| This past fortnight 20:30 - Mar 7 with 2195 views | BlueNomad |
I have hardly thought about football. My reading, and head in general, has just focussed on the issues created by Trump. I’m far more concerned than I ever was during the Cold War. I’m not expecting a wider war than Ukraine but it does seem the world is changing for the worse very quickly.
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| This past fortnight on 20:56 - Mar 7 with 2095 views | Swansea_Blue |
He’s annoyingly prevalent everywhere. Like a tumour you can’t get rid of.
I hated the constant attention last time and if anything it’s worse this time. I think he’s been worse too. There are more serious, adverse consequences this time round.
Frankly, I’m hoping he has a heart attack. |  |
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| This past fortnight on 21:01 - Mar 7 with 2050 views | Bent_double |
Yep, pretty much.
I'm spending hours on here/BBC/Sky/Aljazeera/Reuters news websites everyday, just refreshing and waiting for the latest comment, or Executive order from the orange one. Not the best place to be.
I've actually convinced myself that between them, Trump, Putin and Xi would quite happily go to war with Europe and divide the spoils between themselves afterwards. All while their buddy Netenyahoo takes whatever he wants in the ME too.
Could we not just go for Russia now while they're at the weakest, make them less of a threat for a few decades? Sure, they have the 'nuclear option', but so do we, even he wouldn't risk a few million Russian lives and Moscow in ruins, would he?
Anyway, what can any of us do about it? I'm in Brazil at the moment, and seriously considering moving here permanently to be out of the immediate firing line. |  |
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| This past fortnight on 21:02 - Mar 7 with 2040 views | Churchman |
I am. The world has suddenly become the most dangerous it’s been in my lifetime. All thanks to Trump. He’s started on Japan now. His ignorance knows no limits.
This country needs to rearm fast and I’m not talking about piddling 2.5% sometime whenever. I still get a sense of denial from the politicians and of course the money could be spent on other in the true sense of the words much better things like people’s well-being. But I don’t think there is a choice. There may be no health, education, social care unless we do.
Poland have the right approach as do others in the way of Dictators Putin and Trump’s ambitions. I think it may be too late for Europe including ourselves. |  | | |
| This past fortnight on 21:06 - Mar 7 with 2017 views | peterleeblue |
Stop watching the news mate and get off social media its all clickbait.
My wife and I discuss this a lot.
When we were younger and had kids to bring up our time was spent on being a parent with little choice but to just simply get on with life. Bad stuff was going on 20 -25 years ago - We just didn't notice it.
We are all more aware now. I think my biggest concern is as extra defence is funded what aspects of peoples life's will be worsened and what will said people do about it. |  | | |
| This past fortnight on 22:19 - Mar 7 with 1881 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
Watching him tonight, I genuinely think he has dementia. |  |
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| This past fortnight on 22:26 - Mar 7 with 1870 views | redrickstuhaart |
I am very close to making an active decision to detach myself from news and current affairs generally.
But I HATE not knowing stuff. |  | | |
| This past fortnight on 22:27 - Mar 7 with 1864 views | DJR |
Whilst I have always been, and will continue to be, an avid consumer of news, especially the World Service, I don't think it is wise to become too focused on something I have no control over.
Don't forget Trump still has four years left, and there are a lot of things going on in this country and the world which have nothing to do with him, and which shouldn't be ignored.
For example, Newshour on the World Service at 9pm (which I listen to on BBC Sounds as I drop off to sleep) has as its main article the violence in Syria. [Post edited 7 Mar 22:38]
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| This past fortnight on 23:03 - Mar 7 with 1749 views | reusersfreekicks |
| This past fortnight on 21:02 - Mar 7 by Churchman |
I am. The world has suddenly become the most dangerous it’s been in my lifetime. All thanks to Trump. He’s started on Japan now. His ignorance knows no limits.
This country needs to rearm fast and I’m not talking about piddling 2.5% sometime whenever. I still get a sense of denial from the politicians and of course the money could be spent on other in the true sense of the words much better things like people’s well-being. But I don’t think there is a choice. There may be no health, education, social care unless we do.
