This is what happens when you elect a convicted felon who only knows how to bankrupt companies. The only logical conclusion is a bankrupt country.
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Give him a few months. Over 77 million Americans believe he is the right choice again, so he must know exactly what will happen. The end results is that we will be rich. He’s said it many times over. I’m sure of it! /s
PS. No matter what happens he will always be rich. His friends will still be rich. His family will still be rich. The CEO and groups will still be rich. The rest of us good luck!
PS. No matter what happens he will always be rich. His friends will still be rich. His family will still be rich. The CEO and groups will still be rich. The rest of us good luck!
USAid provided vital support to the poorest countries on the planet. You don’t have to be rich to show compassion for fellow human beings who are starving or dying of preventable illness because the US has cut off support for the World Health Organisation.
After the COVID lessons learned in FAFO 101 the country apparently wanted a FAFO 201 course to see what continues to happen when attempting to run a country like a business.
The democrats are as much to blame as the people who were fooled into voting for all this.
The democrats are as much to blame as the people who were fooled into voting for all this.
I heard him say that... and I remember him signing and bragging how great the USMCA was during his first term... now he's badmouthing his own agreement, basically saying he's an idiot for doing that... yet I'm sure he would somehow deny he ever signed it or something. Yeah, I voted for him, but I still think he's a pawn for God's greater plans and he simply doesn't know/realize it. I just hope the USA comes out ahead in all this chaos, one way or another... at least until we all go up in "The Big WHOOSH"!I'm not sure he knows how to. He negotiated and signed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). He touted how great it was...
Remarks by President Trump at a USMCA Celebration with American Workers | Warren, MI – The White House
trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov
The USMCA is the fairest, most balanced, and beneficial trade agreement we have ever signed into law.
But we’re bringing your jobs back to America. Jobs are coming back, and they’re coming back fast, and they’re coming right here to Michigan. They are coming rapidly. You see what’s going on.
[ . . . ]
The USMCA is an especially big win for American auto workers. And we will create up to 80,000 — minimum — 80,000 — probably about 120,000 — new jobs. And that’s something that you haven’t seen. But over the last couple of years, you’ve been seeing what’s happening. It’s coming back. It’s all coming back.
... until it wasn't, and on February 24, 2025, he criticized how unfair trade was under the USMCA
“I look at some of these agreements, I’d read them at night, and I’d say, ‘Who would ever sign a thing like this?’ So the tariffs will go forward, yes, and we’re gonna make up a lot of territory. All we want is reciprocal. We want reciprocity.”
and slapped 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
And he’s so patriotic he didn’t pay any federal income tax for 10 years and called people who pay their taxes suckers and losers.
You do know American pharmaceutical companies have been making profit.
I look forward to hearing your excuses for cutting VA, Social Security, and Medicare benefits after this statement.
If you really need someone to explain how keeping poor people alive benefits the global economy, I will happily explain it to you.
Economist can only comment on his actions after he makes them, no one knows what he is going to do, he's only ever said he has concepts of a plan. When reporters ask him what his plan is he replied he has concepts of a plan.
*** he who must not be named *** is going to try to force Apple to let his administration spy on Americans using their iPhones on everything they do. I tried warning people but they just laughed at me as if I am the crazy one 
now we may see a 20%-50% increase in ALL Apple Device Prices.
now we may see a 20%-50% increase in ALL Apple Device Prices.
Senator Chris Murphy is very astutely all over this
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
This week you will read many confused economists and political pundits who won’t understand how the tariffs make economic sense.
That’s because they don’t. They aren’t designed as economic policy. The tariffs are simply a new, super dangerous political tool.
You see, our founders created a President with limited and checked powers. They specifically put the power of spending and taxation in the hands of the legislature.
Why? Because they watched how kings and despots used spending and taxes to control their subjects.
British kings used taxation to reward loyalty and punish dissent.
Our own revolution was spurred by the King’s use of heavy taxation of the colonies to punish our push for self governance.
The King’s message was simple: stop protesting and I’ll stop taxing.
Trump knows that he can weaken (and maybe destroy) democracy by using spending and taxation in the same way.
He is using access to government funds to bully universities, law firms and state and local governments into loyalty pledges.
Healthy democracies rely on an independent legal profession to maintain the rule of law, independent universities to guard objective truth and provide forums for dissent to authority, and independent state/local government to counterbalance a powerful federal government.
But the private sector also plays a rule to protect democracy. Independent industry has power.
The tariffs are Trump’s tool to erode that independence. Now, one by one, every industry or company will need to pledge loyalty to Trump in order to get sanctions relief.
What could Trump demand as part of a quiet loyalty pledge?
