Donald Trump Appreciation Thread

[badgerx16]

"Unfortunately, the agency finds that you are not fit for continued employment because your ability, knowledge and skills do not fit the agency's current needs, and your performance has not been adequate to justify further employment at the agency,"

Almost all Federal employees serve a 1 year, and sometimes longer, probationary period, during which they have even fewer employment protections than other US workers. As an easy way to cut staffing levels, Trump seems to be pruning out all such staff;

 

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/15/nx-s1-5298182/trumps-probationary-workers-federal

 

I wonder how many of them voted for Donnie.

Edited Monday at 09:15 by badgerx16

[whelk]

37 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

"Unfortunately, the agency finds that you are not fit for continued employment because your ability, knowledge and skills do not fit the agency's current needs, and your performance has not been adequate to justify further employment at the agency,"

Almost all Federal employees serve a 1 year, and sometimes longer, probationary period, during which they have even fewer employment protections than other US workers. As an easy way to cut staffing levels, Trump seems to be pruning out all such staff;

 

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/15/nx-s1-5298182/trumps-probationary-workers-federal

 

I wonder how many of them voted for Donnie.

They are such cunts. Funny that so many Americans voted for this. 

[badgerx16]

Last week at a Q&A with the White House press corps, Trump was bemoaning the cost over run in developing the latest US Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford. His claim was that the cost had climbed from an original $3M to $18M, ( it is actually $13M ), and that this escalation was due to the carrier using electro-magnetic aircraft catapults and lifts. Trump reminded the journalists that he pointed out last January that magnets don't work when wet, so cannot be used on ships.

Why did the people building and commissioning the carrier not know this ?

[sadoldgit]

Magnets don’t work when wet?

[badgerx16]

12 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

Magnets don’t work when wet?

So said The Smartest Guy In The Room. Then again he is a product of the US education system, which among other achievements has produced hundreds of millions of people who cannot spell or pronounce Aluminium.

[Weston Super Saint]

1 minute ago, badgerx16 said:

So said The Smartest Guy In The Room. Then again he is a product of the US education system, which among other achievements has produced hundreds of millions of people who cannot spell or pronounce Aluminium.

I can only assume the doddery old man baby got himself confused and thought the water would interfere with the electricity?

It's no surprise though as science really isn't a strong point for anyone who advocates drinking bleach.

[whelk]

US farmers up in arms cos the stupid cunts thought the orange cunt would help them. Guess what that was Biden’s inflation reduction act. Dumb fucks

[badgerx16]

Less than 3 weeks after the fatal crash in Washington DC, "several hundred" staff have been sacked at the FAA as Elon's purge of probationary staff gathers pace..

[sadoldgit]

I made the mistake of responding to a MAGA person on another social media platform yesterday. He got very upset when I criticised Trump, Vance and Musk and went on at great length about what a felon Biden is (ignoring Trump’s felonies). He ended up by saying we should butt out of US affairs (ignoring the fact that Trump is currently meddling in European and Middle Eastern affairs himself) but did concede that there were three things that he liked about the UK.

Margaret Thatcher, Beef Wellington and Benny Hill.

 

 

[badgerx16]

Vance at the Munich conference berated European countries for cancelling election results,  specifically targeting Romania's recent Presidential poll.

Coming from somebody who to this day refuses to acknowledge that Joe Biden beat Donald Trump  in 2020 this has more than a touch of the Alanis Morissette about it.

[sadoldgit]

15 hours ago, badgerx16 said:

So said The Smartest Guy In The Room. Then again he is a product of the US education system, which among other achievements has produced hundreds of millions of people who cannot spell or pronounce Aluminium.

I seem to remember him rambling on about what you should do if you are in a boat that is sinking. The choice was go into the water and risk a shark attack or stick with the boat and risk getting electrocuted.

[Turkish]

I got into a discussion with a big Biden fan on another social media platform the other day. He got very upset when i criticised Biden and went on at great lengths about what a wrong 'un Trump is ignoring all Bidens blunders and issues. He ended up saying we should but out of US affairs even though Biden meddles in Europe and the middle east but did concede there were three things he liked about the US

Burgers, microsoft and Bob Dylan. 

[whelk]

Fucking hell SOG I thought when you weren’t on here you’d be doing a more healthy pursuit, not the same thing, arguing on a different platform

[Turkish]

4 minutes ago, whelk said:

Fucking hell SOG I thought when you weren’t on here you’d be doing a more healthy pursuit, not the same thing, arguing on a different platform

Obviously the above post is utter bullshit, another example of a mystery character that backs up SOGs view 100%, there is always someone be it at the Romney Marsh lunch, at the barber shop, in the local,  stood on a street corner or on social media. However he was exactly the same on other Saints forums so sadly this character isnt an act, this is who he is. 

