Trump administration 2024-2028

[Remius]

Alex Muir: What the various factions of MAGA think about Canada (if anything)

Trump sits atop a movement with real divides. But to the extent they share any consistent view on Canada, it's not good news for us.

open.substack.com

A great analysis of MAGA factions by the Line. No Maple Maga analysis but I would classify them based on their definition and what I’ve seen here close to the Christian nationalist description given. As well as the overarching theme of Canadian Subservience to the US.

This was a particularly interesting observation:

they assume all foreigners want to be Americans, or are somehow defective if they do not. Third, Canadians look and sound so much like Americans that the latter assumption is magnified.

 

[Blackadder1916]

Donald Trump Claims, 'I Don't Like Good-Looking People'

President Donald Trump may have unintentionally dished out a bit of shade to anyone he's called a friend ... he just claimed he's never been fond of attractive people.

www.yahoo.com

Makes sense why he wasn't a fan of JT.

While he may not like "good looking people", his administration seems to have a penchant for a specific type.

Trump's Department of Labor Campaign Mirrors Nazi Propaganda

Trump’s Labor Department posters echo Nazi propaganda, centering White men while erasing women and people of color.

theblackwallsttimes.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1980020995927707965

Posts claim US Department of Labor posters mirror Nazi propaganda. Here's what we found

Some of the images had similar characteristics to those seen in Nazi propaganda, but others were inspired by historic U.S. posters and artwork.

www.snopes.com

 

[GK .Dundas]

While he may not like "good looking people", his administration seems to have a penchant for a specific type.

Trump's Department of Labor Campaign Mirrors Nazi Propaganda

Trump’s Labor Department posters echo Nazi propaganda, centering White men while erasing women and people of color.

theblackwallsttimes.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1980020995927707965

View attachment 96516

Posts claim US Department of Labor posters mirror Nazi propaganda. Here's what we found

Some of the images had similar characteristics to those seen in Nazi propaganda, but others were inspired by historic U.S. posters and artwork.

www.snopes.com

So Comrades, what do you think of the next 5 year plan ?
Holy crap !

 

[The Bread Guy]

One can only shake the head.

A deal, though...there's none to be made. A major reason for the overspending problem in the US is extraordinary spending that gets permanently extended through the CR mechanism (ie. enters the "baseline" from which extensions are calculated) regardless whether the original reason for the spending ceases to exist. The current fight is mainly about ACA premium subsidies that were increased as part of pandemic emergency spending. Republicans plan to let them expire. Democrats (mis-)calculated that their usual shutdown politics advantage in the media would allow them to keep the gravy rolling. But the Senate has attempted to move so many times on the CR that anyone arguing the Republicans are blocking the CR just looks stupid.

But in the words of Trump himself when Obama was President during a 17-day shutdown in 2013:

"When they talk about the government shutdown, they’re going to be talking about the president of the United States, who the president was at that time," Trump said. "They’re not going to be talking about who was the head of the House, the head of the Senate, who’s running things in Washington. So I really think the pressure is on the president."

As they say, didn't age well, that quote ...

 

[Jarnhamar]

While he may not like "good looking people", his administration seems to have a penchant for a specific type.

Trump's Department of Labor Campaign Mirrors Nazi Propaganda

Trump’s Labor Department posters echo Nazi propaganda, centering White men while erasing women and people of color.

theblackwallsttimes.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1980020995927707965

View attachment 96516

Posts claim US Department of Labor posters mirror Nazi propaganda. Here's what we found

Some of the images had similar characteristics to those seen in Nazi propaganda, but others were inspired by historic U.S. posters and artwork.

www.snopes.com

Nice jeans

 

[RangerRay]

While he may not like "good looking people", his administration seems to have a penchant for a specific type.

Trump's Department of Labor Campaign Mirrors Nazi Propaganda

Trump’s Labor Department posters echo Nazi propaganda, centering White men while erasing women and people of color.

theblackwallsttimes.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1980020995927707965

View attachment 96516

Posts claim US Department of Labor posters mirror Nazi propaganda. Here's what we found

Some of the images had similar characteristics to those seen in Nazi propaganda, but others were inspired by historic U.S. posters and artwork.

www.snopes.com

Yes nothing creepy about that at all. Totally normal.

 

[Altair]

While he may not like "good looking people", his administration seems to have a penchant for a specific type.

Trump's Department of Labor Campaign Mirrors Nazi Propaganda

Trump’s Labor Department posters echo Nazi propaganda, centering White men while erasing women and people of color.

theblackwallsttimes.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1980020995927707965

View attachment 96516

Posts claim US Department of Labor posters mirror Nazi propaganda. Here's what we found

Some of the images had similar characteristics to those seen in Nazi propaganda, but others were inspired by historic U.S. posters and artwork.

www.snopes.com

Trump doesn't support white nationalists but white nationalists have always supported trump which has always told me everything I needed to know in that regard.

I assume anyone who supports him or voted for him knew this was on the menu.

