Trump administration 2024-2028

[HavokFour]

The first Pope vote is in.

Pope Leo XIV becomes first pontiff to vote in a U.S. election, casting mail-in ballot

The Vatican said Pope Leo exercised his right as a U.S. citizen, submitting a mail-in ballot in his native Chicago ahead of the midterm elections next week.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[QV]

Having your largest trading partner declare economic war on you tends to do that.

It's also unsurprising that America is not as seriously impacted by their choice to engage in economic war with Canada.

Economic war!!!

Or rather a trade dispute...

 

[dapaterson]

Someone is commenting in real time as Judge Reyes interrogates Dept of Interior and Dept of Justice attorneys on the plan to close the golf course in DC.

I'm not a lawyer, but I assume when a judge pulls out a dictionary to explain words to lawyers that their case is not going well.

Also might be problematic when the Judge says:

Reyes: And you are telling me even now, EVEN NOW, when DOJ has conceded that there was a plan to close on Nov 15, you are still saying to me, as the 3rd highest-ranking official in DOJ, not to believe the POTUS?

https://bsky.app/profile/juliedicaro.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3mz3wx533us2r

 

[HavokFour]

The G20 is going well.

U.S. scraps G20 photo after European diplomats object to being pictured with Russia’s Lavrov

The top diplomats from the Group of 20 largest world economies opened two days of meetings in Atlanta on Friday after European objections to Russia’s participation forced the U.S. to cancel a photo of the foreign ministers, underscoring deep rifts among the group over global crises.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[dapaterson]

Oh dear, the consequencesof my actions.

Trump-Voting Immigration Lawyer Couldn't Stop Cousin's Deportation: 'This Isn't What I Voted For'

Trump-voting lawyer Ismael Labrador questions the immigration crackdown after his cousin's deportation, as ICE arrests fuel anxiety among Cuban-American families.

www.ibtimes.co.uk

 

[lenaitch]

The G20 is going well.

U.S. scraps G20 photo after European diplomats object to being pictured with Russia’s Lavrov

The top diplomats from the Group of 20 largest world economies opened two days of meetings in Atlanta on Friday after European objections to Russia’s participation forced the U.S. to cancel a photo of the foreign ministers, underscoring deep rifts among the group over global crises.

www.ctvnews.ca

From the CTV article:

(Rubio)

“We are in a critical moment,” Rubio told his colleagues. “We are facing a series of interconnected economic and geopolitical crises.”

He pointed to disruptions to global energy and food supplies, trade and freedom of navigation and said many are posing “severe threats to essential foundations of the global economic order.”

No shit, Sherlock. I wonder who started all of that.

Economic war!!!

Or rather a trade dispute...

'Trade disputes' are handled by the dispute mechanism built into a trade agreement, which the US has ignored and/or broken. Absent a specific mechanism, an aggrieved nation can appeal to the WTO. A trade dispute isn't characterized by preemptively launching tariffs on the entire planet, simply because you think it is the bestest word in the world, then telling your citizens that the other countries pay them.

I guess that makes his undeclared war with Iran a 'philosophical dispute'.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Interesting costume choice by some of the kids/parents attending the White House Hallowe'en bash this week.


Sources: Reuters, FB