What has Trump done now?

[Grumpy Old Nasho]

3 hours ago, onetrack said:

Being adaptable to vastly changed circumstances in jobs, industries and occupations, is all part of our life paths, and many people re-train more than once during their lifetimes.

I have changed occupations multiple times, and had to learn new skills each time. Most of the changes were forced on me, I just rolled with the punches, and kept going.

 

I've bordered on "technical bankruptcy" a couple of times, and been quite wealthy at other times. The only constants in life, are change, death, and taxes.

That's right! So now you must adapt to one more change. The effects of the new Trump administration. Roll with the punches and keep going.

[old man emu]

5 hours ago, Grumpy Old Nasho said:

Yeah like no one here knew where Vietnam was.

We grew up knowing it as French Indo-China. 

[facthunter]

I don't  and WON'T ACCEPT it's TRUMPS WORLD NOW. He's A Dictator to whom NO law applies. That is NOT ACCEPTABLE under any circumstances. Those who mistakenly or deliberately did it for expected GAINS should be ashamed of themselves.  and rectify the situation, THEY OWN IT. Nev

[Marty_d]

Trump's stupidity impacts the wider world outside of the USA (not that they're aware of its existence).

We shouldn't have to "roll with the punches". We should do everything possible to make the US pay for his actions.

Ian's decision to decouple the Rec Flying site from the US where possible is an admirable one, and I've made a donation to him because of it.

In broader terms we should be doing all those things people are talking about - withdraw from AUKUS, reconsider any other military purchases (F35s for example), start charging massive rents for US bases and ensure all US equipment meets Australian standards.

[red750]

For those who haven't seen it, read Admin's post here:

 

https://www.recreationalflying.com/forums/topic/40476-ceasing-use-of-all-us-services/#comment-578506

[Grumpy Old Nasho]

All very childish.

But if you end up doing something that makes Australia stronger, then Trump wants that too. A strong Ally.

[red750]

[rgmwa]

15 minutes ago, Grumpy Old Nasho said:

But if you end up doing something that makes Australia stronger, then Trump wants that too. A strong Ally.

No he doesn’t. He thinks allies are just freeloaders and ripoff merchants. He is not interested in alliances. 

[Grumpy Old Nasho]

9 hours ago, rgmwa said:

No he doesn’t. He thinks allies are just freeloaders and ripoff merchants. He is not interested in alliances. 

You can't blame him can you? Look how we treat the US. Some criticism is justified for it's actions in recent decades, but President Trump is there to help build trust in the US again. Things will look bad until they look good again. Like a smashed car being repaired - Got it?

[octave]

3 minutes ago, Grumpy Old Nasho said:

Trump is there to help build trust in the US again

Bullsh1t. Attacking allies whilst sucking up to Putin.   Trying to ruin the Canadian economy so that he can make it part of his empire.  

 

I am not sure where you get your news but you surely must be aware of countries reconsidering purchases of American fighter planes and other defence equipment. 

 

You surely must be aware of the serious erosion of the separation between the three arms of government and the dangers this poses.

 

Nasho you are not particularly astute when it comes to US politics are you?  I think back on Feb 4 you said this:

 

" He won't threaten tariffs on anything else because we don't send our illegals over there to cross their borders. And as far as I know, we don't try to smuggle illicit drugs into the US."

 

Well that prediction did not age well, did it?

 

Like Facthunter I think you are just here to troll. Perhaps treating you with "ignore" might be the way to go.

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[onetrack]

The problem with the "smashed car" analogy that GON uses, is that Donald Trump is not actually fixing the car - he's dismantling it, to smash it further, to ensure it never goes back on the road again.

 

Trump is driven by vindictiveness and spitefulness, and nothing else. He has no plan for making America "great" again, but he has a plan to ensure that he dominates the world, and bullies anyone who opposes him in his plan.

 

He belittles any nation or leader that speaks against him, and has installed his loyal followers in important positions, based on their loyalty to him, and nothing else - while he decries DEI as installing incompetents, in important leadership roles.

 

But his ego is so outsized, he can be easily and simply manipulated by other cunning dictators. I reckon he's the original Manchurian Candidate.

[Grumpy Old Nasho]

No, I'm not a troll. Some of us are against Trump, and some are for Trump.

 

6 minutes ago, octave said:

" He won't threaten tariffs on anything else because we don't send our illegals over there to cross their borders. And as far as I know, we don't try to smuggle illicit drugs into the US."

 

These things are put here to try us, we must keep ducking and weaving. These are turbulent times for Alpha males to deal with. Beta rainbow males will have to stand aside for a while.

[Grumpy Old Nasho]

1 minute ago, onetrack said:

The problem with the "smashed car" analogy that GON uses, is that Donald Trump is not actually fixing the car - he's dismantling it, to smash it further, to ensure it never goes back on the road again

That's a matter of opinion.

[octave]

Just now, Grumpy Old Nasho said:

These things are put here to try us, we must keep ducking and weaving. 

 

This is not a serious answer.

 

1 minute ago, Grumpy Old Nasho said:

Some of us are against Trump, and some are for Trump.

I have been on this forum since 2007 and during that time I have had many disagreements with some forumites who have a different view to me.  I respect these people because although I disagree with them they are willing to engage in a dialogue and they are happy to further explain their views.    Nasho you just come in with one-liners and you rarely go into detail.

9 minutes ago, Grumpy Old Nasho said:

These are turbulent times for Alpha males to deal with. Beta rainbow males will have to stand aside for a while.

