The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II

[The Grand Nudger]

Go fuck yourself Donald. Follow Me!

[Nanny]

I guess Memorial Day is for suckers and losers, as the President has said.

What a turd.

[Pat Mustard]

The awkward moment where Trump accidentally does something good.





Granted, he's probably going to find some way to fuck it up (I hope to Hell he doesn't cut corners for safety), but given that nuclear power is probably the most sustainable form of alternative energy that actually has a chance of replacing fossil fuels, this is a good thing.

It's about twenty years after nuclear power stopped being relevant towards fighting climate change.  But then again the only people ever pushing it as a solution to climate change were fossil fuel companies.

About the only thing holding back renewals at the moment is storage, and we have viable solutions, just not governments willing to implement them.

[Rev. Rye]

The awkward moment where Trump accidentally does something good.





Granted, he's probably going to find some way to fuck it up (I hope to Hell he doesn't cut corners for safety), but given that nuclear power is probably the most sustainable form of alternative energy that actually has a chance of replacing fossil fuels, this is a good thing.

It's about twenty years after nuclear power stopped being relevant towards fighting climate change.  But then again the only people ever pushing it as a solution to climate change were fossil fuel companies.

About the only thing holding back renewals at the moment is storage, and we have viable solutions, just not governments willing to implement them.

 I didn't say shit about fighting climate change. I personally think that ship has long since sailed. That said, it's become clear that SOMETHING has to replace fossil fuels. If we haven't hit peak oil already, it's only a matter of time before we do.

[Thumpalumpacus]

"HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY [...]

No wonder Trump is an authoritarian, if he really thinks like this.

There's no such thing as "happy Memorial Day". It is about solemn remembrance, not celebration.

"Happy Memorial Day" is for barbecues and racing fans.

[Pat Mustard]

It's about twenty years after nuclear power stopped being relevant towards fighting climate change.  But then again the only people ever pushing it as a solution to climate change were fossil fuel companies.

About the only thing holding back renewals at the moment is storage, and we have viable solutions, just not governments willing to implement them.

 I didn't say shit about fighting climate change. I personally think that ship has long since sailed. That said, it's become clear that SOMETHING has to replace fossil fuels. If we haven't hit peak oil already, it's only a matter of time before we do.

Renewables, fix the storage problem by building large scale storage measures alongside building large scale renewable energy generators and you've the fossil problem licked.  We have the solution, problem is that the current whisperers to power aren't in a place to benefit.

[Ravenshire]

Trump, while praising a new steel partnership, referred to Nippon Steel as 'Nissan Steel'. In February of this year, he made that same gaffe three times in 40 seconds.

Why aren't Republicans questioning Trump's mental acuity?

Boru

Because he's their puppet?

[Fireball]

^ Visible strings- someone on Faux News says it, he repeats it.

[Jackalope]

https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/05/trum...-said.html

Let's hope it sticks. "TACO Don" has a nice ring to it.

[Angrboda]

Wall Street is beginning to understand the president’s roller-coaster foreign trade decisions with the help of a trendy acronym: TACO—or “Trump Always Chickens Out.”

The TACO theory was coined earlier this month by Financial Times columnist Robert Armstrong, adding a catchy name to the practice of loading up on stocks when Donald Trump first announces the tariffs and then selling when he ultimately backtracks on enforcing them.

In a Wednesday note obtained by Market Watch, Sevens Report Research founder Tom Essaye insisted that Trump does, in fact, always chicken out. So far, that’s been true for enacting additional tariffs on Mexico and Canada, postponing his “reciprocal” tariff plan on dozens of countries after his “Liberation Day” announcement went south, delaying a tariff on imports from the European Union, and smashing his plan to fine China, temporarily decreasing tariffs on Chinese products to 30 percent from 145 percent.

“So, the returns are somewhat conclusive: The TACO trade has worked and buying stocks on extreme tariff-related threats has worked,” Essaye wrote, noting that the known gambit’s growing popularity will translate to diminished returns.

But investors aren’t the only power players taking note of Trump’s transparent poker face. On Tuesday, Russian state propagandists mocked the U.S. president for lacking any follow through, predicting in a tweet that Trump’s “playing with fire” threat would be reversed by a social media post the following morning.

Trump’s tariff proposals haven’t won the U.S. too much negotiating ground. Instead, countries around the world began observing earlier this month that—rather than playing the waiting game to meet with the White House over potential trade relief—China’s tough negotiating strategy with the former real estate mogul had actually gotten the eastern powerhouse a significantly better deal.

https://newrepublic.com/post/195780/dona...riffs-taco