American Politics

[Axel Heyst]

The Democrat party is in self-destruction mode. It is simply amazing to watch this mass group suicide. It is so bizarre. I mean ever since the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention the left has seen themselves as the "peace" party. They were against the Vietnam war (although Johnson started it), the Iraq war, and the killing of Soleimani. Biden as VP was even against the raid to kill bin Laden. And the left was so proud of President Biden's impersonation of Humphrey Bogart in the Caine Mutiny with his cowardly and frantic decision to retreat from Afghanistan.

But now for the sole reason that Trump is president the left suddenly wants war, a war between Russia and Ukraine to continue into the foreseeable future. It is just fucking amazing especially considering that President Trump is on the verge of getting a cease fire deal between Putin, the Ukraine and the USA to end this massacre. The left's sea change on war is all because of Trump. They hate him so much they are willing to commit political suicide. This is just one hill they have chosen to die on. There are several more.

[Xpartan]

LOL. So he could cure some horrible disease and no Dem would applaud him for it?

Since when has he ever tried to cure any disease rather than defunding the means to prevent the spread of deadly diseases, a 2019/2020 Trump accomplishment he is determined to repeat this very minute?

How about he and President Chainsaw Musk not defund and cut staff for the kind of toxic chemical regulation enforcement and juvenile cancer research that is likely to create more child brain cancer patients like that poor kid he exploited as one of his human "props"?

And now that he has designated him an honorary secret service cop, the kid and his parents better hope he isn't assigned to a January 6 Vote Certification event the next time a Repub loses a presidential. Election.

If Trump at least added Trillions more to the deficit and this time his Repub economic "stimulus" legislation didn't create one million fewer jobs with it than without it I am sure a Dem or two could conjure up a one-handed clap for him if he really craves it so much.

But everyone with at brain knows that is never going to happen.

What boggles the mind is that Axel is not your typical MAGA cultist. When Elvis spews his own brand of nonsense, you know where it comes from -- Elvis is a conspiracy theorist, he's a guy MAGA IS MADE OF. But Axel is not like that. I've communicated with him, he's a worldly, intelligent person. How is it possible that people like that can't see Trump's incessant lies and empty boasts, his crazy rants and off-the-charts boorishness worthy of a drunken vagrant, his fantastical stories from his own alternative universe? And did I mention his pure LIES -- lies so patently obvious that even a 9-year-old could easily cut through them -- and yet, these grown-up fellas keep coming here to mindlessly and exuberantly defend the pure-evil incompetent scamster and his team of sycophants, no matter what they say and do.

One can dismiss his Day One promises: to end the war and lower the prices (very bold promises that ended in spectacular failures) as typical Trump's bravado, but why none of them is asking one simple question:

For what reason, the president who has the majority in both chambers of Congress is ruling with executive orders? He's signed at least 75 orders since taking the Oval office, "the most executive orders within a president's first 100 days over the past 80 years.".

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...rm/ar-AA1zQer1

Seriously, MAGA, why?

[Tiny 12]

Yeah, the difference between someone who votes Democrat and a Democratic douche is that a douche will support the party no matter how stupid it is. Biden is not demented? No, he is not. Kamala is a drunk? No, she is not.

So instead of falling into the Trump is crazy camp, it is important to see what he really wants when he acts crazy.

And so here it is: https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6369607232112.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick: I want Americans to stop being murdered by opioids and fentanyl.

Yeah, okay, now it is fine to call Trump crazy. This is like blaming the failures of prohibition on Canada and Mexico. Opioids are as easy to make as alcohol and when you ban all items, you make the more potent items in the class the norm. You ban beer and wine and you get more whiskey and vodka. You ban oxycontin and you get heroin and fentanyl.

Last I checked there were a dozen or so overdoses in Portugal. We need to do what they are doing rather than pointing fingers abroad. This was the rare total swing and a miss for Trump. The only good part is that he allegedly is backing off the tariffs.

I agree.

One of the things I like about your posts is you're an independent thinker. We have our disagreements, like on the COVID vaccine and EihTooms. You have severe reservations about the vaccine, while I've gotten six shots. And you think Tooms is loony, while I believe he's intelligent, just sadly misguided and hyper-partisan.

But anyway you call it like you see it, with a good measure of common sense and without regard to what a good Republican or Democrat is supposed to think.

[Tiny 12]

Trump has now dropped the USA Stock Market as any guage or measure for how he is doing as a so-called potus and how the economy is doing.

