Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States - Performance Watch

[aboveandbeyond]

According to the DHS spokesperson, ICE Homeland Security Investigations “will investigate individuals engaged in activities in support of Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization,” and depending on their findings, “the Department of State may make a determination which may result in visa revocation or other action impacting the immigration status of an alien in the US.” From this designation, ICE will take “take appropriate enforcement actions,” they said.

And more info on her and other 532,000 temp visa revocations:

Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her

A Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation, her lawyer said Wednesday.

apnews.com

Homeland Security revokes temporary status for 532,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans

The Department of Homeland Security says it will revoke legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, setting them up for potential deportation in about a month.

apnews.com

Let's make it short and sweet. When Aipac - zionest lobby says Jump. The US government says how high.

 

[JaDed]

Trump has done such a great job that right now Biden seems like Lee Kuan Yew.

 

[JaDed]

Guys please debate in a graceful manner

Like Trump and JD Vance the epitome of grace.

 

[JaDed]

I have never seen anyone hate their countrymen as much MAGA nut bags hate theirs.
Osama would be like I should had just waited a decade or two.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Trump targets 'anti-American ideology' at Smithsonian museums

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institution, which operates more than 20 museums and research centres visited by millions yearly in Washington DC and New York City.

The order directs the vice-president to "eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology" from the institute's museums, centres and the National Zoo in Washington.

It also directs the interior secretary to restore federal properties, including parks, memorials and statues, which "have been improperly removed or changed in the last five years to perpetuate a false revision of history".

The move is part of Trump's effort to shape American culture, in addition to politics.

The order is titled "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History". It says that Vice-President JD Vance, who became a member of the Smithsonian Board of Regents due to his position in government, will lead the purge.

Trump's order says that Congress should not fund Smithsonian exhibits and programmes that "divide Americans by race". It alleges that the American Women's History Museum, which is in development, plans to "recognize men as women".

It also singles out the National Museum of African American History and Culture, saying that the museum "has proclaimed that 'hard work,' 'individualism,' and 'the nuclear family' are aspects of 'White culture'." The museum opened in 2016 in Washington as former President Barack Obama, America's first black president, was leaving office.

The Smithsonian museums offer free entry to some 15 to 30 million visitors each year. It operates 21 museums in Washington, Virgina and New York.

They include the National Museum of American History, the National Portrait Gallery, the American Art Museum, the National Zoo and more than a dozen others.

The order also instructs Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to complete "restorations and improvements" to Independence Hall in Philadelphia. It comes ahead of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which took place within the building.

Trump has set out to radically reshape American culture, which he says has been contaminated by "woke" left-wing ideology. He has signed several orders that are intended to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programmes from the federal government - some of which led to legal challenges.

Shortly after taking office, Trump fired the board of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC, and installed himself as chairman.

The move led to widespread criticism from actors and directors, causing several to cancel upcoming performances.

BBC

 

[deltexas]

Let's make it short and sweet. When Aipac - zionest lobby says Jump. The US government says how high.

Its a mutually beneficial relationship. Hams and Palestine rejected the 2 state options multiple times and started the Oct 7th war. So, expect the response. US and Israel relationship is not a one side one like US-Ukraine with all aid going from the US. There is a lot of defense cooperation. weapons tech sharing, Iron dome sharing, etc etc

 

[deltexas]

According to Trump Chacha everyone speaking against the genocude is Hamas supporter.

So what us your point?

The point is she is in a US visitor visa and has to follow the visa guidelines. If not, she can go back to her country and she is free to do whatever she wants.

 

[deltexas]

I have never seen anyone hate their countrymen as much MAGA nut bags hate theirs.
Osama would be like I should had just waited a decade or two.

So all Trump supporters are MAGA nut bags ? Got it. So what are Biden and Harris supporters ? Cant lump an entire group under one name. Can we discuss the policies instead of just names ? Discuss the actual policies - pros and cons etc ??

 

[deltexas]

Trump targets 'anti-American ideology' at Smithsonian museums

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institution, which operates more than 20 museums and research centres visited by millions yearly in Washington DC and New York City.

The order directs the vice-president to "eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology" from the institute's museums, centres and the National Zoo in Washington.

It also directs the interior secretary to restore federal properties, including parks, memorials and statues, which "have been improperly removed or changed in the last five years to perpetuate a false revision of history".

The move is part of Trump's effort to shape American culture, in addition to politics.

The order is titled "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History". It says that Vice-President JD Vance, who became a member of the Smithsonian Board of Regents due to his position in government, will lead the purge.

Trump's order says that Congress should not fund Smithsonian exhibits and programmes that "divide Americans by race". It alleges that the American Women's History Museum, which is in development, plans to "recognize men as women".

It also singles out the National Museum of African American History and Culture, saying that the museum "has proclaimed that 'hard work,' 'individualism,' and 'the nuclear family' are aspects of 'White culture'." The museum opened in 2016 in Washington as former President Barack Obama, America's first black president, was leaving office.

The Smithsonian museums offer free entry to some 15 to 30 million visitors each year. It operates 21 museums in Washington, Virgina and New York.

They include the National Museum of American History, the National Portrait Gallery, the American Art Museum, the National Zoo and more than a dozen others.

The order also instructs Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to complete "restorations and improvements" to Independence Hall in Philadelphia. It comes ahead of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which took place within the building.

Trump has set out to radically reshape American culture, which he says has been contaminated by "woke" left-wing ideology. He has signed several orders that are intended to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programmes from the federal government - some of which led to legal challenges.

Shortly after taking office, Trump fired the board of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC, and installed himself as chairman.

The move led to widespread criticism from actors and directors, causing several to cancel upcoming performances.

BBC

Good, shaking things up LOL !

 

[JaDed]

So all Trump supporters are MAGA nut bags ? Got it. So what are Biden and Harris supporters ? Cant lump an entire group under one name. Can we discuss the policies instead of just names ? Discuss the actual policies - pros and cons etc ??

What are the pros? I see only Cons-
1.His appointed USPS guy who resigned last week drove USPS to the ground.
2. Allowing conflict of interest business leaders to view and audit data and make decisions based on the same.
3. Going out of the way to alienate Allies and influence across the world, heck even India is about to allow huge FDI from BYD due to Trump Tariffs being an issue.
4.Most of all the ridiculous way rights of Latin Americans being infringed upon , racial profiling of immigrants.

If now someone says don’t violate the law, heck this Prez has been pardoning people left and right, the everyday executive orders are a joke.

Defund DOE executive order , on what is a woman but let states decide on abortion.
The blatant hypocrisy of Trump supporters is annoying to see, at least Liberals allow criticism or having a discourse, there is no discourse at all.
Many Liberals hate Kamala they are open about it.

