What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[Norgy]

200 percent tariff on European wine.

That is rather targeted.

Enjoy your eggs, USA.

If I go back to France, they would set me on fire like that Tesla dealership wouldn't they?

Can't really speak for the French, but in Norway we welcome refugees from cuntyballs moronic rule.
But sure, we can set fire to a Tesla dealership after we've handed you some money and a house.

[Syt]

https://apnews.com/article/trump-usaid-questionnaire-united-nations-b520f3a4d058b0d047424b08abe582df

The Trump administration demands UN agencies disclose any 'anti-American' ties

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Trump administration is demanding U.N. humanitarian agencies that receive or disburse U.S. funding fill out a questionnaire disclosing any ties to communism, socialism or anti-American beliefs, according to U.S. and U.N. officials and a copy of the survey obtained by The Associated Press.

UNICEF and the U.N. Refugee Agency joined the remaining offices and bureaus at the recently dismantled U.S. Agency for International Development in receiving the questionnaire, which probed on several Trump administration concerns, including whether any of the programs were promoting diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

It was unclear how widely the administration sent the survey, which was verified by a current USAID staffer, a U.S. official and three U.N. officials.

"I'm aware from some of our colleagues that a number of agencies have received these types of questionnaires," U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters Thursday when asked about the survey.

The other officials spoke about the document on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal.

It is the latest effort by President Donald Trump's administration to root out what it calls "waste, fraud and abuse" in the federal government, including by reevaluating foreign assistance. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the administration has cut 83% of programs overseas run by USAID, the main U.S. foreign aid agency.

While some questions in the survey touch on routine issues like whether a project has a risk management framework, others probe organizations' stand on a range of hot-button issues for Republicans, including whether they provide any abortion-related care or do work on DEI or "gender ideology" issues.

The questionnaire asks respondents to confirm that "this is not a climate or 'environmental justice' project," that the organization encourages free speech and that it "does not work with entities associated with communist, socialist, or totalitarian parties, or any party that espouses anti-American beliefs."

One question frames the U.N. agencies themselves as a problem, asking organizations whether their projects "reinforce U.S. sovereignty by limiting reliance on international organizations or global governance structures (e.g., UN, WHO)?"

A second part of the survey asks organizations to give a score from "no impact" to "major impact" on questions including, "What impact does this project have on preventing illegal immigration to the U.S.?" and "How much does this project directly impact efforts to counter malign influence, including China?"

The comparatively few staffers left at USAID were among the federal employees still striving to complete the questionnaires, despite the Trump administration's announcement that it had already decided to gut the agency's contracts, the USAID staffer said.

One former diplomat said the questions will seem "intrusive and uncomfortable" to anyone doing development work overseas.

"At the U.N., where you have 193 countries that represent every race, gender and language, diversity is a fact. It is not an ideology," said Thomas Shannon, a former U.S. diplomat who worked under President Barack Obama and during Trump's first administration.

"It would be my hope that the United States would understand that maybe with a few exceptions, the programs at the U.N. are not designed to promote 'woke' ideology but to address very real obstacles and challenges," he said.

[Oexmelin]

Another illustration of the undermining done by the sort of coverage favored by the American media:

Big title: 98 protesters arrested at Trump Tower sit-in for detained activist Mahmoud Khalil

Small title: Khalil is currently being held in Louisiana and is not charged with a crime.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/hundreds-protesters-stage-trump-tower-sit-calling-release/story?id=119762664

[HVC]

And now schummer is no longer Jewish, he's a Palestinian,

[Norgy]

Dismantling an American made organisation called United Nations is surely a bigly greatly idea.

[dist]

https://apnews.com/article/trump-usaid-questionnaire-united-nations-b520f3a4d058b0d047424b08abe582df

The Trump administration demands UN agencies disclose any 'anti-American' ties

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Trump administration is demanding U.N. humanitarian agencies that receive or disburse U.S. funding fill out a questionnaire disclosing any ties to communism, socialism or anti-American beliefs, according to U.S. and U.N. officials and a copy of the survey obtained by The Associated Press.

[...]

While some questions in the survey touch on routine issues like whether a project has a risk management framework, others probe organizations' stand on a range of hot-button issues for Republicans, including whether they provide any abortion-related care or do work on DEI or "gender ideology" issues.

I guess next they are going to update that form they make you sign on the plane before you land in the US (is that still a thing?)

[Legbiter]

The implicit bargain for swing voters was that Trump would run a good economy and then do a bunch of culture war stuff that you could happily ignore but would make the libs mad. If the economy is tanking on the other hand...

The thing is Trump is as old as Sumer and does not have to worry about a reelection so I think bad polls will mean very little to him.

[Legbiter]

Also for all Brits and Canadians feeling low, stuck in an alliance with a hated enemy, etc, etc I offer the Icelandic Cod Wars as an example. Of course the Big Daddy back then was the US but the principle still applies.

You can make the cost of doing business too high to bother for the aggressor.

So far Canada has done a 10/10 response to the US.

Go prepare to defend yourself would be my message as an Icelander to Canadians.

[Legbiter]

Here's an overview for our Brits and Canucks.

[viper37]

Apparently, the Dems are considering folding on the shutdown.

It's a total ssurrender.

[Valmy]

Apparently, the Dems are considering folding on the shutdown.

It's a total ssurrender.

Can't spell surrender without Schumer.

Calling him a Palestinian was an insult to Palestine.

But it's not a done deal yet...but I knew he would do this. Having the Republicans unconstitutionally destroy the government and cut Medicaid wasn't good enough. He wanted to make sure the Democrats are culpable as well. Wouldn't want to make Trump unpopular or win an election or anything.

[HVC]

Apparently, the Dems are considering folding on the shutdown.

It's a total ssurrender.

Kind of damned if you do, damned if you don't. If they don't folder the trump economic cluster fuck will be blamed on them and the GOP will have an easy scapegoat because people are stupid.

[Valmy]

Apparently, the Dems are considering folding on the shutdown.

It's a total ssurrender.

Kind of damned if you do, damned if you don't. If they don't folder the trump economic cluster fuck will be blamed on them and the GOP will have an easy scapegoat because people are stupid.

Let them. The Democrats need to at the very least refuse to vote for anything that cuts Medicaid and Medicare. They should demand an end to Trump's unconstitional disbanding of Congressionally mandated programs like the Consumer Protection Bureau but that would require them to be a real political party that tries to use its power to win political goals and shape policy instead of a bunch of spineless and worthless wastes of space. So I would settle for simply getting a simple concession.

Trump and the Republicans are going to blame them anyway. They should be worried about what their voters are going to think.

[The Minsky Moment]

It's a legitimately tough decision because if Congress doesn't authorize funding, it gives Trump and Musk more legal cover to gut the departments, perhaps fatally.

However, I still think the answer is clear because the bill cedes Congress' exclusive taxing power to the President, which is unconstitutional and tactically disastrous.  The Democrats have to hold fast on that point.

[Oexmelin]

Call your representatives and Senators. Every day. Do not relent.