Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Timester]

Unfortunate but true observation. In 2008, Democrats and Republicans were able to put their differences aside and worked together. No Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke and Nancy Pelosi at her prime at the helm.

Well, 2008 Republicans was lead by John McCain. Someone with braincells, even if I didn't agree with with his political views.

[Rasulis]

Yeah but its been on decline and becoming less and less relevant. Mexico does everything that Canada does and can do it even better. It has proper supply chain logisitics, some very good ports and directly connects to the largets population sectors in the US. The manufacturing is much cheaper in Mexico, there are more people and the government is friendlier to those industries. If Trump just tariffed Canada that would still be bad bc the US gets a lot of natural resources and food from Canada but that would be it IMO. Itd only accelerate already existing trends

Personally, #1 and #2 are pointless distinction. The most important part is that US/Canada/Mexico once formed one of the most successful trading blocks in the whole world. Now that's damaged. Hopefully, not beyond repair.

[Belize]

NOAA's cut is problematic for US fishermen that require accurate real time weather reporting. At the US Fishermen Convention in Maine, that was the hot topic at the event.

Ok, but weather is woke, and those fishermen should just look outside to see if it's stormy

/s obviously

[Edge-]

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/...housing-costs/

What do tariffs mean for homebuilding, at least in CA?

A report from the real estate research firm John Burns Real Estate Consulting (JBREC) anticipates that costs of building materials are set to increase by 5%.

To find that number, the company looked at different building elements, and just how much of the U.S. supply comes from Canada, China and Mexico. It then calculated the average tariff rate for those products, and multiplied the average tariff rate by the share of the U.S. supply to estimate how much the cost of each might rise.

Congrats on the new 5% tax on new construction!

[david0925]

Somewhatconcerned lying again. If we can only be a bit more concerned with people posting disingenuously

[Moralgy]

Did we defeat the woke with a stock market crash?

[Rasulis]

It's 'awesome' that high egg prices have people interested in raising chickens, Trump Ag Secretary says

Hell no. It's fine to do it as a hobby that you enjoy. However, if you think that's cheaper than buying eggs at the stores, you are delusional. Feed + care + housing + maintenance >>>>> cost of eggs at the store. There are values to the hours you spent taking care of those hens.

[Kaleredar]

This just proves that these "angry town halls" are just paid actors, Trump's policies are still widely popular among GOP voters.

So who are all these "angry people?"

Fake?

“Everyone I don’t like is a crisis actor, things are going great and everyone loves Trump despite the fact that every headline about him and the economy coming out in the last week has been a complete shitshow”


How could people love Trump? Egg prices are nowhere near set to drop.


Prices were cheaper under Biden.

[Bwgmon]

This just proves that these "angry town halls" are just paid actors, Trump's policies are still widely popular among GOP voters.

So who are all these "angry people?"

Fake?

One of these days, you guys will understand math enough to know that things like "40% of a group that makes up less than 50% of the population" leaves an awfully large chunk of the pie that explicitly isn't that group.

[Kaleredar]

It's 'awesome' that high egg prices have people interested in raising chickens, Trump Ag Secretary says

Hell no. It's fine to do it as a hobby that you enjoy. However, if you think that's cheaper than buying eggs at the stores, you are delusional. Feed + care + housing + maintenance >>>>> cost of eggs at the store. There are values to the hours you spent taking care of those hens.

Skipping straight to liberty gardens? When’s the “totally awesome rationing” going to start?

It’s like America’s is at war. Which… I guess it is, but it’s at war not with a foreign country but with trump.

[Rasulis]

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/...housing-costs/

What do tariffs mean for homebuilding, at least in CA?



Congrats on the new 5% tax on new construction!

On that note.

U.S. homebuilders raise alarm over tariffs as sentiment falls to 5-month low

Housing cost is way too high also. People can't afford them. Even as supply of unsold homes is growing, and some sellers are cutting cost, the prices are still too WAY too high.

