Donny, are you ok?

[GoCubsGo]

So, we have something like a 7 billion dollar trade surplus with Brazil.

This isn’t about trade. TACO DonOld is butthurt about his butt buddy.

Also, the random capitalazations in a formal letter between heads of stare is effing bizarre.

[Vrede too]

So, we have something like a 7 billion dollar trade surplus with Brazil.

This isn’t about trade. TACO DonOld is butthurt about his butt buddy.

Also, the random capitalizations in a formal letter between heads of state is effing bizarre.

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Threatening tariffs to achieve a political end, the release of corrupt RW Bolsonaro, is an unprecedented reminder of the worst of the 'Banana Republic' days. Dementia DonOLD is worrying and pissing off all of Latin America besides RW-led El Salvador.

The US has a trade surplus with Brazil? If so, WTF is he whining about throughout the letter? More insanity:

‘Off The Rails’: Trump’s Ramble In The Middle Of Cabinet Meeting Is 24-Karat Nonsense
The president went on some wild tangents during Tuesday’s meeting

President Donald Trump delivered a rambling and disjointed performance at a Cabinet meeting that lasted more than 90 minutes, concluding with a lengthy aside about interior decorating.

Trump, during the meeting, said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) ― who is Jewish ― has “abandoned the Jews” and “become a Palestinian,” then compared Schumer to Jon Lovitz’s lying “Saturday Night Live” character Tommy Flanagan, complete with an impression.

He described the B-2 bombers that flew to Iran for last month’s attack, saying they “went skedaddle” and then tried to define the word “skedaddle.”

“Do you know the word skedaddle?” he asked. “It means skedaddle.”

“Yes, we know the word skedaddle,” the actor/TV host said. “As in: We’d like to see you skedaddle your ass out of the White House.”
-- Anthony Anderson

He took great offense at a question about Jeffrey Epstein, a day after his Justice Department concluded that the late sex offender didn’t have a long-rumored “client list.”

“Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?” he asked in disbelief. “This guy’s been talked about for years. You’re asking, we have Texas, we have this, we have all of the things, and are people still talking about this guy, this creep?”

He called it a “desecration” to speak about Epstein during a time of “some of the greatest success and also tragedy with what happened in Texas.”

Toward the end, he started to talk decor.

“I’m a frame person,” he declared as he spoke about portraits. “Sometimes I like frames more than I like the pictures.”

He spoke of flags, clocks, lamps, medallions, and more.

Then the conversation took a golden turn as Trump spoke at length about the room’s moldings and whether they would look better with gold leaf or gold-colored paint....

Umm, it's a “desecration” to speak about ...
Chuck Schumer's religion
Jon Lovitz’s lying “Saturday Night Live” character Tommy Flanagan
A skedaddle tautology
picture frames
flags, clocks, lamps, medallions, and more
gold-colored paint
... during a time of “some of the greatest success and also tragedy with what happened in Texas.”
Duh.

Great minds . . .

Really American

Dementia or Dumb: In a crazy moment, Trump blasted a reporter for asking about Jeffrey Epstein instead of Texas. And then he rambled about whether to gold leaf the ceiling. Not Texas. Not Putin... Gold leaf.

Media: Stop ignoring his cognitive decline.

Children dead and missing in Texas, but Trump is busy musing about putting gold leaf on the crown molding in the cabinet room.

Trump. Does. Not. Care. About. YOU.

He just said minutes ago that this is not the best time to ask questions about the Epstein list cover-up and now he’s talking about interior design.

Edward Hernandez
(Constitutional Conservative, Patriot & Christian)
How can you disregard Epstein's list as unimportant old news and talk about Grandfather clocks, gold leaf trim, ceiling lamp medallions and 120 year old paintings?

Senate Democrats

He just signed the largest cuts to health care in American history and now he's wondering how much gold he should use to decorate the room he's in. What. The. F**k.

Duty To Warn
(Mental Health professionals warning about Trump....)
It's important for us to remember that besides being a narcissist, sociopath, grifter, rapist, traitor, and serial criminal, he's also an idiot.

That's an official psychiatric diagnosis.

Jennifer Erin Valent

Marco Rubio is such an empty shell of himself, they may as well gold leaf him.

Denison Barb
(... Former President [6th grade] ...)
Is this the most pressing issue? Paint? WTF? 25th Amendment! NOW!

He’s the “working class president” my ass

TRUMP IS JUST FLOODING THE ZONE!. He doesn’t want people talking about Epstein Files.

Yes, Marco, we see you. You sit there and say nothing. Just in case you hoped no-one would take notice. We do. And you will be confronted with this video for the rest of your life.

This is a perfect metaphor for an entire style of governance. The substance of policy is secondary. The primary focus is on the superficial aesthetics of power - the "gold leaf on the corners." As long as the facade looks opulent and strong, the structural integrity of the state beneath is an afterthought.

Yup.

Fox cut away mid-speech while Trump rambled about how “you can’t paint moldings” and “they never found a paint that looks like gold.”

This man is supposed to be leading the country—not giving unhinged Home Depot reviews in the middle of a national address.

We’re in a global crisis, the economy’s teetering, allies are on edge—and he’s whining about trim colors like he’s hosting a failed HGTV spinoff.

No wonder even Fox bailed. The circus is eating itself.

@marcorubio looks like he is dying inside

A couple more tweets at the link.

[Vrede too]

So, we have something like a 7 billion dollar trade surplus with Brazil.

This isn’t about trade. TACO DonOld is butthurt about his butt buddy.

Also, the random capitalizations in a formal letter between heads of stare is effing bizarre.

Full:

Lula
@LulaOficial

In light of the public statement made by U.S. President Donald Trump on social media on the afternoon of Wednesday (9), it is important to highlight the following:

Brazil is a sovereign nation with independent institutions and will not accept any form of tutelage.

The judicial proceedings against those responsible for planning the coup d'état fall exclusively under the jurisdiction of Brazil´s Judicial Branch and, as such, are not subject to any interference or threats that could compromise the independence of national institutions.

In the context of digital platforms, Brazilian society rejects hateful content, racism, child pornography, scams, fraud, and speeches against human rights and democratic freedom.

In Brazil, freedom of expression must not be confused with aggression or violent practices. All companies—whether domestic or foreign—must comply with Brazilian law in order to operate within our territory.

The claim regarding a U.S. trade deficit in its commercial relationship with Brazil is inaccurate. Statistics from the U.S. government itself show a surplus of $410 billion in the trade of goods and services with Brazil over the past 15 years.

Therefore, any unilateral tariff increases will be addressed in accordance with Brazil's Economic Reciprocity Law.

Sovereignty, respect and the unwavering defense of the interests of the Brazilian people are the values that guide our relationship with the world.

7:46 PM · Jul 9, 2025
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GoLulaGo!

[O Really]

Does anybody really believe that trade ratio with Brazil, whatever it is, is really a "threat to national security"? Ever since 9/11, "national security" has been the go-to phrase for practically any otherwise unacceptable idea, but even so is at best a gross exaggeration. Do Trumpers recognize that Trump's favourite form of speech is gross hyperbole and just don't care because "that's just Trump being Trump"? Or do they really believe it? Scare tactics always seem to work for repugs, but not for Dems, even when the "scare" is factual.

[1 CAT FAN]

Does anybody really believe that trade ratio with Brazil, whatever it is, is really a "threat to national security"? Ever since 9/11, "national security" has been the go-to phrase for practically any otherwise unacceptable idea, but even so is at best a gross exaggeration. Do Trumpers recognize that Trump's favourite form of speech is gross hyperbole and just don't care because "that's just Trump being Trump"? Or do they really believe it? Scare tactics always seem to work for repugs, but not for Dems, even when the "scare" is factual.

Is that why you live in a gated community?

[Vrede too]

Does anybody really believe that trade ratio with Brazil, whatever it is, is really a "threat to national security"? Ever since 9/11, "national security" has been the go-to phrase for practically any otherwise unacceptable idea, but even so is at best a gross exaggeration. Do Trumpers recognize that Trump's favourite form of speech is gross hyperbole and just don't care because "that's just Trump being Trump"? Or do they really believe it? Scare tactics always seem to work for repugs, but not for Dems, even when the "scare" is factual.

There seems to be an inverse relationship between the size of the trade deficit and the size of TACO's dick.

No matter, according to Lula and GoCubsGo we have a trade surplus with Brasil, which should make Dementia Don cum.

As to your question, any country that tried to use the supply chain against us would be creating their own economic doom. MAGA never thinks things through.

[GoCubsGo]

Consoler in Chief.

[1 CAT FAN]

They have leftist meteorologists reporting the weather in Texas?

[Vrede too]

Consoler in Chief.

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3ltpo65nmkw2v

Avoider in Chief, as always. TACO!

[GoCubsGo]

Butthurt DonOld?

Donald Trump Threatens To Revoke Rosie O’Donnell’s Citizenship; She Calls Him “A Danger To The Nation” In Response — Update

The president cannot revoke the citizenship of someone born in the U.S., something that legal scholars have long noted. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution says, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.”

