Trumps Presidency 2025

[CMRivdogs]

Can't have our plebes poisoned by culture

 

 

[LaceyLou]

31 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

We're becoming too hopeless here.  The activists are driving Musk out.  Who or what can we go after next?  I know it can't be psycho Trump, but there are other options which can hurt him.  

We have to find a way to hurt them financially, and unfortunately it's time to stop working online and go underground.

[Motown Bombers]

31 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

We're becoming too hopeless here.  The activists are driving Musk out.  Who or what can we go after next?  I know it can't be psycho Trump, but there are other options which can hurt him.  

Republicans. I harass John James daily. I’ve noticed he only responds to me when I bring up Medicaid and Social Security. Others must be doing the same. In one email he told me he is protected both and then he voted to cut $800 billion from Medicaid. I quoted him verbatim and called him a liar and that was the fastest response I ever got from his office. 

[Motown Bombers]

Boom boom bossman

 

Edited Saturday at 02:36 PM by Motown Bombers

[Tiger337]

8 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

Boom boom bossman

 

The big companies always get what they want.  In this case, it might be a good thing in that someone is standing up to King McDonald, but I think the small companies are still going to get hurt.   

Edited Saturday at 02:46 PM by Tiger337

[gehringer_2]

56 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

The big companies always get what they want.  In this case, it might be a good thing in that someone is standing up to King McDonald, but I think the small companies are still going to get hurt.   

You get a raspberry PI,and YOU get a raspberry PI, AND YOU GET A RASPBERRY PI!   YAY!

It's just unreal. The one industry the US probably does need to be stronger in he just punted on.

And it just goes back to the utter futility of all this churning. No investor is going to put 2 cents at risk based on Trump sustaining any policy.

Edited Saturday at 03:40 PM by gehringer_2

[Tigermojo]

Invest in our country but we'll deport you if we don't like your opinion.

[Sports_Freak]

The Trump talking heads claim there are national security issue reasons for steel and aluminum tarriffs. I get it, that makes sense. But there's also national security issues concerning our auto industry,  which he's threatening to destroy with tarriffs. It's simply payback for the UAW endorsing Kamala. 

[Tiger337]

43 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

You get a raspberry PI,and YOU get a raspberry PI, AND YOU GET A RASPBERRY PI!   YAY!

It's just unreal. The one industry the US probably does need to be stronger in he just punted on.

And it just goes back to the utter futility of all this churning. No investor is going to put 2 cents at risk based on Trump sustaining any policy.

Anybody with any clout whether it be a big country or a big company can get what they want out of him.  Then he beats up on the weaker ones and celebrates.  It seems to happen frequently.

Edited Saturday at 04:22 PM by Tiger337

[1984Echoes]

3 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

Can't have our plebes poisoned by culture

 

 

Fascism IN...

Everything else... OUT.

[CMRivdogs]

I just finished an 8 day cruise about a week ago. Fighting the affects of a cold right now...

They're out to kill us

 

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, CMRivdogs said:

I just finished an 8 day cruise about a week ago. Fighting the affects of a cold right now...

They're out to kill us

 

Makes sense—if a country willingly limits its ability to source products from outside its borders, that creates scarcity, which is great in the short term when it manifests in the higher prices and greater wealth transfer from plebes to oligarchs they seek. But at some point, when things evolve beyond that to widespread shortages and the resulting civil unrest, the problem of too many people for too few resources may well be addressed.

[Tiger337]

Wouldn't killing people mean there would be fewer people to buy stuff?  Poor people don't matter to them, but people wealthy enough to take cruises are useful.  

[CMRivdogs]

34 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Wouldn't killing people mean there would be fewer people to buy stuff?  Poor people don't matter to them, but people wealthy enough to take cruises are useful.  

I don't know, the prices I've see on some sites look fairly reasonable for a once every few years vacation. Especially if you don't go wild and buy into some of the on board shopping options.  The demos I ran into on the ship as well seemed not much different that from what I encounter at Colonial Williamsburg.

[pfife]

Gotta be 15k or im out

[VegasTiger]

2 hours ago, pfife said:

Gotta be 15k or im out

You must be upper management.

[chasfh]

Yup.

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/13/trump-redefines-fraud-corruption

