Trump sends "Free Speech Squad" to UK.

Re free speech the new news is his release of words Trump says not to use!
They include female, solar power, elderly, diesel, nuclear energy and abortion...
I thought that was quite extraordinary!

Scroll down the link for the actual (legible) list!

pen.org/banned-words-list/

windmill1

Maremia

I think, quite honestly, that Trump has dementia. So many signs. He can't finish sentences. Falls asleep in important and televised meetings. Uses 'substitute' words. There is one video where he is handing out awards, but can't open what looks like a simple lift the lid jewellery box. Has to be prompted about what he is signing. Keeps saying 'I don't know about that'.

Hmmm, signs of dementia or outright lunacy - eternal rambling, breaking off sentences and not finishing, looking here, there and everywhere and bizarre physical gesturing as if he's playing an imaginary concertina.

Then throw in his profound and unshakeable belief that any criticism of himself is "Fake news! Fake news!" and it becomes plain that a dictatorial fruitcake is treating the world as his personal fiefdom.

... and it becomes plain that a dictatorial fruitcake is treating the world as his personal fiefdom.

Very succinct, and so true. BTW, I'm stealing dictatorial fruitcake.

I heard someone say that Trump is a legend in his own mind. He constantly refers to himself in the third-person ('illeism' - I had to look it up).

These are actual quotes / tweets:

"Remember what happened during the [2016 New Hampshire primary]? Trump should come in third or fourth, and we came in easily at number one."

"Nobody’s been tougher on Russia than Donald Trump."

"There’s never been a president like President Trump."

... and his tweet on 'The Apprentice'...

"The Apprentice was the #1 show on television last season on Sunday from 10 to 11 - congratulations Donald!"

I'm imagining how the British public would react if a Prime Minister behaved similarly. I think he would be mocked mercilessly - by those of all political stripes. We certainly seem to have a completely different mindset to our American cousins.

Dickens

With family living in California and gay friends living in Connecticut I know many many people in the USA do NOT support Trump and his administration.

To them he’s a very frightening clown!

The whole abortion issue is simply horrifying! Those supporting banning it are not “pro-life”, they are “anti-abortion”! Where’s the extra assistance, help and support for these poor women and their “unwanted” babies, living in poverty, or with the knowledge that their babies were formed through rape, incest and abuse.

The whole thing absolutely sickens me!

I noticed that that long list of banned words includes woman/women but not men?
The list shows so much prejudice.

AGAA4

I noticed that that long list of banned words includes woman/women but not men?
The list shows so much prejudice.

"Men" is on the list.

Is the whole list a spoof?

It is more than a shame that men are still making decisions about women's bodies.

Not everyone is upset to have an abortion. For some women it is a relief

NotSpaghetti

Re free speech the new news is his release of words Trump says not to use!
They include female, solar power, elderly, diesel, nuclear energy and abortion...
I thought that was quite extraordinary!

Scroll down the link for the actual (legible) list!

pen.org/banned-words-list/

Thank you........

" The New York Times published a list of words banned by federal agencies. Additional terms were reported by Reuters, The Washington Post, Propublica, Science, Gizmodo, 404 Media, Popular Information, Politico’s E&E News and the nonprofit news outlet More Perfect Union.

This one is helpful as it gives details of how they were banned and what they were ordered to replace words with.

www.eenews.net/articles/fema-memo-replace-noncitizen-with-alien-remove-climate-from-documents/

"The FEMA memo, titled “Recovery Guidance for Terminology Changes,” was sent Feb. 19 to employees in FEMA’s recovery directorate, which oversees disaster recovery.

“To comply with Executive Actions and DHS memos to remove language from policy and doctrine concerning gender, DEI, immigration and climate change, please replace and/or remove the terminology listed below,” the memo says.

The first section of the memo lists seven words such as “noncitizen” and their replacement terms. The second section lists 10 phrases that are “climate change terminology to remove,” including phrases such as “changing climate,” “climate resilience,” and “net zero.”

The third section lists 17 words and phrases that are “DEI terminology to remove” including “inclusion,” “gender identity,” “marginalized” and “social vulnerability,” which entered FEMA lexicon during Trump’s first presidency.

The fourth and final section lists “recommended language” such as “building a resilient nation” and “whole community” and citing federal laws related to civil rights and disaster programs.

JaneJudge

It is more than a shame that men are still making decisions about women's bodies.

Not everyone is upset to have an abortion. For some women it is a relief

Absolutely, and should be their choice, no one else, them!