Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[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.

[Rasulis]

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/

Even by California standard, San Francisco is extra stupid. I heard plenty of horror stories about permitting for simple remodeling projects.

"San Francisco, where putting a garden gnome in your yard requires a permit and removing one requires completing a historic preservation survey."
An unknown permit expediter that went on a crazy rant in front of the Building Department.

[Belize]

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.

When are we going to stop parading "he can't do that" when no one can answer "who will enforce it?".

How many judges have said funds need to be released, and how much compliance has there been...?

[Iphie]

When are we going to stop parading "he can't do that" when no one can answer "who will enforce it?".

How many judges have said funds need to be released, and how much compliance has there been...?

I mean, if you skip over "whether he cares or not" then yes, that's exactly what I said.

[Belize]

I mean, if you skip over "whether he cares or not" then yes, that's exactly what I said.

Sorry, I kinda picked your post as a springboard for a general statement, since we see a lot of it

[Xath]

They have started removing GSA positions for historical upkeep that are required by law.

[Rasulis]

Millions of Low-Income Households Would Lose Food Aid Under Proposed House Republican SNAP Cuts
Cuts Would Take Assistance Away From People in Every State

This caught my eyes.

Reversing this update and restricting future increases would slash SNAP benefits for all participants immediately upon taking effect, with the cut growing deeper over time. The average SNAP benefit in fiscal year 2026 is projected to be only $6.40 per person per day.

Three meals a day, so $2.13 per meal? They better hope that we go into a recession and prices start to actually go down.

[Kaleredar]

Millions of Low-Income Households Would Lose Food Aid Under Proposed House Republican SNAP Cuts
Cuts Would Take Assistance Away From People in Every State

This caught my eyes.



Three meals a day, so $2.13 per meal?

Now now now if those millennials would stop ordering their LATTES and AVOCADO TOAST they could afford to live on almost 7 dollars a day! They could just buy staples, like eggs!


Oh, wait…

[Kathandira]

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.

And ordinances which simply don't allow them.

[Draco-Onis]

"It's not me, it's the democrat deep state operatives that are stopping my bigly hjuge efficiency methods from working! We need to fire more federal workers to get rid of the moles!"

Boom. 16 more years of Trump.

In Trump's America someone that dumb isn't going to last long since they will have no medicare and social security. That's the ironic part of all this, President Musk and Vice President Trump's policies are going to kill more of their voters than any other event.

[Wyrt]

Trump threatens to stop funding for any colleges allowing ‘illegal protests’

"Which protests are illegal?"

According to the Constitution, none of them. Protesting is protected speech. Just don't, you know, run over someone because you're a Nazi and you'll be fine.

"So the problem is with the crime, not the protests? Why didn't he just say that?"

Because Trump does not follow the Constitution. He said so himself.

The party of free speech at it again. Guess they ran out of books to ban.

[Rasulis]

Now now now if those millennials would stop ordering their LATTES and AVOCADO TOAST they could afford to live on almost 7 dollars a day! They could just buy staples, like eggs!


Oh, wait…

USDA expects milk prices to go up in 2025.

Then drink Soy or Almond Milk. They cost more. Fake news.

[Elder Millennial]

How long would it take for adults to be back in charge?

Asking for a person who is distinctly, completely, and utterly not me.

Considering the time it would take to fix the institutional and educational damage+ the skill loss and the knowhow loss...it would take anywhere 8 to 12 years to bounce back to where we started from assuming we can at all bounce back.

The problem is fundamentally cultural not just political. It's the conspiracy tards, the fascism wannabees, the religious loons, the anti-vaxxers, the tech bro know it alls etc.

All that has to be addressed before you can even get enough normies in charge to start fixing shit.

Like as you can see from the whole DOGE fiasco. Musk might have hired a bunch of mealy mouth certified genius college drop outs armed with AI and algorithm and all that horseshit, they institutionally do not understand the data they are looking at, and the first people they fucking fired were the very people who do. And a bunch others quit because their expertise was dismissed and ignored.

This is institutional knowledge that takes YEARS to build and moments to lose and an eternity to rebuild.

[Breccia]

SSA says it has saved $800 million.

"That's a lot of fraud and waste! MAGA!"

Um, no. The Social Security budget is well over a trillion. This is not even one tenth of one percent. So, no, it's not a lot.

"But it's still a cut of fraud and waste! MAGA!"

$550 of the $800 million was saved by a hiring freeze and cutting overtime.

$150 million was turning off the website, so nobody can see what's going on and can't ask questions like "why didn't I get my check?"

"...the rest?"

The SSA said it made a 70 percent reduction in travel, saving to the tune of $10 million. The agency said it also terminated $15 million in contracts and another $15 million in grants.

Other aspects that have seen reductions within the SSA are postage, printing, protective security officers and property.

So they're cutting staff, cutting hours, making themselves harder to reach and...cutting security. I can think of some very interesting ways that could end.

[Rasulis]

"It's not me, it's the democrat deep state operatives that are stopping my bigly hjuge efficiency methods from working! We need to fire more federal workers to get rid of the moles!"

Boom. 16 more years of Trump.

We'll see. GOP voters probably won't change their mind. However, independents that voted for Trump over economic factors are a different story. He could not have won 2024 without the support of independents. The same goes for Middle Eastern origin voters in Michigan, etc. They are starting to see that the situation for Palestinians could actually get a lot worse under Trump.

[Elder Millennial]

sip

If it worked at Twitter, it will work for the government. -Musk probably.

[Rasulis]

Prices for fruits and vegetables are likely to rise within a matter of days thanks to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on products from Mexico, the Target CEO said Tuesday.

Ironic. He got elected largely due to inflation concerns.

[Sorshen]

It's absolutely amazing how his base is actually cheering on this kind of shit atm. It's only been ~6 weeks.

[Paetolus]

Prices for fruits and vegetables are likely to rise within a matter of days thanks to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on products from Mexico, the Target CEO said Tuesday.

Ironic. He got elected largely due to inflation concerns.

Not surprising, especially since we're not even harvesting much at the moment. We rely on Mexico heavily around this time of the year.

Add-on how much we rely on Canada for fertilizer, and how much we rely on China for agricultural equipment and pesticides, and we're looking at massive food price increases.