The state of America as Trump assumes Power

[The Real timschochet 6,543]

Just now, Hardcore troubadour said:

I didn’t get that part. Can you explain it?

I don’t believe in the time that you asked your question you could have possibly read the article. So why don’t you read it and get back to me. 

[supermike80 1,865]

Just now, The Real timschochet said:

That’s not an answer. And do you really think noting that Trump’s success or failure is tied to inflation is a “I’m smarter than you” comment? It seems pretty obvious, 

Yeah you do t all the time.  You make blanket statements and are arrogant as fock about it.  I've pointed it out enough to not have to do it again.   And you make a zillion political predictions, and are soooo wrong so often.   You should probably try not to do that, you keep embarrassing yourself.  Seriously, I have never seen anyone, on this board or FBG, get predictions wrong as often as you do.  

[Hardcore troubadour 15,124]

Just now, The Real timschochet said:

I don’t believe in the time that you asked your question you could have possibly read the article. So why don’t you read it and get back to me. 

I read the reason they oppose it , which it weakens protections from domestic violence?  I’m not seeing how.  Can you clarify? 

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,286]

7 minutes ago, The Real timschochet said:

I am actually torn on this. Please don’t simplify an issue based on the title of the bill; there are good legitimate arguments to oppose that bill. Many of them are listed here: 

https://www.commondreams.org/news/violence-against-women-act-immigration

read the whole thing

nowhere do the spell out HOW it would cause problems to the victims, they just say it but give no reasoning behind it

 

[The Real timschochet 6,543]

1 minute ago, supermike80 said:

Yeah you do t all the time.  You make blanket statements and are arrogant as fock about it.  I've pointed it out enough to not have to do it again.   And you make a zillion political predictions, and are soooo wrong so often.   You should probably try not to do that, you keep embarrassing yourself.  Seriously, I have never seen anyone, on this board or FBG, get predictions wrong as often as you do.  

Again this has nothing to do with what I wrote. You want to make your comments about me rather than the subject at hand, I’m not interested. 

[supermike80 1,865]

1 minute ago, The Real timschochet said:

Again this has nothing to do with what I wrote. You want to make your comments about me rather than the subject at hand, I’m not interested. 

Then better to not reply.  God you're exhausting.   Go make more of your predictions that will be wrong.  It's fine, the board is used to it.

[The Real timschochet 6,543]

Just now, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

read the whole thing

nowhere do the spell out HOW it would cause problems to the victims, they just say it but give no reasoning behind it

 

Of course they do. Currently there are exceptions in our deportation laws for victims of domestic abuse who commit minor crimes as part of resisting that abuse. This law would remove those exceptions. If this law passes it would mean not only the person who commits the abuse would be deported but the victim of the abuse, if undocumented, would also be subject to deportation. Which would mean victims would be less likely even to report the abuse. 
 

Actually thank you and @Hardcore troubadour for asking me these questions as I’ve made up my mind; I am now opposed to this law. 

[The Real timschochet 6,543]

2 minutes ago, supermike80 said:

Then better to not reply.  God you're exhausting.   Go make more of your predictions that will be wrong.  It's fine, the board is used to it.

Lol if you think I’m exhausting why are you always responding to me? 

[supermike80 1,865]

1 minute ago, The Real timschochet said:

Lol if you think I’m exhausting why are you always responding to me? 

Because  I enjoy pointing out how absurd you come across as.  

[Mike Honcho 5,229]

He better lower the prices of food or I'll never know the answer. 

 

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,286]

7 minutes ago, The Real timschochet said:

Of course they do. Currently there are exceptions in our deportation laws for victims of domestic abuse who commit minor crimes as part of resisting that abuse. This law would remove those exceptions. If this law passes it would mean not only the person who commits the abuse would be deported but the victim of the abuse, if undocumented, would also be subject to deportation. Which would mean victims would be less likely even to report the abuse. 
 

Actually thank you and @Hardcore troubadour for asking me these questions as I’ve made up my mind; I am now opposed to this law. 

again thats opinion, I have read the bill and it does not say anything like that

however if a rape victim had robbed a store deport them too

 

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11 minutes ago, supermike80 said:

Then better to not reply.  God you're exhausting.   Go make more of your predictions that will be wrong.  It's fine, the board is used to it.

He's not only wrong often but he's dishonest as fock too

[supermike80 1,865]

2 minutes ago, CaptainObvious1 said:

He's not only wrong often but he's dishonest as fock too

yes quite a bit,.  But that's another issue

[jonmx 2,425]

1 hour ago, Frozenbeernuts said:

The system is dependent on currency inflation unfortunately. We need a system that does not rely on currency inflation. Total global debt is 300%+ of global gdp. Doesnt make any sense.

It makes sense only to the central bankers printing the money.  The rest of the world is forever chasing exponentially increasing debt levels.   It doesn't take a math genius to show the debt-based currency model is rigged.  

[MDC 7,223]

1 hour ago, jonmx said:

Lol....talk about cherry picking stats.  Inflation rate was 1.4 percent when Biden took over.  We the proceeded to have runaway inflation where we had greater than 5 percent inflation for 24 months peaking out at 9.1 percent t at one point.   Yeah, let's pretend that did not happen.  Go eff yourself. 

Bootlicker Jon already getting his excuses lined up.  

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2 hours ago, Tree of Knowledge said:

California is burning.  Violent Crime and homelessness is Rampant.  Central and South American gangs have taken over cities.  War in the Middle East and Ukraine.  North Carolina and Maui are still disasters.  Violent transgenders shooting up schools every other week.  Bird Flu. Radical Islamic domestic terror attacks.  Chinese spy balloons and drones have free rein. Weaponized DOJ collecting domestic political prisoners.  

We didn’t start the fire, it was always burning since the world’s been turning.

We didn’t start the fire, we didn’t light it but we tried to fight it. 

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,958]

4 hours ago, The Psychic Observer said:

Economy - Dow is 43.5k, Inflation rate is at 2.9%, Unemployment rate is at 4.1% with 161M people employed, GDP growth is 3.1%.  The US has the best economy in the world among the G6.

Illegal border crossings - 44k December 2024, lowest level since July 2020.

Crime - Violent crime rate continues to fall back to 2019 levels

 

We will revisit these metrics quarterly as Trump puts his footprint on America.

How retarded are you?

So what you're saying is that all of those levels are back to where they were when Trump was last in office?  Which, of course, implies that they were terrible after Trump left up until today.  How did they get higher?  Who was in office again prior to Biden?   

[Fnord 2,135]

2 hours ago, supermike80 said:

Because you're almost always wrong when you post your "I'm smarter than all of you guys" predictions, then get them wrong over and over and over.   

THIS GUY ACTUALLY IS SMARTER than all you guys. Or is it all us guys? However you want to say it....

 Supermike is smart AF! The rest of us are really just wasting our time debating him.

[supermike80 1,865]

3 minutes ago, Fnord said:

THIS GUY ACTUALLY IS SMARTER than all you guys. Or is it all us guys? However you want to say it....

 Supermike is smart AF! The rest of us are really just wasting our time debating him.

LOL word.....And this is a bet payment before Timmy gets in a tiff over it.

[The Real timschochet 6,543]

1 minute ago, supermike80 said:

LOL word.....And this is a bet payment before Timmy gets in a tiff over it.

Lol no worries. But I am curious as to how you think I’m dishonest? 

[supermike80 1,865]

15 minutes ago, The Real timschochet said:

Lol no worries. But I am curious as to how you think I’m dishonest? 

Because you tend to lie.  We've been over this countless times.   And since I am clearly not the only one, me thinks you might have a problem with it

[BudBro 175]

The shadowstats inflation rate is still above 10%.

Pres Trump will battle inflation throughout his term.

MMT, Keynesian economics, whatever you want to call it, has been flooding the economy with too many dollars.  Until those are removed, inflation will continue.

 

[The Real timschochet 6,543]

7 minutes ago, supermike80 said:

Because you tend to lie.  We've been over this countless times.   And since I am clearly not the only one, me thinks you might have a problem with it

OK. Sorry you (and apparently others) feel that way. I don’t knowingly lie. Sometimes I get things wrong, sometimes I don’t remember stuff I previously wrote, and sometimes I write things in jest that are not meant to be taken seriously. But I don’t deliberately say dishonest things. 

[Maximum Overkill 1,844]

5 hours ago, thegeneral said:

Make it happen Orange Julius.

That would break your little Nazi heart wouldn't it?

[HellToupee 1,649]

4 hours ago, Tree of Knowledge said:

California is burning.  Violent Crime and homelessness is Rampant.  Central and South American gangs have taken over cities.  War in the Middle East and Ukraine.  North Carolina and Maui are still disasters.  Violent transgenders shooting up schools every other week.  Bird Flu. Radical Islamic domestic terror attacks.  Chinese spy balloons and drones have free rein. Weaponized DOJ collecting domestic political prisoners.  
 

This is all why America sent up the Trumpsignal  in November for a hero to save us. 

