Tracking Donald Trump's Promises Kept and Promises Broken
Donald Trump, in order to get elected, promised a whole lot of things. This forum is to discuss whether he was able to our not. Here is a short list of Promises we can follow:
Here are his Day One Promises (that would be Jan 21, 2025, I believe):
Immigration and Border Security: Trump will start building his ineffective wall again. He will implement those stricter immigration policies that he VETOed a few months ago.
Justice Department and Law Enforcement: He will target those he considers hostile to his agenda and will install a sycophant as AG. He also plans to enact reforms to expand police rights, increasing protections for officers against legal action for when they break the law.
Education: Trump has proposed giving parents more control over local school leadership by allowing them to elect school principals and hold them accountable. He promised to get rid of the Dept of Education later on since he can't do that on Day One.
{b]Social Issues and LGBTQ+ Policies[/b]: Trump has pledged to get rid of additional personal freedoms by restricting gender-related medical procedures for minors and reinforce policies recognizing only two genders at a federal level. He also wants to ban trans women from competing in women’s sports and reinstate the ban on transgender people serving in the military. (Like his taking away a woman's right to chose has resulted in multiple deaths, so will this, mainly by suicide - supported by studies)
Economic and Trade: He has spoken about re-negotiating international trade deals that he claims disadvantage American industries, with the goal of reviving domestic manufacturing and reducing reliance on foreign production (Note: he promised this last time and failed.)
End the Ukraine War - The only way he will accomplish this on day one is by delivering Ukraine to Putin.
Deportations - He promised to begin mass deportations on Day One.
Insurrectionists - He promised to pardon on Day One all the criminals who did his bidding at the Capitol.Another Day One promise Trump made was to become a Dictator. It seems he will keep that promise.
I hope everyone agrees that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a dictator in every sense of the word, including any negative connotations (he is a murderer, after all). He controls the Federation Council (Senate) and the Duma (House) and the Russian version of the Supreme Court. And, he is protected from any action he takes while in office. Chances are high that if any one person gets out of line, they will be poisoned or pushed out a 10-stroy window as has already happened many times before.
As the attached article indicates, Trump is 2/3rds of the way there. He effectively controls the Senate and the Supreme Court, and he is immune from accountability for virtually any action he takes as president. Total control that a dictator needs will come if the subservient Republicans keep the House.
No, I don't think Trump will start poisoning people, but I think he is capable of it.
Putin has put his henchmen* in charge of every bureaucratic post in the Russian government. Trump is in the process of doing the same thing.
Trump is quickly taking total control of every facet of government in the model of his mentor Vladimir Putin. Are only hope is if the Democrats can flip the House.
(Trump says (remember, 95% of things he said are lies) that he only meant the dictator comment to mean he will be a dictator only on day one. If he hasn't released the Senate Republicans to act on their own by day two, we will know he lied again.)
* Henchmen are people who are loyal ONLY to the person who gave them the job, e.g. Vance. An appointee is a person who loyalty is to the Constitution and the nation first and then the Party and finally the guy that appointed them.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/11/politics … index.htmlOne Day One promise that I am sure Trump will keep is breaking America's promise to the world by pulling America out of current Climate Agreement.
Under President Biden and his climate change policies, the world's rush to disaster actually slowed down a bit. https://www.wri.org/insights/biden-admi … n-progress
Trump has promised to undo all of that and speed up our drive along the road to catastrophe.
Just a reminder: 2024 is not over yet but the sum total of the 24 disasters that have befallen America is estimated to be $81B (there is a wild fire in California that probably hasn't been included yet)
According to NOAA
In 2023, there were 28 events costing over $1B each, for a total of $95 B and 492 people killed.
From 2021 - 2023, there were an average of 22 events per year costing an average of $147B each and causing and average of 563 deaths per year.
From 2019 - 2023, there were an average of 20 events per year costing an average of $123B each and causing and average of 399 deaths per year.
From 2010 - 2019, there were an average of 13 events per year costing an average of $99B each and causing and average of 523 deaths per year.
From 2000 - 2009, there were an average of 7 events per year costing an average of $62B each and causing and average of 310 deaths per year.
From 1990 - 1999, there were an average of 6 events per year costing an average of $33B each and causing and average of 308 deaths per year.
From 1980 - 1989, there were an average of 3 events per year costing an average of $22B each and causing and average of 299 deaths per year.
For the 43 years from 1980 - 2023, there were an average of 9 events per year costing an average of $65B each and causing and average of 390 deaths per year.
I hope nobody will argue that the climate crisis isn't real and getting worse as time goes on.
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/
It is THIS that Trump wants to make worse.Promise kept:
Releasing 1500 criminals who attacked the Capitol.Mr Anti-Law and Order Himself. I here he is going to invite these criminals to the White House to celebrate their mutual criminality.
On the subject Promises made promises made---
Yes, Trump has stated multiple times that if re-elected, he plans to bring individuals into his administration who align with his policies and vision. He has expressed a desire for appointees who are loyal to his agenda and willing to implement his plans without resistance.
He speedily has appointed 100% who align with his vision. Up to Congress to get his crew confirmed.He promised to "settle" the Russian invasion of Ukraine BEFORE he takes office. So he is currently on the clock for that one.
Trump announced plans to launch a “large-scale” ad campaign on Wednesday with the goal of educating Americans on the effects of fentanyl.
Oh brother. And this is going to do what??
“I will be working on a large scale United States Advertising Campaign, explaining how bad Fentanyl is for people to use – Millions of lives being so needlessly destroyed. By the time the Campaign is over, everyone will know how really bad the horror of this Drug is,” trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
Feels like a reboot of the just say no to drugs campaign of the '80s... That was useless.
Is this just a way for him to funnel money to his propaganda machines, fox? X?
I think most people know how bad fentanyl is and then we have addicted folks who want it more than their own lives. Wouldn't it be better to have programs that actually help people? Rather than advertisements? But we have maga, instead of addressing root causes, wants to run ads? Couldn't this money be used more effectively?
Lol most Americans are 3 connections away from an overdose death but sure thing , it's an "awareness" issue.
"You know, I’d like to end the drug epidemic, if that’s okay,” Trump said.
But let's revisit Trump's previous administration...
"In October 2017, President Trump declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency. Ever since, the Trump Administration applied an all-of-Government approach to the epidemic, taking an extraordinary range of actions that reflect the President’s commitment to stopping the crisis in its tracks."
He didn't do much when he had the chance previously.
But where are we today?
Street drug deaths in the U.S. are dropping at the fastest rate ever seen, according to a new report issued on Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Preliminary data shows roughly 97,000 fatal overdoses over a 12-month period. That's down roughly 14.5% from a year earlier. Public health officials say the drop translates into more than 16,000 lives saved and marks the lowest level of drug deaths in nearly four years.
Biden administration’s public health approach may finally be helping.
Just in time for trump to throw up some ads and take credit for the trend.
Much of Trump's actions are a "look here not there". While he is running just say no to fentanyl commercials, public health experts worry that the second trump administration will gut access to healthcare, including addiction treatment. Look for that.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 … nistrationMy view ---- I like seeing Trump at work before even being worn in. No hidden in a basement... But keeping us all informed via social media--- no more hidden Biden, never really knowing if he was in charge or just a puppet that was well hidden.