But still, and with a nod of appreciation to so many fine Fact-Checkers in the media and on the Internet, he had so many accomplishments from his 1st four year term to mention as substantiation for why we should all be excited about what he has in store for the next four years:

He incited an insurrection against the government.

Layed the groundwork for ushered in Trump's Pandemic.

Mismanaged a pandemic that killed over a million Americans.

Called neo-Nazis very fine people.

Separated children from their families.

Lost those children in the bureaucracy.

Tear-gassed peaceful protesters on Lafayette Square so he could hold a photo op holding a Bible in front of a church.

Tried to block all Muslims from entering the country.

Got impeached,

Got impeached again.

Had the worst jobs record of any president in modern history.

Pressured Ukraine to dig dirt on Joe Biden.

Fired the FBI director for investigating his ties to Russia.

Bragged about firing the FBI director on TV.

Took Vladimir Putins word over the US intelligence community.

Diverted military funding to build his wall.

Caused the longest government shutdown in US history.

Called Black Lives Matter a symbol of hate.

Lied over 30,000 times.

Banned transgender people from serving in the military.

Ejected reporters from the White House briefing room who asked tough questions.

Vetoed the defense funding bill because it renamed military bases named for Confederate soldiers.

Refused to release his tax returns.

Increased the national debt by nearly $8 trillion.

Had three of the highest annual trade deficits in USA History.

Called veterans and soldiers who died in combat losers and suckers.

Coddled the leader of Saudi Arabia after he ordered the execution and dismembering of a US-based journalist.

Refused to concede the 2020 election.

Hired his unqualified daughter and son-in-law to work in the White House.

Walked out of an interview with Lesley Stahl.

Suggested that people should inject bleach into their bodies to fight COVID.

Abandoned our allies the Kurds to Turkey.

Pushed through massive tax cuts for the wealthiest but balked at helping working Americans.

Incited anti-lockdown protestors in several states at the height of the pandemic.

Withdrew the US from the Paris climate accords.

Withdrew the US from the Iranian nuclear deal.

Withdrew the US from the Trans Pacific Partnership which was designed to block Chinas advances.

Insulted his own Cabinet members on Twitter.

Pushed the leader of Montenegro out of the way during a photo op.

Failed to reiterate US commitment to defending NATO allies.

Called Haiti and African nations shithole countries.

Called the city of Baltimore the worst in the nation.

Claimed that he single handedly brought back the phrase Merry Christmas even though it hadn't gone anywhere.

Forced his Cabinet members to praise him publicly like some cult leader.

Believed he should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Berated and belittled his hand-picked Attorney General when he recused himself from the Russia probe.

Suggested the US should buy Greenland.

Colluded with Mitch McConnell to push through federal judges and two Supreme Court justices, after supporting efforts to prevent his predecessor from appointing judges.

Repeatedly called the media enemies of the people.

Claimed that if we tested fewer people for COVID wed have fewer cases.

Violated the emoluments clause.

Thought that Nambia was a country.

Told Bob Woodward in private that the coronavirus was a big deal but then downplayed it in public.

Called his exceedingly faithful vice president a p-why for following the Constitution.

Nearly got us into a war with Iran after threatening them by tweet.

Nominated a corrupt head of the EPA.

Nominated a corrupt head of HHS.

Nominated a corrupt head of the Interior Department.

Nominated a corrupt head of the USDA.

Praised dictators and authoritarians around the world while criticizing allies.

Refused to allow the presidential transition to begin.

Insulted war hero John McCain even after his death.

Spent an obscene amount of time playing golf after criticizing Barack Obama for playing (far less) golf while president.

Falsely claimed that he won the 2016 popular vote.

Called the Muslim mayor of London a stone cold loser.

Falsely claimed that he turned down being Times Man of the Year.

Considered firing special counsel Robert Mueller on several occasions.

Mocked wearing face masks to guard against transmitting COVID.

Locked Congress out of its constitutional duty to confirm Cabinet officials by hiring acting ones.

Used a racist dog whistle by calling COVID the China virus.

Hired and associated with numerous shady figures that were eventually convicted of federal offenses including his campaign manager and national security adviser.

Pardoned several of his shady associates.

Gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to two congressman who amplified his bat shit crazy conspiracy theories.

Got into telephone fight with the leader of Australia (Had a Secretary of State who called him a moron.

Forced his press secretary to claim without merit that his was the largest inauguration crowd in history.

Botched the COVID vaccine rollout.

Tweeted so much dangerous propaganda that Twitter eventually banned him.

Charged the Secret Service jacked-up rates at his properties.

Constantly interrupted Joe Biden in their first presidential debate.

Claimed that COVID would magically disappear.

