Trump Escalates His Bizarre Canada Joke in Weirdest Way Possible | The New Republic excerpt: "The joke has proven an understandably controversial one, but Trump on Tuesday afternoon followed up on it by posting an apparently AI-generated image to Truth Social captioned “Oh Canada!” The image depicts the president-elect atop a mountain, beside a Canadian flag, gazing upon a pinnacle that users have noted closely resembles that of the Matterhorn in Switzerland. The post recalls some of the more delirious moments of Trump’s first term, namely his half-joking posts about the administration purchasing Greenland. It also offers a foretaste of the presidential communications that await us in his second term, thanks to the wonders of AI image generation. But in this instance, behind the post and original joke, there lies a serious threat against our top trading partners, which analysts say would have dire consequences if fulfilled—even barring retaliatory actions. NPR reports that Trump’s proposed tariffs would likely raise the cost of groceries and gasoline for American consumers. The Brookings Institute notes that the tariffs could be even more ruinous considering “approximately 50% of U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico is driven by supply chains” in which products cross borders repeatedly during their production."
Trump's transition selections was supposed to be a show of force. It's turning into a show of farce. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/04/trump-cabinent-setbacks-00192555
Trump picks another Fox person for a White House position. Trump Picks Yet Another Fox Star for White House Role
Poking the bear with a stick... now he's gonna post 10,000 more 'I hate Trump' wailings (It's gonna be a long 4 years for him)
Hegseth is unqualified for the job of running the entire military. Yet the GOP in the Senate are concerned about trying to cover up his drinking problem and other personal issues which they think will make him palatable. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/do...-allegations-desantis-live-updates-rcna182862
It may be part of why Chronister withdrew from Trump's nomination. Chronister enforcing the Covid restrictions doesn't sit well with Trump and many in the GOP. It was appropriate for Chronister to withdraw. He's not qualified to run the DEA just because he was a sheriff. Similarly, Hegseth is not qualified to run the entire military just because he was in charge of an army platoon and hit a military drummer with an axe during a stunt on Fox News.
Biden is reportedly discussing preemptive pardons to protect people from Trump's publicly stated revenge campaign. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/04/biden-white-house-pardons-00192610
Arizona wasn't MAGA's last stand. Trump won AZ by about 5.5% in the 2024 election. Biden won it in 2020 by 0.3%. It turned out Trump didn't need AZ critically. He won all seven battleground states, although by small margins. The AZ ban on abortion didn't stop Trump. image:
Trump win margins in seven battleground states in the 2024 election (figures from Wiki). MI Popular vote 2,816,636 2,736,533 Percentage 49.74% 48.32% margin: 1.42% WI Popular vote 1,697,626 1,668,229 Percentage 49.60% 48.74% margin: 0.86% PA Popular vote 3,543,308 3,423,042 Percentage 50.37% 48.66% margin: 1.71% GA Popular vote 2,663,117 2,548,017 Percentage 50.73% 48.53% margin: 2.20% NV Popular vote 751,205 705,197 Percentage 50.69% 47.58% margin: 3.11% AZ Popular vote 1,770,242 1,582,860 Percentage 52.05% 46.54% margin: 5.51 NC Popular vote 2,898,428 2,715,380 Percentage 50.86% 47.65% margin: 3.21%
Hegseth's remarks about Trump in 2016. Now There's Resurfaced Video Of Pete Hegseth Completely Trashing Trump excerpt: “It’s typical Trump, all bluster, very little substance,” Hegseth said on Fox News in March 2016. “He talks a tough game. But then when pressed on it, he’s an armchair tough guy. I hate to say it, but this is a guy who said that John McCain is not a war hero. Yet he sought his own five military deferments.”
Cruiserweight: DO YOU HAVE SOME SPECIAL POSITION IN THE GOVERNMENT THAT ENABLES YOU TO ACTUALLY KNOW THAT WRAY "IS USELESS AND CAN'T BE TRUSTED."WHY DO YOU MAKE STATEMENTS LIKE THIS? BECAUSE TRUMP HAS SAID SO? GROW THE FUCK UP AND LEARN TO-------THINK!!!
Seeing Amazon Honcho: Mr. Jeff Besos is joining the pilgrimage to Mar-A- Lotta-dough. His Washington Post did not make an endorsement in the recent election. Does Mr. Besos need to match-up w. Viveck & Elon in DC? Mr Besos runs a Progressive warehouse. Wondering if Lauren will tag along with her BatGirl get up.
So Billionaires lining up behind Trump or begging him not to make good on his promises to lock up his enemies? So far Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and now Jeff Bezos are flocking to Mar-al-lago. They must be worried. I doubt Trump will be in office that long.
Fox gives Trump the Patriot Of The Year award. President-elect Donald Trump receives the 'Patriot of the Year' award at Fox Nation's Patriot Awards excerpt: The incoming president was honored alongside other notable recipients across nine categories. Other awards include the "T2T Stephen Siller Back the Blue Award," "Young Patriot," "Salute to Service," "FOX Weather Ultimate Patriot," "Service to Veterans," "Culture Warrior," "Bravery" and "Courage."
Trump's oligarchy. Elon Musk spent a quarter-billion dollars electing Trump, including financing mysterious 'RBG PAC' excerpt: "Billionaire Elon Musk poured more than $20 million into a mysterious super PAC at the end of the 2024 campaign, part of more than $250 million he spent overall to boost President-elect Donald Trump, new campaign finance reports show. Musk financed RBG PAC, according to the report the group filed Thursday night with the Federal Election Commission. The super PAC, which did not disclose its donors before the election, launched ads contending that Trump did not support a federal abortion ban."
Stephen Siller was a firefighter who died during the 9/11 attack. Fox should give the award to police officer Sicknick who collapsed after defending members of Congress from Trump's riot at the Capitol and who died the next day.
Hearing devolves into yelling match between GOP Congressman and Secret Service director. Trump rally shooting hearing descends into screaming match between Secret Service chief and Republican congressman – as it happened | Trump administration | The Guardian
Fox missed out on giving the QAnon Shaman an award. Trump has plenty of opportunity to do it during his second term. He could even do it at the State Of The Union Address like he did when he gave the Presidential Medal Of Freedom award to Rush Limbaugh. image: