Trump has already fired several of the top people in the air force, navy and army... with an obvious goal of replacing them with Trump loyalists. 

Makes sense: if you're going to lead a Christian Nationalist takeover of a country, you definitely have to make sure that your own military can't be used against you...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyr2xvn4dpo
 

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mojo55 wrote:

I am surprised that nobody has yet commented on Trump's reality show performance at the White House today.  If Trump really is siding with Putin and no longer cares about the rest of the free world including Canada, are we in danger of losing our freedom of the press and media in a world dominated by the likes of Donald Trump (Corleone) and Putin?  He now controls which media have access to White House events. Who will defend the free world?
The fact that today's episode of the new Apprentice show was on display for the world to see was both embarrassing and an eye-opener of what Canada could be facing next.

 
mojo55, I did consider commenting on this minutes after I picked my jaw off the ground when I watched it while having a late lunch, but decided not to as we’re supposed to leave politics off of this board, which I really struggle to do! I agree, Canada could be facing this next and we’re far from ready.

An election is only rigged if Trump loses. 

cash wrote:

Can the military step in and take this guy and his band of crazies out? Put Obama back. 

Obama was my favourite demicrat.
In 2016, I was hoping he would run again.
He was fair, not far-left.
But, about the media, if trump gets rid of pbs the US will be doomed when it comes to smart information.
Also, kids will be doomed if they still watch PBS kids, there programs were very educational, they toght us plain old canadians/americans about other cultures.
I hope trump smartins up and keeps pbs/wned alive.

Obama is constitutionally prohibited from being president again. For those that are inclined to obey the constitution, presidents are limited to two terms.

Obama served from 2009-2013 and 2013-2017.

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:

Obama was my favourite demicrat.
In 2016, I was hoping he would run again.
He was fair, not far-left.
But, about the media, if trump gets rid of pbs the US will be doomed when it comes to smart information.
Also, kids will be doomed if they still watch PBS kids, there programs were very educational, they toght us plain old canadians/americans about other cultures.
I hope trump smartins up and keeps pbs/wned alive.

I wonder how any remake of the FCC will affect radio? And whether or not any economic consequences of the new regime will impact the viability of radio - for instance, might we see AM make a resurgence (talk radio), or might we see an economic downturn that increases the rate of station closures?

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Not really sure that the average MAGA voter would own or buy an EV.  Tesla sales are sliding right now.  Down 16% from December 2024 to January 2025.  From CNN..https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/01/business/tesla-takedown-musk-doge/index.html#:~:text=Tesla%20recently%20reported%20a%2016,December%202023%20and%20January%202024.

RadioActive wrote:

I'm not sure that's the point. This will cost the automakers extra money (no doubt passed on to the consumer) at a time when tariffs are also going to raise the cost of a new car at least 3-grand in the U.S. Even if they don't buy an EV, some car manufacturers were talking about eliminating AM in gas powered vehicles, then changed their minds under pressure. 

If it becomes mandatory, they won't have a choice. So do they please the Republicans who want Conservative radio to spread their message or do they please Trump who wants to please Musk? You know he won't want to spend the extra dollars to put the band in his cars, which under a new law, he'd have to do. 

Also, if MAGA members won't buy an EV as you say and Democratic voters are boycotting Musk's companies as they've vowed, who's left to buy a Tesla, AM radio or not?

President Musk would have to obey the law and install AM radios in Teslas?

Musk? The law? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This is why I try - apparently unsuccessfully - to keep politics off this board. It's always going to offend someone. 

The reason this thread is still here is because I, too, share the original poster's fear of what he's seeing in our greatest neighbour. You are certainly welcome to place your vote for whoever you want, although I hope you will get another chance to make that choice in four years. That's far from guaranteed if the history of despots elsewhere is any indication.

And you may yet come to regret that choice when you discover four years down the road that what you voted for has brought mostly ruin to his biggest boosters. 

And as for what this has to do with radio and TV, when the leader of a supposedly free country issues threats of pulling licences from stations because he doesn't like what they say about him or sues CBS' "60 Minutes" for millions because they edited a piece featuring a political rival for time - like newsrooms have been doing for decades - and it wasn't in his favour, or bans legitimate news sources (like AP) from the White House for capricious and ridiculous reasons, then we all have cause to worry. 

History shows the very first thing dictators do is take over the media, suppressing anyone who opposes them. I love U.S. TV and always have. A lot us north of the border are scared shitless that what we've seen too often overseas is now right next door to us. We're not there yet - but you can see it from here. 

When tRump threatened this country; when tRump belittled our prime minister; when tRump attacked our deputy prime minister; when tRump announced that Canada isn't a real country...it became our business.

Anyone with an ounce of historical reference understands exactly what tRump is up to, and where this is leading. Unfortunately, 77 million Americans chose to ignore the lessons of history.

If tRump wants Canada, it's too bad that his great-grandfather (you know, the brothel operator in the Klondike) didn't stay here. In other words, tRump, get your nose out of our business.