Poland have the right approach as do others in the way of Dictators Putin and Trump’s ambitions. I think it may be too late for Europe including ourselves. |
I know it's been said but Trump is an ignorant, narcissistic, psychopathic idiot.
He loves the power he has and has no empathy or normal human emotional capacity. His idiocy will cause so many deaths and hardships throughout the world.
Yeah but Biden/Harris!!
Ffs |  | | |
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| This past fortnight on 23:22 - Mar 7 with 1717 views | StokieBlue |
| This past fortnight on 21:01 - Mar 7 by Bent_double |
Yep, pretty much.
I'm spending hours on here/BBC/Sky/Aljazeera/Reuters news websites everyday, just refreshing and waiting for the latest comment, or Executive order from the orange one. Not the best place to be.
I've actually convinced myself that between them, Trump, Putin and Xi would quite happily go to war with Europe and divide the spoils between themselves afterwards. All while their buddy Netenyahoo takes whatever he wants in the ME too.
Could we not just go for Russia now while they're at the weakest, make them less of a threat for a few decades? Sure, they have the 'nuclear option', but so do we, even he wouldn't risk a few million Russian lives and Moscow in ruins, would he?
Anyway, what can any of us do about it? I'm in Brazil at the moment, and seriously considering moving here permanently to be out of the immediate firing line. |
An organised Europe doesn't need to fear Russia as long as they act as a unit and that does seem to be happening.
Russia has the worlds 11th largest GDP but it's smaller than the GDP of the Germany, UK, France and Italy. In fact, the GDP of just those 4 countries is roughly 6 times that of Russia. The entire EU as a block is just ahead of China and about 10 times that of Russia.
Obviously Russia is already armed but it's debatable how much they really have after the war in Ukraine. Lobbing endless low-cost and slow-moving drones at well defended European countries isn't going to get them very far.
I still don't see Russia taking a poke at any EU/NATO members but I might be wrong of course. I just don't think it's something they can win if there is real pushback and if there isn't then the EU and NATO are done as organisations.
Nobody is going to start lobbing nukes at each other.
Trump is the real wild card here and a real issue as nobody knows what he is going to say or do next, not even him I would wager.
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| This past fortnight on 23:31 - Mar 7 with 1696 views | Bugs |
Honestly, I have been trying to avoid Trump and his sh!t. It does me no good watching or thinking about him and his ilk. I'm trying to let go of things I can't control, but burgger me, it is hard.
I predicted the rise of Reform in this county, if the Labour Party in government, as it seems to be doing, went Tory lite. This terrifies me as well, but I try not to think about it. |  | | |
| This past fortnight on 23:44 - Mar 7 with 1655 views | Bugs |
| This past fortnight on 23:22 - Mar 7 by StokieBlue |
An organised Europe doesn't need to fear Russia as long as they act as a unit and that does seem to be happening.
Russia has the worlds 11th largest GDP but it's smaller than the GDP of the Germany, UK, France and Italy. In fact, the GDP of just those 4 countries is roughly 6 times that of Russia. The entire EU as a block is just ahead of China and about 10 times that of Russia.
Obviously Russia is already armed but it's debatable how much they really have after the war in Ukraine. Lobbing endless low-cost and slow-moving drones at well defended European countries isn't going to get them very far.
I still don't see Russia taking a poke at any EU/NATO members but I might be wrong of course. I just don't think it's something they can win if there is real pushback and if there isn't then the EU and NATO are done as organisations.
Nobody is going to start lobbing nukes at each other.
Trump is the real wild card here and a real issue as nobody knows what he is going to say or do next, not even him I would wager.
SB [Post edited 7 Mar 23:23]
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You can bet whatever Trump says and does next won't be to the detriment of Putin.
You are probably one of the most level-headed and without doubt you use known facts to come your opinions. But I'm going to ask you to take a guess.
