Trump administration 2024-2028

[Czech_pivo]

Someone’s trying to pay their protection money to the US.
Of the course the question is, does the US just take the money or do they back it up?


Taiwan will invest $250 billion in U.S. chipmaking under new trade deal
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/15/us-...are|com.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard

 

[Halifax Tar]

Then I shan't waste my time. I'll watch Rogue Heroes instead

I was going to say the same thing. Except I am watching Tires on Netflix. Highly recommended btw.

 

[McG]

Poll finds that American voters perceive the first year of Trump 2.0 as a failure with focus being given to the wrong things and everything haven gotten worse.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/politics/trump-economy-first-year-cnn-poll?cid=ios_app

 

[daftandbarmy]

Poll finds that American voters perceive the first year of Trump 2.0 as a failure with focus being given to the wrong things and everything haven gotten worse.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/politics/trump-economy-first-year-cnn-poll?cid=ios_app

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I'm reminded of a quote

“Tis the times' plague, when madmen lead the blind.”

― William Shakespeare, King Lear

 

[Halifax Tar]

Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize winner presents her medal to Trump​

Machado presents Trump with her Nobel award at White House meeting

Trump thanked Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, calling it "a wonderful gesture of mutual respect".

www.bbc.com

 

[FJAG]

Poll finds that American voters perceive the first year of Trump 2.0 as a failure with focus being given to the wrong things and everything haven gotten worse.

I'm surprised - but shouldn't be - that anyone actually thinks that things have gotten better in any of these categories.

 

[mariomike]

I'm surprised - but shouldn't be - that anyone actually thinks that things have gotten better in any of these categories.

Opinions vary,

The Economist/YouGov Poll
January 9 - 12, 2026

Trump's approval is up among men but down among women

Approval by gender of Donald Trump's second-term job performance​

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as President?

Men -2

Women -31

 

[Retired AF Guy]

George Orwell's 1984 coming true!!

Another example that Orwell's 1984 is coming true:

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/15/defense-department-stars-and-stripes-00731492

 

[Czech_pivo]

Interesting….

Mark Carney to accept role on Trump's Gaza 'Board of Peace'

Prime Minister Mark Carney has accepted a role on U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace," according to a senior government official.

nationalpost.com

Mark Carney to accept role on Trump's Gaza 'Board of Peace'​

Trump will serve as chairman of the board, which includes U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former U.K. prime minister Tony Blair

I really don’t know what to think of this.

 

[brihard]

Interesting….

Mark Carney to accept role on Trump's Gaza 'Board of Peace'

Prime Minister Mark Carney has accepted a role on U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace," according to a senior government official.

nationalpost.com

Mark Carney to accept role on Trump's Gaza 'Board of Peace'​

Trump will serve as chairman of the board, which includes U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former U.K. prime minister Tony Blair

I really don’t know what to think of this.

Weird move and very surprising timing. He announced the composition of the board I think this morning, and I think before the China deal broke in the news. It’s difficult not to see this in the context of that. Potentially a weird sort of attempt at fence mending? It’s an interesting signal of respect, as I mentioned in the Gaza thread.

 

[Lumber]

Weird move and very surprising timing. He announced the composition of the board I think this morning, and I think before the China deal broke in the news. It’s difficult not to see this in the context of that. Potentially a weird sort of attempt at fence mending? It’s an interesting signal of respect, as I mentioned in the Gaza thread.

A lot of people will object to this for various reasons. It validates Trump, it validates what Israel did to Gaza, yada yada yada, to which I say, if Carney didn't take this spot, it wouldn't make the board go away, it would just (potentially) mean the board had more bad people on it.

 

[quadrapiper]

A lot of people will object to this for various reasons. It validates Trump, it validates what Israel did to Gaza, yada yada yada, to which I say, if Carney didn't take this spot, it wouldn't make the board go away, it would just (potentially) mean the board had more bad people on it.

