Donald Trump the Megathread part II - mod warnings in OP, Updated 18/03/25

I post this from time to time, with each passing month it becomes increasingly accurate.

"Be prepared for the reduction of taxes for the wealthy and corporations, then elemination of the social safety nets for everyone else"

"Be prepared for the ban on same-sex marraige, abortion and on evolution being taught"

"Be prepared for religious and racial profiling because you've got to blame someobody for the reduction in civil liberties and public spending"

"Be prepared for thos poor, dumb, manipulated bastards the Tea Partiers (Now MAGA) to have a glorious few years as the frontmen,as the corporations who bankroll them slowly unroll the total control of our political system. And then be prepared to watch them be banished, when a few of the brighter ones suddenly realise the corporations have made them the Judas goats of American freedom."

"I voted for President Trump three times"

You got exactly what you voted for luv 😉

I remember hearing about how a lot of contestants on some US home makeover shows ended up having to sell their houses because their taxes and insurances on the house rose so much after the renovations that they couldn't afford it.

In that article I quoted, repair builds appear to be enormous - and one couple earned like 250k a year and we’re still struggling- since you’re in the know, can I ask, what sort of take-home pay would a salary of say -$75k be? In Ireland it would be in the region of eur4300

To simplify the question would an American bring home more or less? I’m trying to determine is their take home pay much better than ours but then you’re faced with higher costs of everything and many more taxes?

He didn't say it before, that was the point I was making. Musk might have, but he wasn't running. Trump quickly moved the goalposts after he won. Just like in 2016 when he campaigned on repeal and replace but then admitted that he really didn't have a clue.

He castigated Biden, and by extension Harris, over inflation and prices and promised they would be coming down. Now he says it's pretty hard. And it works because many can't remember if he did it before or after the election (I'm not sure either btw). It is what Trump is so good at. He can say one thing, get his point across and then simply pivot to another position and people just accept it.

Musk clearly did say it with the endorsement of Trump - before the election - you’d be a fool not to think Trump endorsed what he said - they’re all at one - absolutely no excuses for people “voting for pain”- it was clearly laid out and discussed at length

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna177807

https://www.vox.com/politics/381637/elon-musk-donald-trump-2024-election-temporary-hardship

see Apple are planning a 500 billion building infrastructure in the US in the coming years. Naturally Trump is delighted as it fits in with his plan to get American companies back manufacturing in America

Thanks - I knew some of the above but interesting to see it all written out in one place - it’s pretty feicing scary when you see the figures.

I guess they became so paranoid about communism in the 50s they’ve kept a million miles away from being seeing as “helpful” toward their citizens ever since

US have now voted against a UN resolution condemning Russia for the invasion of Ukraine. This is pretty much the what if scenario where the US sides with the Nazis.

So outside of endless executive orders, he's made a point of calling for ethnic cleansing, extorting an invaded nation and refusing to condemn the invader. But Kamala and Joe were the warmongers, right?

Has there been any SCOTUS announcement about the Judge Berman Jackson decision to temporarily set aside the sacking of special counsel Hampton Dellinger after Acting solicitor general Harris asked it to rule on the judges order as it had ruled that the president had immunity when carrying out official duties and the judge's order was "preventing him from exercising these powers thus inflicts the gravest of injuries on the Executive Branch and the separation of powers.".

A neighbour, in passing, told me a few minutes back, that SCOTUS had told Trump he was liable for prosecution over the Jan 6th event. If it did, it seems to me that would infer his actions were outside the extent SCOTUS saw as official duties.

Mind you, I have no idea how the neighbour heard about his SCOTUS decision info and reckon it may be something garbled in transmission.

Even Jon Stewart is calling out the ridiculous and hysterical overaction to Trumps first month in office.

He even coins the phrase Trumpodynamics, every action is met with a very not equal over reaction, submissive liberal crying 101.

He correctly says that Trumps most objectionable actions have taken place within the Democratic system. It is his constitutional power to do what he has done.

The people voted to give the Republicans control of Congress, Control of the Senate and they also voted for trump.

The "This is all fascism" has become a reflex reaction for the left.

Nice to see Jon throw Rachel Maddow under the bus.

The utter hysteria and chicken little hysterical over reacting needs to stop, its the boy who cried wolf.

It's somewhat telling that you're not saying a word about Trump and Russia.... The US refuse to condemn Russia invading Ukraine, in the last month the US has had multiple bleak days in their history.

back from holiday with a suitcase of rubles😅

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