US

[Jim05]

Endeavour Airlines who are a subsidiary of Delta (one of the Big 3 American Airlines) have released figures showing that forward bookings are down 70-75% every month up until October at this stage. Totally unsustainable and would put the industry on the verge of collapse if others have similar numbers

[Armchair expert]

Good to known Trump has the physical health of prime Mike Tyson...

It's rapidly approaching North Korea-style bullshittery over in the US, isn't it?

The golfers are lucky Trump is too busy as would win the Masters by 100 hits or however you win golf

[Brodlach]

No matter what he does he wins by 100 strokes

[woodublieve12]

No matter what he does he wins by 100 strokes

Stormy said he barely lasted 4 strokes. So he's improved

[Booney]

[woodublieve12]

This has actually aged pretty well considering a recent post by the white house

[Booney]

How do you put a tariff on a movie?

[dedja]

The White House goons will be waiting at the Ports for the movie containers to arrive.

[Booney]

Donny boy explaining how he's reducing the cost of prescription drugs by 70, 80, 90% in some cases which, when you think about it mathematically can sometimes be more. He's using a word he created, it's called "equalization".

I shit you not.

[woodublieve12]

Donny boy explaining how he's reducing the cost of prescription drugs by 70, 80, 90% in some cases which, when you think about it mathematically can sometimes be more. He's using a word he created, it's called "equalization".

I shit you not.

i saw that. Man's a moron. Also taking bribes from Qatar

[wenchbarwer]

I'm still impressed he's accepted the Qatar Airlines plane for nix and then told all and sundry there's nothing to see here.

[dedja]

I'm still impressed he's accepted the Qatar Airlines plane for nix and then told all and sundry there's nothing to see here.

Let him have it … apparently he thinks it doesn’t need any refitting, you know the usual stuff like:

Electronic Countermeasures (ECM)
• AN/AAQ-24 Nemesis DIRCM (Directional Infrared Counter Measures)
• Deflects heat-seeking missiles using laser systems.
• Radar Warning Receivers
• Detect incoming radar threats and alert the crew.
• Chaff and Flare Dispensers
• Chaff: Metallic strips to confuse radar-guided missiles.
• Flares: Hot-burning elements to mislead infrared missiles.

Secure Communications
• Highly Encrypted Communication Systems
• Includes satellite communications, secure radio, internet, and phone lines.
• Airborne Command Center Capabilities
• Allows the President to command U.S. military forces, including launching nuclear weapons if necessary.

Hardened Airframe
• Electronic Shielding
• Protects avionics and communication systems from electromagnetic pulses (EMPs), including nuclear-related EMPs.
• Reinforced Fuselage
• Additional protection against attacks or emergencies.

Onboard Surveillance and Monitoring
• Radar and Infrared Sensors
• Detect and track incoming airborne or surface threats.
• Advanced Threat Detection Systems
• Constant scanning for possible threats including missiles or hostile aircraft.

Aerial Refueling
• In-Flight Refueling Capability
• Allows the plane to stay airborne indefinitely if needed during a crisis.



It would be a sitting duck for any adversary to bring down.

Thanks Qatar, you’re doing the world a massive favour.

[dedja]

As reported by the Wall Street Journal, a Federal Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional for Trump to unilaterally impose tariffs.

This will end up in the Supreme Court, where Trump lackies Alito and Thomas will kiss the ring, so it will be up to Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Coney Barrett to uphold the Constitution.

The decision on Wednesday from the Court of International Trade blocked one of the Trump administration’s most audacious assertions of executive power, under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977, and sets the stage for a possible appeal by the White House.
“The court does not read IEEPA to confer such unbounded authority and sets aside the challenged tariffs imposed thereunder,” a three-judge panel wrote.

Trump has used IEEPA to underpin most of his second-term tariffs—from duties on Canada, Mexico and China imposed over fentanyl smuggling to the far-reaching reciprocal tariffs levied in early April on virtually every U.S. trading partner. Trump later paused the reciprocal tariffs for 90 days to allow for negotiations.

Congress typically holds responsibility over tariffs, but has delegated many powers to the president over decades. When he imposed the levies in April, Trump said the ongoing U.S. trade deficit had created a national emergency that has hobbled the economy and posed an unusual and extraordinary threat. 

Wednesday’s ruling said that it would be unconstitutional for Congress to delegate “unbounded tariff power” to the president. “An unlimited delegation of tariff authority would constitute an improper abdication of legislative power to another branch of government,” the court said. Congress placed limits in IEEPA, restricting when and how a president could place levies, the ruling said. 

The panel also said that the U.S. trade deficit didn’t fit the law’s definition of an unusual and extraordinary threat.