Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already (4 Viewers)

[Flying Fokker]

 

[chiefdave]

Now that they've blocked Trump from adding his name to the Kennedy Centre someone has taken a photo through the window of AirForce One of him looking at plans to demolish it.

 

[Captain Dart]

Looks like he's settled a security deal with Greenland.


Stategically and economically important for the US

 

[PVA]

There is little to no details about the deal yet.

If it's anything like his deals with Iran it's probably a load of shite

Or exactly the same as what they had before with TRUMP plastered all over it

Art of the deal

 

[SBAndy]

There is little to no details about the deal yet.

If it's anything like his deals with Iran it's probably a load of shite

Or exactly the same as what they had before with TRUMP plastered all over it

Art of the deal

I mean, there wasn’t really a deal to be done. Denmark had always been open to US military bases there - it was the US that pulled out.

 

[mmttww]

Trump ramps up feud with press after week of setbacks

An embattled Trump has injected his fight with the news media with new acrimony, writes the BBC's Anthony Zurcher.

www.bbc.co.uk

Still definitely not a fascist. Land of the free, innit.

 

[chiefdave]

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Land of the free

 

[Grendel]

I do find the Donald Trump thing funny

Land of the free is always the Us motto

 

[chiefdave]

Land of the free

When even Fox News have had enough of you just replace them with state run news. Assumed this was a parody but the account seems legit. Hopefully she's just been caught out by a wind up.

 

[Sick Boy]

Fucking hell it actually seems to be real.

 

[Skybluekyle]

It’s incredible. One of the measures of a democracy of a country is the freedom of its press (or anyone, for that matter) to criticise its leaders.

 

[Otis]

It’s incredible. One of the measures of a democracy of a country is the freedom of its press (or anyone, for that matter) to criticise its leaders.

Yeah, but why would you want to criticise someone who's almost entirely perfect in every possible way?

 

[mmttww]

Just another step from the Dark Enlightenment playbook that bell ends like Yarvin subscribe to.

He’s anti-democracy and pro-Trump: the obscure ‘dark enlightenment’ blogger influencing the next US administration

Key figures in the incoming administration follow Curtis Yarvin, who’s pushing for an autocratic takeover of the US

www.theguardian.com

 

[SkyBlueCharlie9]

Interesting and worrying article. The far right are getting more and more mainstream and more and more influential.
It is scary stuff what's going on in States (and to a lesser extent in UK). At some point I suspect they are going to do something incredibly stupid over there again.
Defo gonna give that 'Behind The Bastards' podcast a try.

 

[Sick Boy]

Interesting and worrying article. The far right are getting more and more mainstream and more and more influential.
It is scary stuff what's going on in States (and to a lesser extent in UK). At some point I suspect they are going to do something incredibly stupid over there again.
Defo gonna give that 'Behind The Bastards' podcast a try.

The incredibly stupid thing has already happened, twice.

 

[chiefdave]

It is scary stuff what's going on in States (and to a lesser extent in UK).

Don't worry, we've not far behind.

Few weeks back the White House site put up some 'games' where you could play ICE and hunt immigrants. All ripping off other peoples IP without permission of course.

Only took a few days before Reform were doing the same:

The game, called Small Boat Scramble, will allow players to take command of a Royal Navy vessel to stop migrant boats reaching Britain.

The party said players will face “small boats, mega-dinghies and, every so often, a Boriswave”, with the person with the highest score over the next month set to win £5,000.

Then we get Trump TV and lo and behold:

Reform TV set to take on GB News
The party is planning to use some of its £72 million windfall setting up a TV channel which could rival Nigel Farage's current employer

Mirroring the abandoning of Fox in the US as not right wing enough looks like Farage and Reform will be ditching GB News and setting up their own channel. Although I suspect Farage won't quit GB News as long as they keep paying him.

 

[Grendel]

Don't worry, we've not far behind.

Few weeks back the White House site put up some 'games' where you could play ICE and hunt immigrants. All ripping off other peoples IP without permission of course.

Only took a few days before Reform were doing the same:

Then we get Trump TV and lo and behold:

Mirroring the abandoning of Fox in the US as not right wing enough looks like Farage and Reform will be ditching GB News and setting up their own channel. Although I suspect Farage won't quit GB News as long as they keep paying him.

The Labour Party have banned removed journalists they deem unsuitable Dave

 

[Grendel]

Interesting and worrying article. The far right are getting more and more mainstream and more and more influential.
It is scary stuff what's going on in States (and to a lesser extent in UK). At some point I suspect they are going to do something incredibly stupid over there again.
Defo gonna give that 'Behind The Bastards' podcast a try.

The uk politically is far more moderate than your EU chums Charles who are lurching to the real Far Right. As for banning journalists Labour banned the Guardian correspondent in 2025 - well they chucked him out. Far right Starmer Charles?

 

[LarryGrayson]

It’s incredible. One of the measures of a democracy of a country is the freedom of its press (or anyone, for that matter) to criticise its leaders.

