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 Gary Charpentier     Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31626 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 
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Does it belong here on in the Boeing thread? https://apnews.com/article/trump-air-force-one-electrical-issue-c3044b52b792a8c12f6211718d94f8fe |
Wiggo  Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 38677 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 
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I wonder if the delusional wannabe dictator now regrets his overnight posts and his moronic speech. If not then he should, that's if he has any morals at all. |
Scrooge McDuck  Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 2114 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54 
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https://apnews.com/article/trump-air-force-one-electrical-issue-c3044b52b792a8c12f6211718d94f8fe Trump boarded another aircraft, an Air Force C-32, a modified Boeing 757 normally used by the president for domestic trips to smaller airports, and continued on with his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos shortly after midnight.Imagine newspaper pictures of such a small U.S. airplane at Zurich airport. The worst case: Another (foreign) government jet on the ramp, larger than Donny's. He won't like that. |
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Scrooge McDuck Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 2114 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54
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I wonder if the delusional wannabe dictator now regrets his overnight posts and his moronic speech.Wiggo, have you ever seen him regretting any of his previous posts or speeches? Not me! |
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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31626 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32
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https://apnews.com/article/trump-air-force-one-electrical-issue-c3044b52b792a8c12f6211718d94f8feTrump boarded another aircraft, an Air Force C-32, a modified Boeing 757 normally used by the president for domestic trips to smaller airports, and continued on with his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos shortly after midnight.Imagine newspaper pictures of such a small U.S. airplane at Zurich airport. The worst case: Another (foreign) government jet on the ramp, larger than Donny's. He won't like that. Or is it a wonderful more to separate the press corps from himself? |
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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 38677 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489
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Well he had a slight change of tune this morning (my time) didn't he? He also has another problem.I wonder if the delusional wannabe dictator now regrets his overnight posts and his moronic speech.Wiggo, have you ever seen him regretting any of his previous posts or speeches? Not me! Europe holds the trump card as the US faces a mountain of debt. |
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Scrooge McDuck Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 2114 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54
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Well he had a slight change of tune this morning (my time) didn't he? He also has another problem.He just allayed European fears and assured them not to send the USMC to take hold of Nuuk... A coast guard cutter might suffice, which would be seen as a commitment to non-violence. Regarding debt... if you owe your bank $100K, you're a slave to the bank. But if you owe them $100 billion, you're the untouchable, allmighty and feared King. Somewhere in between is the thin line that separates manageable from unsustainable debt. What if you're already way beyond that point, and the whole world is forced to pretend you aren't? They all made a fatal mistake... already decades ago. Admitting the truth would wipe out any of them... that is, enforcing a new beginning.... a reset. So, the King can brazenly smile and simply design this new world himself. Then drape a cover.... a heavy protective sarkophagus... over the old one. Crypto? Gold? I don't know... But indeed nobody knows more about than Canada's PM Mike Carney. |
W-K 666  Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19985 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 
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Another TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) moment. The threat of selling off, just some of the Treasury Bonds held in the EU and UK, and a ban on exporting medicinal supplies, soon had him backing off. |
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Scrooge McDuck Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 2114 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54
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Another TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) moment.It doesn't look like that from the other side of the pond. We see irrational politics which nevertheless follows a longtime plan written by those people who back and finance the MAGA movement: America first; Great power politics that disregards... outright bullies all less powerful allies now and only respects foreign countries that represent a strategic challenge, that is: combined military AND economic power and the willingness to use both to further one's interests. We lack the first, Putin the latter. But Xi and Trump possess both. The threat of selling off, just some of the Treasury Bonds held in the EU and UK, and a ban on exporting medicinal supplies, soon had him backing off.Danish pension funds will dump all U.S. bonds now. But as Trump boasted, the tiny Denmark is irrelevant. If now Macron presses to retaliate against Trump's tariffs for opposing his Greenland plans with EU tariffs or activating the prepared anti-coercion instruments, you will witness the German Chancellor stopping him. Our industry is far more dependent on US exports than France is. There's no unity, there can't be... no jointly enforceable strategy... and some lunatic, e.g from Hungary or Slovakia… will jump out and veto any decision, requiring further delaying backroom deals to circumvent the veto. Italy’s Georgia Meloni isn’t willing either. Spain?... Pffft. To this day they couldn't agree to ban remaining oil and gas imports from Russia. We are now seeing, through Trump, the grave problem of a confederation of sovereign states in contrast to a federal state. It worked well in prosperous, good times without strategic foes. When times get tough, the unity resp. the power to implement decisive, joint action is lacking. Rough roads ahead. |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21976 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Greenland?... We've all been "had"... See, hear: Trump’s Greenland Threat Was a Setup — Here’s What He Wanted ... Except... The fallout is far beyond what Trump's timy imagination can imagine... All in our very deadly greedy political world, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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Scrooge McDuck Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 2114 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54
