The Donald Trump thread part VII - aka "Keep it clean"

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ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21974 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 2153150 - Posted: 10 Dec 2025, 17:49:39 UTC This is not the progress that you are looking for: The rest of the world is lapping the U.S. in the EV race wrote: The electric car market is booming – [except,] just not in the United States... ... the Trump administration has implemented policies and regulatory changes that have slammed the brakes on a shift to EVs. As a result, many developing nations in regions like Southeast Asia are passing the U.S. in EV adoption, while China and a number of European countries like Norway (as Will Ferrell comedically informed us in a GM advertisement) are leaving the rest of the world in their dust. On the sales side, China’s advanced EV manufacturing has allowed the country to take the lead in global auto exports. Road transportation accounts for about 12% of global climate emissions. So electric vehicles are a key climate solution... Bad for USA industry. And very bad for our planet. All in the new ~~USA~~... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 2153150 · Reply Quote

rob smith Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22946 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380	Message 2153151 - Posted: 10 Dec 2025, 19:59:47 UTC - in response to Message 2153150. It would be interesting to know what proportion of the automotive pollution is down to the USA and China. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? ID: 2153151 · Reply Quote

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21974 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 2153156 - Posted: 11 Dec 2025, 2:45:23 UTC - in response to Message 2153151. It would be interesting to know what proportion of the automotive pollution is down to the USA and China. Simple: Nearly Half of US Breathes Unhealthy Levels of Pollution—Cars and Trucks Largely to Blame wrote: ... The role of transportation is a significant part ... because that sector is the largest emitter of global warming emissions in the country, having surpassed the power sector in 2017. These emissions, which in 2022 were 37.4 percent of US CO2 emissions, are all from fossil fuel combustion in our vehicles, with the vast majority coming from pick-up trucks, SUVs and cars... ... Transportation’s disproportionate contribution to local pollution is further evidenced by the fact that up to 45 percent of NOx and up to one-third of VOCs from all sources comes from on-road vehicles. Medium and large trucks, which make up just 1 in 10 vehicles on our roads, contribute disproportionately to 58 percent of the ozone-forming nitrogen oxides and 52 percent of PM2.5 emissions... ... Very unhealthy and polluting... And that is from 2022... (Three years ago and since then there is the added Trump pollution...) Compared to: {2022} How China Can Cut its Road Transportation Emissions by 95% wrote: ... The country accounted for 11% of the world's transportation emissions in 2018 — second only to the United States, which produced 21% of the total... ... China can cut its road transportation emissions by up to 95% over the next 40 years while also improving air quality... The USA is the dirty one... All around our only one planet... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 2153156 · Reply Quote

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21974 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 2153157 - Posted: 11 Dec 2025, 3:04:35 UTC Trump: New U.S. security strategy calls for regime change in Europe ... Is that for real?... We must assume so. Consequences: FURIOUS Denmark CLASSIFIES USA as MAJOR SECURITY THREAT ... And there is more Consequence to come. All totally crazy? That all seems so until you come to realize the superficial simplistic school-yard bully style of interaction that is being used. Really? Is it that simple? With Trump, from what I've seen and followed, yes it really is that simple with Trump. ... And people die and suffer needlessly. All in the ~~USA~~ and around the world. Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 2153157 · Reply Quote

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21974 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 2153166 - Posted: 11 Dec 2025, 16:22:50 UTC Last modified: 11 Dec 2025, 16:26:52 UTC This explains what Trump is doing, and why... See, hear: Anna From Ukraine: Ukraine Fights for Democracy \| Jake Broe Podcast (E041) That link skips into the middle of the podcast to where it is Trump and Putin who are steering the world: The "how" and most interestingly, the "why"... Judge for yourselves. All a 'game' of Trump and the ~~USA~~. Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 2153166 · Reply Quote

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21974 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 2153175 - Posted: 12 Dec 2025, 2:52:55 UTC Here are some very good and deeply informed comments on the future direction of the USA: ... Michael Clarke Ukraine war Q&A ... That is quite a turn around that goes far beyond merely Trump and his money graft. As was the ~~USA~~... Stay safe with that? Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 2153175 · Reply Quote

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21974 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 2153176 - Posted: 12 Dec 2025, 2:58:26 UTC This is your President of the ~~USA~~: Trump Delivers Crazy Offensive Racist Speech, Calls Jimmy Kimmel a Moron & Brags About His Health Scarily, that Trump has his finger on the nuclear red button to directly destroy our planet, 24/7/365... Stay safe with that? Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 2153176 · Reply Quote

