[Politics] Donald Trump, US President

[Sea Cider]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...trans-military-ban?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

WTAF
"US to begin immediate removal of up to 1,000 trans military members"

"Announcing the removals on Thursday, Hegseth doubled down on his hardline approach. “We are leaving WOKENESS AND WEAKNESS behind. No more pronouns,” Hegseth wrote in a post on X on Thursday. “We are done with that sh*t.”

And on down the slippery slope the US goes...

 

[BBassic]

And on down the slippery slope the US goes...

The mad thing is they aren't just sliding down the slope, they're soaking it in oil on the way.

Pillocks.

 

[Sirnormangall]

This post probably belongs in the Sunday Sport, but Donald Trump has f*cked up our youth football club’s order for goalkeeper shirts.
Our kit supplier gets them from Pakistan but the manufacturer has dumped us in favour of Walmart - who switched to them (away from their Chinese shirt manufacturer) following the new tariffs!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

BA are pushing a lot of "Atractive price for the USA, book now!" ads my way........are flight numbers down?

 

[Greg Bobkin]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...trans-military-ban?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

WTAF
"US to begin immediate removal of up to 1,000 trans military members"

"Announcing the removals on Thursday, Hegseth doubled down on his hardline approach. “We are leaving WOKENESS AND WEAKNESS behind. No more pronouns,” Hegseth wrote in a post on X on Thursday. “We are done with that sh*t.”

And on down the slippery slope the US goes...

Er...

Berk.

 

[Fignon's Ponytail]

Do you think weve found the real reason why Trump has gone for PBS so hard....?

 

[Flounce]

BA are pushing a lot of "Atractive price for the USA, book now!" ads my way........are flight numbers down?

Anyone travelling to the US or back on BA had better brace themselves for cancellations and “consolidations of flights” if so

 

[AZ Gull]

 

[Scappa]

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g-s1-65271/librarian-of-congress-fired

"Hayden, whose 10-year term was set to expire next year, had come under backlash from a conservative advocacy group that had vowed to root out those standing in the way of Trump's agenda. The group, American Accountability Foundation, accused her and other library leaders of promoting children's books with "radical" content and literary material authored by Trump opponents."

Definitely not actions consistent with those of a fascist regime

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

BA are pushing a lot of "Atractive price for the USA, book now!" ads my way........are flight numbers down?

The only problem is the minute you land they will throw you in jail.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...trans-military-ban?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

WTAF
"US to begin immediate removal of up to 1,000 trans military members"

"Announcing the removals on Thursday, Hegseth doubled down on his hardline approach. “We are leaving WOKENESS AND WEAKNESS behind. No more pronouns,” Hegseth wrote in a post on X on Thursday. “We are done with that sh*t.”

And on down the slippery slope the US goes...

Removal?
Sacked for being trans?
Does that mean they are banned from working for anything governmental?
Does this not allow any other employer to ban them on the 'good for the goose, good for the gander' principle?
Once they are banned from being employed, shouldn't they be publicly labeled so nobody mistakenly employs them?
How about making them wear something identifiable on their clothing?
Something like this:

Is there no opposition in America any more?

 

[carlzeiss]

Wow the threshold for import duties now being charged on goods imported from China to the USA set at $600(£800) thanks to Trump.
Just imagine if our government did the same .

De minimis changes: 'I freaked out and spent $400 online'

How consumers are reacting to shipping changes that mean low-value packages entering the US no longer avoid tariffs.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

Wow the threshold for import duties now being charged on goods imported from China to the USA set at $600(£800) thanks to Trump.
Just imagine if our government did the same .

De minimis changes: 'I freaked out and spent $400 online'

How consumers are reacting to shipping changes that mean low-value packages entering the US no longer avoid tariffs.

www.bbc.co.uk

we’d be f***ed. Unlike tariffs you have not been charged for this service.

 

[fly high]

Won't be long before "Pray the pain away" becomes official policy, shortly followed by trepanning and blood letting

Start breeding leaches, you'll make a killing................

 

[cheshunt seagull]

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g-s1-65271/librarian-of-congress-fired

"Hayden, whose 10-year term was set to expire next year, had come under backlash from a conservative advocacy group that had vowed to root out those standing in the way of Trump's agenda. The group, American Accountability Foundation, accused her and other library leaders of promoting children's books with "radical" content and literary material authored by Trump opponents."



Definitely not actions consistent with those of a fascist regime

I worked at the British Library for many years and she had a great reputation in the professional. I am angry but, sadly, not surprised. If anyone is in any doubt about Trump and the fascist playbook.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...trans-military-ban?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

WTAF
"US to begin immediate removal of up to 1,000 trans military members"

"Announcing the removals on Thursday, Hegseth doubled down on his hardline approach. “We are leaving WOKENESS AND WEAKNESS behind. No more pronouns,” Hegseth wrote in a post on X on Thursday. “We are done with that sh*t.”

And on down the slippery slope the US goes...

Isn't we a pronoun?

 

[Machiavelli]

Do you think weve found the real reason why Trump has gone for PBS so hard....?

That warrants a re-post. Thanking you kindly.

 

[The Clamp]

Genuinely scary;


In a statement, a Pentagon spokesperson, Sean Parnell, said the 1,000 troops who already self-identified “will begin the voluntary separation process” from the military.

That is the language of Nazi Germany, the USSR and China.

“Couldn’t happen here”, as the old saying goes.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Isn't we a pronoun?

Yep. I spotted that too.

 

[Bodian]

Wonder what he's up to?