Just to counterbalance a bit…
I see he has banned transgender people competing in the next olympics.
Now I have absolutely nothing against transgender people, it is too easy to take the p, but I do genuinely sympathise and to a degree empathise with a big butch bloke who feels in his own mind he should be a woman…it must be agony.
However…
What I do not approve of is what happened in the last olympics, that female boxer getting an absolute pummelling by an ex bloke (or a bloke depending on your pov.)
Another case in this country where a young schoolgirl in a girls football match got a ban for bringing it to the referees attention that the opposing side’s striker had a beard…I mean c’mon ffs.
A man trans or otherwise has a superior sports and athletic advantage over a woman…fact.
So Trump once again has gone for the common sense and logic option over wokeness and pc.
The lgbt ‘‘community’’ is up in arms… as are the lentil munching woke lefties…needless to say.
I don’t know as don’t pay much attention to it all.
But guessing there’s maybe oil or minerals in Gaza waiting to be excavated hence he wants to take it over
More to do with it being a warm and sunny beach-side strip of land, rather than any natural resources I think.
Plus, the Israelis have already been settling illegally on land for decades.
Any who real estate interests are likely to make some more cash if the US gives the area added security.
Any foreign incomers (immigrants) buying land will doubtless follow the local indigenous population in their customs.
They will learn Arabic, copy the local way of dress, not expect special rules for themselves, so no alcohol, no gambling, etc.
Trump bankrupted two casinos previously (quite an achievement!) will some family members of his be looking to do better?
Of course as POTUS he will not be in any way giving special treatment to his own family. Perish the very thought.
And to correct myself at 14hr45.
There is indeed gas off the coast of Gaza. The Gazan Marine Field.
No full report on the crash between a commercial passenger jet and military helicopter, but some facts are coming to light.
Undeterred by the full facts being known. Trump has said what happened, and previously blaming the ATC recruitment policies, is now blaming bad computer systems.
Seems that he is expecting Musk to step in and help.
An unelected person, (not even an “Official”!) responsible and answerable to Trump himself only. Musk’s safety record includes making the current “Cybertruck” a vehicle that is illegal in many countries because of safety issues, and was passed for the US only after Musk lobbied to get the US law changed to accept it.
As an aside. Apparently Tesla car sales have fallen rapidly in the EU over the past few weeks, but there has been a boom in sales of stickers saying “I bought this before Elon went mad!”
And now Trump is taking on the ICC. As noted above by @Ledwidge
He is accusing the ICC of abusing it’s power.
Eureka! Proof positive (if any were needed) that he has absolutely no sense of irony nor humour.
Been watching Trump and his face and characteristics, on delivery of some of his speeches.
I’m getting the vibe that he shares a certain trait with myself.
I’m thinking he loves to shut right up, irritate and pi55 off a certain ‘TYPE’ of person, baiting them to just ‘take a swing’ at him so he can put them down…metaphorically in these cases.
I’ve had years of disaprovement off my Mrs for this same behaviour when we are out… but it’s still good fun.
I concede that Trump may have acted a bit too hastily in cutting off foreign aid. There are lots of deserving causes out there desperate for funding. Obviously under Labour we proud Brits will continue the tradition of the government handing out their money to deserving causes. Hang on, do governments have money?
Anyhoo, here are some of the deserving causes that will no longer receive Uncle Sams dollar….
YOU PAID FOR IT… BUT NOT ANYMORE! Breaking This Morning, the White House releases more projects that you paid for with USAID, the wasteful unaccountable government agency that has been dismantled by DOGE and Elon Musk! Here is a look at where your tax dollars went (including terror groups!): I hope you’re proud!