Do you think it's likely that Putin does have something on Trump? Due to the way Trump just seem s to be doing Putin's will. Or is Trump just a useful idiot for Putin? | | | |
| This past fortnight on 00:03 - Mar 8 with 1614 views | StokieBlue |
| This past fortnight on 23:44 - Mar 7 by Bugs |
You can bet whatever Trump says and does next won't be to the detriment of Putin.
You are probably one of the most level-headed and without doubt you use known facts to come your opinions. But I'm going to ask you to take a guess.
Do you think it's likely that Putin does have something on Trump? Due to the way Trump just seem s to be doing Putin's will. Or is Trump just a useful idiot for Putin? |
I don't think it really matters if Putin has something on Trump does it?
Trump is a convicted sex offender in the US and has also been convicted of numerous other charges and it doesn't affect his support at all it seems. Let's not forget he's the first convicted felon to be President.
What could Putin have on him that's worse than what is already known about him? Would his supporters even care?
I think in reality Trump is a very useful idiot to looks at complex problems in a very naïve and simplistic way without any real understanding of consequences. You can see this with his stance on Ukraine, Gaza and even the tariffs which he's imposing.
He thinks he can control Putin by being strong but in reality only Putin can control Putin. He's a useful idiot guided by some unsavoury characters who are also idiots but with a cause driven by some horrible views.
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| This past fortnight on 00:10 - Mar 8 with 1593 views | vapour_trail |
| This past fortnight on 21:06 - Mar 7 by peterleeblue |
Stop watching the news mate and get off social media its all clickbait.
My wife and I discuss this a lot.
When we were younger and had kids to bring up our time was spent on being a parent with little choice but to just simply get on with life. Bad stuff was going on 20 -25 years ago - We just didn't notice it.
We are all more aware now. I think my biggest concern is as extra defence is funded what aspects of peoples life's will be worsened and what will said people do about it. |
I’m afraid I can’t agree with this.
The world is a far far more dangerous place than it was 20-25 years ago.
History has taught us that prolonged periods of rearmament tend to lead to conflict. I really worry about the environment my kids will inhabit when I’m gone. |  |
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| This past fortnight on 06:10 - Mar 8 with 1427 views | LegendofthePhoenix |
Yep. Tbh, football seems pretty trivial compared with what is going on caused by Trump. 63 years old, and I've never felt like this before. Guess i was too young to remember the Bay of Pigs. But this seems more significant in that rather than a conflict between USA and USSR, this is the USA actually siding with Russia and splitting the NATO alliance. Its just turning everything on its head. It's Orwellian. |  |
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| This past fortnight on 06:55 - Mar 8 with 1286 views | Axeldalai_lama |
I think whatever trump does he does with maximum noise and aggression, he's just a toddler.
He's already rowed back on tariffs, flip flops even on Russia and the latest is that he's no longer best pals with musk and is reigning him in.
Not great for stability but I don't think he's a driven megalomaniac, just a spoilt toddler. Not sure if that's ultimately better or worse mind you. |  | | |
| This past fortnight on 07:23 - Mar 8 with 1232 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| This past fortnight on 00:03 - Mar 8 by StokieBlue |
I don't think it really matters if Putin has something on Trump does it?
Trump is a convicted sex offender in the US and has also been convicted of numerous other charges and it doesn't affect his support at all it seems. Let's not forget he's the first convicted felon to be President.
What could Putin have on him that's worse than what is already known about him? Would his supporters even care?
I think in reality Trump is a very useful idiot to looks at complex problems in a very naïve and simplistic way without any real understanding of consequences. You can see this with his stance on Ukraine, Gaza and even the tariffs which he's imposing.
He thinks he can control Putin by being strong but in reality only Putin can control Putin. He's a useful idiot guided by some unsavoury characters who are also idiots but with a cause driven by some horrible views.
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It still astounds me that millions of women could vote for someone who said "just grab them by the pussy" let alone be a convicted sex offender. Whilst people of the future will no doubt look back in history and be baffled as to why "we" chose this, there's plenty of us baffled now whilst we're living in it.
