US Political News and Trump’s China visit

[SolarWarden]

ffs ,i just woke upto trump making a pearl habour joke to japanese pm

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That's our Orangeman.

 

[hasssanali8998]

That's our Orangeman.

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dropped another nuke on them

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

ffs ,i just woke upto trump making a pearl habour joke to japanese pm

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That's my man!

 

[Davey Crockett]

 

[TallarnDesertRaider]

Yup, pretty much

 

[KAL-EL]

Well, you are talking about a country with more than 55% of people who are eligible to vote didn't bother to, mostly because any which way is shit, we had been voting for the lesser of 2 evil for quite some time now, and this is the bottom line.

Democrats have less impact, but the same story, just different people in charge. There is a phase that captures this situation pretty well: "The only thing that changes is the people who bitch about politics."

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

 

[Fatman17]

*US: Trump image approved for commemorative gold coin*

An arts panel appointed by Donald Trump backed plans for a 24-karat commemorative coin featuring the US president, drawing criticism from Democrats.

Share the news: https://tinyurl.com/mvr23aje

 

[Fatman17]

Requiring photo ID to vote and proving citizenship to register both find wide and often bipartisan support: https://cbsn.ws/4rGoYo0

 

[Fatman17]

US earns its lowest-ever score on freedom index

Washington-based Freedom House said global freedom declined in 2025 for the 20th consecutive year, calling it a “grim milestone”.

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Freedom lndex

 

[Fatman17]

West Point analysis warns that strait of Hormuz blockade will strangle US defense industry

Report shows how minerals critical to defense readiness have seen a ‘near total’ disruption in seaborne trade

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West point analysis

 

[TallarnDesertRaider]

The actual paper itself, rather than the Guardian article:

The Chokepoint We Missed: Sulfur, Hormuz, and the Threats to Military Readiness - Modern War Institute

The cascading effects of disrupted maritime chokepoints are no longer the subject of simulations; they are an active crisis. As the US-Israeli military operation against Iran and Tehran’s regional military response continue, missile attacks, drone swarms, airstrikes, and maritime threats...

mwi.westpoint.edu

Interestingly, Larry Johnson has been sounding the horn on these kinds of upstream logistical issues for a while now. Too often the problem of 'rare earths', as the Orange Turd likes to put it, is boiled down to statements like 'just mine/make more bro'. Doesn't really work that way, unfortunately, the paper does detail some of the issues with that. Also kind of why I laugh when people post articles about top-down orders or mandates to multiply production of xyz. The paper does say more or less as much towards the end.

 

[Davey Crockett]

 

[Davey Crockett]

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

Good luck, Kathy. You're going to need it:

From ‘jump on a bus’ to tax crackdowns: Blue states chase wealthy residents fleeing to red havens

Blue states like New York pursue wealthy taxpayers fleeing to red state tax havens like Florida and Texas with governors calling for aggressive action.

www.foxnews.com

Just recently, Mamdani announced his proposal for a new estate tax for NYC. The tax would be 50%. Understand that the feds already takes 40%, the state, takes 10%, and now he wants 50%?

Who in their right mind with any kind of a sizeable estate would want to live in NYC?

 

[Bratva]

Will be more than happy to open a DM with you to discuss Comey and James. May help to clear some questions you seem to have.

What is a "coutry"?

Supreme Court* Typo. Can we discuss here or do you prefer DM