Trump

[nigel99 551]

A little bit of German humour poking fun at trump

[JerryBaumchen 1,415]

Hi folks,

I swear this idiot could not find his way to the bathroom without following the breadcrumbs:  Trump is giving Mexico and Canada a break on tariffs : NPR

On - off - who knows.

Jerry Baumchen

PS)  There are times when I ponder that, late in the evenings, do his supporters ever really wonder about him?  

[JoeWeber 2,790]

4 hours ago, JerryBaumchen said:

Hi folks,

I swear this idiot could not find his way to the bathroom without following the breadcrumbs:  Trump is giving Mexico and Canada a break on tariffs : NPR

On - off - who knows.

Jerry Baumchen

PS)  There are times when I ponder that, late in the evenings, do his supporters ever really wonder about him?  

I’m thinking they simply believe that Trump works in mysterious ways. 

[billvon 3,050]

6 hours ago, JerryBaumchen said:

PS)  There are times when I ponder that, late in the evenings, do his supporters ever really wonder about him?  

Nope.  They think he is a genius playing 4 dimensional chess that the media just doesn't understand,

[olofscience 489]

8 hours ago, billvon said:

Nope.  They think he is a genius playing 4 dimensional chess that the media just doesn't understand,

Yeah, they said that about Boris Johnson too during the Brexit negotiations - "he's just pretending to be crazy and unpredictable, but he's really playing 4D chess! Those EU negotiators will be thrown off-balance and we'll gain leverage!"

Then Boris pretty much rolled over and gave the EU everything they asked for. Then complained that he was "forced" to take the deal and tried to back out of it almost immediately...

Those people saying this probably haven't negotiated anything significant in their lives.

Edited March 7 by olofscience

[thelivo 7]

8 hours ago, olofscience said:

Yeah, they said that about Boris Johnson too during the Brexit negotiations - "he's just pretending to be crazy and unpredictable, but he's really playing 4D chess! Those EU negotiators will be thrown off-balance and we'll gain leverage!"

Agreed. However, I do suspect that although Boris was an incredibly dimwitted moron throughout that entire period, his IQ is probably about double DJT's score.

[JerryBaumchen 1,415]

Hi folks,

This is one of those that I put in the No Shit Sherlock bin:  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) . . . President Trump’s threat to levy tariffs on key trading partners of the U.S. is hurting his constituents.

Rand Paul warns Donald Trump over tariffs

Did he think that they would prosper?

The Trump toadies are way too short-sighted.

Jerry Baumchen

[JoeWeber 2,790]

6 hours ago, thelivo said:

Agreed. However, I do suspect that although Boris was an incredibly dimwitted moron throughout that entire period, his IQ is probably about double DJT's score.

Oh, good. Another unidentified but highly enlightened contributor. Thank you for nothing.

[nigel99 551]

1 hour ago, JoeWeber said:

Oh, good. Another unidentified but highly enlightened contributor. Thank you for nothing.

What’s wrong with his comment?

As far as being unidentified, when it comes to skydiving advice credibility is important. But in SC which is basically a bunch of us shooting the breeze and airing opinions I’ve got no problem. If you don’t remember the incident with phillykev, SC vindictive people can ruin your life.

[JoeWeber 2,790]

42 minutes ago, nigel99 said:

What’s wrong with his comment?

As far as being unidentified, when it comes to skydiving advice credibility is important. But in SC which is basically a bunch of us shooting the breeze and airing opinions I’ve got no problem. If you don’t remember the incident with phillykev, SC vindictive people can ruin your life.

To be completely honest Nigel, I think you need a bit more time in the pickle barrel. For some of us it’s more than just shooting the breeze. We live here. You don’t. Try harder to see the difference.

[thelivo 7]

On 3/8/2025 at 6:06 AM, nigel99 said:

What’s wrong with his comment?

As far as being unidentified, when it comes to skydiving advice credibility is important. But in SC which is basically a bunch of us shooting the breeze and airing opinions I’ve got no problem. If you don’t remember the incident with phillykev, SC vindictive people can ruin your life.

