Trump / Musk (other than DOGE)

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Once tariffs are imposed, those parts will get more expensive, but U.S.-based manufacturers don't have the ability to quickly address the new demand for domestic parts.

He says 22 per cent of U.S. vehicles are assembled in Canada and Mexico.

"Estimates are that to replace Canadian production, you would need five, six new assembly plants in the United States at a cost of $50 billion. That is just not realistic." he said.

He anticipates rising vehicle prices along production stoppages at plants across North America as cross-border supply chains — which the auto sector relies deeply on -— are turned on their head.

"And ultimately, we could see job losses in the sector as as companies grapple with this new reality," he said.
 
altmin said:
Once tariffs are imposed, those parts will get more expensive, but U.S.-based manufacturers don't have the ability to quickly address the new demand for domestic parts.

He says 22 per cent of U.S. vehicles are assembled in Canada and Mexico.

"Estimates are that to replace Canadian production, you would need five, six new assembly plants in the United States at a cost of $50 billion. That is just not realistic." he said.

He anticipates rising vehicle prices along production stoppages at plants across North America as cross-border supply chains — which the auto sector relies deeply on -— are turned on their head.

"And ultimately, we could see job losses in the sector as as companies grapple with this new reality," he said.
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And if auto parts go up, it will be more expensive to repair cars, which means auto insurance rates will increase.
 

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday warned Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino that Washington will "take measures necessary" if Panama does not immediately take steps to end what President Donald Trump sees as China's influence and control over the Panama Canal.
Mulino, after the talks with the top U.S. diplomat in Panama City, signaled he would review agreements involving China and Chinese businesses, and announced further cooperation with the U.S. on migration, but reiterated that his country's sovereignty over the world's second busiest waterway is not up for discussion.

Rubio delivered a message from Trump that China's presence - through a Hong-Kong based company operating two ports near the canal's entrances - was a threat to the waterway and a violation of the U.S.-Panama treaty, the U.S. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a statement.
"Secretary Rubio made clear that this status quo is unacceptable and that absent immediate changes, it would require the United States to take measures necessary to protect its rights under the Treaty," Bruce said.

Rubio did not spell out exactly what steps Panama must take or what U.S. retaliation would look like.
 
lawtig02 said:
I would love to be a fly on the wall in the senate office building right now. I bet there are some epic arguments happening on the regular. Dems have no power to do much of anything, but if I were one, I’d be raking my Pub colleagues over the coals for letting this happen.
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I am guessing the GOP is keeping their mouth shut so when the arrests happen, they aren't locked up like the Democratic Senators will.

We are about 2-3 steps away from that at this point. Trump and Elon know they have already seized control of the country where it matters.
 
altmin said:
I am guessing the GOP is keeping their mouth shut so when the arrests happen, they aren't locked up like the Democratic Senators will.

We are about 2-3 steps away from that at this point. Trump and Elon know they have already seized control of the country where it matters.
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That may be right. But that just means they’d be standing there with their mouths shut while I’m yelling at them about what pathetic sell-out stooges they are.
 
aGDevil2k said:
I believe more and more that musk got into the voting systems

That was their secret
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I hesitate to say this because it sounds kraykray. but for that reason, as well as what he is doing with the government, I have serious doubts that Musk survives the next 4 years. While I don't believe Trump has the cajónes to order Musk's disappearance, he is certainly capable of having a 'will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest' moment. There are numerous people around Trump who will act on that utterance. If Musk permanently disappears at any point in the next few years, there will be a decent probability that someone in Trumps orbit engineered it.
 
Chinese companies operate 129 ports around the world (including some Bahamas and Mexico).

Heard the Panamanian president's declaration after th meeting. Very sensible but firm that China does not control the canal.
 
aGDevil2k said:
I believe more and more that musk got into the voting systems

That was their secret
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I'm thinking something to do with mail-in ballots. GOP figured that Dems cheated with mail-in ballots in '24 so they went ahead and did something with mail-in ballots this time. Had read at some point that there was a decent amount of ballots that only had votes for presidential race. Would love to see a breakdown to disprove this theory.
 
CRHeel94 said:
I'm thinking something to do with mail-in ballots. GOP figured that Dems cheated with mail-in ballots in '24 so they went ahead and did something with mail-in ballots this time. Had read at some point that there was a decent amount of ballots that only had votes for presidential race. Would love to see a breakdown to disprove this theory.
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I don't think this is a realistic theory at all. Were they fucking with mail-in ballots in New York, where they had no chance to win?

This sort of conspiracy thinking should be above us. I know I said that about your migrants-as-warfare theory that turned out to have more going for it than it might have first appeared, but this one is pretty far-fetched.
 
I don't think they cheated outright by manipulating voting machines or anything else, and as yet there is no evidence to support the claim that they did. However, I would bet my entire portfolio on Roger Stone and Steve Bannon having some kind of backup plan fuckery in place similar to the 2020 "stop the steal" bullshit in case Harris won. Imagine their delight to realize that they would never have to use it.
 






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He is just out there posting wild claims and using his (likely unlawful) seizure of government computer systems, with everyone else locked out, to claim support these conspiracy theories
 
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