US Political News and Views

[AZ_HighCountry]

Trump:
I have signed an order to support the development of quantum computing and set a goal of delivering a quantum computer for scientific discovery by 2028.We are working to remove unnecessary barriers to the deployment of the next generation of nuclear energy.Our country has started operating four advanced small modular reactors this year alone.

You may disagree with me on this but I see this as a good move.

 

[The SC]

You may disagree with me on this but I see this as a good move.

A very good move..

 

[SolarWarden]

Can you imagine the outrage if it were pay per view?

To have to pay to watch a terryrest executed is in outrage!!

 

[Davey Crockett]

Can you imagine the outrage if it were pay per view?

Pay per view on a Thursday at 1:00pm?

 

[RabzonKhan]

As a political junkie, I’ve noticed a strange pattern. On several major issues where voters are clearly negative, Trump consistently takes the opposite stance. It’s hard to tell whether this comes from arrogance, ignorance, or something I might be missing, but the disconnect is real. No wonder 61 percent of Americans say the country is on the wrong track and only 32 percent believe it is headed in the right direction.

Inflation Most voters say inflation is still a major problem. Trump often dismisses those concerns, calling inflation “Democrat hoax” and insisting he already “defeated” it. The message implies voters are wrong about their own economic reality.

Economy Polling shows Americans rate the economy as poor or struggling. Trump repeatedly describes it as “the greatest economy in history” and a “golden age,” which many voters see as out of touch with their daily financial pressures.

Data Centers Across the US, voters oppose large data centers because of higher electric bills, water usage, noise, and fears about job displacement. Trump strongly supports them and has said people who oppose data centers “want to stay poor,” which dismisses voters’ concerns instead of addressing them.

Flock Cameras Most Americans are uneasy about expanded surveillance and AI tracking. Trump’s response was “I sort of like them because of law enforcement.” Once again, he sides against the majority’s privacy concerns.

Foreign Policy Voters broadly oppose Trump’s foreign policy approach, including trade wars with allies, escalation with Iran, and his handling of conflicts such as Israel and Palestine or Ukraine and Russia. Many blame these policies for higher gas and diesel prices and broader instability.

Given everything I’ve laid out, what do you think is driving Trump’s behavior?

@AZ_HighCountry @Davey Crockett @Falcon29 @FuturePAF @Hamartia Antidote @KAL-EL @SolarWarden @Starlord @Watandar

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

As a political junkie, I’ve noticed a strange pattern. On several major issues where voters are clearly negative, Trump consistently takes the opposite stance. It’s hard to tell whether this comes from arrogance, ignorance, or something I might be missing, but the disconnect is real. No wonder 61 percent of Americans say the country is on the wrong track and only 32 percent believe it is headed in the right direction.

Inflation Most voters say inflation is still a major problem. Trump often dismisses those concerns, calling inflation “Democrat hoax” and insisting he already “defeated” it. The message implies voters are wrong about their own economic reality.

Economy Polling shows Americans rate the economy as poor or struggling. Trump repeatedly describes it as “the greatest economy in history” and a “golden age,” which many voters see as out of touch with their daily financial pressures.

Data Centers Across the US, voters oppose large data centers because of higher electric bills, water usage, noise, and fears about job displacement. Trump strongly supports them and has said people who oppose data centers “want to stay poor,” which dismisses voters’ concerns instead of addressing them.

Flock Cameras Most Americans are uneasy about expanded surveillance and AI tracking. Trump’s response was “I sort of like them because of law enforcement.” Once again, he sides against the majority’s privacy concerns.

Foreign Policy Voters broadly oppose Trump’s foreign policy approach, including trade wars with allies, escalation with Iran, and his handling of conflicts such as Israel and Palestine or Ukraine and Russia. Many blame these policies for higher gas and diesel prices and broader instability.

Given everything I’ve laid out, what do you think is driving Trump’s behavior?

@AZ_HighCountry @Davey Crockett @Falcon29 @FuturePAF @Hamartia Antidote @KAL-EL @SolarWarden @Starlord @Watandar

I will come back to this. Am busy with an outdoor activity for the next several days.

 

[ghazi52]

Trump calls Nobel Peace Prize pick 'disgraceful'​

AFP
October 10, 2026


US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at David S. Mack Centre for Training and Intelligence in Garden City, New York, US, August 14, 2026. — Reuters


US President Donald Trump slammed the “disgraceful” Nobel Peace Prize choice on Friday as leaving an “indelible stain” on Norway, arguing that the award should have gone to him.

South African judge and human rights champion Navi Pillay won the prestigious prize on Friday in recognition of her work against war crimes and crimes against humanity.

But Trump labelled the Norwegian Nobel Committee’s choice as “a disgraceful and embarrassing decision”, telling a rally of his supporters in Syracuse, New York he had “never heard of” Pillay.

“I never heard of this particular person, but congratulations anyway,” he said.

“The United States of America, represented by me as your president, should have received the Nobel Peace Prize, but didn’t.” He said the choice of Pillay as laureate left “an indelible stain on the country of Norway”.

Since returning to the White House in January 2025, Trump has made no secret of his desire to win the Nobel Peace prize.

But his war against Iran, his territorial expansion ambitions as in Greenland, his hard line on migrants, and his attacks on multilateralism and the media disqualified him, according to experts in Oslo speaking before Pillay was announced as laureate.

The prize comes with a gold medal, a diploma and a prize sum of $1.2 million.

 

[ghazi52]

Trump sows doubt on plan to livestream US military execution​

AFP
October 10, 2026



US President Donald Trump speaks during an election rally at the Oncenter on October 09, 2026, in Syracuse, New York. — AFP

US President Donald Trump has cast doubt on whether authorities will livestream the firing squad execution of the perpetrator of a deadly attack on American soldiers, a plan that has drawn broad and bipartisan condemnation, it emerged on Saturday.

Nidal Hasan’s execution — scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas, where he gunned down 13 people in 2009 — is set to be the first by a US military firing squad since 1945.

A Pentagon official told AFP on Thursday that the execution would be streamed live, after US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said: “We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public.”

But Trump, who supports the death penalty in this case, left it uncertain whether the execution would be publicly broadcast.

“They are making a determination about that, but he will be killed,” Trump said. “I really don’t care how he goes, as long as he goes.”

Earlier Friday, Vice President JD Vance told journalists who asked about the planned livestream that he does not “know that that’s actually going to happen.”

“This is a guy who committed, in my view, the worst terrorist attack on American soil outside of 9/11,” Vance said, but added that if the execution is broadcast live, “I’m not going to be watching it.”