First his signature will be on all U.S. paper currency and THEN he will issue an Executive Order that any currency that bears his signature belongs to him. The ultimate Golden Parachute.
I assume that there will be pre-Trump notes in circulation from the time the Trump notes start to be circulated. Could recipients simply place them in bank accounts or do many in the USA not have bank accounts to take the accursed things out of circulation. I appreciate there are a lot of poor people in the USA.
The problem is that banks don't hold onto vast quantities of cash, paying notes into banks will simply get them put into ATMs or handed out in withdrawals over the counter. If they're handed in in too poor a condition they'll be returned to the central bank and replaced with new notes. Putting cash into a bank simply keeps notes in circulation. To get notes out of circulation you need to squirrel them away in a mattress or other wise hold onto them, which is something very few people can afford to do as they will need to spend money almost as fast as they get it.
The problem is that banks don't hold onto vast quantities of cash, paying notes into banks will simply get them put into ATMs or handed out in withdrawals over the counter. If they're handed in in too poor a condition they'll be returned to the central bank and replaced with new notes. Putting cash into a bank simply keeps notes in circulation. To get notes out of circulation you need to squirrel them away in a mattress or other wise hold onto them, which is something very few people can afford to do as they will need to spend money almost as fast as they get it.
I think people are better off doing photoshopped or AI desecration of the Trump bills and meming them around the internet.
It is galling to think that the bills will become attractive to collectors, especially after they've been withdrawn from circulation. It's a low risk to bet that trump will be hoarding them for sale on the collector market as soon as they are issued.
An ungracious thought of mine is that, given he likes having his name on everything, a potential future president would honour him by naming any new landfill sites after Trump.
Or, if they were particularly mischievous, the Trump National Wind Farm.
Oh, I have several ungracious thoughts of the man that calls himself president.
Out of curiosity how many of you participated in a NO KINGS rally on Saturday? Mrs. Gramps and I joined 611 of our friends (official count from our local newspaper) though I think there were many more. I spent an hour at the rally but left because my ankle was hurting. Bone Spurs, you know.
An ungracious thought of mine is that, given he likes having his name on everything, a potential future president would honour him by naming any new landfill sites after Trump.
Or, if they were particularly mischievous, the Trump National Wind Farm.
I wonder how long it'll be before he renames the 'dollar' the 'TRUMP' (in capital letters, naturally)?
Also noted on the Canadian thread, on the way to the demonstration we saw a large dog turd topped with a small American flag, carefully placed on the pavement across the road from the US consulate.
Also noted on the Canadian thread, on the way to the demonstration we saw a large dog turd topped with a small American flag, carefully placed on the pavement across the road from the US consulate.
Shortly after the 2024 election I saw on the verge between the sidewalk and a street in my neighborhood a dog turd with two small flags that reproduced a campaign sign: Trump 2024 - Take America Back.
Guess who got his name on another building. Palm Beach International Airport in southern Florida is now President Donal J Trump International Airport, courtesy of a bill signed into law by Don DeSantis--I know DeSantis is Ron, but he thinks he is a Don of Florida. This is the airport the president flies into when he is residing at Mar-a-Lago.
An ungracious thought of mine is that, given he likes having his name on everything, a potential future president would honour him by naming any new landfill sites after Trump.
Or, if they were particularly mischievous, the Trump National Wind Farm.
I wonder how long it'll be before he renames the 'dollar' the 'TRUMP' (in capital letters, naturally)?
The King's visit to the US is still on later in the spring. I wonder if trump will tell him to "get his own oil "?
Oh no - the King of America is always respectful towards his senior...
Mind you, I think Chuck's visit is a mistake on our part. I don't wish him ill, but maybe a 'diplomatic indisposition' might occur. Vanilla, of course, couldn't possibly visit President Pussygrabber on her own...
The Royal Family plc have decades of experience of visiting countries where they rather wouldn't go.
C III will go, be highly diplomatic in what he says, and smile inanely in the full knowledge that King Trump's ego will be soothed and he'll forget about how cross he is with the UK - until the time we fail to jump to his orders.
A YouGov poll on 25 March had 49% opposed to the King's visit, 33% in favour and 18% don't know. (The Scottish subset within those figures was 52% opposed.) I suspect the next You Gov poll will show a further swing towards opposition to the visit.