[Vrede too]

Butthurt DonOld?

Donald Trump Threatens To Revoke Rosie O’Donnell’s Citizenship; She Calls Him “A Danger To The Nation” In Response — Update

After Trump’s Truth Social post, O’Donnell wrote on TikTok, “the potus ladies n gentlemen is a disgrace to all our beautiful country stands for – he is a danger to the nation – a mentally ill untreated criminal who lied to america for a decade on the apprentice – thanks mark burnett – and u fell for it – its so tragic – had u grown up in Ny – as i did and he did – u too would know what a total fool he is – add me to the list of people who oppose him at every turn – its now or never america – my little posts from dublin upset him – go arrest a few brown people u truly evil man child.”

The president cannot revoke the citizenship of someone born in the U.S., something that legal scholars have long noted. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution says, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.”

Correct, she was born in NY. It's even difficult to revoke the citizenship of a naturalized citizen. There are limited reasons for doing so:

Why Would the U.S. Government Revoke Someone’s Citizenship?

There are four main reasons the U.S. government can revoke someone’s naturalized citizenship (“denaturalize” the person).

Revocation When U.S. Citizenship Was Obtained “Illegally”

... Usually this involves some kind of mistake, which gets discovered after the person is sworn in as a U.S. citizen. For example, the calculation of whether the person had spent a full five years as a lawful permanent resident before being sworn in as a citizen could have been erroneous....

Revocation When Citizenship Was Obtained by Lies or Misrepresentation ...

Revocation Rule for Certain Military Servicepeople

... Their U.S. citizenship depends on serving honorably for at least five years (in a row or altogether). So, if the person separates from the U.S. armed forces under other than honorable conditions before serving for five years, the government can revoke his or her citizenship.

This one is interesting:

Revocation for Having Joined Certain Organizations Even After Becoming a U.S. Citizen

Membership in, or affiliation with, certain organizations is a basis for denying U.S. citizenship. Moreover, new U.S. citizens can’t join any of those organizations for a period of five years after becoming a citizen without risking their citizenship.

So, if a person becomes a member of, or becomes affiliated with, the Communist party, another totalitarian party, or a terrorist organization within five years of naturalization, the U.S. government will assume that the person was never attached to the U.S. Constitution and never well-disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States. In the government’s eyes, the person lied in order to get U.S. citizenship, and therefore the citizenship can be revoked.

Can the next admin revoke the citizenship of naturalized citizens who joined, before they'd been citizens for 5 years:
The terrorist Proud Boys?
MAGA?
Even the GQP since it's become so totalitarian?

[GoCubsGo]

Hoping the next dem revokes Melania.

[supesalemgr2]

Butthurt DonOld?

Donald Trump Threatens To Revoke Rosie O’Donnell’s Citizenship; She Calls Him “A Danger To The Nation” In Response — Update

After Trump’s Truth Social post, O’Donnell wrote on TikTok, “the potus ladies n gentlemen is a disgrace to all our beautiful country stands for – he is a danger to the nation – a mentally ill untreated criminal who lied to america for a decade on the apprentice – thanks mark burnett – and u fell for it – its so tragic – had u grown up in Ny – as i did and he did – u too would know what a total fool he is – add me to the list of people who oppose him at every turn – its now or never america – my little posts from dublin upset him – go arrest a few brown people u truly evil man child.”

The president cannot revoke the citizenship of someone born in the U.S., something that legal scholars have long noted. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution says, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.”

Correct, she was born in NY. It's even difficult to revoke the citizenship of a naturalized citizen. There are limited reasons for doing so:

Why Would the U.S. Government Revoke Someone’s Citizenship?

There are four main reasons the U.S. government can revoke someone’s naturalized citizenship (“denaturalize” the person).

Revocation When U.S. Citizenship Was Obtained “Illegally”

... Usually this involves some kind of mistake, which gets discovered after the person is sworn in as a U.S. citizen. For example, the calculation of whether the person had spent a full five years as a lawful permanent resident before being sworn in as a citizen could have been erroneous....

Revocation When Citizenship Was Obtained by Lies or Misrepresentation ...

Revocation Rule for Certain Military Servicepeople

... Their U.S. citizenship depends on serving honorably for at least five years (in a row or altogether). So, if the person separates from the U.S. armed forces under other than honorable conditions before serving for five years, the government can revoke his or her citizenship.

