Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Kaleredar]

Misleading title, but Trump's approval ratings are actually pretty decent/good despite all of the perceived pushback. And when you consider polls time and again have always underestimated his support, he is likely >50% across the board on most issues. Obviously early in his term but he seems to be doing better than last time and has at least half if not more of independents.

Don't believe what you hear out of these echo chambers like MMO champ about him losing support.

https://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...poll/?tbref=hp

Why haven’t tariffs made eggs cheaper yet?

[SAY HER NAME]

I wonder how people will defend this one.

Trump admin accidentally sent Maryland father to Salvadorian mega-prison and says it can’t get him back



Gee it's almost sending people into gulags without due process is a bad idea who would have thought.

Joe Biden sanctioned an invasion of the United States. We have approximately 20 million illegal aliens in this country. Their victims are measured in longer wait times for hospitals, overwhelmed schools, and murder victims the media largely ignored.

The media has deteremined the real victims are the gang members we're trying to get out of the country.

JD Vance is putting the defense out there and I tehdang is repeating it.

https://x.com/JDVance/status/1907078664614780991

Basically, it doesnt matter bc they are gang members (they dont know this and we have seen multiple reports credibly challenging this association) and some innocent victims are to be expected (which is a real talking point I saw on Fox News last night)

[Kathandira]

Why haven’t tariffs made eggs cheaper yet?

I don't believe it was the tariffs, but I will admit the price has gone down by three dollars per dozen over the past two weeks.

Bowl & Basket Fresh White Eggs, Large, 12 count, 24 oz
$4.99

[Mekh]

JD Vance is putting the defense out there and I tehdang is repeating it.

https://x.com/JDVance/status/1907078664614780991
Joe Biden sanctioned an invasion of the United States. We have approximately 20 million illegal aliens in this country. Their victims are measured in longer wait times for hospitals, overwhelmed schools, and murder victims the media largely ignored.

The media has deteremined the real victims are the gang members we're trying to get out of the country.

Couch fucker couldn't even be bothered to proofread.

[Breccia]

Don't bother linking anything since you can't read, just post whatever shit you make up in your alternate reality.

Imagine watching your chosen dictator failing so badly that your best response is "his poll numbers don't suck as badly as last time".

Sad. Pathetic. IMPOTUS.

[Paetolus]

I don't believe it was the tariffs, but I will admit the price has gone down by three dollars per dozen over the past two weeks.

Bowl & Basket Fresh White Eggs, Large, 12 count, 24 oz
$4.99

They are still at a high price where I live. Yet again, I live in NM, I'm sure the supply chains are just playing catch up. Curious to see if the lower prices are retained after the Easter price surge.

[Edge-]

Just to wipe away the bias on the story, the man in question went before a judge and ICE presented sufficient evidence that he was an MS-13 gang member, deny him bond, and order his removal. That was a judge. That was due process afforded to an illegal alien. The Atlantic does its readers a disservice by concealing all that behind "Maryland father."

The asylum claim and torture allegation should still have led to his deportation, but to a third country. None of this clears the Trump administration from their mistake.

As NED noted in the actual court filing, it appears that no actual evidence was presented to a judge beyond, "The gub'mint said so."

It's incredible how you rush to defend this administration at every turn, chiding those of us who treat its threats and outrageous actions seriously for doing so.

Yet you don't support this administration and its outrageous behaviors, you keep saying, as you continue to defend and, apparently intentionally dishonestly, share dubious information to support that defense.

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Misleading title, but Trump's approval ratings are actually pretty decent/good despite all of the perceived pushback. And when you consider polls time and again have always underestimated his support, he is likely >50% across the board on most issues. Obviously early in his term but he seems to be doing better than last time and has at least half if not more of independents.

Don't believe what you hear out of these echo chambers like MMO champ about him losing support.

https://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...poll/?tbref=hp

y'all lying propagandists are weird. you should seek someone to speak with about getting out of a cult

[En Sabah Nur]

Misleading title, but Trump's approval ratings are actually pretty decent/good despite all of the perceived pushback. And when you consider polls time and again have always underestimated his support, he is likely >50% across the board on most issues. Obviously early in his term but he seems to be doing better than last time and has at least half if not more of independents.

Don't believe what you hear out of these echo chambers like MMO champ about him losing support.

https://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...poll/?tbref=hp

You're getting to be a bit of a broken record on this, honestly.

Is there really nothing else that is actually worth talking about as a positive for you? Is this really it? Or has The Hill just not posted anything you can crow about in here? This is why you should diversify (don't be scared by the word!) your news sources.

[SAY HER NAME]

As NED noted in the actual court filing, it appears that no actual evidence was presented to a judge beyond, "The gub'mint said so."

It's incredible how you rush to defend this administration at every turn, chiding those of us who treat its threats and outrageous actions seriously for doing so.

Yet you don't support this administration and its outrageous behaviors, you keep saying, as you continue to defend and, apparently intentionally dishonestly, share dubious information to support that defense.

