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The forum discussion centers around Donald Trump's presidency, highlighting his controversial remarks and actions during a Women's History Month event at the White House on March 26, 2025. Participants express disappointment in Trump's behavior, comparing him unfavorably to past presidents like George W. Bush and Richard Nixon. The conversation critiques Trump's lack of empathy and his perceived incompetence, particularly in foreign relations and health policy. The discussion also touches on the broader implications of his presidency on American trust and political integrity.

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  • Understanding of U.S. political history, particularly the presidencies of Richard Nixon and George W. Bush.
  • Familiarity with the concept of political satire and its role in public discourse.
  • Knowledge of Women's History Month and its significance in American culture.
  • Awareness of the impact of presidential rhetoric on international relations.
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  • Research the historical context of Richard Nixon's presidency and his political strategies.
  • Explore the implications of presidential rhetoric on U.S. foreign policy, particularly in relation to China.
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  • Analyze the role of political satire in shaping public perception of political figures.
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This discussion is beneficial for political analysts, historians, and anyone interested in understanding the dynamics of contemporary U.S. politics, particularly in relation to leadership, public trust, and the role of humor in political critique.

Here's Mr. Empathy as a person collapsed during a press conference. Completely bored indifference.


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Lawrence O'Donnell of MSNBC put it well - the image should be the official portrait of his second term.
www.msnbc.com

Lawrence O’Donnell: This photo should be the official portrait of Trump’s second term

“The Last Word” host said the viral photo showcased the president’s instinct to “completely ignore a person in need.”
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I don't know whether the phrase can be translated, but in German, I would say that everything about this person is extremely unappetizing.
 
Borg said:
Extremely distasteful would probably be the phrase.
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German allows the distinction between "unappetitlich" (unappetizing; too eerie even to touch/mention/speak about/eat) and "geschmacklos" (distasteful; vulgar/not funny/without taste)
 
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Kanzi can cook, start fires, play Pac-Man, and create music, moving through tasks with a curiosity and creativity that blur the boundaries between humans and the animals we so often underestimate.
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Just saying.
 
gleem said:
[...] I am inclined nay forced to conclude He has no empathy and is more concerned with his wealth/power than anything. I believe that his first-term health programs were just politically expedient.
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I strongly suspect that anything he does, from one second to the next, is based on political expediency.
 
In the end, the cause of any of his actions is narcissism. The factual goal of the current administration is simple corruption, i.e., to make as much money as possible, for himself, and the ones he aims to gain respect from, e.g., investors of Argentinian bonds. This, in return, is also motivated by his narcissism.

I refuse to believe that it is more complicated than this. A man with the vocabulary of an eight-year-old and the smartness of a crying baby certainly does not have any deeper intentions than that.
 
EricDMMiller said:
Not content with illegal killings of Venezuelans in boats, Trump is finally ready to start in on the Democrats.

www.mlive.com

Michigan senator’s urging of troops to refuse unlawful orders ‘punishable by DEATH,’ Trump says

U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly, joined 5 other Democratic lawmakers in a video to urge U.S. military members to "refuse illegal orders." President Trump responded Thursday on social media.
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Don’t know whether to laugh or cry. So refusing an unlawful order is punishable by death, or is it the recommendation to do so (that is: encouraging the troops to follow the letter and spirit of the law and refuse being used as SA-sturmtruppen) which is punishable by death. He is very confusing.

Someone once said that lying requires a good memory but if you just dont’t care (like the blob) that quickly becomes academic.
 
fresh_42

Ukraine Post in thread 'What's going to happen to Ukraine?'

I forgot to mention Panama. It is time to accept the new reality: The USA is no longer an ally anyone can rely on.

And even if you blame Trump. Nobody can ever be certain that they won't elect another moron into office again. If international politics and the economy become toys of a single person, then nothing will be reliable anymore. This is a big game changer, more than just an idiot driving crazy.
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Trump now wants to pardon the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, convicted of taking bribes and partnering with cocaine traffickers, as he orders the destruction of Venezuelan drug boats and accuses its president of drug trafficking. So what is Trump getting? Look for a Trump Tower coming soon in Tegucigalpa.

Trump previously said.
"We're going to be asking everyone who sells drugs, gets caught selling drugs, to receive the death penalty for their heinous acts, because it's the only way"
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What is Maduro waiting for? He must have an available building site in Caracas.
 
Trump is signing a peace plan with Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the United States Institute of Peace, recently renamed the Donald J Trump United States Institute of Peace. It has been mostly empty since the DOGE assault, symbolic, I think, of Trump's peace initiatives.
 
fresh_42 said:
It isn't. I saw an interview in which he said he liked to be pope. This insult to a human being IS as dumb as it appears.

Just saw, top message on hourly news: Vance criticized that our courts have ruled that our right-wing party may be called right-extreme. Can any of you US-Americans please explain to me why a vice president of the USA dares to criticize German court rulings? And you wonder why the USA is considered as being imperialistic, that aims to impose its crude world view on others? Such things make me angry, and partly anti-American. It is simply not tolerable! Who is he that he can teach us (our courts!) who we call a Nazi? And why does he only bother about Nazis?
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Speaking of criticizing German law, I seem to remember that the definition of manslaughter in German law is still based on Karl Roland Freisler's definition. He might have been competent but also very very unsympathetic. Remember Sophie Scholl?

But I'm just yanking your chain here. I hardly disagree with anything you say. :)

EDIT: Wow. Talk about unsympathetic. Judge, jury, prosecutor in one. 90% guilty verdicts! 5000 death sentences! Kangaroo-court indeed!
 
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Why would he apologize when this is exactly the kind of behavior that his ignorant, racist base wants?
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IIRC the only thing he ever apologized for was the grab-the-pussy thing, and that looked like a hostage tape.

The White House response was imo about the worst walk back. Saying an aid was responsible for the post implies that we can't know which Truth Social posts actually come from POTUS. So his Truth Social account is like the E-pen on steroids.
 
I haven't seen anything about it here (lost in all the other crimes) but he's also suing the IRS for $10 billion for allowing his tax returns to be released. He has actually joked about the fact that he will be the one who decides the payout. If he wants money so bad, I would vote to give him $100 billion if he would just leave and never come back.

www.nbcnews.com

How Trump's $10 billion suit against his own government could go sideways

Any number of developments in and out of the courtroom could sidetrack a payout arising from the president's complaint, experts, lawmakers and ethics specialists told NBC News.
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www.ms.now

Trump says he’ll donate $10 billion from his IRS lawsuit to charity. Americans shouldn’t buy it.

Jen Psaki breaks down Trump's shady history with donations after the president promised to donate $10 billion from his IRS lawsuit to charity.
www.ms.now www.ms.now
 
I can't find the article that I read this morning but it basically said that Trump isn't bragging about the Kid Rock alternative half-time show because there's video of attendees at Mar-a-lago watching the Bad Bunny one. LOL.
 
I really enjoyed the BB show - my only complaint is the audio was not very good. I found it impossible to discern any lyrics - I'm not making a joke about them being in Spanish, in case anyone wonders, the sound was not mixed right, according to me - the vocals needed more relative gain vs the instrumentals. But that nitpick aside - really great show!
 

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