THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY

[Duchess]

America's top trading partners -

Imports- China, Mexico, Canada, Japan, Germany.

Do you have things in your homes that come from those places? trump's intention is to put a 25% tariff on them.

[MirahM]

The things in my house or families houses that came from Japan or Germany are because my father was in the military and he was stationed there.

Lots of Tik Tok stuff comes from China.

[Duchess]

Much of our car parts come from Mexico and we get a great deal of oil/gas products from Canada. Elon straight up told America that this was going to put a hurtin' on us but once we got through to the other side everything will be so much better.

[Duchess]

[rothschild]

If the hundreds of billions of dollars that The Democratic Party invested in the continuation of the War in Ukraine had instead been invested in fixing our broken economy, they would have won the election. The poor sods that voted for Trump because of the rising cost of basic necessities would have instead voted for Harris.

You reap what you sow.

[username]

If the hundreds of billions of dollars that The Democratic Party invested in the continuation of the War in Ukraine had instead been invested in fixing our broken economy, they would have won the election. The poor sods that voted for Trump because of the rising cost of basic necessities would have instead voted for Harris.

You reap what you sow.

Like that EVER would have or could have happened. Since WHEN does the government “save” on overseas military spending and instead invest that money in the domestic economy? It doesn’t happen. Trump has said there were no wars under his first administration (except winding up Afghanistan) but did he move money “saved” to some domestic agenda? He cut some taxes but grew the national debt substantially in the process. RC can probably tell us in painfully boring detail why it doesn’t work that way but to me…it’s all a budget issue. U can’t save from Peter to pay Paul. I’d rather get my hands on campaign money anyway. Put that to better use.

[rothschild]

If the hundreds of billions of dollars that The Democratic Party invested in the continuation of the War in Ukraine had instead been invested in fixing our broken economy, they would have won the election. The poor sods that voted for Trump because of the rising cost of basic necessities would have instead voted for Harris.

You reap what you sow.

Like that EVER would have or could have happened. Since WHEN does the government “save” on overseas military spending and instead invest that money in the domestic economy? It doesn’t happen. Trump has said there were no wars under his first administration (except winding up Afghanistan) but did he move money “saved” to some domestic agenda? He cut some taxes but grew the national debt substantially in the process. RC can probably tell us in painfully boring detail why it doesn’t work that way but to me…it’s all a budget issue. U can’t save from Peter to pay Paul. I’d rather get my hands on campaign money anyway. Put that to better use.

It could and would have happened if the Democratic Party had the will to make it happen. They don't, so we're back to Trump.

Why make excuses for a rotten, broken down system?

[username]

If the hundreds of billions of dollars that The Democratic Party invested in the continuation of the War in Ukraine had instead been invested in fixing our broken economy, they would have won the election. The poor sods that voted for Trump because of the rising cost of basic necessities would have instead voted for Harris.

You reap what you sow.

Like that EVER would have or could have happened. Since WHEN does the government “save” on overseas military spending and instead invest that money in the domestic economy? It doesn’t happen. Trump has said there were no wars under his first administration (except winding up Afghanistan) but did he move money “saved” to some domestic agenda? He cut some taxes but grew the national debt substantially in the process. RC can probably tell us in painfully boring detail why it doesn’t work that way but to me…it’s all a budget issue. U can’t save from Peter to pay Paul. I’d rather get my hands on campaign money anyway. Put that to better use.

It could and would have happened if the Democratic Party had the will to make it happen. They don't, so we're back to Trump.

Why make excuses for a rotten, broken down system?

I’m not making excuses for anyone (certainly not the system) but the debt has risen over many administrations irrespective (to some degree) to what extent we’re participating in military events overseas. I’m just saying if we cut off aid to Ukraine it absolutely doesn’t mean that money will instead be used fruitfully at home. It will still stay in the military budget—it’s not going to get diverted to building housing or applied directly to paying down debt or to climate change investments or anything else.

[Duchess]

Look at this bullshit.