Public shows of support from executives for all his economic policy. Contributions to his political efforts. Promises to police employees’ support for his political opposition.
The tariffs are DESIGNED to create economic hardship. Why? So that Trump has a straight face rationale for releasing them, business by business or industry by industry.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
And once Trump has the lawyers, colleges and industry under his thumb, it becomes very hard for the opposition to have any viable space to maneuver.
Trump didn’t invent this strategy. It’s the playbook for democratically elected leaders who want to stay in power forever.
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
This week you will read many confused economists and political pundits who won’t understand how the tariffs make economic sense.
That’s because they don’t. They aren’t designed as economic policy. The tariffs are simply a new, super dangerous political tool.
You see, our founders created a President with limited and checked powers. They specifically put the power of spending and taxation in the hands of the legislature.
Why? Because they watched how kings and despots used spending and taxes to control their subjects.
British kings used taxation to reward loyalty and punish dissent.
Our own revolution was spurred by the King’s use of heavy taxation of the colonies to punish our push for self governance.
The King’s message was simple: stop protesting and I’ll stop taxing.
Trump knows that he can weaken (and maybe destroy) democracy by using spending and taxation in the same way.
He is using access to government funds to bully universities, law firms and state and local governments into loyalty pledges.
Healthy democracies rely on an independent legal profession to maintain the rule of law, independent universities to guard objective truth and provide forums for dissent to authority, and independent state/local government to counterbalance a powerful federal government.
But the private sector also plays a rule to protect democracy. Independent industry has power.
The tariffs are Trump’s tool to erode that independence. Now, one by one, every industry or company will need to pledge loyalty to Trump in order to get sanctions relief.
What could Trump demand as part of a quiet loyalty pledge?
Public shows of support from executives for all his economic policy. Contributions to his political efforts. Promises to police employees’ support for his political opposition.
The tariffs are DESIGNED to create economic hardship. Why? So that Trump has a straight face rationale for releasing them, business by business or industry by industry.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
And once Trump has the lawyers, colleges and industry under his thumb, it becomes very hard for the opposition to have any viable space to maneuver.
Trump didn’t invent this strategy. It’s the playbook for democratically elected leaders who want to stay in power forever.
I already replied to your message but I want to add people in Cambodia aren't buying American goods because of tariffs the Cambodia government placed on them, they aren't buying American products because they are poor. So when trump says they have a 97% tariff on American products, he is lying by omission, he doesn't say what products have the 97% tariffs. Cambodia exports mostly clothes, what American company makes clothes in USA?
Mandate for Leadership | A Product of The Heritage Foundation
This was a project of more than 100 organizations to prepare for a new conservative administration through policy, training, and personnel.
Goal 1: paragraph 3. As we’ve seen “day one” the Republican Party has sought to erase all transgender and nonbinary identities.
Goal 3: paragraph 1. The “nuclear family” dogwhistle is put there with the intention of restricting lgbtq people from protected status in civil rights law.
And let’s not forget many Republican politicians stances on lgbtq rights over the years.
That girl who bought the $7 apple at Whole Foods must be losing it right now
To put the VA issue into perspective: The VA, under Trump's first term, had a satisfaction rating of 95%. Biden grew the VA by about 15% during his four years or about 72,000 jobs. The current Secretary of Veterans Affairs says the goal is to reduce bureaucracy so more of the money can be spent on providing better care for veterans. Keep in mind that the Biden Admin was using VA resources (despite the VA having a significant backlog) to coordinate payment for the medical care of illegal immigrants during his illustrious term. Just some perspective for those on the thread.
As for SS and Medicare, any cuts are clearly meant to target "waste, fraud, and abuse," not benefits for American citizens.
Sly move, using the "Project 2025" agenda which Trump has repeatedly disavowed.Department of Health and Human Services.Mandate for Leadership | A Product of The Heritage Foundation
This was a project of more than 100 organizations to prepare for a new conservative administration through policy, training, and personnel.static.project2025.org
Goal 1: paragraph 3. As we’ve seen “day one” the Republican Party has sought to erase all transgender and nonbinary identities.
Goal 3: paragraph 1. The “nuclear family” dogwhistle is put there with the intention of restricting lgbtq people from protected status in civil rights law.
And let’s not forget many Republican politicians stances on lgbtq rights over the years.
Nevertheless:
1. Transgender and nonbinary identities have nothing to do with being gay.
2. Have any LGBTQ people been "restricted from protected status in civil rights laws?"
Speaking of civil rights laws, women are now having theirs protected with increased enforcement of Title IX.
Apparently not. It's either completely ruthless capitalism or everyone is staring at a possible future eating soup and crackers fixed over an electric stove under communism.