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y'all lying propagandists are weird. you should seek someone to speak with about getting out of a cult

In any case, he should not have been sent to a Salvadoran prison and the response of the government being "Oh well nothing we can do IG" is both perfectly legal and horrifying.

Its just insane that this guy was in a list that said "dont deport" and they still deporte him bc they wanted to pad the numbers of deportations.

Conservatives are deluded if they don't think this wont happen to them. Bc this is a really good tactic. If you send someone to a foreign country with no regards to the law there is indeed nothing you can do to remedy the situation if the other country simply says no

[Breccia]

Donald Trump's Approval Rating Falls To New Low

The AP-NORC survey, conducted between March 20-24, shows that 56 percent of respondents disapproved of Trump's job as president, while 42 percent approved.

[Rasulis]

In any case, he should not have been sent to a Salvadoran prison and the response of the government being "Oh well nothing we can do IG" is both perfectly legal and horrifying.

Its just insane that this guy was in a list that said "dont deport" and they still deporte him bc they wanted to pad the numbers of deportations.

Conservatives are deluded if they don't think this wont happen to them. Bc this is a really good tactic. If you send someone to a foreign country with no regards to the law there is indeed nothing you can do to remedy the situation if the other country simply says no

The US government could have requested him back from the Salvadoran government. The chances of the Salvadoren government saying "no" is pretty slim. It has bent backward and some to accommodate the US government so far. Not to mention that there is no benefit for them keeping him in the Salvadoran prison.

[btlcryct]

As NED noted in the actual court filing, it appears that no actual evidence was presented to a judge beyond, "The gub'mint said so."

It's incredible how you rush to defend this administration at every turn, chiding those of us who treat its threats and outrageous actions seriously for doing so.

Yet you don't support this administration and its outrageous behaviors, you keep saying, as you continue to defend and, apparently intentionally dishonestly, share dubious information to support that defense.

No, tehdang is right. There's even video from him appearing before the judge:

[Edge-]

The US government could have requested him back from the Salvadoran government. The chances of the Salvadoren government saying "no" is pretty slim. It has bent backward and some to accommodate the US government so far. Not to mention that there is no benefit for them keeping him in the Salvadoran prison.

but you see it's a very good opportunity to do a bit of the racism slander against latin american countries as all being lawless hellholes!

ignoring that this administration is themselves consistantly a lawless hellhole that should not be trusted at their word



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https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1...rder-crackdown

When Madonna Cristobal landed at the airport near Seattle in February, she and her aunt waited in the same line for customs.

Cristobal, a U.S. citizen, sailed through. Then she waited for her aunt. And waited.

"One hour, two, three hours," Cristobal said. "I started to worry, and then I'm like, 'Oh, what the heck is going on?'"

Cristobal's aunt, Lewelyn Dixon, had been detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Dixon is a lawful permanent resident who has lived in the U.S. for 50 years, since the family immigrated to the U.S. from the Philippines. She has traveled internationally many times with her green card and never had any trouble coming back to the U.S. — until now.

"We had a great time visiting our homeland, visiting family," Cristobal said. "My aunt don't deserve this."

It was only after Cristobal and her sister hired a lawyer that they found out why Dixon, who is 64 years old, was detained.

A felony conviction for embezzling nearly $6,500 from the bank where she worked more than 20 years ago is still on her record. At the time, Dixon pleaded guilty and paid a fine, according to her lawyer. She never served any jail time, though she did spend a month in a halfway house.

But now, any past infraction can loom large as immigration authorities ramp up enforcement at airports and borders crossings.

"It's maximum enforcement these days," said Benjamin Osorio, an immigration lawyer who is representing Dixon.

Traveling to the U.S. from abroad has gotten riskier under the Trump administration's crackdown — even for people with valid visas and green cards, immigration lawyers say.

"There isn't a lot of explanation," said Ben Johnson, the executive director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

"There isn't a lot of consistency on what they're doing except trying to find any and every reason to prevent people from coming back into the United States and any and every reason to try to kick people out of the United States," Johnson said.

Donald's administration is desperate to find enough brown people to deport so any lawful resident with any criminal past no matter what seems to be getting picked up, even if it was for non-violent crimes decades ago and their time has been served/fines have been paid.

Border officials are taking a harder line with green-card holders who have minor offenses on their records. That includes Fabian Schmidt, a New Hampshire man originally from Germany who was detained, possibly because of a decade-old misdemeanor charge for marijuana possession in California that was later dismissed.

Or are getting harassed for charges that were dismissed.

International tourists have been swept up, too. Two German visitors were detained in California over suspicions that they were planning to work or stay permanently in the United States.

And a backpacker from the United Kingdom was held for three weeks because of a mix-up with her visa. Her father, Paul Burke, says she was transported to the airport for deportation in shackles.

"She's not Hannibal Lecter," Burke told the BBC.

This administration is also harassing and arguably torturing tourists, disappearing them into our labyrinthian system of immigration detention.

In a statement, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says it is simply enforcing immigration laws.