President Trump's plan for a large-scale advertising campaign to combat fentanyl abuse has significant potential, especially when we consider how different today’s communication landscape is compared to the 1980s. Back then, Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No” relied on traditional media like TV, radio, and school programs to spread its message. While it had a cultural impact, it lacked the reach, interactivity, and targeting capabilities we have today with social media.
In today’s world, platforms like Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, and X give us a direct line to millions of people, especially the younger demographic most vulnerable to drug experimentation. With smart strategies, this campaign could be far more impactful than anything attempted in the past. For example, social media allows for tailored content that resonates with different audiences. A TikTok campaign featuring influencers who share personal stories about losing friends to fentanyl could strike an emotional chord with teens and young adults in ways traditional ads never could. Meanwhile, Instagram reels or YouTube videos could feature testimonials from recovering addicts or grieving families, highlighting the devastating consequences of fentanyl.
Plus, social media enables viral sharing. If even a handful of these posts resonate, they could be shared millions of times, organically spreading the campaign's message far beyond the original audience. The interactive nature of social media also allows people to engage with the content, ask questions, and share their own stories, making it a two-way conversation instead of a one-sided lecture.
Another advantage is the ability to use data analytics. Unlike the 1980s, we can now measure what messages work best in real-time. If certain content is underperforming, it can be tweaked or replaced instantly to maximize engagement. This flexibility could ensure the campaign stays effective and relevant.
He can incorporate modern tools like geotargeting to focus the campaign on areas most affected by the fentanyl crisis. If a particular region is experiencing a surge in overdoses, the campaign could intensify its efforts there with localized ads and outreach.
It is clear Trump is progressive and will use tools such as social media to get the word out about how dangerous fentanyl is. I, for one, am so pleased to see him tackle this killing drug head-on, versus the last administration’s attitude to ignore it. In my view, Biden did not do anything to stop the flow of drugs but ultimately invited drugs in across a porous border. Biden was a drug addict’s and the cartels’ best friend, one could say.But you glossed over the part where Trump's first administration wasn't very successful with fentanyl, so this is his answer now? Advertising campaigns as if people don't know what fentanyl is? Everyone knows the dangers of fentanyl. The drug abusers don't care.
"Biden was a drug addict’s and the cartels’ best friend, one could say.
Then why...
"Street drug deaths in the U.S. are dropping at the fastest rate ever seen, according to a new report issued on Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The lowest level of drug deaths in nearly four years. ". The Biden administration's efforts on opioids has shown success. No advertising campaign needed.Jan 20th we start a brand new page... From that day on, I will be saying "Who is Biden?" You seem to worry too much, about what will happen--- I mean can you or I possibly know what will come in the future?
Here’s where we differ: you dwell on the past, while I focus on the future. Trump is also moving past previous struggles, looking ahead with new and innovative strategies. A prime example is his proposed social media campaign to combat fentanyl, a forward-thinking approach that shows his commitment to using modern tools for addressing serious issues. He’s clearly focused on creating effective solutions rather than being bogged down by past conflicts.
I am confident Trump will continue to work to decrease various drug-related problems. As Biden has on his time in office.
Actually, I see this from 2017...
"In declaring the opioid epidemic a public health emergency last week, President Trump promised that the federal government would start “a massive advertising campaign to get people, especially children, not to want to take drugs in the first place.” But past efforts to prevent substance abuse through advertising have often been ineffective or even harmful.*
So he said he was going to do advertising during his first administration, what happened? If he did it (does anybody remember it?) then it obviously didn't have much of an impact.
AND the article goes on to say...
A recent Cochrane review of rigorous studies collectively examining over 180,000 people reported that the average effect of mass media campaigns on drug use in randomized studies was essentially zero. Why is it so hard for media to change young people’s drug use?
By the time they reach adulthood, Americans are typically exposed to tens of thousands of advertisements promoting substance use, be it beer, cigarettes or more recently cannabis in some locations. Although opioids are not directly advertised to the public, seeking relief through pills certainly is (“Ask your doctor about …”).
I don't know, anybody else think advertisements don't look like a great investment?
I do think that it's great though that we can go back to trump's first administration to look at what he did or didn't do during that time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/upsh … risis.htmlMore “hell to pay” than Israel is already inflicting? Bibi doesn't give a sh*t about the hostages.
Interesting, I was told old man trump was anti-war and he doesn’t get involved in other peoples business... You know, America First... yada.. yada ...yada"America First" would, I believe, include Americans. A concept pretty foreign to many (and certainly Biden), but not to Trump.
So what's the "hell to pay"?
Sounds like a threat.I suspect it is. STRONGLY suspect it.
Do you seriously expect me to post details of a possible American invasion of a foreign country? Actually, I suppose you might...Do you seriously expect me to post details of a possible American invasion of a foreign country?
Lol, no. Why would I believe you have any such knowledge?
So let me get this straight, it's okay now with maga if trump gets us involved in Palestine? Bibi has not been interested in a ceasefire. It is glaringly obvious he does not care about the fate of any of the hostages. Without his cooperation, what does anyone really think Trump is going to do? Oh wait.. of course... TARIFFS
On October 7, 2023, during the Hamas attack on Israel, at least 30 American citizens were confirmed to have been killed, and at least 7 Americans are still being held by Hamas.
Unlike President Biden, who has faced criticism for his handling of the situation, former President Trump is firmly committed to securing the return of American citizens. Trump has made it clear that, under his leadership, our citizens would be brought home—or yes, there will be hell to pay. Under Biden's administration, two major conflicts have emerged, and the president's inability to negotiate peace or recover American hostages has been a significant failure. Given these challenges, your stance seems particularly misguided.
American's being held hostage is his business, he is not in any respect like Biden. Trump takes being president seriously---- the president has the constitutional responsibility to serve as commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and by extension, to act in the interest of national security and the safety of American citizens.
It’s clear to me that Biden is far more focused on flooding our country with migrants than addressing the needs of Americans held by Hamas. It’s outrageous that, in the face of pressing issues like the safety of U.S. hostages, this administration continues to prioritize immigration over the welfare of Americans. It’s deeply troubling and frustrating to see this misplaced focus, especially when it’s clear that our own citizens are being neglected.
I have full confidence in Trump, and I believe that if the American hostages are still alive, he will bring them home. If not, you can bet he’ll make sure those responsible face the consequences—something that’s long overdue.
I also noticed today that Mexico's president has broken up two caravans headed toward the U.S. I knew it wouldn’t take long for her to cave. It’s incredibly reassuring to think about a man with true strength returning to the White House. From the moment the election is over until he’s sworn in, I’m certain he’ll be hard at work, ensuring that the issues facing America are addressed with the seriousness and resolve they deserve.The hostages may come home in caskets - that's a distinct possibility in any hostage rescue - but is that worse (for them, for the country or for those future hostages that have not been taken yet)? We should never, ever allow hostages to be taken without rescue just as quickly as we can.
