Donald I, emperor of the world.

[BoldonLad]

Now you are just being silly.
It is easier to cross land borders than sea borders. End of.

I would agree it is easier to cross none controlled or lightly controlled land borders, without documents, than sea/water borders, without documents, but, I didn't think that was the point under dispute.

 

[PurplePenguin]

Not many make it across the DMZ. I'm here to add as little value as possible.

 

[secretsqirrel]

This is good….
Grand jury declines to charge Democrats in 'illegal orders' video

They misrepresented what was said in the video then called for Mark Kelly to be hung. Pure evil.

 

[Beebo]

Why would Gallup suddenly stop recording Presidential approval ratings?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...rump-b2918601.html?test_group=lighteradlayout

 

[classic33]

The UK doesn't have a hinterland of client states willing under duress to take deportees, neither does it have a land border which can be easily fenced and guarded.

It could easily have a more efficient system of processing claims (historically a majority of claims succeed) and more help with integrating into society.

There was the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, guarded for many years. Roads torn up and bridges demolished to cut down on the number of border crossing points.

Guarded on both sides.

 

[All uphill]

There was the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, guarded for many years. Roads torn up and bridges demolished to cut down on the number of border crossing points.

Guarded on both sides.

I unintentionally cycled across that border in 1991. I only knew I'd crossed when I saw the different road signs.

 

[Pinno718]

Why would Gallup suddenly stop recording Presidential approval ratings?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...rump-b2918601.html?test_group=lighteradlayout

Yougov is still polling and is even referenced on Fox News.

 

[CXRAndy]

Trump has reduced federal bloat by reducing staff to levels of employment of the 1960s

Whilst adding 170,000 new jobs

 

[Dorset Boy]

R5 had an investagive journalist on this morning talking about Trump and the Epstein files. His conclusion was that Trump likes pretty 20 year olds, but not the pretty 14 years that epstein liked. He is sure that Epstein provided Trump with young women of the right age, sex trafficing, but that Donnie was not a paedophile, and Donnie was uncomfortable with Epstein's preferences in that regard.

 

[Dorset Boy]

Trump has reduced federal bloat by reducing staff to levels of employment of the 1960s

Whilst adding 170,000 new jobs

Trumps Big Beautiful Bill will be providing big tax rewbates and handouts in the next few months to many lower paid, which will temporarily alieviate the significant increased costs faced by the US consumer due to the tariffs they are having to pay.
Importers and consumers in the US bear 96 percent of the tariff burden, according to new research from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
Kiel Institute summary

 

[CXRAndy]

Yes there are quite a few post of working families where they are extremely chuffed about rebates of tax on overtime and tips.


View: https://x.com/i/status/2021377771445026961

 

[Dorset Boy]

but what you omit Magandy is that Trumps tariffs cost USAnians $1,000 each on average in 2025, and are expected to cost them at least $1,300 in 2026, and result in a restirction in supply of goods into the US.
Trumps tariffs are one of the dumbest possible policies you could come up with, and one of the Trump regime's biggest lies.

 

[Pinno718]

 

[CXRAndy]

but what you omit Magandy is that Trumps tariffs cost USAnians $1,000 each on average in 2025, and are expected to cost them at least $1,300 in 2026, and result in a restirction in supply of goods into the US.
Trumps tariffs are one of the dumbest possible policies you could come up with, and one of the Trump regime's biggest lies.

However the US economy seems to be booming. Around 5% growth, employment up, stock market record highs. Tax rebates for blue collar workers, wage rises. Fraud being exposed and dealt with.

Sure, they may have to pay more for imported goods. With increased jobs, work must be increasing.

But I expect the benefits outweigh tariff costs

 

[Dorset Boy]

However the US economy seems to be booming. Around 5% growth, employment up, stock market record highs. Tax rebates for blue collar workers, wage rises. Fraud being exposed and dealt with.

Sure, they may have to pay more for imported goods. With increased jobs, work must be increasing.

But I expect the benefits outweigh tariff costs

The stockmarket isn't booming. Market gains over the last 3+ years are purely down to the Mag7 stocks, and many of them are over priced at the moment - Telsa is a basket case of over valuation, many EU governments are stopping using Microsoft products, Nvidia faces big challenges in the chip market.

The economy isn't booming. The GDP growth rate in 2025 was 2.0%, according to the International Monetary Fund.