The Official President Trump Thread - Second Term Edition

Brazil is one of the most corrupt large countries on the planet at the governmental level.

I am certainly not a Trumper, and believe he is a scourge , but having Brazilian political leaders lecturing anyone on corruption is not credible.

 

Yeah the overcast and high humidity levels is what keeps it temperate. It's a PNW type of winter, dark and wet with mild lows. A lot of people would prefer say a Colorado/mid west winter, where its dryer with bigger temperature swings, but overall much sunnier in winter.

It's really a personal preference thing, some people love it in Seattle/Portland and some people can't stand the winter it at all.

The cold personality thing is a nordic societal norm in general, from my understanding they highly value minimal intrusion publicly. In general they don't speak to strangers unprompted, and mostly try to stay quiet in public out of respect for others. This can be very off-putting to people from more open and warm social countries.

On Alcoholism, Denmark in particular seems to have a problem with it, but not the other Scandinavian countries. I'd say this indicates it's more cultural specific to them then the weather because it's not like Sweden, Ireland, Iceland have substantially better winters.

 

Harvard is no more out of touch with American values than it has been in the past. I am not even sure what you consider American values, as the country is and has been split down the middle 50/50% on most things for a very long time.

Why don't you want your son to live and work in Cambridge? The crime rate is higher than it should be, but a lot of Cambridge is really amazing.

It is awesome that your son is doing well. Berkeley is a really cool place as well. I was there some in my early 20's and it may have been the best place in the world for someone in that age group based on my experiences. There are lots of opportunities and diverse and interesting people and it is a lot of fun and beautiful.

 

MASA's gonna make everything better...


Trump signs order pushing cities and states to remove homeless people from streets


WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump took executive action on July 24 making it easier for cities and states to remove homeless people from the streets.

Trump signed an order directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to seek to reverse judicial precedents and end consent decrees that limit local and state governments' ability to move homeless people from streets and encampments into treatment centers.

The move, first reported by USA TODAY, also redirects federal funds to ensure the homeless people impacted are transferred to rehabilitation, treatment and other facilities, though it was not clear how much money would be allocated.

Under the order ‒ which the White House has titled "Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets" ‒ Bondi is also required to work with the secretaries of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development and Transportation to prioritize federal grants to states and cities that "enforce prohibitions on open illicit drug use, urban camping and loitering, and urban squatting, and track the location of sex offenders."

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, in a statement to USA TODAY, said Trump is "delivering on his commitment to Make America Safe Again and end homelessness across America."

"By removing vagrant criminals from our streets and redirecting resources toward substance abuse programs, the Trump Administration will ensure that Americans feel safe in their own communities and that individuals suffering from addiction or mental health struggles are able to get the help they need," Leavitt said.

Rest: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...ess-people-streets-order-housing/85358060007/

 

The PNW in the USA is similar - and I found the lack of sunlight very off putting. Most people I know are the same if they are not from an area with so little sunlight for half the year. Both are fine for trips but I would skip living there personally in part for those reasons. There are other reasons I would avoid the PNW as well, but that is for another discussion.

As for personalities - yes, in Denmark some of it is that people are reserved there, but it is more than that. They just do not seek or seem to need as deep of relationships as I have found in places like the USA or Italy or parts of Latin America. Also - people in Denmark tend to meet a few friends as children and those are their friends for the rest of their life.

Alcoholism is a problem in that part of the world, and in Europe in general. That isn't to say that drinking isn't an issue in the USA or Canada - but it is very different. In places like Ireland and Denmark I found far less binge or young drinkers like in the USA. However, drinking is more of a cultural thing in Ireland and Denmark and a lot more adults struggle with it in those places. There are a lot of functional alcoholics because of the connection to socializing - and it is more acceptable for a 60 year old man or woman to set and drink at the bar or with a group of friends every day.

Denmark's food quality has improved a lot though - it has in most of the Northern European countries I have been to.

Denmark is somewhere I would live before China or Poland or Thailand - but it would be behind places like USA, Canada, UK, Italy and possibly Spain, but I will freely admit that Spain isn't as safe or stable. If I were not white, I would not live in a Scandinavian country personally.

 

This is going to be popular though. A majority of people do not want to see homeless people on the streets - out of sight and out of mind.

 

Nd this executive order does nothing to help the issue. Housing regulations are a local thing which needs to be addressed at the state level

 

Canadian Man Accuses US Coast Guard of Capsizing His Boat and Jailing Him on Bogus Illegal Fishing Claims
"We treat our pets better than they treated him," said the Canadian man's wife.

A Canadian man is accusing the United States Coast Guard of capsizing his boat and illegally detaining him on bogus claims that he was fishing in American waters.

