Trump wants to call the Straits of Hormuz ‘Trump Straits’ 🙄

JenniRen

nanna8

Roll on the United States of Britain. You need to reclaim your territory to save the people from insanity.

Donny already owns parts of Scotland.
The Trump Estate and Trumpberry.

And look at how he treated the local people in Scotland when he created his golf course there .

Commonground

I just turned on the tv and there he is, making a speech in Ireland.
I've listened for about 10 minutes and the foremost thought in my mind is "How the hell do the folks in the audience stay awake?"
That droning voice spouting the same old bullshit, going on and on and on........
Unbelievable that anyone could even contemplate voting for him.

I said to my partner ‘ what have we all done to have this man inflicted upon us’. He’s stirring up trouble in The Falklands and now Ireland. What right has he got to do that.

I don't believe in karma or a higher power, so I don't think we've done anything to deserve it.
There are evil men and some manage to climb to powerful positions.
I managed to shock myself a few months back. As I watched a report about something he'd said or done, I actually said aloud to my dogs (I live alone) "That's nothing a bullet between the eyes wouldn't solve"
As soon as I'd said it I felt ashamed of myself. I've been described as a liberal, lefty pacifist and I wouldn't disagree with that description.

Commonground

I'm sitting here open mouthed, he just called the Irish "vicious bastards "

Trump really knows how to make friends! Going to someone's country and calling them vicious bastards is so diplomatic.

I was very surprised the BBC made no mention of it afterwards.

imaround

Commonground

I'm sitting here open mouthed, he just called the Irish "vicious bastards "

Well he’s got away with saying he was at ground zero on 9/11. He opens his mouth; he lies. And people now just regard it as the norm.

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How did Trump happen?
I mean how does anyone support this awful man??
He can’t even speak to people.
There is nothing normal or right about this.
Last week he was putting the flag of America over Iceland on his social media site and the leader of Iceland was incensed.
I just don’t get it.

Fallingstar

How did Trump happen?
I mean how does anyone support this awful man??
He can’t even speak to people.
There is nothing normal or right about this.
Last week he was putting the flag of America over Iceland on his social media site and the leader of Iceland was incensed.
I just don’t get it.

No, I don't get it either Fallingstar, he is completely off his head, I just can't understand how anybody can admire or support him. He has absolutely no redeeming qualities at all and is getting more unstable on a daily basis.

Best option, Impeachment.

It’s a wonder he hasn’t called for Scotland to be called Trump Land. After all he has a golf course there.

I suppose he'll claim he has a mandate from Almighty God himself to do all this to "Make America Great Again".

I feel almost sorry for the person following on from this creature: they will have the monumental task of dismantling all these artefacts and tin-pot 'monuments' he's constructing with his name on and in his name, including repairing and restoring the East Wing of The White House which he completely demolished to build his Ballroom/Throne Room.

And there's all those miles of gold gilt he's plastered all over the interior - I saw an tv interview he did, about a month ago, and he was being his usual diplomatic self to the journalist trying to question him. The walls were thick with gold paint as could have befitted the late Colonel Gadaffi......

His treatment of women journalists is appalling - the male journalists who are present are obviously too scared to stand up to him. Did you see some of the photos of trump meeting the Irish President yesterday? She is apparently very left wing and despises him. He looks like he was chewing on a wasp!

I saw some of the 'welcome' signs the Irish had prepared for him.

Fallingstar

Imaround you would think that voters who support Farage et al would look at what is happening in the US with Trump and rather vote for a stuffed parrot than Reform but there is no accounting for how voters mind’s work or don’t work.

Although Trump and Farage espouse the same politics, I think it's a mistake to lump them together.

Farage is more articulate, more intelligent, more self-aware, more cunning, and isn't given to delivering long, rambling, nonsensical monologues and... as far as I know - doesn't do the toe-curling dad-dancing at the end of any meetings, rallies or conferences.

Also, Farage supporters are not a homogenous group, are they... he has some wealthy (maybe very wealthy though I'm not sure he still has the approval of Musk) backers, and his market-led ideology will also suit some of those voters whose main priority is protecting their wealth/income. Also, in spite of Labour's success in reducing the number of small-boat arrivals in 2026 - this is not felt 'on the streets', especially in deprived areas, so his anti-immigrant stance is a powerful (if fanciful in reality) part of Reform's appeal.

I just don't believe you can dismiss Farage/Reform voters as a group of people who can't think for themselves and need us to do it for them. I'm pretty sure he has his supporters - like Trump - who are well aware of his failings and alleged dodgy-dealings, but will vote for him anyway because he will, or suggests he intends to, protect their interests. In an uncertain world and economic climate, this is a powerful pull.

The 'scapegoat argument' doesn't I believe have much impact on people's thinking - suggesting that Reform will target other groups - well, it already has - doesn't work because possibly no-one sees themselves as part of that group?

I remember some time ago a woman attacking a Tory spokesman on "Question Time", having given the party her support, she discovered that the legitimate benefit she was in receipt of was going to be reduced. She voted for their 'tough-stance' on 'benefit-culture', but, as she said to the spokesman, "I didn't think you meant people like me"...

That's very accurate Dickens