[rothschild]

If the hundreds of billions of dollars that The Democratic Party invested in the continuation of the War in Ukraine had instead been invested in fixing our broken economy, they would have won the election. The poor sods that voted for Trump because of the rising cost of basic necessities would have instead voted for Harris.

You reap what you sow.

Like that EVER would have or could have happened. Since WHEN does the government “save” on overseas military spending and instead invest that money in the domestic economy? It doesn’t happen. Trump has said there were no wars under his first administration (except winding up Afghanistan) but did he move money “saved” to some domestic agenda? He cut some taxes but grew the national debt substantially in the process. RC can probably tell us in painfully boring detail why it doesn’t work that way but to me…it’s all a budget issue. U can’t save from Peter to pay Paul. I’d rather get my hands on campaign money anyway. Put that to better use.

It could and would have happened if the Democratic Party had the will to make it happen. They don't, so we're back to Trump.

Why make excuses for a rotten, broken down system?

I’m not making excuses for anyone (certainly not the system) but the debt has risen over many administrations irrespective (to some degree) to what extent we’re participating in military events overseas. I’m just saying if we cut off aid to Ukraine it absolutely doesn’t mean that money will instead be used fruitfully at home. It will still stay in the military budget—it’s not going to get diverted to building housing or applied directly to paying down debt or to climate change investments or anything else.

I doubt that Ukraine military aid is part of the regular military budget. Allocated/authorized as emergency foreign aid packages is my hunch.

I'm just saying that that money *could* have instead been allocated for domestic economic stimulus targeted to local economies. No doubt in my mind that would have driven a stake through Trump's shriveled up heart. The only reason Trump won is because the status quo has gone to shit for average Americans.

[Duchess]

JD Vance posted this himself. 

[Clang McFly]

JD Vance posted this himself. 

[Duchess]

Another person nominated for a prestigious position he has no qualifications for.

I'm not going to be gracious throughout this fricken clown show, I'm going to be all I told you so.

That's some good grammar there, Duchess.

[Duchess]

On Steve Bannon's show, Kash Patel said "We're going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections. We are going to come after you."

[username]

On Steve Bannon's show, Kash Patel said "We're going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections. We are going to come after you."

I just heard a little about this. Apparently the FBI director typically serves a 10 year term regardless of the party in power because the agency (like the DOJ) is supposed to be independent from politics. I’m sure that’s not always true but I believe it’s a legitimate separation of powers. Anywho, watching Trump pick his nominees (and deciding he’s going to break with traditions every which way), is interesting (to say the very least). Before he was elected many people said Trump 2.0 would be VERY DIFFERENT w/out the “guardrails” in his first term. I’m not surprised that he’s clearly trying to surround himself with sycophants but given he can’t run again, iDK if he’ll make any positive changes or just burn shit down (with possibly irreparable damage/consequences). If I were an FBI agent (at any mid to senior level), I wouldn’t want to work for Kash (from the little I know of him). Same with RFK, Jr and several of his other nominees). I have a vision of those that truly take their professional oaths seriously deciding to jump ship if they feel like those oaths are meaningless and the only thing that matters is Trump’s agenda (along with his minions). We’ll see. ?

[Duchess]

Yesterday trump nominated one of his daughter's father in-law to a prestigious position he is unqualified for. Today, he has nominated his other daughter's father in-law to be a senior advisor.

Just imagine Presidents Clinton, Obama & Biden doing the same. Imagine that! 

[rothschild]

Yesterday trump nominated one of his daughter's father in-law to a prestigious position he is unqualified for. Today, he has nominated his other daughter's father in-law to be a senior advisor.

Just imagine Presidents Clinton, Obama & Biden doing the same. Imagine that! 

What does qualify a person for a "prestigious position"?

[Duchess]

Any high profile position in a presidential administration. What the fuck is wrong with you? 

[rothschild]

Any high profile position in a presidential administration. What the fuck is wrong with you? 

Alright, so what qualifies a person for a high profile position?

[Duchess]

We should probably start with experience.