Trumps Presidency 2025

[LaceyLou]

7 hours ago, Kacie said:

They also pay a lot in taxes, so they're actually not freeloaders. Heck, they probably pay more in taxes than Trump does.

[Motor City Sonics]

We'll be in a Great Depression within 9 months.  

[Hongbit]

41 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

Is this an appropriate time to ask if trump has his healthcare policy yet? 

He has a framework for a plan.  Everyone who has seen it says it’s a great, great framework possibly the best framework of a plan they’ve ever seen.  

[Motor City Sonics]

Oh, and he's gonna pardon Diddy, too.

[Motown Bombers]

Rashida Tlaib and Dearborn mayor are quiet. 

[chasfh]

2 hours ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

Vintage Susan. Maybe she thinks Trump “learned his lesson” this time. 

Susan Collins is coming off as though she is the most naive adult in the United States of America.

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, mtutiger said:

She's what Don Henley would call a "Bubble Headed Bleach Blonde"

"Bubble Headed Bleach Blonde" would suggest that Leavitt's a dupe and doesn't know what's happening or why. I call BS on that suggestion. She knows exactly what's happening and why, because she is 100% in on it.

[mtutiger]

Just now, chasfh said:

"Bubble Headed Bleach Blonde" would suggest that Leavitt's a dupe and doesn't know what's happening or why. I call BS on that suggestion. She knows exactly what's happening and why, because she is 100% in on it.

Both can be true

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

So the Trump Administration and Republicans are defunding local city firefighters, paramedics, and police through taking away federal grants.

They will get their funding back once they pledged fealty to Trump and only Trump. That's what this part is all about.

[Tigermojo]

Didn't Trump say things like vote before you die and once you vote you'll never have to do it again? Maybe he does tell the truth sometimes.

[chasfh]

41 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

I delivered for Meals on Wheels circa 2010 when I was out of work. It was basically all old people who could barely make it to the door. It was also for some their only contact to the outside world. I had to do amateur health checks and report any health issue I may see. 

I deliver for a local pantry here 3x/week (M-W-F), and an overwhelming percentage of my regular clients are black, latino, and Chinese, with the majority of them seniors. I texted my contact to see whether they receive federal funds. Haven't heard back back yet, and he is normally very responsive.

I've also been wondering how Trump could use his power to shut down charities that receive no federal funds. I suppose he could eliminate whatever tax-favorable status they have, possibly when he issues the proclamation that there will be no more tax write-offs available for individual tax returns.

[mtutiger]

I think we ascribe a lot of genius to these guys.... the reality is that this rollout of this policy being a ****show suggests a lot of incompetence.

It doesn't downplay the malevolence to recognize this. Politically, there are ways that they could have done all of their plans that wouldn't have caused this uproar, which would have made said plans a lot easier. But they didn't do that.

Edited Tuesday at 08:52 PM by mtutiger

[chasfh]

40 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

Meals on Wheels is more than just hot meals. It was a chance for someone to visit seniors and check on their health and safety. There were occasions I had to have an ambulance come. I had one guy with a nasty infection in his eye, another who was having a pulmonary embolism, and another who was past the point of being able to live without supervision. 

Yes. This is my favorite part of delivering pantry boxes to my clients. I have established dozens of continual relationships with these folks and I know about their lives, their families, etc. Bringing them food and chatting with them is one of the few pure joys in my life at the moment, and they are joyed when they see me as well. I hope Trump doesn't make it go away.

[chasfh]

4 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

I think we ascribe a lot of genius to these guys.... the reality is that this rollout of this policy being a ****show suggests a lot of incompetence.

It doesn't downplay the malevolence to recognize this. Politically, there are ways that they could have done all of their plans that wouldn't have caused this uproar, which would have made said plans a lot easier. But they didn't do that.

Is it a shirtshow, though? Looks to me like they're ... ahem ... killing it right out of the box, and any hiccups they're experienced along the way has been minor. They seem to be getting literally everything they want so far. When I see some major failures by them, then I'll start to get on board with your idea.

And I don't consider whatever uproar they've experienced to be any kind of failure—in fact, seems to me the uproar is providing a real benefit for them in terms of making libs cry, getting people fighting, creating competing distractions we can't properly focus on, etc.

 

[Motown Bombers]

 

[mtutiger]

7 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Is it a shirtshow, though? Looks to me like they're ... ahem ... killing it right out of the box, and any hiccups they're experienced along the way has been minor. They seem to be getting literally everything they want so far. When I see some major failures by them, then I'll start to get on board with your idea.

And I don't consider whatever uproar they've experienced to be any kind of failure—in fact, seems to me the uproar is providing a real benefit for them in terms of making libs cry, getting people fighting, creating competing distractions we can't properly focus on, etc.

 

We just don't agree on this... And frankly think the defeatism is a self fulfilling prophecy.

Edited Tuesday at 09:07 PM by mtutiger

[Motor City Sonics]

25 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Yes. This is my favorite part of delivering pantry boxes to my clients. I have established dozens of continual relationships with these folks and I know about their lives, their families, etc. Bringing them food and chatting with them is one of the few pure joys in my life at the moment, and they are joyed when they see me as well. I hope Trump doesn't make it go away.

He got their votes.  He can't run again (well, not as of now), so he doesn't need them anymore.   So **** 'em.  

[CMRivdogs]

They really hate the "Gulf of America"

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A new @reuters.com poll finds Americans have a dim view of many of the Trump administration's blizzard of executive actions, including the Jan. 6 pardons and his effort to limit birthright citizenship. But they *really* don't like the Gulf of America thing. www.reuters.com/world/us/ame...

 

[Motown Bombers]

1 minute ago, CMRivdogs said:

They really hate the "Gulf of America"

At least their priorities are in order. 

[Motown Bombers]

Trump literally defunding police. 

 

[mtutiger]

Anecdotal, but threats to SNAP funding and threats to Head Start/Education funding have been mentioned on by FB feed so far.... 

[CMRivdogs]

This is a damning letter from Caroline. Don't expect it to move any MAGA's or even many Repugnetkins..

He was at UVa when my wife was there in the early 70s. He already had a bad reputation then

[CMRivdogs]

 

[mtutiger]

24 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

They really hate the "Gulf of America"

Given how some major corporations have acted since Trump won, you would think that "Ending federal efforts to hire women and minorities" would poll a lot lower

[Tigerbomb13]

8 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

 

All of them???