 

[Brad Sallows]

But in the words of Trump himself when Obama was President during a 17-day shutdown in 2013:

As they say, didn't age well, that quote ...

If it didn't age well, it's because he was wrong. This time, the shutdown is going down in the books as "Schumer Shutdown".

 

[Brad Sallows]

Trump doesn't support white nationalists but white nationalists have always supported trump which has always told me everything I needed to know in that regard.

Association Fallacy, for those who might be wondering.

 

[daftandbarmy]

My good friend Raquel Garbers has it right, as she has for a long time....

https://www.aspi.org.au/strategist-posts/crash-landing-into-the-post-us-world/

An excerpt from this article:

'Observe calmly; secure our position; cope with affairs calmly; hide our capacities and bide our time; be good at maintaining a low profile; and never claim leadership."

- Deng Xiaoping

 

[QV]

Trump doesn't support white nationalists but white nationalists have always supported trump which has always told me everything I needed to know in that regard.

I assume anyone who supports him or voted for him knew this was on the menu.

That is fairly weak. But while you're on the topic, you must be equally disturbed by POTUS 46 and his links to a former member of the K K K, Democrat Senator Robert Byrd.

Robert Byrd - Wikipedia

 

[Jarnhamar]

Association Fallacy, for those who might be wondering.

That's like saying Trump wanted Carney to win the election, not Poilievre. That should tell everything you need to know about Carney.

 

[Nvlgzr]

Trump doesn't support white nationalists…

Much of tRumps policies are authored by his right hand man Stephen Miller (aka Goebbels) , a known white nationalist.

STAFF EDIT; Member has been put on the warning system for this post. Enough with the Nazi comparisons, this means everyone.

 

[Jarnhamar]

(aka Goebbels) ,

 

[Lumber]

That is fairly weak. But while you're on the topic, you must be equally disturbed by POTUS 46 and his links to a former member of the K K K, Democrat Senator Robert Byrd.

Robert Byrd - Wikipedia

High profile Republicans, including MAGA republicans, were also close with and had high praise for Byrd. What's your point? There are a TON of politicians and other people of "high note" who grew up in the segregation era who were segregationist and possibly even had relationships with the KKK. Some of them matured and saw the error of their ways, and other did not. Byrd was one of the former, hence why decades later politicians from both sides praised him. People can change for the better and truly leave their past behind them. Ever heard of C.P. Ellis?

 

[The Bread Guy]

Meanwhile, for all those worried about Europeans & Brits throwing people in jail for a social media post, here's a case to take up in the U.S.

Felony dropped after a man spent a month in a Tennessee jail for a Charlie Kirk post

Authorities in Tennessee have dropped a felony charge against Larry Bushart, who spent over a month in jail for a Facebook post about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

apnews.com

Facebook meme quoting President Trump costs Tennessee man his freedom

Larry Bushart, a retired law enforcement officer who posted dozens of memes critical of the Trump administration on the day of his Sept. 21 arrest, remains at the Perry County Jail.

www.yahoo.com

And the meme - this clip from the AP piece?

 

[Genetk44]

He should, hopefully, be getting a very big fat cheque from the authorities in the near future.

 

[Lumber]

Much of tRumps policies are authored by his right hand man Stephen Miller (aka Goebbels) , a known white nationalist.

STAFF EDIT; Member has been put on the warning system for this post. Enough with the Nazi comparisons, this means everyone.

I'm sorry "Staff", but if the shoe fits they can bloody well wear it.

Is highlighting and describing the readily apparent similarities between the neo-fascist Stephen Miller and Goebbles against site policy? Let's find out:

Stephen Miller promotes an exclusionary, nationalist identity through restrictive immigration policies, just like Goebbels framed German identity by excluding and vilifying “outsiders.”

Stephen Miller weaponizes propaganda and fear-based messaging to rally supporters against perceived enemies, just like Goebbels did through Nazi media control and demonization campaigns.

Stephen Miller advocates for strict border control and exclusion of certain groups, just like Goebbels pushed policies of racial and cultural “purity” that defined who belonged.

Stephen Miller advances unsubstantiated or misleading narratives to shape public perception, just like Goebbels perfected the use of the “Big Lie” to manipulate truth.

Stephen Miller wields behind-the-scenes influence over government messaging and policy to centralize ideological control, just like Goebbels orchestrated the Nazi regime’s propaganda apparatus.

 

[mariomike]

For reference to the discussion,

Mike Godwin, of " Godwin's Law " put it this way ,

“Yes, it's okay to compare Trump to Hitler. Don't let me stop you.”in the, article Godwin says that “when people draw parallels between Donald Trump’s 2024 candidacy and Hitler’s progression from fringe figure to Great Dictator, we aren’t joking. Those of us who hope to preserve our democratic institutions need to underscore the resemblance before we enter the twilight of American democracy.”

 

[Brad Sallows]

People think that by comparing contemporary figures to Nazis, or contemporary events to the Holocaust, they're accentuating the badness of contemporary figures. What they achieve is to desensitize people to what Nazis really were, and what the Holocaust really was.