The Real timschochet

It’s very tempting for small countries to try to protect their own industries. That’s why they have them. It’s stupid for us.

The thing about tariffs is you don’t have to be a genius to know they totally suck. It’s the opposite- only morons like them. So you should feel comfortable.

I stopped here because it’s TOTAL NONSENSE and it makes the rest of your post irrelevant. No, tariffs will not make our economy healthy long term. They will not bring manufacturing back. This is a fool’s errand. The way to grow the economy is through more trade not less. We can sustain the debt we have and even more so long as the economy keeps growing. What we can’t afford is shrink the economy, that’s when the debt becomes unsustainable.

To answer your question no. But if all that happens (and I hope it does) I will regard Trump as a successful President and say so.

We don’t have a strong leader. I wish we did.

Hmm. No, can’t say I do.

I don’t disagree with you about his behavior. But I still expect her to behave a little better.

If he wasn’t black @Cdub100 would LOVE him.

Yeah it’s just me. It’s not like the entire world is pissed off or anything.

Yesterday executives from Target, Home Depot and Walmart met with Trump: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/04/21/trump-meets-with-executives-from-walmart-target-and-home-depot.html I’m guessing they begged him to rescind the tariffs. But the damage is already done…. It is simply amazing that Trump took over such a strong economy and has all by himself run it into the ground. All he had to do was do nothing, go play golf. He did the same years ago with his casinos so I really shouldn’t be surprised, I guess. What a disaster.

They’re not gullible. It’s far worse than that. They know what’s going on but they honestly believe that “Fock the libs” makes it all worth it.

I can. The MAGA crowd loves this guy. They actually love that he is incompetent because they know that pisses liberals off. They see that as more valuable than protecting the country at this point. If Hegseth is forced to resign that’s a “win” for the libs, and MAGA won’t allow that. I think it’s about 60-40 he stays.

Everything I read about this tells me this guy is guilty, But then I thought that George Zimmerman was guilty. And that Kyle Rittenhouse was guilty, Boyh of those dudes somehow escaped justice by claiming self-defense. Both of them became heroes to the Right. Will Kamelo Anthony, who is also claiming self- defense, become a hero to conservatives? Somehow I doubt it…

Any objective person watching that comes away thinking they both come off as rude jerks. But Nancy is a Congresswoman so we should expect a little better. The other dude, who cares?

Such a great photo. And consider that there was almost no construction going on in 1932. Men literally waiting hours or days to apply for construction jobs only to be turned away. In 1932, the Soviet Union announced they were constructing new buildings in Moscow and asked for 500 American workers to come and live in Russian for several years. Over 100,000 people applied! That wouldn’t have happened in any other year in American history. It was the worst year of the Great Depression.

To me that shows that at least some of us have become more accepting, which means some of these kids have become more willing to come out of the closet rather than hide and commit suicide. The numbers were always there; but now it is less hidden. I say that’s a good thing.

If your question means “will they turn on Trump”? The answer is no. Not the MAGA crowd, not ever. Trump will find someone to blame (looks like Jerome Powell) and they will blame him. Never Trump.

Well at least we know where we disagree.

Unfortunately I can’t admit I’m wrong about this issue because I don’t think I am. I believe that trans people should be allowed to live their lives with dignity and respect. I think teenagers should be able to make medical decisions in consultation with their parents and doctors without government interference or restriction, unless public health issues are involved, and in the cases of gender therapy or surgery they are not. I think gender dysphoria is a mental disorder that can lead, if untreated, to suicide; the only treatment to gender dysphoria is therapy and ultimately a sex change operation. I do not believe that a teenager can be talked into gender dysphoria. I do not believe that a straight teenager can be talked into trans or gay. Finally I don’t believe that trans athletes should play in girls sports but it’s a really minor issue to me. These things I believe based on what I read and understand. If public opinion is 80-20 going the other way I can’t help that. It is what it is.

Trump isn’t a dictator. Trump wants to be a dictator. He won’t succeed. Unlike this guy calling for violence, there are a LOT of very well known conservative pundits who believe Trump should ignore the Supreme Court.

No surprise I disagree strongly with the lesson you take from this. My own take is that we need to come up with a reasonable and humane way to address both refugee and immigration issues. Reasonable and humane excludes some of the words you used like “brutal” and “ruthless”.

Yep the Dow is dropping again this morning. 900 points already. They say it’s a combination of the tariffs and Jerome Powell bashing but you and I know it’s just liberals whining right? So awesome.

Trump calls Jerome Power a loser and demands he lowers interest rates. Seems to me Trump is looking for a scapegoat.

Yeah I know longer believe this account. Huge troll effort. Pretty good one since I was suckered in for a long while…

I had to look up who Nicholas Decker is. I couldn’t find him. Substack maybe? Not a politician for sure, nothing to do with the Democratic Party or any liberal movement. I might as well post @Cdub100 quotes to “prove” Republicans hate Jews. Huge failure on your part. Embarrassing. Especially since you support a President who has on several occasions endorsed violence.