AZ_HighCountry
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You may disagree with me on this but I see this as a good move.
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You may disagree with me on this but I see this as a good move.
The SC
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A very good move..
SolarWarden
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To have to pay to watch a terryrest executed is in outrage!!
Davey Crockett
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Pay per view on a Thursday at 1:00pm?
RabzonKhan
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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
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
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I will come back to this. Am busy with an outdoor activity for the next several days.
ghazi52
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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
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Trump sows doubt on plan to livestream US military execution
AFPOctober 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.”
RabzonKhan
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With just 24 days until the November 3, 2026, midterm election, Democrats got another boost, the nonpartisan Cook Political Report moved 18 more house seats toward the Democrats. Source
In the generic congressional ballot, Democrats hold a strong lead, currently up by 7.9%. Source
But Republicans still have a tremendous financial advantage in big money donors, fueled by Elon Musk, AIPAC (Israeli lobby), Tech & AI billionaires, crypto bros, war lobby, online gambling and prediction markets, alongside traditional Republican billionaires who always benefit from Republican tax cuts.
In the generic congressional ballot, Democrats hold a strong lead, currently up by 7.9%. Source
But Republicans still have a tremendous financial advantage in big money donors, fueled by Elon Musk, AIPAC (Israeli lobby), Tech & AI billionaires, crypto bros, war lobby, online gambling and prediction markets, alongside traditional Republican billionaires who always benefit from Republican tax cuts.
Starlord
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Normally I avoid posting about US internal politics due to two reasons, 1) I don't know much about besides basics, 2) I am not a US citizen yet so my opinion doesn't matter much...
But Trump in my opinion is very very compromised, and i think he is trying to completely destroy Republican party from within, his actions already create a massive rift within Republicans and many of his allies are now his staunch enemies and critics, lots of right wing pundits make fun of him and how he is doing everything opposite of what he claim to do. Personally I think Trump is petty, ignorant, very narcissist. Just look at how he is behaving like a petty guy over the Nobel peace prize, him acting like that without realizing that he is the President of US, and US is not just some small EU or other country, its a sole Super power and great nation, so him as POTUS acting so stupid and childish literally turn US as country as a joke.
I know few oldies who were hardcore republican voters are now pretty much done with Republicans in general, from Epstein files to constant scandals of weird/creepy behavior from its leaders while holding the JC banner, people are now seeing that they were lied too. On ground level people don't like his economic policies, lower middle class or middle class, are still struggling. His vote base was against turning US into a surveillance state but here we are Trump pushing these flock camera, republicans hated the idea of data center and here we are republicans now defending them, But Trump is surrounded by blonde chicks like Natalie Harrp who just print positive tweets for him while more than half the country hates him or hate his policies from the looks of it, hence we see him offering 5000$ checks if Republicans win, which we all know ain't happening.
Overall I think Trump is a terrible president, and from my time talking and understand both sides, i believe a average republican voter is 10 times more stupid/dumber than a Average Democrat voter, but its just me.
j_hungary
Professional
Trump is a proto-populist (not going to call him a full-blown populist like Orban). His drive is simple. Using the simplest terms to tackle a complex problem
Populism is basically a series of blame games; you try to divert attention instead of devoting your time and trying to solve the issue. For example, the economy is a very complex issue, but if you believe in Trump, solving the economic issue is as simple as kicking out all illegal immigrants or slimming down the government using DOGE. While it's not going to do anything if you do not see the capital flow, investment, and policy that encourage investment.
The drive, if you ask me, is his own interest. There is a common denominator for all the points you talked about.
Inflation - mostly in the energy and real estate sectors, which is part of Trump's personal interest
Economy - Same as inflation
Data Center - AI, part of Trump's interest
Flock Camera - Again, AI
Foreign Policy - Well, do I need to say more?
I can use 2 words to summarize the entire 2nd Trump term, and that's "Personal Interest." Everything he did in his 2nd term is to enrich himself, and if you are in his circle, you are going to benefit a lot from it, but if you are not, well, they are making money at your expense.......