This is just childish. I suppose you consider yourself a "tough alpha"  and anyone else somewhat less of a man.  I think most of us gave up thinking like this in our teenage years. 

 

 

 

[red750]

Trump has rescinded all the eleventh hour pardons granted by the Biden administration. including Biden's family, as null and void, because they were most likely signed by the autopen and nobody knows who was controlling it. He said Biden probably didn't know about them and never actually saw them or what they contained.

[old man emu]

13 minutes ago, red750 said:

Trump has rescinded all the eleventh hour pardons granted by the Biden administration

That'll make the Jan 6 pardons shaky in 2027 when there's a Democrat in the White House holding the pen.

[Marty_d]

3 hours ago, Grumpy Old Nasho said:

These are turbulent times for Alpha males to deal with. Beta rainbow males will have to stand aside for a while.

You've made some mind-blowingly stupid comments but this one takes the cake.

If your definition of an "alpha male" is those two whiny little arseholes in the white house, Trump and Vance, who tried to browbeat the wartime LEADER of another country, then who would want to be one.

Leaving aside your total disregard of women in this statement.

 

I think you're like a cult member who's been brainwashed to believe that their leader can do no wrong.  When you made your statement about us not being hit with tariffs, then we were, you say "these are turbulent times."  When you're faced with the fact that Trump is wrecking the US economy, you say "he's repairing a smashed car".  You seem to be unable to grasp his true ineptitude and stupidity.

 

So tell me Nasho - what is someone who blindly follows a destructive leader?  Is he an alpha male, or a "rainbow beta male"?

[rgmwa]

4 hours ago, Grumpy Old Nasho said:

You can't blame him can you? Look how we treat the US. Some criticism is justified for it's actions in recent decades, but President Trump is there to help build trust in the US again. Things will look bad until they look good again. Like a smashed car being repaired - Got it?

What, you mean by falling over ourselves to try and keep Australia in their good books?  Still, good to hear you at least admit that `some' criticism of the US is justified, although that's an understatement if you ask me. As for Trump being there to help build trust in the US again, he sure has a strange way of going about it when what he's doing is destroying any trust his former allies may have had in the integrity of the US. How do you expect the most blatantly untrustworthy individual in the White House to build trust in the country? Trump is smashing the car alright. Hopefully one day someone else may be able to repair what's left of it, but it will need a complete rebuild starting with a pile of scrap metal.

 

[red750]

He totally disregards legal procedures and rulings by the judges. He rounds up people he thinks are Venezualan gangsters and flies them out in chains without trial or proof, and lands them in Venezualan gaols where their heads are shaven. God only knows how many innocents are caught up in his passion to prove he's the tough guy. The sychophantic idiots unquestioningly doing his bidding are detaining people following instructions without regard for due process.

 

PS. My bad. It's El Salvador.

 

[facthunter]

Nurses and Doctors are some of the smartest and nicest people I've ever known. I've seen Plenty of extremely RUDE patients they HAVE to put up with. Spent today doing a  CT scan in Melbourne. Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

6 hours ago, octave said:

Perhaps treating you with "ignore" might be the way to go.

I thought this, too because compared to others who have since been constrained, he has taken the cake.

 

But, to be fair, this is now educational...  

[Jerry_Atrick]

17 hours ago, Grumpy Old Nasho said:

Look how we treat the US.

How do we treat the US? From my understanding:

• We allow them t have their bases here.
• We historically have a large trade deficit with them (in other words, they have a large trade surplus). That has only changed this year because their ultra wealthy see the writing ont he wall with Chump's policies and are going to a safe asset - gold - and are importing it from all over the world like crazy.
• We sell them aliminium that they did ot impose tariffs on previously.. but it was not dumped - it was sold at wither prevailing spot price or in accordance with futures or forward contracts (Vance lied when he said we sold subsidised goods);
• Unti Abbot clamped down on the car industry, we allowed the US car mnanufacturers to claim the 150% R&D tax deduction through transfer pricing R&D and not carrying out anywhere near as much as they claimed they did. Oracle, a large software company still claim their R&D centre in Aus, yet they don't do that much development there.
• AUKUS. Australia has signed up to $380Bn purchase of something like 8 subs, but have committed soemthing like 8bn just to prop up their ship building industry and we can't get anything back even if the US decide they don't want to supply us..
• Most of our defence procurement is spent on the US
• We have sent troops to fight US wars that have no impact on Australia, and little in local geopolitics
• We have far more people move to the US for work - called the brain drain - we pay to educate them and the US gets the benefit of that education.
• And with all of this, we have lost our self-sufficiency in many ways.

 

 

What does Australia get out of it? A promise (and increasingly unlikely to be honoured) promise that should Australia be invaded, the US may come to our rescue... So, tell me what else do we get from the US and what else do we do to treat the US so badly?

 

So, I would argue we treat them very, very well.. using Chump's vernacular, we treat the US beautifully.. don't we?

 

And they stick it up our arse.

 

 

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

21 hours ago, Grumpy Old Nasho said:

You can't blame him can you?

Oh, I think you can.. after all, he admits he is a dick, but the problem is he can't remember it was him acting like a dick:

 

[nomadpete]

America has the same problem as all drmocracies......

 

The electorate vote for the shark, but they have the memory of a goldfish.

[facthunter]

America is DIFFERENT,  Them Black fellows has the temerity  to come there as slaves and breed.  and Guns are given to young kids by  Their Parents and Ya gotta have that old time religion and make lotsa dough. OMG how good is that? WEEZ da good guys. .  Nev