Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Belize]

Is he aware that farmers can't just make more product in a month?

Just hit the corn lever and make more corn, how hard can it be

[gondrin]

So, ready for some brown outs or possibly rolling blackouts in the US? Because Doug Ford things the US really needs to experience some rolling blackouts.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...cf6391dd&ei=10

Canadian premier says he will cut off electricity exports to US ‘with a smile on my face’

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday he is prepared to cut off electricity exports to the U.S. if President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods go through.

“If they want to try to annihilate Ontario, I will do everything — including cut off their energy with a smile on my face,” Ford told reporters at a mining convention in downtown Toronto, the Toronto Sun reported.

Ford doubled down on his pledge to retaliate by matching tariffs, noting the U.S. is a major customer of Canada’s electricity.

“They rely on our energy. They need to feel the pain. They want to come at us hard, we’re going to come back twice as hard,” he said.

The Sun reported Ford said he would go dollar-for-dollar in matching tariffs: “That’s exactly what we’re going to do.”

Ford suggested the federal and provincial governments are unified in their approach to fighting U.S. tariffs.

“The provinces have a big say in it, but it’s the federal government that’s leading the charge, and we’re going to stand shoulder-to-shoulder no matter who’s in the federal government.

“I [didn’t] start this tariff war, but we’re going to win this tariff war,” Ford added.

The remarks come as Trump announced Monday that the 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico will officially go into effect Tuesday, saying there is no more room for dealmaking before the 30-day delay expires.

“The tariffs, they’re all set. They go into effect tomorrow,” Trump said, adding there’s “no room left for Mexico or Canada” to make a deal before midnight.

Trump had warned last week that the tariffs will go forward after he delayed them for a month following conversations with the Canadian and Mexican leaders, during which they agreed to action to address the flow of drugs at the border.

Trump said Monday that “vast amounts of fentanyl got poured into our country” largely through Mexico and from China, and he encouraged car manufacturers to build plants in the U.S. to avoid the upcoming tariffs.

“So, what they have to do is build their car plants, frankly, and other things in the United States, in which case they have no tariffs,” Trump said Monday.

The president also announced reciprocal tariffs will start April 2, which will cover imports from all nations that levy import taxes on U.S. goods.

[Edge-]

Is he aware that farmers can't just make more product in a month?

Probably not.

It's like the techbros who learn about agriculture an the hack that if you plant tomatoes you can harvest them to plant even more tomatoes next year and it's like printing infinite free money why isn't everyone doing it it's all so easy?

People who've never had to do a hard days manual labor have no concept of what it entails or actually means.

[Poopymonster]

So, ready for some brown outs or possibly rolling blackouts in the US? Because Doug Ford things the US really needs to experience some rolling blackouts.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...cf6391dd&ei=10

They already are. And housing them in Gitmo.

[Rasulis]

Just a reminder that the majority of US corn and soybean crops are for livestock consumption and not fit for human consumption. Sweet corn is for human consumption.

Also, planting season starts in April. The end of the rainy season. The farmers already have their seeds on order. Switching on the fly is not an option.

[Xath]

I would simply explain to them how they are set to make billions by purposely tanking the economy. You can short markets, currency and everything else because you are the one driving the economy off a cliff then profit again on the upside when the fed intervenes. Market crashes do not hurt the rich at worse they are buying opportunities, they have enough money to ride any depression.

Yes but people don't understand that I am trying to get them to make as much liquid as possible at least their house is completely paid off but shit is going to get bad.

[Draco-Onis]

Just a reminder that the majority of US corn and soybean crops are for livestock consumption and not fit for human consumption. Sweet corn is for human consumption.

Also, planting season starts in April. The end of the rainy season. The farmers already have their seeds on order. Switching on the fly is not an option.

Why are you bothering us with woke things like facts bro!!!

[Edge-]

Just a reminder that the majority of US corn and soybean crops are for livestock consumption and not fit for human consumption. Sweet corn is for human consumption.

Also, planting season starts in April. The end of the rainy season. The farmers already have their seeds on order. Switching on the fly is not an option.

No, please.

I want to see MAGA eating the corn grown for feed.

Like they're drinking raw milk, now.

Because feed corn tastes like absolute fucking ass.

[Wyrt]

No, please.

I want to see MAGA eating the corn grown for feed.

Like they're drinking raw milk, now.

Because feed corn tastes like absolute fucking ass.

Look, if they're going to take medicine meant for horses they can eat corn meant for horses.

[Rasulis]

No, please.

I want to see MAGA eating the corn grown for feed.

Like they're drinking raw milk, now.

Because feed corn tastes like absolute fucking ass.