Edited Tuesday at 10:05 by Turkish

[The Kraken]

It must be hard work constantly being so miserable and downhearted across multiple social media platforms.

Still, its something to pass the time, I suppose.

[sadoldgit]

2 hours ago, The Kraken said:

It must be hard work constantly being so miserable and downhearted across multiple social media platforms.

Still, its something to pass the time, I suppose.

Ah bless you for being concerned. No need to worry though. I have spent the last couple of hours making a courgette, apple and ginger chutney. It’s my first effort at making chutney so fingers crossed eh?

[Turkish]

6 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

Ah bless you for being concerned. No need to worry though. I have spent the last couple of hours making a courgette, apple and ginger chutney. It’s my first effort at making chutney so fingers crossed eh?

there you go SOG! A wholesome hobby to lift the spirts, the Chutney king of Romney Marsh. 

[Ted Bates Statue]

5 hours ago, Turkish said:

there is always someone be it at the Romney Marsh lunch, at the barber shop, in the local,  stood on a street corner or on social media. However he was exactly the same on other Saints forums so sadly this character isnt an act, this is who he is. 

before my time but didn't he play for QPR? hopefully it was an enjoyable meal without too much talk of global politics

[whelk]

5 hours ago, Turkish said:

I got into a discussion with a big Biden fan on another social media platform the other day. He got very upset when i criticised Biden and went on at great lengths about what a wrong 'un Trump is ignoring all Bidens blunders and issues. He ended up saying we should but out of US affairs even though Biden meddles in Europe and the middle east but did concede there were three things he liked about the US

Burgers, microsoft and Bob Dylan. 

I met this beautiful young lady today for lunch. Turns out she often lurks on Saintweb. I didn’t give my identity away but she said Whelk posts such interesting stuff and also commented she expects he is a sensitive lover.
She also plans to take GM out in Spoons before the game and when he is on the deck is going to squat and piss on his face to humiliate the old cunt. How I laughed

[Whitey Grandad]

1 hour ago, whelk said:

I met this beautiful young lady today for lunch. Turns out she often lurks on Saintweb. I didn’t give my identity away but she said Whelk posts such interesting stuff and also commented she expects he is a sensitive lover.
She also plans to take GM out in Spoons before the game and when he is on the deck is going to squat and piss on his face to humiliate the old cunt. How I laughed

Didn’t you tell her that GM was your alternative login?

[badgerx16]

Gaza, Panama, Canada, Greenland, Ukraine; it would appear that US foreign policy is built around a series of land grabs. I suppose that is the only language Trump speaks.

[Gloucester Saint]

2 hours ago, whelk said:

I met this beautiful young lady today for lunch. Turns out she often lurks on Saintweb. I didn’t give my identity away but she said Whelk posts such interesting stuff and also commented she expects he is a sensitive lover.
She also plans to take GM out in Spoons before the game and when he is on the deck is going to squat and piss on his face to humiliate the old cunt. How I laughed

It’d be like the Gazza Dentist Chair celebration in Euro 96 but in the Standing Order not Wembley.

[Gloucester Saint]

12 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

Gaza, Panama, Canada, Greenland, Ukraine; it would appear that US foreign policy is built around a series of land grabs. I suppose that is the only language Trump speaks.

Ironic (not that the Americans do that stuff) that the Yanks spent half-a-century lecturing us British about empire and that’s exactly what they are doing now. Even brought down the Eden government over Suez.

[Lord Duckhunter]

7 hours ago, Turkish said:

Obviously the above post is utter bullshit, another example of a mystery character that backs up SOGs view 100%, there is always someone be it at the Romney Marsh lunch, at the barber shop, in the local,  stood on a street corner or on social media. However he was exactly the same on other Saints forums so sadly this character isnt an act, this is who he is. 

Is he still making people up, he’s met more characters than Mr fucking Benn. 

[AlexLaw76]

1 hour ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Ironic (not that the Americans do that stuff) that the Yanks spent half-a-century lecturing us British about empire and that’s exactly what they are doing now. Even brought down the Eden government over Suez.

Now?

the US have had an empire of sorts for 70 years

[badgerx16]

3 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Now?

the US have had an empire of sorts for 70 years

They had an even bigger one before the Second World War, having taken much of the remnants of the Spanish Empire in the 1898 war, particularly the Phillipines. That was also the year that they militarily occupied and annexed Hawaii.