You're absolutely right—when hostages are taken, a president must act swiftly, using strength and resolve. Drawing a red line and making it clear that there will be consequences for harming American citizens is vital. A strong leader must follow through with threats to ensure that the nation’s security and its people are protected. Unfortunately, President Biden’s response to the October 7 Hamas attack—where at least 30 Americans were killed and many others taken hostage—lacked the immediate and forceful action that the situation demanded. His failure to make firm statements or take aggressive action to retrieve American hostages left many questioning his leadership. When America’s citizens are in jeopardy, a president should act decisively, and Biden’s weak response has been a major failure.
Trump admitted in an interview with Time magazine that it will be difficult for him to reduce consumer prices, contrary to statements he made on the campaign trail this year.
“It’s hard to bring things down once they’re up,” Trump told Time in an hourlong interview for its “Person of the Year” feature. “You know, it’s very hard.”
OH HELL NO.
Nevertheless, Trump repeatedly told voters during the campaign that electing him president would cause prices to tumble.
“Prices will come down,” Trump said during a rally in August. “You just watch: They’ll come down, and they’ll come down fast, not only with insurance, with everything.”
“We will end inflation and make America affordable again, and we’re going to get the prices down, we have to get them down,” Trump said at a rally in September. “It’s too much. Groceries, cars, everything. We’re going to get the prices down.”
“We will cut your taxes and inflation, slash your prices, raise your wages and bring thousands of factories back to America,” Trump said at a Georgia rally in October, reciting a line he used in speeches at several other events.
In every survey leading up to the election, most voters said the economy and inflation were the most important issues...
Elections over, no more pandering to the poor? The middle class? Folks fooled yet again by a dimwitted con man.
Let me guess the maga following response... High prices are fine, great in fact! We enjoy doing our part in the trade war...Trump Promises to Lower Grocery Prices SOON. How is he going to do that? Price controls, lol?
Those Latinos and young Blacks who voted for Trump because they believed his lies about inflation and the economy are going to be in for a very rude awakening come Feb 1 (I'll give him a few days past his own deadline to be fair) when prices haven't changed.
When Trump's programs kick in and inflation takes hold once again after Biden beat it back down, they will rue the day they didn't vote for Harris.He is already backpedaling on that promise...
Trump says bringing down grocery prices is 'very hard'
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pol … 942201007/
The headlines should read: TRUMP PROMISES A MAJOR RECESSION.
Trump has set expectations that he will reduce prices overall in the economy. He got his small margin victory mostly based on that promise. He has said things like:
“They’re going to be affording their groceries very soon,” he said Thursday before ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange,
“Prices will come down,” Trump said during a rally in August. “You just watch: They’ll come down, and they’ll come down fast, not only with insurance, with everything.”
“When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on day one,” Trump continued. “We will drill, baby, drill,” in August
However, economists suggest that reducing prices significantly would likely require structural economic changes, such as lowering demand or slowing inflation.
Well, at 2.7%, inflation is already below the historic average of around 3.5%. So, there is very little room for decrease. That leaves you with lowering demand.
How do you do that? The only reliable and time-tested method of bringing prices down across the board is by causing a major recession or depression.
Therefore, logic says that when Trump promises to lower prices he is promising to cause at least a major recession if not a depression.
What do you think is going to happen in two years when all those reluctant Trump voters who believed Trump find out he lied yet again?I'm predicting that maga followers go silent on Jan. 20 about grocery prices. It will no longer be an issue for them. But.... Not only will prices fail to fall, they will most likely rise due to his "beautiful" tariffs.
He also stated in an interview that he could no longer “guarantee” that costs from tariffs wouldn’t be passed onto consumers.
Funding the perks for billionaires off the backs of the middle class.Not sure how much he cares about disappointing his followers; he probably will fail to figure out a way to run for the third term.
Just so we are clear....
https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/18 … 5105659369Great montage of the Criminal and Sexual Predator Trump lying to his cult.
The criminal and sexual predator Trump is getting comfortable in is dictatorial role. Consider this statement -
Trump told Time magazine in an interview that was conducted in late November but published this week that more research will get underway and that he would consider getting rid of some vaccines for children, “if I think it’s dangerous, if I think they are not beneficial.” He doesn't seem to care what real scientists think.A CNN poll found that 93% of Republicans think that Trump, the criminal and sexual predator, will improve the economy. What are they going to say when the opposite happens? Will they believe Trump when he says "inflation is only temporary" or "the media caused the recession"
Trump has promised several things that cannot happen at the same time.
IF he implements his across-the-board tariffs on all imports, regardless of where they come from, THEN he will have caused massive inflation. That kind of inflation WILL drive down demand to the point that we enter a recessionary period. Economists say that scenario is virtually a forgone conclusion assuming Trump keeps his promises.
If Trump fails to keep his promises on tariffs, what are his supporters going to say?
IF he implements his promise to deport tens of millions of undocumented immigrants and their American citizen families, THEN he WILL cause a major recession, probably with an increase in inflation. The reason for the recession is a massive drop in demand for goods and services.
Economists think GDP will go negative by 4.2% to 6.8% annually leading to a major recession.
Economists think that around 4.5% of our workforce will be deported and will mainly impact industries like agriculture, hospitality, health care, and construction This will probably lead to even more inflation as wages are driven up as companies compete for workers.
These things are almost a forgone conclusion ASSUMING Trump keeps his deportation promises.
And what will all those nativists say if Trump fails to keep his deportation promises?Just like the asteroid Matilda in the movie Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (play the theme song for Jaws now) the approach of an equally devastating phenomenon, the Trump second presidency, is upon us
It is generating an ever increasing crescendo of predictions like this. (Note - the article, for some reason, starts out by pointing to Jaimie Dimon's failed prediction that the Trump-Biden pandemic stimuli would cause stagflation. This is a head-scratcher since the opposite happened - pandemic caused inflation and steady growth. It finally tip-toes into the meat of the issue that IF Trump implements his program as stated on the campaign trail, they will be crying long and hard in their beer wishing they had voted for Harris. Why? Because the mathematics of what Trump proposes dictates that inflation must grow, and probably grow big.
What has Trump promised to do?
1) Bring DOWN prices very fast (this can only be done through price controls or a major recession)
2) Trump intends to impose a 25% tariff on all goods imported from Mexico and Canada.
3) Trump intends on imposing a 60% tariff on all goods from China
4) Trump intends to impose a 10% tariff on top of that against China
5) Finally, Trump has promised to impose a 25% on ALL IMPORTS coming from everywhere else.
Let's take that last promise as an example. GDP is around $30 trillion now. It is estimated that 13.9% of GDP comes from Americans consuming imported goods. That means Americans spend about $4.2 trillion on goods whose prices will increase 25%.
That means that not too long after Trump imposes his 25%, Americans will be paying 25% more for the things they import - that works out to be $1.05 trillion over a year or roughly $8,000 per Household in inflation.
That assumes 100% of the cost is passed on to consumers. Let's say importers only pass on 50% of the costs and eat the rest. That means households will pay $4,000 more annually and importers will take a $550 billion hit to their bottom line.
OK, more math for you. Fifty-four percent of consumer spending is on domestic goods and services. For simplicity's sake, let's assume that the import tariffs don't raise the price of domestic goods make, in part, with imported goods. So, that translates into $16.2 trillion of consumption. Add to that the $4.2 trillion and you get $20.4 trillion.
