Trump already had a trade deal with China near the end of his first term. He also had a trade deal with Mexico and Canada, the revised NAFTA. He threw all of that under the bus and started more trade wars. There's little reason to think he will be satisfied this time. He can always blame others for violating the agreements to use as an excuse to start more trade wars.
Qatar First. Trump reportedly will accept 'palace in the sky' 747 aircraft from Qatar to be used as new Air Force One. https://www.npr.org/2025/05/11/g-s1-65838/qatar-plane-trump
Trump Is Said to Be Getting Qatari 747 for Air Force One excerpt: "South African refugees: Dozens of white South Africans are heading to the United States, where the Trump administration is welcoming them as refugees. Mr. Trump has halted virtually all refugee admissions for people fleeing famine and war from places like Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, but created an expedited path for Afrikaners, a white ethnic minority that led South Africa’s brutal apartheid regime."
What is Trump even doing anymore? His latest daydreaming outloud includes: Downsizing the number of dolls and pencils owned by 11-year-old girls. Proposed tariffs on foreign movies that are supposedly caused a national emergency. Reopening Alcatraz which has been a museum, Claiming photos of supposed MS-13 tattoos (that turned out to be fake) on the knuckles of someone that he used as an excuse to deport to a terrorist prison in El Salvador. After banning qualified refugees, he is offering to accept people from South Africa as refugees and a fast-track to U.S. citizenship because he says they were abused. Opinion - What is Trump even doing any more?
Trump fires head of U.S. copyright office. Trump fires director of U.S. Copyright Office, sources say
Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources excerpt: "In what may be the most valuable gift ever extended to the United States from a foreign government, the Trump administration is preparing to accept a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar -- a gift that is to be available for use by President Donald Trump as the new Air Force One until shortly before he leaves office, at which time ownership of the plane will be transferred to the Trump presidential library foundation, sources familiar with the proposed arrangement told ABC News.
Qatar finances new Trump luxury golf course in Qatar and is donating a 747 to be used as the new Air Force One. Putin offers Trump Russian IT system to be used at White House. Chinese government offers Trump an app to use for secret communications at White House. After Trump’s Qatar G(r)ift: Russia Offers to Remake White House IT System Klaus Marre 05/11/25 After Trump’s Qatar G(r)ift: Russia Offers to Remake White House IT System - WhoWhatWhy excerpt: “The Подзорная труба system will ensure that only the people for whom it was intended will have access to classified information, such as Ukraine’s defensive capabilities,” the Russian president said. “It should be used freely by anybody, without a concern for security.” Not to be outdone, China said it had developed an app for senior officials that it was gifting to the United States. “We were very distraught that the lying American media made such a big deal out of the revelation that a journalist was added to a chat group in which military strikes were discussed,” said Chinese President Xi Jinping. “However, this also shows that the Signal app is not the best way to communicate.” Therefore, the Chinese president said Beijing’s cybersecurity team had developed an app specifically for members of the Trump administration.
Trump strikes deal withe Qatar for Trump $5.5 bilion luxury golf course whose funding involves a Qatar government-owned firm and a Saudi entity,. Trump company strikes Qatari golf resort deal in a sign it's not holding back from foreign business excerpt: "The Trump family company struck a deal Wednesday to build a luxury golf resort in Qatar in a sign it has no plans to hold back from foreign dealmaking during a second Trump administration, despite the danger of a president shaping U.S. public policy for personal financial gain."
Consolidation of power that dictators espouse. 5 ways the Trump administration is implementing Project 2025 excerpt: In a Project 2025 chapter on the powers of the executive, Russell Vought — who served as director of the Office of Management and Budget during Trump’s first term — envisioned Trump moving quickly to “break the bureaucracy to the presidential will” by firing huge numbers of career federal employees, installing loyalists in positions of power and taking control of the federal purse strings from Congress.