 

[deltexas]

What are the pros? I see only Cons-
1.His appointed USPS guy who resigned last week drove USPS to the ground.
2. Allowing conflict of interest business leaders to view and audit data and make decisions based on the same.
3. Going out of the way to alienate Allies and influence across the world, heck even India is about to allow huge FDI from BYD due to Trump Tariffs being an issue.
4.Most of all the ridiculous way rights of Latin Americans being infringed upon , racial profiling of immigrants.

If now someone says don’t violate the law, heck this Prez has been pardoning people left and right, the everyday executive orders are a joke.

Defund DOE executive order , on what is a woman but let states decide on abortion.
The blatant hypocrisy of Trump supporters is annoying to see, at least Liberals allow criticism or having a discourse, there is no discourse at all.
Many Liberals hate Kamala they are open about it.

First up, thanks for the post. Yes, we may disagree and have a different opinion and thats fine. Good to have a discussion. Will address your questions :

1.His appointed USPS guy who resigned last week drove USPS to the ground. _ It is more nuanced than that . USPS will forever exist even if it makes huge losses. Reason being for about 40% of Americans that is the only option. If USPS pulls out, the Fedex and UPS rates will skyrocket and they will abandon the smaller towns. Every small town in the US has a PO and thats the unique feature. The biggest expense for USPS is employee retirement pension and no prez can fix that. So, doesnt matter what gov Rep or Dem or whoever is appointed , that will still be the case. All they can do is try to make it profitable or atleast reduce the losses. But the USPS aint going anywhere.

2. Allowing conflict of interest business leaders to view and audit data and make decisions based on the same. - Happens all the time with dems or any gov. Just more subtle with them whereas Trump is open. And people have accepted this no matter the gov.

3. Going out of the way to alienate Allies and influence across the world, heck even India is about to allow huge FDI from BYD due to Trump Tariffs being an issue. - Nope, this is the big difference. Other countries need to know the help the US gives them. They should realize their bombastic statements on US aid will backfire with trump. Everyone wants the US money but with no strings attached and also criticize US which they were getting by previously. Trump is ending this. Take it or leave it approach. With Ind and others, Trump proposed "reciprocal" tariffs. Fair right ? How is it fair if Ind charges say 100% import tariff on US goods and you want the US to charge 20% only on Ind imports ? Gotta be fair right ? And China steals US tech when companies invest in China. They have a high tariff on US goods. Cant be a one sided affair.

4.Most of all the ridiculous way rights of Latin Americans being infringed upon , racial profiling of immigrants. - No ones rights are infringed upon. No racial profiling.. just the CNN cool aid. Reality is totally different. Fact is most of the illegals are from Mexico and Central America. So, yeah obviously they will be deported the most just bcos of their huge numbers. And I live in one of the reddest Rep counties in Texas which has a sizeable Spanish pop and the locals incl the Spanish/Mexicans are fed up of these illegals. An FYI. trump won 40%+ of the Hispanic vote in Texas, that should tell you something.

If now someone says don’t violate the law, heck this Prez has been pardoning people left and right, the everyday executive orders are a joke. - Every prez has abused this. Go look at the pardons of previous presidents. And Biden pardoned Hunter when he said he would never do it and would never abuse that policy. Guess what ?? He did it, so will Trump and so will every future US prez. Thats a a privilege they get for getting to be the US prez. Gotta live with it unless the constitution changes.

Defund DOE executive order , on what is a woman but let states decide on abortion. - DOE order doesnt matter. It only accounts for less than 10% of school funding. And it was grossly inefficient anyway. There was no proper oversight on it. Any new policy cant be worse than the existing one. On abortion, absolutely agree. Abortion should be legal nationwide, period. Even the vast majority of Republicans support abortion. It is now left to teh states - so thats good as people can vote on it. A vast majority of people want abortion as a legal right.

The blatant hypocrisy of Trump supporters is annoying to see, at least Liberals allow criticism or having a discourse, there is no discourse at all.Many Liberals hate Kamala they are open about it. - No personal hate here. Its all about the policies. Obama won by a landslide in 2008 even though he was AA. If you seriously think about it , Whites make 70% of the electoral vote numbers, so if all Whites decide to vote for Republicans , then the Dems will never win any election. This racism thing is so overblown by the media. US rewards successful people, who want to grow and be successful and be a part of vibrant America.

 

[rpant_gabba]

Trump order aims to outlaw most government unions on ‘national security’ grounds

An as-yet unpublished executive order purports to utilize a little-used provision allowing the president to restrict collective bargaining for national security reasons to exempt most federal jobs from union protections.

www.govexec.com

wonder if the same will apply to Police unions.

 

[rpant_gabba]

First up, thanks for the post. Yes, we may disagree and have a different opinion and thats fine. Good to have a discussion. Will address your questions :

1.His appointed USPS guy who resigned last week drove USPS to the ground. _ It is more nuanced than that . USPS will forever exist even if it makes huge losses. Reason being for about 40% of Americans that is the only option. If USPS pulls out, the Fedex and UPS rates will skyrocket and they will abandon the smaller towns. Every small town in the US has a PO and thats the unique feature. The biggest expense for USPS is employee retirement pension and no prez can fix that. So, doesnt matter what gov Rep or Dem or whoever is appointed , that will still be the case. All they can do is try to make it profitable or atleast reduce the losses. But the USPS aint going anywhere.

USPS is forced to put money away for their pension obligations immediately by... the Republicans.

Support the USPS Fairness Act

For over a decade, the United States Postal Service has been plagued with the onerous burden of prefunding its retiree health care benefits as mandated by the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) of 2006. The USPS Fairness Act would release the burden.

apwu.org

>>>The mandate requires the Postal Service to prefund its retiree health care benefits 75 years in advance, paying for retirement health care<<<

2. Allowing conflict of interest business leaders to view and audit data and make decisions based on the same. - Happens all the time with dems or any gov. Just more subtle with them whereas Trump is open. And people have accepted this no matter the gov.

Really? This sounds like a drive by. Bit like Iraq WMD. Prove it.

3. Going out of the way to alienate Allies and influence across the world, heck even India is about to allow huge FDI from BYD due to Trump Tariffs being an issue. - Nope, this is the big difference. Other countries need to know the help the US gives them. They should realize their bombastic statements on US aid will backfire with trump. Everyone wants the US money but with no strings attached and also criticize US which they were getting by previously. Trump is ending this. Take it or leave it approach. With Ind and others, Trump proposed "reciprocal" tariffs. Fair right ? How is it fair if Ind charges say 100% import tariff on US goods and you want the US to charge 20% only on Ind imports ? Gotta be fair right ? And China steals US tech when companies invest in China. They have a high tariff on US goods. Cant be a one sided affair.

all this was facilitated by... wait for it,... the republicans. The businesses chose to offshore so they can break unions.

