| Trumps 100 Days 18:33 - Apr 29 with 1540 views | Churchman |
Interesting article in the Guardian. Obviously it’s not a fan, but given his wild behaviour is not relenting it makes for an interesting read.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/29/trump-100-days-doge-trade-wars-e
Also interesting is Mark Carney’s election as Canada’s PM. It’s clear that he won’t be bending the knee the new Dictator anytime soon, so if the orange one is nutty enough America may have to resort to force to take what it wants.
Carney of course as former Bank of England head honcho and similarly in Canada knows more about how world finance works in his little finger than the whole Trump administration put together.
From a U.K. perspective, Starmer should be reaching out to Carney ASAP to sort out a trade agreement and upgrade any military agreements come to that, which will only help them both.
Lastly, I see he’s at war with Amazon now because they want to publish the add ons due to tariffs. Give he waved about a bit of cardboard telling lies about how the US was being screwed by its former friends and allies, it seems a bit hypocritical to complain when a multinational company does something similar. |  | | |  |
| Trumps 100 Days on 20:09 - Apr 29 with 1312 views | positivity |
oddly, carney probably wouldn't have stood a chance without trump's antics.
is this that rarest of things, a positive impact from trump's election? |  |
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| Trumps 100 Days on 20:36 - Apr 29 with 1280 views | DJR |
The Amnesty report published today is pretty damning.
https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-04-29/amnesty-international-says-t
The deterioration of human rights and the international order worldwide predates Donald Trump’s term in office. But with the Republican’s return to the White House “and significant corporate capture of his administration, we are turbo-thrusted into a brutal era where military and economic power trumps human rights and diplomacy; where gendered and racial hierarchies and zero-sum thinking shape policy, where nihilistic nationalism drives international relations,” warns Amnesty International in its latest State of the World’s Human Rights report, in which it calls on democracies to resist these attacks against the multilateral order.
“One hundred days into his second term, President Trump has shown only utter contempt for universal human rights. His government has swiftly and deliberately targeted vital U.S. and international institutions and initiatives that were designed to make ours a safer and fairer world,” said Amnesty Secretary General Agnès Callamard, presenting the latest global report on the situation of human rights around the world in Brussels.
“The U.S. government is leading a global assault on gender and racial justice, has adopted sweeping gag rules on abortion rights, is relentlessly attacking diversity and inclusion, the rights of trans people, and is brutally stripping away the rights of migrants and refugees,” the former UN human rights rapporteur stated. She also denounced the U.S. administration’s attacks on the fight against climate change and on institutions that act as a check on the executive branch, from the judiciary to universities and the media.
The report, which reviews the state of human rights throughout 2024, denounces the “genocide” of the Palestinian population in Gaza. It also accuses Russia of killing more Ukrainian civilians in 2024 than the previous year, continuing to attack civilian infrastructure, and subjecting detainees to torture and enforced disappearance. It also highlights the “widespread sexual violence” against women and girls in Sudan and the continued attacks on the Rohingya community in Myanmar, as well as the “cruel and widespread repression of dissent” in many parts of the world, “insufficient efforts to address climate breakdown,” and a “growing global rollback of the rights of migrants and refugees, women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people,” among others. |  | | |
| Trumps 100 Days on 20:45 - Apr 29 with 1257 views | DJR |
Interesting that the Guardian is reporting that, despite all the toadying, the UK is not at the front of the queue when it comes to a trade deal.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/29/trump-makes-trade-deal-with-uk-
Incidentally, I heard Malcolm Turnbull (former Australian PM) interviewed on the World Service. He said he had a very big row with Trump early on and stood his ground, with the result that Trump backed down and didn't cause him too many problems thereafter.
Maybe a bit more of the Carney approach is what we need, rather than the suggestion that government officials are exploring ways of getting the Open to be held at Trump's Turnberry. | | | |
| Trumps 100 Days on 21:20 - Apr 29 with 1225 views | Churchman |
| Trumps 100 Days on 20:45 - Apr 29 by DJR |
Interesting that the Guardian is reporting that, despite all the toadying, the UK is not at the front of the queue when it comes to a trade deal.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/29/trump-makes-trade-deal-with-uk-
Incidentally, I heard Malcolm Turnbull (former Australian PM) interviewed on the World Service. He said he had a very big row with Trump early on and stood his ground, with the result that Trump backed down and didn't cause him too many problems thereafter.
