ROK Drop Open Thread April 4, 2025

Looks like we know why the DPK cut the drug enforcement budget, probably a money making scheme with the CCP to distribute narcotics.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-discovers-one-tonne-suspected-cocaine-board-ship-2025-04-02/#:~:text=SEOUL%2C%20April%202%20(Reuters),drugs%20in%20the%20country’s%20history.

The first rule of Fight Club, famously stated in the movie and book, is “you do not talk about Fight Club”. 

Sadly, our fellow travelers never stop talking about their particular Dystopian fantasies.

Trump, while imperfect, doesn’t talk about doing things, he does them. H also has a squeaky clean past and loads of money so he cannot be bribed, bought, or otherwise turned. Elon Musk may be the perfect “sidekick”.

Meanwhile, those being forcefully removed from the grift are doing their best to hang on. And scoring own goals at every step. The judicial orders are a particularly grievous wound as none came equipped with the required bond, so even if they cannot be overturned in other ways, they can be ignored as illegally issued.

Leftists are not the brightest.

🙂
When you see Trump as a great businessman, we see this:
Trump Shuttle (Airline)
• Trump bought the Eastern Air Shuttle in 1989 with $245 million in loans.
• He rebranded it as Trump Shuttle, but the airline struggled due to high debt and a downturn in the airline industry.
• It never turned a profit and ceased operations in 1992.
• He blamed prior owners and the market.
Trump Ice (Bottled Water)
• Trump Ice was marketed as “the purest water.”
• It was sourced from municipal (tap) water in New York and Pennsylvania — like many bottled waters.
• It was not a scam, but it didn’t succeed commercially.
• The product disappeared around 2010.
Trump: The Game (Board Game)
• Released in 1989 and re-released in 2004.
• Sold poorly both times. Pulled from shelves due to low demand.
• Trump blamed marketing, not the game itself.
Trump Mortgage LLC
• Launched in 2006, folded by 2007 after the housing market collapsed.
• Trump made very optimistic claims that were never realized.
GoTrump com(Travel Site)
• Launched in 2006 as a travel booking site.
• Shut down within about a year.
• Marketed with Trump branding but didn’t gain traction.
Trump Steaks
• Sold through The Sharper Image in 2007.
• Discontinued after two months due to poor sales.
• Sharper Image CEO said they were hard to sell, not because of the product, but branding.
TrumpNet (Telecom)
• Trump lent his name to a telecom venture in the late 1980s/early 1990s.
• It never really launched successfully. Details are vague because it never gained traction.
Trump Tower Tampa
•Trump licensed his name to the project but was not the developer.
• The project was never built; the developer defaulted.
• Trump reportedly made money from licensing despite the failure.
Trump University
• Widely criticized and accused of misleading students.
• Settled a lawsuit for $25 million without admitting wrongdoing.
• Shut down in 2010. Often cited as one of his worst business failures.
Trump Vodka
• Launched in 2006 with the slogan “Success Distilled.”
• Sales were weak. Discontinued by 2011.
• Trump himself doesn’t drink alcohol.
Trump Fragrances
• Sold at Macy’s and other retailers.
• Eventually pulled due to low demand.
Trump Home (Furniture & Mattresses)
• Trump Home offered mattresses and furniture via licensing.
• Mattresses were discontinued around 2012–2014.
• Not a major scandal, just poor sales.
Casinos
•Multiple Trump casinos filed for bankruptcy, including:
• Trump Plaza
• Trump Marina
• Trump Castle
• Trump Taj Mahal (restructured, later became Hard Rock)
Trump World’s Fair
• Rebranded casino in Atlantic City.
• Filed for bankruptcy and was eventually demolished.
Trump 29 Casino (Coachella)
• Trump managed this tribal casino in California.
• The tribe ended the relationship and took over operations in 2002.
• Trump was not officially “kicked out” for incompetence, but the business relationship soured.
Stock Price Drop to 17¢
• Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, which went public and traded under DJT.
• Stock dropped from ~$35 to under $1.
• The company filed for bankruptcy in 2004 and again in 2009.
Summary:
Many Trump businesses failed or involved lawsuits, debt restructuring, or early shutdowns.
Trump businesses have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy **protection six times.
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When you see Trump as someone sent by God to save the world, we see this:
Personal Behavior and Morality
• Adultery and Affairs: Trump has publicly admitted to multiple extramarital affairs and was accused of others, including with Stormy Daniels, a porn actress — leading to legal proceedings.
• Bragging about sexual misconduct: The Access Hollywood tape from 2005 features Trump saying he could “grab [women] by the p***y” because of his fame.
• Pride and boasting: Trump is known for boasting about his wealth, intelligence, and achievements, which some contrast with Christian virtues like humility and meekness (see Matthew 5:5).
Treatment of Others
• Name-calling and insults: Trump often uses derogatory nicknames for opponents (e.g., “Crooked Hillary,” “Little Marco,” “Sleepy Joe”), which contradicts biblical guidance on speech (Ephesians 4:29).
• Mocking the disabled: In 2015, he mocked a disabled reporter, which many viewed as cruel and un-Christlike (Matthew 25:40 speaks of compassion toward the vulnerable).
• Lack of forgiveness: Trump has said, “I don’t like to have to ask for forgiveness,” which runs counter to the Christian emphasis on repentance (1 John 1:9).
Immigration and Refugees
• Separating families at the border: The Trump administration enforced a policy that separated thousands of immigrant children from their parents. Critics cited biblical commands to care for the “stranger” and the “foreigner” (Leviticus 19:34, Matthew 25:35).
Greed and Wealth
• Prosperity messaging: Trump has often celebrated wealth and success, but the New Testament frequently warns against the love of money (1 Timothy 6:10, Matthew 19:24).
• Tax avoidance: Reports have shown that Trump paid little or no income tax in several years, raising ethical questions about fairness and civic duty.
Truthfulness
• Falsehoods: Fact-checkers (e.g., Washington Post) documented thousands of false or misleading claims made by Trump during his presidency.
• Honesty is a core Christian virtue (Exodus 20:16, Proverbs 12:22).
Trump University and Business Ethics
• Trump University was sued for misleading students. He settled the case for $25 million without admitting guilt.
• Critics say this contradicts values of fairness, honesty, and integrity.
Behavior in Church Settings
• Trump once held up a Bible for a photo op in front of a church after protestors were forcibly cleared — an act some faith leaders criticized as disrespectful or performative.

