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Yes it was, and for all his urbane sophistication, Netanyahu is just as much a terrorist in the region as the Hamas militants.

Yes, I agree. The problem is that despite Trump's lofty and self serving rhetoric in that video, which someone else wrote for him because he would never have been capable of writing it himself, there is no solution to that particular problem because the antagonists on both sides will never agree to a peaceful solution. The Israelis want the Palestinians out of the region and the Palestinians want the Israelis out. A two state solution in the Middle East won't work because too many on both sides don't want it. Furthermore it's in Netanyahu's personal interest to keep the conflict going and remain in power (and out of jail) against the will of a large portion of the Israeli population, while destroying both Hamas and tens of thousands of innocent civilians and turning Gaza into a pile of rubble, all aided and abetted by the US Government. Neither Trump nor anyone else can solve this problem. Least of all Trump who is totally clueless when it comes to diplomacy. Netanyahu only came to the ceasefire table when Trump took over because he needs US weapons. He had learned how to manipulate Biden and he certainly knows how to manipulate Trump.

He should send that message to Netanyahu instead of sending him 2,000lb bombs to drop on his neighbours.

This is his latest idiotic move - ordering the US Army Corps of Engineers to release a big flood of water on Friday from two dams in northern California. He previously said the recent fires around San Francisco wouldn't have happened if only they'd listened to him earlier, so he's decided to fix the problem and claim `Victory!'. Unfortunately: - While the water may have been useful to downstream farmers had it been released later in the year, they don't want it now. - The water is flowing to low-lying land in the Central Valley, and none of it will reach Southern California which is on the other side of the mountain range. - The loss of water is depleting reserves that may be needed if there is a drought. - Trump initially ordered 5,500 cu ft per second to be released but this was dialed back to 1,500 cu ft/sec to "ensure that the channels would hold". - Water is often released ahead of forecast storms to manage inflows, but this only involves small quantities of controlled flows. - Local water managers had to rush on Thursday to prepare for an abrupt onslaught of water they had not asked for. Trump wins big again! This guy is just an embarrassment and the sooner he's gone the better.

He has just ordered the US Dept of Agriculture and other organisations to remove all references and documents relating to climate change from their websites. The climate in America is officially great again.

Which progressive humanist policies are you talking about?

And perhaps the Republicans will realise, if they haven’t already, that the other Americans (ie non- Republicans) are mostly rejecting their far right “conservative” policies, and more closely listen to the voices of concerned (non-Republican) citizens.

Apart from Trump in the USA and Putin in Russia, who are both creating their own chaos but neither of whom are capable of creating a World Government, who else is intentionally creating leftist chaos in some sort of coordinated international fashion? The most controversial political parties in places like France and Germany are right wing, not left wing.

The nearest thing we have to a world government now is the United Nations, and they're not. There's no way that the countries of the world could ever be corralled into a functioning World Government. Feeding the poverty stricken is a worthy aim that most countries try to do. Controlling our travel and carbon footprint is a non-starter. If that's what radical leftwing extremist ideology is, I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

Incidentally, what do you mean by `radical leftwing extremist ideology'? What do you see as its main aims?

It won't correct words it thinks are probably correct, even if you know you meant something different.

The problem is Trump won't restore law and order because he is intent on undermining it for his own benefit, and his associates are working to ensure that future administrations keep his right wing agenda going. Hopefully, if the pendulum swings the other way soon it will knock him off his perch.

If you left out the `h' it would probably look at the context and guess you either meant `were' or `we are', shortened to `we're'.

The radical elements of either side are a threat to the "well being" of any country, which is why Trump and his MAGA cronies are such a threat to America's well-being. The direction it's heading in under Trump is a reflection of himself - division, incompetency and chaos.

What's his block worth?

Can't imagine dull as dishwater George `partying hard', but no doubt he cracked a smile at losing his place in history.

One of our daughters had an Astra. Good little car.

Not even 4,000km per year. Bargain! Must be the proverbial one lady owner model. Check for handbag strap wear on the choke knob.

It's not just Trump. He's enthusiastically signing the orders, but a lot of this is the work of the Project 2025 fanatics working in the background and pushing him to do it.

Trump will more likely side with Putin against Ukraine. He doesn’t like Zelensky. Putin has no respect for Trump and Trump is out of his depth against Putin but doesn’t know it.

Yes, it’s about 48% and likely to be going down soon when the voters rediscover what a moron he is. Not much to brag about.

I don't hate Trump personally and he won the election fair and square. I just think he is a lowlife. Even that wouldn't matter if he didn't have so much power.

My brother lives in Victoria and has plenty of tiger snakes on his property. One fell on him one when he opened the roller door to his shed. It must have been perched up there. Not sure who got the bigger fright.

‘“There’s a thin line between genius and madness”. I think that old saying might apply to Musk.

That will be another load of rubbish. That fighter plane footage supposedly showing a UFO turns out to be an artifact of the gun camera imaging system. There's a explanation on the net somewhere.