Except that is not what it really is, is it. It will be $21.9 trillion. And THAT means Trump's tariffs could cause 5% or greater inflation. (if everything works perfectly - and I did my math right.)Here is another absolutely dumb idea from Trump 2.0 - ABOLISH THE FDIC!!! Why would anyone vote for such an idiot?
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/business … index.htmlI do believe this was outlined in project 2025. The ultimate goal is to do away with regulation completely and let the banks govern themselves. What could go wrong?
I believe the proposal is to transfer the deposit insurance fund to the treasury... And make it funded by our taxes rather than banks.
Getting rid of all those pesky regulations on banks so they can take massive risks and when they fail the public will pay for it.
Privatize the profits, socialize the losses.
2008 will be mild in comparison... I'll see your recession and raise you a depression...Ohhh, I like that - Privatize the Profits, socialize the Loses.
You GOT TO LOVE IT!!!! Trump, the Criminal and Sexual Predator, is setting the stage to shut down the gov't for Christmas (just proves Trump is the Grinch along with everything else).
Speaker Johnson and Hakiem Jefferies worked out a continuing resolution to keep the government funded through March. Irresponsible Conservatives hated it and won't vote for it so the Democrats had to step in and save Johnson's ass - AGAIN. It was on track to pass by the Friday deadline.
This morning Musk X'd that any Republican who votes for the CR should be kicked out of office in two years. Hopefully, Trump knew he was going to say that or who is going to run the country is in serious doubt. Anyway, this evening Trump jumped on board and ordered Johnson to can the whole deal and pass something the Republicans like PLUS, get this, raise the debt ceiling so that the poor boy doesn't have to deal with it in March
Can you say gov't shutdown? It is not clear now how it can be avoided. If Johnson crosses Trump on this, he can kiss his Speakership goodbye.
Keep the CHAOS coming so that the plurality of Americans who put Trump in office will feel the pain of their decision.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/politics … index.htmlTrump, the criminal and sexual predator, is setting the stage to blame HIS gov't shutdown on President Biden.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/ … 5vu08tm5y8Once again, Democrats had to come in and save America from the ravages of Trump, the criminal and sexual predator. Trump wanted a free pass on the debt ceiling during his term in office or else shut the gov't down and it took the Democrats and some Republicans who temporarily found some spine, to say NO.
Of course, those Republicans are now on Trump's enemies list to be primaried.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/20/politics … index.htmlHere is what was lost and, in most cases hurt Americans, when Trump, the criminal and sexual predator, tanked the bipartisan CR that was painstakingly put together by Biden, the Democrats, and reasonable Republicans and was replaced with what we have today.
Reforms for pharmacy benefit managers
The now-dead funding deal would have required PBMs to provide more information on the rebates they negotiate and retain, as well as what they pay for drugs and how much they compensate pharmacies. It would have removed the connection between the price of drugs and the compensation the PBMs receive in Medicare Part D drug plans and shifted the payment model to flat fees.
Plus, the agreement would have required the industry to pass along all rebates to the health plan sponsors, which include insurers and employers, in the commercial insurance market. It would also have effectively eliminated so-called “spread pricing,” in which the PBMs withhold part of the payment they receive for drugs from pharmacies, in Medicaid. - Bottom line: Trump is responsible for keeping your drug costs high!
Pay raises for lawmakers - OK, that is a good thing.
Restricting investments in China
"Democrats have slammed the removal of the measure, arguing that its absence would benefit Elon Musk, who helped derail the bipartisan package on Wednesday.
“Musk’s investments in China, and ties with its government, have only grown over the last few years – alongside his growing involvement in American politics,” Rep. Rosa DeLauro, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, wrote in a letter Friday to congressional leaders.
“It is no surprise, then, that ‘President’ Musk does not want to see a funding deal containing this provision be signed into law,” she wrote." - Bottom line: I always knew Trump wanted to help China compete with America
Criminalizing revenge porn - Getting rid of that probably will be counted as a DOGE success story.
Reimbursing food stamp theft - Bottom line: Why does the poor need protection from anything? Let the churches do it.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/politics … index.htmlOh this is the "pork" spoken of?
"Restricting investments in China". I think that is likely the sole reason for Musk's objection. Best 227 million he's ever spent?
Tongue-in-cheek: Donald Trump broke his promise to put a fellow sexual addict has head of the Department of Justice. The House ethics panel released its report on Matt Gaetz and it is a doozy.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/23/politics … index.htmlDonald Trump, the criminal and sexual abuser, is once again showing his Putin-side by ignoring other nations sovereignty. Before he has even become president he has now suggested absorbing Canada, taking over the Panama Canal, and he just resurfaced acquiring Greenland.
If it were anybody else, you might think it is one sick joke. But with Trump, as mentally unstable as he is, you never know.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/23/politics … index.html (subscriber) or
https://apnews.com/article/trump-greenl … 753293fc1fThis is getting very scary. We are on the edge of another pandemic just as Trump and his cohort of pandemic deniers are about to take office. I wonder how many people they will be responsible for killing this time around.
What is going on is a confluence of the seasonal flu, RSV, Covid, and the Bird Flu all happening at the same time. At the moment, there is only one known case of human bird flu that has mutated into a form that enhances the likelihood of human to human transmission. But that is the way Covid-19 started.
There is also the probability that if a person catches the regular flu AND the animal transmitted (think of your cat) bird flu, then genes could transfer from the regular, highly infectious H1N1 to the non-infectious (to humans) H5N1 and give it the ability to infect other humans.
Confounding all of this, and this is where I call balls and strikes regardless who is at fault as I always do, the Biden administration is dropping the ball badly in trying to contain and test for the bird flu. As badly as the Biden administration is doing, the Trump administration is poised to do even worse by simply denying there is a problem like Trump did in his first term.
So now, it is possible that Trump will deliver us a pandemic and probably he will deliver inflation and a recession. Happy New Year!It is amazing, isn't it, how gullible those who voted for Trump are. Take, for example, the well-worn lie that the federal workforce is somehow "bloated". That is rich, especially when one realizes it is the Republicans who were mostly responsible for "bloating" it, lol.
Trump, the criminal and sexual abuser, through his oligarchs has PROMISED to cut up to $2 trillion from the $6.8 trillion (29%); sat goodbye to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid as you currently know it. The two billionaires, one known for treating is employees like chattel, propose slashing the federal workforce - you know, those people responsible for ensuring Americans receive the domestic tranquility, justice, and the general Welfare promised to them in our Constitution.
Well, it turns out that:
* In 1952, at the height of the Korean war, the federal workforce was 2 million strong.
* From 1955 after the end of the Korean War, it was 1.9 million (not counting military). But by the beginning of the Vietnam War in 1965, it had "ballooned", as some here might say, to 1.9 million.
* From there until 1967, it did "skyrocket" another 200,000 people (10%) as the Vietnam War grew and the Great Society took hold. That would be on the Democrats
* From 1968 to 1990, largely under Republican administrations, the federal workforce, let's see, what is another hyperbolic term we often see from Trump supporters here, how about "surged" another 14% to 2.4 million (remember that number),
* Largely due to the end of the Cold War and the efforts of Clinton - Gore (Democrats), the federal workforce "plummeted" to 1.9 million (21%)
* Then, as a result of the recovery from the worst Republican recession since the Republican Depression, the federal workforce "soared" to 2.3 million by 2010.