— $7.9 million to teach Sri Lankan journalists how to avoid “binary-gendered language”
— $20 million for a new Sesame Street show in Iraq
— $4.5+ million to “combat disinformation” in Kazakhstan
— $1.5 million for “art for inclusion of people with disabilities”
— $2 million for sex changes and “LGBT activism” in Guatemala
— $6 million to “transform digital spaces to reflect feminist democratic principles”
— $2.1 million to help the BBC “value the diversity of Libyan society”
— $10 million worth of USAID-funded meals, which went to an al Qaeda-linked terrorgroup
— $25 million for Deloitte to promote “green transportation” in the country of Georgia
— $2.5 million to promote “inclusion” in Vietnam
— $16.8 million for a SEPARATE “inclusion” group in Vietnam
— ~$5 million to EcoHealth Alliance, one of the key NGOs funding bat virus research at the Wuhan lab
— $20 million for a group related to a key player in the Russiagate impeachment hoax
— $1.1 million to an Armenian “LGBT group”
— $1.2 million to help the African Methodist Episcopal Church Service and Development Agency in Washington, D.C., build “a state-of-the-art 440 seat auditorium”
— $1.5 million to promote “LGBT advocacy” in Jamaica
— $2 million to promote “LGBT equality through entrepreneurship” in Latin America
— $500K to solve sectarian violence in Israel (just ten days before the Hamas October 7 attack)
— $2.3 million for “artisanal and small scale gold mining” in the Amazon
— $3.9 million for “LGBT causes” in the western Balkans
— $5.5 million for LGBT activism in Uganda
— $6 million for advancing LGBT issues in “priority countries around the world”
— $6.3 million for men who have s*x with men in South Africa
— $8.3 million for “USAID Education: Equity and Inclusion”
For decades, USAID bureaucrats believed they were accountable to no one — but that era is over. President Trump is STOPPING the waste, fraud, and abuse.
I see what you did there
Clever editing…in fact quite clever all round, for you.
Keep it up.
Although quite oblivious to the ‘TYPE’ I referred to it seems.
Surprise! Not quite an accurate post from @maoster.
I picked one of the items at random: [quote=“maoster, post:293, topic:240714”]
$2.1 million to help the BBC “value the diversity of Libyan society”
[/quote]
A fuller text is here.
MIRSAL IS A NEW FIVE-YEAR ACTIVITY FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING INFORMATION AND MEDIA INTEGRITY IN LIBYA. THE INITIATIVE IS DESIGNED TO VALUE THE DIVERSITY OF LIBYAN SOCIETY AND EXTEND WHILE ENHANCING THE CAPACITY OF MEDIA PRACTITIONERS AND CONSUMERS IN LIBYA. THE GOAL IS TO NURTURE A LIBYAN MEDIA ECOSYSTEM THAT INCREASINGLY PROMOTES SOCIAL COHESION, WHICH ADDRESSES AND MITIGATES THE CHALLENGES OF INFORMATION MANIPULATION, IN SUPPORT OF A MORE PEACEFUL, UNIFIED LIBYA.
So although “diversity” is mentioned, the overall objective s to stop misinformation.
I mean, I am very sure that @maoster is not mug enough to be fooled by anything he reads that is posted by karen-offa-facebook, but some do need some help.
Is it a bad idea to stop bad info being spread in counties like Libya?
Could misinformation lead to violent action being taken by radicalised extremists?
$2m is a lot of money if in my bank account, but to help stop radicalisation of extremists? Peanuts.
Mind you as an amateur I am upstaged by the NYT who give the lie to the spin on this issue
When are they going to start with Oberstabsgefreiter Musk office that they conjured up out of thin air? He’s spent $7million of taxpayers money in one week in what seems personal vendettas.
" Nearly $7 million has been “apportioned” over the past week to cover the agency’s expenses, while the administration tries to freeze big chunks of government funding as part of DOGE’s mandate to root out programs deemed wasteful or out of step with the president’s priorities.
“Despite fabricating the United States DOGE Service out of thin air, President Musk has already grown his unelected bureaucracy to lay claim to nearly $7 million of American taxpayer funding,” House Appropriations ranking member Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., said in a statement. She said that amount is “nearly twice the annual salaries and expenses budget of the White House."
Oh Jeez I’m getting concerned now, something else me and him have in common…I hate it if I don’t get even.
On other hand I aint got hair like theres a Weetabix on my Swede, and I aint shagged any famous p0rn stars.
To refer to Maoster’s list on money saved on ridiculous pc woke bull crap, (and ignoring the ‘‘Useful idiot’s’’ obligatory refutement )
I keep finding myself saying the same thing to myself when I see some of the stuff Trump has wasted no time in doing…
It’s a pity we did not have somebody forthright ike that in our country who was a ‘doer’ rather than a ‘Gonnado’.