The problem with people deciding mainstream media lies all the time - they enable Stalinist policies

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

It’s incredible. One of the measures of a democracy of a country is the freedom of its press (or anyone, for that matter) to criticise its leaders.

My mates will still blame the radical left

 

[Grendel]

My mates will still blame the radical left

no one seems to be acknowledging that Labour banned certain journalists at its last conference and the NUJ blasted them for being an affront to democracy?

 

[wingy]

My mates will still blame the radical left

Or rattle on with some form of what
abouism

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

The Labour Party have banned removed journalists they deem unsuitable Dave

The Labour Party have banned removed journalists they deem unsuitable Dave

Would this not be whataboutery Grendel

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

no one seems to be acknowledging that Labour banned certain journalists at its last conference and the NUJ blasted them for being an affront to democracy?

Again whataboutery
As that happened that’s wrong too as is reform removing journalists

 

[Grendel]

Again whataboutery
As that happened that’s wrong too as is reform removing journalists

No of course it isn’t as it’s claimed to be the route to anti democratic fascist ideology. It’s been said in this thread that the uk is going down the same route as the US but it’s Reform that’s the example given as it supports the very argument on this thread that this is the anti democratic right that does this.

Surely as someone who claims to believe in democracy you’d have pointed out that all parties do this when it suits? Why haven’t you?

 

[mmttww]

Managed to catch his speech at the UN just now, had to ditch when he started chatting about the millions of wars he's stopped. Don't think I've caught him talking live before; it was like a fat grandad on ketamine. Folks must have to bump coke constantly to make it through his rallies. How anyone in the US or anywhere else can see and hear that bloke and think 'that's my guy!' needs to be studied. F*cking mental.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

No of course it isn’t as it’s claimed to be the route to anti democratic fascist ideology. It’s been said in this thread that the uk is going down the same route as the US but it’s Reform that’s the example given as it supports the very argument on this thread that this is the anti democratic right that does this.

Surely as someone who claims to believe in democracy you’d have pointed out that all parties do this when it suits? Why haven’t you?

Just did
Wasn’t aware before
Trump is on another level

But there’s an important difference

Trump is exercising governmental power. Labour was running a political party conference.

That’s constitutionally and practically significant.

 

[Grendel]

Just did
Wasn’t aware before
Trump is on another level

But there’s an important difference

Trump is exercising governmental power. Labour was running a political party conference.

That’s constitutionally and practically significant.

Do you know one of the people banned and why?

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Do you know one of the people banned and why?

I know both
Reasons aren’t agreed but one was Owen jones due to opinions on Israel and rivkah brown for questioning facts

Again they are fundamentally different but still wrong

 

[Grendel]

I know both
Reasons aren’t agreed but one was Owen jones due to opinions on Israel and rivkah brown for questioning facts

Again they are fundamentally different but still wrong

So partial anti democracy is OK then?

Driving 20 mph over the speed limit is not as bad as 50mph so its ok?

Doubt he will be allowed in this year either



Burnham is supported by Israel lobbyists and gives them jobs

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/06/30/burnham-funded-by-genocide-linked-arms-firm/

Is Burnham just Starmer with vibes? The same lobby groups funded both

Big business and pro-Israel interests have dominated the Labour Party from Blair to Starmer. The new PM has little time to show he's not just that system's new face

www.middleeasteye.net

I do not pretend to care - but the faux outrage see on this is just hypocrisy as the cheek is turned and s long as its not as low a bar as Trump sets its all fine and dandy - is it - really?

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

So partial anti democracy is OK then?

Driving 20 mph over the speed limit is not as bad as 50mph so its ok?

Doubt he will be allowed in this year either



Burnham is supported by Israel lobbyists and gives them jobs

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/06/30/burnham-funded-by-genocide-linked-arms-firm/

Is Burnham just Starmer with vibes? The same lobby groups funded both

Big business and pro-Israel interests have dominated the Labour Party from Blair to Starmer. The new PM has little time to show he's not just that system's new face

www.middleeasteye.net

I do not pretend to care - but the faux outrage see on this is just hypocrisy as the cheek is turned and s long as its not as low a bar as Trump sets its all fine and dandy - is it - really?

Your whataboutery is hilarious when you slate others for doing it

 

[Grendel]

Your whataboutery is hilarious when you slate others for doing it

I don’t. What’s hilarious is you hide behind your own hypocrisy and moral superiority when it’s clear you have none. Just selfish self interest

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

I don’t. What’s hilarious is you hide behind your own hypocrisy and moral superiority when it’s clear you have none. Just selfish self interest

What moral superiority??
You don’t have chat some crap
Free press is free press but it’s different for the government to ban journalists than an organisation, even a political party from an event

Both are still wrong

 

[wingy]

Anyone getting the feeling he's just normalised in the psych of Joe public now?
Thinking I'm getting the feeling now