Wonder why Police unions are not being broken up?

4.Most of all the ridiculous way rights of Latin Americans being infringed upon , racial profiling of immigrants. - No ones rights are infringed upon. No racial profiling.. just the CNN cool aid. Reality is totally different. Fact is most of the illegals are from Mexico and Central America. So, yeah obviously they will be deported the most just bcos of their huge numbers. And I live in one of the reddest Rep counties in Texas which has a sizeable Spanish pop and the locals incl the Spanish/Mexicans are fed up of these illegals. An FYI. trump won 40%+ of the Hispanic vote in Texas, that should tell you something.

Yup. There absolutely no racial profiling in the US. /S

If you want stop illegal immigration, punish their employers. show me any initiative taken by the conservatives to punish corporations and farms which employ illegal immigrants.

If now someone says don’t violate the law, heck this Prez has been pardoning people left and right, the everyday executive orders are a joke. - Every prez has abused this. Go look at the pardons of previous presidents. And Biden pardoned Hunter when he said he would never do it and would never abuse that policy. Guess what ?? He did it, so will Trump and so will every future US prez. Thats a a privilege they get for getting to be the US prez. Gotta live with it unless the constitution changes.

Back to hunter story? How long did the republicans investigate hunter? why did want him to do the deposition in closed door? he was happy to testify in public. Did they produce any evidence?

All they could come up with was a "trumped" up gun charge.

You are comparing that to pardon of the hundreds of insurrectionists? Let me know when you want to get real

Defund DOE executive order , on what is a woman but let states decide on abortion. - DOE order doesnt matter. It only accounts for less than 10% of school funding. And it was grossly inefficient anyway. There was no proper oversight on it. Any new policy cant be worse than the existing one.

So nothing more than republican propaganda? making sure sure that nothing is talked about he shady history of the confederate states in the classroom.

On abortion, absolutely agree. Abortion should be legal nationwide, period. Even the vast majority of Republicans support abortion. It is now left to teh states - so thats good as people can vote on it. A vast majority of people want abortion as a legal right.

and yet, republican states are making it felony to travel for abortion.

I'll repeat this, the more you type, the more despicable character you come through as.

I sure hope your loved one doesn't get raped and becomes pregnant in a red state which forces her to carry the rapists kid.

The blatant hypocrisy of Trump supporters is annoying to see, at least Liberals allow criticism or having a discourse, there is no discourse at all.Many Liberals hate Kamala they are open about it. - No personal hate here. Its all about the policies. Obama won by a landslide in 2008 even though he was AA. If you seriously think about it , Whites make 70% of the electoral vote numbers, so if all Whites decide to vote for Republicans , then the Dems will never win any election. This racism thing is so overblown by the media. US rewards successful people, who want to grow and be successful and be a part of vibrant America.

Yes. Thats whgy trump openly announced he prefers immigration from caucasian countries.

there is vocal racist segment of american society and they all vote republican and Trump has no issues playing the dog whistle politics

 

[rpant_gabba]

I'd really love to hear the thoughts of the Trump supporters on the textinggate, since most them were so up set about Hillary's emails.

I'm sure revealing military mission plans and details on text hours before they take place is normal thing and has happened under democrat presidents before. /S

 

[rpant_gabba]

Del

 

[rpant_gabba]

https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/trump-tariffs-automaker-prices-warning-928bc7a9

Trump Warned U.S. Automakers Not to Raise Prices in Response to Tariffs​

Threat came in a call earlier this month, in which carmakers feared punishment if prices go up​

POTUS or Mafia boss?

@deltexas @Champ_Pal what you guys do? would u raise prices or take a loss?

 

[Bewal Express]

The Dems are sleigh and evil, Trump is stupid and evil. We live in epoch changing times. All very exciting unless you happen to be at the sharp end.
We as PKs have suffered at the hands of the Americans and the EU and I have no sympathy with anyone.

BTW
The EU the "bastion" of democracy has refused to release its report on the PK election well over a year ago. Plague on both their houses.

 

[deltexas]

USPS is forced to put money away for their pension obligations immediately by... the Republicans.

Support the USPS Fairness Act

For over a decade, the United States Postal Service has been plagued with the onerous burden of prefunding its retiree health care benefits as mandated by the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) of 2006. The USPS Fairness Act would release the burden.

apwu.org

>>>The mandate requires the Postal Service to prefund its retiree health care benefits 75 years in advance, paying for retirement health care<<<



Really? This sounds like a drive by. Bit like Iraq WMD. Prove it.

all this was facilitated by... wait for it,... the republicans. The businesses chose to offshore so they can break unions.

Wonder why Police unions are not being broken up?

Yup. There absolutely no racial profiling in the US. /S

If you want stop illegal immigration, punish their employers. show me any initiative taken by the conservatives to punish corporations and farms which employ illegal immigrants.



Back to hunter story? How long did the republicans investigate hunter? why did want him to do the deposition in closed door? he was happy to testify in public. Did they produce any evidence?

All they could come up with was a "trumped" up gun charge.

You are comparing that to pardon of the hundreds of insurrectionists? Let me know when you want to get real


So nothing more than republican propaganda? making sure sure that nothing is talked about he shady history of the confederate states in the classroom.

and yet, republican states are making it felony to travel for abortion.

I'll repeat this, the more you type, the more despicable character you come through as.

I sure hope your loved one doesn't get raped and becomes pregnant in a red state which forces her to carry the rapists kid.


Yes. Thats whgy trump openly announced he prefers immigration from caucasian countries.

there is vocal racist segment of american society and they all vote republican and Trump has no issues playing the dog whistle politics

- USPS act was unanimously approved by both Dems and Reps in 2006. And the fallout is felt even now. Also, Trump is not the typical Republican. Thats the whole point . His policies are different than traditional typical Reps like the Bushes who political career was ended by Trump. USPS is union based. Unions are horrible and like a mafia . Elevator companies too are unionized. They need to go. Trump wants to privatize USPS - thats the way to go I suppose. Kick the unions out.

- Proving it is next to impossible. Thats the whole thing . Like Iraq WMD by Bush. I hate Bush and his Rep cronies. Trump is not your typical Rep and thats the difference if you cant understand it.

- For sure no racial profiling. All stupid media hype. Ind community is the most successful in the US , there is no racial profiling here. You work hard , you can achieve anything in the US. CNN is famous for this racial profiling nonsense. Blacks have so many advantages and preferential programs, but no, they dont want to study or work hard. They end up in criminal stuff and blame everyone except them. So cut the racial profiling talk.

