Trump Starting To Look Like the End Is Near

[eric_erosfan]

A reminder of the thread topic. We have the walking dead as POTUS.

 

[Hel_Books]

More details:

Huge bruise spotted on Trump’s other hand as he delivers speech in Davos
Trump sustained the bruise during a signing ceremony

. . . Pictures taken at the conference yesterday and this morning, before the peace board signing, showed no bruising, but the markings were prominent in later photos.

Trump often applies heavy makeup to cover bruising on his hands, which the White House previously explained is due to the president meeting “more Americans and shak[ing] their hands on a daily basis than any other president in history.” . . .

He addressed his health in a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal and acknowledged that he applies makeup to his hands for when he gets “whacked again by someone.”

“I have makeup that’s, you know, easy to put on, takes about 10 seconds,” he said.

The president also told the outlet that he takes 325 milligrams of aspirin a day - much higher than the more common, daily low dose of 81 milligrams - and had done so for years. . . .

“I’m a little superstitious,” Trump said. “They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don’t want thick blood pouring through my heart. I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?”

Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a cardiologist who treated the late vice president Dick Cheney, explained that anticoagulants do not actually thin blood. “So that makes no sense, that actually makes nonsense,” he said on CNN.

“It's not like changing something from gumbo to chicken soup, it doesn't make it doesn't make it thinner. It makes you less likely to clot,” he added.

 

[RobDownSouth]

I like what pundits were saying today...."Karoline Leavitt expected to explain away the bruising on Donald Sunset's left hand by insisting that Europeans like to shake hands with their left hands".

 

[Reggae153]

Presidential pep secretary K-K-Karoline Leavitt insists the bruising is the result of shaking thousand of hands each week.

Question: Has anyone used their LEFT hand to shake someone's hand? EVER?

Maybe it wasn’t their hand the felon was shaking!

 

[briancamdudetenger2018]

How long will these Republican Congressmen allow the humiliation to continue?

i guess untill the 2026 mid terms if the left wingers wins both the house and the senate

 

[schism666]

A reminder of the thread topic. We have the walking dead as POTUS.

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that's the other hand now

 

[TalkToMeInSB]

<snip>Europe is not part of this equation.<snip>

I’m glad we were able to rid you of this illogical statement.

 

[Rightguide]

I’m glad we were able to rid you of this illogical statement.

If a delusion helps you sleep at night, fine. Trump would have accomplished his goals in this hemisphere with or without their help.

 

[DeluxAuto]

If a delusion helps you sleep at night, fine. Trump would have accomplished his goals in this hemisphere with or without their help.

Which hemisphere do you think Europe is in?

 

[TalkToMeInSB]

If a delusion helps you sleep at night, fine. Trump would have accomplished his goals in this hemisphere with or without their help.

What do we do about your delusion that you can actually follow a thread? Versus firing off a "smart" reply to individual messages with seemingly no understanding of the context of the thread.

 

[stxjimmy]

Facts: how much does the US spend on NATO and how little do the rest of NATO spend?

I asked Google AI:

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The US pays roughly two thirds of the defence. As it is right now.

And EU is in the middle of accelerating our defence expenses.

Major Drivers and Initiatives

• National Escape Clause: To facilitate this rapid increase, the European Commission activated a "national escape clause" for 2025–2028. This allows member states (16 participating as of late 2025) to increase defense spending by up to 1.5% of their GDPwithout violating EU budget deficit rules.
• NATO Benchmark Shift: At the 2025 NATO Summit, member states agreed to a new, higher defense investment commitment of 5% of GDP by 2035 (3.5% for core defense and 1.5% for wider security).
• EU Joint Funding:
  • EDIP (European Defence Industry Programme): A €1.5 billion program (2025–2027) was adopted to boost industrial readiness and support joint procurement.
  • SAFE (Security Action for Europe): A loan mechanism providing up to €150 billionfor member states to jointly purchase military products.
  • EIB Contributions: The European Investment Bank tripled its available financing for defense-industry suppliers to €3 billion in 2025.

Just wanted to drop some facts.

Does that table allow for us non nato defence spending? the us has many bases worldwide that are presumably not part of nato.
So to bring Europe to the same % of defence spending is not necessary.