And if you believe Jeremy Corbell operation blue beam is set to kickoff . We need Donald now more than ever

 

[thegeneral 3,065]

36 minutes ago, Maximum Overkill said:

That would break your little Nazi heart wouldn't it?

I’m rooting for the stupid pr!ck as it’s in my best interests. Unlike you terrorists

[jonmx 2,425]

21 hours ago, MDC said:

Bootlicker Jon already getting his excuses lined up.  

Quite honestly, the economy is not a main issue for me and what the president does has only a minor impact compared to what the unelected/unaccountable Federal Reserve has.  What i care about is the restoration of honest government which has transparency and is accountable to the people. 

I would hope we would all be for that. But for some reason leftist retards have let themselves be so brainwashed by idiotic propaganda techniques that they are so confused they have no idea they have their tongues up the butt of elitist authoritarians.   You are on the smarter fringe and may eventually snap out of it, but most of the leftist loons have been lost forever in their cultist stupidity. 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,124]

 Biden promised to unite us. He did the opposite, to the extreme. 

[MDC 7,223]

43 minutes ago, jonmx said:

Quite honestly, the economy is not a main issue for me and what the president does has only a minor impact compared to what the unelected/unaccountable Federal Reserve has.  What i care about is the restoration of honest government which has transparency and is accountable to the people. 

I would hope we would all be for that. But for some reason leftist retards have let themselves be so brainwashed by idiotic propaganda techniques that they are so confused they have no idea they have their tongues up the butt of elitist authoritarians.   You are on the smarter fringe and may eventually snap out of it, but most of the leftist loons have been lost forever in their cultist stupidity. 

I don’t think Trump is in it for anything but $ and personal glory. Half his cabinet are the same corporate lobbyists and Ivy leaguers you’d find in any administration. For example Trump appointed Larry Fink, the billionaire CEO of BlackRock, to his Strategic and Policy forum. 

The other half are just toadies. I get the logic of appointing people who are outside the usual Beltway pipeline for a fresh perspective. But that’s not why Trump appointed people like Gabbard and Hegseth. He’s just rewarding them for their loyalty. RFKJ literally sold his endorsement for the job.

In the end, Trump is just a crooked businessman reality TV star who’s a fantastic self promoter. Four years will pass, very little of any lasting substance will happen, and you’ll spend the rest of your days convinced that Don would have ushered in a new Golden Age of American property if it weren’t for the Deep State, liberals, trannies, whatever etc. 

I poke fun but I sort of like you Jon, we just disagree. 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,124]

Tl/ dr. Trump! 

[MDC 7,223]

Trump appointed Larry Fink to his strategic and policy forum. Because he’s a reformer!  

[Hardcore troubadour 15,124]

Funk quit weeks into his meaningless appointment. Trump paid him no mind.  Fink! 

[MDC 7,223]

Craig Phillips, managing director at BlackRock, was top aide to Trump’s Treasury secretary.

BlackRock … now that’s reform!  

[TrailGuy 554]

Trump has most billionaires in his admin in history.

Man of the people

[MDC 7,223]

Trump’s first admin included  executives from ExxonMobil, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Eli Lilly, Deloitte … he really stuck it to the elites!  

[jonmx 2,425]

1 hour ago, MDC said:

I don’t think Trump is in it for anything but $ and personal glory. Half his cabinet are the same corporate lobbyists and Ivy leaguers you’d find in any administration. For example Trump appointed Larry Fink, the billionaire CEO of BlackRock, to his Strategic and Policy forum. 

The other half are just toadies. I get the logic of appointing people who are outside the usual Beltway pipeline for a fresh perspective. But that’s not why Trump appointed people like Gabbard and Hegseth. He’s just rewarding them for their loyalty. RFKJ literally sold his endorsement for the job.

In the end, Trump is just a crooked businessman reality TV star who’s a fantastic self promoter. Four years will pass, very little of any lasting substance will happen, and you’ll spend the rest of your days convinced that Don would have ushered in a new Golden Age of American property if it weren’t for the Deep State, liberals, trannies, whatever etc. 

I poke fun but I sort of like you Jon, we just disagree. 

People don't take bullets, get prosecuted for ridiculous non-crimes and threaten with imprisonment, and go through an obscene frivilous lawsuit which he is supposed to payout out over half a billion because he is out for himself.  Trump had a massive target on his back because he is taking on the corrupt establishment.   You are completely misjudging Trump, which based on the corrupt deep state propaganda that floods the establishment media is somewhat understandable.  It took a lot to convince me just how corrupt our government, institutions and media really are.  The deep state is very real and has more power than the people we elect.