Maybe a bit more of the Carney approach is what we need, rather than the suggestion that government officials are exploring ways of getting the Open to be held at Trump's Turnberry. |
The grovelling approach will never work. Looking weak and pathetic with all the toadying will never cut any ice with a bully like Trump. There is no deal the U.K. will negotiate with the them that will do anything but benefit the US.
Starmer has already taken a good slap round the chops with the imposition of 10% or 25% tariffs that are damaging this country even though trade has historically been balanced.
Buy their fuel, deal with military aspects as long as we have to for now, concentrate future trade anrrangements and resource supply from more reliable trade partners. And impose 25% tariffs on the US to match those of the EU.
If the the Americans want to negotiate a deal with the U.K. in the future, they can wait in our queue and come to it with something to offer that’s of mutual benefit as opposed to more US shake downs. This country has suffered enough of those from them in the past 85 years.
Slap a border ban on the criminal, tell him he won’t be meeting the King and his Turnberry golf course has been compulsorily purchased for £1 to build a new wind farm.
Edit: interesting article on Starmer’s nauseating, but pointless attempts to schmooze Trump.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/29/keir-starmer-donald-trump- [Post edited 29 Apr 21:27]
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| Trumps 100 Days on 22:21 - Apr 29 with 1163 views | ElderGrizzly |
This is what Trump posted while Canada was voting
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| Trumps 100 Days on 22:23 - Apr 29 with 1150 views | ElderGrizzly |
| Trumps 100 Days on 20:09 - Apr 29 by positivity |
oddly, carney probably wouldn't have stood a chance without trump's antics.
is this that rarest of things, a positive impact from trump's election? |
He wouldn’t have, that’s true.
Trump’s intervention swung a 20+ point advantage away from the Conservatives and even ended up losing the Tory leader his seat. | | | |
| Trumps 100 Days on 23:11 - Apr 29 with 1062 views | Churchman |
| Trumps 100 Days on 22:21 - Apr 29 by ElderGrizzly |
This is what Trump posted while Canada was voting
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The laugh of the oaf’s cherished 51st state rant (like he’d be interested if it had no natural resources to plunder) is that he talks about ‘an artificially drawn line from many years ago’. What does he think the US is? Or most countries within large land masses come to that.
Oh, I see. The US Empire is the Americas, Europe part of a peaceful Russian Empire and the Chinese get the far east. It’ll make globe making a lot simpler! Three ‘cherished’ Empires peacefully exploiting the world.
Sorry Donald, the US is a colony. Time to hand back the southern states to Mexico and we will have the rest back. | | | |
| Trumps 100 Days on 23:17 - Apr 29 with 1047 views | reusersfreekicks |
| Trumps 100 Days on 23:11 - Apr 29 by Churchman |
The laugh of the oaf’s cherished 51st state rant (like he’d be interested if it had no natural resources to plunder) is that he talks about ‘an artificially drawn line from many years ago’. What does he think the US is? Or most countries within large land masses come to that.
Oh, I see. The US Empire is the Americas, Europe part of a peaceful Russian Empire and the Chinese get the far east. It’ll make globe making a lot simpler! Three ‘cherished’ Empires peacefully exploiting the world.
Sorry Donald, the US is a colony. Time to hand back the southern states to Mexico and we will have the rest back. |
He is an idiot in every sense of the word.
A dangerous damaged person, but still an idiot.
Those who blindly follow him at their own expense are fools [Post edited 29 Apr 23:17]
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| Trumps 100 Days on 23:27 - Apr 29 with 1022 views | PhilTWTD |
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| Trumps 100 Days on 23:30 - Apr 29 with 993 views | Plums |
| Trumps 100 Days on 20:09 - Apr 29 by positivity |
oddly, carney probably wouldn't have stood a chance without trump's antics.
is this that rarest of things, a positive impact from trump's election? |
It won't be the first time a right wing authoritarian ends up producing the very opposite of what they set out to achieve. See also Hitler and the most multicultural nation on the planet in 1945. [Post edited 30 Apr 7:41]
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| Trumps 100 Days on 23:35 - Apr 29 with 975 views | ElderGrizzly |
| Trumps 100 Days on 23:11 - Apr 29 by Churchman |
The laugh of the oaf’s cherished 51st state rant (like he’d be interested if it had no natural resources to plunder) is that he talks about ‘an artificially drawn line from many years ago’. What does he think the US is? Or most countries within large land masses come to that.
Oh, I see. The US Empire is the Americas, Europe part of a peaceful Russian Empire and the Chinese get the far east. It’ll make globe making a lot simpler! Three ‘cherished’ Empires peacefully exploiting the world.