- Employers still cant employ illegal immigrants . And there are penalties in place. Most of the illegals do menial jobs and are paid in cash and there is no paper trail. You cant ask your lawn mowing guy his legal status for example. He mows, you pay him. The Dems were in power so long, why didnt they do anything about it ???

- Hunter story and insurrectionists ? Well Trump didnt start a single war and send young US soldiers to die in war. Unlike all recent US presidents. That itself excuses everything Trump has done. He has said it is a criminal waste of human life sending US soldiers to foreign wars and hammered Bush, Obama Clinton on Iraq and Afg wars. This one thing itself makes other things hes done so trivial.

- Have said before totally disagree with abortion ban. States will eventually vote to legalize it. Also, can you cut your personal insults and talk . Civilized folks dont behave like thugs and have civilized discussion with you. So, what about the illegal immigrant who rapes and kills an innocent woman or child ?? A totally avoidable one I guess. Again hooligans threaten trash talk instead of having a discussion unlike civilized folks. That says everything.

- Trump wants skill based immigration and thats how it should be . And yes, want immigrants from "nice" countries as he says, not shi*hole countries from Africa, Asia, ME and get their problems here. Need them to be educated, qualified and not some asylum seekers or folks who abuse the immigration system.

 

[deltexas]

I'd really love to hear the thoughts of the Trump supporters on the textinggate, since most them were so up set about Hillary's emails.

I'm sure revealing military mission plans and details on text hours before they take place is normal thing and has happened under democrat presidents before. /S

Big deal. Under Dem and previous Rep presidents, tens of thousands of US soldiers have been killed and hundreds of thousands civilian innocents have been killed in the Afg and Iraq wars in addition to destabilizing those areas for along time. Endless foreign wars. Loss of life and limbs. Trillion dollar losses to economy. Trump was against these wars and hates wars and didnt start a single one. And Trump is the bad , got it ...

 

[deltexas]

https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/trump-tariffs-automaker-prices-warning-928bc7a9

Trump Warned U.S. Automakers Not to Raise Prices in Response to Tariffs​

Threat came in a call earlier this month, in which carmakers feared punishment if prices go up​

POTUS or Mafia boss?

@deltexas @Champ_Pal what you guys do? would u raise prices or take a loss?

Yes, short term automakers will raise prices and so be it. Long term , will force US makers to make more in the US and not just assemble. Not everyone is against it as you keep harping. There should be equal reciprocal tariffs. If you charge 50% on US goods, then the US should charge 50% as well. If Trump is charging 25% tariffs on imported cars, those countries are free to charge 25% on US cars. Nobody is stopping them , they can go ahead.

“President Trump has been unequivocally clear for decades about the need to restore American Greatness. America cannot just be an assembler of foreign-made parts – we must become a manufacturing powerhouse that dominates every step of the supply chain of industries that are critical for our national security and economic interests,” White House spokesperson Kush Desai said in a statement to The Independent.

The American Automotive Policy Council, which represents General Motors and Ford, said U.S. automakers are “committed” to Trump’s vision of increasing jobs in the U.S. in a supportive statement. It added it was “critical that tariffs are implemented in a way that avoids raising prices for consumers.”Speaking to the Journal, the council’s president Matt Blunt said it was “difficult to see how imposed tariffs over time would not have some impact on prices.”

 

[rpant_gabba]

- USPS act was unanimously approved by both Dems and Reps in 2006.

Under a republican control of the house, senate and white house. own it.

And the fallout is felt even now. Also, Trump is not the typical Republican. Thats the whole point . His policies are different than traditional typical Reps like the Bushes who political career was ended by Trump. USPS is union based. Unions are horrible and like a mafia . Elevator companies too are unionized. They need to go. Trump wants to privatize USPS -

Becos Private companies have great record of serving the public. eg. remember the 2008 meltdown. That wasn't caused ny the goverment

thats the way to go I suppose. Kick the unions out.

Can we start with the police union?

- Proving it is next to impossible. Thats the whole thing . Like Iraq WMD by Bush. I hate Bush and his Rep cronies. Trump is not your typical Rep and thats the difference if you cant understand it.

However, I can . Elon musk who is not elected, not comfirmed by congress, not part of the cabinet gets access to social security information, payment information and all sorts of information no private organization should have access to

- For sure no racial profiling. All stupid media hype. Ind community is the most successful in the US , there is no racial profiling here. You work hard , you can achieve anything in the US. CNN is famous for this racial profiling nonsense. Blacks have so many advantages and preferential programs, but no, they dont want to study or work hard. They end up in criminal stuff and blame everyone except them. So cut the racial profiling talk.

This is most in sane take I've ever heard. Blacks get killed over a fake $20 bill and sellnig black market cigarettes. White get to take over public land with guns with consequence.

- Employers still cant employ illegal immigrants . And there are penalties in place. Most of the illegals do menial jobs and are paid in cash and there is no paper trail. You cant ask your lawn mowing guy his legal status for example. He mows, you pay him. The Dems were in power so long, why didnt they do anything about it ???

Dems are are not crying hoarse about illegal immigration. fuckwit reublicans are

Besides, republicans f things up so badly, there is always a major crisis when a dem president comes in.

Want me list it? I can go back all the way to '92

then there is this.

Trump deported fewer people than Obama, Clinton or Bush, but more indiscriminately

Biden is nearing the 1.5 million deportations carried out by his predecessor but has focused more on returns at the border and the deportation of migrants with criminal convictions

english.elpais.com

- Hunter story and insurrectionists ? Well Trump didnt start a single war and send young US soldiers to die in war. Unlike all recent US presidents. That itself excuses everything Trump has done. He has said it is a criminal waste of human life sending US soldiers to foreign wars and hammered Bush, Obama Clinton on Iraq and Afg wars. This one thing itself makes other things hes done so trivial.

You are deflecting. Weak.

BTW, don't put Iraq and Afghan war on Obama, that was all a republican gift that keeps on giving.

That was all conservatives idiocy.

So, attacking the capitol and trying over turn an election is trivial. got it.

- Have said before totally disagree with abortion ban. States will eventually vote to legalize it. Also, can you cut your personal insults and talk . Civilized folks dont behave like thugs and have civilized discussion with you. So, what about the illegal immigrant who rapes and kills an innocent woman or child ?? A totally avoidable one I guess. Again hooligans threaten trash talk instead of having a discussion unlike civilized folks. That says everything.

want me to pull who commits most rape of children? Pastors and catholic priests.

