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Here's the challenge: you're at the US border, wanting to get in (I
know, I know, but bear with me), and you're asked what you think of Mr
Trump. What do you say?

(I'm tempted by "He's a card, isn't he?", but this may not be the best choice.)

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Den 28.02.2026 kl. 12.22 skrev Hibou:

Here's the challenge: you're at the US border, wanting to get in (I
know, I know, but bear with me), and you're asked what you think of Mr Trump. What do you say?

I've seen worse.
--
Bertel, Kolt, Danmark

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Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:

Here's the challenge: you're at the US border, wanting to get in (I
know, I know, but bear with me), and you're asked what you think of Mr
Trump. What do you say?

[...]

FORMAL:
He was elected by Americans, my opinion doesn't matter.

INFORMAL:
I don't agree with every single thing my government does, I expect you
are the same.
--
~ Liz Tuddenham ~
(Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply)
www.poppyrecords.co.uk
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Hibou wrote:

Here's the challenge: you're at the US border, wanting to get
in (I know, I know, but bear with me), and you're asked what
you think of Mr Trump. What do you say?

I'd put on a posh English voice and say, President Trump is
doing a splendid job, old chap... we need to keep the riff-raff
out though... so let me in before I burn up in this beastly
heat... it's frightfully hot standing here in this queue.
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Hibou:

Here's the challenge: you're at the US border, wanting to get in (I
know, I know, but bear with me), and you're asked what you think of Mr
Trump. What do you say?

(I'm tempted by "He's a card, isn't he?", but this may not be the best choice.)

I can't tell you how much I admire him.
--
John
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On 28/02/2026 13:43, John Dunlop wrote:

Hibou:

Here's the challenge: you're at the US border, wanting to get in (I
know, I know, but bear with me), and you're asked what you think of Mr
Trump. What do you say?

(I'm tempted by "He's a card, isn't he?", but this may not be the best
choice.)

I can't tell you how much I admire him.

<smile>
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On 28/02/2026 16:28, occam wrote:

On 28/02/2026 13:43, John Dunlop wrote:

Hibou:

Here's the challenge: you're at the US border, wanting to get in (I
know, I know, but bear with me), and you're asked what you think of Mr
Trump. What do you say?

(I'm tempted by "He's a card, isn't he?", but this may not be the best
choice.)

I can't tell you how much I admire him.

<smile>

"Words are not enough to express my opinion of him"
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On 2/28/2026 12:22 PM, Hibou wrote:

Here's the challenge: you're at the US border, wanting to get in (I
know, I know, but bear with me), and you're asked what you think of Mr Trump. What do you say?

I think he is a spectacular snooker-player with tremendous cue power,
and a joy to watch, but still cannot hold a candle to Mr. O'Sullivan.

/Anders, Denmark
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On 28/02/26 22:22, Hibou wrote:

Here's the challenge: you're at the US border, wanting to get in (I
know, I know, but bear with me), and you're asked what you think of Mr
Trump. What do you say?

(I'm tempted by "He's a card, isn't he?", but this may not be the best choice.)

I used to think he had a pretty good comedy act, but it's no longer funny.

(Of course, I wouln't say that to ythe border guards.
--
Peter Moylan peter@pmoylan.org http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW
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Peter Moylan speculated:

On 28/02/26 22:22, Hibou wrote:

Here's the challenge: you're at the US border, wanting to get in (I
know, I know, but bear with me), and you're asked what you think of Mr
Trump. What do you say?

(I'm tempted by "He's a card, isn't he?", but this may not be the best
choice.)

I used to think he had a pretty good comedy act, but it's no longer funny.

(Of course, I wouln't say that to ythe border guards.

Looks like he's using Iran to try for another peace prize, eh?

/dps
--
potstickers, Japanese gyoza, Chinese dumplings, let's do it
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On 01/03/26 12:56, Snidely wrote:

Peter Moylan speculated:

On 28/02/26 22:22, Hibou wrote:

Here's the challenge: you're at the US border, wanting to get in
(I know, I know, but bear with me), and you're asked what you
think of Mr Trump. What do you say?

(I'm tempted by "He's a card, isn't he?", but this may not be
the best choice.)

I used to think he had a pretty good comedy act, but it's no
longer funny.

(Of course, I wouln't say that to the border guards.

Looks like he's using Iran to try for another peace prize, eh?

I think he genuinely believes that starting wars is a way to pressure
people into giving him the peace prize. War is the continuation of
tariffs by other means.
--
Peter Moylan peter@pmoylan.org http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW
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On Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:56:13 -0800, Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com>
wrote:

Peter Moylan speculated:

On 28/02/26 22:22, Hibou wrote:

Here's the challenge: you're at the US border, wanting to get in (I
know, I know, but bear with me), and you're asked what you think of Mr
Trump. What do you say?

(I'm tempted by "He's a card, isn't he?", but this may not be the best
choice.)

I used to think he had a pretty good comedy act, but it's no longer funny. >>
(Of course, I wouln't say that to ythe border guards.

Looks like he's using Iran to try for another peace prize, eh?

It's a distraction to get the news cycle to turn away from the Epstein
files, the bad ICE publicity, tanking polls of Trump's approval
rating, and the antics of that trio of incompetents Bondi, Noem, and
Patel.

In 2018, political strategist Steve Bannon activated this "flood the
zone" strategy, and, while Bannon is out the strategy remains.

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Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> writes:

On Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:56:13 -0800, Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com>
wrote:

Peter Moylan speculated:

On 28/02/26 22:22, Hibou wrote:

Here's the challenge: you're at the US border, wanting to get in (I
know, I know, but bear with me), and you're asked what you think of Mr >>> Trump. What do you say?

