Trump / Musk (other than DOGE)

[ChileG]

Anyone remember when Homer Simpson got promoted to safety inspector and accidents decreased dramatically?
Mr. Burns took that as a sign that Homer must be a fantastic inspector.
Withers pointed out that accidents decreased by the same amount that Homer caused in his prior position.

Not sure what made me think of that.

Okay, back to Trump saving us from disaster.

 

[ChileG]

Let's not forget, the Dow dropped over 600 points this morning. If tariffs went into effect and stayed in effect, I strongly believe the stock market response would have gotten much worse.

I, for one, am not in favor of playing russian roulette with the economy for dubious results.

And let’s not forget he is causing high interest rates, and our business partners are probably making plans to find new markets, like they did with the tariffs from his first go ‘round.

 

[Ramrouser]

1. The crisis was started by Trump;
2. Trump convinced Mexico to ***REDUCE*** their troop level at the border;
3. Absolutely nothing was done about fentanyl;
4. Americans fear for their jobs and people lost a lot of money in the trading dip this morning (though I don't feel badly for day traders)
5. Trump has shown the world how easily he can be rolled;
6. Business investment in America will suffer because of Trump's unpredictability and stupidity

WINNING!1!!1! The whole world is literally laughing at America.

Oh, and Canada agreed to create a fictitious position in their government. YAY!!

Colombia and Venezuela also caved to Trump’s will. He even got six detainees released.

Trump’s admittedly coming out hot on the tariff issue. Things will calm down by June once he has all “the good trade deals” in place.

 

[nycfan]

making friends and winning hearts

 

[Bobfripp]

Colombia and Venezuela also caved to Trump’s will. He even got six detainees released.

Trump’s admittedly coming out hot on the tariff issue. Things will calm down by June once he has all “the good trade deals” in place.

You must think Trump is playing three-dimensional chess. I have a sneaking suspicion, based on Trump's many, many failed business ventures, is that the guy is dumber than a bag of hammers.

 

[nycfan]

Me derail it? I posted four words. You chastised me twice.

No, I politely requested a change in a single post and responded to one of your several follow-ups because I thought your post misrepresented your original exchange.

 

[nycfan]

 

[superrific]

Anyone remember when Homer Simpson got promoted to safety inspector and accidents decreased dramatically?
Mr. Burns took that as a sign that Homer must be a fantastic inspector.
Withers pointed out that accidents decreased by the same amount that Homer caused in his prior position.

Not sure what made me think of that.

LOL. Great analogy

 

[superrific]

Colombia and Venezuela also caved to Trump’s will. He even got six detainees released.

Trump’s admittedly coming out hot on the tariff issue. Things will calm down by June once he has all “the good trade deals” in place.

You're funny. What did Trump get for Colombia "caving"? Literally nothing.

And Venezuela -- you think that is a good thing? They didn't cave. THEY WANT THEIR PEOPLE BACK. People are fleeing Venezuela because its economy is an utter and complete disaster. So they had legal status here; now we're sending them back. Guess where they are going to go next?

Trump took a bunch of immigrants with legal status and created a whole lot of new migrants. WINNING!1@!

 

[StrangePackage]

Anyone remember when Homer Simpson got promoted to safety inspector and accidents decreased dramatically?
Mr. Burns took that as a sign that Homer must be a fantastic inspector.
Withers pointed out that accidents decreased by the same amount that Homer caused in his prior position.

Not sure what made me think of that.

Okay, back to Trump saving us from disaster.

Honestly I can't help but think of the wallet inspector...

 

[milom98]

Anyone remember when Homer Simpson got promoted to safety inspector and accidents decreased dramatically?
Mr. Burns took that as a sign that Homer must be a fantastic inspector.
Withers pointed out that accidents decreased by the same amount that Homer caused in his prior position.

Not sure what made me think of that.

Okay, back to Trump saving us from disaster.

 

[roostra]

Colombia and Venezuela also caved to Trump’s will. He even got six detainees released.

Trump’s admittedly coming out hot on the tariff issue. Things will calm down by June once he has all “the good trade deals” in place.

According to the Trump folks - Venezuela is a hardcore left-wing repressive authoritarian regime (and they probably are). So what he is doing is sending folks who have fled a left wing dictator back to that dictator. It would be like sending dissidents who escaped the Soviet Union in the 70s and 80s back to the USSR.

 

[WaynetheDrain]

Does declaring the cartels a terrorist organization have the same effect as Michael Scott declaring bankruptcy?

 

[dukeman92]

Pardon me if this was posted already

 

[Bobfripp]

Useful article on the DOGE Six:

The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover

Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.

www.wired.com

Kids these days. SMH.

 

[dukeman92]

Several of us said that we don't like tariffs but Trump was simply using them as leverage in negotiations. Well, that's exactly what happened. They never went into effect and we have 30 days to negotiate an even better deal(s). We can disagree who got the better "deal" but the point is the tariffs were just the club.

Yeah, it's probably frustrating being an ally/neighbor of Trump's USA but we'll get their assist for securing both borders. See, you don't need a big "border deal" to secure the border. You can secure it simply using your Executive powers and foreign policy diplomacy.

You are literally too stupid to insult. America looks so weak and foolish from this charade.

If nothing else, you red hat rockers should realize that he’s been feeding you idiots bullshit this entire time. Because if he REALLY thought Tariffs were going to bring all this wealth and jobs back to the United States, he wouldn’t be using them as a ploy in negotiations with our closest allies. Idiots.

 

[DiehardHeelFan]

You must think Trump is playing three-dimensional chess. I have a sneaking suspicion, based on Trump's many, many failed business ventures, is that the guy is dumber than a bag of hammers.

The only person to bankrupt AC casinos when the rest were making profits. Stable genius

 

[Zoo_View]

We don’t know that. It appears Trump got additional concessions like the joint strike force and Canada agreeing to declare the cartel as a terrorist organization. Also, there will be additional negotiations over the next 30 days while the pause is in effect.

 

[BillOfRights]

trump has no balls. all bark and no bite. wasn't he imposing tariffs on Day 1? He's the weakest little crybaby in history. He let a little Canadian and a Latino woman steamroll him. the whole world is laughing at him. Putin thinks he's a маленькая сучка.

 

[Ramrouser]

You're funny. What did Trump get for Colombia "caving"? Literally nothing.

And Venezuela -- you think that is a good thing? They didn't cave. THEY WANT THEIR PEOPLE BACK. People are fleeing Venezuela because its economy is an utter and complete disaster. So they had legal status here; now we're sending them back. Guess where they are going to go next?

Trump took a bunch of immigrants with legal status and created a whole lot of new migrants. WINNING!1@!

Really, they want their gang bangers back?