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daveeb 15-01-2026 21:58
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Of course he accepted the medal, why wouldn't you if you had zero scruples and a massively over inflated sense of self importance.

Stephen 15-01-2026 23:07
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
The Nobel committee already stated a few days ago that award are none transferable. So it is a meaningless gesture and the committee may even revoke it after that.

TheDaddy 15-01-2026 23:20
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stephen (Post 36209068)
The Nobel committee already stated a few days ago that award are none transferable. So it is a meaningless gesture and the committee may even revoke it after that.
It's not meaningless if it gets her his support for the presidency. It's ridiculous, everythjng that's going on is so ridiculous, the damage that man is doing to American society, standing and alliances won't be fixed with him being gone and the time its taken to do it in...

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36209066)
I bet she didn’t give him the prize money…
He doesn't need the cash, he'd have probably paid her for it and given the transactional nature of everythjng with him, he probably will

Anonymouse 16-01-2026 01:05
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stephen (Post 36209068)
The Nobel committee already stated a few days ago that award are none transferable. So it is a meaningless gesture and the committee may even revoke it after that.
Yes, she should lose it IMO. MLK promoted peace. Gandhi did. Hell, John Lennon did. Trump is too much like Tony Stark at the beginning of Iron Man: "Peace through superior firepower". Admittedly his weapons were being abused without his knowledge and certainly without his approval.

Yeah. One might recall "The Arsenal Of Freedom" and what happened to the people of Minos.

Though I will concede that 'Fight For Peace' is not a contradiction - that's exactly what the Allies did in WWII. That, however, is not what Trump is doing.

Hmm. I wonder what Echelon (which I bet is AI by now) makes of all this. Up yours, you damn bug! :mad:

Chris 16-01-2026 06:46
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
There’s an episode of The Office in which Tim beats Brent and Chris Finch at the annual quiz, so Finch makes up an extra game involving throwing shoes over the building in order to declare himself the real winner and steal Tim’s prize.

Just thought of that for some reason.

Hugh 16-01-2026 07:26
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
On that note, I just gave my six year old grandson the trophy I received for being the RAF Support Command High Jump Champion in 1976 - he’s really pleased he can now clear 1.90m…

Anonymouse 17-01-2026 01:32
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Oh, boy. NATO troops - French, though Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland, Norway and the UK are involved - have landed in Greenland.

I think DefCon has just gone up. This is no 'exercise'. The French President is talking about "land, sea and air assets".

In other words, if the nutter wants a fight, NATO will give him one. :erm:

Now he's talking about tariffs on the affected countries. Yeah, you prat, go ahead and kill American trade, why not? Next thing you know, he'll do a U-turn and he'll be found in bed (perhaps literally?) with Putin. Russia and China can just sit back while NATO self-destructs...then pick up the pieces.

In Firefly, America and China came together. Well, Whedon was almost right.

Das vidanya, tovarishch! :p:

Sirius 17-01-2026 02:23
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Unfortunately Trump is a petulant child with a big army behind him to back him up.

Dingbat 17-01-2026 09:52
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sirius (Post 36209148)
Unfortunately Trump is a petulant child with a big army behind him to back him up.
Although the Constitution plus NATO Article 5 should hamper his ambitions.

Hugh 17-01-2026 10:26
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dingbat (Post 36209157)
Although the Constitution plus NATO Article 5 should hamper his ambitions.

I'm pretty confident he doesn't feel constrained by either...

https://wapo.st/49B3hPa

Quote:
Trump Cabinet secretaries conspired to violate Constitution, judge says

“The Cabinet secretaries and, ostensibly, the president of the United States, are not honoring the First Amendment,” U.S. District Judge William Young declared.

A federal judge Thursday decried what he said were “breathtaking” constitutional violations by senior Trump administration officials and called the president an “authoritarian” who expects everyone in the executive branch to “toe the line absolutely.”

In remarks laced with outrage and disbelief, U.S. District Judge William Young said Donald Trump and top officials have a “fearful approach” to freedom of speech that would seek to “exclude from participation everyone who doesn’t agree with them.”

Young, who was appointed to the federal bench by President Ronald Reagan, leveled the searing critique during a hearing in Boston to determine the appropriate remedies for the administration’s detentions of pro-Palestinian students last year. The judge had ruled in September that senior administration officials engaged in an illegal effort to arrest and deport noncitizen students based on their activism.

On Thursday, he again denounced the administration’s conduct in unusually stark terms. “Talking straight here,” he said. “The big problem in this case is that the Cabinet secretaries and, ostensibly, the president of the United States, are not honoring the First Amendment.”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio engaged in an “unconstitutional conspiracy” to deprive people of their rights, Young said. “The secretary of state,” he said, his voice full of incredulity, “the senior Cabinet officer in our history, involved in this.”