Never tasted them. However, my wife's grandparents live in a small town called Fithian in the middle of corn fields in Illinois. According to them feed corn has the consistency of cardboard and is pretty tasteless. Her grandfather used to complain that Illinois once produce the best sweet corn in the world.

[Breccia]

Is he aware that farmers can't just make more product in a month?

I think he's also aware they don't need to. If Americans wanted to buy American farm products, they would be doing so already. It's much closer and fresher, and a 25% tariff likely won't make it cheaper.

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Social Security payments could suffer interruption soon as DOGE causes ‘system collapse,’ former commissioner warns—‘start saving now’

Y'all voted for this. Have fun!

[Edge-]

Social Security payments could suffer interruption soon as DOGE causes ‘system collapse,’ former commissioner warns—‘start saving now’

Y'all voted for this. Have fun!

Wait, the south african pedo guy and the 20something year old "wiz kids" with zero experience might not actually know what they're doing?

[Elder Millennial]

Never tasted them. However, my wife's grandparents live in a small town called Fithian in the middle of corn fields in Illinois. According to them feed corn has the consistency of cardboard and is pretty tasteless. Her grandfather used to complain that Illinois once produce the best sweet corn in the world.

Technically feed corn is edible, but it requires industrial pre-processing for it to have anything resembling an edible form. It REQUIRES nixtamilization or wet milling to be turned into something you'd eat.

So get ready to pay 5 dollars for a pound of corn flour.

[gondrin]

So, I thought we were against all forms of DEI? I mean, isn't that the new boogeyman that Trump and the MAGAverse is conjuring up? Now we are walking back some or most of it or what they "claim" is DEI?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/th...0c49ebce&ei=37

The Trump administration gave schools a DEI ultimatum – then walked it back

In mid-February, the Trump administration told tens of thousands of K-12 schools and colleges they had until Feb. 28 to comply with a sweeping and vague order to root out diversity, equity and inclusion on their campuses.

Over the weekend, the U.S. Department of Education issued new guidance softening that mandate and reversing course on some of its broadest requests.

In a “frequently asked questions” document posted Saturday morning after the deadline, the department's Office for Civil Rights walked back its directive, saying not all DEI initiatives actually violate the initial instructions.

A program or policy isn’t unlawful just because it uses the terms “diversity,” “equity” or “inclusion,” the new federal guidance says. Cultural and historical observances – including Black History Month and International Holocaust Remembrance Day – won’t be discouraged either.

Perhaps most notably, the Education Department acknowledged the federal government doesn't have the power to dictate school curriculum.

In a statement to USA TODAY on Monday, Craig Trainor, the acting assistant secretary for civil rights, said the “frequently asked questions” document issued over the weekend and the initial directions provide guidance on the law.

He denied the implication that the Education Department had altered its policies.

”There has been no walk back,” he said.

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Well, this was what was going to happen anyway regardless of any visit by Zelensky.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...-cl-rcna194627

[Edge-]

So, I thought we were against all forms of DEI? I mean, isn't that the new boogeyman that Trump and the MAGAverse is conjuring up? Now we are walking back some or most of it or what they "claim" is DEI?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/th...0c49ebce&ei=37



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Well, this was what was going to happen anyway regardless of any visit by Zelensky.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...-cl-rcna194627

"We haven't walked anything back, we were just lying and bullshitting because nobody actually knows what our jobs or authorities are." is sure a take.

Also, yep. Not shocking. Was telegraphed the entire campaign.

[Corvus]

Do you know what social security has never done in the 8 decades since it was founded? Miss a payment.

And now thanks to Trump and Musk that has ended.

[david0925]

Do you know what social security has never done in the 8 decades since it was founded? Miss a payment.

And now thanks to Trump and Musk that has ended.

Maybe a few missed payments will show the old racist boomers something

Nah probably too dumb

[gondrin]

Well, if there is one thing that both sides love to do, is use performative props to make a point. For the Republicans, MAGA and the GOP, it is usually veterans, the military or things of that nature. For Democrats, it is people who are harmed by GOP policies.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...544d85cf&ei=16

[Edge-]

Do you know what social security has never done in the 8 decades since it was founded? Miss a payment.

And now thanks to Trump and Musk that has ended.

Not quite yet. But it sure seems inevitable at this pace.

Kinda like how that elbola team that elon said they brought back was never actually brought back and is still very much fired

[Xath]

Well, if there is one thing that both sides love to do, is use performative props to make a point. For the Republicans, MAGA and the GOP, it is usually veterans, the military or things of that nature. For Democrats, it is people who are harmed by GOP policies.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...544d85cf&ei=16

Wonder if there being crossover between those two areas will break any cultists out of their insanity considering about a third of government employees are veterans who choose to continue serving the country.