* Then Democrat Obama brought it down to 2.2 million by the end of 2015.
* Then Republican Trump took over and quickly raised to back up to 2.3 million by 2020.
* Today, it stands at (remember this number?) 2.4 million!.
After years of scare tactics by Trump, Musk, and Republicans that the federal workforce is "out of control", we see the TRUTH is that:
1) from 1990 to 2024, the federal workforce has remained relatively constant
and
2) from 1952 to 2024 (72 years!), after an enormous increase in responsibility to provide defense and domestic services to the American public, the federal workforce has increased only 400,000 people.
So what are Trump and company talking about? I want some of what they are smoking so that I can live in a make-believe world.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/28/politics … index.htmlOH, and the same article shows the Musk and Vivek also living in Never-Never land with regards to cutting the budget $2 trillion.
Did you know that Social Security, Medicare, National Defense, and paying interest accounts for $4.1 of the $6.7 trillion budget?
Did you know that another $1.7 trillion is used to help the less fortunate (the favorite Republican target for some reason) with income and health assistance.
Talk about living Grinches.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/28/politics … index.htmlQuestions swirl on whether Trump will cut deals with Xi, Kim Jong Un or Putin that undermine interests of US allies
Trump's famous narcissism is pushing him to get into bed with the world's worst dictators. He failed once with Un and ended up looking stupid. Putin has been playing him for a fool. Why does he think doing the same thing over again will make him look any saner?
"President-elect Trump is expected to deploy his trademark mix of belligerent threats and friendly relations with some of the world’s dictators as he seeks to break up the deepening partnerships between U.S. adversaries China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. " If he really thinks he can accomplish that, he is really full of himself. Remember, the world tried to play nice with China by being "friendly" with them. Look how well that turned out.
"The president-elect is antagonistic toward European allies and NATO, chastising them as relying too much on the U.S. for military support, and brags about his personal rapport with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un. (In what world is that really true?)
“We’ll have a very good relationship, and there’s reasons for them to want to like us, there’s big reasons,” Trump said during a campaign appearance in Arizona in late October, referring to Putin, Xi and Kim — in the context of dismantling their alliance. "
Trump is setting us up again to lose the respect Biden gained after repairing relationships from Trump's, the criminal and sexual abuser, first administration.
https://thehill.com/policy/internationa … versaries/Trump PROMISED any one who would listen that he did not Sexually Abuse E. Gene Carroll.
Well, he broke that promise as a federal appeals court found that the evidence against him was VERY STRONG.
"A federal appeals court upheld the jury’s verdict finding Donald Trump sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll and denied his request for a new trial.
Trump challenged the $5 million civil verdict alleging the trial judge made numerous errors, including allowing testimony of two other women who claimed Trump sexually assaulted them.
The appeals court concluded the trial judge didn’t abuse his discretion in ruling on evidence. Even if he made any errors, they said, given the strength of Carroll’s case, they are not persuaded Trump’s rights were affected to warrant a new trial."
Trump loses again.
What is SO SAD about this is that almost half the voters said that THEY DON'T CARE if he abuses women or not. THEY DON'T CARE that Trump is a criminal. Apparently, that is now a qualifier to be President of the United States. Our morals certain have plummeted since 2015.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/30/politics … index.htmlHEY, Didn't Trump PROMISE to have the Ukraine war ended before he took office? Looks like he is going to FAIL.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/31/europe/p … index.htmlI am reading a book and ran across this paragraph. See if you can tell what is being referenced:
"You live in a little womb here, a tight little nest, girl with girl. Oh I know you have your silly boys on the edge, forgettable things. Good for one thing only and not even reliable at that. But I digress. I must say that you know little or nothing of the state of the nation today. You have no sense of the pitch of unrest to which things have mounted. Setting communities on edge, ethnic groups against one another, bankers against farmers, factories against shopkeepers."Trump team resurfaces plans to designate Mexican cartels as terror organizations
Please don't accuse me of not saying good things about Trump, the criminal and sexual offender, because here is an example of when I do. I am not sure that isn't a very good idea. In addition to America, the cartels certainly terrorize Mexico a lot
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/politics … index.htmlIn a few days, Trump will have the opportunity to keep his promises. One of those promises was to kill the Dept of Education and bury some of its programs deep in other Departments. Along with that he promises to stop wasting federal dollars on kid's education.
Guess whose children will receive poorer quality education? Those that live in the Red states that put him into office based on promises like this.
As the saying goes, be careful what you wish (or vote) for.
"When the coal mines closed in Bell County, Kentucky, a community that once powered the nation was left forgotten, with few well-paying jobs or prospects. Many of its residents now live in poverty among empty storefronts and the stunning vistas of the Appalachian Mountains.
It’s the sort of place where President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” message resonated – but also where some of his proposed policies could hit hardest, especially his promise to eliminate the Department of Education and slash federal funds to public schools.
Bell County’s school district typically receives 10% of its budget from federal dollars, though it has been higher in recent years due to Covid-19 relief funds. Even a slight reduction in those dollars could have devastating effects for students and their families, said Tom Gambrel, the district’s superintendent. It would mean teacher layoffs, bigger classroom sizes and less attention for their most vulnerable students."
"A CNN analysis found that all of the 15 states that relied most heavily on federal support for their public schools in 2022 voted for Trump, while all but two of the 15 states that received the least federal dollars as a percentage of their overall revenue voted for Vice President Kamala Harris."
You will need a CNN subscription to read this. Don't bother going to right-wing outlets either because you know they won't publish something like this.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/16/politics … index.htmlWell, Trump is starting to keep his promises.
The first one I will mention is where he trashes America's legal system and declares his support for people who try to overthrow the gov't.
He just pardon 1,500 insurrectionists, some of whom severely injured police.
We always knew Trump opposed the Rule of Law, but WOW!
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/politics … index.htmlTrump promised to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian and Mexican imports on Day One. He broke that promise by pushing the start date back 10 days to Feb 1.
That means higher inflation for Americans for things bought from those two countries such as oil and timber. This is how it translates into higher inflation for Americans and lower profits for American businesses.
Put a 25% Tariff on Mexico and Canada
“On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders.” Nov. 25, 2024 / Truth Social
On January 20th, Trump said he will impose a 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico starting February 1st. He promised to have it take effect today.
This will have the effect of inflating prices of the goods we import from there, INCLUDING OIL, up to 25%. Smart Move for inflation wary Americans.
This is a gut punch to American consumers followed by another one.
1) Mexico and Canada are two of America’s top three trade partners. Last year, the US imported $475 billion worth of goods from Mexico and $418 billion from Canada (total $893 billion), collectively accounting for 30% of the value of all the goods the US imported last year, according to federal trade data.
Using a rule-of-thumb 2.5 multiplier for converting import price to retail price, you get $2,233 billion at retail .A 25% tariff would then raise the retail prices up $559 billion to $2,792 billion retail. Assuming there are 340 million people in the US, then inflation would amount to, on an annual basis, $1,641 per man, woman, and child.
