Trump Idiocy

Discussion in 'Politics' started by gwb-trading, May 2, 2025.

  1. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Every day Trump pushes idiotic actions that serve no purpose. Here is today's.

    Additionally, this is a reminder that Trump hates and regularly demeans U.S. military members who served in WW2, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War, Afghanistan and elsewhere. They are "suckers and losers" according to Trump.


    Trump to rename Veterans Day as ‘Victory Day for World War I’
    The president said the move is needed for America “to start celebrating our victories again!”
    https://www.politico.com/news/2025/...rans-day-victory-day-for-world-war-i-00323118

    President Donald Trump on Thursday announced he would rename Veterans Day as “Victory Day for World War I” in an attempt to purportedly celebrate U.S. military victories.

    In a late-night Truth Social post, Trump wrote that the move was needed to honor the unique U.S. sacrifices in both World Wars. Trump also announced he would rename Victory in Europe Day, which is commemorated on May 8, to “Victory in World War II Day” to recognize that “we did more than any other Country, by far, in producing a victorious result on World War II.”

    “We won both Wars, nobody was close to us in terms of strength, bravery, or military brilliance, but we never celebrate anything,” Trump wrote. “That’s because we don’t have leaders anymore, that know how to do so! We are going to start celebrating our victories again!”

    The move to rename Veterans Day is surprising. The holiday was originally established in the aftermath of World War I as Armistice Day to honor American veterans who served in the bloody conflict. In the 1950s, the holiday was broadened to honor all American veterans, including those who served in World War II and the Korean War. Veterans Day was made a federal holiday in 1968 and current commemorations honor U.S. service members from the Vietnam War, Gulf War and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, among other U.S. military operations.

    May 8 does correspond with the end of fighting against Nazi Germany. But the U.S. continued fighting against Japan until September 1945, after Japan surrendered in the wake of the United States dropping two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Unlike Veterans Day, Victory in Europe Day is not a federal holiday.

    Trump’s claim that the U.S. did more to secure victory in World War II may face sharp resistance from Russia, which has long emphasized heavy Soviet military casualties suffered during what is remembered as the “Great Patriotic War.” Almost 9 million Soviet troops and 19 million Soviet civilians were killed while fighting off Nazi Germany’s military campaigns on the European war’s eastern front. The United Kingdom also weathered considerable damage from German bombing raids.
     
  2. Tuxan

    Tuxan

    Wow that's a lot of new holidays if he is breaking them out.

    1. American Civil War

    End Date: April 9, 1865

    Result: Pyrrhic Victory – Union preserved, but enormous casualties and lasting divisions.

    2. Philippine–American War

    End Date: July 2, 1902 (officially declared)

    Result: Pyrrhic Victory – Guerrilla warfare continued; high civilian toll and moral cost.

    3. Korean War

    End Date: July 27, 1953 (armistice signed)

    Result: Stalemate – Division remains; no peace treaty.

    4. Bay of Pigs Invasion

    End Date: April 20, 1961

    Result: Loss – Failed U.S.-backed attempt to overthrow Castro.

    5. Vietnam War

    End Date: April 30, 1975 (Fall of Saigon)

    Result: Loss – U.S. withdrawal, South Vietnam collapsed.

    6. Gulf War (Desert Storm)

    End Date: February 28, 1991 (ceasefire declared)

    Result: Pyrrhic Victory – Military success but long-term regional instability.

    7. Somalia Intervention

    End Date: March 31, 1994 (U.S. combat troops withdrawn)

    Result: Loss – Mission collapse after casualties and political fallout.

    8. Iraq War

    End Date: December 18, 2011 (final U.S. troop withdrawal)

    Result: Pyrrhic Victory / Loss – Power vacuum and insurgency followed.

    9. Afghanistan War

    End Date: August 30, 2021 (final U.S. evacuation from Kabul)

    Result: Loss – Taliban returned to power; 20-year war ends in retreat.
     
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  3. notagain

    notagain

    No win wars expand defense spending and the size of gov't.
    Trump has to win one way or another, that's why he's weaponizing trade policy.
    The human species needs a better strategic vision than dying for corruption.
     
  4. It's just to keep the rubes happy.... him and his wife , sons are all in the Crypto business not to mention however he can scam big business by suing them for hundreds of millions saying it's for his Presidential library.

    'Get this!' CNN analyst in awe over 'insane' new stat on Trump's wealth

    President Donald Trump has seen a stunning explosion of his own net worth since assuming the presidency, CNN data analyst Harry Enten told anchor Erin Burnett — and he has the cryptocurrency industry, and his ethically questionable deals issuing coins, to thank for that.


    "So tell us something we don't know, because obviously, you know, the imagery there is very powerful, but what's the reality?" asked Burnett. "How much is Trump making from crypto deals just right now?"

    "I mean, this is one of the most insane stats that I have seen, and I brought you a lot of interesting nuggets," said Enten. "But the Trump family overall, how much have they made on crypto, at least on paper? Get this number. It is about $1 billion. $1 billion. Because remember, it's not just Donald who's involved in crypto. It's Eric who's involved in crypto, and it's Melania who's involved in crypto. That is an insane amount of money."

    "That is incredible," said Burnett. "And it is, as you've been looking at it, just part of a larger picture of Trump's wealth, his wealth personally, taking off."

    "It has skyrocketed, Erin. Skyrocketed," said Enten. "Look at what Forbes has found. What they have found, that over the last year, you go back to last year, look. Trump was worth a lot of money, but it was $2.3 billion. Look at how much he's worth now. It's more than doubled. More than doubled. He is now up, his net worth is now $5 billion. Part of that is crypto, but part of that is also, of course, Truth Social, part of the larger media conglomerate going public. But you put it all together, and Trump's wealth is through the roof over the last year."
     
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  5. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading


    Trump doesn't even know when WW2 ended. Trumpus Ignoramus.

    ‘Complete Moron’ Trump Announces WWII Victory Day on Wrong Date
    https://www.thedailybeast.com/complete-moron-donald-trump-announced-wwii-victory-day-on-wrong-date/
     
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  6. Tuxan

    Tuxan