Trump Presidency Round 2

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Be careful what you ask for socialists. Hate the game all you want - it's still the best one in town.
 
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Gulp. Don't look at Western/Northern European countries for social spending as a % of GDP and their life expectancy scores. Imagine if more Western nations adopted those practices? *insert frog boiling in water meme*
 
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The US is barely top 50 in world life expectancy and barely out paces all of those countries, and actually trail one of them. You'd think we'd be number 1 with head start we had.
 
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ColoradoIrish said:
I wonder if any of the major medical breakthroughs of the 80s could be the reason life expectancies across the world jumped up or if it was really something as simple as the Berlin wall falling that caused it.
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You mean to tell me that getting rid of nativist authoritarian regimes will improve the wellbeing of people?

Everything is communism!!! lol unsurprising to see that post liked by someone who's so deficient they can't find the DJIA on Google.
 
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You mean to tell me that getting rid of nativist authoritarian regimes will improve the wellbeing of people?

Everything is communism!!! lol unsurprising to see that post liked by someone who's so deficient they can't find the DJIA on Google.
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Understanding graphs and the context of the graph isn't their strong suit. You'd think a medical doctor would understand the medical advancements of the 80's and how those advancements impacted life expectancy.
 
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Understanding graphs and the context of the graph isn't their strong suit. You'd think a medical doctor would understand the medical advancements of the 80's and how those advancements impacted life expectancy.
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Yeah, I knew your eyes got worse once you hit your 70's but it seems their brain is also rapidly decomposing too.
 
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I think it has more to with the founding of Chik-fil-a. The data is pretty clear.
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That graph clearly shows an increase in life expectancy after all of the New Deal programs were initiated. This just means the New Deal socialist programs are responsible for the increase.

Chick-fil-A is a confirmed socialist program is what I'm taking away from this conversation. Which is exactly why you'll never catch me eating there
 
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It's just so annoying how Trump and this admin operate and how they lie and distract on their way to accomplishing their authoritarian objectives which were the plan all along...

--- Epstein Files: Of course he's finding a way to get Democrats and Republican political enemies subpoenaed for closed-door depositions: former Attorneys General Merrick Garland, William Barr, Jeff Sessions, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder and Alberto Gonzales; former FBI Director James Comey; former special counsel and FBI Director Robert Mueller III; former Secretary of State and first lady Hillary Clinton; and former President Bill Clinton. And supposedly Todd Blanche recorded his interviews with Maxwell which will be cleansed and released. And the fact that Maxwell was moved to a country club prison tells us all we need to know re: how she will play this and will not implicate Trump in any way. How much you wanna bet, damaging info is only going to come out about these folks and other Democrats while nothing about Trump. And why isn't he and Acosta (FL DA who gave Epstein his sweet 2008 plea deal) also being sub'd to give deps. This has simply been a distraction and trap and everyone has fallen for it hook, line and sinker.
--- Washington DC being taken over by Fed govt (many are speculating that it will eventually become a "Freedom or Charter City" State headed up by Peter Thiel). Federal management has been in place previously, through 1973, and can be done again - See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imgTx3Z9rEI and with these bullshit false flag events being exploited (look up "A 15 year old boy and girl were arrested for the assault of Big Balls." It sounds so fake and you can pretty much count on that it is with Musk exaggerating about the event on X), it sure sounds like he's getting ready to do it. (He already has signed an executive order 4 months ago (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/making-the-district-of-columbia-safe-and-beautiful/) so that the Fed can better coordinate with and manage DC, esp. in re: to the Metro Police Dept. (MPD).)
--- Talking again about letting immigrant farm workers stay in the US to work so that food is picked and packed and so that there will be no shortages. But, he's already hinted at how this might work: “What we’re going to do is we’re going to do something for farmers, where we can let the farmer sort of be in charge. The farmer knows. He’s not going to hire a murderer,” Trump said. “When you go into a farm and he’s had somebody working with him for nine years doing this kind of work, which is hard work to do, and a lot of people aren’t going to do it, and you end up destroying a farmer because you took all the people away, it’s a problem.” Visa sponsor programs can cost farmers up to $39/hr for each worker (and we know that ain't gonna happen) so they will likely pitch this as a win / win where migrant worker gets some wages (pretty low I'm sure) and in return are servitude'd to the farmer, a kind of worker slavery.

