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Steve Woods<p>"Donald Trump wants to crack down on ‘sanctuary cities’. What does that mean?" asks the headline.</p><p>Answer: he's a nasty little <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MakeAmericaGrateAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeAmericaGrateAgain</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/30/donald-trump-sanctuary-cities" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/30/donald-trump-sanctuary-cities</span></a></p>
Steve Woods<p>I was looking for images of tRump on Wikimedia Commons and look what turned up!</p><p>#<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MakeAmericaGrateAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeAmericaGrateAgain</span></a></p>
Steve Woods<p>What special relationship?</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MakeAmericaGrateAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeAmericaGrateAgain</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/29/trump-makes-trade-deal-with-uk-second-order-priority-in-blow-to-ministers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">apr/29/trump-makes-trade-deal-with-uk-second-order-priority-in-blow-to-ministers</span></a></p>
Steve Woods<p>Some time in the future, Keith will be a worthy recipient of the Order of the Brown Nose.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MakeAmericaGrateAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeAmericaGrateAgain</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/29/keir-starmer-donald-trump-golf-tournament-2028-open" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/apr/29/keir-starmer-donald-trump-golf-tournament-2028-open</span></a></p>
Steve Woods<p>"He has blinged it with gold cherubim, gold eagles, gold medallions, gold figurines and gilded rococo mirrors. He has crammed its walls with gold-framed paintings of great men from US history. In 100 days Donald Trump has turned the Oval Office into a gilded cage."</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MakeAmericaGrateAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeAmericaGrateAgain</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/29/trump-100-days-doge-trade-wars-economy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/29/trump-100-days-doge-trade-wars-economy</span></a></p>
Steve Woods<p>'Musk has done nothing to separate himself from his companies since taking a position as a special US government employee, and refers to his decisions in his role heading up DOGE as being marked by "self-enrichment and avoiding what he perceives as obstacles to advancing his own interests."'</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MakeAmericaGrateAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeAmericaGrateAgain</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/musk_doge_help_companies/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/04/28/mus</span><span class="invisible">k_doge_help_companies/</span></a></p>
Steve Woods<p>The ego has landed...</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MakeAmericaGrateAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeAmericaGrateAgain</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-demands-investigations-negative-approval-rating-polls-2064949" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsweek.com/donald-trump-dema</span><span class="invisible">nds-investigations-negative-approval-rating-polls-2064949</span></a></p>
Steve Woods<p>Hesgeth is too stupid for sentry duty, let alone being in charge of the US' military.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MakeAmericaGrateAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeAmericaGrateAgain</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/24/pete-hegseth-internet-signal-app" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/24/pete-hegseth-internet-signal-app</span></a></p>
Steve Woods<p>1789: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."</p><p>Things have clearly changed with Trump's Christian fascists in office.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MakeAmericaGrateAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeAmericaGrateAgain</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/22/veterans-affairs-anti-christian-bias" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/22/veterans-affairs-anti-christian-bias</span></a></p>
Steve Woods<p>God? No!</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MakeAmericaGrateAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeAmericaGrateAgain</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.slwoods.co.uk/?p=15410" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">slwoods.co.uk/?p=15410</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Steve Woods<p>And now a message for MAGA louts.</p><p>No, he's not.</p><p>He's a very naughty boy!</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MakeAmericaGrateAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeAmericaGrateAgain</span></a></p>
Steve Woods<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@HarriettMB" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HarriettMB</span></a></span> Exactly.</p><p>Six bankruptcies and counting...</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MakeAmericaGrateAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeAmericaGrateAgain</span></a></p>
Steve Woods<p>"Contrary to what Donald Trump claims, it wasn’t Asian countries that “stole” industries or jobs from the US population: it was the country’s business community that preferred to increase its profitability and productivity by moving its industries to environments more favorable to the reproduction of capital."</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MakeAmericaGrateAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeAmericaGrateAgain</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.byteseu.com/938397/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/938397/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Steve Woods<p>The Donald is too stupid to realise that Vlad the Invader is stringing him along.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MakeAmericaGrateAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeAmericaGrateAgain</span></a></p>
Steve Woods<p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> gives staff 'burner phones, laptops' for US visits.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MakeAmericaGrateAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeAmericaGrateAgain</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/15/ec_burner_devices/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/04/15/ec_</span><span class="invisible">burner_devices/</span></a></p>
Steve Woods<p>More civilised countries are available.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MakeAmericaGrateAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeAmericaGrateAgain</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/18/america-tourists-fears-us-travel-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/18/america-tourists-fears-us-travel-trump</span></a></p>
Steve Woods<p>"Since returning to the White House, Trump has applied gilt to the Oval Office with the same light touch that he brings to the caps lock key, which is to say, it’s everywhere. Gold knickknacks cover every surface in the Oval Office while gold-framed paintings climb the walls. Trump has added gold highlighting to the room’s ornamental moulding, imported gold cherubs from Mar-a-Lago, crowded the mantelpiece with gold urns, and even affixed what I can only describe as gold filigree doodads to the walls and fireplace."</p><p>Tacky.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MakeAmericaGrateAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeAmericaGrateAgain</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/17/trump-bukele-el-salvador-meeting" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/apr/17/trump-bukele-el-salvador-meeting</span></a></p>
Steve Woods<p>Donny, you don't get the answers 'right' in a cognitive test as the test shows *how* one's brain works. 🤦‍♂️ </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MakeAmericaGrateAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeAmericaGrateAgain</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/trump-says-he-got-every-answer-right-cognitive-test-during-physical-2058935" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsweek.com/trump-says-he-got</span><span class="invisible">-every-answer-right-cognitive-test-during-physical-2058935</span></a></p>
Steve Woods<p>"There is only one building in North America, probably in the world, where one can browse bestsellers and children’s books by crossing an international border and then sit for an amateur theatre troupe in a regal opera house with each half of your body in two different countries."</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MakeAmericaGrateAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeAmericaGrateAgain</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/13/us-canada-border-library" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/apr</span><span class="invisible">/13/us-canada-border-library</span></a></p>
Steve Woods<p>"Unlawful and illegal behavior".</p><p>Definition: anything that annoys the disgraced former 45th president and current disgraceful 47th president of the United States of America, insurrection instigator, convicted felon, adjudicated sexual predator, business fraudster, congenital liar and golf cheat commonly known as Donald John Trump.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MakeAmericaGrateAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeAmericaGrateAgain</span></a></p>