What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[Josquius]

What is it with old people and home renovations

[Norgy]

What is it with old people and home renovations

I don't remember which American author who wrote it, it was a short story I had to read as a student, and the quote is not verbatim, but when older couples have nothing more to talk about, they start making changes to the house.

There is probably some truth to that. When my step-dad was retired, and with only 10 percent eye-sight, he was always "fixing" something. It may also have to do with feeling you still have some mastery of an ever-changing world. I am getting there. Slowly.

[viper37]

What is it with old people and home renovations

Well, sometimes, we just want to live more comfortably, because, you know, the house has been left untouched for like, 35 years?

[Tonitrus]

What is it with old people and home renovations

Well, sometimes, we just want to live more comfortably, because, you know, the house has been left untouched for like, 35 years?

I was gonna say...the house ages (sometimes not well) too.

There can be exceptions...I have an aunt/uncle that built their house in the 80's, and it is in vintage perfect condition (granted, no kids and she is a nut about cleanliness/maintenance).

[Sophie Scholl]

What is it with old people and home renovations

For my parents, it is finally having the time and money to do so and also making things more accessible as they get less mobile due to age.

[crazy canuck]

For us the purpose of the home has changed now that the boys are grown up and gone

[Richard Hakluyt]

Getting the place done up before I get so old that I can no longer tolerate having workmen in the house 

[Richard Hakluyt]

Not quite as much gold as some though, and there will be no equivalent of the Arse de Trumph.

[Syt]

What about a vagina wall, though (RIP Monkeybutt, PBUH).

[Richard Hakluyt]

No space for a vagina wall 

RIP MB

[Syt]

https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-christian-genocide-trump-9e09e52e33e7efe2d2d27360d3695ef5

Trump threatens Nigeria with potential military action, escalates claim of Christian persecution

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he's ordered the Pentagon to begin planning for potential military action in Nigeria as he stepped up his allegations that the government is failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the West African country.

The president also warned that he "will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria."

"If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, 'guns-a-blazing,' to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities," Trump posted on social media. "I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians!"

The warning came after Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu earlier on Saturday pushed back on Trump announcing a day earlier that he was designating the West African country "a country of particular concern" for allegedly failing to rein in the persecution of Christians.

In a social media statement on Saturday, Tinubu said that the characterization of Nigeria as a religiously intolerant country does not reflect the national reality.

"Religious freedom and tolerance have been a core tenet of our collective identity and shall always remain so," Tinubu said. "Nigeria opposes religious persecution and does not encourage it. Nigeria is a country with constitutional guarantees to protect citizens of all faiths."

Trump on Friday said "Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria" and "radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter."

Trump's comment came weeks after U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz urged Congress to designate Africa's most populous country as a violator of religious freedom with claims of "Christian mass murder."

Nigeria's population of 220 million is split almost equally between Christians and Muslims. The country has long faced insecurity from various fronts including the Boko Haram extremist group, which seeks to establish its radical interpretation of Islamic law and has also targeted Muslims it deems not Muslim enough.

Attacks in Nigeria have varying motives. There are religiously motivated ones targeting both Christians and Muslims, clashes between farmers and herders over dwindling resources, communal rivalries, secessionist groups and ethnic clashes.

While Christians are among those targeted, analysts say the majority of victims of armed groups are Muslims in Nigeria's Muslim-majority north, where most attacks occur.

Kimiebi Ebienfa, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reiterated the commitment of Nigeria to protect citizens of all religions.

"The Federal Government of Nigeria will continue to defend all citizens, irrespective of race, creed, or religion," Ebienfa said in a statement on Saturday. "Like America, Nigeria has no option but to celebrate the diversity that is our greatest strength."

Nigeria was placed on the country of particular concern list by the U.S. for the first time in 2020 over what the State Department called "systematic violations of religious freedom." The designation, which did not single out attacks on Christians, was lifted in 2023 in what observers saw as a way to improve ties between the countries ahead of then-Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit.

[Admiral Yi]

Betcha he doesn't know it's land locked.

[celedhring]

Betcha he doesn't know it's land locked.

Because it isn't? 

[Admiral Yi]

Because it isn't? 

So a pretty good bet then.

[Razgovory]

I guess everyone should be happy about the US taking a stand against Genocide.