2) Meanwhile, the US exported $354 billion worth of goods to Canada last year and $322 billion to Mexico, for a total of $676 billion accounting for a third of the value of all goods the US exported last year. The tariffs Trump intends to place on both countries likely will raise the prospect that the two impose equal retaliatory tariffs on US goods. This would cut exports by around $119 billion (using a rule-of-thumb 17.5% reduction from a 25% tariff. Typical profit margins for exported goods runs between 10% and 20%, so using 15% as an estimate, that means American businesses could lose up to $18 billion in profits because of Trump's tariffs.(Farmers paid a steep price for Trump's first tariffs as many of them went bankrupt, something he didn't mention on the campaign trail.)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/economy/ … index.html
The rioters that crushed this officer in the door were pardoned....so much for backing the blue . Guess Pam and J.D. were way off when they said violent criminals wouldn’t be pardoned. That, or they just lied about it....this is what making America great looks like?
These pardons suggest that if you commit acts of violence, as long as you do so on behalf of a politically powerful person you will be able to escape consequences...great message Trump is a disgusting little man.The Republican Party has officially dropped its self-proclaimed mantle of the so-called Law and Order Party.
The world now knows America's true colors by rewarding those who tried to overthrow our government and electing a criminal and sexual abuser as our president.
From yesterday forward, the Republican Party, particularly MAGA, shall be known has SOFT ON CRIME.Oh yes, something to be proud of? I wonder how that officer feels this morning? Probably like his life was meaningless...
Speaking of promises kept, where are my lower grocery prices? Where is the end to the war in ukraine?But MAGA doesn't care now, does it? I think it is fair to say they don't believe in a civil society. They see those who believe in peace and individual liberty as weak.
Lower grocery prices, ROFL. Trump was just lying, as he does 95% of the time, to gullible people to get their vote.
He actually CAN achieve that if he is successful in his attempt to bring on a major recession. If he manages to do that, which I predict he will, then there will be deflation.
Not sure why some are shocked by Trump's pardoning of the Jan 6th protesters--- he shared he intended to throughout his campaign.
I've been reviewing all the executive orders he's signed and appreciating each one because he's fulfilling his promises so quickly. I also came across those articles, which shared good news.
https://www.newsweek.com/putin-trump-uk … ns-2018145
Putin says ready to talk with the new US administration on the Ukraine crisis. WOW, that was quick.Google University. The slang "U" is commonly used as a shorthand for university.
Willowarbor, that is a proven typical response from those who are brainwashed and score very high on the Right-Wing Authoritarian (RWA) follower survey. In order to justify the thoughts in their head that conflict with observable facts they resort to denialism and fantasy.
In psychology, right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) is a set of attitudes, describing somebody who is highly submissive to their authority figures, acts aggressively in the name of said authorities, and is conformist in thought and behavior.[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-win … itarianism
https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog … key-traits
Here is an interesting line from the next source. Destructiveness is a core characteristic of mental pathology, whether directed toward the self or others. First, I wish to clarify that those with mental illness are, as a group, no more dangerous than those without mental illness. When mental pathology is accompanied by criminal-mindedness, however, the combination can make individuals far more dangerous than either alone.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti … loyalists/
MAGA's brains were changed by Trump's rhetoric. They literally can't think straight. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/ … s-00108378
I doubt anybody is shocked Trump, the criminal and sexual abuser, pardon a bunch of his peers, especially since he is the reason they were convicted anyway. I imagine a lot of people were sickened by it, however.
People who turned them in or testified against them are now looking for ways to protect themselves from the violent criminals Trump released into the American society he had them try to overturn.As to your attempt to throw a good light on Trump vis-a-vis Ukraine. Why didn't you reveal the caveat Putin put on that willingness? Isn't that a bit of subterfuge by not pointing it out?
When I realized one needed to consider the crime, and if the charged crime was politically motivated by a weaponized DOJ and FBI.
Over 600 of his pardons involved individuals who at least one of their charges was assault on Capitol Police officers ...that's cool with you? I think it's disgusting and a slap in the face to law enforcement.
That's a fact. Your choice to support someone who spits in the face of law enforcement. Thank goodness most Americans don't share your view.
"As Donald Trump takes office for his second term Monday, a new poll shows that many of his top policy priorities lack broad support among Americans....
On the issue of pardoning participants in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, public sentiment is overwhelmingly against doing so. Only 2 in 10 Americans support pardoning the rioters, while 6 in 10 oppose it, including half who are strongly opposed."
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-p … fs-2017798Really--- have fun with your thoughts--- the negativity must eat you up. And I don't understand how you were made the voice of "most Americans". LOL
ByeBack to Google U--- LOL
I Guess Trump did not get that memo, or care... Buckle up ya got a new man in the White House.
Yeah, but how hard did he hit him or her? Was it a love tap as Trump claims or causing cardiac arrest in one case or so much trauma that the cop killed himself a few days later? It makes a difference to some people you know.
Some ex-cops are having to try to get protective orders against some of those violent felons Trump released. Scary isn't it. I wonder how many people will get hurt because of Trump's move to release criminals like himself?
And some of them are coming after those who put them there whether they be family, friends, co-workers, or strangers who happened to see something.
As expected, Trump Made America Dangerous Again just after Biden made it safer.
So, insurrection and maiming police officers isn't enough of a crime? Interesting.
I thought you said that Trump wasn't going to pardon those responsible for those who assaulted police officers. Guess I got that wrong.
Trump picks up where he left off in threatening the lives of Americans. Four years ago, it was mismanaging the pandemic first by dismantling our internal protections against pandemics, then ignoring the seriousness of the virus, both of which made him responsible for hundreds of thousands of needless deaths of Americans.
On Jan 20th, he is at it again by fulling his promise to endanger Americans by withdrawing from the World Health Organization. STUPID, SENILE, OLD MAN.
The move also helps China (this will be a consistent theme of his actions) gain more prominence and legitimacy in the world.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/politics … index.htmlTrump, the criminal and sexual abuser, is a very dangerous man, especially if he doesn't like you. This is particularly true if you are his former national security advisor John Bolton.
Because of his statements and actions in his work for the US government, Iran has put out a verified "Hit" on Bolton, meaning they are actively trying to kill him. Consequently, Bolton has been provided security detail to help protect his life.
Well, in on of Trump's Day One actions, this child, if fit of pique, withdrew Bolton's protective detail and PURPOSEFULLY gave Iran the green light to go ahead and kill him.
Can Bolton sue Trump for attempted voluntary manslaughter?
MAGA - that is the kind of sick mind you elected to be president.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/politics … index.htmlIn yet another attack on American national security - Trump DOJ shake-up sidelines top prosecutors in national security, adds new US attorneys in DC and New York
Trump's weaponization of DOJ has officially begun.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/politics … index.htmlAnother Day One action is designed to kill jobs and put the US on the brink of recession. How is he doing this? By issuing an order to federal agencies to stop spending Congressionally approved funding for Biden's Infrastructure, CHIPS, and Inflation Reduction Acts projects, at least for a while.