[Edge-]

On that note.

U.S. homebuilders raise alarm over tariffs as sentiment falls to 5-month low

Housing cost is way too high also. People can't afford them. Even as supply of unsold homes is growing, and some sellers are cutting cost, the prices are still too WAY too high.

Jimmy McMillan was a prophet.

[Iliena]

I'm actually growing to dislike Vance more than Trump. Not to diminish Trump's responsibility for his own actions but he is legitimately a moron, albeit one driven by malignant narcissistic impulses. Vance on the other hand is smarter than Trump, has demonstrated that he's willing to abandon any principles he might have in the pursuit of power, and is now strutting around with the arrogance of a bully who knows he can get away with it. And neither he, nor Trump, nor any other of those Project 2025 fucks, will ever suffer any real consequences.

Thinking about it, it makes a lot of sense that Vance attracts a lot of the attention from Trump at live events like with Zelensky, no matter how bad it sounds to the rest of the world!

Trump's mind is about as sharp as a butter knife these days and that fact need protecting from the likes of Fox news viewers.

[hellhamster]

IF I COULD TUUUURN BAAACK TIIIME.



I'm betting he will announce the US leaves NATO.

[Rasulis]

Jimmy McMillan was a prophet.

Remember those pandemic boomtowns? They are not so hot now. Prices are still high. However, at the current rate, it is possible that we are going to start seeing upside down mortgages like back in 2008. New home construction actually went down 10% in February.




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IF I COULD TUUUURN BAAACK TIIIME.



I'm betting he will announce the US leaves NATO.

If the US leaves NATO, they can't stop Ukraine from joining NATO.

[Iphie]

IF I COULD TUUUURN BAAACK TIIIME.



I'm betting he will announce the US leaves NATO.

He can't do that unilaterally though, last year a bi-partisan law was passed that only congress can do that. To protect against this scenario...whether he cares or not is of course something that remains to be seen.

[SAY HER NAME]

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/...housing-costs/

What do tariffs mean for homebuilding, at least in CA?



Congrats on the new 5% tax on new construction!

I am sorry but this is stupid. The reason construction is so expensive in California its bc California has made it impossible to build anything there. Its basically an eldritch horror of regulations that make building so expensive its not even worth it. Thats why California has a housing shortage. Progressive dont get to blame Trump for this. Leftists killed housing in California they should be made to bear the entire responsibility of it

https://reason.com/video/2018/12/27/...ousing-crisis/

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This just proves that these "angry town halls" are just paid actors, Trump's policies are still widely popular among GOP voters.

So who are all these "angry people?"

Fake?

The angry town halls are old people that are mad with their representatives for firing veterans lol

Nothign to do with Russia.

[Nymrohd]

You can plan around those events. Diversify. Some value stocks, growth stocks, and dividend stocks. Not for everybody, but judicious rental real estates (both commercial and residential) investment. A good mix between capital gain and passive income investments.

Yes, wealthy people can weather a crisis.

[Edge-]

I am sorry but this is stupid. The reason construction is so expensive in California its bc California has made it impossible to build anything there. Its basically an eldritch horror of regulations that make building so expensive its not even worth it. Thats why California has a housing shortage. Progressive dont get to blame Trump for this. Leftists killed housing in California they should be made to bear the entire responsibility of it

https://reason.com/video/2018/12/27/...ousing-crisis/

It's like you read nothing but just decided to have a reaction for some reason.

Are you ok?

[Poopymonster]

He can't do that unilaterally though, last year a bi-partisan law was passed that only congress can do that. To protect against this scenario...whether he cares or not is of course something that remains to be seen.

Trump can do all the theater about "LEAVING NATO BIGLY".
Only Congress has the power to officially do that.
Congress only has that power IF THEY USE IT.
The majority party will do nothing and shrug, while watching the leopards slowly creep closer.