Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Twdft]

A working populace is a placated populace? A 9-5 is the opiate of the masses?

It sure is. Add an ever increasing commute for poorer people who can't afford to live where they work and they simply don't have the time to do something about their situation.

[Zan15]

Ah. I'd like to see those too...but that's for another time.

https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/repo...s/current.html



(in billions)
Current Fiscal Year - Prior Year - Estimated full fiscal year

Excise Taxes 1 43,028 --- 64,085 --- 94,593

Customs Duties 47,112 --- 44,866 ---- 92,304

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Ladies and gentlemen and Trump supporters, an indication of how much faith Wall Street has in Donald Trump.

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Stock market drops several hundred and Trump tweets immediately. Nothing happens, we lost several hundred more, but he tweeted immediately.

Cops murder a human being for being the wrong color, and Trump takes a solid week to hide in his bunker before holding a photo op. Let alone the issues in the photo op itself, of course.

We know what's important to Trump. And now, we're seeing that the country knows what's important to them. "Trump's word" is not on the list.

The stock market is tired of winning.

He's not wrong the country is going to have one of the greatest years on record in 2021.....but....umm...it requires a 42-51% drop in 2020 2nd Q and one of the worst years ever in 2020.

If your salary used to be $100k then you lose your job for a year and your income becomes $0.00. Would you celebrate that you had a $30,000 income gain in your new job come 2021?? I mean its the biggest income gain you ever had!!!!! BIGLY



Hopefully he won't be the president when that time comes because he will do something stupid like cut corporate taxes again.


Sad part is if he is re-elected he will get his +3% gdp gain he always wanted, although it won't come close to making up for 2020 losses.

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Literally never want to hear Republicans ever talk about "fiscal responsibility", the debt, the deficit, "conservative economics", or any of that nonsense ever again.

this is where they will say "it was the democrats in the house, idiot you know congress controls spending...…"

/facepalm

[Breccia]

"it was the democrats in the house"

It halfway was. Same as the last 20 years or so. McConnell can't pass anything without Pelosi's stamp of approval, and vice versa.

Trump still signed it, of course. Oh, except that one time he caused a Trump Shutdown. But other than that, he signed it, he's complicit.

Trump promised massive tax cuts and massive spending, while promising a balanced budget. McConnell didn't. Pelosi didn't. Trump is the lying loser here.

[Belize]

So.

I don't know if this is SUPPOSED to be a parody or not, however I will comment that this poll has no information verification:

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/landing...mp-vs-dem-poll

Do your thing internet.

[Breccia]

So.

I don't know if this is SUPPOSED to be a parody or not either, but...

THOSE THAT DENY THEIR HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT!

This might be the stupidest thing Trump has ever tweeted -- the all caps is icing on the cake, of course. Quite frankly, this could be Biden's campaign motto.

[DarkTZeratul]

It halfway was. Same as the last 20 years or so. McConnell can't pass anything without Pelosi's stamp of approval, and vice versa.

Trump still signed it, of course. Oh, except that one time he caused a Trump Shutdown. But other than that, he signed it, he's complicit.

Trump promised massive tax cuts and massive spending, while promising a balanced budget. McConnell didn't. Pelosi didn't. Trump is the lying loser here.

And actually, with the tax cut for the rich, it wasn't even halfway the Democrats in the House. They didn't control it, the Republicans didn't work with them, and they pushed it through using a method by which they didn't need a single Democratic vote (and as I recall, they didn't get a single Democratic vote either).

[PhaelixWW]

So.

I don't know if this is SUPPOSED to be a parody or not, however I will comment that this poll has no information verification:

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/landing...mp-vs-dem-poll

Do your thing internet.

Questionnaire submitted.

But then it had me at a "please contribute" page. I wished there was a question field, so I could ask: "But who should I make the check out to? A Lying Democrat? A Radical Socialist Democrat? A Corrupt Democrat? ..."

[Themius]

So.

I don't know if this is SUPPOSED to be a parody or not, however I will comment that this poll has no information verification:

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/landing...mp-vs-dem-poll

Do your thing internet.

Wow... lol for real he's like what 2 years old?

[Thepersona]

Wow... lol for real he's like what 2 years old?

The funny thing? i can answer that poll. I live in chile and obviously cant vote in the US.

[Breccia]

So McConnell was asked about the statues in the US Capitol, of course, specifically the Confederate ones in the National Statutory Hall--

"Statuary".

Sorry.

Every state is allowed two statues, they can trade them out at any time ... a number of states are trading them out now. But I think that's the appropriate way to deal with the statue issue. The states make that decision.

I think the appropriate way to deal with this issue is to stick with the tradition

Ah, yes, "tradition". Traditionally, we used to own slaves and women couldn't vote. Also wasn't Lincoln a Republican? The Republican Party likes saying that.