It’s now official, under Yoon’s 2 years of rule, South Korea suffered horrible economic declines, starting four months into his rule, and the country started to recover slightly after his removal from office in December, according to Korea economic report.

https://www.reddit.com/r/korea/comments/1jsqphv/s_koreas_economic_conditions_declined_throughout/

All that sucking up to the US didn’t help, but made things much worse, as the country’s wealth and industrial power was drained during his short-lived rule. Every god-damn Conservative administration has been a disaster for Korea. They don’t hire competent people, they only hire incompetent loyalists who should not be in their key positions (for example, Trump administration’s DEI hire of Pete Hegseth and others). It’s ideology over competence and ability.

Now that Yoon is gone, with a new leadership under the Democratic party, I predict things will get better, even with the hostile US self-destructing.

Stephen, starting with the last and moving up (only a bit, I’m not going to waste my time debating some copy and paste spam from the internet).
-you know the “peaceful protestors” actually ignited that church? I don’t want to be antagonistic here, but arson is a serious crime, and the forcible removal of a bunch of protestors committing vandalism and arson on White House property seems pretty reasonable under those circumstances. And you think Trump holding a bible in front of this church was the problem?
Think I’ll stop there. Truly, we need a new word for absurd.
Per fake higher education, nothing compares to the past 10 years of shady loan schemes for completely worthless advanced degrees, but I’ll just throw another skeezy school out there:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2016/06/02/hillary-university-bill-clinton-bagged-16-46-million-from-for-profit-college-as-state-dept-funneled-55-million-back/

