@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-15 11:20:45
Polymarket and Kalshi count Donald Trump Jr. as an adviser, and Trump Media plans to launch Truth Predict, raising ethical questions during Trump's second term (Sharon LaFraniere/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/politics/donald-…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-14 16:07:30
Trump and his advisers have declared war on a crucial tool of war-fighting -- diplomacy.
In the first year of his second term, Trump has seriously damaged U.S. diplomatic capacity and sidelined what diplomatic tools remain.
That will make it harder for the United States to manage every conflict it now faces,
including the Iran War.
It will also make it immeasurably more difficult to pick up the pieces when the fighting stops.
Trump planned to gut U.S. diploma…
@der_raddler@dresden.network2026-01-15 19:47:35
Der Friedenspreis der Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller ist ihm damit sicher!
https://www.n-tv.de/mediathek/videos/politik/Skurriler-Termin-Trump-beendet-Krieg-gegen-Vollmilch-id30243787.html
@steve@s.yelvington.com2026-01-15 00:57:51
Trump declares victory as Iranian protesters are headed to the gallows
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260115-trump-says-iran-executions-stopping-as-tehran-signals-fast-trials-and-hangings
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-14 20:08:27
US orders Americans out of Iraq
as Trump renews calls for allies to secure strait of Hormuz
Warning for US citizens follows missile attack on US embassy,
as Trump says US will coordinate with nations to protect oil tankers
In further comments on his Truth Social app, Donald Trump said
“many countries” would send warships to keep the strait of Hormuz open,
without providing details on which countries would do so.
He said he "hoped" the UK, C…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-15 20:28:59
The racist online video that Donald Trump recently shared and then deleted generated a bipartisan furor
-- because of its portrayal of Barack and Michelle Obama as apes.
-- What was little remarked on was how it presented Trump himself — as the “King of the Jungle.”
After a year back in the White House, Trump’s efforts to promote himself as the singularly dominant figure in the world have become so commonplace
that they no longer seem surprising.
He regularly d…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-14 02:32:26
Trump gave the middle finger to a heckler during a campaign tour at a Ford plant in Michigan Jan. 13,
-- mouthing "F you" in what the White House described as
"an appropriate and unambiguous response."
The ruffian was touring a Ford F-150 assembly facility in Dearborn when a worker on the plant floor shouted what sounded like
“pedophile protector”
as Trump stood on an elevated walkway
Trump turned toward the person and appeared to respond…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-14 19:07:54
When you look at Trump's foreign policy
—from Greenland to Iran
—there’s little ideology,
but lots of self-enrichment
and glory-seeking
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/72662/the-trump-admini…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-15 19:20:42
Trump will do anything to grab power and prepare for dictatorial rule
He now floats the idea of U.S. boots on the ground in Mexico
"to fight drug cartels",
once again reinforcing his complete disregard for the concept of state sovereignty.
According to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Trump has been pushing for
"the participation of U.S. forces” even though Mexico says it’s not necessary.
Nonetheless, The New York Times has reported that…
