US US Politics General 2 - Discussion of President Trump and other politicians

General Trump Banner.png

Should be a wild four years.

Helpful links for those who need them:

Current members of the House of Representatives
https://www.house.gov/representatives

Current members of the Senate
https://www.senate.gov/senators/

Current members of the US Supreme Court
https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx

Members of the Trump Administration
https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/
 
Last edited by a moderator:
We aren't broke because of USAID.
No, but not spending money to erode your own culture and the culture of allied/friendly nations is a very easy cut to make.

The remaining 18% of USAID concerned with keeping Africans from dying of AIDS will be administered just fine by the State Department.
 
Norm Finkelstein's Holocaust Industry is one of the best books I have ever read.
He did a new one recently, about Identity Politics and how the left pushed Obama just for his skin tone because he'd change nothing else. "I'll Burn That Bridge When I Get To It!"

He has another one on Jewish tricks, a direct sequel to Holocaust Industry talking about the Israel/Palestine conflict, "Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History" ... but in something I've NEVER seen on Amazon, you aren't allowed to buy it in the US Kindle shop.

1741733736385.png

Which MIGHT be due to mass flagging from people wot don't want you noticing things, goy...
1741733744474.png

... Except when I see those on other titles, it's "this title is not available for purchase" not "... in your country."
 
So Benji quotes this guy's thread on x.

And this guy lost me with
No. China is competitive because they make good products at good prices, as proven by their traction over Western alternatives in neutral markets.

Eg: how are they wrecking even Germany & Japan in cars? Is everyone brainwashed? Or has China gotten good?
He then links to another thread by another user.

China is able to control large markets because they
  1. invite western companies to come into china and make their shit cheap
  2. steal their ip
  3. use money to influence western leaders to shut down their own markets
  4. become the only game in town
The CCP controls China's entire market. They can create money out of thin air and no one does anything because they refuse to see the emperor has no clothes on. They heavily subsidies their car industry so that their cars can be sold at a loss overseas.
 
Last edited:
What does Trudeau suspending the parliament actually entice? What changes in terms of governance?
Right now their elections are suspended. There's SUPPOSED to be one in four months. As of right now, it's not supposed to happen. We're just stuck with Trudeau's replacement. To be honest, even that's in limbo to degree. So for the time being, Canada is going to be a bit chaotic. Meta-wise, Canada has gone full mask drop. They're not holding any cards. The electricity thing caved immediately to even the slightest push back from Trump.

See, the thing you guys don't understand about macro geopolitics is that when you're as fucked as Canada is, you have two choices. You can either be conquered either directly or systematically, or you go to war. Canada can do neither. Their only choice is to lie there and take it while Trump runs a literal train on them. That's why I say ultimately Canada will be dissolving.

Soft predictions, Alberta caves first to join the US either as an outright state or territory. Quebec will cave next, but they will seek to maintain independence separate from both Canada and the US while maintaining their relationship with the US and Europe and go through major internal reform. The other districts? Good fucking luck.

That is odd
Well hey, what happened the last time we let a President go for a drive? :cunningpepe:
 
Soft predictions, Alberta caves first to join the US either as an outright state or territory. Quebec will cave next, but they will seek to maintain independence separate from both Canada and the US while maintaining their relationship with the US and Europe and go through major internal reform. The other districts? Good fucking luck
Who gets custody of PEI?
 
Rep. Keith Self referred to Sarah McBride as a man, hearing gets cancelled due to other representative disrupting the room.

View attachment 7081640
I like how McBride's clapback was to refer to Self as Madam Chair as an attempt to own him and immediately got pushed out of the way so the other guy could sperg out.
 
China is able to control large markets because they
  1. invite western companies to come into china and make their shit cheap
  2. steal their ip
  3. use money to influence western leaders to shut down their own markets
  4. become the only game in town
This is why electric cars are absolutely suicidal for western industry.

China has a near monopoly on lithium battery production, because nobody else wants to deal with the resulting heavy metal pollution. China gives preferential pricing to Chinese companies, which means that western electric cars will always be at a major price disadvantage.

Canada tried to enact a 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars for this reason, and got hit with Chinese tariffs in response.
 
Back