(I'm tempted by "He's a card, isn't he?", but this may not be the best >>> choice.)

I used to think he had a pretty good comedy act, but it's no longer funny. >>
(Of course, I wouln't say that to ythe border guards.

Looks like he's using Iran to try for another peace prize, eh?

It's a distraction to get the news cycle to turn away from the Epstein
files, the bad ICE publicity, tanking polls of Trump's approval
rating, and the antics of that trio of incompetents Bondi, Noem, and
Patel.

And from the plan to disrupt, suspend, eliminate or corrupt the
mid-terms. Having successfully done one or more of those, he has a
pretext for Yet Another National Emergency. Provoking a violent
response to that attempt in even one state ups the basis for the
pretext.

In 2018, political strategist Steve Bannon activated this "flood the
zone" strategy, and, while Bannon is out the strategy remains.

It's the mid-terms. Maximum chaos. Some hope for the rest of us that
both the Iran gambit and other efforts are sufficiently premature that
they can be countered.
--
Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
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Le 01/03/2026 |a 06:21, Tony Cooper a |-crit :

It's a distraction to get the news cycle to turn away from the Epstein
files, the bad ICE publicity, tanking polls of Trump's approval
rating, and the antics of that trio of incompetents Bondi, Noem, and
Patel. [...]

He'd start a regional war just for reasons of domestic politics?

I have wondered whether he's not just wrecking things for fun before
senility and the long sleep claim him. (Why would a totally self-centred
old man care about climate change etc.?)

(Perhaps he's missed the boat on senility. No, I wouldn't say that to a
US border official.)

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Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> posted:

On Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:56:13 -0800, Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com>
wrote:

Peter Moylan speculated:

On 28/02/26 22:22, Hibou wrote:

Here's the challenge: you're at the US border, wanting to get in (I
know, I know, but bear with me), and you're asked what you think of Mr >>> Trump. What do you say?

(I'm tempted by "He's a card, isn't he?", but this may not be the best >>> choice.)

I used to think he had a pretty good comedy act, but it's no longer funny. >>
(Of course, I wouln't say that to ythe border guards.

Looks like he's using Iran to try for another peace prize, eh?

It's a distraction to get the news cycle to turn away from the Epstein
files, the bad ICE publicity,

Hogsbreath, or whatever his name is, was reported this morning as saying that anyone who killed any American citizens would be tracked down and killed. Easier said than done, I suspect, but in any case he didn't say that that would also apply to ICE thugs who murdered American citizens: are they going
to be tracked down and killed?


tanking polls of Trump's approval

rating, and the antics of that trio of incompetents Bondi, Noem, and
Patel.

In 2018, political strategist Steve Bannon activated this "flood the
zone" strategy, and, while Bannon is out the strategy remains.

--
athel

Living in Marseilles for 38 years; mainly in England before that
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On 3/1/2026 4:16 AM, Hibou wrote:

Le 01/03/2026 |a 06:21, Tony Cooper a |-crit :

It's a distraction to get the news cycle to turn away from the Epstein
files, the bad ICE publicity, tanking polls of Trump's approval
rating, and the antics of that trio of incompetents Bondi, Noem, and
Patel. [...]

He'd start a regional war just for reasons of domestic politics?

I fully believe he'd do just that.

pt
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In article <87seakkk9k.fsf@enoch.nodomain.nowhere>,
Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:

And from the plan to disrupt, suspend, eliminate or corrupt the
mid-terms. Having successfully done one or more of those, he has a
pretext for Yet Another National Emergency.

Doesn't matter how many emergencies Trump declares, he has absolutely
no authority, none, zip, zero, zilch, over the conduct of state
elections. *There are no federal elections in the United States.*

States held regular elections in the middle of the fucking civil war,
and in every other war declared or undeclared before or since.

This is not that hard to understand, even for foreigners.

-GAWollman
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wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) writes:

In article <87seakkk9k.fsf@enoch.nodomain.nowhere>,
Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:

And from the plan to disrupt, suspend, eliminate or corrupt the
mid-terms. Having successfully done one or more of those, he has a
pretext for Yet Another National Emergency.

Doesn't matter how many emergencies Trump declares, he has absolutely
no authority, none, zip, zero, zilch, over the conduct of state
elections. *There are no federal elections in the United States.*

Yes, I know that. We all know that. So it's a strategic problem for
Trump and the cabal: How to ensure that the mid-term election doesn't
trash MAGA/GOP control over everything. The SAVE act is/was a move to eliminate women voters. The Shutzstaffel^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H ICE deployment sets the stage for paramilitary intimidation at the polls.
The new USPS postmarking regimen is calculated to screw up mail
voting. Party-based gerrymander wherever possible. Anything,
everywhere, all at once.

Illegal? Unconstitutional? No authority? Do it anyway. If the
mid-terms fail to operate as they should and no credible election
results can be collected, even in just a few states, then the DJT
dictatorship can say it's sorry, y'know?

States held regular elections in the middle of the fucking civil war,
and in every other war declared or undeclared before or since.

This is not that hard to understand, even for foreigners.

That the present administration, policoes and developments in the past
12 months shold have been allowed to continue for a whole year *is*
hard for foreigners to understand.
--
Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
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Ar an dara l|i de m|! M|irta, scr|!obh Mike Spencer:

[...] That the present administration, policoes and developments in the past 12 months shold have been allowed to continue for a whole year *is* hard for foreigners to understand.

It seems very nineteenth-century to me. I could well imagine Andrew Jackson taking much the same approach to the job if he were around today and got it.
--
rCyAs I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stoutrCO
(C. Moore)
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