[Gloucester Saint]

10 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Now?

the US have had an empire of sorts for 70 years

True, they’ve just not been so blatant about territorial gains. Puerto Rico (labelled an unincorporated territory of the US) being one example.

[Whitey Grandad]

4 hours ago, badgerx16 said:

Gaza, Panama, Canada, Greenland, Ukraine; it would appear that US foreign policy is built around a series of land grabs. I suppose that is the only language Trump speaks.

Land grab, pussy grab, it’s all the same to Trump.

[badgerx16]

"US President Donald Trump's administration is attempting to rehire officials with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) who worked on the government response to bird flu before being fired over the weekend, US media report."

[badgerx16]

Trump has signed another Executive Order, this time to take control over quasi-autonomous agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Federal Election Commission, requiring them to refer any intended interpretation of law or statute to the White House for approval. These agencies have, up to now, been open to scrutiny by Congress, but no longer.

The order also rules that the President and Attorney General, alone, will interpret the Law in respect of the President's actions, and thereby reducing Congressional powers of oversight of the White House.

He is moulding himself into a dictator.

Edited Wednesday at 17:41 by badgerx16

[sadoldgit]

Talking of Dictators…

https://www.euronews.com/2025/02/19/trump-calls-zelenskyy-a-dictator-slamming-kyiv-leadership
 

🙄

[Gloucester Saint]

49 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

Trump has signed another Executive Order, this time to take control over quasi-autonomous agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Federal Election Commission, requiring them to refer any intended interpretation of law or statute to the White House for approval. These agencies have, up to now, been open to scrutiny by Congress, but no longer.

The order also rules that the President and Attorney General, alone, will interpret the Law in respect of the President's actions, and thereby reducing Congressional powers of oversight of the White House.

He is moulding himself into a dictator.

It is looking increasingly that way. There is nothing Europe can do except organise against the Russian threat to the continent and if the non-MAGA states are really uncomfortable with what Trump, Musk and Vance are doing, they either hold referendums (propositions over there) to break away in the case of the few bigger and/or most wealthy states with their own coastlines and trade routes if they think Project 2025 will block Federal elections (California) or re-instate their own legislation to loosen Federal control from executive orders.

It’s a fucking mess their electorate have gotten them into and great for China. Crazy stuff but the world went mad starting with Brexit. Reagan, Bush and Clinton America is gone forever. 

Edited Wednesday at 18:16 by Gloucester Saint

[badgerx16]

4 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

It is looking increasingly that way. There is nothing Europe can do except organise against the Russian threat to the continent and if the non-MAGA states are really uncomfortable with what Trump, Musk and Vance are doing, they either hold referendums (propositions over there) to break away in the case of the few bigger and/or most wealthy states with their own coastlines and trade routes if they think Project 2025 will block Federal elections (California) or re-instate their own legislation to loosen Federal control from executive orders.

It’s a fucking mess their electorate have gotten them into and great for China. Crazy stuff but the world went mad starting with Brexit. Reagan, Bush and Clinton America is gone forever. 

I don't know if you have seen the movie "Civil War" that came out last year, but I think we might be living through the prequel.

[Gloucester Saint]

19 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

I don't know if you have seen the movie "Civil War" that came out last year, but I think we might be living through the prequel.

If the years since 2016 were a movie and it aired in 2012, I’d have dismissed it as sci fi nonsense. 

Much like a 1990s film about planes flying into the WTC and Pentagon I suppose. Perhaps the Saudi hijackers really did achieve their goals of destroying America, not just buildings and people on 9/11 itself. The US far anti-government right starting with Waco and Oklahoma went nuts without the communist enemy and turned on its own country. 

Edited Wednesday at 18:38 by Gloucester Saint

[benjii]

There has been a massive failure on the part of the media and Democrats to properly expose Trump for the criminal thug he is. None of what he is doing should come as a surprise and, as was obvious, he is doing nothing to help the dumb-fucks in Inbredsville who voted him in.

It has been well-known for decades that he has close financial links to the Russian mafia regime. 

Russia bailed him out and he returned to the US and started bumbling about NATO. He sold a property at a massivley inflated price to Dmitry Rybolovlev, who was at the talks in Riyadh. Russia interfered in an election to support him.

It's not conspiracy and it's not subtle. 

[Gloucester Saint]

NYC standing up to interference in state law and decisions. This will be his domestic undoing, GOP Senators will start rebelling once he undercuts them in Red states allied to non-core MAGA voters realising they’re poorer not richer because of crazy tariffs. Trouble is, it could be a country well beyond repair by the time their public finally applies the mid-term brakes in 2 years with the global ripples that causes https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/19/trump-backlash-social-media-king

Edited yesterday at 08:53 by Gloucester Saint
Link

[whelk]

22 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

it could be a country well beyond repair

Has anyone read the last chapter of Project 2025?

