Alcatraz - Retirement planning Trump Style

[king1]

Getting his retirement home up to standard me thinks...

“For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering. When we were a more serious Nation, in times past, we did not hesitate to lock up the most dangerous criminals, and keep them far away from anyone they could harm. That’s the way it’s supposed to be.”
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/36067...d-enlarged

[zqwerty]

There's going to be lots of people out to get him once his term is up if he doesn't appoint himself leader for life.

He's made a lot of enemies with long memories, even though he fancies himself as a fighter I don't think he realizes how the world has changed and how hated billionaire business men are, and he in particular is despised. If I were him I wouldn't let go of power or else he will be in serious problems.

[Lilith7]

Hmmm..'The dregs of society' huh. Should suit him very well, then.

The man's a fool.

[jim157]

There's going to be lots of people out to get him once his term is up if he doesn't appoint himself leader for life.

He's made a lot of enemies with long memories, even though he fancies himself as a fighter I don't think he realizes how the world has changed and how hated billionaire business men are, and he in particular is despised.  If I were him I wouldn't let go of power or else he will be in serious problems.

the people love trump, everyone says so, he's the most loved president since presidents were invented

[zqwerty]

Best word for Trump besides con-man is swindler.

[king1]

There's going to be lots of people out to get him once his term is up if he doesn't appoint himself leader for life.

He's made a lot of enemies with long memories, even though he fancies himself as a fighter I don't think he realizes how the world has changed and how hated billionaire business men are, and he in particular is despised.  If I were him I wouldn't let go of power or else he will be in serious problems.

the people love trump, everyone says so, he's the most loved president since presidents were invented

I think not...
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/27/polit...p-100-days

[Oh_hunnihunni]

The longer this goes on the more I think it is elder abuse.

The man is not right in the head.

[heisenberg]

The man is not right in the head.

well he is an american

[Oh_hunnihunni]

I know some Americans. They have some funny ideas - like America being the best in everything - but they are otherwise pretty normal.

I think it's an age thing. It is a hard process, aging. And perhaps the hardest bit about it is accepting we lose a lot of stuff. Friends, flexibility, smooth skin, future years, and brain cells among other things...

Some of us simply refuse to acknowledge those realities.

[harm_less]

I know some Americans. They have some funny ideas - like America being the best in everything - but they are otherwise pretty normal.

I remember back in the early stages of building the Motunui synthetic petrol plant (now Methanex) the main contractor, Bechtel had calculated on one NZ work unit being 0.8 as productive as the US equivalent. The opposite proved to be the case.

The Americans have a high opinion of themselves and their outputs. Interesting to hear Trump blaming cheap imports for the demise of the US auto industry and the likes when the reality is that the American made products are just inferior (and less economically made) than most imported goods.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

I am heavily influenced by my Father, whose army experience involved following the American footsteps, in Europe, and in Korea. That experience lead him to believe American's are highly spoilt (extremely well supplied), poorly disciplined (didn't post sentries or obey orders easily), generous in the extreme but best held at arms length...

My American friends are loyal and great fun, but I am so glad I was born here.

[zqwerty]

As I remember it, businessmen just like Trump moved American manufacturing overseas to benefit from cheap labour, people in America did not want to work in factory jobs willingly they wanted high pay, destroy Unions in America and with encouragement from the Greens move the dirty industries to other countries to preserve the environment in America to hell with the countries the industry went to.

I don't know why Trump is complaining; it was people just like him that caused this situation to take place years ago, short memories they have.

My Dad who fought in the Reconnaissance Corp said the Americans were trigger happy and as an example told the story which went like this.

As British Troops often out beyond the front lines in the Sahara Desert around El Alamein they were to lie on their backs and pull a triangular flag out of their breast pockets to arms length to signal that they were friendly. They were often fired upon by American planes flying overhead. They obviously hadn't got the details of the signalling or didn't care. Dad was at Dunkirk and evacuated back to England, he went back to Dunkirk 5 days later to reconnoiter before returning in secrecy to England again. He was also at the shelling in Battle of Monte Cassino going up through Italy but got dysentery and didn't make it to Berlin. When were in Italy he showed me the dip in a hill he was stationed on during the Battle of Momte Cassino all those years ago when we were on holiday there in 1968.