Carth 17-01-2026 12:02
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
I'm pretty sure he believes God is on his side . . . which may change once he decides to slap a tariff on religion :D

thenry 17-01-2026 16:09
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2026/01/3.png

What will our coward leader say, rinse and repeat Ukraine comments. Well done.

Hugh 17-01-2026 16:45
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
What would you have him say?

papa smurf 17-01-2026 16:47
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36209159)
I'm pretty sure he believes God is on his side . . . which may change once he decides to slap a tariff on religion :D
I'm sure he thinks he is God


we should give him a Weetabix peace prize for his efforts to keep world peace

Stephen 17-01-2026 16:50
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
There is also this posted earlier.

Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States

Quote:
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct:

Section 1. Purpose. (a) On February 4, 2025, I issued Executive Order 14199 (Withdrawing the United States from and Ending Funding to Certain United Nations Organizations and Reviewing United States Support to All International Organizations). That Executive Order directed the Secretary of State, in consultation with the United States Representative to the United Nations, to conduct a review of all international intergovernmental organizations of which the United States is a member and provides any type of funding or other support, and all conventions and treaties to which the United States is a party, to determine which organizations, conventions, and treaties are contrary to the interests of the United States. The Secretary of State has reported his findings as required by Executive Order 14199.

(b) I have considered the Secretary of State’s report and, after deliberating with my Cabinet, have determined that it is contrary to the interests of the United States to remain a member of, participate in, or otherwise provide support to the organizations listed in section 2 of this memorandum.

(c) Consistent with Executive Order 14199 and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct all executive departments and agencies (agencies) to take immediate steps to effectuate the withdrawal of the United States from the organizations listed in section 2 of this memorandum as soon as possible. For United Nations entities, withdrawal means ceasing participation in or funding to those entities to the extent permitted by law
Very very concerning!

https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...united-states/

thenry 17-01-2026 16:54
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36209175)
What would you have him say?
Be honest. How did they go from Ukraines land to Trumps leadership giving Zelenskyy a reality check..

papa smurf 17-01-2026 17:16
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Latest from Trumpvil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXiZHXkG-ac

Hugh 17-01-2026 17:42
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36209178)
Be honest. How did they go from Ukraines land to Trumps leadership giving Zelenskyy a reality check..
You could try answering my question…

thenry 17-01-2026 17:53
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36209183)
You could try answering my question…
I did. If he can say screw Ukraine and liberate Ukraine why can he not choose one and stick to it?

I can't put words in his mouth, I can't talk for him. Your original question is difficult because I care little about him to even attempt to help him. I tuned out when he was blindly supporting Arsenal and their previous honours charge which were all so perilous.

The wind is blowing this way today :no::rolleyes:

1andrew1 17-01-2026 18:40
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36209184)
I did. If he can say screw Ukraine and liberate Ukraine why can he not choose one and stick to it?

I can't put words in his mouth, I can't talk for him. Your original question is difficult because I care little about him to even attempt to help him. I tuned out when he was blindly supporting Arsenal and their previous honours charge which were all so perilous.

The wind is blowing this way today :no::rolleyes:
How would you like a leader of the UK to respond to Trump's announcement?

Hugh 17-01-2026 18:42
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36209184)
I did. If he can say screw Ukraine and liberate Ukraine why can he not choose one and stick to it?

I can't put words in his mouth, I can't talk for him. Your original question is difficult because I care little about him to even attempt to help him. I tuned out when he was blindly supporting Arsenal and their previous honours charge which were all so perilous.

The wind is blowing this way today :no::rolleyes:
When did Starmer said "screw Ukraine"?

Dingbat 17-01-2026 18:50
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
How long until TACO time, now that the whole of Europe are telling him to go forth and multiply?

thenry 17-01-2026 18:53
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36209187)
How would you like a leader of the UK to respond to Trump's announcement?
Follow suit in his own radical changes.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36209188)
When did Starmer said "screw Ukraine"?
Paraphrase :rolleyes:

Chris your troll splatter is required.

Hugh 17-01-2026 19:27
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
"Made up ordure" ≠ "paraphrase"…

thenry 17-01-2026 19:33
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36209192)
"Made up ordure" ≠ "paraphrase"…
I'm happy as a pig in shit to point you in the direction of this quote and Google link...

Quote:
express the meaning of (something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.

https://www.google.com/search?q=para...s-wiz-hp#ebo=0

Mr K 17-01-2026 20:17
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Make
America
Go
Away

Boycott all US products. Not that they make anything of use.

Sephiroth 17-01-2026 20:23
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
I suppose this (Greenland) needs some analysis. So here goes (subject to #8 below).

