Donald J. Trump (For everyone else)
I assume it's still acceptable to have a Trump thread in a Politics forum?
So this is an obvious lie - basically aimed at
Melei, like Trump, is also a huge crypto scammer.
Canada backed down on electricity duties.
Not sure of the precise order of events.
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Doesn’t sound like trump 1.0 ?
Trump do crazy $h!t and people behind the scene try to fix stuff behind him ….
Its crazy how single minded you all are with these thoughts and how pervasive a singular thought can spread throughout you all like some game of ****** telephone.
Lets skip the deep dive and let me question you this:
What good is 4% GDP growth if your inflation is 25%? Why would we want to repurpose our global powerhouse economy to match developing nation? You do realize that the Argentinian economy is worse than our in every way imaginable, right?
You know, I looked all through my post again, and I don't see where I said it was a good move. I was just stating where Trump & Musk got this idea. Sometimes information can be just put out there.
For the record I think it's a horrible idea. A heavy-handed approach to moving the market unnaturally seems like a terrible decision. I disagree with Josh on this.
Doesn’t sound like trump 1.0 ?
Trump do crazy $h!t and people behind the scene try to fix stuff behind him ….
It just seems like standard trump. You fight back then he escalates. You concede he deals. We see it with everyhtign he does.
One thing trump understands very well is how to abuse power and privilege.
FACT CHECK: "TRUMP IS BASICALLY A DEMOCRAT FROM 15 YEARS AGO"
Versions of this clip (and others) are making the rounds on social media and this (Canadian?) white Christian nationalist calls Trump "basically a democrat from 15 years ago"
this line was also mentioned to me by a right winger in a discord conversation a couple of days before this whole thing went viral but when I asked if he had specific examples he did not. A google search did not prove fruitful.
Well thankfully I have people here who were paying attention the last 15 years and can probably speak to this topic intelligently. So is there truth to this phrase? I know that Obama was "deporter in chief" but outside of that I can't think of similar examples to what Trump is currently doing.
You know, I looked all through my post again, and I don't see where I said it was a good move. I was just stating where Trump & Musk got this idea. Sometimes information can be just put out there.
For the record I think it's a horrible idea. A heavy-handed approach to moving the market unnaturally seems like a terrible decision. I disagree with Josh on this.
My apologies as I confused you for a different poster
Horrible Trumpy idiots at work.
Teacher forced to take down this sign.
This is quite similar to doing a "reset" of the US economy b/c Argentina did something like this and it worked for them. Guys on 'What Are Your Thoughts?' were just talking about this. Starts @ 24:15 if interested:
I actually think it’s funny because as he is describing what Milei did, that seems like the opposite of what Trump is trying to do. Instead he is pursuing protectionist trade policy and trying to institute crony capitalism that Milei is (in their view) fighting against.
But yes, that is a good point as well. Even if you can point to some good outcome for protectionism, it might only make sense in the particular conditions of that country. Some other stagnating country, like Argentina, might actually benefit from increasing free trade.
Furthermore the US just has a lot more to lose on the world stage by closing itself off, like Trump seems to want to do. Not just economically but in terms of foreign policy, both hard and soft power.
A simple thought experiment reveals everything you need to know about Trump's "strategies" and motivations/intentions:
Let's say he's a Russian asset, always was, from back in the 80/90s when he was bailed out by them (and is probably being extorted ever since: epstein, other moscow stuff, etc.):
Would he do anything different from what he is doing now???
Furthermore the US just has a lot more to lose on the world stage by closing itself off, like Trump seems to want to do. Not just economically but in terms of foreign policy, both hard and soft power.
this is a key point:
Guys like Macron, he's had enough, he's done with Trump (and the US for that matter). And France has its own nukes, so they don't need to kowtow. Plus, with Merz (new german chancellor) coming in, he's def. a hardliner, not some weak sauce like Scholz was, he will have backing from that side too.
If Europe gets its act together (and i'd put the probability at higher than 50% in the moment, bc they know Putin will not stop with Ukraine, he'll come for Poland or other small baltic states next), the US will have lost significantly on the world stage, and will basically become one of many players (a big one, sure, but not the only one anymore) ... so Putin is getting exactly what he paid for one way or the other.
A simple thought experiment reveals everything you need to know about Trump's "strategies" and motivations/intentions:
Let's say he's a Russian asset, always was, from back in the 80/90s when he was bailed out by them (and is probably being extorted ever since: epstein, other moscow stuff, etc.):
Would he do anything different from what he is doing now???
If he was, he would:
1) Immediately remove all sanctions toward Russia
2) Help partition Syria in a way that allows the alawite to keep a smallish state, and for it to be a russian puppet
3) Stop selling LNG to Europe to resume russian sales of gas in large quantities
4) Pressure the EU to unfreeze the 300bln of russian reserves currently hold in Belgium
5) Have Zelensky assassinated
and so on