Bringing in illegal immigration into legislation by republicans over abortion? .

 

[rpant_gabba]

Yes, short term automakers will raise prices and so be it. Long term , will force US makers to make more in the US and not just assemble. Not everyone is against it as you keep harping. There should be equal reciprocal tariffs. If you charge 50% on US goods, then the US should charge 50% as well. If Trump is charging 25% tariffs on imported cars, those countries are free to charge 25% on US cars. Nobody is stopping them , they can go ahead.

“President Trump has been unequivocally clear for decades about the need to restore American Greatness. America cannot just be an assembler of foreign-made parts – we must become a manufacturing powerhouse that dominates every step of the supply chain of industries that are critical for our national security and economic interests,” White House spokesperson Kush Desai said in a statement to The Independent.

The American Automotive Policy Council, which represents General Motors and Ford, said U.S. automakers are “committed” to Trump’s vision of increasing jobs in the U.S. in a supportive statement. It added it was “critical that tariffs are implemented in a way that avoids raising prices for consumers.”Speaking to the Journal, the council’s president Matt Blunt said it was “difficult to see how imposed tariffs over time would not have some impact on prices.”

Here I thought other countries are going to pay the tariffs? just like Mexico was going to pay for the wall?

How about you define short term?

 

[rpant_gabba]

Big deal. Under Dem and previous Rep presidents, tens of thousands of US soldiers have been killed and hundreds of thousands civilian innocents have been killed in the Afg and Iraq wars in addition to destabilizing those areas for along time. Endless foreign wars. Loss of life and limbs. Trillion dollar losses to economy. Trump was against these wars and hates wars and didnt start a single one. And Trump is the bad , got it ...

Yup, it was a Dem president who launched a war against iraq in 1990 and 2004 over an immediate threat to US.

The WMD's recovered from Iraq proves it 100%

It was also Dem president who partnered with a country which sponsored the 9/11 attack and provident them with coalition support funds (which was used to support insurgents against US) and declared them a major non nato ally

But Hillary's emails!

 

[rpant_gabba]

So, what about the illegal immigrant who rapes and kills an innocent woman or child ??

Michigan church youth director faces 30 new felony charges in sexual abuse case

Zachary Radcliff, 29, appeared Tuesday in a courtroom for a preliminary examination.

www.cbsnews.com

Churches have been hiding pedophiles forever. totally avoidable.

Trump planning to anything about it?

 

[rpant_gabba]

Big deal. Under Dem and previous Rep presidents, tens of thousands of US soldiers have been killed and hundreds of thousands civilian innocents have been killed in the Afg and Iraq wars in addition to destabilizing those areas for along time. Endless foreign wars. Loss of life and limbs. Trillion dollar losses to economy. Trump was against these wars and hates wars and didnt start a single one. And Trump is the bad , got it ...

Trump doesn't rule out military force to take Greenland

The president said that nothing was "off the table" with regards to Washington taking control of the Arctic island.

www.newsweek.com

Will you be signing up to conquer Greenland?

 

[rpant_gabba]

Who needs vaccine experts when you got RFK jr.? MAGA baby1

Top vaccine official resigns from FDA, criticizes RFK Jr. for promoting 'misinformation and lies'

The top vaccine official with the Food and Drug Administration has resigned and criticized the nation's top health official for allowing “misinformation and lies” to guide his thinking behind the safety of vaccinations.

apnews.com

I've to credit @Champ_Pal . he seems to know to keep his mouth shut, when **** is up to his ears.

 

[rpant_gabba]

Racist before it was cool!

A DOGE staffer who resigned over racist posts is back in government

A DOGE staffer, who was forced to resign over racist social media posts, is back in government with fresh access to sensitive systems, court filings show.

fortune.com

 

[rpant_gabba]

Paging @deltexas @Champ_Pal

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/03/business/tariff-related-layoffs-hit-five-us-auto-plants/index.html

 

[rpant_gabba]

Trump doesn't rule out military force to take Greenland

The president said that nothing was "off the table" with regards to Washington taking control of the Arctic island.

www.newsweek.com

Will you be signing up to conquer Greenland?

@deltexas I guess not.

 

[deltexas]

Paging @deltexas @Champ_Pal

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/03/business/tariff-related-layoffs-hit-five-us-auto-plants/index.html

Yes some short term pain but lon teem US will be fine. Did you see the tariff chart on what other countries charge US? Trump is still at half of what other nations charge. Let it be fair for all. If other countries charge 10% US also will do 10%. But how is it fair if other countries charge US 90% and yoh want the US to only charhe 10%? Say it is reversed. There will be huge protests in those countries saying US is so unfair.

 

[deltexas]

@deltexas I guess not.

Typical Trump tactics. Negotiate from a maximalist position.

From the same article-- The inhospitable Arctic is being reshaped by climate change, new trade routes and fresh military footprints from Russia and China. I don't take anything off the table," Trump told NBC News on Saturday, when probed on whether he would authorize the use of military force to take control of Greenland.
There is a "good possibility that we could do it without military force," he said.

He didn't explicitly say military takeover. And lets be realistic. He is not going to war with Greenland. All he wants is control of the shipping trade route to deter China. China is the biggest threat and they should be handled now or else later the rred dragon will be impossible to restrain as it becomes a monster.

 

[rpant_gabba]

Typical Trump tactics. Negotiate from a maximalist position.

From the same article-- The inhospitable Arctic is being reshaped by climate change, new trade routes and fresh military footprints from Russia and China. I don't take anything off the table," Trump told NBC News on Saturday, when probed on whether he would authorize the use of military force to take control of Greenland.
There is a "good possibility that we could do it without military force," he said.

He didn't explicitly say military takeover. And let’s be realistic. He is not going to war with Greenland. All he wants is control of the shipping trade route to deter China. China is the biggest threat and they should be handled now or else later the rred dragon will be impossible to restrain as it becomes a monster.

If he was so f’n great he wouldn’t have bankrupted so many organizations.

But the question is will you pick up arms to conquer by force? Will your kid sign for cadet Bonespurs?

 

[rpant_gabba]

Yes some short term pain but lon teem US will be fine. Did you see the tariff chart on what other countries charge US? Trump is still at half of what other nations charge. Let it be fair for all. If other countries charge 10% US also will do 10%. But how is it fair if other countries charge US 90% and yoh want the US to only charhe 10%? Say it is reversed. There will be huge protests in those countries saying US is so unfair.

You should have no problem defining short term.