1/
Trump is doing a Putin - but in a different way. I don't need to go into that any further.

2/
He is blackmailing Europe with a tariff policy that, in the long term, could negatively impact our economic growth as well as Europe's. Problem is, how do we fight back? Diplomacy won't do it; not even licking his arse.

3/
Europe needs urgently to hold a "what shall we do" conference; this isn't an EU matter - it's a European issue that doesn't need us to be under the Brussels heel. It needs cooperation.

4/
The first thing that Europe then could do (but see #8), is to implement a "USA not welcome here" policy. Basically, do a Trump. Retaliate. Slap reciprocal tariffs on their products.

5/
It now looks inevitable that that Europe will have to look after its own defence. We can put the USA on tice to quit its bases in the UK and Europe, including Greenland and give them just a few weeks to implement that.

6/
All of Europe needs to understand that Trump only understands strength and therefore strength must be shown and further developed in his face.

7/
The special relationship is all but over. If it is special, Trump can exempt us from his measures without insisting that we lick his arse. The illusion must be snuffed.

8/
And here is the problem: the associated disruption to business is likely to have dire consequences for European wellbeing. So, one strategy is to string the USA along until the mid-term elections, having sounded out the Democrats as to their opposition to Trump's upsetting the world order. Otherwise, there will be a new world order.

In writing the above, I note that the UK and France have an independent nuclear deterrent, in the UK's case limited to submarines as I understand matters, Then between the European countries we could muster c. 1 million professional soldiers under a unified command. Navies and air forces can be similarly managed and weapons production limited to home grown.

Who's gonna do all that?

Carth 17-01-2026 20:49
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
No need to do anything, I'd guess there are a few people already scratching his name on a bullet or two . . and some may be close to him

Damien 17-01-2026 20:55
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Labour, Lib Dems and Reform all have spoken out against Trump now on this. There is cross-party unity in the UK - and across Europe - against American on this.

Hugh 17-01-2026 21:22
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36209193)
I'm happy as a pig in shit to point you in the direction of this quote and Google link...
What did Starmer say against Ukraine that you paraphrased "screwed Ukraine"?

Was it this from August 2022?

https://labourlist.org/2022/08/starm...n-sovereignty/

Quote:
Keir Starmer has declared the Labour Party’s “unrelenting” support for Ukrainian sovereignty following a meeting with Ukrainian soldiers on the 31st anniversary of the country’s independence from the Soviet Union.

The Labour leader met with Ukrainian soldiers being trained by British Army officials today on a visit to Salisbury Plain. Speaking with Ukrainian and British personnel, Starmer reiterated the opposition party’s commitment to NATO and praised the work the organisation has done providing assistance to Ukraine.
Or perhaps in August 2024?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ar...f-independence

Quote:
Keir Starmer has told Ukrainians that the UK will back them “today and always” as Kyiv marks 33 years since it declared independence from the Soviet Union.

The prime minister described his message to frontline fighters and people who have sought refuge in Britain as “crystal clear” as community groups, councils and parishes around the UK plan to mark the anniversary on Saturday.

Ukraine’s supreme soviet agreed the state should leave the Moscow-based Soviet Union on 24 August 1991, a decision which Ukrainian voters backed at a referendum in December the same year.

Starmer said: “My message to all Ukrainians, whether on the frontline or here in your second home in the UK, is crystal clear: we are with you today and always.
Or was it in March 2025?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics...-save-ukraine/

Quote:
Britain and France will lead a European “coalition of the willing” to provide security guarantees to Ukraine and enable peace negotiations with Russia, Sir Keir Starmer said.

The Prime Minister said he and Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, were working together on a security plan which is believed to include peacekeeping troops on the ground.

This European security guarantee would then be put to the US for approval, Sir Keir added.

thenry 17-01-2026 21:37
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
There's a lot of communication between our PM and the media I can't find the exact pieces. He has clearly spoken of his support for Ukraine which would be the opposite of screwed. It was just a clearer way of saying he wouldn't ignore what's happening to Ukraine.

There's some stuff in this lengthy piece but no, no mention of the actual word screwed

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-b2577476.html

papa smurf 18-01-2026 07:40
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36209203)
There's a lot of communication between our PM and the media I can't find the exact pieces. He has clearly spoken of his support for Ukraine which would be the opposite of screwed. It was just a clearer way of saying he wouldn't ignore what's happening to Ukraine.