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21974 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 2153298 - Posted: 17 Dec 2025, 20:10:29 UTC Last modified: 17 Dec 2025, 20:17:38 UTC Welcome to a new reality: Susie Wiles Dishes On Trump & Top Officials \| The Ballroom Bunker ... Wow! Just WOW!! And there's much much more significance upon that now-not-so-secret Secret Bunker: Trump Makes SHOCK ADMISSION on his SECRET BUNKER How many footsteps, and how far along, and to what depth, does Trump follow a certain other world leader of the day? All in the Trump ~~USA~~... Stay safe? Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 2153298 · Reply Quote

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21974 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 2153305 - Posted: 17 Dec 2025, 23:26:31 UTC Here is some excellent British humour of the USA news in review: Private Eye - The Year In Review 2025 {skipping to the USA bit...} At least that makes for some hilarity and a bit of a laugh? All about the ~~USA~~... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 2153305 · Reply Quote

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21974 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 2153307 - Posted: 18 Dec 2025, 0:04:55 UTC Last modified: 18 Dec 2025, 0:06:08 UTC More seriously, here is a very good summary of how the USA is now ruled by Social Media: Will the 2026 US Midterm Elections Help... That's a very clear observation. Which then gives the question of what the social media "Influencers" actually influence... All for real? Are there enough anti-education and anti-vaxxers and apathy and false discontent to drag the USA into a hundred years or more of Dictatorship? All in the ~~USA~~? Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 2153307 · Reply Quote

ML1 Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21974 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20	Message 2153320 - Posted: 18 Dec 2025, 22:32:51 UTC - in response to Message 2153307. Here is some real-world fact checking of those plaques where Donald J Trump has created his own history: Fact-checking White House plaques targeting former US presidents wrote: New plaques have appeared under the portraits of former US presidents at the White House... ... White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the plaques "are eloquently written descriptions of each president and the legacy they left behind". BBC Verify has taken a closer look at some of the claims on the so-called "Presidential Walk of Fame"... Why bother with history when you can just "make it up"... Only in the ~~USA~~? Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 2153320 · Reply Quote

Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24990 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7	Message 2153388 - Posted: 23 Dec 2025, 13:32:31 UTC It seems The Duck intends to emulate Pootin. Trump's "Special military/economic operation" ID: 2153388 · Reply Quote

rob smith Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22946 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380	Message 2153389 - Posted: 23 Dec 2025, 15:43:49 UTC - in response to Message 2153388. Given how (in)effective his special envoy to Ukraine has been all Greenland and Denmark need to do is invite him to a suitably located location a couple of hundred km to the east of Nuuk in January (Lots of great cross-country skiing in the area, and 24 hours of daylight in June) Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? ID: 2153389 · Reply Quote

Scrooge McDuck Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 2079 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54	Message 2153392 - Posted: 23 Dec 2025, 23:07:11 UTC You forgot to mention the spectacular opportunity to watch free-roaming polar bears. ID: 2153392 · Reply Quote

Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24990 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7	Message 2153402 - Posted: 24 Dec 2025, 11:42:03 UTC What's next? ID: 2153402 · Reply Quote

Scrooge McDuck Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 2079 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54	Message 2153415 - Posted: 26 Dec 2025, 20:30:20 UTC - in response to Message 2153402. What's next? typo in URL fixed: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp39kngz008o ID: 2153415 · Reply Quote

rob smith Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22946 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380	Message 2153506 - Posted: 3 Jan 2026, 15:59:33 UTC Has DJT actually flipped???? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93n4nx5yqro Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? ID: 2153506 · Reply Quote

Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24990 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7	Message 2153509 - Posted: 3 Jan 2026, 19:28:50 UTC - in response to Message 2153506. Naw, the Duck is just emulating Pootin with a "special military operation". ID: 2153509 · Reply Quote

Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 38651 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 2153511 - Posted: 3 Jan 2026, 19:41:38 UTC It's all part of his plan to turn the U.S. into Russia 2.0. ID: 2153511 · Reply Quote

Scrooge McDuck Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 2079 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54	Message 2153515 - Posted: 3 Jan 2026, 21:49:24 UTC - in response to Message 2153509. Last modified: 3 Jan 2026, 21:53:56 UTC Naw, the Duck is just emulating Pootin with a "special military operation". Erm... he wasn't emulating. He demonstrated how a "special military operation" is performed. The lessons: if you are incapable: Stop It! (Btw. have you noticed, Mr. Xi?) ...and if you are capable: Do benefits outweight costs? Sure? Think twice! Really? Time will tell. ID: 2153515 · Reply Quote

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