Trump 2.0

Ron in Regina

"Voice of the West" Party
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WASHINGTON—Chief Justice John Roberts decried calls from President Trump and his supporters to impeach judges who have ruled against administration policies, saying that the court system should be left to resolve legal disputes through the traditional system of litigation.
 

Ron in Regina

"Voice of the West" Party
Apr 9, 2008
28,019
10,452
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Regina, Saskatchewan
If the economy has failed to respond to White House methods, the administration’s forays into international affairs have yet to bear fruit. Russia continues its murderous assault on Ukraine despite U.S.-brokered peace attempts and Ukraine’s agreement to a ceasefire.

Greenland on Thursday overwhelmingly rejected U.S. annexation ambitions in a national vote that ended with all three main parties supporting independence instead.

Europe has responded to Trump’s attacks on NATO by uniting behind Ukraine, pledging to match U.S. tariffs dollar-for-dollar and restating its firm support for the NATO alliance.

Trump’s curious fixation on Canada has mainly succeeded in uniting Canadians against him, ruining decades of friendship between the two countries and setting off a trade war certain to prove harmful to both parties. Chances have increased voters will replace one Liberal regime with another, rather than the Conservative opposition that seemed destined for power before Trump got involved.

Middle Eastern countries that tolerated U.S. power, if never loving it much, have been driven into rare unity against Trump’s suggestion Gaza be rebuilt as a sort of gated Florida community next door to Israel, minus the Palestinians. In a move that couldn’t help but enrage Arab sentiment, the U.S. and Israel are reported to be seeking to ship ousted Palestinians to Sudan or Somalia, two of the poorest, most violence-wracked countries in Africa.

That’s in less than his first two months back in the Oval Office. On the home front, U.S. courts have impeded Trump’s hopes of remaking a judiciary he feels has treated him ill. Judges have blocked efforts to fire public employees en masse, ordering thousands of them be rehired; rejected an executive order aiming to withhold funding for transgender care; stalled efforts to use wartime measures to deport migrants, and enforced a previous policy enjoining immigration officers from targeting mosques, temples, synagogues and other religious sites.

A federal judge rejected Trump’s attempt to bar a law firm linked to Hillary Clinton from entering government buildings. Even the Supreme Court, with three Trump-appointed members and a conservative majority, ruled against efforts to withhold US$2 billion in foreign aid payments, and rejected Trump’s request to intervene in his sentencing for a case involving hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.

Over the weekend, the U.S. deported more than 200 Venezuelans despite a court order blocking the flight, claiming the order “had no lawful basis” because the flight was already in the air.
There’s a camp that argues chaos agents like Trump and Musk are beneficial because they bring about change, by force if necessary.

By that token, the carnage in Ukraine represents good tidings, the levelling of Gaza was strategic brilliance and the fires in Los Angeles were a desirable achievement. The truth is, destruction is destruction. Leadership is in minimizing the damage it brings. That’s where we are now, but don’t expect beneficial change to come from Washington.
 

petros

The Central Scrutinizer
Nov 21, 2008
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If the economy has failed to respond to White House methods, the administration’s forays into international affairs have yet to bear fruit. Russia continues its murderous assault on Ukraine despite U.S.-brokered peace attempts and Ukraine’s agreement to a ceasefire.

Greenland on Thursday overwhelmingly rejected U.S. annexation ambitions in a national vote that ended with all three main parties supporting independence instead.

Europe has responded to Trump’s attacks on NATO by uniting behind Ukraine, pledging to match U.S. tariffs dollar-for-dollar and restating its firm support for the NATO alliance.

Trump’s curious fixation on Canada has mainly succeeded in uniting Canadians against him, ruining decades of friendship between the two countries and setting off a trade war certain to prove harmful to both parties. Chances have increased voters will replace one Liberal regime with another, rather than the Conservative opposition that seemed destined for power before Trump got involved.

Middle Eastern countries that tolerated U.S. power, if never loving it much, have been driven into rare unity against Trump’s suggestion Gaza be rebuilt as a sort of gated Florida community next door to Israel, minus the Palestinians. In a move that couldn’t help but enrage Arab sentiment, the U.S. and Israel are reported to be seeking to ship ousted Palestinians to Sudan or Somalia, two of the poorest, most violence-wracked countries in Africa.

That’s in less than his first two months back in the Oval Office. On the home front, U.S. courts have impeded Trump’s hopes of remaking a judiciary he feels has treated him ill. Judges have blocked efforts to fire public employees en masse, ordering thousands of them be rehired; rejected an executive order aiming to withhold funding for transgender care; stalled efforts to use wartime measures to deport migrants, and enforced a previous policy enjoining immigration officers from targeting mosques, temples, synagogues and other religious sites.

A federal judge rejected Trump’s attempt to bar a law firm linked to Hillary Clinton from entering government buildings. Even the Supreme Court, with three Trump-appointed members and a conservative majority, ruled against efforts to withhold US$2 billion in foreign aid payments, and rejected Trump’s request to intervene in his sentencing for a case involving hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.

Over the weekend, the U.S. deported more than 200 Venezuelans despite a court order blocking the flight, claiming the order “had no lawful basis” because the flight was already in the air.
There’s a camp that argues chaos agents like Trump and Musk are beneficial because they bring about change, by force if necessary.

By that token, the carnage in Ukraine represents good tidings, the levelling of Gaza was strategic brilliance and the fires in Los Angeles were a desirable achievement. The truth is, destruction is destruction. Leadership is in minimizing the damage it brings. That’s where we are now, but don’t expect beneficial change to come from Washington.
Ordo ob chao.

Order out of chaos" refers to the concept of creating structure and organization from a state of disorder or randomness, often used in a metaphorical sense to describe the process of finding solutions or achieving goals in difficult situations.

Here's a breakdown of the concept:

The Phrase's Meaning:
Literal Meaning:
While "chaos" implies a lack of order, "order out of chaos" suggests the ability to impose structure or organization on something that is initially disordered.

Metaphorical Meaning:
The phrase is often used to describe the process of turning a difficult or uncertain situation into something manageable or successful.

America is broke.
 

petros

The Central Scrutinizer
Nov 21, 2008
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Remember the, “too big to fail” catchphrase from about 15 years ago? I think that that’s what’s being banked on right now. Trump is playing chicken globally financially…because he believes they’re too big to fail.

Who’s going to blink first?
Nooooo. It already failed and nobody was willing to clean up the mess.
 

Taxslave2

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Remember the, “too big to fail” catchphrase from about 15 years ago? I think that that’s what’s being banked on right now. Trump is playing chicken globally financially…because he believes they’re too big to fail.

Who’s going to blink first?
I remember that one from 1981. A very big manufacturing conglomerate in Germany failed. There were probably others as well.
 

petros

The Central Scrutinizer
Nov 21, 2008
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So instead of like the homeless guy begging with his tin cup, you’re saying the country is frustrated and armed and has gone to the next step, which is just mugging other countries? Good times…
Bingo. Yup the same way Putin is mugging Ukraine and China mugging E Asia and South America and wants to mug Taiwan.