1 big thing: Trump redefines fraud

Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios

Bruised by years of civil suits, criminal charges and a historic felony fraud conviction, President Trump is using his second term to delegitimize the very concept of white-collar crime, Axios' Zachary Basu writes. Why it matters: Trump's belief that he was a victim of "lawfare" has tainted his view of the justice system. Paired with his crusade to crush the "Deep State" regulatory complex, Trump could enable a golden age of financial fraud, ethics watchdogs fear. 🔭 The big picture: At an institutional level, Trump's administration has moved swiftly in its first 80 days to narrow the government's mandate for enforcing fraud. In early February, Trump and Elon Musk's DOGE team effectively shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the post-recession agency created to protect Americans from predatory financial practices. Trump then paused enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, claiming the 1977 anti-bribery statute had been "stretched beyond proper bounds" and was hurting U.S. companies' ability to compete overseas. In March, Trump fired two Democrats from the Federal Trade Commission, taking aim at one of the government's top watchdogs for corporate fraud, consumer deception and antitrust violations. 🧮 By the numbers: The administration has paused, dropped or withdrawn enforcement actions against at least 100 corporations accused of misconduct, according to the progressive watchdog group Public Citizen. Zoom in: On an individual level, Trump has used his clemency powers and influence to rehabilitate disgraced businessmen and politicians — turning fraud convictions and indictments into badges of loyalty. Eric Adams: The Justice Department dropped its corruption charges against the New York City mayor, claiming the case would interfere with his ability to cooperate with Trump's deportation agenda. Trevor Milton: Trump issued a full pardon to the Nikola electric vehicle founder, who was convicted of defrauding investors and later donated $1.8 million to help Trump's campaign. Carlos Watson: Trump commuted the Ozy Media founder's nearly 10-year prison sentence, which he was set to begin after his conviction for deceiving investors about his company's financials. Bitmex: The three co-founders and a former employee of the crypto exchange were granted pardons after pleading guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act. Devon Archer and Jason Galanis: The two former Hunter Biden associates — who were convicted of defrauding a Native American tribe — received clemency after cooperating in GOP investigations into the former president's son. Rod Blagojevich: After commuting his sentence in 2020, Trump granted a full pardon to the former Illinois governor, who was convicted of trying to sell Barack Obama's former Senate seat. What they're saying: "President Trump will always stand for law and order, ending the weaponization of the legal system, and rooting out fraud in the federal government," White House principal deputy press secretary Harrison Fields said. "Every action he has taken in his second term reflects these priorities and is authorized by the Constitution," Fields added. "Ethics watchdogs that ignored the previous administration's egregious legal abuses against President Trump have no credibility today." 👀 The bottom line: For Trump, the concept of "fraud" has become less a legal violation than a political label — one he applies freely to his enemies and erases for his allies. This past week, Trump ordered an investigation into former U.S. cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs for stating the 2020 election was secure. "He's the fraud," Trump declared. "He's a disgrace." Keep reading.

[Deleterious]

Still odd to me a sitting president does this.  I did laugh when he ghosted Cheryl Hines.

 

[Tigerbomb13]

Who in their right mind would want to be a tourist here over the next four years?

[Motown Bombers]

 

[Tiger337]

Getting ghosted by Trump is a badge of honor.  

[Motown Bombers]

Other people not including immigrants though. 

[chasfh]

You might hate Big Gretch now, but this passes the smell test for me.

6. 📷 1,000 words

Photo: Eric Lee/The New York Times Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) blocks her face as President Trump answers questions from reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday during an executive-order signing session. Why it matters: "The Michigan governor's awkward Oval Office appearance reflected how several Democratic state leaders are cultivating cordial but politically risky relationships with the president," the N.Y. Times reports. 🔎 The backstory: Whitmer, one of the top potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidates, hadn't expected to be in front of cameras, The Times' Reid Epstein and Tyler Pager write. She "had come to the White House to discuss funding for an Air National Guard base near Detroit and aid for thousands of Michiganders who had just been hit by an ice storm": "Trump's aides surprised her ... by ushering her into the Oval Office not for her scheduled one-on-one meeting with the president, but for a politically loaded appearance before the press corps. She found herself an unwilling participant in his unending reality show, with photos of her rocketing around group chats of Democratic strategists who wondered what on earth she was doing." Keep reading (gift link).

[Tiger337]

19 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

Other people not including immigrants though. 

It's a stupid question.  Of course. more manufacturing jobs would be a good thing in a vacuum.  However, if other sectors are suffering at their expense then it's not a good thing.  

[Motown Bombers]

12 minutes ago, chasfh said:

You might hate Big Gretch now, but this passes the smell test for me.

6. 📷 1,000 words

Photo: Eric Lee/The New York Times   Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) blocks her face as President Trump answers questions from reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday during an executive-order signing session.   Why it matters: "The Michigan governor's awkward Oval Office appearance reflected how several Democratic state leaders are cultivating cordial but politically risky relationships with the president," the N.Y. Times reports.   🔎 The backstory: Whitmer, one of the top potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidates, hadn't expected to be in front of cameras, The Times' Reid Epstein and Tyler Pager write. She "had come to the White House to discuss funding for an Air National Guard base near Detroit and aid for thousands of Michiganders who had just been hit by an ice storm":   "Trump's aides surprised her ... by ushering her into the Oval Office not for her scheduled one-on-one meeting with the president, but for a politically loaded appearance before the press corps. She found herself an unwilling participant in his unending reality show, with photos of her rocketing around group chats of Democratic strategists who wondered what on earth she was doing." Keep reading (gift link).

The issue isn't that people think Whitmer turned MAGA, it's that she went to DC looking to negotiate with someone who doesn't negotiate in good faith and got absolutely played. It shows terrible judgement.