What has Trump done now?

[facthunter]

THEY are the sort of People we should welcome HERE. People who have principles.   Nev

[gareth lacey]

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

The IMPORTANT thing is WHY do they feel they HAV#E to leave?  Nev

because a lot of US people are sick of so called celebs saying that they are right and everyone (see anyone who does not agree with them) are redneck,idiots, garbage(thier words) ,but they are the privilaged who want open borders ,and all the wokeness nonsense , but would not spend a cent of thier own money to keep a refugee or illegal person , mostly narcacistic and only think of themselves , there are a few celebs that dont ascribe to the nonsense wokeness, come to this country as a immigrant and follow the rules ,dont bring your archaic ideas with you and you will be welcomed , i remember the influx of Italians,Greeks ,Yugoslavians, Vietnamese ,Chinese, Indians ,and they have mostly adapted very well, in my street we have Sikhs,Chinese,Romanians,Kiwis, all get on ,the Muslim family wont have anything to do with the neighbours ,go figure.

 

[red750]

'Scream out the truth': Lawmaker calls out Trump team's 'violation of federal law'

 

Donald Trump's transition team was caught in a "violation of federal law," a Democratic lawmaker said on Sunday.

 

Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) appeared on MSNBC over the weekend, where he was asked about the president-elect's government takeover.

 

Mfume called attention to a recent news development causing outrage among Trump critics, saying the former and incoming president has "refused to sign the agreement on background checks, which is a violation of federal law."

 

"The FBI can't do their background checks, and therefore, you can have Senate conferees coming before the Senate for confirmation that have serious issues in their background that we are unaware of," he said. "So it's good to keep our eye on all of this. The main thing is not to give up. We have seen this play out before. There were many people who stuck their head under a rock when Tricky Dick, Richard Nixon was elected, thinking that would be the end of everything. It happened again with Ronald Reagan in 1980."

 

He continued, saying "This is something we have to build coalitions around. Work step by step, one goal after another, to get straight for the elections coming up 24 months from now."

 

When asked what Democrats can do about the situation, Mfume said "the first thing we can do and ought to do is to scream out the truth and make sure people know what's going on here."

 

"Trump's transition seem stands to lose $7 million in transition money under the Presidential Transition Act. They don't care. They can easily make that money up somewhere else, if no place other than Elon Musk, so they're not worried about losing $7 million as long as they can keep secret the information of who is pulling the strings," he added. "So I think we've got to talk about that, talk about it loudly. I hope that the larger press in this country starts doing real stories on that and turning a real light on it, simply for the fact that we need transparency in this transition. And it's really important to look at also what legally can be done. We're in this situation obviously now where the Justice Department is going through its own transition. The question becomes, who will bring charges? I don't know."

[red750]

There are many who think a federal law is all that is stopping Elon Musk from being appointed to the position of Vice President in place of J.D.Vance, who is considered an "interim Vice President".

 

That law is that the Vice President must be a natural born American. Musk was born in South Africa.

[facthunter]

Trump has made it very clear that people who have been unhelpful to his  cause will be pursued. That kind of threat should not be permitted. Trump is a Dictator who has Hijacked a Country. Free speech ends in such conditions.  Nev

[pmccarthy]

Hmmm... they just had a democratic election with a clear outcome. So how is democracy dead?

[willedoo]

That's right. Biden and Co. have acknowledged that it was a free and fair democratic election. Unless I've missed something and that democracy has done a runner in the last 18 days. What laws have changed since the election. The last time I looked the constitution was still in place.

[facthunter]

HE only abides by the rules when the outcome suites him.  He has the support of people with most of the MONEY.  Power is given to the Candidate to serve the Peoples wishes. They also have to be able to get rid of him without being threatened.  by unimpeded ability to vote him out. Is that guaranteed? I suspect  NOT and I'm far from alone in that view. Nev

[willedoo]

I think in the US these days if your side doesn't win democracy is dead for some people.

[willedoo]

2 minutes ago, facthunter said:

They also have to be able to get rid of him without being threatened.  by unimpeded ability to vote him out. Is that guaranteed?

Under the current constitution, yes.

[willedoo]

The thing is the people can't vote him out now as it's his last term and he's not up for reelection. They've already voted him in, voted him out and voted him in again. Four years and his time's up; they don't get to judge him at the polls ever again.

[willedoo]

Senator Lindsey Graham has been speaking about Trump's possible plans for peace in Ukraine. He's of the opinion Trump will broker a peace deal and partner with Ukraine in trade and mining investment. He said Ukraine is the richest country in Europe regarding rare earth minerals worth 2 to 7 trillion dollars. He mentioned the US making money so it's possible Trump thinks there's more money in backing Ukraine than backing Russia.

