Politics

[BGGMKLR]

Um, just a thought... don't click on the politics thread?

My apologies all.
When I logged on I somehow was on the politics thread, and thought it was general discussion.
My bad.
Spike

 

[lwaters]

I think Trump family should have an intervention and put the old bastard in a nursing home. They maybe could set him on the back porch and Elons kid could give him a peppermint. Better pull the old guys teeth or he may bite the kid.

 

[Longwalker]

Street art in Mexico...

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

Street art in Mexico...View attachment 667557

Banksy?

 

[deewayne2003]

Street art in Mexico...View attachment 667557

That means it’s working…..

 

[cwpayton]

ITS official the FID German party has gone victory , what this means ,not sure,, I nothing of German politics but its gotta be an improvement from my viewpoint.

 

[Red Leg]

ITS official the FID German party has gone victory , what this means ,not sure,, I nothing of German politics but its gotta be an improvement from my viewpoint.

Not exactly. They were number two. The CDU had the largest percentage and will attempt to form a governing coalition, one would assume without the AFD. That whole parliamentary thing can be confusing.

 

[cwpayton]

In another wild rumor that I hesitate to post ,but since its already out there,[Ive seen it on 2 podcast]. its said that the jalisco mexican cartel,s paramilitary force is run by 4 prior US military sof , 2 seals, 1, 75th ranger, 1 delta. IN charge of training , tactics, ect. I cant believe it but its possible with the amount of $$ to be made. Jalisco gens about 4 billion a year. and more, their force is made up of mostly x military from south American countries that had training thru FT Bragg . If your military you know this is standard for other friendly countries.
What even makes this a reasonable post is that Trump made by ex. order 6 mexican cartels terrorist operatives , as well as 2 gangs, tren de augua and MS13.
Im interested to know , do you think its valid or BS.

the pod cast : IRON CLAD , VAHALLA

 

[cwpayton]

Not exactly. They were number two. The CDU had the largest percentage and will attempt to form a governing coalition, one would assume without the AFD. That whole parliamentary thing can be confusing.

EQUALLY SHARED BY PERCENTAGE THEN, I ASSUME?

 

[Red Leg]

EQUALLY SHARED BY PERCENTAGE THEN, I ASSUME?

NO. THE CDU WON 28.5% AND THE AFD 20.5%.

I WOULD SUGGEST READING THE LINK BELOW.

No one wants to be affiliated with the AFD, so Merz will try to form a coalition party with those on the left he just defeated. The parallels to the last months of the Weimar Republic are rather striking.

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/23/nx-s1-5306403/center-right-germany-election-results-far-right-afd

 

[mark-hunter]

ITS official the FID German party has gone victory , what this means ,not sure,, I nothing of German politics but its gotta be an improvement from my viewpoint.

In preelection time, and pre-Trump time Merz was advocating strengthening and increasing support to Ukraine, advocating for long range missile delivery (which Scholtz stopped, or not supported)
Now with new Trump approach and AFD stirring the pot in Germany nobody knows what will come next.

 

[SaintPanzer]

When I read stuff like this, it feels like we're just another form of bully. It feels like we are, to a degree, complicit with Russia. That was embarrassing to read.

Not saying it's false... but I'd really like to see that from a source other than Pravda.

 

[KJE81]

In preelection time, and pre-Trump time Merz was advocating strengthening and increasing support to Ukraine, advocating for long range missile delivery (which Scholtz stopped, or not supported)
Now with new Trump approach and AFD stirring the pot in Germany nobody knows what will come next.

It would seem that Trump might be successful with destroying NATO after all:

Germany’s Merz vows ‘independence’ from Trump’s America, warning NATO may soon be dead

Election winner likens the Trump administration to Putin’s Russia as he bids to take Europe in a new direction.

www.politico.eu

Basically cirumventing the very law designed to prevent an US exit from Nato by Trump in his first term, simply by making Nato irrelevant due to all the doubt he in a very short time has managed to convey about wether the US would be honoring arcticle 5 or not under his presidency.

 

[Pondoro]

It would seem that Trump might be successful with destroying NATO after all:

Germany’s Merz vows ‘independence’ from Trump’s America, warning NATO may soon be dead

Election winner likens the Trump administration to Putin’s Russia as he bids to take Europe in a new direction.

www.politico.eu

Basically cirumventing the very law designed to prevent an US exit from Nato by Trump in his first term, simply by making Nato irrelevant due to all the doubt he in a very short time has managed to convey about wether the US would be honoring arcticle 5 or not under his presidency.

Some clarification of these matters is what Europe need.. The signals from the White House is bewildering to put it mildly..

 

[Tundra Tiger]

Not saying it's false... but I'd really like to see that from a source other than Pravda.

Fair point...

 

[spike.t]

Not saying it's false... but I'd really like to see that from a source other than Pravda.

On plenty news sites...that one was the shortest version why I chose it...

 

[Altitude sickness]

Apparently, Macron and Trump will announce this afternoon. The EU lowering tariffs on US products

 

[Brent in Az]

Zelinskyy ready to resign for peace, and a trade for NATO membership

 

[Pondoro]

Zelinskyy ready to resign for peace, and a trade for NATO membership

Some trade being forced upon Ukraine by your hero President..more like a robbery..

But then I guess you will support Trump whatever he does..even if he claims the moon to be square..

 

[Altitude sickness]

The NATO members would not vote Ukraine in with or without Zelenskyy. Ukraine has a long way to go to get in.