Welcome to the "Latest Trump BS" forum

[EarlG]

This discussion thread is pinned.

Here's the Statement of Purpose for this forum, which you can find on the forum's About page:

Discuss the late-night social media rants, unrealistic policy proposals, and ridiculous trial balloons floated by Donald Trump. This forum is intended to separate the nonsense that Donald Trump spews on a daily basis from actual Trump Administration policies and actions. For example, if Donald Trump uses Truth Social to call for an invasion of Mars, it would be appropriate for this forum, whereas if the Trump Administration orders the Joint Chiefs of Staff to draw up plans for an invasion of Mars, it would be appropriate for General Discussion or Latest Breaking News.

The idea of this forum is to try to separate discussions of the crazy things Trump is saying to distract everyone, from discussions of the things that his administration is actually doing in the real world. As such, it may take a while for everyone to get a feel for what discussions should go where. To begin with I'm going to ask the Hosts not to lock anything just yet. I'd like to see how this develops naturally before we start locking things as "off topic."

This is not going to be a perfect solution -- I'm expecting topics to overspill -- but I'd appreciate it if DUers thought about where their thread might be most appropriate going forward, before posting.

This is experimental, so if it turns out that this forum doesn't help anything, we'll likely close it down again. I'll discuss it with you if and when we decide that might be necessary.

[ck4829]

1. Good call

[cilla4progress]

2. Good plan, EarlG.

Thanks.

I'll go 1st?

Gulf of America? 🙄🙄🙄

[Rocknation]

25. To be honest, I wouldn't have had a problem with him wanting call it

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the Gulf Of North America, since the U.S.A., Mexico and Cuba are the North American countries which border it. But if it shouldn't be called the Gulf of Mexico because it excludes the USA, it can't be called the Gulf of America or the Gulf of the United States Of America, either.

I guess Joe Biden's cognitive decline is contagious...


Rocknation

[True Blue American]

28. Why not Gulf of America since it pretty much connects, North and South,

With an area between..
Make us great again?😜🥴🇺🇸🎼

[Marthe48]

4. Great idea

Everything spewed by traitor felon should be cross posted here :/

[Blue_Tires]

5. I'm more than happy to see Donnie's hourly bullshit cleared out of GD and LBN

[Mike 03]

6. Very exciting.

I just saw a post from this new forum for the first time.

Thanks, EarlG, for all that you do. It's a pretty depressing time, so it astounds me how productive and creative you continue to be, with the overall upgrades to the forum and now these two new forums and all the thought processes and planning that have gone into them.

You are truly appreciated.

[JoseBalow]

7. I hope posts can be moved here from elsewhere

Removing the garbage from other forums would be ideal, perhaps with an accompanying email to the OP notifying them of the move.

Will there a way to flag/identify posts that belong here instead of where they are originally posted? Or are we hoping that people will know to post here in advance?

[EarlG]

15. I want to give it a bit of time to see how it shakes out first

We don't currently have a function for moving threads from one forum to another. We could potentially build one if necessary, but I'm not sure how big a project that would be. Otherwise, the remedy is for Forum Hosts to lock off-topic threads and suggest that members repost them in the correct forum. While we're just getting these forums started though, I've asked the Hosts to hold off on locking things for a little bit (unless they're egregiously off-topic). I don't think it would be a great idea to go through GD and lock everything that's in the "wrong" forum at this time. I'd like to see if things develop naturally.

[JoseBalow]

16. Sounds like a good plan

I think most people will catch on fairly quickly. I'm thinking about some that might be more concerned about visibility of their posts than the new rules.

There's always gonna be some habitual line-steppers.

[True Blue American]

29. I think as more people discover this site

They will start printing all the garbage Trump and the MSM breathlessly posts we can discuss other things.
We honestly need to begin building for the 2026 election and for sure the media is not going to help.

A few are willing to do that but it is not called,” The Boob Tube,” for no reason.

[Phoenix61]

8. You ROCK! Thanks for all you do. nt

[FakeNoose]

9. Thank you Earl ... I LOVE this idea

[Paladin]

10. Good move, EarlG. Many thanks. (nt)

[chowder66]

11. Thank you!

[calimary]

12. Thank you, EarlG!

I appreciate all your work shepherding DU, and your vigilance in keeping it like the outrageously great garden that it is! Thanks so much for keeping the weeds pulled!

[ItsjustMe]

13. No thanks

Trashing

[Hekate]

22. Just don't sign up

[HereForTheParty]

14. The problem is he's serious about most of the ridiculous shit

"Trump won't rule out military force re: Greenland and Panama"

Would that go here?

[highplainsdem]

17. Thanks, EarlG! And would you pin this thread, please?

[MustLoveBeagles]

18. Thank you EarlG

I hope this works 🤞

[bdamomma]

19. Thanks EarlG

I have something to post already.

[uppityperson]

20. K&R

[Hekate]

21. Giving it a try -- subscribed

[RandomNumbers]

23. I love the concept

That said, so much of what Trump says and does is performative. So, he might order the Joint Chiefs to draw up plans for an invasion of Mars, knowing full well that they won't actually get very far with that before some other nonsense blows it off the front page and he can quietly say, okay never mind, that was just for attention.

I can't think of a better example at the moment but I think we'll know it when we see it, and I do think we will see it.

But this is a great idea for what we know today.

[Rocknation]

24. I think that "Trump's Symptoms of Cognitive Decline" would be more appropriate

Rocknation

[SleeplessinSoCal]

26. watched some MSNBC showing hearings on a really scary guy

Mr Project 2025 with no apparent moral compass...

"Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget."

Must read:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/15/politics/russ-vought-project-2025-trump-secret-recording-invs/index.html

[Trellastic]

27. I thought of a new grift for Trump

His gut flora could be replicated and sold in capsules as prebiotic or yogurt so people can have their excrement smell just like his! 🦠🦠💩

[Septua]

30. This is experimental

Let it run...

Just as an observation, there were some criticisms of 'Trump related' topics in the General Discussion forum as being, shall we say, counter to the DU objectives. They saw it as promoting Trump and MAGA agenda and detracting from Democratic philosophy.

I wouldn't debate that opinion but personally feel it's important to remain cognizant of Trump/MAGA propaganda and its gross distortion of truth and reality. As Sun Tzu said, “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles..."

Along that line of thought, I'd suggest modifying the Forum title to "Latest Trump & MAGA BS." Trump is the Master Bullsh!tter for certain but Musk, MTG, Jordan, Comer, X et al. greatly amplify the BS propaganda landscape.

I go to X every day and subject myself to the BS for as long a time as I can endure and refute/debunk a few MAGA/Trump lies. It's a near futile effort in the overall battle to preserve our democracy but it's one more voice against the Trump tyranny.

[Septua]

31. "The idea of this forum is to try to separate discussions of the crazy things...

..Trump is saying to distract everyone, from discussions of the things that his administration is actually doing in the real world."

"For example, if Donald Trump uses Truth Social to call for an invasion of Mars, it would be appropriate for this forum, whereas if the Trump Administration orders the Joint Chiefs of Staff to draw up plans for an invasion of Mars, it would be appropriate for General Discussion or Latest Breaking News."

I would say either scenario qualifies as batsh!t crazy...

If Trump is talking, he's lying. I rarely reference any topic about him that wasn't 'talk.' So I won't have any problem deciding where to post my topics. In fact, the new forum will be my 'default' choice. Whether he said or it comes out as an Administration announcement, it will be bullsh!t...

If he were to say something sensible and pro-democracy (which is highly unlikely), I sure as hell won't repeat it on this forum or anywhere else.

I'm at war with sonofabitch...he gets no passes from me.