Called a USA Senator Pocahontas.

Used his Twitter account to blast Nordstrom when it stopped selling Ivankas merchandise.

Opened up millions of pristine federal lands to development and drilling.

Got into a losing tariff war with China that forced US taxpayers to bail out farmers.

Claimed that his losing tariff war was a win for the US.

Ignored or didn't even take part in daily intelligence briefings.

Blew off honoring American war dead in France because it was raining.

Redesigned Air Force One to look like the Trump Shuttle.

Got played by Kim Jung Un and his love letters.

Threatened to go after social media companies in clear violation of the Constitution.

Botched the response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

Threw paper towels at Puerto Ricans when he finally visited them.

Pressured the governor and secretary of state of Georgia to find him votes.

Thought that the Virgin islands had a President.

Drew on a map with a Sharpie to justify his inaccurate tweet that Alabama was threatened by a hurricane.

Allowed White House staff to use personal email accounts for official businesses after blasting Hillary Clinton for doing the same thing.

Rolled back regulations that protected the public from mercury and asbestos.

Pushed regulators to waste time studying snake-oil remedies for COVID.

Rolled back regulations that stopped coal companies from dumping waste into rivers.

Held blatant campaign rallies at the White House.

Tried to take away millions of Americans health insurance because the law was named for a Black man.

Refused to attend his successors inauguration.

Nominated the worst Education Secretary in history.

Threatened judges who didn't do what he wanted.

Attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci,

Promised that Mexico would pay for the wall (it didn't).

Allowed political hacks to overrule government scientists on major reports on climate change and other issues.

Struggled navigating a ramp after claiming his opponent was feeble.

Called an African-American Congresswoman low IQ.

Threatened to withhold federal aid from states and cities with Democratic leaders.

Went ahead with rallies filled with maskless supporters in the middle of a pandemic.

Claimed that legitimate investigations of his wrongdoing were witch hunts.

Seemed to demonstrate a belief that there were airports during the American Revolution.

Demanded total loyalty from the FBI director.

Praised a conspiracy theory that Democrats are Satanic pedophiles.

Completely gutted the Voice of America.

Placed a political hack in charge of the Postal Service.

Claimed without evidence that the Obama administration bugged Trump Tower.

Suggested that the US should allow more people from places like Norway into the country.

Suggested that COVID wasnt that bad because he recovered with the help of top government doctors and treatments not available to the public.

Overturned energy conservation standards that even industry supported.

Reduced the number of refugees the US accepts.

Insulted various members of Congress and the media with infantile nicknames.

Gave Rush Limbaugh a Presidential medal of Freedom at the State of the Union address.

Named as head of federal personnel a 29-year old whod previously been fired from the White House for allegations of financial improprieties.

Eliminated the White House office of pandemic response.

Used soldiers as campaign props.

Fired any advisor who made the mistake of disagreeing with him.

Demanded the Pentagon throw him a Soviet-style military parade.

Hired a shit ton of white nationalists.

Politicized the civil service.

Did absolutely nothing after Russia hacked the USA Government.

Falsely said the Boy Scouts called him to say his bizarre Jamboree speech was the best speech ever given to the Scouts.

Claimed that Black people would overrun the suburbs if Biden won.

Insulted reporters of color.

Insulted women reporters, insulted women reporters of color.

Suggested he was fine with Chinas oppression of the Uighurs.

Attacked the Supreme Court when it ruled against him.

Summoned Pennsylvania state legislative leaders to the White House, to pressure them to overturn the election.

Spent countless hours every day watching Fox News.

Refused to allow his administration to comply with Congressional subpoenas.

Hired Rudy Giuliani as his lawyer.

Tried to punish Amazon because the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post wrote negative stories about him.

Acted as if the Attorney General of the United States was his personal attorney.

Attempted to get the federal government to defend him in a libel lawsuit from a women who accused him of sexual assault.

Held private meetings with Vladimir Putin without staff present.

Didn't disclose his private meetings with Vladimir Putin so that the US had to find out via Russian media.

Stopped holding press briefings for months at a time.

Ordered US companies to leave China even though he has no such power.

Led a political party that couldn't even be bothered to draft a policy platform.

Claimed preposterously that Article II of the Constitution gave him absolute powers.

Tried to pressure the you. K. To hold the British Open at his golf course.

Suggested that the government nuke hurricanes.

Suggested that wind turbines cause cancer.

Said that he had a special aptitude for science.

Fired the head of election cyber security after he said that the 2020 election was secure.

Blurted out classified information to Russian officials.

Tried to force the G7 to hold their meeting at his failing golf resort in Florida.

