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Trump Tells Tim Cook to Stop Building iPhones in India
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He knows what his oath of office is. He has violated it repeatedly, and with impunity up to now. I am one American who is not ok with this.
And you continue to be laughably wrong. You should quit given how far behind and uninformed you are.
I will give you that Trump has accomplished so much in 100 days. No U.S. president in history has done so much damage to the United States internally as well as internationally. He is now a historic loser.
Just declare India and China the 51st and 52nd states with an executive order. Problem solved.
In years to come someone will write a book or make a film or series about the era of Trump. They should consider using the simple title, WTF!
The narrator: In the early decades of the 21st century many thought that Richard Nixon was the most corrupt and criminal president in living memory. And that George W. Bush was the most inept. Then Donald J. Trump came along and said, “Hold my Big Mac.”
The narrator: In the early decades of the 21st century many thought that Richard Nixon was the most corrupt and criminal president in living memory. And that George W. Bush was the most inept. Then Donald J. Trump came along and said, “Hold my Big Mac.”
He actually did accomplish a lot in 100 days.
1. Started an unnecessary trade war with the whole planet
2. Crash the economy
3. Tanked Wall St.
4. Made China into a world leader for economic stability.
5. Create an upcoming supply shortage and price hike for consumers.
6. And best of all, he got a shiny new jet for his efforts.
The amount of anti-Americans on here is staggering
Would you expect a different reaction given how the current administration is conducting business?
The current administration is in no way pro-American
They are pro "self serving full blown corruption"
You aren't pro-American if you want to gut healthcare and services to fund a tax cut for already rich people.
You aren't pro-American if you are constantly disregarding the Constitution.
I think most people the world over have few serious issues with Americans in general. But there is justifiable opposition to openly corrupt and criminal governments wherever they may be. In this case people the world over, many Americans included, are justifiably pissed with the cesspool that is the current American regime.
What’s anti-American is swearing an oath to protect and defend the Constitution and then violating that oath blithely and with the complete consent of his worthless shills in Congress and half the voters of this once great country.
I know! I was THIS close to having my student loans ‘paid’ off, even though SCOTUS rules it wasn’t possible with taxpayers money, then POTUS does it any way. It’s a shame the current one didn’t follow through with ignoring that. It’s very unfair.
The truth of the matter is two wings on the same bird. If you think either is really all that different, I guarantee they go drink together at the bar after a ‘hard days’s work’.
So trump is a “moderate” now? Lolol ydksap
As it turns out, I didn’t vote for Biden, and I thought the student loans nonsense was exactly that.
Now. It’s your turn to condemn your guy’s violations.
I would but I find all of them to be awful. A political party isn’t a football team where you choose your favorite side. Again, two wings on the same bird and they’re not flying for anyone but themselves 
Now you get it boyo. This is about capitalists wanting more profits. Now that globalization process has made china into a superpower and every dollar sent over there is helping build the Chinese army. I just wish the populist was Bernie and not fake populist trump. The capitalists (read wahl st ) will never allow a leftist populist get power. We’ve seen the Dems r.ig the primaries against Bernie multiple times and select a corporate candidate that appeases wahl st
Except in a communist/socialist economic system the profits are not privatized. Now, business can socialize costs/losses and privatize profits. 🤣🤣
Primarily he will destroy the US economy. The rest of the world needs the US far less than he thinks and will be able to rearrange.
There's other dictators around the world, of course. Those are the leaders he openly admires.
They have opted not to get news about those things, by only watching Newsmax, OAN, etc. The whole campaign to call everything unflattering "fake news," copied from another country's misinformation tactics, really works.
We'll see. Here's what I know for sure: one side says one thing to support their view, opinion, and narrative, and the other side does the same for their own. That is, one side says Trump's getting a jet as a personal gift, the other says "no, Qatar is giving it to the US Government it's not the same thing".
It sounds like technically it would have to be given to or "provided" to the government for it to be legal.
Spoken like a true Mob boss. That's what his tariffs are all about. It's to make US industry have to kowtow to him... or else.
Hey,
I get that this is a forum and maybe that last comment wasn’t aimed directly at me, but just in case it was, I wanted to clear a few things up.
If you look at my post above, I just asked a few honest questions. How did that turn into me being labeled anti-American?
Honestly, that kind of reaction worries me. For example: if someone thinks immigration should be more strictly controlled, does that automatically make them anti-Mexican? Probably not. Or maybe someone critiques Canadian policy, does that make them anti-Canadian? I doubt it.
It seems like calling someone “anti-American” should require a bit more than some observations, don’t you think?
People all over the West, especially the EU. consume American culture like crazy. We listen to American music (sometimes more than our own), binge American shows, use American-made tech, eat at McDonald’s, drive American cars, speak English — often with American slang. That folk-blues guy from North Carolina with the banjo? Yeah, people in Europe know and enjoy that too. American companies like Microsoft, Oracle and many many other working closely with foreign governments, both local and country wide in multiple technological projects.
How does this fit the anti-American narrative? Please explain.
Can the same be said the other way around? Probably not as much, but that’s fine. What’s not fine is calling people anti-American just because they’re worried about where American democracy is heading, or because they don’t agree with a particular U.S. leader.
It’s even more frustrating when this leader starts calling long-time allies a bunch of freeloaders — after everything. That is concerning.
For what it’s worth, I actually agree with the current U.S. President when he says European countries should take more responsibility for their own defense. That makes sense. But let’s not forget that one big reason the U.S. dollar is the world’s reserve currency is because of the global trust in America’s democratic system and leadership.
At the end of the day, what connects people across borders are shared values — freedom, democracy, mutual respect.
P.S. Just a thought: Trump seems like he’d love to be America’s version of Putin or Kim Jong-un. Both are very “pro-their-country” — but at what cost? Isn’t democracy what made the U.S. the powerhouse it is today?
PS: I used ChatGPT (another American product) to improve the text I wrote bellow. Just in case some start with that.
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Hi. I understand that this is a forum and this might not be targeting any specific post of mine in this thread. But just to make sure that it is not.
If you noticed my post above I made a few questions. How are those questions became a sign of being anti-American?
I must say that this kind of narrative worries me. For instance, are you anti-Mexican? I would think that just because one may think that immigration should be tightly regulated would not mean that you are anti-Mexican right? Or maybe you are anti-Canadian ... who knows.
But I do think for one to be labeled anti-American would need to observed much more than these questions.
I don't know if you know but please look around outside. Citizens of Western countries listen to American music (some more then their own countries music), consume American made programs and TV shows, we buy American tech, we eat in Mac-Donalds, we buy American cars, we appreciate American art, we have American friends, we read American books, we even speak American / English language. You see that American guy born in North Carolina, that plays the banjo like no other, folk blues or whatever, people in the West listen to ir, dance to it.
Most probably the same cannot be said the other way around mate, but even that is ok. What is definitely concerning to this people when you turn around and say they are anti-American when based on fact that they feel that American democracy and its values is in decline. What concerns these people when one American with huge power turns and say to them that are a bunch of robin hoods taking advantage of Americans ... after all this.
I agree with the current US President, hopefully transitory like in any Democracy, that the West, in particular the EU countries should carry the load of their own military safety. Not rely on American military. But is also true that the reason the dollar used as the international currency for trade is down to this simple fact.
What unites people across geographies are shared values.
PS: I have the theory that Trump fancies to become the American Putin, the American Kim Jong Un. As President the first action was to make his own coin and enrich himself. Anything after is not unexpected. Both of these example are for sure very Pro to their own countries. Is that what American want their regime to look like in the future. What i so bad about Democracy? Didn't the US became the biggest super power on the planet with that?
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