Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Breccia]

Bad News for Trump, Milie, and Galt Gulch investors. The Agentinian Peso is still crashing.

I'm sure the farmers Trump put out of work will find that funny. Hilarious, maybe.

Speaking of farmers:

Will SNAP benefits be paid in November?

The USDA’s shutdown contingency plan allows the agency to tap into reserve funding to keep SNAP operating if the federal government remains shut for longer than a month. But it would cost about $8 billion to keep benefits flowing for everyone in November, which makes scraping together funds challenging.

Funny story: $8 billion is the amount of funding Trump found he said he would pay troops with. I don't think he actually did.

"Well surely the contingency fund has that $8 billion!"

The size of the contingency fund is closer to $6 billion, according to CNN.

"Why isn't there more money in there?"

Team Trump didn't put any in there. Normally that amount is for unexpected shortfalls, not "Trump shuts down the government".

"Well at least everyone will be paid equally with the money that's left."

Incorrect. Team Trump will prioritize who gets their benefits first. And while that is likely going to be "red states are given benefits first" first of all that'd be a nightmare to legislate and there's no time to change the rules (through Congress) so it'll likely go by age or family size first, and second of all, with only $6 billion to work with, the matter will be moot in a hurry anyhow.

Now, Team Trump is blaming the Democrats for this.

The letter, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times, said that the Agriculture Department’s Food and Nutrition Service, which operates the food stamp program, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, was exploring contingency plans. But it directed state agencies to pause sending vendors the electronic files typically used to load the benefits for November.

“We’re going to run out of money in two weeks,” Brooke L. Rollins, the agriculture secretary, told reporters at the White House on Thursday. “So you’re talking about millions and millions of vulnerable families, of hungry families that are not going to have access to these programs because of this shutdown.”

Just a reminder, that blame won't help when red states feel the pinch and have only red states to help them out, which they won't. Further, that blame won't work when Trump keeps bragging about all that tariff money, which at no point did he say would pay for SNAP benefits. Tariff money is far more than SNAP benefits, by the way, Trump could divert tariff money easily. He won't.

"What happens next?"

Well, if you're in a blue state, good news, most of them have related or backup programs. If you're in a red state, you get what you voted for both locally and federally.

[Edge-]

How many days of the latest donald/republican shutdown are we in, again?

[Kathandira]

How many days of the latest donald/republican shutdown are we in, again?

We are encroaching on a month. It is nearing the second longest shut down in US history. The first was also under Trump at 31 days in 2018.

If he achieves the first and second longest shutdown in US history, he can easily go down as the worst president in US history combined with the rest of his nonsense.

[Edge-]

We are encroaching on a month. It is nearing the second longest shut down in US history. The first was also under Trump at 31 days in 2018.

If he achieves the first and second longest shutdown in US history, he can easily go down as the worst president in US history combined with the rest of his nonsense.

I think he already has, so this is just padding the score at this point.

[Kathandira]

I think he already has, so this is just padding the score at this point.

100%. If it wasn't just the nonsense, 1st and 2nd longest shutdown seals the deal.

[alach]

Longest shutdowns in history. Lowest approval ratings ever. Twice impeached. Only president with prior convictions(?). But he is making a ballroom and paved over the rose garden so history will be nice to him and he will get into heaven.

[Edge-]

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCring...20_billion_to/

Apparently MAGA stands for "Make Argentina Great Again"

Fuck you, US farmers! Donny needs to give billions to Argentina! They are Fighting For Their Life!

[Kathandira]

Argentina First y'all!

[Rasulis]

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCring...20_billion_to/

Apparently MAGA stands for "Make Argentina Great Again"

Fuck you, US farmers! Donny needs to give billions to Argentina! They are Fighting For Their Life!

That's funny. Argentina's economy been in a bad shape for decades.

U.S. Banks Are Hunting for Collateral to Back $20 Billion Argentina Bailout
Banks are looking for assets or guarantees from the U.S. that would back a private-sector loan to support Argentine President Javier Milei

In summary, US financial institutions, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs, are “struggling” to come up with a loan they would feel comfortable with.