There's some stuff in this lengthy piece but no, no mention of the actual word screwed

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-b2577476.html
So to be clear he never said screwed :angel:

Anonymouse 18-01-2026 08:20
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36209175)
What would you have him say?
Um, he's lost all ability to talk sense, it's more about what we say, viz. "Don't dismantle NATO and start a nuclear war".
Quote:
Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36029199)
No need to do anything, I'd guess there are a few people already scratching his name on a bullet or two . . and some may be close to him
We can but hope. In a UFO reboot fanfic I'm trying to write, a member of the Secret Service does just that...despite being Republican, and despite knowing he won't (and doesn't) leave the room alive. Some of them are sensible, i.e. they don't agree with him. Right now they're our best bet.

Terrible, isn't it, when we're hoping an ostensible ally will be assassinated...?

(Wonder what Echelon will make of this, Carth? :p:)

Mind you, has America ever had a forceful but successful Democratic president?

TheDaddy 18-01-2026 08:31
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Anonymouse (Post 36209214)
Mind you, has America ever had a forceful but successful Democratic president?[/FONT]
They had the most forceful and successful imho in FDR

Hugh 18-01-2026 14:54
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
https://wapo.st/4pIFqTG

Quote:
The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, defense officials told The Washington Post late Saturday, after President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to unrest there.
The soldiers are assigned to two infantry battalions with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division, which is based in Alaska and specializes in cold-weather operations

thenry 18-01-2026 15:29
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36209203)
There's a lot of communication between our PM and the media I can't find the exact pieces. He has clearly spoken of his support for Ukraine which would be the opposite of screwed. It was just a clearer way of saying he wouldn't ignore what's happening to Ukraine.

There's some stuff in this lengthy piece but no, no mention of the actual word screwed

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-b2577476.html
:rolleyes: I don't know why I posted that last night it makes no sense sorry.

By saying screw Ukraine I meant our PM agreeing with Trumps dressing down of Zelenskyy. Trump said Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be left with no Ukraine without US intervention

Quote:
Trump: "If you didn't have our military equipment, this war would have been over in two weeks."

The white house bust up https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politic...he-oval-office

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Quote:
And in a statement, a Downing Street spokesperson said Sir Keir had spoken to both Mr Trump and Mr Zelenskyy.

The spokesperson said: "He [Sir Keir] retains unwavering support for Ukraine, and is doing all he can to find a path forward to a lasting peace based on sovereignty and security for Ukraine."

The spokesperson added that the prime minister was "looking forward" to welcoming Mr Zelenskyy to the UK for a summit of international leaders on Sunday.

https://news.sky.com/story/starmer-i...hange-13319166
Later on our PM said he pretty much agreed with Trumps leadership. I'm trying to find quotes, if you have them please post

Anonymouse 18-01-2026 15:32
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
He's saying the European troops are there "for reasons unknown". What?! Everyone else in the world knows why they're there, you moron: in case you follow through with this idea of invading Greenland!

DON'T kid yourselves. He is that stupid. NATO should expel the US as long as he's in charge.

Does he think he can fight the world? Well, Germany thought that in WWII. Got short shrift. They thought the UK, a not-big island, would be a pushover. WRONG.

"Who do you think you are kidding, Mr. Hitler
If you think we're on the run
We are the boys who will stop your little game
We are the boys who will make you think again
So who do you think you are kidding, Mr. Hitler
If you think old England's done?"

Although admittedly nukes didn't exist then...

Carth 18-01-2026 16:04
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, defense officials told The Washington Post late Saturday, after President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to unrest there.
The soldiers are assigned to two infantry battalions with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division, which is based in Alaska and specializes in cold-weather operations

Just wondering aloud here, is he moving his troops out of Alaska for a specific (currently unrevealed) reason?

You would think he could find 1500 active soldiers without bringing them from Alaska . . . unless of course 3 days after hitting Minnesota they'll go to Greenland

Hugh 18-01-2026 19:03
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
They’re acclimated to the Minnesota conditions after being in Alaska - the Socials are full of videos of the current ICE personnel slipping on the snow and ice (it’s currently -12C in Minneapolis, going down to -23C overnight).

However, they are coming from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska, which specializes in cold-weather operations - however, the current temperature there is 2C, dropping to -3C overnight, so it’s a bit cooler in Minnesota…

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https://fortune.com/2026/01/18/europ...eenland-trump/

Quote:
As the European Union weighs options to retaliate against President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs, its most potent weapon may be in financial markets.

France is already urging the EU to deploy its “anti-coercion instrument,” which can target foreign direct investment and finance as well as trade. That’s after Trump announced new U.S. tariffs on NATO countries that sent troops to Greenland amid his plans to take over the semi-autonomous Danish territory.

At face value, a 10% tariff rising to 25% would have minimal economic consequences, Capital Economics chief economist Neil Shearing said in a note Sunday, estimating they would reduce GDP in the targeted NATO economies by 0.1-0.3 percentage points and add 0.1-0.2 points to U.S. inflation.

