What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Or the epstein files, surely that great friend of Trump needs some investigating too

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

Don't forget the super secret private email server.

Buttery snails!

[The Minsky Moment]

More seriously, I've seen people rationalizing it by "Every politician does it, he's just honest/open about it."

Even if it were true (it isn't), why on earth would that be a good thing? "He's corrupt like all politicians, but he does it a lot more and is completely shameless about it, so that's OK"

I can't think of any other crime where that reasoning would make sense. Does a serial killer who brazenly mows down people in the street with a submachine gun get a pass, because he is open about it?

[The Brain]

Does a serial killer who brazenly mows down people in the street with a submachine gun get a pass, because he is open about it?

EO pending.

[Duque de Bragança]

So, anyway, this Congressman that sits on the aviation subcommittee of the HASC notes that the "free" Qatari "$400 million" jet cannot possibly serve as an Air Force One aircraft without undergoing many hundreds of millions of dollars in updates to its avionics (which must be hardened against EMP), communications, defensive equipment, etc, and will have to be stripped to the studs to ensure no eavesdropping bugs have been built into it. Just the piping for in-air refueling will require a massive displacement of internal volume. There is zero chance that it will ever serve as an Air Force One during Trump's term in office and the donation to the library would be a massive security breach.

Did I miss the compulsory Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes reference?

[Jacob]

The Phoenix New Times have apparently obtained documents outlining project 2025 plans for putting Trump in control of American police forces.

[Razgovory]

So, anyway, this Congressman that sits on the aviation subcommittee of the HASC notes that the "free" Qatari "$400 million" jet cannot possibly serve as an Air Force One aircraft without undergoing many hundreds of millions of dollars in updates to its avionics (which must be hardened against EMP), communications, defensive equipment, etc, and will have to be stripped to the studs to ensure no eavesdropping bugs have been built into it. Just the piping for in-air refueling will require a massive displacement of internal volume. There is zero chance that it will ever serve as an Air Force One during Trump's term in office and the donation to the library would be a massive security breach.

Did I miss the compulsory Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes reference?

See, this is why I like you Duck, nobody else would quote Virgil on this board.

[Admiral Yi]

Moody's cuts US rating from AAA to AA1.

[Josquius]

More seriously, I've seen people rationalizing it by "Every politician does it, he's just honest/open about it."

Even if it were true (it isn't), why on earth would that be a good thing? "He's corrupt like all politicians, but he does it a lot more and is completely shameless about it, so that's OK"

I can't think of any other crime where that reasoning would make sense. Does a serial killer who brazenly mows down people in the street with a submachine gun get a pass, because he is open about it?

Ah, but the serial killer openly shooting people on the street can be stopped by good guys with guns. It's the serial killer over the years sneakily knocking people off who is the problem.

I guess it's something like that. Trump is open about it so no way will be as bad as those being sneaky.

Maybe also something about that's just how things work. He is revealing this to us and of course he's profiting as he hasn't completely fixed things yet?

[crazy canuck]

Just one more reason why many Canadians are avoiding the US.  This is the sort of visit that would have been waved through in the before times.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFEUVamS6_b/?igsh=MXZpc2o4M3dmdTIxaw==

[grumbler]

Just one more reason why many Canadians are avoiding the US.  This is the sort of visit that would have been waved through in the before times.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFEUVamS6_b/?igsh=MXZpc2o4M3dmdTIxaw==

It's curious how every CBP/ICE officer seems to have turned into an asshole overnight.

[Valmy]

It's curious how every CBP/ICE officer seems to have turned into an asshole overnight.

It comes from the top.

[HVC]

Always were assholes but now they have free rein? Or the whole power corrupts thing.

[Bauer]

Even the Canadian border guys are kind of assholes half the time.  Uniform complex and probably settled for the job after getting rejected by the police.

Add that with a political agenda and voila.

[Sheilbh]

I think anyone who chooses to become a border guard is probably a bit of a dick

I do remember reading Shadi Hamid talking about the great key of America's success - talking about how his family of Egyptian origin and other immigrants he knows become Americans and returning home and the passport people at the border say "welcome home", which doesn't happen in Europe.

And I think there's a lot to that - but my first thought was a British border guard has never said "welcome home" to me