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If you return illegally three times is your sentence life?

These are the members of the Executive Board.

Marco Rubio, U.S. Secretary of State
Steve Witkoff, U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East
Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law
Sir Tony Blair, former U.K. prime minister
Marc Rowan, CEO, Apollo
Ajay Banga, World Bank president
Robert Gabriel, security advisor

And Chaired by Trump (CF)

Hard to imagine a meeting I'd like to attend less.

As I understand your law, it is a criminal offence to enter the USA by illegal methods, whether by jumping a fence, hitching a boat ride or presenting a fake passport at customs.
These people may be gun toting drug dealers or hard working catholics, no matter, they are criminals as defined by federal law.

Just as it is the law that your President can legally blanket pardon armed rioters who caused or contributed to multiple deaths when attacking your Capitol Building.

You need a decent potus & scotus to review the crap out of your laws/constitution.
And I say this as a true admirer of the US.

Over here we keep chipping away at injustices. About time to dethrone the Royal Family for starters, stop paying for 23 decadent Royal Estates.

I miss getting 6" of snow; it was so easy making a snowman back in the 70's. Now we get an inch, a couple of times each winter, such is the effect of global warming.

It's seems to be about lack of respect for Law & Order.
Starts with the President, ridiculous pardoning powers, and just filters down.

Taking into consideration materials used, I still give it only a GCSE grade D

Dunno about you folks but in the real world and at my age, if something is heavy I have the common sense to ask someone to help.

Carpet roll, only 67kg, needed three of us to get it upstairs.

The one thing you can guarantee is that in his every meeting Trump raises the average age and lowers the average IQ

Chagos, Diego Garcia, a stunning handbrake u-turn from Trump(CF)

First Rubio in May 2025 welcoming the UK Mauritius deal:
https://www.state.gov/u-s-support-for-uk-and-mauritius-agreement-on-chagos-archipelago/

Today Trump Jan 2026 lays into Starmer:
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/trump-turns-on-uk-over-chagos-islands-5HjdR2n_2/

Trump writes
"Shockingly, our “brilliant” NATO Ally, the United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia, the site of a vital U.S. Military Base, to Mauritius, and to do so FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER."

He claimed that China and Russia would be this as an "act of total weakness", and used the action to justify why the US should take over control of Greenland.

Trump could be thought of as an enigma, a wild card. Personally I see him as suffering from dementia and way too old to govern. If he was the UK PM there's no doubt he would have been removed by now.
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P.S in case it is deleted here is Rubio on the US website in May
Today, the United States welcomed the historic agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Mauritius on the future of the British Indian Ocean Territory—specifically, the Chagos Archipelago.

We commend both the United Kingdom and Mauritius for their leadership, vision, and commitment to ensure that Diego Garcia remains fully operational for the duration of this agreement. We look forward to working closely with both governments to strengthen our collaboration in support of regional peace and stability.

Following a comprehensive interagency review, the Trump Administration determined that this agreement secures the long-term, stable, and effective operation of the joint U.S.-UK military facility at Diego Garcia. This is a critical asset for regional and global security. President Trump expressed his support for this monumental achievement during his meeting with Prime Minister Starmer at the White House.

This milestone reflects the enduring strength of the U.S.-UK relationship—a relationship that, as demonstrated by the U.S.-UK trade deal announced on May 8, extends far beyond defense to encompass economic growth, innovation, and shared global leadership.

Although the United States is not a party to this agreement, we remain responsible for operating the U.S. Naval Support Facility on Diego Garcia, which continues to play a vital role in supporting forward-deployed operational forces and advancing security across the region.

The United States values its partnership with both the United Kingdom and Mauritius, and we stand ready to continue our collaboration to promote peace, security, and prosperity in the Indian Ocean and beyond.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1ZDpX5itKg/

He's gone Caracas.

Laughing. Out. Loud.

Seems rather heavy handed . Are tax mistakes always so harshly punished?

It's just another tax on motorists.
London has an inner Congestion charge, an outer ULEZ (ultra low emission zone).

We are taxed for use of the road, on buying insurance, on buying petrol/gas, now taxed for just being in certain places and for polluting certain places.

Hang on, Trump just removed a dictator who took power after losing an election.
The person who actually won that election and had to flee her country visits Trump to thank him for his action and gives him a sincere present with a message of hope that he continues to help her country.

She seems too nice to be a politician.

Skilled comedian, obviously juggling well within his limits.
I've seen him do his motorbike juggle, classic clowning

And if Xi or Kim or Putin win?
Greenlanders would be both selling and trading.
Its not just about the cash, it's also about maintaining their way of life balanced with new US citizenship.
What's US citizenship worth?

I'm pointing out the idea has a lot of upsides

You offered the current equivalent of 1.7 billion to Denmark after the WW2.

Guarantee the Greenlanders money when they have voted to join the States. The individual people. Not Denmark.

The minerals thought to be there are worth trillions, and include REE.

I thought you all arrived on boats, similar to the Greenlanders

@xenon said

@AndyD why? Do we need to do that to build bases? Do we have a lot of money to throw around right now?

We need to throw money around to build bases?

Bribery is effective and of course far better than fighting.
As for money, you have it: each Presidential election costs a billion and federal elections in 2020 are reported as costing 14 billion. With tarrifs coming in and Venezuelan oil on the horizon, Mr T will finish that border wall and have loads spare for a forward base in the far North of Greenland.

You'd actually get something concrete (if icy) instead of another oily politician for a few years. A new frontier for you.
And the world would have the USA providing far better defence than Denmark against Russian and Chinese expansionism.

I can quite see Trump as another Sir Francis Blake Delaval of Delaval Hall in Northumberland, who, on nomination day in 1754 won the Hampshire parliamentary seat of Andover by firing a cannon filled with 500 golden guineas across the town square.