspiracy

"Republican representative for New Jersey, Jeff Van Drew, appeared on Fox News on Wednesday morning and put forward his view that the drones come from an Iranian “mothership” off “the East Coast of the United States of America”.

and so on.

Wyllow3 Mon 16-Dec-24 15:05:04

This is a report on the enquiry into the Capitol events, and Trumps Tweets encouraging it. Of course they weren't anarchists, they were

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-62140410

video worth watching - Trump actually set out for the Capitol but advisors brought him back

Elegran Mon 16-Dec-24 14:44:12

And so soon after he had implied that he would approve of them doing so, too MaizieD

He clearly knew there were people in that crowd who were ready to and intended to be violent, and he certainly did nothing to discourage that. He not only did nothing to discourage it, he strongly hinted it should happen.

MaizieD Mon 16-Dec-24 12:21:20

Arto1s

And we all know madeleine45 what the meaning of your post was. The ‘insurrection’ as you all call it, was committed by a bunch of idiots who call themselves Trump supporters but in actuality are anarchists.

'anarchists' I love it grin

Who'd have thought that the US could field so many anarchists on the same day, in the same location, and with but a single thought in their minds... all without the then President lifting a finger to stop them...

Wyllow3 Mon 16-Dec-24 10:45:56

I think it's maybe an amazing spoof. The poster "Pddy is completely unknown on gransnet previously Arto1s.

sluttygran Mon 16-Dec-24 08:10:37

Quite so. I expect Trump has greased a few palms to confirm his own opinion of himself as 'The Greatest'.confused

Arto1s Mon 16-Dec-24 06:59:55

Omg. Thank you*Pddy*. Finally, someone on this forum I can relate to.

Pddy Mon 16-Dec-24 02:50:49

Donald Trump is now our president. We now will watch for results because there are no crooked business dealings, no cheating on his taxes,. He’s got an amazing family who are bright, have all the social graces to communicate with anybody no matter what their station in life. To those who have worked with him all the way down the line of labor say that he is a wonderful employee so,
He doesn’t need any money. He’s a self-made man. He built and developed all that he has.
Is not a politician. He’s a businessman and from his successes, which are many, he can make our country successful by policies and outcome.
He went on a plane ride once with Jeffrey Epstein from New York City to Florida.
He doesn’t have to buy favors from anybody. He’s not a politician. Is he a flawed man of course. But at this point in our country‘s history, we need a man with successful outcome. We had absolutely no war under President Trump.
Our unemployment rate was very low, in spite of what his enemy say. The cost of food was much lower. The cost of oil was very low, and everyone cut afford to buy gasoline. The inflation rate was very low and black unemployment in this country was as low as it’s ever been. These are the facts about his outcomes.
President Trump knew exactly how to deal with our enemies. He does not want war. He wants to stop the killing and he plans to do that negotiating between the conflicting countries. He’s done it before.
So, I can put aside his flaws, because I believe we will have a repeat of a turnaround of our everyday lives. It doesn’t matter at this point how obnoxious you think he is, how disgusting you think he is. My money is on his successes, and he knows how to do it. He’s a business man not a politician.

Arto1s Mon 16-Dec-24 01:27:55

And Kamala would have been more of the same, only worse, as she is totally incompetent.

Arto1s Mon 16-Dec-24 00:09:33

We need him to be President. Forget the faults. Biden, with all his faults, did absolutely nothing for 4 years. Lesser of two evils.

Wyllow3 Sun 15-Dec-24 23:53:34

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PioTgWHQQoI

Just a must watch to remind all what Trump is really like. The pressure - the threats and bullying is incredible! Raffensberger and his calm replies it must have been tough to stand up to the threats.

Wyllow3 Sun 15-Dec-24 23:42:57

So you deny that phone call took place?

Arto1s Sun 15-Dec-24 23:27:41

Spin? All politics are full of spins. All sides, especially Biden and his cronies and the liberal left wing media.

Wyllow3 Sun 15-Dec-24 22:57:40

So whats the spin that denies the phone call?

Arto1s Sun 15-Dec-24 22:37:24

Everyone believes what they want to believe.

Wyllow3 Sun 15-Dec-24 22:34:35

Really? This is Trump, make no mistake.

and how about the phone call to the respected Republican secretary of state in charge of the Georgia vote when Trump is actually recorded as asking for more votes

"At one point on the call, Trump told Raffensperger, "What I want to do is this. I just want to find, uh, 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have, because we won the state." During the call, Trump falsely suggested that Raffensperger could have committed a criminal offense by refusing to overturn the state's election results."

Arto1s Sun 15-Dec-24 22:25:30

And we all know madeleine45 what the meaning of your post was. The ‘insurrection’ as you all call it, was committed by a bunch of idiots who call themselves Trump supporters but in actuality are anarchists.

MayBee70 Sun 15-Dec-24 22:17:16

Wyllow3

Arto1s

MayBee70 Another hateful remark. Would be murderers on here!

I suggest you look up the man who rang the bell on the Titanic. He was one of the survivors. (yes, really)

grin

Wyllow3 Sun 15-Dec-24 21:59:57

Arto1s

MayBee70 Another hateful remark. Would be murderers on here!

I suggest you look up the man who rang the bell on the Titanic. He was one of the survivors. (yes, really)

Jannicans Sun 15-Dec-24 21:55:47

Time magazine must be truly desperate.

MayBee70 Sun 15-Dec-24 21:14:21

Arto1s

MayBee70 Another hateful remark. Would be murderers on here!

People died during the insurrection did they not? But their deaths seem to have been ignored.

Arto1s Sun 15-Dec-24 19:36:59

MayBee70 Another hateful remark. Would be murderers on here!

MayBee70 Sun 15-Dec-24 19:12:18

Arto1s

madeleine45 You are actually wanting another human being to be dead. You are unbelievable.

Don’t worry. He would have made sure that he was on one of the life boats…

Elegran Sun 15-Dec-24 19:04:21

From across the pond, the view of Trump is clearer and in a better perspective than it seems to be from closer up. I hope you are right in the US, but I fear you are misled by his own high opinion of himself.