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Trump’s Greenland Threat Was a Setup — Here’s What He WantedThey setup the White House tribunal to pressure Zelenzkyj into... into what? Unconditional surrender! He dissented and refrained to surrender. They threatened the Danish Vikings with the conquest of Greenland. As foreseeable, the Danes rejected to negotiate their sovereignty. All this turmoil, the diplomatic damage. What for? The fallout is far beyond what Trump's timy imagination can imagine...I think the fallout caused by this rude 'bullying' strategies will by far outweigh its gains. Doesn't Trump know it's the well known tactics of the Soviets/Russian Tsars (Putin included)? Threats and preposterous demands to force opponents into unequal negotiations; a benevolent 'compromise' suggested as a 'way out' in which the aggressor or bully achieves concessions without conceding anything himself. If we start do adopt this mentality (again)... the peaceful times would be over. “You probe with bayonets: if you find mush, you push. If you find steel, you withdraw”---Lenin. Why does Trump still need a Diplomatic Corps then? Hundreds of Ambassadors and Attachés? Wasted money... Has D.O.G.E already assessed this government branch? |
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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 38677 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489
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The delusional draft dodger insults those who did serve. UK PM Keir Starmer demands Donald Trump apologise for 'appalling' claim NATO troops swerved frontline. British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says Donald Trump's suggestion that NATO troops did not fight on the "front lines" in the war in Afghanistan is "insulting and frankly appalling". |
Mr. Kevvy  Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3869 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319 
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Donald Trump apologise  |
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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31626 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32
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Why does Trump still need a Diplomatic Corps then? Hundreds of Ambassadors and Attachés? Wasted money... Has D.O.G.E already assessed this government branch? He is trying to dismantle the Department of State, his problem is it is a cabinet level department, so he can't just use his mighty marker pen! (bet the next prez declares all things signed by a marker pen null and void!) |
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Scrooge McDuck Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 2114 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54
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(bet the next prez declares all things signed by a marker pen null and void!)I bet Vance or Rubio won't do that. |
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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 38677 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489
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The only "Domestic Terrorists" that I can see is Donny and his ICE and Border Patrol agents. Trump sends 'border czar' Tom Homan to Minnesota after |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21976 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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The end of the USA... Happening now as seen by a US military veteran: Alex Pretti, Registered Nurse Stark and deadly. When is the Revolution? All in the Trump Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 38677 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489
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Well the "Mother of all deals" wasn't done by delusional Donny, but he caused it. What is in the EU-India trade deal and what does it mean for global trade? He's certainly got countries moving away from the U.S. as his administration faces yet another court battle over blatant murders. Trump administration sued by families over deadly Venezuelan boat strike. Meanwhile his SS has been involved in another shooting along with yet another screw up. Shooting involving Border Patrol near US–Mexico border leaves person in critical condition. ICE deported a man charged over the 'largest jewellery heist in US history' before he could face trial. Can he and his cronies survive his term? |
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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 38677 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489
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Well delusional Donny only has himself to blame for what's happening. Trump tariffs could 'isolate' the US and create new trading blocs. Trump's threat to impose new tariffs on 10 countries in almost as many days has made America a "completely unreliable trading partner" and is driving the formation of fresh trading blocs.I did predict that this was going to happen. |
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Scrooge McDuck Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 2114 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54
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For a long time in the 19th century this worked well in the British Empire, enforced by an isolationist minded Parliament.Trump's threat to impose new tariffs on 10 countries in almost as many days has made America a "completely unreliable trading partner" and is driving the formation of fresh trading blocs. Splendid isolation. You just need a large enough economic sphere, that is, enough dependent or dominated colonies, to make this a viable option. Footholds on most continents... Eventually, that's Trump's hidden plan: an American trade empire... Panama, Venezuela... Cuba... Greenland... Canada... Persia... Btw. What is this Witkoff figure doing in Russia, frequently? |
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