[Xyonai]

Trump could have made money selling the windows and other bits of that place, but would rather just demolish like the child he is.

Where are all of those little "DON'T TARE DOUN HISTOREEEEEEEE!" people that were bitching about Jim Crow era statues?

I mean it's not out of character; he bought and destroyed valuable and irreplaceable art-deco pieces on properties he bought in New York(?) after outright refusing to allow people to remove them safely so they could be preserved for no real reason other than he's just fucking stupid and malicious.

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And what do we, the American people get out of it? Domestic beef production that's financially unsustainable without taxpayer subsidies? Man, fuck these losers.

I mean, ideally, a part of boosting Domestic production -is- offering government subsidies so they can get their footing and remain competative against cheaper, foreign markets. It's what we've done for decades, especially with stuff like Green Energy and Dairy Production.

Just Trump's fucking stupid and never added the '...And put money into domestic production' part into any of his dimwitted trade-war plans. He just expected domestic companies to pour resources into new production sites out of pocket and not just go 'Well it's still cheaper to do as we're doing, even with these taxes, so fuck it'.

[Paranoid Android]

Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. https://nyti.ms/4hmIi5X

https://bsky.app/profile/nytimes.com/post/3m3pxtx5xqq2k

Trump shaking down the DOJ.

This is amazing that while technically the DOJ is independent (cough) asking for a settlement? Yes his case or grievance is bs, but this won't stop.

Once more Trump's minions will decide on this. No shock.

[Edge-]

https://bsky.app/profile/nytimes.com/post/3m3pxtx5xqq2k

Trump shaking down the DOJ.

This is amazing that while technically the DOJ is independent (cough) asking for a settlement? Yes his case or grievance is bs, but this won't stop.

Once more Trump's minions will decide on this. No shock.

wait

you can do that as president?

this sounds like that one trick to make millions that accountants hate

[zorkuus]

Hey americans, what will it take for you to remove this criminal from office?

[btlcryct]

Oops, a US Marshal got shot.....by an ICE agent while conducting a stop. Maybe if they weren't hiring random Joe's (and Superman, Dean Cain), they'd be better trained not to do that. Or not ramming cars.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/21/us/lo...arshal-injured

[Edge-]

Oops, a US Marshal got shot.....by an ICE agent while conducting a stop. Maybe if they weren't hiring random Joe's (and Superman, Dean Cain), they'd be better trained not to do that. Or not ramming cars.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/21/us/lo...arshal-injured

how much do you want to bet we'll find out that half these chucklefucks are just 3%'s or proud boys and shit who basically went through a weekend of training that was mostly pounding beers

[zorkuus]

how much do you want to bet we'll find out that half these chucklefucks are just 3%'s or proud boys and shit who basically went through a weekend of training that was mostly pounding beers

You're assuming too much. They were most likely just handed a badge, gear and some guns on first sight.

[Draco-Onis]

You're assuming too much. They were most likely just handed a badge, gear and some guns on first sight.

That would be the correct assessment given we have them on video tear gassing themselves and being unable to run fast enough to catch an average guy. These guys seems like a bunch of wanna be larpers given toys that they don't know how to handle speaking of which.

Trump has spent 700 percent more on deadly weapons for ICE this year - but agency still claims they can’t afford bodycams

While the majority of the money has been spent on guns and armor for field agents, the outlay has also seen ICE purchase “guided missile warheads and explosive components,” according to Popular Information.

Here's to hoping they are good with missiles and explosives as they are with tear gas.

[Edge-]

keeps sounding like he literally wants ice to be his little private personal military

[Malkiah]

Hey americans, what will it take for you to remove this criminal from office?

for there to be a change in the demographics so that approximately half the population doesn't actively support this.

[Kathandira]

Hey americans, what will it take for you to remove this criminal from office?

Tried twice in his first term. Didn't work.

I'm sure there will be attempts in his second term. Let's hope for better results.