McConnnell was asked his personal opinion on if the Confederate status should stay or go, but he refused to answer.

"Which statues are from McConnell's state?"

Actually, they are Ephraim McDowell and Henry Clay, links provided by dot-gov sites, but long story short, both died before the Civil War started.

[Belize]

The funny thing? i can answer that poll. I live in chile and obviously cant vote in the US.

Any poll's a goal!

[DarkTZeratul]

Actually, they are Ephraim McDowell and Henry Clay, links provided by dot-gov sites, but long story short, both died before the Civil War started.

A doctor and a legislator. Surprisingly, nothing too objectionable on the face of it.

[draynay]

The funny thing? i can answer that poll. I live in chile and obviously cant vote in the US.

But you can give money since its just a landing page for the donation site and Trump never troubles himself over where the money comes from.

[Thepersona]

So McConnell was asked about the statues in the US Capitol, of course, specifically the Confederate ones in the National Statutory Hall--

"Statuary".

Sorry.



Ah, yes, "tradition". Traditionally, we used to own slaves and women couldn't vote. Also wasn't Lincoln a Republican? The Republican Party likes saying that.

McConnnell was asked his personal opinion on if the Confederate status should stay or go, but he refused to answer.

"Which statues are from McConnell's state?"

Actually, they are Ephraim McDowell and Henry Clay, links provided by dot-gov sites, but long story short, both died before the Civil War started.

Tradition, as in, "we used to rape 14 year old girls and then marry them into their rapist".
Yeah, good tactic to use the tradition card.

[Breccia]

Biden leads Trump by three points in Florida.

"Let me guess, poll of all voters, well Trump clearly said only likely voters matter so --"

It was likely voters.

"...it was clearly CNN or some other librul elite commie--"

The group is Cygnal, a Republican go-to, as shown here by this previous Georgia poll from May 1.

An internal poll conducted for the Georgia House GOP Caucus points to troubling signs for Republican leaders: President Donald Trump is deadlocked with Joe Biden and voters aren’t giving the White House, Gov. Brian Kemp or the Legislature high marks for the coronavirus response.

The poll also suggests trouble for U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, showing the former financial executive with 11% of the vote and essentially tied with Democrats Matt Lieberman and Raphael Warnock. U.S. Rep. Doug Collins leads the November field with 29% of the vote, and outdoes Loeffler among Republicans by a 62-18 margin.

The survey, obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, was conducted by the political polling and research firm Cygnal between April 25-27 and it involved 591 likely voters. The margin of error is 4 percentage points.

"...you're going to make a joke like 'the Cygnal's getting blurry' or something, aren't you?"

Wow, that's better than what I had. I was stuck on baby swans.

Trump won Florida by about six votes, one of which was probably an alligator. Now it joins Texas and Ohio as battlegrounds leaning Biden.

[Themius]

A doctor and a legislator. Surprisingly, nothing too objectionable on the face of it.

Probably has something to do with him owning slaves and using slaves as test subjects

Like think unit 732, or the experiments nazis did on people. Except on slaves, but now also celebrated...

[Breccia]

A doctor and a legislator. Surprisingly, nothing too objectionable on the face of it.

I will admit, I wrote the first half of that post without finding out who they actually were. I was surprised too. But McConnell now has an easy out: his state doesn't have to make that decision, because his state has already made the decision, and the answer was "No Confederates".

[Thepersona]

Probably has something to do with him owning slaves and using slaves as test subjects

Like thank unit 732, or the experience nazis did on people. Except on slaves, but now also celebrated...

The only good thing that came from the the prisoner camps was when the inmates revolted and killed their captors

[rayvio]

Oh, another update.



It's being moved to a "secure location".

a museum. with BLM placards

full story here

Bristol’s mayor Marvin Rees had previously confirmed the statue would be exhibited in a museum, alongside placards from the Black Lives Matter protest.

[Breccia]

It's time once again for Guess the Speaker, double header!

Take back your city NOW. If you don't do it, I will.

Make us all safe. Go back to your bunker.

Yep, that's Trump and the mayor of Seattle. Hey, remember when little feuds like this weren't a daily occurrence? Also, remember when US Presidents didn't threaten to invade US cities and usurp them?

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UPDATE: Senate Armed Forces panel votes to rename those bases.

UPDATE UPDATE: Why have one amendment when you can have two? Now Trump can veto them both!

The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee said on Thursday it had approved an amendment that would make it illegal to deploy the military against peaceful protesters, amid a national uproar over the harsh response to demonstrations over the deaths of African Americans in the hands of police.

Committee leaders told a news conference the panel had approved an amendment introduced by Democratic Senator Tim Kaine to the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, saying the military should not be used against a lawful assembly by U.S. citizens.

Funny, we made it about 250 years without an amendment like this being necessary. Suddenly we have one.