Originally posted by Bishop's Finger: 'Look how much the King of England LOVES ME!
I hope that's what Trump would say - it would mean that Scotland didn't share the shame!!!
BBC has just announced that the King will be going. It makes me wonder if Trump has anything up his sleeve about any member of the Royal Family that would prove embarrassing - even more than what we already know about Andrew. So - come on the visit, or we'll release this information?
I think that endorsing Trump with a visit is a bad mistake. Trump will see it as an endorsement of his policies.
This.
'Look how much the King of England LOVES ME!'
He's already announced his "love" for King Charles, in that post last year some time responding to dubious media reports about Charles privately suggesting the USA join the Commonwealth.
PS I note that the King is expected to address Congress. No doubt script writers are already busy working out the myriad things he should avoid saying.
It would be awesome if he'd point out how many of the complaints against the king in the Declaration of Independence apply to Trump and then offer Congress a deal: if they switch kings, he promises to be more benevolent than Trump.
I suppose there might be a gentle hint? The King could say how entirely justified those 18th criticisms of his predecessor were and how glad he is that constitutional monarchy in the UK is so changed. What a valuable document the US constitution is.
Trump wouldn’t get it, of course. But Saturday Night Live might have some fun!
Well, people were wondering how Trump was going to interfere with the mid term elections. He wanted Congress to pass a Safeguarding American Voters Eligibility Act which he says is designed to prevent fraudulent voting. But it would have required everyone to reregister with approved IDs and would have eliminated most Mail In voting. There would be a number of other provisions as well. But it has been hung up in the US Senate by the Democrats and will not likely pass.
So he is going around the hang up. The Washington Examiner reports Trump is ordering the postal service to limit mail ballots to voters on new Department of Homeland Security approved lists. The DHS is supposed to work with the Social Security Administration to determine which people in American is eligible to vote in each state. These lists will be given to the states and the post office for use in voting.
The constitution clearly says each state is authorized to develop its own voting system. It part of our Federalized system. I understand it is one reason why our electoral system is very hard to hack.
I imagine we will see a lot of fur, feathers and just plain sh-t fly over this one until the mid terms are over. Washington State, I think will be one of at least 25 states to challenge this one in the courts.
Well, people were wondering how Trump was going to interfere with the mid term elections. He wanted Congress to pass a Safeguarding American Voters Eligibility Act which he says is designed to prevent fraudulent voting. But it would have required everyone to reregister with approved IDs and would have eliminated most Mail In voting. There would be a number of other provisions as well. But it has been hung up in the US Senate by the Democrats and will not likely pass.
So he is going around the hang up. The Washington Examiner reports Trump is ordering the postal service to limit mail ballots to voters on new Department of Homeland Security approved lists. The DHS is supposed to work with the Social Security Administration to determine which people in American is eligible to vote in each state. These lists will be given to the states and the post office for use in voting.
The constitution clearly says each state is authorized to develop its own voting system. It part of our Federalized system. I understand it is one reason why our electoral system is very hard to hack.
I imagine we will see a lot of fur, feathers and just plain sh-t fly over this one until the mid terms are over. Washington State, I think will be one of at least 25 states to challenge this one in the courts.
If it is not part of the constitution can’t the States just ignore Trump and do what they have Always done? Donny seems happy to do that.
Well, people were wondering how Trump was going to interfere with the mid term elections. He wanted Congress to pass a Safeguarding American Voters Eligibility Act which he says is designed to prevent fraudulent voting. But it would have required everyone to reregister with approved IDs and would have eliminated most Mail In voting. There would be a number of other provisions as well. But it has been hung up in the US Senate by the Democrats and will not likely pass.
So he is going around the hang up. The Washington Examiner reports Trump is ordering the postal service to limit mail ballots to voters on new Department of Homeland Security approved lists. The DHS is supposed to work with the Social Security Administration to determine which people in American is eligible to vote in each state. These lists will be given to the states and the post office for use in voting.
The constitution clearly says each state is authorized to develop its own voting system. It part of our Federalized system. I understand it is one reason why our electoral system is very hard to hack.
I imagine we will see a lot of fur, feathers and just plain sh-t fly over this one until the mid terms are over. Washington State, I think will be one of at least 25 states to challenge this one in the courts.
If it is not part of the constitution can’t the States just ignore Trump and do what they have Always done? Donny seems happy to do that.