 

The big question is what the peace deal would involve.  putin will only stop if he's given enough. If he's not, the only other alternative I can see is the US backing Ukraine to push putin out which I can't see Trump doing. It seems like the deal to Ukraine might be "give up some of your country and make lots of money with us in return".  I don't know where their rare earth deposits are but a lot of their coal and iron ore mining is in the territory putin has occupied.

[pmccarthy]

The Donbass is the richest part. I can see Trump doing a deal with the NATO allies in which they do the training and fighting, host US bases, while he spends dollars in the USA making shells, bombs and advanced weapons to send over in support. In return for mineral and technology deals with Ukraine.

[facthunter]

Putin is always voted in by about 95% of the People also. and has amassed a large Fortune Honestly. The "not a war WAR "was to last 3days and they will shower you with Roses. Most Republicans believe the Last election was "Stolen" from Trump... Nev

[willedoo]

There's a lot of natural resources in Russia as well but history has shown them to be an unreliable business partner for the US. Trump looks at everything as a business investment so it's possible he might flip Ukraine's way if the figures stack up and the stability for investment is there. It would be a better option than what they've had the last two and a half years of Biden slowly bleeding them to death. Biden's dithering has supplied enough to stop putin overwhelming Ukraine, but the lack of decisive support to defeat the Russians has come at huge cost to life and infrastructure in Ukraine. Not many people view Biden's handling of Ukraine as competent or decisive; mishandling and weak leadership would be a better description. Their worst case scenario would be if Trump favours Russia and his own budget and pulls the pin on Ukraine support as Trump has talked about in the past.

 

I've heard it said on this forum that most wars end by negotiation. For this one to end in Ukraine's favour by force is a big gamble considering the nuclear capability of the aggressor. The glitch with negotiation is that the bit putin occupies is the resource rich area that would be important to the US in any resource sharing deal with Ukraine. The big question is what sort of bone will he throw putin and how big will that bone be. Either way, come next year things will change in Ukraine from what we've seen under Biden. For Ukraine's sake I hope it's change for the better.

[facthunter]

What would a Nuclear war Mean?  only Madmen would start it with a suicide obsession. Either WE are great or the World ENDS. What Bloody morons.  Just WHO could really TRUST Putin?  No one in their right mind.   Nev

[old man emu]

We forget the Putin is 72 years old. Despite the pictures of him as a bare-chested horseman that suggest good health, he's in the age group where the grip on the perch is beginning to get slippery. We don't hear of likely successors should he be found stiff, on his back on the bottom of the cage.

[nomadpete]

4 minutes ago, old man emu said:

We don't hear of likely successors should he be found stiff, on his back on the bottom of the cage.

Don't worry,  someone will stand him back up and nail his feet to the perch.

[facthunter]

He goes to a lot of trouble to stay around. 72 is not old for a leader but he's not a Leader. He RULES with an IRON Fist and those he doesn't like, DIE in an arranged way.  Expressing admiration for SUCH People astounds me and would make me  EXTREMELY wary of Those who do.  Nev

[red750]

Trump plans to kick transgender troops out of the military with 15,000 service members to be 'medically discharged' on his first day in office, report claims

 

President elect Donald Trump reportedly plans to issue an executive order on his 'first day in office' to ban transgender members of the military.

 

The controversial order would cause as many as 15,000 active service members to be 'medically discharged' - deeming them unfit to serve, according to The Sunday Times. 

 

Trump seeks to issue the executive action on January 20, 2025 or Day 1 of his term, the Times said, preventing any transgender people from enlisting in the military as all branches continue to struggle with recruitment.

 

The 78-year-old former president has nominated former Fox News host Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense and has pledged to purge all government agencies of 'woke' policies.

 

In a podcast interview recently, Hegseth called the inclusion of transgender people in the service 'pushing boundaries.' 

 

He suggested that you can't integrate trans people in as easily as people of different races were integrated 'because being transgendered in the military causes complications and differences.” 

 

Hegseth also said that transgender people were 'not deployable' because they are 'reliant on chemicals.' 

 

It's not the first time Trump has attempted to get rid of trans people from the service. In 2017, then-President Trump announced through a series of tweets that he would ban transgender people from serving in the military. Hegseth supported the move.

The White House said back then that retaining troops with a history or diagnosis of 'gender dysphoria' - those who may require substantial medical treatment - 'presents considerable risk to military effectiveness and lethality.' 

 

Trump said on Twitter at the time that the military 'cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail.'

 

The Obama administration changed longstanding policy, declaring that troops could serve openly as transgender individuals.

 

Since then, the military has attempted to highlight the stories of transgender soldiers. 

