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Keep it simple, just YES or NO, no discussion. Do you support and trust Trump

(176 Posts)
Claremont Wed 05-Feb-25 19:10:41

I'll start. No discussion required- as said above, just YES or NO.

NO

Mollygo Fri 07-Feb-25 09:11:23

Talk is cheap.
What has KS actually done?
Has he instructed sports groups to ban males from female sports?
I only have info that each group is responsible for their own decision about that.
Has he provided information about Labour removing males from female prisons
or supporting female rights about female safe spaces?
Does he now know that a woman is female and that women have never had a penis?

maddyone Fri 07-Feb-25 10:28:04

Mollygo

Talk is cheap.
What has KS actually done?
Has he instructed sports groups to ban males from female sports?
I only have info that each group is responsible for their own decision about that.
Has he provided information about Labour removing males from female prisons
or supporting female rights about female safe spaces?
Does he now know that a woman is female and that women have never had a penis?

The answer to your questions is NO.

maddyone Fri 07-Feb-25 10:38:44

Casdon

No. He has done nothing which makes me confident that the future of America or the world is safe in his hands, quite the contrary.

I’m not a Trump fan at all, but I have to say that deporting many foreign criminals must make communities safer. I wish we’d do the same. We still have a convicted child abuser living and working here over ten years (that’s approximate, it might be more) since he was released from prison, and the judge said when sentencing him that he should be deported when he had served his sentence. He was one of the ring leaders of one the ‘grooming gangs’ in the news recently. I cannot see how British society, or women and girls, are safer whilst he is still here.

ronib Fri 07-Feb-25 11:14:15

Trump’s unique style takes a little getting used to but his offer to rebuild Gaza into some luxury holiday destination does make me think. If I lived there and I had the opportunity to be rehoused when my blitzed country was being rebuilt, would I take the opportunity? Or would I return to nothing and the strong likelihood of more fighting and bloodshed? What sort of future, if any could I envisage for future generations? More genocide or Disneyland Gaza?
No other politician so far has highlighted the acute dilemma in Gaza in this way but whether it works out is anyone’s guess. At least Trump thought about it.

Iam64 Fri 07-Feb-25 17:45:43

Seriously, he isn’t talking about a kind tidy move to a nearby country. Jordan and Egypt don’t want Hamas infiltrating and destabilising. They’re also already absorbing thousands of refugees from Lybia, Syria the Lebanon and more.
Trump isn’t suggesting the Palestinians return to their homeland once he’s turned it into a gambling/drinking Las Vegas kind of place. He wants them banished. It’s astonishing to think this much less say it out loud.

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Fri 07-Feb-25 18:44:15

Hey Claremont ask Andrew Bailey of the BoE!
Yes or No mate?

He’d be feeling somewhat compromised tonight I expect:
“We’ll use Brexit freedom to slash red tape on banks, vows Bailey” headline tonight in the Telegraph.
😁

Oreo Fri 07-Feb-25 19:06:08

I think this thread got way more interesting once posters were sensible enough to disregard the instruction to only say yes or no.How boring it would have been to have pages listing two words only.

Casdon Fri 07-Feb-25 19:11:01

How revealing about people’s core belief it would have been though if everybody had nailed their colours to one mast or the other rather than arguing the pros and cons.

Oreo Fri 07-Feb-25 19:13:51

Why? Are you particularly interested in knowing what strangers on a forum have as their core beliefs?Answer me in one word only! 🤭

Delila Fri 07-Feb-25 19:19:14

Yeahbutnobut 🤔..…definitely no.

Allira Fri 07-Feb-25 19:21:10

😁

Casdon Fri 07-Feb-25 19:46:51

Oreo

Why? Are you particularly interested in knowing what strangers on a forum have as their core beliefs?Answer me in one word only! 🤭

Yes

Allira Fri 07-Feb-25 19:48:08

Really?

I really cannot take it that seriously.

Jane43 Fri 07-Feb-25 19:50:54

Iam64

crazyH

If he runs the country as well as he runs his business empire - Yes

I’ve read so many times his businesses fail

Six of his businesses have gone bankrupt including a casino where the house should always win!

Luckygirl3 Fri 07-Feb-25 19:52:08

Whose this lady who starts a discussion with an embargo on discussion!! Now that really is strange .....

Luckygirl3 Fri 07-Feb-25 19:52:44

Who is!! - sorry!

Claremont Fri 07-Feb-25 20:07:59

No 'embargo' - just a simple request. Several threads opened to discuss pros and cons and all aspects of Trump's first few weeks. Pages and pages. So thought a simpler version would be interesting. But anyone could choose to 'nail their colours to one mast r the other' - or ignore. Or do as they please!

Allira Fri 07-Feb-25 21:20:24

Claremont

No 'embargo' - just a simple request. Several threads opened to discuss pros and cons and all aspects of Trump's first few weeks. Pages and pages. So thought a simpler version would be interesting. But anyone could choose to 'nail their colours to one mast r the other' - or ignore. Or do as they please!

Well not really a simple request, is it.
More an order!

*I'll start. No discussion required- as said above, just YES or NO.*

Unfortunately posters are a rebellious lot

Galaxy Fri 07-Feb-25 21:24:47

Yes I have the maturity of a 12 year old, if someone says dont do that, I will absolutely do it.

Allira Fri 07-Feb-25 22:30:41

Galaxy

Yes I have the maturity of a 12 year old, if someone says dont do that, I will absolutely do it.

The British tend to be a rebellious lot.

The only time we conform is when queuing.
We love queues! 😁

Iam64 Sat 08-Feb-25 08:04:32

Allira - you’re spot on about the underlying maverick we disguise by appearing conformist

Maremia Sat 08-Feb-25 08:49:43

If I say 'yes' do I qualify for cheap air flights to Mar-a-Gaza?

Galaxy Sat 08-Feb-25 08:56:27

Oh I am not a monster allira, I obviously queue, and tut loudly if people dont.

sf101 Sat 08-Feb-25 09:07:46

Yes to there are only 2 sexes
Yes to deporting criminals
Yes to eliminating waste in all government departments
Yes to merit over DEI
He has made a good start only time will tell how it goes from here.

Maremia Sat 08-Feb-25 09:23:52

And 'yes' to unelected Elon Musk having so much power?