The Second Term of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States of America

Shiftless2 said:
"No idea if this is real or photoshopped but still funny ..... " S2 #1,099
Click to expand...
I too don't know if it's authentic.

Reason for doubt: Media are more State oriented there, BBC etc.

Reason for suspecting authenticity: the quality of the graphic is high in terms of illumination, color balance, camera orientation, the wrinkle in the upper right of the pic.

The caption is apparently not present at the bus queue. None the less Trump is a vengeful, petty man, a tyrant. Are those that opted to display the image safe from repercussion? Or so malicious as to attempt to invite repercussion upon those not safe?
 
521153897_18471345703074785_1940344490324027366_n.webp
 
1753016009526.png

An 82 year old man was taken by ICE at a green card replacement appointment. His family was never informed where he was or how to get ahold of him until he was in a foreign hospital... despite the fact that he was a permanent legal resident of the US.

Luis Leon came to the US 38 years ago.

He had been tortured in his native Chile by the administration of the dictator Augusto Pinochet. The US gave him political asylum and he came legally to the United States in 1987.

Luis built a life here in the US. He worked at a leather manufacturing plant, raised four kids, and eventually retired.

He’s well-loved in his neighborhood in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He likes to garden and fish and do small repairs for the neighbors.

In June he lost his wallet, which had his green card in it.

No problem. Luis and his wife made an appointment to get it replaced.

But when they arrived for the appointment, Luis was handcuffed and taken away, and his wife was held for ten hours until her granddaughter showed up to get her.

His family couldn’t find him for a full month. The immigration detention tracker never showed him as in ICE custody. Immigration officials had no answers they were willing to give, despite .....

CONTINUED
 
President Trump is a master at partisan name-calling.
It doesn't mean Trump isn't guilty. It simply introduces questions about those that want Trump to keep
his campaign promise regarding this Epstein material.

250720fns01.JPG
"... troublemakers and radical left lunatics" U.S. President Trump as reported by FOX News
BUT !!

Is Trump correct?
If taking that position earns Trump's scorn, then Trump scorns his own base.

Trump meets toughest opponent: his own base​

Jul 19, 2025 - Politics & Policy
An aggressive pressure campaign forced President Trump to flinch on the Jeffrey Epstein case — exposing a rare moment of weakness inflicted not by his enemies, but by his most loyal supporters.
Why it matters: Forget resistance mounted by Democrats, moderate Republicans or even the courts. The most destabilizing opposition of Trump's second term has come from within: an online MAGA army known for its extreme devotion.

Think criticism against Trump is mostly partisan, despite this Epstein backlash from MAGA? Then how do you explain the following, from Al Jazeera ?

Trump’s big beautiful police state is here​

The unprecedented expansion of the immigration enforcement budget will pave the way for more policing and repression in the US.

Belén Fernández Belén Fernández / Al Jazeera columnist / Published On 20 Jul 202520 Jul 2025
Law enforcement officers stand guard as protesters attempt to block US Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel from leaving a court building in Chicago, Illinois on June 16, 2025 [Dylan Martinez/Reuters]
On July 4, United States President Donald Trump signed into law his so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill”, which will reduce taxes for the rich, punish the poor, and otherwise propel American plutocracy to ever more noxious heights.
Just days earlier, Trump’s Vice President JD Vance took to X to underline the key component of the legislation: “Everything else — the CBO [Congressional Budget Office] score, the proper baseline, the minutiae of the Medicaid policy — is immaterial compared to the ICE money and immigration enforcement provisions.”
www.aljazeera.com

Trump’s big beautiful police state is here

The unprecedented expansion of the immigration enforcement budget will pave the way for more policing and repression.
www.aljazeera.com www.aljazeera.com
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top