Sometimes I feel like I'm a different species to these people. It just doesn't make any logical sense in my head. |  |
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| This past fortnight on 10:50 - Mar 9 with 877 views | flykickingbybgunn |
| This past fortnight on 23:22 - Mar 7 by StokieBlue |
An organised Europe doesn't need to fear Russia as long as they act as a unit and that does seem to be happening.
Russia has the worlds 11th largest GDP but it's smaller than the GDP of the Germany, UK, France and Italy. In fact, the GDP of just those 4 countries is roughly 6 times that of Russia. The entire EU as a block is just ahead of China and about 10 times that of Russia.
Obviously Russia is already armed but it's debatable how much they really have after the war in Ukraine. Lobbing endless low-cost and slow-moving drones at well defended European countries isn't going to get them very far.
I still don't see Russia taking a poke at any EU/NATO members but I might be wrong of course. I just don't think it's something they can win if there is real pushback and if there isn't then the EU and NATO are done as organisations.
Nobody is going to start lobbing nukes at each other.
Trump is the real wild card here and a real issue as nobody knows what he is going to say or do next, not even him I would wager.
SB [Post edited 7 Mar 23:23]
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Dont forget that Russia has interest rates and inflation both currently bubbling at 21%.
That is unsustainable in anybodies world, especially as they are spending 7% of GDP on defence as well.
No, for the moment, Putin is a spent force.
Much more concerning is that America has shown itself to be an unreliable ally.
Winston had them sussed. He said "Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted". [Post edited 9 Mar 10:51]
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| This past fortnight on 10:59 - Mar 9 with 838 views | southnorfolkblue |
| This past fortnight on 10:50 - Mar 9 by flykickingbybgunn |
Dont forget that Russia has interest rates and inflation both currently bubbling at 21%.
That is unsustainable in anybodies world, especially as they are spending 7% of GDP on defence as well.
No, for the moment, Putin is a spent force.
Much more concerning is that America has shown itself to be an unreliable ally.
Winston had them sussed. He said "Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted". [Post edited 9 Mar 10:51]
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This is where I'm at tbh. Had a lot of discussions with the wife about it over the last few weeks. She's worried about Putin etc. My view is that if after 3 years he can't conquer Ukraine, taking on the rest of Europe just isn't an option. Cyber attacks are far more likely imho.
Personally think we should distance ourselves from the US as quickly as possible without being overtly confrontational. Trump and that idiot Vance cannot be trusted and we should give them a wide berth | |
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| This past fortnight on 11:49 - Mar 9 with 789 views | NthQldITFC |
| This past fortnight on 22:19 - Mar 7 by BanksterDebtSlave |
Watching him tonight, I genuinely think he has dementia. |
I'm not sure that there's too much wrong with him in a medical sense, unfortunately, I think he's just a prize arsehole, narcissistic, irresponsible and cold to the core. Not really worthy of being called a human being. |  |
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| This past fortnight on 14:08 - Mar 9 with 688 views | Swansea_Blue |
| This past fortnight on 00:03 - Mar 8 by StokieBlue |
I don't think it really matters if Putin has something on Trump does it?
Trump is a convicted sex offender in the US and has also been convicted of numerous other charges and it doesn't affect his support at all it seems. Let's not forget he's the first convicted felon to be President.
What could Putin have on him that's worse than what is already known about him? Would his supporters even care?
I think in reality Trump is a very useful idiot to looks at complex problems in a very naïve and simplistic way without any real understanding of consequences. You can see this with his stance on Ukraine, Gaza and even the tariffs which he's imposing.
He thinks he can control Putin by being strong but in reality only Putin can control Putin. He's a useful idiot guided by some unsavoury characters who are also idiots but with a cause driven by some horrible views.
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I’ve discussed with some on here previously whether Trump is in Russia’s pocket. You’re right; it doesn’t make any difference if he’s an agent or just being a useful idiot for them. The end result is the same.
He withdrew funding for the Fulbright scheme yesterday. One of the US’ most prestigious international collaboration schemes. Thousands of US and international researchers from both academia and industry have had their research projects/exchanges pulled immediately. He’s incredibly anti-intellectual - it’s pure fascism really. | |
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