Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Kathandira]

In my opinion, the Democratic party currently doesn't have a shining, inspiring leader that is openly running for office in the next election. Once there is someone to rally behind, then polls like that will matter.

[Kaleredar]

In my opinion, the Democratic party currently doesn't have a shining, inspiring leader that is openly running for office in the next election. Once there is someone to rally behind, then polls like that will matter.

And it’s misconstruing “disapprove of democrats” as meaning “support for republicans.”

The people with any actual legitimate complaints about democrats are the people most likely to vote for them.

[btlcryct]

Now Trump is preventing some companies from selling anything to China.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/28/econo...ompanies-china

The Trump administration has effectively cut off some American companies from selling goods to China, a Commerce Department spokesperson told CNN on Wednesday.

The spokesperson said the department is “reviewing exports of strategic significance to China. In some cases, Commerce has suspended existing export licenses or imposed additional license requirements while the review is pending.”

The Financial Times first reported the news on Wednesday, saying it pertains to American companies that sell software used to design semiconductors, citing people familiar with the matter.

Impacted companies include Cadence, Synopsys and Siemens EDA, according to the FT. CNN was not immediately able to confirm that. The three companies didn’t return requests for comment.

[NED funded]

Eeeh thats fine and consistent with Biden foreign policy. Semiconductors are pretty important and the US should keep that stuff in house.

[btlcryct]

Except the US doesn't really make many chips here, and factories wouldn't be built and up and running until he's out of office. I also don't remember Biden demanding private companies not sell to a foreign nation. And if he did Trump's supporters would have a bird, saying he's preventing a free market.

[tehdang]

I am not surprised democrats dont have good approval %. The GOP are squarely behind Trump like the cult fanatics they are. Whereas most liberals, progs and leftists want democrats to put more of a fight. I also want that too tbh.

I think the "oh it's just cuz they aren't fighting hard enough" is a tremendous coping response. In fact, on the level of what I've seen from some Republicans explaining away Trump's polls, particularly his poll ceiling.

[Santti]

Now Trump is preventing some companies from selling anything to China.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/28/econo...ompanies-china

I can't wait for the Trumpsters to screech about government overreach and how much they want the government to stay small and yada yada.

/s.

[NED funded]

I think the "oh it's just cuz they aren't fighting hard enough" is a tremendous coping response. In fact, on the level of what I've seen from some Republicans explaining away Trump's polls, particularly his poll ceiling.

I can only express my opinion on the things I see and hear from my surrounding

If there are more reasons dunno but that is the complaint I hear most people talk about.

[Fugus]

In my opinion, the Democratic party currently doesn't have a shining, inspiring leader that is openly running for office in the next election. Once there is someone to rally behind, then polls like that will matter.

Outside of Obama, when was the last inspiring leader they had aside from FDR?

I mean they put in term limits to keep another FDR from holding power for so long and Obama campaigned the opposite of how he governed.

If they have an inspiring leader come up, they will likely fight against them harder than they will the Republican they are up against unless they know he won’t actually try and deliver on what he is campaigning on.

Let’s face it, “I will return us to the status quo!” isn’t actually a message that will inspire.

[PfeffermintShake]

OUr cosplay socialists are now full on Lumpenproletariat, yearning for a fancy demogogue.

The revolutionary potential of twitch and and youtube addicts continue to trend to... zero.

[postman1782]

Democrats continue to be less popular than GOP and the gap is widening. Will they actually do something about it or continue to trot out "not Trump" as their agenda/motto to everything?

Thoughts?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrats..._fZt-vidDgDt18

Yet, latest polling in general election show Democrats lead.

[Teriz]

Good job, Trump. Amazing job.

Drain the swamp? Nah. Brain drain the whole country? Heck yeah!

He's such an idiot.....

What makes this all the more laughable are all the conservative nut-riders who thinks doing dumb crap like this makes us better than other countries who are actually thinking in 21st century terms.

[NED funded]

Trump liberation tariffs struck down by US courts.

Its over for Trump. For now at least

[Edge-]

Trump liberation tariffs struck down by US courts.

Its over for Trump. For now at least

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...fs-2025-05-28/

link because some folks seem to dislike sharing sources

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this brings up a great question -

so what happens to all the tariffs companies have already paid?

do they get refunds?

and what happens to the Big Beautiful Bill or whatever since that apparently relied heavily on tariffs to fund it?

gosh, this whole administrations platform seems largely singularly based around using tariffs to cause chaos and bully others and i'm just not sure they know what else to do if they can't just threaten to tariff everyone on mondays just to claim victory and say they're pausing the tariffs every tuesday

[s_bushido]

this brings up a great question -

so what happens to all the tariffs companies have already paid?

do they get refunds?

and what happens to the Big Beautiful Bill or whatever since that apparently relied heavily on tariffs to fund it?

gosh, this whole administrations platform seems largely singularly based around using tariffs to cause chaos and bully others and i'm just not sure they know what else to do if they can't just threaten to tariff everyone on mondays just to claim victory and say they're pausing the tariffs every tuesday

What makes you think the administration won't just ignore this? Or that the SCOTUS won't rule the other way?

[Bwgmon]

so what happens to all the tariffs companies have already paid?

do they get refunds?

and what happens to the Big Beautiful Bill or whatever since that apparently relied heavily on tariffs to fund it?

gosh, this whole administrations platform seems largely singularly based around using tariffs to cause chaos and bully others and i'm just not sure they know what else to do if they can't just threaten to tariff everyone on mondays just to claim victory and say they're pausing the tariffs every tuesday

Methinks we might see "most major companies" join the massive pile of lawsuits the Trump administration has been building up.

That said, hoo boy I can't wait to see how hard he fills his Depends raging over this one.

What makes you think the administration won't just ignore this? Or that the SCOTUS won't rule the other way?

In this case, I feel like it's a matter of "how the hell would Trump's goons enforce it?"

Like, Trump's people can say the tariffs are still there, but if they're legally not, I doubt Wal-Mart is going to throw an extra 50% on their payments just in case.

[Aphelios]

Don’t you love weaponized courts? Standing in the way of divinity.

[Odinfrost]

Don’t you love weaponized courts? Standing in the way of divinity.

If you hafta worship an orange, go to the appropriate church and do it there.

[gondrin]

Don’t you love weaponized courts? Standing in the way of divinity.

Yeah, no.

It is the job of Congress, not the Executive, to actively assign tariffs on anything coming into the country. The Executive can assign very short term tariffs(much like Executive can send troops to a foreign nation without approval of Congress for 30 days), but any permanent tariff must come from Congress itself.

So it is the Courts actively pointing out what is in the actual US Constitution. The only reason why Trump is actively still in office is because Congress has decided to go along with it.

[Edge-]

Don’t you love weaponized courts? Standing in the way of divinity.

bro how can you be this cringe