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:
  • Winner
  • Like
  • Semper Fidelis
Reactions: the aging locust., Hassou Tobi, Based Downie and 145 others
Click to expand...
Allowing Syria to rebuild, is a massive fuck you to Israel.
Specially a Islamic, Turkish aligned Syria.

It's even funnier when you consider that Israel will now have to choose between letting gaza be rebuilt by hundreds of billions of dollars in Arab oil money or let that cash be sent to their existential enemy for the past 70 years in the north to keep gaza destroyed and eek out any sort of victory.

Trump kneecapped Israel's foreign expansion plans into turning Syria into Lebanon 2.0 with a multitude of small minority states, like the Kurdish in the east or the Druze in the south or the alawites in the coast.

Their only hope now is to get Russia to stay in the coast, it's the only counter to full Turkish occupation of Syria.
 
  • Informative
  • Agree
  • Optimistic
Reactions: Michael Wade, Verpa Teutonica Ingens, spiritofamermaid and 13 others
AN/ALR56 said:
Allowing Syria to rebuild, is a massive fuck you to Israel.
Specially a Islamic, Turkish aligned Syria.

It's even funnier when you consider that Israel will now have to choose between letting gaza be rebuilt by hundreds of billions of dollars in Arab oil money or let that cash be sent to their existential enemy for the past 70 years in the north to keep gaza destroyed and eek out any sort of victory.

Trump kneecapped Israel's foreign expansion plans into turning Syria into Lebanon 2.0 with a multitude of small minority states, like the Kurdish in the east or the Druze in the south or the alawites in the coast.

Their only hope now is to get Russia to stay in the coast, it's the only counter to full Turkish occupation of Syria.
Click to expand...
Syria is being allowed to be a country again. They may even have a chance to buy western weapons to replace all the equipment that got blown up at the end by Isreal/the final battles. There is a future where Syria could be running M1 Abrams tanks, using M4 Carbines and Glocks instead of AKM's and Markarovs, and have a fleet of high tech western ships to replace their destroyed navy. It could be EXTREMELY lucrative for the US.
 
  • Like
  • Informative
  • Thunk-Provoking
Reactions: Verpa Teutonica Ingens, spiritofamermaid, Martian High Command and 15 others
WelperHelper99 said:
Syria is being allowed to be a country again. They may even have a chance to buy western weapons to replace all the equipment that got blown up at the end by Isreal/the final battles. There is a future where Syria could be running M1 Abrams tanks, using M4 Carbines and Glocks instead of AKM's and Markarovs, and have a fleet of high tech western ships to replace their destroyed navy. It could be EXTREMELY lucrative for the US.
Click to expand...
like Pat Buchanan once noted pissing away relations with the Arab World just to appease Israel and their agenda is absolutely retarded, Syria has great oil reserves and going to war with them would be complete non-sense, the age of the Neocon going to war in order to get some oil is fucking over
 
  • Like
  • Winner
  • Thunk-Provoking
Reactions: Althalus, spiritofamermaid, DicksOutForKiwigglers and 25 others
Caddo Cobgang said:
like Pat Buchanan once noted pissing away relations with the Arab World just to appease Israel and their agenda is absolutely retarded, Syria has great oil reserves and going to war with them would be complete non-sense, the age of the Neocon going to war in order to get some oil is fucking over
Click to expand...
Oil prices could actually drop now that sanctions are off of them. Flood the market with fresh crude. Could be kino.
 
  • Like
  • Optimistic
Reactions: Verpa Teutonica Ingens, spiritofamermaid, Martian High Command and 11 others
Aldeland said:
I would Highly recommend the Nixon Presidential Library if you are anywhere near it. They have the shack he grew up in on the property along with other really interesting stuff from his life.
Click to expand...
The Library is a good introduction to the man, but if you want a really deep dive reading his autobiography or watching/listening to the long-form interviews with Frank Gannon on YouTube really gives you insight into how remarkably intelligent and analytical he was.

He was one of the smartest President's ever, certainly the most intellectual and capable of the past 50 years.

His life spans such a significant period of America. His first memory is falling off a horse drawn wagon; he ended up President of a techocracy with color television as his medium of communication, in charge of a jet and nuclear military--most powerful in the history of the world, and sent men to the moon. That gave him a perspective few Presidents could or will ever have.
 
