Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk has shifted his stance on the H-1B visa program, now calling for a “major reform” of the system just days after vowing to “go to war” in a fiery defense of the immigration program.
President Trump
What a Difference Eight Years Make: How Trump’s Second Inaugural Will Surpass His First
In the weeks before the 2016 Trump Electoral College victory, Candidate Trump was polling between 35 percent and 40 percent.
He would average only about 41 percent approval over his tumultuous four-year tenure.
Trump lobs threats at Greenland, Panama and Canada – should we take him seriously?
Merry Christmas,” Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Christmas Day with a photo of himself and his wife, Melania. So far, so traditional. But the US president-elect was just getting started.
In another post, Trump wished merry Christmas to all “including to the wonderful soldiers of China, who are lovingly, but illegally, operating the Panama canal”. He poked fun at the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, and claimed the US could annex Canada as its 51st state. For good measure, he addressed “the people of Greenland, which is needed by the United States for National Security purposes and, who want the US to be there, and we will!”
It was the type of diatribe that, if delivered by a drunk uncle at the Christmas dinner table, might be laughed off or undercut by “Anyone for dessert?” But Trump, 78, is less than a month away from accessing the nuclear codes and commanding the strongest military in the world. No one is quite sure whether to take him literally or seriously – or both.
The Guardian lies ahead.
Be Warned: The Dems Aren’t Finished Hatching Schemes to Keep Trump From Taking Office
Throughout the 2024 campaign, Democrats insisted that we simply had to vote for Kamala Harris or else the nation would descend into the fascist rule of Bad Orange Man, the most dangerous enemy of “our democracy” since the reigns of terror of his good friends and role models Adolf Hitler and Genghis Khan. It was all bunkum, of course, and an extended use of the old tactic of accusing the enemy of what they were guilty of doing, as it was the Biden-Harris regime that took actual steps to criminalize opposition to its policies. And now, even after their disastrous electoral defeat, the defenders of democracy are still hatching plans to subvert the will of the people and prevent Donald Trump from returning to the Oval Office.
Musk threatens ‘war like you’ve never seen’ with Maga Republicans
Elon Musk has said he will “go to war” with Maga Republicans over visas for skilled migrants.
The Tesla billionaire, chosen by Donald Trump to be co-head of his new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has infuriated anti-immigration elements of the Republican Party by defending the H-1B visa, which permits highly educated foreigners to work in the US for up to six years.
Mr Musk responded to the backlash from the Make America Great Again (Maga) faction by vowing to kick out “hateful, unrepentant racists” from the Republican Party.
That was fast.
Go to hell, Trump tells death row inmates whose lives were spared
Donald Trump has used a Christmas message to tell the 37 federal death row prisoners whose sentences were commuted by President Biden to “go to hell” and has vowed to expand capital punishment.
The president-elect, 78, was incensed by Biden’s decision to convert the sentences of nearly all inmates on federal death row to life behind bars.
While Trump approved 13 executions during his first term, Biden introduced a moratorium on federal capital punishment.
Trump’s Re-election Defines a New Era of American Politics
When Barack Obama won re-election in 2012, it seemed to mark the beginning of a new era of Democratic dominance, one propelled by the rise of a new generation of young, secular and nonwhite voters.
With hindsight, the 2012 election looks more like the end of an era: the final triumph of the social movements of the 1960s over the once-dominant Reagan Republicans.
Instead, it’s the three Trump elections — in 2016, 2020 and 2024 — that look as if they have the makings of a new era of politics, one defined by Donald J. Trump’s brand of conservative populism.
Thank God that moment passed.
Donald Trump makes astonishing offer to people of Canada in strongest bid yet to ‘take over’
Donald Trump has made his strongest bid yet to take over Canada, offering the Canadian people a 60 percent tax cut if they agree to join the US and become the 51st US state.
The president-elect has in recent days suggested a territorial expansion into Canada, Greenland and Panama, and has mocked prime minister Justin Trudeau by calling him ‘governor.’
More Trump on Panama
Awesome! h/t XC
Is Trump Looking for a Grand Bargain With China?
“China and the United States can together solve all of the problems of the world, if you think about it,” President-Elect Donald Trump said on December 16, at a Mar-a-Lago press conference.
He also called China’s President Xi Jinping “amazing” and confirmed he had invited the Chinese leader to his inauguration.
Earlier in the month, Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris and stated this in connection with efforts to end the war in Eastern Europe: “China can help.”
Trump Says the US Owning Greenland Is an ‘Absolute Necessity’
On Sunday evening, President-elect Donald Trump wrote that the United States owning Greenland “is an absolute necessity.”
Trump made the remark in a lengthy post announcing Ken Howery as his nominee to serve as ambassador to Denmark. Howery previously served as ambassador to Sweden.
‘Shadow President Musk’ and Other Media Myths
The propaganda merchants badly want to drive a wedge between Trump and Musk.
The corporate media and other Democrat advocacy groups have been desperately casting about for a way to create tension between President-elect Trump and Elon Musk. They know that much of the progressive agenda is in serious danger if the affinity that exists between these two men endures for very long. Beginning well before the election, numerous “news” stories alleged that Musk’s support of Trump created horrendous conflicts of interest. No one outside the Beltway paid any attention. Then, the demise of the 1,547 page “continuing resolution” last week inspired a new narrative — the senior partner in the alliance was Musk rather than Trump.
Donald Trump’s cultural renaissance – He will lead by example
It is certainly possible to hope that the inauguration of Donald J. Trump will be greeted by a resurgence of the American spirit, from new inventions to a revival of entrepreneurial drive and the renewal of American industry and crafts. Trump may well be right that the mere threat of tariffs may reverse the flow of blue-collar jobs abroad while helping ensure the safety and integrity of vital supply chains that are essential to 21st-century industrial production.
He is certainly right that restoring competitive balance between America and its trade partners abroad, and between monopolistic corporations and small producers at home, is essential to growing and maintaining healthy communities where Americans can work and raise children, who in turn might better their communities. It is hard to argue with the idea that reforming the country’s disastrous attempts at trade and industrial policy while getting poisons out of its food, water and air are necessary steps towards a better American future.
Woot!
Aw, now you've gone and done it: I think I'm starting to love this guy. @fancypants_s https://t.co/kFSFpUGkvV
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) December 22, 2024
h/t Patti Jo
CBS In Springfield, Ohio for ‘Victims’ of Trump’s Mass Deportation
Right on the heels of PolitiFact declaring President-elect Donald Trump’s line about immigrants eating dogs and cats as the “Lie of the Year,” CBS Saturday Morning profiled legal Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, suggesting they would somehow suffer because of Trump’s promised mass deportation of illegal immigrants.
Trump to demand Nato nations spend 5 per cent of GDP on defence
Donald Trump could demand Nato allies increase defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP, more than doubling the current target.
The president-elect’s team told European officials they will be expected to increase military budgets after he takes office on Jan 20, as he passes the burden of the war in Ukraine on to Europe.
Only 23 of the 32 Nato members meet the alliance’s spending target of 2 per cent, including the UK.