I'm telling you Trump and this New Right-controlled admin are hell bent on chaos, destruction, and control & compliance. Some call it "End Times Fascism."

I wish he would just come out and say what his real objectives are, but of course he won't do that.
He conditions with previews his and admin's crazy ideas, repeats them out loud in increased frequency as the action draws near, and then when he feels he's at a point where he can pull it off without much resistance, he pulls the trigger on another authoritarian action or law.

It's just going to get worse...
 
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NDWarrior said:
It's just so annoying how Trump and this admin operate and how they lie and distract on their way to accomplishing their authoritarian objectives which were the plan all along...

--- Epstein Files: Of course he's finding a way to get Democrats and Republican political enemies subpoenaed for closed-door depositions: former Attorneys General Merrick Garland, William Barr, Jeff Sessions, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder and Alberto Gonzales; former FBI Director James Comey; former special counsel and FBI Director Robert Mueller III; former Secretary of State and first lady Hillary Clinton; and former President Bill Clinton. And supposedly Todd Blanche recorded his interviews with Maxwell which will be cleansed and released. And the fact that Maxwell was moved to a country club prison tells us all we need to know re: how she will play this and will not implicate Trump in any way. How much you wanna bet, damaging info is only going to come out about these folks and other Democrats while nothing about Trump. And why isn't he and Acosta (FL DA who gave Epstein his sweet 2008 plea deal) also being sub'd to give deps. This has simply been a distraction and trap and everyone has fallen for it hook, line and sinker.
--- Washington DC being taken over by Fed govt (many are speculating that it will eventually become a "Freedom or Charter City" State headed up by Peter Thiel). Federal management has been in place previously, through 1973, and can be done again - See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imgTx3Z9rEI and with these bullshit false flag events being exploited (look up "A 15 year old boy and girl were arrested for the assault of Big Balls." It sounds so fake and you can pretty much count on that it is with Musk exaggerating about the event on X), it sure sounds like he's getting ready to do it. (He already has signed an executive order 4 months ago (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/making-the-district-of-columbia-safe-and-beautiful/) so that the Fed can better coordinate with and manage DC, esp. in re: to the Metro Police Dept. (MPD).)
--- Talking again about letting immigrant farm workers stay in the US to work so that food is picked and packed and so that there will be no shortages. But, he's already hinted at how this might work: “What we’re going to do is we’re going to do something for farmers, where we can let the farmer sort of be in charge. The farmer knows. He’s not going to hire a murderer,” Trump said. “When you go into a farm and he’s had somebody working with him for nine years doing this kind of work, which is hard work to do, and a lot of people aren’t going to do it, and you end up destroying a farmer because you took all the people away, it’s a problem.” Visa sponsor programs can cost farmers up to $39/hr for each worker (and we know that ain't gonna happen) so they will likely pitch this as a win / win where migrant worker gets some wages (pretty low I'm sure) and in return are servitude'd to the farmer, a kind of worker slavery.

I'm telling you Trump and this New Right-controlled admin are hell bent on chaos, destruction, and control & compliance. Some call it "End Times Fascism."

I wish he would just come out and say what his real objectives are, but of course he won't do that.
He conditions with previews his and admin's crazy ideas, repeats them out loud in increased frequency as the action draws near, and then when he feels he's at a point where he can pull it off without much resistance, he pulls the trigger on another authoritarian action or law.

It's just going to get worse...
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Sure. You wish these things as a way to win. Most Americans want what Trump Is giving to us. That Democrat 20% approval rating and your long drawn out diatribes are fun to read about though. Have you ever been on a farm or worked one? It's 99% automated these days. Stop your gaslighting. Let's hear facts, not opinions.
 
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Sorry, farms aren't that automated yet, especially smaller ones. I see migrant workers picking produce all over So Cal and no machines in sight.
Google Gemini says a precise overall percentage is difficult to pinpoint, it's clear that the adoption of automation technologies on US produce farms is growing, particularly in response to labor challenges. The rate of adoption is much higher for large farms compared to smaller operations.

