Is Trump an Imperialist dictator?

[Notch7]

Trump seems awfully keen on America the Empire.

Greenland…..full of rare Earth minerals
Gaza……massive resource of natural gas
Renaming Gulf of Mexico
Talking about Canada becoming 51st state
Starting trade wars

It’s all straight out of Putins playbook


Has Putin made Russians better off?
Is Trump making Americans better off?

 

[Munroast]

I wish we had a Trump running the show here
(i agree with musk Farage isn't the man) but we desperately need a trump who will put us first in this collapsing global society that we have found ourselves in.
don't get me wrong, I loathe Trump, have always loathed people like him, but its sadly what we need if we are not going to get our virtue signalling backsides kicked

 

[Odds]

On President Donald Trump’s first day in office, he signed an executive order that essentially reaffirmed free speech, which is already enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. The order alleged that the previous administration of President Joe Biden “trampled on free speech” by censoring “Americans’ speech on online platforms”, and forced social media companies to comply under the guise of combatting “misinformation”, “disinformation”, and “malinformation”.

What the order overlooked was that members of both parties routinely asked social media companies – including X (formerly Twitter), now owned by Trump ally Elon Musk – to remove unfavourable content. At the same time, Trump regularly targets platforms and people critical of him, his allies and his agenda. His attacks on more traditional institutions of the press – like TV/radio news networks and newspapers – have escalated since winning the election.

“We are seeing a multipronged attack on free speech, but not just any free speech. I think, in particular, we’re seeing a multipronged attack on the ability of journalists as well as individuals to call into question anything that Donald Trump or that the Trump administration does,” Heidi Kitrosser, a constitutional law professor who focuses on freedom of speech issues at Northwestern University, told Al Jazeera


The right wanger's in this forum follow a similar playbook in their attempts to shut down news they don't want to hear, either.

 

[ellal]

I wish we had a Trump running the show here
(i agree with musk Farage isn't the man) but we desperately need a trump who will put us first in this collapsing global society that we have found ourselves in.
don't get me wrong, I loathe Trump, have always loathed people like him, but its sadly what we need if we are not going to get our virtue signalling backsides kicked

So which UK dictator do you have in mind?

 

[Deleted member 265726]

On President Donald Trump’s first day in office, he signed an executive order that essentially reaffirmed free speech, which is already enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. The order alleged that the previous administration of President Joe Biden “trampled on free speech” by censoring “Americans’ speech on online platforms”, and forced social media companies to comply under the guise of combatting “misinformation”, “disinformation”, and “malinformation”.

What the order overlooked was that members of both parties routinely asked social media companies – including X (formerly Twitter), now owned by Trump ally Elon Musk – to remove unfavourable content. At the same time, Trump regularly targets platforms and people critical of him, his allies and his agenda. His attacks on more traditional institutions of the press – like TV/radio news networks and newspapers – have escalated since winning the election.

“We are seeing a multipronged attack on free speech, but not just any free speech. I think, in particular, we’re seeing a multipronged attack on the ability of journalists as well as individuals to call into question anything that Donald Trump or that the Trump administration does,” Heidi Kitrosser, a constitutional law professor who focuses on freedom of speech issues at Northwestern University, told Al Jazeera


The right wanger's in this forum follow a similar playbook in their attempts to shut down news they don't want to hear, either.

I think two separate sections of people are being spoken about and conflated in this article; free speech online for 'Americans' and Trump's personal conflicts with broadcasters and newspapers.

 

[Odds]

I think two separate sections of people are being spoken about and conflated in this article; free speech online for 'Americans' and Trump's personal conflicts with broadcasters and newspapers.

Free speech online does not include the kind of hate speech and slander seen regularly on X, thanks to Musk's lobbying and association with Trump who gladly allows free reign to the kind of cranks who support his disruptive policies. The article highlight's Trump's hypocrisy in advocating 'free speech' in his favour and 'free speech' that is not. There can be no distinction according to the First Amendment: speech is either freely allowed or it is not.

 

[Deleted member 265726]

Free speech online does not include the kind of hate speech and slander seen regularly on X, thanks to Musk's lobbying and association with Trump who gladly allows free reign to the kind of cranks who support his disruptive policies. The article highlight's Trump's hypocrisy in advocating 'free speech' in his favour and 'free speech' that is not. There can be no distinction according to the First Amendment: speech is either freely allowed or it is not.