If allowed to take affect, thousands and thousands of Trump voters will be thrown out of work and thousands of businesses will lose lots of money.
The resulting loss of GDP will start moving us closer to a recession.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/2 … y-00199796Well Trump was supposed to have negotiated an end to the war in Ukraine before he took office. He failed. And what does Mr art of the deal have to say now? Well he thinks that Xi should settle the conflict....
Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump claimed he brought the matter up with Xi during a call.
“I said, you ought to get it settled, because he’s not done very much on that. He’s got a lot of power,” Trump said.
Pass the buck...
AND...
Yes, as of today, egg prices are considered to be at an all-time high... When is the suffering going to end?
Trump signed 100 freaking Executive Orders and not one of those Executive Orders addressed the price of eggs....FAIL
Corporate greed will never be attacked by Trump. It's his thing.
Eggs literally fall out a hen's ass, but someone needs a bigger yacht.
Or had the misfortune of losing their lives in one of Biden's wars... Or those Americans who were taken hostage and died because of Biden's weak negotiating skills. Or the 13 soldiers who were killed during Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan... Or the women killed by illegal migrants, allowed into our nation by Biden, who had violent criminal records. Take your pick.
Isn't it a shame that all those women killed by native-born Americans don't count one bit?
To use your words, 189+ people were killed by illegal migrants allowed into our nation by TRUMP. (based on data from the conservative think-tank CATO institute.)
In this case, those that don't read the main stream media don't know that egg prices are through the roof because millions of egg laying hens have died from the bird flu. Supply and demand sort of thing.
Of course, since the high egg prices are now on Trump's watch, using the same logic used against Biden, it is Trump's fault."Of course, since the high egg prices are now on Trump's watch, using the same logic used against Biden, it is Trump's fault."
Exactly. I will use the same sword on Trump as they used to carve up Biden.
Anyone with a brain knows that DEI expresses what makes America Great - A Diverse nation is a sign of a strong nation, a nation that believes in Equality is a sign of a strong nation, and a nation that doesn't waste resources by Including everyone is a sign of a strong nation.
So why is Donald Trump getting set to FIRE anyone working for offices in the federal government whose job it is to make sure America is strong? Why does Trump insist on making America WEAK like it was after his first term?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/politics … index.htmlWOW, the bad news keeps coming. I am having a hard time getting to the really bad Trump news.
He tried to do this in his first term, but Trump has turned off the spigot of information coming from federal agencies in order to keep everyone in the dark. I suspect, like Putin does, he will only let out information that puts him in a good light.
Amid a deluge of executive actions, the Trump administration has directed federal health agencies to pause external communications, such as regular scientific reports, updates to websites and health advisories, according to sources within the agencies. That last one, like so many of his actions can lead to people dying.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/health/h … index.html"according to sources within the agencies"
This could be anybody. Not a very reputable source.
It could be information from Vinnie the crack head who works part time as a janitor for all we know.
Puh...leese!President Donald Trump’s acting secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Dorothy Fink, instructed heads of all federal health agencies in a memo Tuesday to temporarily stop public communications, pending a review.
NBC News obtained a copy of the memo, which advises leaders of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health to “refrain from publicly issuing any document” or communication, including regulations and press releases, “until it has been reviewed and approved by a Presidential appointee.”
You know.. go through the ministry of Truth...https://www.yahoo.com/news/hhs-official … 32719.html
It's no coincidence that we are on the precipice of a bird flu epidemic
Oh give me a break, lol. I know you are just trying to be ironic.
OK, here is one of those really nasty stories. {b]Trump says ICE can arrest people at churches and schools[/b]
If you have a Latino sounding last name, you should be running scared now. No place is safe from Trump. In the past, schools, churches, hospitals and other "sensitive" areas were off limits to immigration authorities, but no longer.
This is the way it started in Hitler and Stalin's attempts to solve the Jewish problem. This is life today for Jews living in hostile nations like Iran. In America, replace Jews with Immigrants. Doesn't it turn your stomach?
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/21/poli … index.html"Hitler and Stalin's attempts to solve the Jewish problem."
You need to read some history. The Jews in Germany were German citizens. So, big difference.
Stalin didn't try to eliminate Jews, he committed a genocide against Ukrainians. It's called Holodomor.
I suggest you read about it.You should read your history - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemit … viet_Union
Although you are right, I was actually thinking about the Pogroms of the Czars. That said, Stalin is a good second example.
What has being a citizen got to do with anything when we are talking about attacking a segment of American society? In any case, you need to read your history about this as well. Hitler stripped Jews of their citizenship just like Trump is trying to strip some people born on US soil of theirs.
Of course, being a US citizen is of no concern to Trump, he will try to deport you anyway if he wants."Trump is trying to strip some people born on US soil of theirs"
I would love to see your proof of this one.How you have to do is listen to what he as said and done. You can start with him trying to invalidate the 14th amendment and then use the brain God gave you.
You're living in an imaginary world devoid of facts.
The 14th amendment deals with birthright citizenship. It has nothing to do with revoking anyone's citizenship.
There is no proof of President Donald Trump trying to strip anyone of their U.S. citizenship.
I rely on facts and not a person's imagination.Clearly you do not rely on facts. Your second paragraph is self-contradictory.
I have to ask the question what other definition is there for the Trump administration believing that it can nullify a key component of the 14th amendment at the stroke of his pen?
THAT will require a constitutional amendment and the language and intent is pretty clear and cannot be subject to interpretation from a ridiculous right wing oriented court. Good luck in getting the needed majority of states to buy in to the Trump dream.
So, I suggest that the right winger find another way outside of trashing the Constitution to achieve its objectives….Do I have to say this again? The fourteenth amendment deals with birthright citizenship in section 1. It has nothing to do with taking away anyone's citizenship.
Duh, do you even think about what you write?? Let's make it even more obvious.
Getting rid of birthright citizenship MEANS taking away the citizenship of anyone who is a citizen because of that clause."Duh"
In order to have it taken away you would have to have it first. Ending birthright citizenship doesn't deal with citizenship of anyone who is currently a citizen. It deals with people becoming citizens in the future.I beg to differ. You know as well as I that if Trump gets his way and that clause is deleted from the 14th Amendment, then, and I say this again, ANYONE who has citizenship under its provisions will lose there citizenship. His reasoning, they shouldn't have been given it in the first place. Simple logic.
Your reasoning is badly flawed; the "logic" is dependent on your crystal ball you use so often to read Trump's mind.
Because you find something "bad" does not mean Trump is supporting it. Even the opposite is not true.
When you have something from Trump, not your hatred nor that of anyone else with TDS, then come back, show the data, and make the claim again.
THAT is simple logic, not deciding it is true because of a personal bias.Since you never offer data, only opinion, Ill return the favor to you.
"Because you find something "bad" does not mean Trump is supporting it. Even the opposite is not true. " - You created that out of whole cloth, didn't you since it has nothing to do with anything.
You honestly think that if Trump wins his attempt to deny people citizenship, your side won't immediately sue to overturn those that have been already granted? That is Trump's style. As you have said many times, Trump is a bad man.What I think is not necessarily fact, just as what you think is not. Yet you very often present your opinions and imaginings as true fact, just as you do here when you tell us what will happen if Trump manages to convince SCOTUS the birthright citizenship is false. Sorry, but your crystal ball has never worked even if a handful of your predictions have proven true.