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What  deLaat fails to understand is that the US gains a LOT of influence over foreign powers by virtue of being the world's policeman. This is known as "soft power" (this includes humanitarian aid like what was being provided through USAID before Elon Musk began to attack it).  When it comes to things like having sway over how nations may vote at the United Nations or within NATO, the US's role as a protector for other weaker countries allowed it to both be seen as a role model and the standard bearer of how other countries should behave on a global scale.

Remember, the US hasn't exactly been seen in a positive light by many countries, and big reason why Americans like to pretend that they are Canadians when travelling abroad.  That money is well-spent. By having Trump stupidly abandon those causes, he is allowing the US' biggest rival, China, to now step in and take over when it comes to soft power, and you can bet that those countries will become more and more aligned with China's goals and values, in the future, and against the increasingly isolated and hated, United States. Trump is a small thinker, who doesn't understand the big picture at all, and quite frankly so are his followers.

 

Yes, I'm sure Marco Rubio will spend it "wisely" at Trump's direction: billions of taxpayer money into  Trump-owned properties or that of his daughter. If there's one thing I've learned about the Republicans, they love to claim money is being "wasted" on initiatives that help the poor and downtrodden, when it could be used to enrich themselves, their political donors, and their wealthy allies.

I'm not going to pretend that every altruistic effort by the Democrats will be a smashing success, but I know for sure, the Republicans will do jack nothing except cut taxes for the rich (like recently extending Trump's tax cuts that primarily saved billions for billionaires), steal money out of social security to pay for those cuts, spread misinformation about vaccines to ensure the return of measles and other deadly diseases, push religion back into schools where it doesn't belong, and continuing to bow to Putin because Trump is clearly a Russian asset. 

America?  Your country peaked during the tech bubble, when that crashed, it began declining at a rapid rate, with housing bubbles and mortgage-backed security scams, crypto bubbles, health care fraud, increasingly wider and wider gaps between the rich and poor, and now you elected a president who is a convicted rapist, con man, confirmed pedophile, and Russian agent to run your country in order to "make it great again". The real reason why Canada doesn't want to become the 51st state?  No country wants to join the US as it circles the drain into the toilet, because its people have been suckered by decades of lies from FOX News.

 

Tying broadcasting into this thread, I hope that no Canadian Patriot watched the American Super Bowl game, especially using a VPN or a Seattle TV feed to circumvent CanCon.

I hope no one munched on Doritos dipped in Old El Pase salsa during the game.

Or ordered a pizza from Dominos at half time. Or, perish the thought, added an order of Buffalo Wings, the great American creation. Perhaps they slopped Kraft dip sauce on their Hanes t-shirts or Levi jeans.

Driving home in their Ford or GM product, I hope they didn't listen to an American artist on Sirius/XM. At home, once the game was over, I hope they didn't continue to watch a television program produced for ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox or even the CW.

If they are sports fans, I trust that they do not watch any NBA, MLB, MLS games or indeed the NHL, an American non-profit headquartered in Manhattan whose Canadian players make up 41% of the league.

Nor did they go to work the next day at a Canadian subsidiary of a US parent, a company who manufactures product for export to the US or a natural resource company thriving due to shipments made to, at 75%, Canada's largest trading partner.

You don't want to be aligned with the US or become the 51st State?

It's a bit late.

 

TomTV wrote:

Yes, I'm sure Marco Rubio will spend it "wisely" at Trump's direction: billions of taxpayer money into  Trump-owned properties or that of his daughter. If there's one thing I've learned about the Republicans, they love to claim money is being "wasted" on initiatives that help the poor and downtrodden, when it could be used to enrich themselves, their political donors, and their wealthy allies.

I'm not going to pretend that every altruistic effort by the Democrats will be a smashing success, but I know for sure, the Republicans will do jack nothing except cut taxes for the rich (like recently extending Trump's tax cuts that primarily saved billions for billionaires), steal money out of social security to pay for those cuts, spread misinformation about vaccines to ensure the return of measles and other deadly diseases, push religion back into schools where it doesn't belong, and continuing to bow to Putin because Trump is clearly a Russian asset. 

America?  Your country peaked during the tech bubble, when that crashed, it began declining at a rapid rate, with housing bubbles and mortgage-backed security scams, crypto bubbles, health care fraud, increasingly wider and wider gaps between the rich and poor, and now you elected a president who is a convicted rapist, con man, confirmed pedophile, and Russian agent to run your country in order to "make it great again". The real reason why Canada doesn't want to become the 51st state?  No country wants to join the US as it circles the drain into the toilet, because its people have been suckered by decades of lies from FOX News.

 

He's just making it great for him and his supporters.
We nead to get that canada hater out of our country if he ever comes.
Were right to ban him from Canada.
Make Canada proud again!
But, I still listen to Us digital music radio stations because we don't have an all 2000s radio station like iheart does.
The good thing about iheart is that they still do buisiness in Canada and support cancon.