Trump's First 24 Hours In Office

[douglas9401]

How is it all working out, Ukraine war-wise? He did say he would fix it all. Of course he rolled back on his blustering lies when it actually came to doing something claiming to be 'a little sarcastic' with his drivel.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg5q0mev07lo

Will nobody stand up to this feeble-minded cretin and his disgusting outpourings?

[newmodarmy]

Perhaps if that bullet had been a few inches closer to his brain he would have accepted it was his own fault for starting things.

[Khandro]

 

'The Art of War, the classic work from the 5th century BC by the Chinese strategist Sun Tzu, is useful reading for anyone facing a complex struggle in any arena, from war and politics to business and sport. But if you are going up against China itself, led by people who particularly cherish Sun Tzu’s thinking, it is absolutely essential. It is a pity that it has not been part of President Trump’s briefing before launching a trade war with China.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself,” according to Sun Tzu, “you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.” However, “If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat”. And then the stark warning: “If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle”. Recent days have shown that when launching his “liberation day” tariff offensive, Trump did not understand the mindset of China or the vulnerabilities of the US. In Sun Tzu’s terms, he knew neither his enemy nor himself.'

[tomus42]

He has once again claimed that Ukraine started the war.

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/14/trump-blames-zelensky-russia-ukraine-war-ceasefire

It's impossible to tell at this point whether it's stupidity, dementia, or deliberate parroting of Kremlin propaganda that's going on.

Some permutation of all three would be my guess.

[tomus42]

I feel we need a ttt style countdown.

5..

[tomus42]

4..

Come on mate, don't let me down. 

(He's probably not up yet to be fair).

[Ellipsis]

> How is it all working out, Ukraine war-wise? 

Donald Trump has blamed Volodymyr Zelensky for starting the war with Russia – a day after a massive Russian attack killed 35 people and injured 117 others in Ukraine.

It's working out great ... for Putin. 

> Will nobody stand up to this feeble-minded cretin and his disgusting outpourings?

One has to hope that smarter people are working behind the scenes ...

[Old_Geezer]

Trump is all over the place. I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume it was strategy but as time has gone on his actions seems proven to be just chaotic and naive.  He doesn't even seem to be doing as well as Biden's team managed, and that's saying something (significant).

 

Instead of sucking up to Putin (aside from the recent rare occasion when he wagged his finger at him) and blaming the victim, he needed to double down on the perpetrator, his military, his country's economy, and force the situation. The way he's presently going he'll still be cosying up to Russia while China strikes Taiwan, and N. Korea starts with S. Korea.  And that's ignoring much of the wirld like S. America, Africa, rest of Asia.

 

Then the rest of Europe will be a target and the good guys spread too thinly to tackle all at once.

 

He should, at least, work towards getting the two dominant tyranical world powers quiet ASAP.

[Old_Geezer]

...world...

[Khandro]

nunc est bibendum (now let us drink. - Horace). 3 pints of strong lager each, and we all march on Russia, and sod Trump.

[Khandro]

Donald Trump has blamed Volodymyr Zelensky for starting the war with Russia – a day after a massive Russian attack killed 35 people and injured 117 others in Ukraine.

The US president said the Ukrainian leader shared the blame with Russian President Vladimir Putin for "millions of people dead" in the Ukraine war.

"You don't start a war against someone 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles," he told reporters at the White House, also blaming former US President Joe Biden for the conflict.

BBC

[naomi24]

I still fail to understand his reasoning that Ukraine started the war.  It's just barmy.

[sandyRoe]

Did he pardon his 'brownshirts', those who attacked the capital building during his first 24 hours?

[barry1010]

He is dangerously bonkers. I predict he will be assassinated this year.

[pastafreak]

I agree Barry...very dangerous.

He and his minions are also doing a good job internally, working on deregulation to the point that workers, children, the elderly...well, basically everyone...will lose protection. They are finding ways to speed up the process...to the point of just not enforcing regulations in the hope they will disappear. Hopefully the courts will challenge them.

[Untitled]

a terrible president.

[wolf63]

a biggliest, most baddest of terrible presidents.

😂

[mushroom25]

// Hopefully the courts will challenge them //

sadly this

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/14/trump-el-salvador-deportation-kilmar-abrego-garcia

just proves that if the courts do challenge, the Trump Administration will just ignore.

[tomus42]

//I still fail to understand his reasoning that Ukraine started the war.//

That's because he never gives any reasoning, just states it as fact. As I said, he's either a complete moron, insane, or is deliberately spouting Kremlin propaganda for some reason no one really understands.

3..

[Khandro]

Though, even a stopped clock is right twice a day;

The Trump administration has frozen $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University after the institution rejected government demands regarding antisemitism policies.

[douglas9401]

I'd be surprised if the oaf with the smallest vocabulary of any world leader knows anything of antsemitism, he just doesn't like clever folk, especially when they stand up to him.

Everything he does points to inadequacy and a lust for money.