# Politics megathread

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/politics-megathread/17175>\
**Category:** Side Conversation\
**Tags:** Society\
**Created:** [March 26, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/politics-megathread/17175 "2025-03-26T00:38:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 31

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**Author:** ![Rumraket](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/rumraket/32/9328_2.png) [@Rumraket](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Rumraket)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 5:38am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/politics-megathread/17175/629 "2026-03-27T05:38:14Z")

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Turned out that was just a setup for insider trading, like they’ve repeatedly done with tariffs.

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**Author:** ![Tim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/tim/32/9381_2.png) [@Tim](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Tim)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/politics-megathread/17175/630 "2026-03-28T01:23:48Z")

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Also this:

> **[Exclusive: State Department sends $1.25B from other programs to Board of Peace](https://www.semafor.com/article/03/26/2026/state-department-sends-125b-in-foreign-aid-to-board-of-peace)**
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> The administration is drawing on funds used for international disasters and peacekeeping to fund Trump’s Gaza effort.

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**Author:** ![Dan\_Eastwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/dan_eastwood/32/2368_2.png) [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 1:35am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/politics-megathread/17175/631 "2026-03-29T01:35:12Z")

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Lovely day for a walk in ABQ. Sunny and 68° F.

 ![PXL_20260328_203143052](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/peacefulscience/original/3X/a/c/ac761cedb9d85109f37fc6bf593c397182366bce.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Tim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/tim/32/9381_2.png) [@Tim](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Tim)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 1:49am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/politics-megathread/17175/632 "2026-03-29T01:49:57Z")

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As it happens, I was reading this article when your pic showed up:

> **['No Kings' protests return as King Trump wrecks America | Opinion](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/03/27/no-kings-protest-trump-iran/89331992007/)**
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> As Donald Trump behaves more like a mad king, the third round of 'No Kings' protests arrives to highlight just how much our president is disliked.

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**Author:** ![AllenWitmerMiller](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/allenwitmermiller/32/2519_2.png) [@AllenWitmerMiller](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/AllenWitmerMiller)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 2:33am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/politics-megathread/17175/633 "2026-04-01T02:33:48Z")

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> [@Tim](#):
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> Donald Trump will ‘unleash hell’ if Iran doesn’t make peace deal, White House says.

Yes, the White House has good reason to worry. Trump is even more flatulent when he doesn’t get his way.

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**Author:** ![Faizal\_Ali](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/faizal_ali/32/12416_2.png) [@Faizal\_Ali](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Faizal_Ali)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 7:41pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/politics-megathread/17175/634 "2026-04-02T19:41:44Z")

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So I wonder what’s Mr. Pam Bondi’s kink.

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**Author:** ![Rumraket](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/rumraket/32/9328_2.png) [@Rumraket](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Rumraket)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/politics-megathread/17175/635 "2026-04-05T13:12:51Z")

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![Skærmbillede 2026-04-05 151205](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/peacefulscience/original/3X/b/0/b066249b37ee6bb271e0ebb0917908fbf60cd0ce.png)

Yes, it’s real. It’s on his Tr00th Cential.

Praise Allah indeed mr. president. (btw imagine if Obama or Biden or Hillary had said that in ANY context).

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**Author:** ![Rumraket](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/rumraket/32/9328_2.png) [@Rumraket](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Rumraket)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/politics-megathread/17175/636 "2026-04-07T17:43:04Z")

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Clump on the Iran war, concise:

> Mar 3: “We won the war.”
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> Mar 7: “We defeated Iran.”
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> Mar 9: “We must attack Iran.”
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> Mar 9: “The war is ending almost completely, and very beautifully.”
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> Mar 11: “You never like to say too early you won. We won. In the first hour it was over.”
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> Mar 12: “We did win, but we haven’t won completely yet.”
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> Mar 13: “We won the war.”
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> Mar 14: “Please help us.”
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> Mar 15: “If you don’t help us, I will certainly remember it.”
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> Mar 16: “Actually, we don’t need any help at all.”
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> Mar 16: “I was just testing to see who’s listening to me.”
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> Mar 16: “If NATO doesn’t help, they will suffer something very bad.”
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> Mar 17: “We neither need nor want NATO’s help.”
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> Mar 17: “I don’t need Congressional approval to withdraw from NATO.”
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> Mar 18: “Our allies must cooperate in reopening the Strait of Hormuz.”
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> Mar 19: “US allies need to get a grip - step up and help open the Strait of Hormuz.”
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> Mar 20: “NATO are cowards.”
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> Mar 21: “The Strait of Hormuz must be protected by the countries that use it. We don’t use it, we don’t need to open it.”
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> Mar 22: “This is the last time. I will give Iran 48 hours. Open the strait”
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> Mar 22: “Iran is Dead”
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> Mar 23: “We had very good and productive talks with Iran.”
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> Mar 24: “We’re making progress.”
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> Mar 25: “They gave us a present and the present arrived today. And it was a very big present worth a tremendous amount of money. I’m not going to tell you what that present is, but it was a very significant prize.”
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> Mar 26: “Make a deal, or we’ll just keep blowing them away.”
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> Mar 27: “We don’t have to be there for NATO.”
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> Mar 28: No major quote
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> Mar 29: Claimed talks were progressing
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> Mar 30: “Open the Strait of Hormuz immediately, or face devastating consequences.”
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> Mar 31: Claimed a deal was “very close” and that Iran would “do the right thing”
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> Apr 1: “We’ll see what happens very soon.”
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> Apr 2: Repeated that a deal was likely, while warning of continued strikes if not
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> Apr 3: “Something big is going to happen.”
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> Apr 4: Said Iran must comply “immediately” or face further consequences. “Tuesday 8 PM ET”.
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> Apr 5: “Open the fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.”
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> Apr 6: “We can bomb the hell out of them”
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> Apr 7: “A whole civilization will die tonight”