CTV News reported Wednesday that 60-year-old Edouard Lallemand of Quebec says he was fishing near Venise-en-Québec, which is a little less than 10 miles from the U.S. border, when a U.S. Coast Guard boat approached him and asked him to turn off his boat's engine.

After he complied with this request, Lallemand told CTV News, the Coast Guard members informed him that he was fishing illegally in U.S. waters despite the fact that he had fished in that exact same location for years and had never encountered any problems. Lallemand insisted he was in Canada and then started his engine and indicated to the Coast Guard officials that he would be happy to talk with them further on shore.

However, the Coast Guard vessel followed Lallemand's boat closely and seemed to be trying to push it toward U.S. waters, which he said caused it to capsize. Even after he fell into the water, Lallemand said, the Coast Guard members seemed more concerned about securing his boat than helping him out.

"They're tying my boat to their boat," he said. "They're not even taking care of me. The third time I went down, coming out with water in my mouth, spitting it out, I said throw me a buoy."

The Coast Guard members pulled him out onto their boat and proceeded to handcuff him and place him in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers who brought him to a detention facility, where they fingerprinted him and locked him in a cell.

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Thats a pretty strong generalization for a lot of people, I can't really comment on it not having lived there, but I'm a bit skeptical of the take.

I'd see it as a problem if it's killing people and causing societal chaos, in general most of europe has less alcohol related death and less violence compared to the US. Ireland has 1/4th the reported alcohol related deaths, but how different countries gather statistics can very greatly.

Spains economy is definitely poorer and less stable than most of europe (although I've been hearing they are doing well right now), but safety wise you're totally wrong. Spain is VERY safe when it comes to violent crimes, safer than literally all of the states and provinces in all of the US/UK/CA. Italy is also very safe. If you are referencing petty crime and pick pockets, then sure they have a fair bit of that.

Edit* For this convo in general I think Australia is probably the right answer for most US citizens looking to upgrade their country, great weather, economy and quality of life, speaks english, amazing nature, high quality food. Really well set up place, outside of being far from the rest of the western world.

 

Spain economy is literally booming right now. They had more growth last year than France + Germany combined. What are you talking about? Spain is the envy of Europe right now and I'm saying this as living in EU. Theyre killing it with their manufacturing sector and the government is investing heavily on future tech.

 

I said

"Spains economy is definitely poorer and less stable than most of europe (although I've been hearing they are doing well right now)"


The GDP is lower than most, their unemployment rate is higher than most, they got hit by the housing market crash hard and struggled to recover for a long time, but they are currently doing well right now. I feel like my take is about right?

 

The unemployment is always high in Spain bcz people game the system to live off social benefits. The unemployment rate in Spain is lower today than it's been in decades. Spain has a robust social welfare system which people take advantage of.

 

I agree with most of this post

My biggest issue with Harvard is as a university they are admitting foreign students based on money, rather than admitting American students and people like SJL were Ivy League graduates. I expect the brightest of the brightest to come out of Ivy League schools and that's obviously expecting far too much.

Love the Boston area though and my son is currently looking at making the Olympic handicapped team in rowing. They're going to China next month. I'm so proud of him.

 

I understand the skepticism over a cultural generalization of Denmark and Northern European countries but it is my experience and is something that is a common observation and complaint for some.

Alcohol is pervasive in Europe, but there are less binge drinkers. When I was in Ireland I met and was friends with many functioning alcoholics. I had a lot of fun and could live happily in Ireland or Northern Ireland. However there were a lot of older people with drinking issues. I don’t personally think that deaths are the only measure of whether it is a problem.

As for how safe Spain, I should have been more clear. Spain was an authoritarian dictatorship in my lifetime. They had a very bloody civil war not that long ago and there are still a number of open Franco fascists in Spain. That is what I mean by instability and being safe. Spain is volatile, it has been for sometime. Even economically it has been up and down and is currently up - but I have no confidence it will stay up (or down for that matter). I am biased about Spain though, I am very partial to the landscape, culture and people. So I try to remove my overt bias towards Spain (and Cuba) when discussing them.

As for Australia, I haven’t lived there so I can not give any definite opinions. I have enjoyed my time there and could live there - but I don’t think it is an “upgrade” over the USA at all, but if you live in extreme poverty or some place like Akron or Decatur Illinois then I guess it could be - but in that case I would just suggest moving somewhere else in the USA.

I really enjoy Italy but there is a lot of corruption and it impacts Italian life quite a bit unfortunately. I saw lots of homeless in Italy and drug abuse. Still - the best parts of Italy were amazing and as good as any place in the world.

 

Jr gets it

 

Why is Jr tweeting about a show that hasn't been relevant for 20 years? Curious.

 

I wonder why he years a show depicting his father in a relationship with Satan vs and compared him to Sadam.