Trump is very smart in a lot of areas, he is also a sucker for some good butt-kissing and can be manipulated.  Trump has wised up about a lot of things, bit there are key appointments which are going to bite him.   Hopefully the backstabbers get weeded out early as I think Trump has a decent core with some key exceptions some of whom you noted.

As far as RFK jr, he took the role he thought he could do the most benefit with.   He disagreed with Trump on some key issues, but taking on the corrupt medical establishment was something they agree upon as well as exposing the CIA/FBI role in killing his father and uncle.   I don't see that as a sell out.  That is as important of a change as he could ever hope to accomplish.   At most in a Harris administration he would have been toothless.  I hope RFK jr is really allowed to operate.  

[MDC 7,223]

2 minutes ago, jonmx said:

People don't take bullets, get prosecuted for ridiculous non-crimes and threaten with imprisonment, and go through an obscene frivilous lawsuit which he is supposed to payout out over half a billion because he is out for himself.  Trump had a massive target on his back because he is taking on the corrupt establishment.   You are completely misjudging Trump, which based on the corrupt deep state propaganda that floods the establishment media is somewhat understandable.  It took a lot to convince me just how corrupt our government, institutions and media really are.  The deep state is very real and has more power than the people we elect.

Trump is very smart in a lot of areas, he is also a sucker for some good butt-kissing and can be manipulated.  Trump has wised up about a lot of things, bit there are key appointments which are going to. It him.   Hopefully the backstabbers get weeded out early as I think Trump has a decent core with some key exceptions.

As far as RFK jr, he took the role he thought he could do the most benefit with.   He disagreed with Trump on some key issues, but taking on the corrupt medical establishment was something they agree upon as well as exposing thr CIA/FBI role in killing his father and uncle.   I don't see that as a sell out.  That is as important of a change as he could ever hope for.  

Trump took a shot because some nutter fired at him. He has legal issues because he’s crooked and a complete ass hole, so the other crooked went after him.

Havingreps of BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, Eli Lilly etc. in your admin is an odd way of taking on the establishments. 

I know why RFKJ took the role. Trump appointed him as a reward for his endorsement, not because he has any unique insight.

Thats how it works with Don. Business as usual.

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On 1/17/2025 at 11:18 AM, Tree of Knowledge said:

California is burning.  Violent Crime and homelessness is Rampant.  Central and South American gangs have taken over cities.  War in the Middle East and Ukraine.  North Carolina and Maui are still disasters.  Violent transgenders shooting up schools every other week.  Bird Flu. Radical Islamic domestic terror attacks.  Chinese spy balloons and drones have free rein. Weaponized DOJ collecting domestic political prisoners.  
 

This is all why America sent up the Trumpsignal  in November for a hero to save us. 

Catastrophize much?

I look forward to all of that going away on Day 1.

[TrailGuy 554]

22 minutes ago, jonmx said:

People don't take bullets, get prosecuted for ridiculous non-crimes and threaten with imprisonment, and go through an obscene frivilous lawsuit which he is supposed to payout out over half a billion because he is out for himself.  Trump had a massive target on his back because he is taking on the corrupt establishment.   You are completely misjudging Trump, which based on the corrupt deep state propaganda that floods the establishment media is somewhat understandable.  It took a lot to convince me just how corrupt our government, institutions and media really are.  The deep state is very real and has more power than the people we elect.

Trump is very smart in a lot of areas, he is also a sucker for some good butt-kissing and can be manipulated.  Trump has wised up about a lot of things, bit there are key appointments which are going to bite him.   Hopefully the backstabbers get weeded out early as I think Trump has a decent core with some key exceptions some of whom you noted.

As far as RFK jr, he took the role he thought he could do the most benefit with.   He disagreed with Trump on some key issues, but taking on the corrupt medical establishment was something they agree upon as well as exposing the CIA/FBI role in killing his father and uncle.   I don't see that as a sell out.  That is as important of a change as he could ever hope to accomplish.   At most in a Harris administration he would have been toothless.  I hope RFK jr is really allowed to operate.  

Boyo you're a victim here.  You've been manipulated.  Any normal person can clearly see trump only cares about himself and that he uses you to get what he wants.

[5-Points 3,434]

On 1/17/2025 at 9:21 AM, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

absolutely

if prices stay the same I will be happy too, as long as he does the deporting of criminals (which 143 dems voted against deporting sex offenders) and stop the endless spending in Ukraine

those 3 things are the top 3 on my list

I will be happy if any 1 of them occur as long as their is effort on the other 2

 

And stop sending $80 million a week to the taliban.