President Trump 2.0

Well, I can see why he’s keeping on Putin’s good side…

https://www.newsweek.com/buvaisar-sa...window-2038742

Russian Olympic Champion Turned Lawmaker Dead After Falling From Window

Buvaisar Saitiev, a three-time Russian Olympic freestyle wrestling champion who later became a member of President Vladimir Putin's ruling United Russia party, was reportedly found dead after falling from a window.

Since Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, a series of mysterious deaths have claimed the lives of prominent Russian figures, including tycoons, businessmen and oil executives—many of whom reportedly fell from windows under suspicious circumstances.

Russian sports officials said Sunday that Saitiev, a former State Duma deputy of Chechen descent and assistant to the head of Dagestan, had died at the age of 49 in Moscow.

Speaking to state-run news agency Tass, the country's sports minister, Mikhail Degtyarev, described Saitiev's death as "premature and tragic," without elaborating.

Baza, a Telegram channel with links to Russia's security services, said Saitiev "may have fallen out of a window."

A janitor found Saitiev on Sunday in critical condition lying near a residential building on Minskaya Street in the Russian capital. The Telegram channel said the janitor placed Saitiev on wooden boards and alerted the concierge to call an ambulance.

"Notably, Saitiev had no visible injuries or signs of bleeding, initially making the circumstances of his condition unclear," said Baza.

According to Baza, during questioning, Saitiev's brother suggested that he may have accidentally fallen from the window of his third-floor apartment while doing housework.

He later died in hospital, according to the Telegram channel.

Ah, that well-known cause of death - "housework"…

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by Paul

As he continues to be a complete twonker, and alienate more by the day, I wonder what the odds on Trump surviving 4 years are now ...

Do they have a mechanism for removing a president for behaving like this?

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

He's making enemies by the millions ,I'd say he's on someone's list

Yes, it's inevitable that there will be further assassination attempt(s).

[Hom3r]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Do they have a mechanism for removing a president for behaving like this?

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Yes, it's inevitable that there will be further assassination attempt(s).

I believe its the 25th amendment, but considering that most in the house are trump supporters, it ain't happening

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As Jimmy Carr once said


"When Donald Trump came to power, little did he know.."

[Stephen]

Bernie Sanders actually speaking a lot of sense here and addressing everything from Trump's state of the union address at this point he sounds more presidential than the actual president.
https://www.youtube.com/live/QlrQKv1vN_4

Amazing how much difficulty the BBC has in saying that Trump lied multiple times during the State of the Nation speech...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3ylpd2n9no

Instead, they say

This is misleading
No evidence has been provided for this figure
There is no evidence for a figure this high
BBC Verify is unable to find any evidence for Trump's $350bn claim

Even the Washington Post called him out by stating things he said were "False"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...ress-congress/

In what they highlight were 26 suspect claims, they called them

These are misleading metrics
This is false (x11)
This appears to be false
There is no evidence
This is absurd
This is unproven
This was not a scam
This is misleading (x2)
This is a dubious figure, and Trump often takes false credit
Trump’s estimate of 38,000 dead is exaggerated
Trump’s numbers are wrong
This is apples and oranges

Q- How can you tell if Trump is lying?
A- His lips are moving

[jfman]

The ability of the BBC to deny objective reality for political expediency isn’t new sadly.

Even if they said it they probably have to qualify it with a statement “Opponents of him would say this however President Trump denies lying and the BBC have been unable to independently verify any claims.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...ending-freeze/

Divided Supreme Court says judge can force Trump administration to pay foreign aid

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to halt a judge’s order to restart nearly $2 billion in State Department and USAID payments for work that has already been done.

A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday denied the Trump administration’s request to block a lower court order on foreign aid funding, clearing the way for the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development to restart nearly $2 billion in payments.

The 5-4 order directed the lower court to clarify what obligations the government must fulfill to global health groups for work already completed, with consideration of the “feasibility of any compliance timelines.”

The decision drew a sharp dissent from four conservative justices who said a District Court judge in D.C. probably lacks the power to compel the federal government to make such payments.

For clarity, the dissenting Judges didn’t think the Government should have had to pay for things /work already done and mandated by Congress…

Originally Posted by Hugh

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...ending-freeze/



For clarity, the dissenting Judges didn’t think the Government should have had to pay for things /work already done and mandated by Congress…

As there is a conservative majority on the SC, I wonder which one of them wasn’t reading the script handed them by Trump? MAGA denouncement incoming, I suspect …

Well he got one thing right, at least in my case - I have (had) never heard of Lesotho.

Originally Posted by Paul

Well he got one thing right, at least in my case - I have (had) never heard of Lesotho.

My son used to take horse-trekkers there from Khotso (in Drakensberg, South Africa) - he worked there for eight weeks between finishing 6th Form and starting University.

[jfman]

Originally Posted by Hugh

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...ending-freeze/

For clarity, the dissenting Judges didn’t think the Government should have had to pay for things /work already done and mandated by Congress…

Is their dissent not that the lower judge was acting outside his authority, rather than a judgement on whether the US Government should honour previous commitments?

The libs are going to have to take back all those bad things they said about Amy Coney Barrett if she - and Roberts - will be better at holding Trump to account than the entire Democratic Party for the next two, if not four, years.

MAGA isn’t happy…

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Do they have a mechanism for removing a president for behaving like

Lest we forget he is basically doing what said he would , and unlike the UK government, the majority of voters supported him. Like it or not

[jfman]

Originally Posted by Itshim

Lest we forget he is basically doing what said he would , and unlike the UK government, the majority of voters supported him. Like it or not

Ultimately the same people who would never have voted for him (even if they could) are reading the same social media and listening to the same podcasters still outraged that he won.

On the other side of the pond the Democrats need to ensure they don’t fall into the same navel gazing and spend more time working up a compelling policy platform and personalities to run around in the midterms with a view to a candidate in 2028. Efficiently tabulating the number of times he didn’t tell the truth is a tried and tested way to have a message that simply doesn’t resonate with American voters.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Hugh

MAGA isn’t happy…

Quite hilarious that they are calling people commies after they've got in to bed with Russia. Oh the irony.