This one is interesting:

Revocation for Having Joined Certain Organizations Even After Becoming a U.S. Citizen

Membership in, or affiliation with, certain organizations is a basis for denying U.S. citizenship. Moreover, new U.S. citizens can’t join any of those organizations for a period of five years after becoming a citizen without risking their citizenship.

So, if a person becomes a member of, or becomes affiliated with, the Communist party, another totalitarian party, or a terrorist organization within five years of naturalization, the U.S. government will assume that the person was never attached to the U.S. Constitution and never well-disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States. In the government’s eyes, the person lied in order to get U.S. citizenship, and therefore the citizenship can be revoked.

Can the next admin revoke the citizenship of naturalized citizens who joined, before they'd been citizens for 5 years:
The terrorist Proud Boys?
MAGA?
Even the GQP since it's become so totalitarian?

Quite frankly, Rosie is not worth Trump's time.

[Vrede too]

Quite frankly, Rosie is not worth Trump's time.

And yet, she knows exactly how to get him to say stupid and whiny things.

[supesalemgr2]

Quite frankly, Rosie is not worth Trump's time.

And yet, she knows exactly how to get him to say stupid and whiny things.

I understand that observation. What is interesting about Trump is that many of his supporters find him offensive in his style, but firmly stand behind his policies.

[GoCubsGo]

Quite frankly, Rosie is not worth Trump's time.

And yet, she knows exactly how to get him to say stupid and whiny things.

I understand that observation. What is interesting about Trump is that many of his supporters find him offensive in his style, but firmly stand behind his policies.

We're only six months in even though it feels like fucking forever. It's not all sunshine and roses, especially this week.

https://blueridgedebate.com/viewtopic.p ... 64c295068b



Why the new account?

[supesalemgr2]

Quite frankly, Rosie is not worth Trump's time.

And yet, she knows exactly how to get him to say stupid and whiny things.

I understand that observation. What is interesting about Trump is that many of his supporters find him offensive in his style, but firmly stand behind his policies.

We're only six months in even though it feels like fucking forever. It's not all sunshine and roses, especially this week.

https://blueridgedebate.com/viewtopic.p ... 64c295068b



Why the new account?

For some reason I had been knocked out from my login and I could not login. I finally decided to register again and after some challenges a new account was approved. It did not work yesterday, but seems OK now.

[GoCubsGo]

For some reason I had been knocked out from my login and I could not login. I finally decided to register again and after some challenges a new account was approved. It did not work yesterday, but seems OK now.

Weird, I'll let Banni know.

Meanwhile....


The jackboot tactics are unpopular with everyone except his hard-core supporters. What a surprise .
Trump’s mass deportation is backfiring

It’s looking more and more like Trump has botched an issue that, by all rights, should have been a great one for him. And ICE’s actions appear to be a big part of that.

The most recent polling on this comes from Gallup, where the findings are worse than those of any poll in Trump’s second term.

The nearly monthlong survey conducted in June found Americans disapproved of Trump’s handling of immigration by a wide margin: 62% to 35%. And more than twice as many Americans strongly disapproved (45%) as strongly approved (21%).

It also found nearly 7 in 10 independents disapproved.

[Vrede too]

Quite frankly, Rosie is not worth Trump's time.

And yet, she knows exactly how to get him to say stupid and whiny things.

I understand that observation. What is interesting about Trump is that many of his supporters find him offensive in his style, but firmly stand behind his policies.

Such as, along with the entire Leopards thread that GoCubsGo links:
Slashing Medicaid after promising he wouldn't?
Slashing children's nutrition and early education programs?
Deporting children with cancer?
Claiming to halt farm and hotel raids and then not doing so?
Deploying troops to LA at enormous cost when the LA city and county cops had the unrest well in hand and did not want assistance that was guaranteed to exacerbate tensions?
Ending childhood cancer research?
The DoJ implosion?
The Elon Mush implosion?
Massively increasing the deficit?
Erratic tariff policy?
Taxing Americans with the tariffs that have been put in place?
Tanking the midterms?
Pardoning people who violently attacked police?
Slashing NOAA, NWS and FEMA?
I could go on for hours just listing things that many if not most cons should object to. Of course, cultists don't really count as cons anymore.

We're only six months in even though it feels like fucking forever. It's not all sunshine and roses, especially this week.

https://blueridgedebate.com/viewtopic.p ... 64c295068b


Why the new account?

All the posts have been to me. I may play along until he repeats the behavior that made me get bored and mute him in the first place. I don't expect it to take long.

Never mind, I thought I was special.

Those immigration polling numbers are wild, thanks. I thought US bigotry was deeper than that.

[GoCubsGo]

DonOld fatigue is real.

He has yet to understand that.