  • Like
  • Informative
  • Agree
Reactions: Davis, spiritofamermaid, Martian High Command and 15 others
Caddo Cobgang said:
like Pat Buchanan once noted pissing away relations with the Arab World just to appease Israel and their agenda is absolutely retarded, Syria has great oil reserves and going to war with them would be complete non-sense, the age of the Neocon going to war in order to get some oil is fucking over
Click to expand...
It never worked in the first place.
You need explicit imperialism to conduct a resource war with results that last. As in, "We are conquering this shithole in the name of Imperator Bush and the prosperity and future of the Nation and People of the United States." not "We are bringing Democracy to the wholesome Iraqistanis to save us from their WMDs and maybe getting some oil too?"
We're at least 10-20 years of political turmoil away from being able to comfortably do this, if ever.
 
  • Like
  • Agree
  • Thunk-Provoking
Reactions: Verpa Teutonica Ingens, spiritofamermaid, Martian High Command and 14 others
  • Like
  • DRINK!
  • Informative
Reactions: spiritofamermaid, Kel Varnsen, AnitaSarsleezian and 10 others
Jace on ice said:
I think it's super funny how Dems are surprise Pickachu faced everytime Trump makes a deal previously thought impossible when.

He made billions of dollars making deals

He had a hugely successful TV show revolving entirely around making deals

He literally wrote a fucking book called "The Art of Of The Deal"

Gee who would have thought this man may be highly talented at negotiating?
Click to expand...
Because the Democrat idea of negotiation is "We will dictate terms, and you will accept them". Getting their way is a default presumption, anything they deign to give you is pure benevolence that they can revoke at will. The idea of actually debating with the other side which of their asks you'll give them is completely alien.

This is part of why backroom political favors became a favorite currency - its a foundational "I get what I want now and you get nothing" appeal to some future nebulous goodwill that they have no real ability to actually enforce or engage with.

MrJokerRager said:
He really is a lulzy cunt.
Click to expand...
With an exceptionally unlikeable face. His default smile really does look like its a condescending mocking laugh still frame.

W@rui said:

Supreme Court Hears Birthright Citizenship Case​

Starts at 10AM ET:
Click to expand...
My only regret is I have a busy day, so it'll take me a fucking week to catch up on the results of this later when the thread goes absolutely ballistic.

I'll put my two cents in before things go nuclear, fuck birthright citizenship. Citizenship is a privilege and an obligation, not a participation trophy. If you want citizenship at birtth you get it from a naturalized citizen mother at minimum, simple anti-anchor baby solution right there. If your parents are permanent residents, kid gets permanent resident status contingent on their parents retaining the status. Everything else is so edgecase as to not be worth dealing with. If you grew up a permanent resident in America and turn 18, you'd have to be a mouthbreathing retard to fail the citizenship application process.
 
  • Like
  • Winner
Reactions: Davis, spiritofamermaid, Kel Varnsen and 9 others
AN/ALR56 said:
Allowing Syria to rebuild, is a massive fuck you to Israel.
Specially a Islamic, Turkish aligned Syria.

It's even funnier when you consider that Israel will now have to choose between letting gaza be rebuilt by hundreds of billions of dollars in Arab oil money or let that cash be sent to their existential enemy for the past 70 years in the north to keep gaza destroyed and eek out any sort of victory.

Trump kneecapped Israel's foreign expansion plans into turning Syria into Lebanon 2.0 with a multitude of small minority states, like the Kurdish in the east or the Druze in the south or the alawites in the coast.

Their only hope now is to get Russia to stay in the coast, it's the only counter to full Turkish occupation of Syria.
Click to expand...
Punishment for making fun of TRUMPGAZA
 
  • Like
Reactions: spiritofamermaid, AnitaSarsleezian, Exterminatus and 4 others
mandatorylurk said:
Trump liking his welcome at the Abu Dhabi UAE airport, that is some strict terminal control to have Air Force One just dock like that instead of walking down:
Click to expand...
All of the wealthy Arab countries have private terminals for the elite that are as large and fancy as a public terminal.

This is the terminal where Air Force One parked at in Abu Dhabi:
1747318920794.webp
Google Maps

The main public terminal is in to top right, the second public terminal is in the bottom middle, the presidential terminal is in the bottom left, and the private terminal for the plebs with Gulfstreams is in the bottom right:
1747319015892.webp

For comparison, this is what the American "Presidential Terminal" looks like:
1747319607332.webp
Google Maps

It's just a hangar.

In Saudi Arabia, Air Force One parked at the private terminal's plaza instead of using the jetbridges:
1747319131715.webp
Google Maps

The public terminals are on the other side of the highway and the pleb private terminal is in the middle of the tarmac:
1747319218572.webp

Qatar's elite terminal:
1747319355659.webp
Google Maps

Judging by the parking lot, I would guess that this one is less exclusive than the others.

It's in the bottom right, and there's a pleb private terminal in the top left:
1747319471686.webp
 
Last edited:
  • Informative
  • Like
Reactions: Davis, Spergichu, spiritofamermaid and 15 others
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back