Are you willing to be unemployed for that short term? If not you are nothing a hypocrite

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Yes some short term pain but lon teem US will be fine. Did you see the tariff chart on what other countries charge US? Trump is still at half of what other nations charge. Let it be fair for all. If other countries charge 10% US also will do 10%. But how is it fair if other countries charge US 90% and yoh want the US to only charhe 10%? Say it is reversed. There will be huge protests in those countries saying US is so unfair.

@Red-Indian already illustrated in another thread that these aren't tariffs that other countries apply on America it's flawed calculations based on trade imbalances.

 

[rpant_gabba]

@Red-Indian already illustrated in another thread that these aren't tariffs that other countries apply on America it's flawed calculations based on trade imbalances.

You are facts to a trumpy? Good luck

 

[Red-Indian]

Yes some short term pain but lon teem US will be fine. Did you see the tariff chart on what other countries charge US? Trump is still at half of what other nations charge. Let it be fair for all. If other countries charge 10% US also will do 10%. But how is it fair if other countries charge US 90% and yoh want the US to only charhe 10%? Say it is reversed. There will be huge protests in those countries saying US is so unfair.

@Red-Indian already illustrated in another thread that these aren't tariffs that other countries apply on America it's flawed calculations based on trade imbalances.

In fact, the more I read, the more I understand that this has little to do with real world tariffs which they don't seem to have actually analysed. CNBC has covered it pretty well - How did the U.S. arrive at its tariff figures? There are actually countries that don't have any significant tariff barriers - say Vietnam or Taiwan which have been hit hard because they can't find enough cheap stuff to buy from the US and are able to economically make and sell things the US wants.

There seems to be a feeling that a trade deficit is inherently bad which is a very amateurish understanding of international trade. Today I deliberately spent time trying to read rationale from economists that are supposed to be close to the Trump orbit - Marc Summerlin, Judy Shelton etc. and I'm still struggling to find a compelling theory on how this is supposed to work.

How is the US going to ramp up production to account for a trillion dollar trade deficit when it's running a near historical low 4% unemployment rate? How is it going to make things cheap enough for the developing world to buy without either mass immigration (in the millions) or some massive technological revolution where human labour is not needed?

 

[deltexas]

If he was so f’n great he wouldn’t have bankrupted so many organizations.

But the question is will you pick up arms to conquer by force? Will your kid sign for cadet Bonespurs?

There will be no war. So your hyperbole doesn't matter

 

[deltexas]

You should have no problem defining short term.

Are you willing to be unemployed for that short term? If not you are nothing a hypocrite

1 or 2 years. And why would i be unemployed? Again hyperbole and thats ok when folks have no matter to discuss but just go htmypeebolic or use videos or memes like the resident runner and the sweepee on these forums.

Companies need to get better . And see how other countries will crawl back and fall in line. Again its all about China. Trump will not repeat the Nehru style hindi chini bhai bhai nonsense and get backstbved by the red dragon

 

[deltexas]

@Red-Indian already illustrated in another thread that these aren't tariffs that other countries apply on America it's flawed calculations based on trade imbalances.

Yes they are not retaliatory tariffs but reciprocal tariffs. But a shake up was needed and I'm fine with the disruption. Let's see how it goes

 

[rpant_gabba]

1 or 2 years.

Hope you are around in 1 or 2 years.

you really have to be deluded to think manufacturing and supply chains can be fully established to bring back lost jobs in 1 to 2 years. What exactly do you do for a living? coding monkey? bean counter?

And why would i be unemployed?

That the pain these workers have, though not fault of theirs but of a deluded clown.

Again hyperbole and thats ok when folks have no matter to discuss but just go htmypeebolic or use videos or memes like the resident runner and the sweepee on these forums.

Companies need to get better . And see how other countries will crawl back and fall in line. Again its all about China. Trump will not repeat the Nehru style hindi chini bhai bhai nonsense and get backstbved by the red dragon

Nah that was another conservative moron, the inventor of southern strategy: nixon. followed up nicely by Reagan and Bush Sr.

I forgot. Trump is different kinda republican, you hate bush jr and Obama started Afghan and Iraq war and crashed the ecnonomy in 2008.

 

[rpant_gabba]

Yes they are not retaliatory tariffs but reciprocal tariffs. But a shake up was needed and I'm fine with the disruption. Let's see how it goes

2 trillion wiped out.

If it doens't workout, would you support

1) cancelling Social security and medicare for Trump voters: After all y'all know what you voted for.

2) special Trump income tax for for registered republicans?

 

[deltexas]

In fact, the more I read, the more I understand that this has little to do with real world tariffs which they don't seem to have actually analysed. CNBC has covered it pretty well - How did the U.S. arrive at its tariff figures? There are actually countries that don't have any significant tariff barriers - say Vietnam or Taiwan which have been hit hard because they can't find enough cheap stuff to buy from the US and are able to economically make and sell things the US wants.

There seems to be a feeling that a trade deficit is inherently bad which is a very amateurish understanding of international trade. Today I deliberately spent time trying to read rationale from economists that are supposed to be close to the Trump orbit - Marc Summerlin, Judy Shelton etc. and I'm still struggling to find a compelling theory on how this is supposed to work.

How is the US going to ramp up production to account for a trillion dollar trade deficit when it's running a near historical low 4% unemployment rate? How is it going to make things cheap enough for the developing world to buy without either mass immigration (in the millions) or some massive technological revolution where human labour is not needed?

This is mainly about China and the rest are getting caught up in the net. China is the biggest threat to US - can't trust them. US can't rely on China and that's the issue with China tariffs. China can crash the USA economy withh their trade tactics. So trump has to deal with it

 

[HalBass9]

This is mainly about China and the rest are getting caught up in the net. China is the biggest threat to US - can't trust them. US can't rely on China and that's the issue with China tariffs. China can crash the USA economy withh their trade tactics. So trump has to deal with it

Trump really out here flying Air Force One with a $5 million golden citizenship card like it’s a Pokémon badge, ready to ‘own’ China by dropping the Trump Tax on Americans. Bro fighting a trade war like it’s WWE, and we’re the ones getting body slammed.

That red kool aid must be really potent.

 

[HalBass9]

Over 6 million Americans are struggling to pay their mortgages, the worst it’s been in 20 years. If this keeps up, MAGA’s gonna flop in the midterm and MAGA supporters will be like, ‘Don’t worry, it’s all part of Trump’s 4D chess move against China.’

 

[Red-Indian]

This is mainly about China and the rest are getting caught up in the net. China is the biggest threat to US - can't trust them. US can't rely on China and that's the issue with China tariffs. China can crash the USA economy withh their trade tactics. So trump has to deal with it

First I'm hearing of that theory. Can you point me to a white paper or published research on how this is supposed to work? I've been looking all day but it's tough to find publishing by esoteric thinktanks which is where I suspect this thinking probably originates from.