(Bernie Sander’s wife was also involved in a skeezy school operation and even….wait for it….overinflated the college’s donations in order to get a loan for property)

Listened to a very smart guy named Naval Ravikant recently. He said “your resume is essentially a catalogue of your suffering”. What he ment by that is, people learn from their mistakes (unless you have someone saving you from your mistakes, like Hunter Biden…think his paintings are holding their value?). If you’re very successful (in the real sense, not the daddy made everyone cover everything up sense), you’re going to have a lot of mistakes under your belt.
I don’t know if tariffs are the answer and my bank account isn’t very happy about it at the moment. I also know there are very smart and capable people working with Trump, and I’d rather invest in my children’s futures now than hand them a massive debt and complete dependence on China.
 

Spoke to a nurse who worked at a state penitentiary during the covid lockdowns (a women’s prison). I must admit, though I’m not an optimist about the depth and breadth of human stupidity possible when it becomes legislated “for your protection”, even I couldn’t fathom how stupid the policies were. Suffice it to say, the prison essentially became a loony asylum over the course of months locked up in solitary confinement. Everyone became massively obese, and they were permitted a few minutes outside by themselves, every 72 hours (the former rules for extremely bad behavior was the new standard for everyone). That just touches on the stupidity…she went on and on.

She was also of course forced to take the vax and had an anaphylactic reaction (she had trouble swallowing even water for almost a week after, her thought swollen up). Then she was forced to take another jab (the doctor suggested Benadryl, under normal circumstances they would give her a waver but for the one and done safe and effective EUA jab no exemptions allowed, like the miltiary. She waited with an epi pen but the Benadryl fortunately did the job and her allergy was lessened. Then she got a DVT (her hematologist said it was likely from the covid vaccine…she said she was assured that wouldn’t happen and he told her, “I’m a hematologist, and I’m telling you that’s what probably did it”). So much for that. Another person chimed in that his father had kidney failure right after taking the jab.
This is just at the dog park, standing and watching our dogs play.
I did not solicit this information at all (I only mentioned being an RN years ago, and that started her on covid).

Stephen, you didn’t list Trump’s failures. You listed his lessons.

Pretty much everyone who has succeeded has also failed.

What made them a winner is they got up and tried again.

Trump doesn’t give up. He learns and moves on. The 2024 election would be a good example of a win learned from failure.

You won’t get much traction over-hyping Trumps past failures or how many whòres he’s banged. The people who matter don’t care. And the people who care don’t matter.

That last one would be you.

You will get traction discussing current policy failure… but you won’t get it fantasizing about future what ifs. And you mostly won’t get it pointing to current events and claiming it is a trend.

Presidential history has shown the true effects of today’s decisions won’t be clear for months to years. Ronald Reagan’s first term is a great example.

You also won’t get much traction if you act like the Korea Things and just spout contradictory nonsense filled with talking points, incorrect facts, and a clear misunderstanding of current events and history.

Good luck.

“It’s a pro-Trump far-right echo chamber that makes up stories”

27 Nobel scientists say they agree! Also 20,000 signatures in a change.org petition, and 50 former intelligence officials.

Calling Korean Thing an NPC insults the other NPCs.

JUST IN: Treasury Secretary Bessent announces up to 70 COUNTRIES have now reached out to President Trump to negotiate on trade

IN LESS THAN A WEEK!

You are right again, CH. It’s about eliminating trade deficits. No more “welfare” for other countries.

Kinda sad that Korean Thing doesn’t do more than copypasta. It’s just so boring.

And so much like Ronaldus Magnus told us:

The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.

It’s so strange that tariffs are now bad for America…

…when they have been just fine for everyone else for decades.

I’m starting to think, like pretty much everything else the globalist anti-American media pushes, this all might be a bit of a fib.

Another day, another flying object falls out of the sky in America, and kills more people.

Six Dead After Helicopter Crashes Into Hudson River Near Manhattan
Another DEI pilot.