Donald Trump the Megathread part II - Mod Warning added to OP 10/1/26

If you remove the federal job losses the private sector losses for March are stable.

So, if we ignore job losses, the job losses aren't as bad.

Right.

I love it 🤣😂🤣

Feith was in the Pentagon and State Dept in Trump's last Admin, in this one on the NSC as Snr director overseer for tech & Nat Security, Walsh worked for Senator Rubio in the past and Broody in legislative affairs. They might be the first heads to roll over the "War Plans" disclosure to the media. The people with the "its a conspiracy" may have got a major toe-hold again.

I have absolutely no proof and this is entirely my opinion and nothing else, but…

I’m convinced Trump raped and killed a prostitute on one of his trips to Moscow back in the day, and the Russians have held it over him since.

As far as I’m concerned, he cannot have his ar*e pile-drivered by the Russians as often as he does unless there was something as serious as that over him.

What is the thinking, that they want to bring manufacturing jobs back?. USA unemployment rate is 4.1 which is very close to what is regarded as full employment. Where are the workers coming from? If you are a manufacturing company, and you are looking at those figures, it won't give you confidence that you will be able to staff your factories if you returned. Is this question being asked, have they answered?

Is the plan to sack all the federal workers and retrain them into working manufacturing jobs or is the plan to sink the economy, loads of job losses, get the factories back and get back to full employment again. I don't understand the end game.

For now it's stable. I work for a US multinational in the services sector. There is talk of job losses globally due to share price decimation by over 40% in a few weeks. Hasn't happened yet to us.

Meanwhile my colleagues in the same sector in rival companies have shed 10% staff already. I meet them regularly visiting various customers. The vast majority of losses were US jobs. They are cutting R&D first because it's expensive with no return in the short term.

The first response to poor share price is a board member leaving and soon after job losses. It's the easiest thing to immediately prop up profits by chopping staff. I always believe the board member stuff is a protest of sorts to save face. US staff have less legal protection than their EU colleagues so they are always first to go. It's coming !

Very good point. I wonder will there be any room for negotiations and can this be raised with them.

Trump was on there today saying these tarriffs are to keep imports out and to raise money for tax cuts.

Hmmm, isn't that an oxymoron?

Surely it's either one or the other? Can't have it both ways.

I do find it sort of funny that we're still trying to treat Trump as a rational actor at this stage.

This is all a starting negotiating position. He has already said today he is willing to do a deal with China on Tiktok in return for tariff relief.

Thing is he's approaching allies like he's a mob boss extorting a business. That's not gonna be as effective as he thinks I suspect.

He's a bully. There are countless stories of his businesses screwing over the little guy after the work has been done.

He thinks that as he's now POTUS he can do the same to EU, Canada, Mexico, China etc.

Me thinks he's in for a very rude awakening