All you did is paste an X post about the strategy that Trump's army of New Right lawyers used to dismantle checks and balances to slam through their bills, especially in re: to immigration

Americans are increasingly concerned about Trump and his admin's immigration policies:

- NY Times July Poll: 62% of Americans disapprove pf Trump's Immigration policies
- June Gallup Poll:
--- Americans have grown markedly more positive toward immigration over the past year, with the share wanting immigration reduced dropping from 55% in 2024 to 30% today
--- At the same time, a record-high 79% of U.S. adults say immigration is a good thing for the country
- CNN July Survey: 55% say the president has gone too far when it comes to deporting immigrants living in the US illegally, up 10 points since February

Sure, I'm speculating but not talking about anything that's very possible where farmers and ICE have leverage over the farm workers as in "take this deal or be deported." We'll see how this idea plays out.

And everything I stated about the Epstein files is all facts except we'll have to wait around and watch the ending but it sure looks like Trump walks away scot free and maybe others will be called out and implicated instead which is horse shit because we know Trump was in deep w/ Epstein.

Lastly, it's a fact that Washington DC. was managed by the Federal govt from 1874 to 1973, so could easily happen again, but yes it's speculation re: what will happen in terms of a Freedom City, but this also is not out of the realm of possibility for this admin.
 
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NDWarrior said:
It's just so annoying how Trump and this admin operate and how they lie and distract on their way to accomplishing their authoritarian objectives which were the plan all along...

--- Epstein Files: Of course he's finding a way to get Democrats and Republican political enemies subpoenaed for closed-door depositions: former Attorneys General Merrick Garland, William Barr, Jeff Sessions, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder and Alberto Gonzales; former FBI Director James Comey; former special counsel and FBI Director Robert Mueller III; former Secretary of State and first lady Hillary Clinton; and former President Bill Clinton. And supposedly Todd Blanche recorded his interviews with Maxwell which will be cleansed and released. And the fact that Maxwell was moved to a country club prison tells us all we need to know re: how she will play this and will not implicate Trump in any way. How much you wanna bet, damaging info is only going to come out about these folks and other Democrats while nothing about Trump. And why isn't he and Acosta (FL DA who gave Epstein his sweet 2008 plea deal) also being sub'd to give deps. This has simply been a distraction and trap and everyone has fallen for it hook, line and sinker.
--- Washington DC being taken over by Fed govt (many are speculating that it will eventually become a "Freedom or Charter City" State headed up by Peter Thiel). Federal management has been in place previously, through 1973, and can be done again - See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imgTx3Z9rEI and with these bullshit false flag events being exploited (look up "A 15 year old boy and girl were arrested for the assault of Big Balls." It sounds so fake and you can pretty much count on that it is with Musk exaggerating about the event on X), it sure sounds like he's getting ready to do it. (He already has signed an executive order 4 months ago (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/making-the-district-of-columbia-safe-and-beautiful/) so that the Fed can better coordinate with and manage DC, esp. in re: to the Metro Police Dept. (MPD).)
--- Talking again about letting immigrant farm workers stay in the US to work so that food is picked and packed and so that there will be no shortages. But, he's already hinted at how this might work: “What we’re going to do is we’re going to do something for farmers, where we can let the farmer sort of be in charge. The farmer knows. He’s not going to hire a murderer,” Trump said. “When you go into a farm and he’s had somebody working with him for nine years doing this kind of work, which is hard work to do, and a lot of people aren’t going to do it, and you end up destroying a farmer because you took all the people away, it’s a problem.” Visa sponsor programs can cost farmers up to $39/hr for each worker (and we know that ain't gonna happen) so they will likely pitch this as a win / win where migrant worker gets some wages (pretty low I'm sure) and in return are servitude'd to the farmer, a kind of worker slavery.

I'm telling you Trump and this New Right-controlled admin are hell bent on chaos, destruction, and control & compliance. Some call it "End Times Fascism."

I wish he would just come out and say what his real objectives are, but of course he won't do that.
He conditions with previews his and admin's crazy ideas, repeats them out loud in increased frequency as the action draws near, and then when he feels he's at a point where he can pull it off without much resistance, he pulls the trigger on another authoritarian action or law.