“The political ramifications would be far greater than the economic ones,” he warned, with any attempt by the U.S. to seize Greenland by force or coercion potentially leading to irreparable harm to NATO.

So far, European officials have signaled Greenland’s sovereignty is a red line that’s not up for compromise, while the Trump administration isn’t budging either on its stance.
But the U.S. has a key vulnerability the EU can exploit, according to George Saravelos, head of FX research at Deutsche Bank.

“Europe owns Greenland, it also owns a lot of Treasuries,” he wrote in a note on Sunday.
Holding those bonds helps balance America’s massive external deficits, and Europe is the world’s biggest lender to the U.S.

For example, offsetting the U.S. trade imbalance requires heavy inflows of capital from abroad. Meanwhile, the Treasury Department must also finance budget gaps by issuing more debt, often to foreign investors.

“European countries own $8 trillion of US bonds and equities, almost twice as much as the rest of the world combined,” Saravelos pointed out. “In an environment where the geoeconomic stability of the western alliance is being disrupted existentially, it is not clear why Europeans would be as willing to play this part.”

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https://media1.tenor.com/m/kn7SlZ31C...t-futurama.gif

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-b2902692.html

Quote:
Countries on Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” for Gaza will be asked to contribute $1bn to keep their membership for more than three years, according to reports.

“Each Member State shall serve a term of no more than three years from this Charter’s entry into force, subject to renewal by the Chairman,” a draft document first reported by Bloomberg shows.

It adds that the three-year term “shall not apply to Member States that contribute more than USD $1,000,000,000 in cash funds to the Board of Peace within the first year of the Charter”.

According to the draft, Mr Trump would serve as the board’s chair and decide on who is invited to be a member. While decisions would be taken by a majority, with each member state present getting one vote, all decisions would be subject to the chair’s approval.

The draft also reportedly suggests that Mr Trump would control the money himself, and that it would allegedly go towards rebuilding Gaza.

Carth 18-01-2026 20:41
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
- The draft also reportedly suggests that Mr Trump would control the money himself, and that it would allegedly go towards rebuilding Gaza.
Does it say who gets to decide which companies will be awarded the rebuilding contracts . . . ?

Dingbat 18-01-2026 20:48
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36209256)
Does it say who gets to decide which companies will be awarded the rebuilding contracts . . . ?
It will be the ones with either a Trump or a Kushner on the board.

1andrew1 18-01-2026 22:06
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36209256)
Does it say who gets to decide which companies will be awarded the rebuilding contracts . . . ?
Apparently the peeps in BoJo's government who devised the VIP lane for PPE are being consulted on this matter right now. ;)

Paul 19-01-2026 00:21
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36209258)
Apparently the peeps in BoJo's government who devised the VIP lane for PPE are being consulted on this matter right now. ;)
:sleep:

Hugh 19-01-2026 07:12
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...=1490&ito=1490

Quote:
Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America', Mr Trump reportedly said.

He claimed Denmark only own the Arctic state because 'a boat landed there hundreds of years ago'.

He went on: 'Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents'.

'It’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT'.
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to people who have "done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses".

Stephen 19-01-2026 07:26
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Trump really is a weak little baby.

If you don't do what I want you to, then I'll scream and I'll scream!

papa smurf 19-01-2026 12:27
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
i think the government should take trumps golf courses as we need them for national security

Carth 19-01-2026 13:11
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36209268)
i think the government should take trumps golf courses as we need them for national security
and kick all his chaps out of those USA bases over here, if he wants to be an 'enemy' of NATO (and Europe) they need to pi$$ off sharpish :D

Sephiroth 19-01-2026 13:51
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36209258)
Apparently the peeps in BoJo's government who devised the VIP lane for PPE are being consulted on this matter right now. ;)
Any source for that?

Hugh 19-01-2026 15:13
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36209256)
Does it say who gets to decide which companies will be awarded the rebuilding contracts . . . ?
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36209258)
Apparently the peeps in BoJo's government who devised the VIP lane for PPE are being consulted on this matter right now. ;)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36209270)
Any source for that?
https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2026/01/4.gif

Sephiroth 19-01-2026 15:21
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
As I sometimes say, Andrew can do better than that.

Mr K 19-01-2026 15:30
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Never try jokes, rule no1 of CF. Its a tough audience who treat any attempt at humour with great suspiscion...

Sephiroth 19-01-2026 15:34
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 36209273)
Never try jokes, rule no1 of CF. Its a tough audience who treat any attempt at humour with great suspiscion...
There are some great comedians on CF - at both ends of the spectrum!

