Trump administration 2024-2028

[Cloud Cover]

For those of you who are interested in legal ethics, prosecutorial duty, and in general want to read a rounded admonition of Pam Bondi and the Trump AG offices on their first big decision, here it is and I kid you not, Justice and the Rule of Law in the United States Attorney Generals office are Dead. This is something they cannot ever recover from and I doubt very much things will ever be the same after the next 205 weeks.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1890149437575659840

 

[JLB50]

Are there any security concerns with Trump announcing an intent to eventually sell India F-35s?

Trump announces plan to equip India with F-35 stealth fighters

The advanced fighter jet is a major asset for India, which has strengthened defense ties with the U.S. in recent years.

www.newsweek.com

Well, well, well, earlier Trump says he wants Russia re-admitted to the G7. Now it’s F-35s to India. I wonder what strings Vlad will pull next to get Agent Orange to do his bidding.

 

[Brad Sallows]

Do go on though how he must be a saint with no ulterior motive at all.

So he's not much better than any of the other people in government?

 

[OldSolduer]

Well, well, well, earlier Trump says he wants Russia re-admitted to the G7. Now it’s F-35s to India. I wonder what strings Vlad will pull next to get Agent Orange to do his bidding.

What could possibly be wrong with that tovarisch I mean buddy.......

 

[Remius]

So he's not much better than any of the other people in government?

Imagine the meltdown if a Democrat President named Bill Gates to his administration with the same power and access.

This is not normal times. lol.

 

[Brad Sallows]

Imagine the meltdown if a Democrat President named Bill Gates to his administration with the same power and access.

This is not normal times. lol.

Don't have to imagine anything. Biden's administration obviously had people with "power and access" calling the shots and pulling strings. This is not a novel situation.

 

[Good2Golf]

Are there any security concerns with Trump announcing an intent to eventually sell India F-35s?

Trump announces plan to equip India with F-35 stealth fighters

The advanced fighter jet is a major asset for India, which has strengthened defense ties with the U.S. in recent years.

www.newsweek.com

To plus up their Rafale fleet?

 

[QV]

For those of you who are interested in legal ethics, prosecutorial duty, and in general want to read a rounded admonition of Pam Bondi and the Trump AG offices on their first big decision, here it is and I kid you not, Justice and the Rule of Law in the United States Attorney Generals office are Dead. This is something they cannot ever recover from and I doubt very much things will ever be the same after the next 205 weeks.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1890149437575659840

Its worth reading the response:

https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/7c71f04757006735/05b1f604-full.pdf

 

[The Bread Guy]

Quite a bit more spicy than "Trump wants to talk about nuclear arms limitations", which would have been soft music in the ears of 1980s leftists. We'll see how it is presented today.

I see I’m not alone flashing back to the old CND days, with USSR 1.0 bankrolling disarmament groups in the West - as long as they were calling for Western disarmament only.

 

[Remius]

Did that turn out to be wrong?

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/12/politics/some-of-the-things-that-i-say-will-be-incorrect-musk-backs-away-from-false-claim-of-usd50-million-for-gaza-condoms/index.html

FACT FOCUS: No evidence that $50 million was designated by the US to buy condoms for Hamas

President Donald Trump claimed during the Laken Riley Act signing that his administration had “identified and stopped $50 million being sent to Gaza to buy condoms for Hamas.”

apnews.com

 

[QV]

If anyone is following Mike Benz who just appeared on Joe Rogan, he walks you through detailed analysis of USAID’s money trail. This is getting millions of views and is a shocking indictment of the deep state.

 

[The Bread Guy]

What could go wrong in shipping high tech weapons systems to an unreliable ally who also has large holdings of Soviet and Russian military equipment, and technical support from Russia for said equipment?

While not exactly the same, there are some "history often rhymes" elements to be learned from following not-all-that-long-ago events ....

Turkey Snubs NATO with Russian Arms Deal | Arms Control Association

www.armscontrol.org

Turkey Supports Russia and Hamas; The US Should Not Give It F-35 Fighter Jets

Recent discussions between Turkey and the United States indicate that the Biden administration is actively pursuing Ankara’s reinstatement in the F-35 program. It is difficult to justify why Washington would want to arm Turkey with these highly advanced fighter jets, when Turkish President Recep...

www.fdd.org

Turkey: Walking the Tightrope between NATO, Russia and Ukraine

Three questions to Yörük Işık, geopolitical analyst at the Middle East Institute and founder of the Bosphorus Observer, for Institut Montaigne.

www.institutmontaigne.org

 

[Jarnhamar]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/12/politics/some-of-the-things-that-i-say-will-be-incorrect-musk-backs-away-from-false-claim-of-usd50-million-for-gaza-condoms/index.html

FACT FOCUS: No evidence that $50 million was designated by the US to buy condoms for Hamas

President Donald Trump claimed during the Laken Riley Act signing that his administration had “identified and stopped $50 million being sent to Gaza to buy condoms for Hamas.”

apnews.com

What a sucker.

 

[OldSolduer]

In my pea brain all this nonsense he spouts is a distraction. The USA is falling apart and the GOP knows it. So what better way to distract the populace?

 

[Weinie]

Sounds like someone is looking to break up nato.

Or just wake them up.

 

[suffolkowner]

Or just wake them up.

one hopes. But a woken EU may not be beholden on the US. Sometimes you should be careful what you wish for

 

[Weinie]

one hopes. But a woken EU may not be beholden on the US. Sometimes you should be careful what you wish for

And sometimes you just have to tell somebody to wake the f&*k up.

 

[suffolkowner]

And sometimes you just have to tell somebody to wake the f&*k up.

again i hope you are right in the case of the EU and ourselves but i fear that is all it is

 

[Quirky]

And sometimes you just have to tell somebody to wake the f&*k up.

Corrective FB note incoming for NATO.

 

[Weinie]

Corrective FB note incoming for NATO.

I am sure that corrective conversations are happening. Is anyone listening?