Get a seat and things stink beyond your ability to influence? Voila, you now have a fantastic opportunity to resign in protest, laying out the numerous failings of the board.

 

[RangerRay]

Interesting….

Mark Carney to accept role on Trump's Gaza 'Board of Peace'

Prime Minister Mark Carney has accepted a role on U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace," according to a senior government official.

nationalpost.com

Mark Carney to accept role on Trump's Gaza 'Board of Peace'​

Trump will serve as chairman of the board, which includes U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former U.K. prime minister Tony Blair

I really don’t know what to think of this.

Shouldn’t that read “Board of Development and Relocation”?

 

[Czech_pivo]

Weird move and very surprising timing. He announced the composition of the board I think this morning, and I think before the China deal broke in the news. It’s difficult not to see this in the context of that. Potentially a weird sort of attempt at fence mending? It’s an interesting signal of respect, as I mentioned in the Gaza thread.

Besides Blair and Carney, I’ve not been able to get a sense of what other non-Americans are in this Board vs the other ones which seems to be less ‘senior’.

I think that Trump does respect Carney on some level. As I’ve mentioned before, Carney’s former role as CEO to Bloomberg in NYC does put him in some of the same circles of Trump in the past.

I know that people on here dislike Carney for various reasons - but I do not believe that we have any else politically that has his level of professionalism, connections in the business sense and political sense around the world that Carney has - full stop. Having a leader with the respect he has made for himself in the business world and in the central banking world really is opening more doors for us than most people here (and in Canada) realise. Obviously he needs to use that to Canada’s benefit. The most pressing thing as each day goes by is the F35 decision - this needs to be finished ASAP.

 

[HavokFour]

Weird move and very surprising timing. He announced the composition of the board I think this morning, and I think before the China deal broke in the news. It’s difficult not to see this in the context of that. Potentially a weird sort of attempt at fence mending? It’s an interesting signal of respect, as I mentioned in the Gaza thread.

He got someone else's shiny trinket today.

I have serious doubts this Board of Peace is going to have a very big impact. That region has been in religious conflict for thousands of years.

 

[brihard]

He got someone else's shiny trinket today.

I have serious doubts this Board of Peace is going to have a very big impact. That region has been in religious conflict for thousands of years.

Concur. I’m less interested in the ‘board of peace’ in its own right, and more interested in what the signal is here regarding Trump and Carney and, by extension, Canada.

 

[Czech_pivo]

Concur. I’m less interested in med in the ‘board of peace’ in its own right, and more interested in why the signal is here regarding Trump and Carney and, by extension, Canada.

100%
And why Tony Blair? He’s an old school lefty, why him?

 

[Furniture]

Concur. I’m less interested in med in the ‘board of peace’ in its own right, and more interested in why the signal is here regarding Trump and Carney and, by extension, Canada.

My guess is that Canada is still seen by many as an "honest broker", so adding Canada adds legitimacy to the process.

 

[Lumber]

100%
And why Tony Blair? He’s an old school lefty, why him?

He has a lot of street cred. He's already worked extensively trying to creat deals/better conditions for the Palestinians. He was instrumental in getting the Good Friday agreement signed, and had been endorsed for this role by the Palestinian Authority.

 

[CBH99]

He got someone else's shiny trinket today.

I have serious doubts this Board of Peace is going to have a very big impact. That region has been in religious conflict for thousands of years.

But THIS time will be different!! Can't you see??

...

The people who hate each other all still live in the same general area... (minus the recent 'not genocide' genocide that didn't happen but happened)

As long as the same groups of people live in the same general area, the issues & history will remain fresh and inflamed. (Probably moreso know than at any point in my lifetime)



This Board of Peace sounds good...I think...

Until we remember it's just a bunch of politicians sitting at a table & talking about politician stuff...so same as now basically...

...

What happened to the Abraham Accords, anyway?

I thought they all loved each other now?