Agreed. I used to post under a different name in DZ.com but for whatever reason I can't seem to get back into that account here, and I haven't jumped in a number of years. Paragliding is the glue that keeps me sane now.....

[JerryBaumchen 1,415]

Hi folks,

I happen to agree:  “You either believe, in this moment, that he is a threat to our democracy, or you don’t,” Walsh said. “Stop there. There’s nothing else to speak about.”

Joe Walsh says Donald Trump could 'stop the midterms,' run again

I have no doubt that Trump will make an attempt at a 3rd term.

Jerry Baumchen

[JoeWeber 2,790]

53 minutes ago, JerryBaumchen said:

Hi folks,

I happen to agree:  “You either believe, in this moment, that he is a threat to our democracy, or you don’t,” Walsh said. “Stop there. There’s nothing else to speak about.”

Joe Walsh says Donald Trump could 'stop the midterms,' run again

I have no doubt that Trump will make an attempt at a 3rd term.

Jerry Baumchen

I do. Instead of taking the risk he’ll probably create a pretext and just hang on. Remember, by then he’ll have shown he can ignore the courts and will have full control of the House and Senate. Barring, of course an outlier like that our postings here managed to change the course of history.

[gowlerk 2,238]

5 hours ago, JoeWeber said:

I do. Instead of taking the risk he’ll probably create a pretext and just hang on.

He will probably declare an emergency over the "Special Military Operation" in the "Ontario Region of America".

[JoeWeber 2,790]

58 minutes ago, gowlerk said:

He will probably declare an emergency over the "Special Military Operation" in the "Ontario Region of America".

While NATO still exists and we're threatening your territorial integrity maybe Canada should invoke Article 5.

[gowlerk 2,238]

7 hours ago, JoeWeber said:

While NATO still exists and we're threatening your territorial integrity maybe Canada should invoke Article 5.

If Canada were to come under attack from the south it is my belief that invoking Article 5 would result in much European hand wringing and very little else.

[dogyks 9]

31 minutes ago, gowlerk said:

If Canada were to come under attack from the south it is my belief that invoking Article 5 would result in much European hand wringing and very little else.

There's always thoughts and prayers.

[gowlerk 2,238]

29 minutes ago, dogyks said:

There's always thoughts and prayers.

The lesson for Canada is simple. The only effective and available defense from potential invasion from the south involves leaving the NPT. Canada easily has the know how and resources to make itself invulnerable to the bully next door.

[olofscience 489]

On 3/8/2025 at 4:22 AM, JoeWeber said:

Oh, good. Another unidentified but highly enlightened contributor. Thank you for nothing.

I'm actually at PIA in Florida now, are you there?

What's hilarious here is that at the registration area, they have signs "sorry the shirts and goody bags aren't here yet, they're stuck at customs. We hope they will arrive soon".

There's going to be so much winning...

[billvon 3,050]

13 hours ago, gowlerk said:

He will probably declare an emergency over the "Special Military Operation" in the "Ontario Region of America".

Just to stop the Nazis there from killing anyone else, of course.

[dogyks 9]

I wish the batshit crazy persona was just an act, part of his 'art of the deal' strategy.  Unfortunately, I don't think that's the case.

Pity that the raw stupidity of the left is worse. 

You wonder how Germany emerged from the economic disaster of the Weimar Republic but started the kerfuffle beginning around '39?  I suspect history is rhyming again.

[wmw999 2,507]

So in other words the democrats, no matter who they offer (because there’s always something wrong with them), are worse than Hitler 

Dang

Wendy P. 

[dogyks 9]

53 minutes ago, wmw999 said:

So in other words the democrats, no matter who they offer (because there’s always something wrong with them), are worse than Hitler 

Dang

Wendy P. 

Germany had its Communists, we have Democrats.  Both have zero benefit and unlimited negatives.

Going Godwin doesn't become you.

[BIGUN 1,371]

Can we not do the R's are Nazis and Dems are communist crap. Let's stick to discussing policies. Please.

[jakee 1,553]

2 hours ago, dogyks said:

Pity that the raw stupidity of the left is worse. 

And yet you can never describe what that stupidity is. Almost as if you were just trying to make excuses for yourself.