Major Jason Vero, a transgender pilot, has won multiple awards and decorations, the Air Force said in 2022.

 

'In 2017, I suffered a number of tragedies in a short span of time, I felt lost in the ocean with my head barely above water with waves continuously crashing down,' said Vero, Joint Base Andrews Air Show director. 

 

'During that period, I did a lot of internal reflection and after speaking at length with my pastor made the decision to transition.'

[red750]

Russia general 'sacked by Putin for faking success stories in Ukraine'

 

A general in Russia has been fired after he was accused of faking reports of battleground successes in Ukraine.  

 

Colonel General Gennady Anashkin had been the commander of the Russian Army's 'Southern Group' which is fighting in eastern Ukraine.

 

A Russian military blogging channel, Military Informant, has claimed that 'false reports about supposedly deep successful breakthroughs' started to come from Siversk close to where Anashkin's soldiers are fighting Ukraine. 

 

Meanwhile, the pro-Putin Telegram channel Rybar claimed that Anashkin had uncessceraily killed hundreds of men after he sent them to the frontline poorly prepared and ill-equipped for the battle.

 

The Daily Telegraph reported that the Kremlin or the Russian Army were yet to comment on the alleged sacking. 

 

State media has reported that a source in the ministry of defence acknowledged his dismissal but claimed that it was due to a 'planned rotation'. 

 

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[red750]

'Very concerned': Trump aims to bring Ukraine-Russia war to 'responsible end'

 

President-elect Donald Trump is "very concerned" about the escalating Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to his national security adviser pick, Mike Waltz.

 

Waltz stressed that Trump is focused on bringing the war to a "responsible end," with an emphasis on getting both sides to the table for a peace agreement or armistice.

 

"President Trump has been very clear about the need to end this conflict," he told Fox News Sunday.

The incoming administration is committed to ending the conflict, with Trump having previously stated he could resolve the war in 24 hours.

 

"The president-elect has been very concerned about the escalation and where it's all going. If North Korea has made this move, we have made a move," Waltz said.

 

"Russia has now responded. Iran is involved. South Korea is thinking about getting involved.

 

"Our allies have now extended the range of their missiles as well. So, we need to, we need to bring this to a responsible end."

[red750]

Trump’s counter terror pick Sebastian Gorka is a ‘conman’ who needs FBI background check, Bolton says

 

When Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton appeared on CNN Friday night, he didn’t hold back when commenting on Trump’s pick for his counterterrorism director.

 

“Sebastian Gorka is a con man,” Bolton told host Kaitlan Collins.

 

“He needs a full-field FBI background investigation about his educational claims and things like that,” he added. “I think he is a perfect example of somebody who owes his position purely to Donald Trump, he doesn’t display loyalty, he displays fealty, and that’s what Trump wants.”

 

Boltson said Trump “doesn’t want Gorka’s opinions.”

 

“He wants Gorka to say, ‘Yes, sir,’ and I am fully confident that’s exactly what will happen, no matter what it is Trump says,” Bolton argued.

 

To hear Trump put it, Gorka has been a “tireless advocate for the America First Agenda and the MAGA Movement” since 2015, according to the president-elect’s announcement on Friday.

 

Read more here.
 

[facthunter]

Planned rotation is Presidential spin on the facts. Putin NEVER misrepresents anything.  Nev

[red750]

Trump’s ‘Border Czar’ Makes Big Promise if States Don’t Cooperate

 

President-elect Donald Trump’s “border czar” nominee Tom Homan guaranteed to slash federal funding to states who don’t work with his new immigration policies while admitting he has received death threats.

 

Homan appeared on Mark Levin’s show, Life, Liberty and Levin, on Sunday for an interview discussing the “border crisis.”

 

Levin, a Trump supporter, told Homan he has a “powerful weapon” to use against governors–notably from sanctuary cities–who refuse to cooperate with the Trump administrations plans. “If you have a governor who says, ‘I’m not going to cooperate'...then federal funds should be slashed to that state, and I mean hugely so, so that the people of that state understand that the governor is the responsible party,” Levin said.

 

Homan replied in the positive. “And that’s going to happen,. Guaranteed, President Trump is going to do that,” he said.

 

Homan then claimed he was “being attacked” and that his family had been forced to move out of his home. “This administration has turned this world upside down, so now I’m being attacked,” Homan said. “I got death threats, my family’s not even living in my home right now,” he continued, without adding further context.

 

“You can hate Trump all you want, but you gotta love your community more than you hate President Trump,” Homan said.

 

Last week, Homan warned Democratic governors who pushed back on Fox and Friends, to “get the hell out of the way” and “don’t cross that line.”