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**Author:** ![misterme987](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/misterme987/32/15207_2.png) [@misterme987](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/misterme987)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 12:27am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/politics-megathread/17175/637 "2026-04-09T00:27:39Z")

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If he weren’t actually the president and we weren’t actually at war, this would be an absurdly hilarious thing to post on Easter. This man should never ever be allowed anywhere near any levers of power, but we should keep him around for comedic purposes (preferably in a deep dark jail cell).

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**Author:** ![Rumraket](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/rumraket/32/9328_2.png) [@Rumraket](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Rumraket)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/politics-megathread/17175/638 "2026-04-09T20:39:28Z")

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If Trump had only ever done comedy I would have no complaints. He’s both a joke and a clown in every sense of those words.

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**Author:** ![Tim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/tim/32/9381_2.png) [@Tim](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Tim)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/politics-megathread/17175/639 "2026-04-10T02:56:25Z")

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Added to this, Trump seems terrible at _intentional_ comedy – it always ends up as mean-spirited put-downs.

And for him to keep up the _unintentional_ comedy, we’d need to keep him under the delusion that he was powerful and idolised. So instead of “a deep dark jail cell” – we’d need a a very large, well-lit, and preferably heavily-gilded prison cell – with a bunch of people willing to play the part of fawning flunkies. Think a very dark twin of ‘The Truman Show’.

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**Author:** ![Dan\_Eastwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/dan_eastwood/32/2368_2.png) [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/politics-megathread/17175/640 "2026-04-13T16:11:05Z")

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I for one, would be happy to contribute money towards the decoration of his prison cell.

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**Author:** ![Tim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/tim/32/9381_2.png) [@Tim](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Tim)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 2:54am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/politics-megathread/17175/641 "2026-04-14T02:54:06Z")

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Sorry Dan, but that’s the easy part.

What we need is for you to take a 2 hour shift each week telling him how wonderful he is. 😛

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**Author:** ![Dan\_Eastwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/dan_eastwood/32/2368_2.png) [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/politics-megathread/17175/642 "2026-04-14T16:00:29Z")

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Let’s get him locked up first, and then I will gladly jump on that grenade. 🤠

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**Author:** ![Rumraket](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/rumraket/32/9328_2.png) [@Rumraket](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Rumraket)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/politics-megathread/17175/643 "2026-04-14T18:00:39Z")

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Victor Orban was paying CPAC:  
https://embed.reddit.com/r/NewsOfTheStupid/comments/1slefak/hungarys_new_leader_reveals_victor_orb%C3%A1n_was/?embed=true&ref_source=embed&ref=share

You can’t make this stuff up. Pay conservatives in the US = get US policy you like from the Trump administration.

Peak corruption.

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**Author:** ![Rumraket](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/rumraket/32/9328_2.png) [@Rumraket](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Rumraket)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/politics-megathread/17175/644 "2026-04-16T17:08:46Z")

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![Lump](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/peacefulscience/original/3X/f/2/f2d5304b906eddc52d1b7c53410564a98cd89166.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Faizal\_Ali](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/faizal_ali/32/12416_2.png) [@Faizal\_Ali](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Faizal_Ali)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/politics-megathread/17175/645 "2026-04-16T20:51:42Z")

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Trump’s nominee to head the CDC seems to be… not an absolute loon? MIght even be somewhat competent?

[Retired Coast Guard officer with decades of public health experience is Trump’s pick to lead CDC | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/16/health/erica-schwartz-cdc-director)

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**Author:** ![RonSewell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/ronsewell/32/6194_2.png) [@RonSewell](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/RonSewell)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/politics-megathread/17175/646 "2026-04-16T21:04:26Z")

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> [@Faizal\_Ali](#):
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> MIght even be somewhat competent?

Midterms are approaching.

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**Author:** ![Rumraket](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/rumraket/32/9328_2.png) [@Rumraket](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Rumraket)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 7:05am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/politics-megathread/17175/647 "2026-04-18T07:05:06Z")

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Sean Hannity leaves the Catholic Church to worship Donald Trump:

> <https://x.com/realstewpeters/status/2045334144515739893>

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**Author:** ![Tim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/tim/32/9381_2.png) [@Tim](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Tim)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 7:07am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/politics-megathread/17175/648 "2026-04-18T07:07:55Z")

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Hannity left the Catholic Church back in 2019:

> **[Sean Hannity says faith is 'stronger' than ever after leaving Catholic Church...](https://www.christianpost.com/news/sean-hannity-says-faith-is-stronger-than-ever-after-leaving-catholic-church-over-institutionalized-corruption.html)**
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> Popular talk show host Sean Hannity revealed that despite leaving the Catholic Church due to institutionalized corruption, his Christian faith and relationship with God continue to be the source of

So now he’s really, _really_ not a Catholic anymore.

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