Hugh 19-01-2026 16:26
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
1 Attachment(s)
https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...2&d=1768843525

Sephiroth 19-01-2026 16:31
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
QED.

Anonymouse 19-01-2026 17:05
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36209275)
LOL! :p:

Chris 19-01-2026 17:10
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36209264)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...=1490&ito=1490



The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to people who have "done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses".
These are the ramblings of a not very intelligent man in an advancing state of mental decline. Surely we’re in 25th Amendment territory by now? The one thing more outrageous than this imbecile sitting on top of the world’s most advanced military, powered by the world’s biggest economy, is that there are checks and balances built into the system he presides over that are absolutely capable of stopping him. Where are they right now?

Carth 19-01-2026 17:45
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
It's almost as though he wants to get himself added to the this list:

Abraham Lincoln
James Garfield
William McKinley
John F. Kennedy

:nutter:

Dingbat 19-01-2026 18:58
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
They won’t go down the 25A route as the GOP in both Houses are scared witless of him and Stephen Miller and his collection of sycophants.

Let’s just hope they hide the nuclear football and the launch codes from him.

Sephiroth 19-01-2026 19:02
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
03-NOV-26: Mid-Term elections.

Dingbat 19-01-2026 19:37
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Unless he can find a way to cancel them, such as declaring martial law.

Mr K 19-01-2026 19:43
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
I hate Trump's medical team. DNR, on behalf of humankind please.

Sephiroth 19-01-2026 19:43
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dingbat (Post 36209290)
Unless he can find a way to cancel them, such as declaring martial law.
Do you think that Trump will declare martial law? How likely from zero to ten?

Mr K 19-01-2026 19:44
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36209292)
Do you think that Trump will declare martial law? How likely from zero to ten?
About 7.

Carth 19-01-2026 20:26
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
He's not going anywhere until he's got that Nobel peace prize . . .

. . . and Greenland

. . . and the Ukraine minerals

. . . all the oil & stuff in Venezuela

. . . did I mention contracts for the Gaza rebuild?

papa smurf 19-01-2026 21:04
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36209295)
He's not going anywhere until he's got that Nobel peace prize . . .

. . . and Greenland

. . . and the Ukraine minerals

. . . all the oil & stuff in Venezuela

. . . did I mention contracts for the Gaza rebuild?
A man of simple taste, doesn't want much out of life, just the basic essentials

TheDaddy 19-01-2026 21:19
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dingbat (Post 36209286)
They won’t go down the 25A route as the GOP in both Houses are scared witless of him and Stephen Miller and his collection of sycophants.

Let’s just hope they hide the nuclear football and the launch codes from him.
Wouldn't be so sure of that, there are a lot of Republicans not standing for reelection and let's face it, if you have lost mtg and bobert you can lose anyone

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36209295)
He's not going anywhere until he's got that Nobel peace prize . . .

. . . and Greenland

. . . and the Ukraine minerals

. . . all the oil & stuff in Venezuela

. . . did I mention contracts for the Gaza rebuild?

And the epstein files being destroyed forever

Anonymouse 20-01-2026 03:58
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
<English malfunction>
One thing I've Noticed, which Annoys a pedant like Me: his Inappropriate use Of capital Letters. Seems he Doesn't know or Understand How to Use Them Properly. I'm onlY Surprised he doEsn't use THem in the miDDle of WordS, like ThIs.
</English malfunction>

Annoying, that bit, wasn't it? :p: My point exactly. The Americans are dumb enough to have someone leading (well, bossing) them who can't even write English properly and should IMO go back to school.

Not that it would help. If you're dumb, you're dumb, and all the schooling in the world won't change that. Education only helps intellect, it doesn't and can't create it. Case in point: Musk, the smartest thicko on Earth. :p: Oh, he's intelligent, I grant you, but he's still an idiot for not understanding the current furore over Grok and the creation of images which are illegal under UK law.

---------- Post added at 04:58 ---------- Previous post was at 04:45 ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36209296)
A man of simple taste, doesn't want much out of life, just the basic essentials
Including Canada. He wants that, too. Some people are like Charlie in Charlie X: there are things you can have, and things you can't. Charlie didn't understand that. Nor does Trump.

1andrew1 20-01-2026 04:23
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36209297)
And the epstein files being destroyed forever
Greenland's certainly proving a big distraction from those files!

thenry 20-01-2026 10:18
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
German politician Jürgen Hardt of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s ruling CDU party.

