Trumps Presidency 2025

[oblong]

 

[mtutiger]

The protection racket angle is probably accurate, but there is no "being made whole" for companies that submit regardless so long as other countries retaliate and so long as uncertainty remains sky high (as it will). And that is something Trump has zero control over.

The end result that there's no getting around is that, in all likelihood, he will make goods more expensive for all of us. And will likely drag his popularity down even further on the economy (which is currently underwater)

[romad1]

"Everyday they burn the book" is an amazing article title

I have grown weary of old Elvis Costello for some reason but of all his works, is damn near a perfect pop song. 

Edited yesterday at 03:19 PM by romad1

[romad1]

fun

Boris Shcherbyna Carpenter: "he did this because Laura Loomer, who he is ****ing, told him to" — Bluesky

Boris Shcherbyna Carpenter: "www.axios.com/2025/04/03/t..." — Bluesky

Multiple firings on Trump's National Security Council after Loomer visit

[romad1]

Elon Green: "Nixon talking to White House portraits." — Bluesky

 

[chasfh]

5 minutes ago, romad1 said:

Elon Green: "Nixon talking to White House portraits." — Bluesky

 

It's an indication that the whole government and the whole nation is spiraling.

[ewsieg]

30 minutes ago, romad1 said:

Elon Green: "Nixon talking to White House portraits." — Bluesky

 

...indicative of what was otherwise a normal person, who's kind of spiraling.   Acting out based on what the last person that spoke to him about is par for the course with Trump.

[Sports_Freak]

The president of the UAW who claims he's happy with the tarriffs isn't serious. He's just trying to suck up to Trump. When the auto industry stops selling cars, the UAW will have thousands of workers out of work. And those big fat bonuses they used to get? Kiss them goodbye.

[romad1]

7 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

The president of the UAW who claims he's happy with the tarriffs isn't serious. He's just trying to suck up to Trump. When the auto industry stops selling cars, the UAW will have thousands of workers out of work. And those big fat bonuses they used to get? Kiss them goodbye.

its a choice. 

[Tiger337]

33 minutes ago, ewsieg said:

...indicative of what was otherwise a normal person, who's kind of spiraling.   Acting out based on what the last person that spoke to him about is par for the course with Trump.

Except that he no longer has any competent, sane people around him.  

[mtutiger]

4 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Except that he no longer has any competent, sane people around him.  

This was always the problem with the GP's logic on saying "well, he was fine in 2019, it'll be OK this time too".... the Esper, Cohn, Mnuchin, Mattis, Pompeo types are all gone. The inmates were gonna run the asylum, and he advertised it continually.

[CMRivdogs]

Sounds like our "51st state" is not happy. Who else will follow suit?

 

[mtutiger]

We 

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[CMRivdogs]

 

[romad1]

14 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

We 

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Respected

We have yet to see the full ramifications of "Liberation Day" 

[Sports_Freak]

And so it begins;

 

[Tigerbomb13]

I want to have one person explain how this is making America great again. 

[Tigerbomb13]

13 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

And so it begins;

 

I bet Shawn Fain is happy about this. 

[Tigerbomb13]

National security decisions made by *checks notes* Laura Loomer. Perfectly normal. 

[Sports_Freak]

3 minutes ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

I bet Shawn Fain is happy about this. 

He was campaigning for Harris. I don't believe him when he backed Trump's tarriffs. I think he was just doing that to placate the orange idiot. He probably knows Trump wants to shut down the UAW. Making America great again means cutting WAY back on workers pay and benefits. As well as eliminating corporate taxes.

[Sports_Freak]

2 minutes ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

National security decisions made by *checks notes* Laura Loomer. Perfectly normal. 

When there's a terrorist attack, Trump is gonna blame Biden. All of those so-called prisoners, criminals, rapists, murderers, terrorists and drug smugglers he let pour into the country. His base will eat it up and repeat it like the good lemmings they are.

[Tigermojo]

US will get eviscerated in a global trade war because other countries will use their smartest people to navigate this. Trump will only use people who are loyal to him.

[romad1]

4 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

US will get eviscerated in a global trade war because other countries will use their smartest people to navigate this. Trump will only use people who are loyal to him.

Russia is only using people who are loyal to Putin.  But that includes Trump so...

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, Sports_Freak said:

And so it begins;

 

Shawn Fain's first win.

[Tigermojo]

I wouldn't have believed it if someone told me we would go from immigrants are the enemy to penguins are the enemy but anything is possible!