Sorry Donald, the US is a colony. Time to hand back the southern states to Mexico and we will have the rest back. |
Did you see their reaction today to Amazon’s floated idea of putting the tariff cost on one of the Amazon websites?
His Barbie Goebbels lost it and then Trump later claimed he turned Bezos round.
Amazon said it was an internal ‘thought process’ for a niche website called Amazon Haul, but I thought Trump said Americans don’t pay tariffs :)
Oh and he’s the most unpopular President after 100 days in over 70 years
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| Trumps 100 Days on 08:45 - Apr 30 with 738 views | DJR |
| Trumps 100 Days on 23:27 - Apr 29 by PhilTWTD |
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As Lou Reed put it, paraphrasing the sonnet which was written to raise funds for the pedestal for the Statute of Liberty.
Give me your hungry, your tired, your poor I'll piss on 'em
That's what the Statue of Bigotry says
Your poor huddled masses
Let's club 'em to death
And get it over with and just dump 'em on the boulevard [Post edited 30 Apr 8:46]
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| Trumps 100 Days on 09:09 - Apr 30 with 713 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Trumps 100 Days on 23:35 - Apr 29 by ElderGrizzly |
Did you see their reaction today to Amazon’s floated idea of putting the tariff cost on one of the Amazon websites?
His Barbie Goebbels lost it and then Trump later claimed he turned Bezos round.
Amazon said it was an internal ‘thought process’ for a niche website called Amazon Haul, but I thought Trump said Americans don’t pay tariffs :)
Oh and he’s the most unpopular President after 100 days in over 70 years
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Holy crap, with regards to that top one are there still people who think it’s China who pay for the tariffs Trump’s effectively imposed on his own people? Her response is beyond ridiculous. I miss a lot of this as I’m not on the socials, but that’s some hard core post-truth bollox from the WH. |  |
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| Trumps 100 Days on 09:26 - Apr 30 with 695 views | GeoffSentence |
| Trumps 100 Days on 23:11 - Apr 29 by Churchman |
The laugh of the oaf’s cherished 51st state rant (like he’d be interested if it had no natural resources to plunder) is that he talks about ‘an artificially drawn line from many years ago’. What does he think the US is? Or most countries within large land masses come to that.
Oh, I see. The US Empire is the Americas, Europe part of a peaceful Russian Empire and the Chinese get the far east. It’ll make globe making a lot simpler! Three ‘cherished’ Empires peacefully exploiting the world.
Sorry Donald, the US is a colony. Time to hand back the southern states to Mexico and we will have the rest back. |
Us having the rest back is a bit greedy.
The thirteen colonies to us seems reasonable, Alaska back to Russia, most of the midwest back to France and the south-west back to Mexico, Hawaii back to the Hawaiians.
Or just hand it all back to the native americans who would surely run it better anyway. The danger is they might want to kick out the immigrants and I couldn't face Trump coming to the UK. |  |
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| Trumps 100 Days on 12:46 - Apr 30 with 538 views | SE1blue |
Extremely relieved with how things panned out over here in Canada.
We hope we’ve got the right guy to navigate Trump, but more importantly, building a stronger Canada. We’ve got things that need sorting beyond Trump.