A simple thing, really, but something you do not seem able to comprehend. Work harder on it.
What is going on with Trump's cabinet nominees? Little Marco is the only one confirmed so far...
In my opinion, I appreciate this style of governing—where the left hand knows what the right hand is doing. I’m glad to see agencies being reviewed and evaluated for potential changes. Trump isn’t one to stick with the status quo, and that’s refreshing.
"President Donald Trump’s acting secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Dorothy Fink, instructed heads of all federal health agencies in a memo Tuesday to temporarily stop public communications, pending a review.
NBC News obtained a copy of the memo, which advises leaders of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health to “refrain from publicly issuing any document” or communication, including regulations and press releases, “until it has been reviewed and approved by a Presidential appointee.”
The pause took effect immediately and lasts through Feb. 1.
The memo left wiggle room for the release of communications that could be considered a matter of critical health and safety.
Communications teams from federal health agencies, including the CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services, learned of the pause during a call Tuesday.
“There’s a lot of uncertainty right now as this transition occurs,” a CDC official said, adding that it’s not “totally out of the ordinary” during transitions.
An HHS official said the same occurred during Trump’s first term.
A short pause in messaging is not uncommon as new administrations get up to speed. The HHS official noted that a small pause isn’t a cause for concern, but that it could be an issue if it lasts a week or more."
"Dorthey Fink wrote in her memo that some exceptions would be made for communications affecting “critical health, safety, environmental, financial or nation security functions,” but that those would be subject to review. The FDA on Tuesday and Wednesday posted notices about warning letters sent to companies and a drug safety notice." https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-admini … 41597.htmlMaybe, but it is Trump who is deciding what is critical or not. And we already know that if the truth embarrasses him, critical or not, he has and will again cover it up and hide it from you and me.
Unfortunately, the Left and Right hand intend to swat down the freedom and liberty of citizens and non-citizens alike.
I, of course, and mostly safe from Trump. Why? Because I am a male, I am considered wealthy, I am white with a white sounding name, and I am straight.
My weaknesses, at least as far as Trump is concerned, are that I am not Protestant and I have criticized him. I truly fear word of my writings will get to him and his FBI will come knocking on my door, maybe to arrest me for sedition like they used to under J. Edgar Hoover. More likely though, one of his army of supporters will throw a brick through my window like they did the mother of the officer who his fellow insurrectionists that he freed attacked and gave a heart attack to on Jan 6, 2021.
And speaking of promises made, the guy they're calling the vp, vance, what is his agenda? He has barely spoken. What will he be charged with doing? I mean we can clearly see that Musk is co-president but I don't understand the role of Vance whatsoever... He's already disagreed with Trump on pardoning individuals who assaulted police officers.
On TV Trump said he would impose Tariffs on the EU because the EU does not buy American cars and food from America.
Duh – The reason neither the EU nor the UK buy food from the USA is because American food does NOT meet EU & UK high health standards.
Most artificial food colouring, artificial food flavouring and artificial food preservatives, which are common place in American food, are banned in food products in the EU & UK. Food manufacturers on this side of the pond these days use almost exclusively natural flavouring, natural colouring and natural preservatives in food.
For example, Diphenylamine (DPA), which is banned in the EU & UK, is a carcinogenic compound, used as a pesticide in America, is also used in America as a preservative for apples, as it prevents apples from turning brown or black.
Legal ingredients in USA food products, which are banned in Europe: https://youtu.be/Y0iq-7PbOEw
When Trump was last in power, trade negotiations with the EU failed, with one of the major stumbling blocks being that America was insisting that the EU lowers its food standards to the American food standards: This was a redline that the EU was not willing to cross for obvious health reasons.
On leaving the EU, the UK was (and still is) desperate for trade deals, and at the time Boris Johnson (the then Conservative Prime Minister) was confident (and boasting) that he would get a trade deal with the USA – and if he had, it would have been a feather in his cap. But America’s instance that the UK must lower its food standards to the American food standards was a step too far; a redline which even Boris Johnson was unwilling to cross.
Also, during the UK’s failed negotiations with the USA, when Trump was last in power, Trump also tried to buy into the NHS: But that was another redline that the UK was not willing to cross. Albeit, at the time some British people were worried that Boris Johnson (desperate for trade deals) would agree, in the end Boris Johnson stood firm and made it clear to Trump that Britain does not want American lower food standards and that “the NHS is not for sale”.
Trump’s attempt to buy the NHS: https://youtu.be/7BAEdN8dTnA
UK to Stand Firm on Food Standards in the failed Trade Talks with USA (post Brexit): https://youtu.be/HXC_Vj-QnVo
Since the failed UK/USA trade talks, when Trump was last in power, the UK has since boosted its trade by joining the Australian trading block, which includes trade between Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam and UK.
And, in the absence of any trade agreement with the USA, and with recent attacks on the British government by Musk, and with Trump’s threats of tariffs on the UK; just last week the UK Government successfully negotiated a lucrative trade and investment deal with China.
So Trump is instrumental in driving “the UK into China's arms”. Ironically, a lot of food ingredients that are legal in the USA, but illegal in the EU & UK, are actually also illegal in China!BOY! This is SO TRUE: "In a flurry of activity happening almost too swiftly to follow, Trump is giving critics every reason to think their worst fears will be realized"
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/23/politics … index.html
I truly think a democratic America will not survive Trump. That America will look like Putin's Russia in the not too distant future - just what his core supporters wanted.Donald Trump sharpens hi Pathological Lying skills in the Oval Office even though he has no peers any more.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/politics … index.htmlIn addition to fellow Insurrectionists, Trump, the felon and sexual abuser himself, releases more murderers into civil society to replace the criminal immigrants he will deport. Result, America will not be any safer.
Trump pardons DC officers convicted in death and cover up
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/politics … index.html
Trump releases a fellow felon who is responsible for selling fentanyl and other deadly drugs though the Dark Web leading to the deaths of thousands upon thousands. This guy is probably worse that the smugglers Trump claims he wants to stop from crossing our borders. Isn't that a bit hypocritical? Doesn't matter, those who voted for him are applauding wildly for the thought of more fentanyl on our streets once Ulbricht gets his act going again. Isn't that why they voted for Trump?
"Trump says he pardoned founder of Silk Road criminal marketplace"
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/politics … index.html
Repeat after me. Trump is Making America Dangerous Again (MADA). So now we have the equation: MAGA = MADA.Trump and Republicans clearly oppose the foundation upon which America was built and used to believe in - DEI.
Here is what MAGA voted to do away with:
Diversity is embracing the differences everyone brings to the table, whether those are someone’s race, age, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, physical ability or other aspects of social identity.
Equity is treating everyone fairly and providing equal opportunities.
Inclusion is respecting everyone’s voice and creating a culture in which people from all backgrounds feel encouraged to express their ideas and perspectives.
Why do they feel no shame?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/us/dei-d … index.htmlI guess Trump voters didn't think he had enough money. Now he is going to turn the Presidency into a Cash Cow from people seeking his favor.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/23/politics … index.html
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