If free speech is freely allowed under the First Amendment, what was with all the disinformation, misinformation and malinformation labels used to try to shut down various aspects of online speech, others didn't like or approve of?

Edit: Americans sue the ass off each other for everything.

 

[Odds]

If free speech is freely allowed under the First Amendment, what was with all the disinformation, misinformation and malinformation labels used to try to shut down various aspects of online speech, others didn't like or approve of?

Edit: Americans sue the ass off each other for everything.

Disinformation about Covid was rife during a worldwide pandemic, so it isn't about an opinion but maintaining a factual source of medical information, for instance. Trump's parping on about it was a prime example. Trouble is, when he says such things as president they carry the weight of office which many construe to regard as facts. This state of affairs is very bad fro free speech in a Democracy and must be challenged.

 

[diy_fun_uk]

No.

He's a visionary.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

No.

He's a visionary.

No

He's a conman

It means, you've been conned. Mostly because you want to be.

 

[denso13]

(i agree with musk Farage isn't the man) but we desperately need a trump who will put us first in this collapsing global society that we have found ourselves in.

Totally different scenario. We have no influence and no power to, for example, threaten economic ruin on our neighbours and allies. The orange **** is using the economic power of America to bully others. We can't possibly do anything remotely similar.

 

[Notch7]

No.

He's a visionary.

how is Trump making peoples lives better?

 

[Notch7]

I wish we had a Trump running the show here

So you wish to be made poorer

 

[fillyboy]

Rachel likes him so much she's 'trying to channel her inner American' and be positive, like him.

MSN

A “deal can be done” with Donald Trump to avoid punishing tariffs on British firms, Rachel Reeves has said.
The Chancellor said she had spoken to Scott Bessent, the US Treasury Secretary, and was “strongly” of the opinion that the two countries could work together on trade.
She said the two countries had balanced trade, meaning tariffs would not be necessary.

The US President has pledged to impose tariffs on other economies with which the country has a trade deficit.
On Monday, he imposed 25 per cent tariff on imported steel and aluminium.
Asked about the prospect of tariffs on Matt Forde’s political podcast, she said: “I think we’ll have a good relationship, and it’s really important that we do.

“They are our single biggest trading partner. A million British people work for American companies. American a million Americans work for British companies. Our economies are closely intertwined.

“I believe in free trade. I think that is good for both of our economies. Unlike many other countries around the world, we don’t run a trade surplus with the US.

“Other countries do. Donald Trump is exercised about that. I understand that we are not causing that problem. And so I think there is a deal to be done.”

Asked about the steel tariffs, she said: “We have got a steel sector that’s really important to our economy. About 10 per cent of the steel we make in Britain gets exported to the US.

“That’s an important market for us. We also import steel from the US as well. And as I said, we don’t have a trade surplus with America. I strongly believe that a deal can be done.”
She said she had spoken to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and would be meeting him soon at the G20 finance ministers conference.

Ms Reeves also said she was trying to be more positive about the British economy in the wake of Mr Trump’s victory.
She said the Republican candidate had won because he had spoken in the election campaign about jobs, while the Democrats had focused on niche issues.
The Chancellor has been accused of being too gloomy about the economy during her first months in office.

Asked what she could learn from Mr Trump, she said she had started being more positive since the start of the year.

“I’m still trying - it’s the middle of February now - to be more positive,” she said. “We did inherit a mess, and it’s difficult not to talk about it. But I’m trying not to.

“I’m trying to be really positive about, you know, the huge potential, because we have got huge potential as a country. You know, great businesses, great skills, great universities.

“There’s so much going for us. So I’m trying to be trying to sort of channel my inner American and be more positive about things.”

Speaking about the US election, she said: “Every time you heard Donald Trump, it was about making working people better off.

“I’m afraid, when you heard the Democrats, it wasn’t on those mainstream issues that were motivating voters that the election.”

 

[denso13]

Rachel likes him so much she's 'trying to channel her inner American' and be positive, like him.

No, she's a politician doing what politicians have to do sometimes.