It's just going to get worse...
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You need therapy and an escape from the bubble of whatever cuckoo shit news you absorb. Good luck.
 
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Probably moderate by So Cal standards.

Hilarious that Big Balls is prompting federalization of Washington DC.
 
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You guys love to slap labels on people. Funny. These are things that Trump has stated out loud a number of times and yes, he blurts out a lot of things like a bad Tourette patient, but again, he's talked about these things more than a few times so I'm saying it bears to watch what may happen here because these things will have wider implications for the country. And come on, Epstein is all just a big fat distraction and again, will love to see how this ends with Trump walking away unscathed. Also sounds like you don't like what you're hearing about what people across the country really think about immigration and how far the ICE crackdown has gone. Enough said.
 
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NDWarrior said:
You guys love to slap labels on people. Funny. These are things that Trump has stated out loud a number of times and yes, he blurts out a lot of things like a bad Tourette patient, but again, he's talked about these things more than a few times so I'm saying it bears to watch what may happen here because these things will have wider implications for the country. And come on, Epstein is all just a big fat distraction and again, will love to see how this ends with Trump walking away unscathed. Also sounds like you don't like what you're hearing about what people across the country really think about immigration and how far the ICE crackdown has gone. Enough said.
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People who didn't vote for Trump and supported open borders for decades have a problem with illegal immigration enforcement - shocking revelation there. I would wager of the 77M who voted for Trump, more think ICE isn't going far enough versus think its gone too far. Cry more.
 
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NDWarrior said:
You guys love to slap labels on people. Funny. These are things that Trump has stated out loud a number of times and yes, he blurts out a lot of things like a bad Tourette patient, but again, he's talked about these things more than a few times so I'm saying it bears to watch what may happen here because these things will have wider implications for the country. And come on, Epstein is all just a big fat distraction and again, will love to see how this ends with Trump walking away unscathed. Also sounds like you don't like what you're hearing about what people across the country really think about immigration and how far the ICE crackdown has gone. Enough said.
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Are you as confident as I am sure you were at the time that this crap was true?

 
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I could care less. That's nonsense. All in the past. I care what's happening to our country now.

I get you guys worship Uncle Donnie. I get it... Drain the swamp, root out waste, squeeze out all the far left lunacy (even tho' a minority of the left), more moderate Republicans are still owned by the system, etc. And I agree - altho' I admit I've never done a deep dive into it, I do think we have had a lot of abuse in the system when more moderate GOP and the Democrats have been in charge, and a more coordinated global economy and system where large corporations do very well with that more frictionless (and punishing to many) global economy; and that the U.S. worker (and probably the middle class) has lost out in that system starting in the mid 70s, and accelerating over the last 45-50 years.

The only problem is that Uncle Donnie's and his motley crew's alternative is not what it seems, and is even more dangerous because it seeks to dismantle our liberal pluralist democracy - warts and all - and turn into a de facto one-party authoritarian government and society dominated by Big Tech, National Christians, and uber nativists (oh hell, let's just say it - they don't like brown folks w/ accents).

Sorry, but between the two, I'll take our imperfect liberal pluralist democracy because it's the best we got; undoubtedly, there's room for improvement - a rooting out of corporate lobbyism and influence that hasn't played nice with workers and the middle class. But a wholesale destruction of our up-to-now successful form of government and overall wealth and success is not the answer.

You still traffic in the two-dimensional world of Republicans (of course, now angry Maga Republicans) and Leftist Luny Dems and think anyone who challenges Trump and this admin just has TDS and it's sour grapes. But there is so much more going on here with what this New Right movement is trying to do, but most of you just don't see it; and you won't until it's too late. And Trump does a great job of being the lightning rod for Mad Maga and positioning it as "we're draining the swamp and rooting out the Libtards," etc., keeping his mega-mad base distracted so that they can't see what's really going on and so that they'll continue to be good Maga Madmen, lashing out at the Dems and crazies! If you're white, male and conservative (likely a lot of peeps on IE), it will be a while before you experience any pain from what's happening, but again, it will come... Only a matter of time.
 
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