I think the problem here is the postal service, which is under federal control.
Well, people were wondering how Trump was going to interfere with the mid term elections. He wanted Congress to pass a Safeguarding American Voters Eligibility Act which he says is designed to prevent fraudulent voting. But it would have required everyone to reregister with approved IDs and would have eliminated most Mail In voting. There would be a number of other provisions as well. But it has been hung up in the US Senate by the Democrats and will not likely pass.
So he is going around the hang up. The Washington Examiner reports Trump is ordering the postal service to limit mail ballots to voters on new Department of Homeland Security approved lists. The DHS is supposed to work with the Social Security Administration to determine which people in American is eligible to vote in each state. These lists will be given to the states and the post office for use in voting.
The constitution clearly says each state is authorized to develop its own voting system. It part of our Federalized system. I understand it is one reason why our electoral system is very hard to hack.
I imagine we will see a lot of fur, feathers and just plain sh-t fly over this one until the mid terms are over. Washington State, I think will be one of at least 25 states to challenge this one in the courts.
If it is not part of the constitution can’t the States just ignore Trump and do what they have Always done? Donny seems happy to do that.
I think the problem here is the postal service, which is under federal control.
There are lots of problems here, the most glaring of which is the idea that DHS, the Social Security Administration or the United States Post Office have the capability to compile and keep up-to-date a list of people “eligible to vote.” Voter rolls are changing all the time—people move, people die. It’s a completely unworkable idea. The only way it could possibly come anywhere close to working is if all states cooperated by allowing ongoing access to their voter rolls. I don’t see that happening.
As for the Constitution, under Article I, Section 4, it is the states that have authority to govern how elections are run, including how elections are run and voter registration. That provision specifically says Congress can, through legislation, alter or override state election regulations and procedures. The president by executive order, not so much.
In other news, Trump’s field trip to the Supreme Court this morning to attend oral argument on the challenges to his executive order on birthright citizenship meant he got to hear for himself just how skeptical of that EO a majority of justices appear to be. The skeptical justices would seem to include his own appointees, whom he appeared to want to remind by his presence of his expectations of loyalty.
This was apparently the first time ever that a sitting president has attended oral argument. The reports I’ve seen indicate that the Court did not acknowledge his presence in any way. He apparently left before the argument was over.
A judge ordered construction on his magnificent ball room stop.
Another judge said he could not end support of Public Broadcasting Services or National Public Radio.
A third said his involvement in the 6 January riots did not fall under the presidential prerogative allowance (thus allowing a suit by Capitol Police litigants to go forward), and
A fourth said he had not authority to close the public affairs office of the Department of Health and Human Services
The mad Hobgoblin appears to have lost track of who's who in Iran - he refers to the 'new president' asking him for a ceasefire, but Pezeshkian is still in office...maybe Trump is confusing Mr P with the new Supreme Leader, Motjaba Khameni?
Chinese whispers? Maybe someone in the Trump inner circle found someone in Iran making a few amenable noises. But by the usual Trump processes of hyperbole and misrepresentation, that person has grown in imaginary stature. Trump whispers to himself.
I had been hearing a rumor about this all morning.
According to the article, Trump was upset about the way she handled the Epstein files.
But I wonder if what broke the back was how SCOTUS reacted to the Birthright case. After all, Bondi, I think sat with Trump during the first part of the hearing up to when he stormed out in a huff. Did he take it out on her?
Hoping the Senate Democrats along with a few Republicans can keep the Attorney General permanent position open until after the mid terms so we can at least get a competent AG.
CNN is still reporting that regardless of the firing Pam Bondi will still be expected to testify before House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The subpoena names her specifically. Wonder if the firing will change her testimony.
I had been hearing a rumor about this all morning.
According to the article, Trump was upset about the way she handled the Epstein files.
But I wonder if what broke the back was how SCOTUS reacted to the Birthright case. After all, Bondi, I think sat with Trump during the first part of the hearing up to when he stormed out in a huff. Did he take it out on her?
Hoping the Senate Democrats along with a few Republicans can keep the Attorney General permanent position open until after the mid terms so we can at least get a competent AG.
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Like popping a nuke.
I think people are better off doing photoshopped or AI desecration of the Trump bills and meming them around the internet.
He wants it on gold coinage. Not sure if they will be in general circulation, though.
