Trump / Musk (other than DOGE) Omnibus Thread

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"Keir Starmer should not retaliate if Donald Trump hits the UK with trade tariffs, the former chancellor Jeremy Hunt has warned, with ministers braced for the president’s latest round of economic measures.

The former chancellor told the Guardian the UK did not have enough economic firepower to start a trade war with the US, hours after Trump began one with China.

... “But our … goods exports to the United States account for less than 0.5% of US GDP. So we should be very realistic, we don’t have any leverage when it comes to that.” ..."

www.theguardian.com

Hunt: Starmer should not retaliate if Trump hits UK with trade tariffs

Former chancellor says UK does not have enough economic firepower to start a trade war with the US
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This seems like something you convey in private; otherwise, it seems to invite Trump to kick you in the nuts because you've telegraphed you've got no choice but to stand there and take it with a stiff upper lip ...
 
www.rollingstone.com

Inside Trump and Musk's Clumsy, 'Exhausting' Hunt for Leakers

Trump, Musk, and their allies across the federal government are trying to snuff out a geyser of press leaks with bullying and snitch networks.
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Inside Trump and Musk’s Clumsy, ‘Exhausting’ Hunt for Leakers​

Across the federal government, Trump, Musk, and their allies are trying to snuff out a geyser of press leaks with bullying and snitch networks

"...One of the things Musk and Trump have discussed, according to a source familiar with the situation and another person briefed on it, is the geyser of leaks coming from the administration and the need to identify, root out, and persecute the leakers.

... Musk is not hiding his interest in purging the federal government of anti-Trump leakers — with or without proof. “With regard to leakers: if in doubt, they are out,” he posted on X at 2:10 a.m. ET on Monday.

The world’s richest man and Trump’s interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin have both publicly threatened action against people posting the identities of those involved with Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team, which is spearheading the efforts to bulldoze agencies and any checks on their power.

... Among the ideas internally kicked around the Trump and Musk teams was the thought of planting younger informers or “spies” in different parts of the federal government to gain the trust of offices and teams suspected of anti-MAGA sentiments.

(The Trump administration has already sought in other ways to erect a snitch network across the federal bureaucracy, encouraging staffers to anonymously tip off their superiors if they see any hint of hush-hush diversity programs operating in the shadows.)

Other ideas include potentially accessing, via virtual back-door access, some staffers’ government emails or communications to see if there’s any recent evidence of leaking to the media, though sources generally concede that it is unlikely career officials would be using their work accounts for these kinds of sensitive and unauthorized conversations.

Other plans focus on Trump administration officials sending different staffers different internal messages or pieces of disinformation, to see what does or doesn’t leak — in the hopes of isolating where some of the leaking could be stemming from. ..."
 
UNCatTech said:
The key word in your statement is "contribute" you completely blamed Bielden earlier. It's a different debate to say he caused vs he contributed.

MTG didn't have a problem accepting almost $200k from those stimulus, just like other hypocritical GOP representatives.
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And I was responding to a poster who said it was "completely false" that Biden's 5.25T in additional spending was in any way inflationary. Of course it was.
 


I swear I at first that referred to a Mr. "wetback" -- thank goodness, no. But really, cite a 528-year-old case??? Maybe go back and cite the Witchfinder General, too, since Alito likes him (I think it was Alito).
 
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What Happened Here

It's Very Simple Dialectics
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“Very simply put, here’s what I believe happened: In the process of accumulating enormous wealth, the tech-oligarchs created the conditions for their loss of social power and, when they realized this, they got a big dose of class consciousness and turned furiously reactionary.”
 
Ramrouser said:
And I was responding to a poster who said it was "completely false" that Biden's 5.25T in additional spending was in any way inflationary. Of course it was.
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Link? I don't see anyone in this thread using the phrase "completely false."
 
UNCatTech said:
Trump's budget proposal for each year in his first term included cuts to SS. why can't they simply look at his history and understand that he doesn't give a fuck about SS?
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Yeah, would totally be political suicide for a guy that got elected despite two impeachments, upteen felonies, etc etc etc and also happens to be a lame duck president.
No way would a guy who steals from his own charity take my social security to give himself a tax break.
And congressional republicans will do whatever he tells them to do.
 
So does rule of the people include getting rid of the Electoral College? Musk is defending his own actions as the will of the people (an election, even though he was not elected). So wouldn't the actual will of the people be the majority of voters? So he sees Trump's first term as being fraudulent? Not of the will of the people?
 
nycfan said:


I swear I at first that referred to a Mr. "wetback" -- thank goodness, no. But really, cite a 528-year-old case??? Maybe go back and cite the Witchfinder General, too, since Alito likes him (I think it was Alito).
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Utterly pathetic. Hey idiots, ever hear of the 14th Amendment? You know, the one that lets you file all these fucking lawsuits claiming religious discrimination?
 
LeoBloom said:
So does rule of the people include getting rid of the Electoral College? Musk is defending his own actions as the will of the people (an election, even though he was not elected). So wouldn't the actual will of the people be the majority of voters? So he sees Trump's first term as being fraudulent? Not of the will of the people?
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Das Volk <> "the people" and we know exactly which one of those the fascists always mean.
 
All of Trump's Cabinet picks will be confirmed. Certain Senate Pubs will hem and haw but ultimately capitulate. There are no checks against Trump's (and fElon's) agenda this time.
 
heelinhell said:
It is so sad that these GOPers in Congress are so afraid of Trump. Dr. Cassidy just violated his Hippocratic Oath:

" I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous."
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No he didn't. You see, he obtained a completely unenforceable promise from the man that he would not do what he has spent his whole life doing, that he said repeatedly while running for president that he would do, and has a financial interest in continuing to do so.

That's good enough for Hippocrates, isn't it?
 
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