Noting the close interest Trump had taken in the event, Hardt suggested Germany, four times World Cup winners, could consider boycotting it to pressure the White House regarding its threats to annex Greenland. Such a ploy could be used “as a last resort in order to get Trump to see sense”, said Hardt.

http://archive.today/Qatqh

https://www.independent.co.uk/indepe...-b2903278.html
I was surprised to read near double figures of previous boycotts so the notion of boycott isn't alien. May be they should give Ukraine the world cup :rolleyes:

Carth 20-01-2026 11:03
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
I already boycott most things American :D

peanut 20-01-2026 11:31
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36209314)
I was surprised to read near double figures of previous boycotts so the notion of boycott isn't alien. May be they should give Ukraine the world cup :rolleyes:
If every country boycotted the world cup, Trump would say the USA won it by default, nothing more or less. But I'm all for boycotting it just to see how he reacts.

Sephiroth 20-01-2026 12:55
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Boycotting the World Cup has several benefits, including:

- Two fingers to Trump;
- Two fingers to his money-grabbing running dog, Infantino;
- No fear of losing a World Cup match.

TheDaddy 20-01-2026 13:17
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36209323)
Boycotting the World Cup has several benefits, including:

- Two fingers to Trump;
- Two fingers to his money-grabbing running dog, Infantino;
- No fear of losing a World Cup match.
How good would that be, just to tell him to shove it, we could even hold a rival tournament and call it The Freedom Cup, it'd cheese every American who ever lived off, boycott the Olympics too with The Freedom Games

---------- Post added at 14:17 ---------- Previous post was at 14:16 ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by Anonymouse (Post 36209303)
<English malfunction>
One thing I've Noticed, which Annoys a pedant like Me: his Inappropriate use Of capital Letters. Seems he Doesn't know or Understand How to Use Them Properly. I'm onlY Surprised he doEsn't use THem in the miDDle of WordS, like ThIs.
</English malfunction>

Annoying, that bit, wasn't it? :p: My point exactly. The Americans are dumb enough to have someone leading (well, bossing) them who can't even write English properly and should IMO go back to school.

Not that it would help. If you're dumb, you're dumb, and all the schooling in the world won't change that. Education only helps intellect, it doesn't and can't create it. Case in point: Musk, the smartest thicko on Earth. :p: Oh, he's intelligent, I grant you, but he's still an idiot for not understanding the current furore over Grok and the creation of images which are illegal under UK law.

---------- Post added at 04:58 ---------- Previous post was at 04:45 ----------


Including Canada. He wants that, too. Some people are like Charlie in Charlie X: there are things you can have, and things you can't. Charlie didn't understand that. Nor does Trump.
Love grok and the way it keeps inadvertently dropping Elmo in it

thenry 20-01-2026 13:23
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Some would call that being a hippy :D

Sephiroth 20-01-2026 13:28
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36209324)
How good would that be, just to tell him to shove it, we could even hold a rival tournament and call it The Freedom Cup, it'd cheese every American who ever lived off, boycott the Olympics too with The Freedom Games
Brilliant.

Carth 20-01-2026 14:07
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
We should be careful :nono:


. . . they may decide to send The Beckhams and 'our Harry' back :shocked:

thenry 20-01-2026 14:56
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Hey! I'd take Harry back no bother. He'd be my go to guy. :woot:

Carth 20-01-2026 15:48
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36209329)
Hey! I'd take Harry back no bother. He'd be my go to guy. :woot:
No surprise there, most Arsenal fans seem a tad unhinged :p: :D

thenry 20-01-2026 16:17
Re: President Trump 2.0
 

Chris 20-01-2026 20:41
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
I see Trumpf is having another utterly normal one today. :erm:

papa smurf 21-01-2026 07:40
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36209345)
I see Trumpf is having another utterly normal one today. :erm:
He ticks all the boxes for a barking mad diagnosis

Sephiroth 21-01-2026 09:21
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36209360)
He ticks all the boxes for a barking mad diagnosis
I'd like to see your tick-list, noting that you said "all" !!

papa smurf 21-01-2026 10:06
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Trump to receive the Hindenburg award

this prestigious award is only given to Large volatile gas bags ;)

Damien 21-01-2026 13:24
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
He is speaking now, keeps mixing up Iceland and Greenland.

Carth 21-01-2026 13:30
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Is there a doctor brave enough to certify him criminally insane? :naughty:

Hugh 21-01-2026 14:10
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36209380)
He is speaking now, keeps mixing up Iceland and Greenland.
Kirkstall Shopping Park, next week…

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...3&d=1769008107

I thought the most ironic part of his ramble was the comment "if it wasn’t for us, you’d all be speaking German" in a country where German is one of the four official languages, and where it is the first language for nearly two-thirds of the population…

Sephiroth 21-01-2026 14:26
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Looks like Hugh has mixed up Iceland and the UK!

Hugh 21-01-2026 14:29
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36209392)
Looks like Hugh has mixed up Iceland and the UK!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36209380)
He is speaking now, keeps mixing up Iceland and Greenland.

