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Trump administration 2024-2028

Just to bring this back around to the original thread topic. Leo has been pretty critical of the MAGA admin.

Alt: Trump welcomes new American-born pope and says he can’t wait to meet him - despite Leo XIV once blasting Vance | The Independent | Ghostarchive
That might inform part of why the Cardinals selected him. Americans listen to Americans. His advocacy for the poor and for refugees is quite admirable.
 
That might inform part of why the Cardinals selected him. Americans listen to Americans. His advocacy for the poor and for refugees is quite admirable.
as soon as he starts on that I'm sure the US administration will fall back to the "catholics aren't real christians" bigotry. The old "When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist" dance.
 
That might inform part of why the Cardinals selected him. Americans listen to Americans. His advocacy for the poor and for refugees is quite admirable.

They are certainly sending a message, that's for sure. Leo XIV had an opinion on when there would be an American Pope, before he became the Pope.

"Cardinal George of Chicago, of happy memory, was one of my great mentors, and he said: 'Look, until America goes into political decline, there won't be an American pope.' And his point was, if America is kind of running the world politically, culturally, economically, they don't want America running the world religiously. So, I think there's some truth to that, that we're such a superpower and so dominant, they don't wanna give us, also, control over the church."

Alt: A first U.S. pope: Cardinal Robert Prevost chosen as successor to Pope Francis - CBS News | Ghostarchive
 

Hoekstra says the meeting U.S. President Donald Trump held with Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House earlier this week allowed both sides to move past some of the issues that have coloured the U.S.-Canada relationship over the past 90 days.

One of those has been Trump’s repeated comments that he would like Canada to become part of the U.S., referring to the country as the “51st state.”
“It’s done,” the ambassador told National Post in his first-wide ranging interview in Canada since he was confirmed to the role last month.

“From my standpoint, from the president’s standpoint, 51st state’s not coming back,” he said.

“The president may bring it up every once in a while, but he recognizes it’s not going to happen unless the prime minister engages with the president.”

During their Oval Office meeting, Trump told reporters that discussions about Canada becoming a state were not on the agenda.

He nonetheless repeated his desire for Canada to become a state when the issue was raised by press in the room. Trump, who referred to his background as a real estate developer, called the Canada-U.S. boundary an “artificially drawn line.”

Carney responded by citing Trump’s understanding of real estate to say “there are some places that are never for sale.” Carney also pointed to the recent federal election campaign, where he met with thousands of voters, whom the prime minister called the “owners of Canada.”

“It’s not for sale. Won’t be for sale ever.”

Trump also said “never say never.”

After the meetings between the two leaders, which included a private working lunch with senior members from both of their governments, Carney was also asked by reporters whether he had requested the president to stop making those comments.

He answered “yes,” adding he has been consistent both in his public and private comments.

On Thursday, Hoekstra pointed to the president’s remarks in the Oval Office to demonstrate how he believes the issue has been put to rest.

“The president clearly acknowledged it takes two to tango. That’s behind us. It was never a barrier to discussing these other issues,” the ambassador says.

“Now begins the framework.”

While Canadian political and business leaders have celebrated this week’s meeting as a reset of the Canada-U.S. relationship, which grew strained under former prime minister Justin Trudeau, Hoekstra, a former Michigan congressman and past chair of the House Intelligence Committee disagreed, saying there is a strong foundation that binds both countries.

We are great friends. We have been great friends for such a long period of time. You’re not going to change those personal relationships.

“Is it a little bit of: ‘OK, let’s get over what’s happened in the last 90 days?’ Yeah, we did that. But the relationship, from my perspective, and I think from the president’s perspective, was never in jeopardy.”

With U.S. tariffs remaining in place on Canadian steel and aluminum as well as goods and auto parts not compliant with the free trade agreement between the U.S., Canada and Mexico, Hoekstra acknowledged the countries’ economic relationship remains rocky.

He defended Trump’s approach as fulfilling campaign promises he made when he was re-elected last November and that when it comes to changing the U.S.’s relationship to trade, he took a global approach.

Trump and his advisers have long argued tariffs were the way to attract more manufacturing to the U.S.

Industry and business leaders across the U.S., as well as in Canada, have said this approach is flawed and pointed to how Trump’s tariffs have threatened jobs, caused stock markets to fall and unleashed global uncertainty that has chilled investments.

“When you take a global approach, yes, Canada falls within that,” Hoekstra said. “Some of the people … have not liked that approach, but it is what the president campaigned on, and he’s doing exactly what he said he was going to do.”

It's all good.
 
I see more akin to this

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Meanwhile, in the rear view mirror...

Joe Biden blames Kamala Harris’ loss on sexism and racism, rejects age concerns​

Former U.S. president Joe Biden says he’s responsible for Donald Trump’s victory last fall, but he attributes Kamala Harris’ loss, at least in part, to sexism and racism.

Biden, who left office in January, addressed the Democrats’ disastrous 2024 election, concerns about his age and Trump’s divisive leadership during a Thursday interview on ABC’s “The View.” The 82-year-old Democrat said he has intentionally avoided speaking out publicly until this week to give the Republican president more than 100 days in office without his interference, as is typically the tradition following a change in the White House.

Asked about the last election, Biden said he was surprised by the role that gender and race played in the contest.


“They went the sexist route,” Biden said of criticism that “a woman couldn’t lead the country and a woman of mixed race.”

He added: “I was in charge, and he won, so I take responsibility.”

Biden has largely stepped away from national politics since leaving the White House. He’s not expected to play a central role in Democratic affairs as the party turns to a new generation of leadership, although he acknowledged on Thursday that he has maintained regular contact with Harris and has offered his guidance on her political future.


 
Not sure how Stephen Miller continues to be involved in any form of government, as he seems like a complete powerhungry necromancer, but is he seriously suggesting they are looking at suspending habeas corpus and considering they are being 'invaded'?

The fact that someone in the POTUS staff is seriously suggesting this should be setting off massive alarms across the Senate, Congress and elsewhere, especially in the Guns and Ammo Freedom militia types. Wild what rampant stoking of racism, xenophobia and hate will let you get away with.

This is like Wermacht Germany, except hampered by it's own internal nepotism in selecting complete idiots in leadership positions.
 
Not sure how Stephen Miller continues to be involved in any form of government, as he seems like a complete powerhungry necromancer, but is he seriously suggesting they are looking at suspending habeas corpus and considering they are being 'invaded'?

The fact that someone in the POTUS staff is seriously suggesting this should be setting off massive alarms across the Senate, Congress and elsewhere, especially in the Guns and Ammo Freedom militia types. Wild what rampant stoking of racism, xenophobia and hate will let you get away with.

This is like Wermacht Germany, except hampered by it's own internal nepotism in selecting complete idiots in leadership positions.
Do you have a link to something saying they're looking at suspending habeas corpus? Stephen Miller is one of the people the Donald actually listens to, it'd be disturbing as shit if that's the narrative he's pushing. This should have been expected, they're basically speed running Project 2025.

Edit: Found it. WATCH: Stephen Miller says Trump administration is 'actively looking at' suspending habeas corpus

If there was a time for Americans to get in the streets, now's the time to do so. Don't even let them entertain it.
 
Do you have a link to something saying they're looking at suspending habeas corpus? Stephen Miller is one of the people the Donald actually listens to, it'd be disturbing as shit if that's the narrative he's pushing. This should have been expected, they're basically speed running Project 2025.

Video of him saying those very words included.

White House ‘actively looking’ at suspending habeas corpus in immigration crackdown
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