USDA cuts hit small farms as Trump showers billions on big farms The dollars helped schools and food banks buy from small farmers, boosting the local food system. By: Kevin Hardy April 6, 2025 9:49 am https://washingtonstatestandard.com...farms-as-trump-showers-billions-on-big-farms/
https://tennesseelookout.com/2025/0...by-trump-funding-freeze-pause-on-foreign-aid/ excerpt: "Missouri cattle producer Skylar Holden signed a $240,000 cost-sharing contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to improve water systems on his 260-acre cattle operation. After getting approval in January for the next phase of the project and investing upwards of $50,000 in pipes, equipment and labor, Holden says he got a call a week later from his field agent telling him the payments from USDA were on hold."
Trump stiffs farmers without warning. https://www.fastcompany.com/9133194...feed-in-need-californians-so-they-fought-back
MAGA = Make Austerity Great Again. Trump’s Rants About Young Girls’ Dolls Just Got Weirder and Darker | The New Republic excerpt: “I don’t think a beautiful baby girl that’s 11 years old needs to have 30 dolls,” he said. “I think they can have three dolls or four dolls.” “They don’t need to have 250 pencils,” Trump continued. “They can have five.” Wait, 11-year-olds are babies? And who wants 250 pencils, anyway?
White House press secretary says it's ridiculous to think that Trump is profiting off his presidency for himself. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5292621-white-house-trump-personal-wealth/
Trump and his supporters are still pushing narratives that Joe Biden benefited financially from the Chinese while Trump comes right out in the open and is ready to accept a luxury 747 to be used as Air Force One and lands a new project in Qatar to fund a Trump luxury golf course which was announced ahead of his visit to Qatar. It makes Trump's purchase and operation of Trump International Hotel in DC a couple blocks from the White House during his first term seem small. Trump began the tower operations at the start of his first presidential term and sold it as he finished his first presidential term.
Late in the 2016 campaign, Trump invited reporters to a press gathering where he would supposedly admit that Obama was a U.S. citizen. He used the event to promote the grand opening of Trump International Hotel in DC and blamed the conspiracy narrative about Obama on Hillary.
Trump wants the building back again now that he's president again. Trump’s property company in talks to buy back his Washington DC hotel Trump International hotel, currently a Waldorf Astoria, was a venue for influence peddling, opponents say Robert Tait in Washington Fri 10 Jan 2025 18.04 EST Trump’s property company in talks to buy back his Washington DC hotel
Oh, I'm beginning to see how this works now---create a huge crisis--like no one has ever seen before. Scare the shit out of everybody in almost every country. The press , hungry for viewers goes along with each crisis splashing the latest, almost unbelievable news for a while ---yes--we're truly fucked---then----magically--trump solves crisis / makes deal--headlines again!! Bottom line? EVERYBODY WINS!! YAY!! We trump haters are happy to hate the bitch again! Trump lovers can again see just how great our dear leader is---another crisis solved!! And the press wins readers that just can't get enough of the daily bullshit flying everywhere , from everywhere. Social security is DOOMED!! Democrats to save social security!! Medicare and medicaid is going to be eliminated!! Never mind--no one could touch medicare or medicaid without getting---etc--- US to impose huge 145 % tariffs on China and most other--- Talks have made huge progress over tariffs with China and--- Goes ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON _________trump breaks laws each and every day, lies about the laws he breaks, Miller says habeas corpus will be gone---judges say "no it won't--- DON'T YOU- ALL FEEL LIKE WE'RE YO- YOs ON A STRING YET??? The motherfucker is immune to any and all laws, so forget ever prosecuting him. Just lay back and enjoy the fuckin' ! And of of course don't forget to--BUY MORE. BUY MORE NOW.
Trump’s eye on Qatar’s $400M luxury jet is already causing a stir excerpt: "Nothing says 'America First' like Air Force One, brought to you by Qatar. It's not just bribery, it's premium foreign influence with extra legroom," Schumer said on X.