Sephiroth 21-01-2026 14:31
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Yet you did the silly Iceland image.

Hugh 21-01-2026 14:35
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36209395)
Yet you did the silly Iceland image.
As previously posted on another post, "it was a joke", inferring Trump is so stupid (mixing up Greenland and Iceland) that he would get Iceland (the country) and Iceland (the shopping chain) confused, so would send US troops to take over the shops rather than the country…

Sephiroth 21-01-2026 14:44
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
The explanation is rather good.

jem 21-01-2026 16:46
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36209398)
The explanation is rather good.
But worryingly, not completely outside the boundaries of possibility!

Hugh 21-01-2026 19:27
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
The one thing about Trump you can depend on, is that you can’t depend on Trump being consistent…

https://wapo.st/3YQDnlE

Quote:
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he had reached the “framework” of a deal on Greenland with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and that he would not impose the tariffs against Europe that he had threatened as part of an effort to acquire the Arctic territory for the United States.

The announcement, made on Trump’s social media account, was the latest head-spinning twist in his effort to seize Greenland from Denmark despite Danish and Greenlandic objections that the island is not for sale. Trump’s announcement was short on details, but the deal was likely to fall far short of the full sovereign possession that he indicated as recently as earlier Wednesday that he was seeking, given that Rutte is not empowered to negotiate the transfer of territory from one NATO member to another.

“We have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region. This solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America, and all NATO Nations,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, saying that the proposed Golden Dome missile defense system was subject to further discussions “as it pertains to Greenland.”

Trump added that “Further information will be made available as discussions progress,” and that Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and envoy Steve Witkoff, “will be responsible for the negotiations,” without specifying what would be negotiated.

Dingbat 21-01-2026 20:19
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
TACO time.

Most likely Rutte explained how NATO works, and that the USA already had the ability to use Greenland under their existing agreement with Denmark.

Probably used pretty pictures and simple words, too.

Chris 21-01-2026 20:42
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
More likely someone pointed out that the US gets most of its insulin imported from Denmark. Type 2 diabetes is a big thing in America seeing as so many of them are morbidly obese and hooked on processed sugars. And insulin would likely be one of the first things to come under export control if the EU were to trigger its Anti-Coercion Instrument.

Trump’s a schoolyard bully, he will keep pushing until someone slaps him and then he’ll back off and claim he event lay got what he was playing for all along. He’s not going to invade and he’s almost certainly not going to buy it either, because even if Denmark were to be persuaded by bags of gold, the Greenlanders know the cash in their pockets as a one-off wouldn’t last long once they were forced to pay for America-style healthcare.

Hugh 21-01-2026 20:44
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dingbat (Post 36209417)
TACO time.

Most likely Rutte explained how NATO works, and that the USA already had the ability to use Greenland under their existing agreement with Denmark.

Probably used pretty pictures and simple words, too.
Apparently, this gift from Rutte sealed the deal…

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...4&d=1769031827

Stephen 21-01-2026 21:46
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36209418)
More likely someone pointed out that the US gets most of its insulin imported from Denmark. Type 2 diabetes is a big thing in America seeing as so many of them are morbidly obese and hooked on processed sugars. And insulin would likely be one of the first things to come under export control if the EU were to trigger its Anti-Coercion Instrument.

Trump’s a schoolyard bully, he will keep pushing until someone slaps him and then he’ll back off and claim he event lay got what he was playing for all along. He’s not going to invade and he’s almost certainly not going to buy it either, because even if Denmark were to be persuaded by bags of gold, the Greenlanders know the cash in their pockets as a one-off wouldn’t last long once they were forced to pay for America-style healthcare.
Type 2 diabetes is most often controlled with dietary changes and exercise plus medication in the form of tablets. Insulin isn't usually prescribed as the body can often still produce insulin but people become insulin resistant as most often found in older peopler and the obese. Though ozempic etc were created for use to treat it too. Type 1 has to be treated with insulin as the pancreas usually doesn't function at all.

Seems like they managed to sell him the existing deal as if it was new.:dunce:

Hugh 22-01-2026 07:38
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
It probably was new to him, as the bunch of "American First"-ers he surrounds himself with will have lied to him about NATO’s support after 9/11, and in Iraq/Afghanistan, and the fact that US bases in Europe are mostly about Power Projection, not defending Europe…

Having said that, give it a week or two, and we’ll be back on the merry-go-round…

papa smurf 22-01-2026 11:25
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
i see the worlds sycophants are sinning up to the Trump board of arse kissing

Sephiroth 22-01-2026 13:23
Re: President Trump 2.0
 
$1 billion per pop? At Trump’s disposal? Ponzi?


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