[Gloucester Saint]

Great analysis, Musk is in charge. Trump getting to be lead singer (Head of State) but not writing the songs (Head of Government).

 

[Turkish]

16 hours ago, sadoldgit said:

Talking of Dictators…

https://www.euronews.com/2025/02/19/trump-calls-zelenskyy-a-dictator-slamming-kyiv-leadership
 

🙄

do you just post links on the other social media platforms you post on? You know, the ones where you find people who back up your view of things in the same way that everyone you meet in the real world also does?

[rallyboy]

I guess the real battle is now between his paymasters Musk and Putin, both wrestling to pull the greedy little orange puppet's strings.

Putin seems to have won the latest tussle with Trump ignoring facts and defiantly standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the Russian invaders - he's not even pretending to be neutral, he should probably tone it down a bit as even his thickest supporters must wonder why their president is working for Russia.

 

 

 

 

 

[egg]

1 minute ago, rallyboy said:

I guess the real battle is now between his paymasters Musk and Putin, both wrestling to pull the greedy little orange puppet's strings.

Putin seems to have won the latest tussle with Trump ignoring facts and defiantly standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the Russian invaders - he's not even pretending to be neutral, he should probably tone it down a bit as even his thickest supporters must wonder why their president is working for Russia.

 

 

 

 

 

I'd love to know Donny's popularity rating in the US now. I'd hazard a guess it's lower than Zelensky's. 

[sadoldgit]

This sums up the current situation perfectly.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/19/kyivs-white-house-wooing-implodes-as-zelenskyy-tells-the-truth-about-trump

[badgerx16]

8 minutes ago, egg said:

I'd love to know Donny's popularity rating in the US now. I'd hazard a guess it's lower than Zelensky's. 

4%

[revolution saint]

1 hour ago, Gloucester Saint said:

NYC standing up to interference in state law and decisions. This will be his domestic undoing, GOP Senators will start rebelling once he undercuts them in Red states allied to non-core MAGA voters realising they’re poorer not richer because of crazy tariffs. Trouble is, it could be a country well beyond repair by the time their public finally applies the mid-term brakes in 2 years with the global ripples that causes https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/19/trump-backlash-social-media-king

I really hope you're right but I've lost all faith in the GOP members of congress.  They're a cult not a political party and they've failed pretty much every opportunity to stand up and be counted (and the few that have are history now).  If they can't bring themselves to condemn and impeach a man who attempted to overthrow a democratic election then do they actually have any red lines they won't cross?

[egg]

11 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

4%

The answer was in SoG's link. Donny's rating is well below Zelensky's. His ego will be all bruised by that and Zelensky telling the world what we all know. 

[tdmickey3]

59 minutes ago, rallyboy said:

I guess the real battle is now between his paymasters Musk and Putin, both wrestling to pull the greedy little orange puppet's strings.

Putin seems to have won the latest tussle with Trump ignoring facts and defiantly standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the Russian invaders - he's not even pretending to be neutral, he should probably tone it down a bit as even his thickest supporters must wonder why their president is working for Russia.

 

 

 

 

 

Depends on who you ask I reckon

[sadoldgit]

43 minutes ago, egg said:

The answer was in SoG's link. Donny's rating is well below Zelensky's. His ego will be all bruised by that and Zelensky telling the world what we all know. 

The trouble is in his own reality anything that doesn’t confirm his omnipotence and all encompassing wonderfulness is fake. He is a 100% pure gold narcissist and it won’t even enter his head that he is not both universally loved and brilliant.

[whelk]

47 minutes ago, egg said:

The answer was in SoG's link. Donny's rating is well below Zelensky's. His ego will be all bruised by that and Zelensky telling the world what we all know. 

More heads of state should call him out and fuck the consequences. We need to live in a world where we can survive without US approval. 

[whelk]

Meloni and Johnson both been huge supporters of Ukraine. Haven’t seen their responses to Trump’s pathetic parroting of Putin but would be interested in how they react to their populist buddy.

Edited yesterday at 11:28 by whelk

[egg]

16 minutes ago, whelk said:

More heads of state should call him out and fuck the consequences. We need to live in a world where we can survive without US approval. 

Absolutely this. It must be collective though, all of Europe, Australia, NZ, and other sensible democracies. I think the next week or so is going to be very interesting though, and I think we'll see some unexpected alliances.