I'm all for reigning in China. One of the things that keeps me up at night is how much global supply chains and manufacturing rely on China and how much worse it's getting. Here's a scary illustration of the trend in global manufacturing.


What I don't understand though is why it's necessary to cause a global recession to reign them in. Why in your words is it necessary that "the rest are getting caught up in the net"? There's Botswana with a 37% tariff for example. What can the possibly buy from the US and why do they need to be punished for US consumer desire to buy a lot of diamonds from them? There's a 41% tariff on the Falkland islands. They're a bunch of tiny islands that sell fish to the US and have no tariffs on imports.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

My fraand, Dolaand Trump - Modi

 

[rpant_gabba]

First I'm hearing of that theory. Can you point me to a white paper or published research on how this is supposed to work? I've been looking all day but it's tough to find publishing by esoteric thinktanks which is where I suspect this thinking probably originates from.

I'm all for reigning in China. One of the things that keeps me up at night is how much global supply chains and manufacturing rely on China and how much worse it's getting. Here's a scary illustration of the trend in global manufacturing.
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What I don't understand though is why it's necessary to cause a global recession to reign them in. Why in your words is it necessary that "the rest are getting caught up in the net"? There's Botswana with a 37% tariff for example. What can the possibly buy from the US and why do they need to be punished for US consumer desire to buy a lot of diamonds from them? There's a 41% tariff on the Falkland islands. They're a bunch of tiny islands that sell fish to the US and have no tariffs on imports.

I can't wait to hear the response for this one.



He ignored the fighting to conquer Greenland question.

 

[Red-Indian]

I can't wait to hear the response for this one.



He ignored the fighting to conquer Greenland question.

It gets worse. My cousin is a world renowned expert on chip architecture and was on hush-hush committee under the CHIPS act to figure out ways to impede Chinese progress on Chip fabrication and development. They disbanded the working group and committee under the entire DOGE initiative. Now they're committed to using a sledgehammer approach with massive collateral damage (if that's what this is really about per @deltexas theory) instead of what is really needed - a surgical needle to target China in the right places.

 

[rpant_gabba]

There will be no war. So your hyperbole doesn't matter

Why will be there no war? Becos Denmark is going handover Greenland Becos economy of US is going to be so good soon?

Or you are cowardly rat just like cadet Bonespurs who shits his pants having to what he says

 

[LordJames]

RFK Jr says 20% of Doge’s health agency job cuts were mistakes​

Around a fifth of the 10,000 jobs cut from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were done in error and will need to be corrected, the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has admitted.

Mass layoffs from the health department began this week amid a push by Donald Trump’s administration to shrink the size of the federal government workforce. Union representatives were told around 10,000 people were to lose their jobs ahead of further reductions that could see the department’s 82,000-strong workforce slashed by nearly a quarter.


But Kennedy, the former environmental lawyer and vaccine skeptic turned Trump ally, has said that a large slice of the layoffs by Elon Musk’s unofficial “department of government efficiency” (Doge) are mistaken.

“Personnel that should not have been cut, were cut,” Kennedy told reporters on Thursday. “We’re reinstating them. And that was always the plan. Part of the Doge, we talked about this from the beginning, is we’re going to do 80% cuts, but 20% of those are going to have to be reinstated, because we’ll make mistakes.”

 

[rpant_gabba]

It gets worse. My cousin is a world renowned expert on chip architecture and was on hush-hush committee under the CHIPS act to figure out ways to impede Chinese progress on Chip fabrication and development. They disbanded the working group and committee under the entire DOGE initiative. Now they're committed to using a sledgehammer approach with massive collateral damage (if that's what this is really about per @deltexas theory) instead of what is really needed - a surgical needle to target China in the right places.

Why does this sound familiar? Oh yeah, he threw away the pandemic response plan that Obama administration created. That worked out well

 

[DeadlyVenom]

It gets worse. My cousin is a world renowned expert on chip architecture and was on hush-hush committee under the CHIPS act to figure out ways to impede Chinese progress on Chip fabrication and development. They disbanded the working group and committee under the entire DOGE initiative. Now they're committed to using a sledgehammer approach with massive collateral damage (if that's what this is really about per @deltexas theory) instead of what is really needed - a surgical needle to target China in the right places.

The right wing ( here in the UK but I assume same in the US) has initiated war on "experts". They believe them to be products of regressive leftist political philosophy who should be ignored. This hammer approach is their strategy to try and "take back control".

One thing I respect about Modi and the Indian right is they are clever enough to do meaningless things to make their base happy "control" is being taken ( change a few masjids and alter a few personal laws) but smart enough to know how to balance it with semi sensible economic policies.

In America the lunatics have well and truly taken over the asylum.

I am hoping that here in the UK these steps by the US pushes us back towards the EU.

 

[rpant_gabba]

Members of British punk rock band UK Subs denied entry into the US

Three members of the pioneering band were detained and returned to the UK after flying to Los Angeles for a gig

www.theguardian.com

dictator Cadet Bonespurs Snowflake

 

[BouncerGuy]

US top court allows Trump to use wartime law for deportations

The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump to use a rarely-invoked wartime powers law to rapidly deport alleged gang members - for now.

A lower court had temporarily blocked the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador on 15 March, ruling that the actions under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act needed further scrutiny.

Trump has alleged that the migrants were members of the Tren de Aragua gang "conducting irregular warfare" against the US and could therefore be removed under the Act.

While the administration is claiming the ruling as a win, the justices mandated that deportees must be given a chance to challenge their removal.

"The notice must be afforded within a reasonable time and in such a manner as will allow them to actually seek habeas relief in the proper venue before such removal occurs," the justices wrote in the unsigned decision on Monday.

"The only question is which court will resolve that challenge," they wrote.

Monday's ruling said the challenge - brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of five migrants - was raised improperly in a Washington DC court and not in Texas, where the migrants are confined.

Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the court's three liberal justices in dissenting with the majority ruling.

In the dissent, they wrote that the administration's "conduct in this litigation poses an extraordinary threat to the rule of law".

Trump called the ruling a "great day for justice in America".

"The Supreme Court has upheld the Rule of Law in our Nation by allowing a President, whoever that may be, to be able to secure our Borders, and protect our families and our Country, itself," he wrote on Truth Social.

The ACLU also claimed the ruling as "a huge victory".

"We are disappointed that we will need to start the court process over again in a different venue but the critical point is that the Supreme Court said individuals must be given due process to challenge their removal under the Alien Enemies Act," lead ACLU attorney Lee Gelernt said in a statement to US media.

