Trump's Britain

[malumbu]

I was surprised to hear from the POTUS that London will be adopting Sharia Law.  And how bad London, and the rest of the country, has become.

 

[Jenijenjen]

Regarding your second sentence, I tend to vaguely agree with him but for very, very different reasons, one of many being his toxic influence wafting over the Atlantic.

[Sue]

11 hours ago, malumbu said:

I was surprised to hear from the POTUS that London will be adopting Sharia Law.  And how bad London, and the rest of the country, has become.

 

Every time Trump opens his mouth something stupid or racist or both comes out of it, so I'm surprised you are surprised!

Sadiq Khan has done a lot for London. Good on him for not responding to the Orange One, but a pity nobody else has (to the best of my knowledge).

[Jenijenjen]

Sadiq Khan has indeed responded calling Trump "racist, sexist, misogynistic and islamophobic."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cre53qn8v07o

So agree @Sue every time Trump opens his mouth. torrents of ignorance spew out.

[Sue]

1 minute ago, Jenijenjen said:

Sadiq Khan has indeed responded calling Trump "racist, sexist, misogynistic and islamophobic."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cre53qn8v07o

So agree @Sue every time Trump opens his mouth. torrents of ignorance spew out.

Thanks, I hadn't seen that.

I await the White House's response with interest!

[Sephiroth]

Which Trump thread to choose.  But I’ll pick this one

to say

some of us were called hysterical for calling out Trump for what he is and what he would do. If we posted something like this a couple of years ago we would be laughed at as unserious

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-calls-chicago-mayor-illinois-governor-be-jailed-2025-10-08/

[IlonaM]

A friend in Strasbourg sent me this link to the Jon Sopal-Emily Matliss podcast the other day - it makes for sobering viewing:

 

[Earl Aelfheah]

It amazes me how little outrage there actually is. The US is very clearly, and very quickly falling into autocracy.

And as noted above, there are an alarming number in the UK who appear to support the direction the US is taking.

[Sue]

39 minutes ago, IlonaM said:

A friend in Strasbourg sent me this link to the Jon Sopal-Emily Matliss podcast the other day - it makes for sobering viewing:

 

Thank you for posting that.

Chilling.

[Sephiroth]

6 minutes ago, Earl Aelfheah said:

It amazes me how little outrage there actually is. The US is very clearly, and very quickly falling into autocracy.

And as noted above, there are an alarming number in the UK who appear to support the direction the US is taking.

Yup. At best I have people who detest Trump shrugging and saying something like “what ya gonna do?” Like that is any kind of answer

what we gonna do is condemn, and watch out for same happening here - and watch out for all the handmaidens who would allow this to happen.  Apologists for Farage, Jenrick etc 

[Sephiroth]

For example - this complete dangerous horseshite 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/09/nigel-farage-says-uk-teachers-are-poisoning-our-kids-and-predicts-strikes-as-pm?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

[IlonaM]

Same Strasbourg friend, another very interesting video about the exodus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSzRkWrUiHQ

[IlonaM]

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"No Tyrants 2 - HUMAN WRITE #

Start: Saturday, October 18, 2025•01:00 PM

End: Saturday, October 18, 2025•03:00 PM

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18 OCT 2025, 1-3pm @ US EMBASSY LONDON, 33 Nine Elms Lane, London SW11 7US

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How does it work?

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[ianr]

 

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[ianr]

The Guardian, on the parallel  "No Kings" demonstrations taking place across the USA today: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/17/no-kings-protests-millions-trump