The Real timschochet

Some of these are hopeful signs , some not so much. Let’s break them down: 1. I would have rather had a first female President, but this is fine. She seems very capable and insisted on more authority than his previous chiefs. So I’m optimistic. Fun fact: does everyone know by now she is the daughter of Pat Summerall? 2. I’m sure they do. Let them stop acting like terrorists first. Also would help if they weren’t one of the most evil, repressive governments in modern history. But small steps right? 3. Putin is a murderer and his invasion of Ukraine has cost the lives of hundreds of thousands. Let him end the war and pledge to respect the sovereignty of those nations around him and we can have peace. If Trump can achieve that more power to him.

So you don’t believe that inflation was the main reason?

This thread isn’t about the campaign.

The federal government has the power and the responsibility to control our borders, and regulate immigration. But as regards undocumented immigrants already here? I’m not sure they have the legal right to deal with that. They certainly don’t have the right to force local authorities to cooperate with them. Example: let’s say next year the head of ICE demands that the chief of police of San Francisco turn over lists of all persons living there suspected to be undocumented immigrants, so that they can begin deportation. The Chief of police says “sorry but Governor Newsom has instructed me to refuse to give you that information.” It goes to court and ultimately to the Supreme Court. Who wins? I suspect the state of California wins.

Here’s the deal: the main reason that Trump won so resoundingly is because inflation. The public wants prices to come down and didn’t believe Harris could do it. They don’t give a crap about retribution. I know you do but they don’t. If Trump focuses on retribution he may make conservatives like you happy but for most people it will be regarded as overreach. Right now Trump has real opportunities to put through some things that conservatives have always believed will benefit the country, like deregulation and a transformed energy policy. Now is your chance. Dont blow it on revenge or Democrats will take control right back.

Ahahahahahaha Give me “things conservatives never say unless one of their own is President” for $500 please

That would require a Constitutional amendment. Ain’t gonna happen.

Elon? He should know better

I’m not interested in betting on something I want desperately to lose. So no.

If you’re wrong I will lose way more than $1000. This isn’t a game for me. So I really hope you’re right.

I’m hoping you’re right. We’ll know soon enough. The tariffs can be done by executive order so if he wants to do 20% or whatever it’s fairly easy. The mass deportations, whatever that means, is a much more involved process. Let’s see how it goes.

Are you in Trump’s ear? Because what you’ve suggested in the past doesn’t match what he’s been saying about this.

The tariffs that Trump placed on Chinese and a few other countries were bad and Biden was IMO not to repeal them. But these new tariffs aren’t the same- Trump says 20% on all countries which is a whole different deal. But hopefully he’s talked out of it. As to your first point I don’t think it will look like Poland in 1939 either. But what will it look like? Thats what I don’t know. What does mass deportation mean? If we’re just getting rid of violent felons, which I have no problem with doing, that’s not mass deportation. So what is Trump really talking about and how does it work?

The whole resist thing isn’t going to be real UNLESS Trump really goes through with the mass deportation deal and tries to send authorities to round up millions of people. If that actually happens (which I still kinda doubt) then we will see massive unrest, violence. And it will be really really ugly. But somehow I still can’t see it because the effects on the economy will be so detrimental. With the tariffs I hope Trump gets talked out of them. But if he enacts them then my main hope the outcry from the public is so massive that they are quickly retracted.

Second concern: I want to know how this mass deportation is going to work. I do not want people who look like they might not be citizens (whatever that looks like) harassed by police and asked for papers. I do not want people encouraged to report on their neighbors, or employers asked to turn in to the police or ICE the names of people they know or suspect to be undocumented. I see this whole thing as being really ugly and scary.

Thanks @jerryskids. The tariffs will have an immediate negative impact on me personally as I am involved in a few retail companies that import goods from Turkey and the Middle East. We receive shipments in containers that arrive in the port of Long Beach and the taxes are already considerable. Frankly we can not afford a 20% hike without losing money. These are gift items so we can’t raise prices without killing the business. And we’re small fry: a couple of stores in southern Cali. There are billions of dollars of products that arrive at Long Beach and San Pedro every week. I can’t fathom the impact that this will have. Would it be temporary? Lasting a few months? A year or longer? Who knows? It doesn’t make any sense to me, never did.

You’re completely right about this except for the part about @Strike not liking me. He must love me. Why else does he post so much about me?

Of course you are. And in your case we know it doesn’t have to be Trump. Any white racist will do.

Still waiting for you to produce a single person I’ve ever welched on.

You’re so obsessed. I’ll still post once in a while just not not nearly as often. I’m not going anywhere. Sheesh.

I don’t believe your facts here are correct. I don’t think they would be dumb enough to charge her with that but if they did she would be easily acquitted. I almost hope they try.

Well I don’t agree with you.

I do, because they don’t serve the best interests of our country. Trump won the popular vote. You get that right? It’s not the outcome I wanted but it’s the outcome. It’s the equivalent of a national pardon. He is who the people want. The people know about these charges and they don’t care. So be it.

I’ve heard similar sentiment from Steve Bannon in the last few days. He also mentioned charging Pelosi and Schiff with crimes. I’m curious: what crimes? What evidence?

I swear all this fear about Trump becoming a dictator is ALMOST making me a Trump fan. Not reallly; I detest the guy because he is corrupt, inept, has terrible policies and is an awful human being. But some of those in the media and some folks here need to calm down. He is not a fockin Hitler wannabe. I’m looking at you @squistion. I like you, I agree with you most of the time and appreciate your posts. But stop with the fearmongering. There’s plenty to dislike about Trump without trying to spread this crap. It’s not only dumb, it’s weak sauce. Our side got our asses kicked royally. We need to accept that and move on. This isn’t the way to do it.