"Those who violate these laws will be processed, detained, and removed as required," CBP Assistant Commissioner Hilton Beckham said in a statement to NPR. "Green card holders who have not broken any U.S. laws, committed application fraud, or failed to apply for a re-entry permit after a long period of travel have nothing to fear about entering and exiting the country."

"We're just following orders" continues to be a bad excuse.

Border officers have always had a lot of discretion when deciding whom to allow into the country, says former CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske, although he questions whether this heightened scrutiny is the best use of resources.

"Some of these detentions don't seem appropriate," Kerlikowske said. "Especially if it was a relatively minor charge. I mean, that's just a waste of taxpayer dollars."

Especially when they have leeway to make decisions and are, as noted, wasting tons of taxpayer dollars harassing tourists and lawful permanent residents.

It's hard to say how many green-card holders or travelers have been detained. But immigration lawyers say there are likely more of these cases that haven't been reported.

Lewelyn Dixon's detention has devastated her family.

"Auntie Lynn has been the rock of our family," said Cristobal, Dixon's niece. "She has been what you would call an older sister to us, more than an auntie, because she's been through our marriages, our divorce, our pregnancies, our children's birth."

Dixon left the Philippines when she was 14, along with Cristobal and her siblings, helping them build a new life in the United States.

Cristobal lives with her aunt in Edgewood, a suburb of Seattle. She had to call her aunt's boss at the University of Washington, where she works as a lab tech, to explain why Dixon wouldn't be able to make it in.

A few days later, Dixon was transferred to the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Wash., where she remains nearly a month later. Her next hearing in immigration court is scheduled for July.

Dixon's criminal record would likely not be reason enough by itself for authorities to arrest her and try to revoke her green card inside the U.S., according to Dixon's lawyer. But the rules are different at ports of entry.

"If she had not traveled, she would not be having the issues that she's having," Osorio said.

Osorio says he's advising all his clients who are lawful permanent residents to become naturalized U.S. citizens if they can.

TLDR: If you are a lawful permanent resident or otherwise not a full citizen of the US maybe reconsider traveling abroad.

Oh wait...

Some immigration lawyers are telling green-card holders not to leave the country, especially if they have any criminal record in their past — no matter how minor.

The article says it for me.

[SAY HER NAME]

The US government could have requested him back from the Salvadoran government. The chances of the Salvadoren government saying "no" is pretty slim. It has bent backward and some to accommodate the US government so far. Not to mention that there is no benefit for them keeping him in the Salvadoran prison.

This all relies on the Salvadoran government tho right? If the Trump admin asks "Pls return the people that we sent you *wink wink*" do you think they will be returned? The Salvadoran government rightfully sees that cooperating with the Trump admin on this results in better relations.

So maybe. There is a lot of uncertainty there. Which is what is horrifying to me. There is no way to remedy this if the Salvadoran government says no.

[Edge-]

This all relies on the Salvadoran government tho right? If the Trump admin asks "Pls return the people that we sent you *wink wink*" do you think they will be returned? The Salvadoran government rightfully sees that cooperating with the Trump admin on this results in better relations.

So maybe. There is a lot of uncertainty there. Which is what is horrifying to me. There is no way to remedy this if the Salvadoran government says no.

has the us government asked and been denied?

or are you just imagining this is how it would happen because el salvador is a lawless land of anarchy and chaos?

[Drutt]

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1...rder-crackdown

This shit is exactly what I was afraid of when I made the decision to naturalize.

Looks like one of the best decisions I ever made right now.

[SAY HER NAME]

has the us government asked and been denied?

or are you just imagining this is how it would happen because el salvador is a lawless land of anarchy and chaos?

El Salvador is the country that Bukele is the president of. He seized complete power of the country back then when he did his campaigns of rounding up gang members and locking them up in CECOT. I dont think El Salvador is a lawless land of anarchy and chaos, its prob much better now than it was b4. The issue is Bukele. Which right now holds absolute power so its a bit of a crap shoot if they would agree on this.

[Xath]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/yale-...b001c7dedc6dbb

Yale professor who got the fuck out against saying the quiet part out loud calling out that they will likely soon start going after citizens.

[Edge-]

El Salvador is the country that Bukele is the president of. He seized complete power of the country back then when he did his campaigns of rounding up gang members and locking them up in CECOT. I dont think El Salvador is a lawless land of anarchy and chaos, its prob much better now than it was b4. The issue is Bukele. Which right now holds absolute power so its a bit of a crap shoot if they would agree on this.

ok that doesn't answer my question and i'm not sure why you bring it up

did the us government ask for him back and were they denied? because you keep implying that's the case but i haven't seen that clearly reported anywhere

[Cthulhu 2020]

I'm not at all shocked that the right has given up on the whole "We're not against immigration, only ILLEGAL immigrants". Now that they hold the reigns of power eacn and every single one of them just wants to deny due process to anyone who's not a natural born citizen. Tons of reich wingers who say legal residents, people here on work visas, etc. don't deserve due process. It's fascism all the way down, not much more to say.