US Politics Thread 2021-24

[Buddahaid]

Trump is a know nothing image being manipulated by people only interested in themselves. Lutnick's family businesses are bear market investors which says a lot about why he pushed so much for this tariff disaster.

[MaDef]

Originally Posted by mapuc

Been wondering, in a what-if scenario

What if it was Biden who put up all these tariff on several countries ? What would the response be from these countries ?

(Biden was a great guy a perfect President among the Danish politicians and news agencies)

Markus

That explains why they're having kittens over Greenland.

[MaDef]

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

Trump is a know nothing image being manipulated by people only interested in themselves. Lutnick's family businesses are bear market investors which says a lot about why he pushed so much for this tariff disaster.

Make up your mind, Trump really can't be both a Dictator and a puppet, not at the same time. Time to pick a bronc and ride it.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

Trump is a know nothing image being manipulated by people only interested in themselves. Lutnick's family businesses are bear market investors which says a lot about why he pushed so much for this tariff disaster.

Dictator or douche bag. Which one?

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

To my understanding Ukraine was provoking Russia for some time.. Looks like another poke the bear incident.

The Ukrainian people grew angry with the corruption and human rights abuses of their government, and forced it out of power. Russia responded by invading Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk, then launching a larger invasion against the rest of Ukraine in 2022. They are also committing genocide against Ukraine by explicitly violating the 1948 UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_of_Dignity

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chil...-Ukrainian_War

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alle...-Ukrainian_War

Of note is the fact that the Trump administration recently destroyed evidence that could be used to reunite abducted Ukrainian children with their families: https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/03/21/...inian-children

[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Dictator or douche bag. Which one?

Both are true.

[August]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I see that. To my understanding Ukraine was provoking Russia for some time..

Provoking how, by continuing to exist?

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by August

Provoking how, by continuing to exist?

Running a Ukrainian vessel near Russian vessel. We have seen this before with Russians running aircraft, submarine or vessel near US military aircraft, submarine or vessel.

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

Both are true.

😂. Good answer!

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

The Ukrainian people grew angry with the corruption and human rights abuses of their government, and forced it out of power. Russia responded by invading Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk, then launching a larger invasion against the rest of Ukraine in 2022. They are also committing genocide against Ukraine by explicitly violating the 1948 UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_of_Dignity

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chil...-Ukrainian_War

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alle...-Ukrainian_War

Of note is the fact that the Trump administration recently destroyed evidence that could be used to reunite abducted Ukrainian children with their families: https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/03/21/...inian-children

Reference to Ukraine and Russian vessels playing cat and mouse. Nothing more.

[Otto Harkaman]

Wow we haven't even finished the first hundred days yet and set the world on its ear! I love it!

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Running a Ukrainian vessel near Russian vessel. We have seen this before with Russians running aircraft, submarine or vessel near US military aircraft, submarine or vessel.

When did this happen?

Also, that hardly justifies war and genocide.

[Reece]

that hardly justifies war and genocide

+1

[Dargo]

For the Netherlands, the US is a more important trading partner than vice versa. Last year, 5.7 % of the Netherlands' total goods exports went to the US. For the Americans, those goods represented just over 1 % of their imports. The Dutch trade deficit with the US has existed for decades but has increased significantly in recent years. Compared to 2020, the Netherlands imported over 66 % more from the US last year, mainly because the Netherlands is buying more US petroleum and liquefied natural gas (LNG). Over the same period, Dutch exports from the US increased by 50 %.

[AVGWarhawk]

Vietnam is willing to reduce tariffs to zero. Cambodia is looking to negotiate. Its a start.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

When did this happen?

Also, that hardly justifies war and genocide.

Never said it did and I have no idea where you believe I do.

A few post back Buddahaid linked some boat incident between Russia and Ukraine in an attempt to say the Ukraine war started during Trump first term.

[Dargo]

This conflict between Russia and Ukraine is centuries old. Ukraine has repeatedly been carved up by competing powers. Mongol warriors from the east conquered Kyivan Rus in the 13th century. In the 16th century, Polish and Lithuanian armies invaded from the west. In the 17th century, war between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Czardom of Russia brought lands to the east of the Dnieper River under Russian imperial control. The east became known as "Left Bank" Ukraine; lands to the west of the Dnieper, or "Right Bank," were ruled by Poland. More than a century later, in 1793, right bank (western) Ukraine was annexed by the Russian Empire. Over the years that followed, a policy known as Russification banned the use and study of the Ukrainian language, and people were pressured to convert to the Russian Orthodox faith.