Or, if they were particularly mischievous, the Trump National Wind Farm.
Out of curiosity how many of you participated in a NO KINGS rally on Saturday? Mrs. Gramps and I joined 611 of our friends (official count from our local newspaper) though I think there were many more. I spent an hour at the rally but left because my ankle was hurting. Bone Spurs, you know.
I wonder how long it'll be before he renames the 'dollar' the 'TRUMP' (in capital letters, naturally)?
Shortly after the 2024 election I saw on the verge between the sidewalk and a street in my neighborhood a dog turd with two small flags that reproduced a campaign sign: Trump 2024 - Take America Back.
In gold letters of course
Oh no - the King of America is always respectful towards his senior...
Mind you, I think Chuck's visit is a mistake on our part. I don't wish him ill, but maybe a 'diplomatic indisposition' might occur. Vanilla, of course, couldn't possibly visit President Pussygrabber on her own...
It wouldn't surprise me if a last minute illness cropped up to prevent the trip from happening. Not serious; just enough to stop him from flying.
C III will go, be highly diplomatic in what he says, and smile inanely in the full knowledge that King Trump's ego will be soothed and he'll forget about how cross he is with the UK - until the time we fail to jump to his orders.
This.
'Look how much the King of England LOVES ME!'
Originally posted by Bishop's Finger:
'Look how much the King of England LOVES ME!
I hope that's what Trump would say - it would mean that Scotland didn't share the shame!!!
He's already announced his "love" for King Charles, in that post last year some time responding to dubious media reports about Charles privately suggesting the USA join the Commonwealth.
Plus I suppose, given the King’s age and health issues, there’s probably a contingency “exit strategy”.
I suppose there might be a gentle hint? The King could say how entirely justified those 18th criticisms of his predecessor were and how glad he is that constitutional monarchy in the UK is so changed. What a valuable document the US constitution is.
Trump wouldn’t get it, of course. But Saturday Night Live might have some fun!
So he is going around the hang up. The Washington Examiner reports Trump is ordering the postal service to limit mail ballots to voters on new Department of Homeland Security approved lists. The DHS is supposed to work with the Social Security Administration to determine which people in American is eligible to vote in each state. These lists will be given to the states and the post office for use in voting.
The constitution clearly says each state is authorized to develop its own voting system. It part of our Federalized system. I understand it is one reason why our electoral system is very hard to hack.
I imagine we will see a lot of fur, feathers and just plain sh-t fly over this one until the mid terms are over. Washington State, I think will be one of at least 25 states to challenge this one in the courts.
I think the problem here is the postal service, which is under federal control.
As for the Constitution, under Article I, Section 4, it is the states that have authority to govern how elections are run, including how elections are run and voter registration. That provision specifically says Congress can, through legislation, alter or override state election regulations and procedures. The president by executive order, not so much.
Is that ostensibly in relation to the Artemis 2 launch?
The war seems more likely to me.
This was apparently the first time ever that a sitting president has attended oral argument. The reports I’ve seen indicate that the Court did not acknowledge his presence in any way. He apparently left before the argument was over.
Yesterday he lost in four areas.
A judge ordered construction on his magnificent ball room stop.
Another judge said he could not end support of Public Broadcasting Services or National Public Radio.
A third said his involvement in the 6 January riots did not fall under the presidential prerogative allowance (thus allowing a suit by Capitol Police litigants to go forward), and
A fourth said he had not authority to close the public affairs office of the Department of Health and Human Services
Story here.
Get off the field, loser.
Even speaking to the king will be under sufferance.
I had been hearing a rumor about this all morning.
According to the article, Trump was upset about the way she handled the Epstein files.
But I wonder if what broke the back was how SCOTUS reacted to the Birthright case. After all, Bondi, I think sat with Trump during the first part of the hearing up to when he stormed out in a huff. Did he take it out on her?
Hoping the Senate Democrats along with a few Republicans can keep the Attorney General permanent position open until after the mid terms so we can at least get a competent AG.
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MSN had an article on how a person with no morals uses 13 phrases. I have heard a number of the coming from the Orange One: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/people-with-zero-morals-almost-always-say-13-phrases-when-they-talk/ss-AA1ZF2Tc?ocid
Most interesting .... there are variations how it's said, of course. but you would say that, wouldn't you?.