Trump tears peace hopes into pieces.

Thanks for keeping us updated on things state side as you do- much appreciated 👏

He does not know how to end a war he started! Egotistical narcissist

imaround

I fully believe he does understand the negatives, when he knows about them. He still doesn't care. I do not believe for one minute that they tell him much though.

The GOP (and Dems too!) have spiralled into its own "let them eat cake" moment, which is why the Democratic Socialists are winning Primaries. All of a sudden more people are realizing that the US can afford to cover healthcare for everyone and that insurance companies making billions on profits from people dying isn't a good thing.

I said before, this is our opportunity for massive change. I hope we don't mess it up again.

Mamdani is VERY popular right now. He just sent $750k to open a pet food shelter for Manhattan so that people hard on their luck don't have to give up a beloved pet.

He also texted the wealthy by setting a tax on second+ homes worth over $5 million that sit empty.

www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/04/mayor-mamdani--governor-hochul-announce-state-s-first-pied-a-ter

Guess who owns a lot of empty real estate in New York? He also just lost 3 times in a matter of days and now must pay out the $5m judgement to E Jean Carrol. The SC denied him twice this week.

Black Rock, the private equity company who buys up all the single family homes and drives market prices to unaffordable levels, has said they may disinvest from NYC because of it. I think that is the point. People are homeless and you are sitting on empty real estate worth millions you a-holes.

If it shows to be an effective strategy, cities all over the US will do it as well on much cheaper levels. At some point, everyone needs to pay their fair share one way or another.

I haven't been posting much because I am just sitting back watching it all happen. It gets more ridiculous by the day. Sending out "poll watchers" to Dem cities and states to intimidate people. The USPS refusing to deliver ballots for vote by mail. They are desperate because they know they are in trouble.

ICE is still killing people. A man was killed in Houston yesterday. We just no longer hear about it because the media has all been purchased by right wing billionaires and the feds are no longer publishing the stats.

You are so right Imaround.

With vultures (sorry to malign those birds) like BlackRock sitting around picking up the spoils of his destruction - and they are hugely in the UK and the EU too.
Their pernicious fingers are somewhere in ALL public companies in the UK and they lobby the UK government to make sure policies are passed that set the ground for even more profits for BlackRock and not for the voters or people.
EG they own or have hugely invested in most of the heat pump manufacturers and are driving the policy to make them almost compulsory. Cq, holiday companies, housing companies, undertakers, vets, police service providers, jails, ...

As for Trump well, I cannot share my thoughts.

Oreo

Iran are unbelievably murderous to their own people, beatings and summary executions daily.On top of that, bank rolling the many murderous terrorist groups such as hezbollah and hamas which carry out atrocities all over the world as well as the Middle East.The leaders call themselves religious, what a terrible joke that is, so yes they certainly are scum.

Thank You Oreo for listing
all these things about Iran.

Similar and much worse things also apply to several other countries in the Gulf and surrounding areas.

Especially the way they still treat their Women.

If they didn't have oil where would they be?

I think Tump is the gross personification of US entitlement and corruption.

In that they can rule the World and have whatever they want on their
terms.

I totally agree but we will get vilified for it.

Spot on.

Being vilified on Gransnet is worth giving your own opinions on any matter at all.😄

What Chocolatelovingran said,
there appears to be a correlation between a spurt of progress on releasing the Epstein Files, and a sudden decision to bomb Iran again.

Someone asked upthread, about what Israel was saying.
Allegedly, Israeli intelligence has uncovered a plot to k... Trump. That's why he had to leave his new golden plane behind and travel home in the older secure one.

There is video footage of Trump at the NATO summit, and you may watch it as he says the Islamic Republic of Japan, and also the mix up with Putin/Zelenski.📹

He is now down 2 GOP Senators. McConnell is still missing. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Unfortunately, this is expected when one runs for election in one's 80s.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sen-lindsey-graham-dies-71-brief-sudden-illness-rcna552722

Trump really isn't fit, physically, mentally or morally, to run a powerful country like the USA.

The Governor will appoint Graham's replacement, who will serve out his term until Jan 2027. This seat was heading to election in November.

For a brief moment, the GOPs hold in the Senate is tenuous. They can only have 2 GOP Senators vote with the Dems to tank a Trump agenda.