Trump / Musk (other than DOGE)

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I look forward to the insight from our resident apologists and don ciphers for how this quote is:
  1. In keeping with a country of law and order
  2. In keeping with the constitutional framework of a democracy
  3. In keeping with a presidency and not a monarchy/autocracy
don has committed a dozen or more acts, in less than a month, that would have resulted in impeachment of any prior president.
 
finesse said:
H. L. Mencken spoke to this in the early 20th century.


Mencken, the curmudgeonly Sage of Baltimore, turned phrases that I sometimes quote today. 'No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public. ' 'American democracy consists of jackals worshiped by jackasses. ' 'For every complex problem, there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong.

Words to live by in these troubled times.
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“Both Barnum and H. L. Mencken are said to have made the depressing observation that no one ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the American public. The remark has worldwide application. But the lack is not in intelligence, which is in plentiful supply; rather, the scarce commodity is systematic training in critical thinking.”

― Carl Sagan, Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science
 
aGDevil2k said:
They've given so much immunity to the president but that means you go after everyone else.
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Not only presidential immunity, but immunity ( aka pardon ) for any Trumper who engages in act of violence in order to "save" the country.

This a green light for the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, and any MAGA militia or lone wolf MAGA lunatic to act as Trump's brown shirt paramilitary with impunity.
 
Healing said:
My snap judgement is “fucking do it”.

Republicans are already a group of such unserious, but dangerous, clowns that anything resulting in public fiasco, I welcome. They’re going to create chaos, regardless, let them do so in a blatantly personal, corrupt, and anti rule of law manner.

Light it on fire, fuckers.
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By the hysterics it would appear that something has been lit
 
Looking back saves them from facing the reality of what lies ahead. They can just “reflect” on the Biden administration rather than connecting the dots to realize what the Trump administration is planning. They prefer to imagine every “questionable” data point exists in a vacuum, unrelated to every other unsavory data point which tells a story that is fairly self-evident unless one purposefully avoids the obvious big picture. Self-deception is a key feature of Trump voters over the past few weeks.
 
We have callayeahs throwing around accusations, all the while they will gleefully participate and/or cheer on violent repression.
 
Callatoroy said:
By the hysterics it would appear that something has been lit
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Do you not think such a statement from the President of the United States is worthy of hysterics.

You can also save the "this is Trump speak" lecture. It isn't about how Trump himself intends the message. It is about how those who follow him fervently interpret the message.
 
lawtig02 said:
At some point, you’re going to have stop whining about the last presidency and start recognizing the authoritarian shit show this one is becoming.
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No, he really won't. That would require him looking in the mirror that he perpetually carries around shoving in the faces of "Dims" decrying their hypocrisy. He isn't up to the task of managing that for himself.
 
nycfan said:
I think the stunt to make an absurdist offer to Zelensky to turn over half of Ukraines rare earth minerals was a setup for a deal that is already being cut between the Trump administration and the Putin regime — Russia currently controls most of the Ukrainian territory with rare earth deposits. I think the deal being cut will be Russia keeps that territory if it divvies up those rare earth spoils with the USA.
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I think the pressure to get Zelensky to sign an agreement for mineral rights on the spot was to have a verifiable starting point for negotiations to this effect. If Trump can say “Zelensky agreed to give us half” it’s easier to get Putin to acquiesce to a similar split. Of course, that would be a phenomenally bad deal (very own brand with Trump) with Russian occupation of the territory and no US forces anywhere nearby. What US company would invest in mining infrastructure in Putin-controlled land?
 
Milk and Cookies said:
Consumption growth that outpaced peers (was worst among peers under Trump 1.0)
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Strong labor force participation (and big relative improvement from Trump 1.0)
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Impressive relative inflation reduction (after Trump 1.0 had us leading the pack by the end of his term)
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Outstanding attraction of capital investment
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Hey M&C...can you ID the source of these graphs? I would like to share them.
 
Ramrouser said:
Personally, I’m fine with Musk fathering a lot of US citizens. Imagine the average IQ of the bunch. Plus, he can afford ‘em.
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Elon isn't the genius you think he is. He was an OK student who founded a stupid company that didn't do anything, but was purchased in the dot com mania and gave him seed money. He's been defrauding and conning people ever since.
 
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