There’s a really good YouTube video worth watching when Carney appeared in The Daily Show back in January. It’s both humorous and refreshing. Like I said, we hope we’ve got the right person now. |  |
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| Trumps 100 Days on 13:37 - Apr 30 with 492 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
It’s a damned if you do damned if you don’t. The country has the world’s worst hunger crisis - largely caused by the Houthi’s blocking shipping, and stealing aid meant for civilians. Non-intervention isn’t really helping anyone either. | | | |
| Trumps 100 Days on 14:26 - Apr 30 with 459 views | DJR |
| Trumps 100 Days on 13:37 - Apr 30 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
It’s a damned if you do damned if you don’t. The country has the world’s worst hunger crisis - largely caused by the Houthi’s blocking shipping, and stealing aid meant for civilians. Non-intervention isn’t really helping anyone either. |
Without wishing to detract from the Houthi's role in the humanitarian crisis, it is difficult to argue that Western involvement in Yemen (whether direct or through Saudi Arabia and the UEA) has ever been motivated by humanitarian reasons. [Post edited 30 Apr 14:36]
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| Trumps 100 Days on 14:36 - Apr 30 with 444 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Trumps 100 Days on 14:26 - Apr 30 by DJR |
Without wishing to detract from the Houthi's role in the humanitarian crisis, it is difficult to argue that Western involvement in Yemen (whether direct or through Saudi Arabia and the UEA) has ever been motivated by humanitarian reasons. [Post edited 30 Apr 14:36]
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Well it was largely a Middle Eastern coalition involvement in an effort to prop up the government from being toppled by a terrorist group and become a terrorist/failed state. Difficult to spin that as the West’s fault, it’s Iranian backing that’s led to a failed state and starving civilians by trying to overthrow the government and install a puppet leadership. The number impacted by the hunger crisis is in the millions, intentionally starved by militant extremists - how do you think that would have worked out for civilians if they’d taken the whole country - wasn’t an intervention on the basis of fictional WMD. | | | |
| Trumps 100 Days on 15:33 - Apr 30 with 392 views | DJR |
| Trumps 100 Days on 14:36 - Apr 30 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
Well it was largely a Middle Eastern coalition involvement in an effort to prop up the government from being toppled by a terrorist group and become a terrorist/failed state. Difficult to spin that as the West’s fault, it’s Iranian backing that’s led to a failed state and starving civilians by trying to overthrow the government and install a puppet leadership. The number impacted by the hunger crisis is in the millions, intentionally starved by militant extremists - how do you think that would have worked out for civilians if they’d taken the whole country - wasn’t an intervention on the basis of fictional WMD. |
For my own part, I see it as part of the conflict between Sunni and Shia Islam, with the West backing Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Whilst it has settled down in recent years, it seems clear to me that the conflict was kept off the news not because (as in the case of Sudan) there was no Western interest but because the consequences of the conflict (with Western interest and involvement) was so horrific.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes_in_the_Yemeni_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%93p
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_Yemen
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-49563073
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/exposed-british-made-bombs-used-civilian-targets-yeme
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| Trumps 100 Days on 15:58 - Apr 30 with 375 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
There is an element of the Saudi / Iran proxy war, but they’ve moved toward normalising relations now. That said, it was Iran that attempted to topple the Yemeni government, and caused the ensuing chaos. The Houthi’s have been blocking food shipments and aid for years (in addition to killing civilian sailors):-
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2019/6/25/un-yemens-houthi-rebels-blocking-fo
I’ve mentioned it on here many times because it’s the worst hunger crisis in the world and does get little coverage here. Iran’s proxies have also suffered catastrophic losses in the recent conflict (including the Houthi’s) so perhaps Iran will step back now - not least because it is on the verge of a financial crisis. | | | |
| Trumps 100 Days on 17:04 - Apr 30 with 303 views | DJR |
| Trumps 100 Days on 15:58 - Apr 30 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
There is an element of the Saudi / Iran proxy war, but they’ve moved toward normalising relations now. That said, it was Iran that attempted to topple the Yemeni government, and caused the ensuing chaos. The Houthi’s have been blocking food shipments and aid for years (in addition to killing civilian sailors):-
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2019/6/25/un-yemens-houthi-rebels-blocking-fo
I’ve mentioned it on here many times because it’s the worst hunger crisis in the world and does get little coverage here. Iran’s proxies have also suffered catastrophic losses in the recent conflict (including the Houthi’s) so perhaps Iran will step back now - not least because it is on the verge of a financial crisis. |
For me it is a case of US/UK double standards in the sense that we call out what China or Russia gets up to*, but we are prepared to support, and at the same time turn a blind eye, to what is going on in Yemen on the part of the anti-Houthi coalition.
I suppose it's a bit like Gaza.
*Pre-Trump [Post edited 30 Apr 17:05]
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| Trumps 100 Days on 18:19 - Apr 30 with 260 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Trumps 100 Days on 17:04 - Apr 30 by DJR |
For me it is a case of US/UK double standards in the sense that we call out what China or Russia gets up to*, but we are prepared to support, and at the same time turn a blind eye, to what is going on in Yemen on the part of the anti-Houthi coalition.
I suppose it's a bit like Gaza.
*Pre-Trump [Post edited 30 Apr 17:05]
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Gaza is a poor analogy- it’s deliberate attacks on a largely defenceless population from an aggressor. Yemen is attacking a terrorist group who’ve toppled a legitimate government and are starving the population into submission. turning a blind eye would be allowing the Houthis to continue their campaign of starvation. | | | |
| Trumps 100 Days on 18:45 - Apr 30 with 199 views | hoppy |
Shame we can’t start at 100 and work down to zero. |  |
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