The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II

[Nanny]

^ because fu k rules

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I think even the Supremes would have a hard time letting that go through.

Boru

[Thumpalumpacus]

What Bannon is doing here is known in the military as "preparing the battlespace". He and his ilk want to frame the issue in such a manner that their victory seems inevitable.

It is incumbent upon us to speak up now, before they seize the narrative. They cannot and must not win.

[Angrboda]

In the midst of a federal government shutdown, the U.S. government’s gross national debt surpassed $38 trillion Wednesday, a record number that highlights the accelerating accumulation of debt on America’s balance sheet.

It’s also the fastest accumulation of a trillion dollars in debt outside of the COVID-19 pandemic — the U.S. hit $37 trillion in gross national debt in August this year.

The $38 trillion update is found in the latest Treasury Department report, which logs the nation’s daily finances.

U.S. hits $38 trillion in debt, after the fastest accumulation of $1 trillion outside of the pandemic

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

A trillion here, a trillion there...

Boru

[Fake Messiah]

Trump Jr-backed drone firm lands Pentagon’s biggest contract, set to supply thousands of drone parts

A drone company backed by Donald Trump Jr has landed its biggest Pentagon deal yet. Unusual Machines, a very little-known Florida-based drone company, will supply 3,500 drone motors and other components to the Army as the latter expands its drone capabilities.

Donald Trump Jr joined the company as an adviser in 2024. According to a report in Financial Times, Trump Jr holds a $4 million stake in the company. He hold a total of 331,580 shares of the company, it had declared when Trump Jr joined the organisation.

The Army has signaled that it would also purchase an additional 20,000 parts from Unusual Machines next year.

https://www.livemint.com/news/us-news/tr...57592.html

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

^’Psst…hey, mister. You wanna buy some drone parts? Brand new, they just fell off the back of a lorry.’

Boru

[Thumpalumpacus]

The grift rolls on.

[Angrboda]

For weeks, the Trump administration has been eyeing escalating its campaign against the drug cartels – as well as its effort to destabilize the Venezuelan president’s government – after an initial campaign of strikes on at least nine alleged drug-trafficking boats.

Donald Trump also confirmed to reporters at the White House on Thursday that the next stage of his military campaign was to hit targets on the ground. “The land is going to be next,” Trump said. “The land drugs are much more dangerous for them. It’s going to be much more dangerous. You’ll be seeing that soon.”

Trump did not discuss which targets in which countries the US intended to strike. But he directed the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, who was seated beside him at the White House event about curbing the flow of illegal drugs into the US, to notify Congress about the administration’s plans.

Asked whether he would declare war against the cartels, Trump suggested he would continue with individual strikes. “I think we’re just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country, OK?” he said. “We’re going to kill them, you know they’re going to be, like, dead.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...rd-carrier

[Thumpalumpacus]

For weeks, the Trump administration has been eyeing escalating its campaign against the drug cartels – as well as its effort to destabilize the Venezuelan president’s government – after an initial campaign of strikes on at least nine alleged drug-trafficking boats.

Donald Trump also confirmed to reporters at the White House on Thursday that the next stage of his military campaign was to hit targets on the ground. “The land is going to be next,” Trump said. “The land drugs are much more dangerous for them. It’s going to be much more dangerous. You’ll be seeing that soon.”

Trump did not discuss which targets in which countries the US intended to strike. But he directed the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, who was seated beside him at the White House event about curbing the flow of illegal drugs into the US, to notify Congress about the administration’s plans.

Asked whether he would declare war against the cartels, Trump suggested he would continue with individual strikes. “I think we’re just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country, OK?” he said. “We’re going to kill them, you know they’re going to be, like, dead.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...rd-carrier

"Hey, don't look at the other shit I'm doing!"