At least 137 people have been deported by the Trump administration under the Alien Enemies Act, a move widely condemned by rights groups.

The act, last used in World War Two, grants the US president sweeping powers to order the detention and deportation of natives or citizens of an "enemy" nation without following the usual processes.

It was passed as part of a series of laws in 1798 when the US believed it would enter a war with France.

The Trump administration says all the deportees are members of the Tren de Aragua gang. The powerful multi-national crime group, which Trump recently declared a foreign terrorist organisation, has been accused of sex trafficking, drug smuggling and murders both at home and in major US cities.

US immigration officials have said the detainees were "carefully vetted" and verified as gang members before being flown to El Salvador, under an agreement with that country.

But many of the deportees do not have US criminal records, a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official acknowledged in court documents.

Some relatives of the deported migrants have told the BBC the men have been wrongly swept up in the immigration crackdown, and that they are innocent.

Several other families have said they believe that deportees were mistakenly identified as gang members because of their tattoos.

Monday's decision vacates an earlier ruling by federal judge James Boasberg, later upheld by a federal appeals court, which had temporarily blocked the use of the law to carry out the deportations.

Boasberg had dismissed the government's response to his order as "woefully insufficient". The White House had said the judge's order itself was not lawful and was issued after two flights carrying the men had already left the US.

Rights groups and some legal experts have called the invocation of the Act unprecedented, arguing it has only previously been used after the US officially declared a war, which under the US constitution only Congress can do.

BBC

 

[rpant_gabba]

 

[JaDed]

I can only take it as amusement now because the nut has made sure Americans can’t heal anymore from his first term.
The way he is locking/deporting students for protesting, clearly seems like a Zionist/Russian stooge, probably loves oligarchy.

EU tried to even give in but look at this idiot rejected their offer lol.

 

[IMMY69]

Watching the press secretary now on tv...
It's all Trunp did this, Trump has done that... previous Presidents failed etc etc it's actually puke inducing

 

[rpant_gabba]

Biden inflation is the end of times to Losing money is nothing/

#MAGAmorons

 

[rpant_gabba]

 

[rpant_gabba]

This is really gonna help with the economy

Trump Plans $92 Million Military Parade—Honoring Himself

Donald Trump is pulling straight from the dictator’s playbook.

www.yahoo.com

 

[mazkhan]

This orange buffoon is singlehandedly becoming a wrecking ball for the west although the rot has been setting In for years .

China is gonna be the new leader of the world

 

[sweep_shot]

This orange buffoon is singlehandedly becoming a wrecking ball for the west although the rot has been setting In for years .

China is gonna be the new leader of the world

Trump inherited a strong economy which he is now crushing with his stupidity.

Can't believe he is not getting any pushback from Republican Party, Senate etc.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Trump to end protected status for Afghans and Cameroonians

Thousands of Afghans and Cameroonians will have their temporary deportation protections terminated, the US Department of Homeland Security has said.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem found the conditions in Afghanistan and Cameroon no longer merited US protections, according to a statement from DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin.

An estimated 14,600 Afghans previously eligible for temporary protected status (TPS) are now set to lose it in May, while some 7,900 Cameroonians will lose it in June.

It comes on the same day a US judge ruled that the Trump administration could deport a university graduate, detained last month over his role in pro-Palestinian protests.

TPS is granted to nationals of designated countries facing conditions, such as armed conflict or environmental disasters, which make it unsafe for them to return home.

The status typically lasts for up to 18 months, can be renewed by the incumbent Homeland Security secretary, and offers deportation protection and access to work permits.

According to McLaughlin, in September 2023 the then Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced that TPS for Afghans would be extended by 18 months until 20 May of this year.

But on 21 March, having consulted with US government agencies, Noem "determined that Afghanistan no longer continues to meet the statutory requirements for its TPS designation and so she terminated TPS for Afghanistan", McLaughlin said.

She added that Noem's decision was based on a United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) review of conditions in Afghanistan, where the Taliban retook control almost four years ago.

A similar decision terminating Cameroon's designation for TPS was made on 7 April, McLaughlin said.

Last month, Trump's administration said it would similarly revoke the temporary legal status of more than half a million migrants from Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua and Venezuela.

They were brought into the US under a Biden-era sponsorship process known as CHNV, which Trump suspended after taking office.

More than 120,700 Venezuelans, 110,900 Cubans and over 93,000 Nicaraguans were allowed into the US under the programme before it was closed.

Those being told to leave have been warned to do so ahead of their permits and deportation protections expiring later this month, on 24 April, according to a notice posted by the federal government.

But it is not just people granted TPS who have been affected by the US's changing immigration rules.

Shukriah - not her real name - lives in Washington DC. She arrived in the US in January last year with her family. They had fled Afghanistan and endured a long journey to the US, across 11 countries, in a bid to claim asylum.

"The fear of deportation has deeply affected my mental and physical health. I can hardly sleep, my legs are in pain, and I cry constantly from fear and anxiety," she told the BBC.

Shukriah, who is seven months pregnant, received an email - seen by the BBC - on 10 April from the Department of Homeland Security which read: "It is time for you to leave the United States."

It added: "Unless it expires sooner, your parole will terminate seven days from the date of this notice.

"If you do not depart the United States immediately you will be subject to potential law enforcement actions."

The Department of Homeland Security website has information for Afghan nationals about how to apply for extensions to stay in the US now that programmes which previously protected Afghans are being changed.

While Shukriah's young children would all be eligible, because of their age, her and her husband's path might be more complicated.

"My parole was granted under the humanitarian programme, and my asylum case is still pending," Shukriah said.

"I don't know what steps to take now, and I am very afraid of what will happen to me and my family."

Immigration, specifically mass deportation, was a key focus of Trump's election campaign - and has dominated policy since he took office.

Earlier this year, data obtained by Reuters showed that in his first month back in office, the US deported 37,660 people - less than the monthly average of 57,000 removals and returns in the last full year of the Biden administration.

The Trump administration has gone on to revoke the visas of hundreds of international students in a bid to clamp down on pro-Palestinian protests at university campuses across the US.

One such case saw a US immigration court rule on Friday that Trump's administration could deport Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent legal US resident, who has been held at a Louisiana detention centre since 8 March.

In a letter written from the facility, he has said his "arrest was a direct consequence" of speaking out for Palestinian rights.

Noem, praising the decision on social media, said "it is a privilege to be granted a visa or green card to live and study" in the US, and that "when you advocate for violence, glorify and support terrorists that relish the killing of Americans, and harass Jews, that privilege should be revoked".

"Good riddance," she added.

Mr Khalil's lawyer said his team was going to fight for his client's "right to speak out against what's happening in the US".

BBC