Fired the acting attorney general when she refused to go along with his unconstitutional Muslim travel ban.

Hired Stephen Miller.

Openly discussed national security issues in the dining room at Mar-a-Lago where everyone could hear them.

Interfered with plans to relocate the FBI because a new development there might compete with his hotel.

Abandoned Iraqi refugees whod helped the USA During the war.

Tried to get Russia back into the G7.

Held a COVID super spreader event in the Rose Garden.

Seemed to believe that Frederick Douglass is still alive.

Lost 60 election fraud cases in court including before judges he had nominated.

Falsely claimed that factories were reopening when they werent.

Shamelessly exploited terror attacks in Europe to justify his anti-immigrant policies.

Still hasnt come up with a healthcare plan.

Still hasnt come up with an infrastructure plan despite repeated Infrastructure Weeks.

Forced Secret Service agents to drive him around Walter Reed while contagious with COVID.

Told the Proud Boys to stand back and stand by.

Screwed up the Census wording.

Withdrew the USA From the World Health Organization in the middle of a pandemic.

Did so few of his duties that his press staff were forced to state on his daily schedule: President Trump will work from early in the morning until late in the evening. He will make many calls and have many meetings.

Allowed his staff to repeatedly violate the Hatch Act.

Seemed not to know that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican.

Stood before sacred CIA wall of heroes and bragged about his election win.

Constantly claimed he was treated worse than any president, (which presumably includes four that were assassinated, and his predecessor whose legitimacy and birthplace were challenged by a racist reality TV show star named Donald Trump).

Claimed Andrew Jackson couldve stopped the Civil War even though he died 16 years before it happened.

Said that any opinion poll showing him behind was fake.

Claimed that other countries laughed at us before he became president when several world leaders were literally laughing at him.

Claimed that the military was out of ammunition before he became President.

Created a commission to whitewash American history.

Retweeted anti-Islam videos from one of the most racist people in Britain.

Claimed ludicrously that the Pulse nightclub shooting wouldn't have happened if someone there had a gun even though there was an armed security guard there.

Hired a senior staffer who cited the non-existent "Bowling Green Massacre" as a reason to ban Muslims.

Had a press secretary who claimed that Nazi Germany never used chemical weapons even though every sane human being knows they used gas to kill millions of Jews and others.

Bilked the Secret Service for higher than market rates when they had to stay at Trump properties.

Apparently sold pardons on his way out of the White House.

Stripped protective status from 59,000 Haitians.

Falsely claimed Biden wanted to de-fund the police.

Said that the head of the CDC didn't know what he was talking about.

Tried to rescind protection from DREAMers.

Gave himself an A+ for his handling of the pandemic.

Tried to start a boycott of Goodyear tires due to an Internet hoax.

Said USA Rates of COVID would be lower if you didn't count blue states.

Deported USA Veterans who served their country but were undocumented.

Claimed he did more for African Americans than any president since Lincoln.

Touted a super-duper secret hydrosonic missile, which may or may not be a new hypersonic missile, or may not exist at all.

Retweeted a gif calling Biden a pedophile.

Forced through security clearances for his family.

Suggested that police officers should rough up suspects.

Suggested that Biden was on performance-enhancing drugs.

Tried to stop transgender students from being able to use school bathrooms in line with their gender identification.

Suggested the US not accept COVID patients from a cruise ship because it would make US numbers look higher.

Nominated a climate change skeptic to chair the committee advising the White House on environmental policy.

Retweeted a video doctored to look like Biden had played a song called Fuck tha Police at a campaign event.

Hugged a disturbingly large number of USA Flags.

Accused Democrats of treason for not applauding his State of the Union address.

Claimed that the FBI failed to capture the Parkland school shooter.

Because they were spending too much time on Russia.

Mocked the testimony of Dr Christine Blasey Ford when she accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault.

Obsessed over low-flow toilets.

Ordered the re-release of more COVID vaccines when there werent any to release.

Called for the construction of a bizarre garden of heroes with statutes of famous dead Americans as well as at least one Canadian (Alex Trebek).

Hijacked Washingtons July 4th celebrations to give a partisan speech.

Took advice from the MyPillow guy.

Claimed that migrants seeking a better life in the US were dangerous caravans of drug dealers and rapists.

Said nothing when Vladimir Putin poisoned a leading opposition figure.

Never seemed to heed the advice of his wifes Be Best campaign.

Falsely claimed that mail-in voting is fraudulent, though he, (himself), votes by mail.

Announced a precipitous withdrawal of troops from Syria which not only handed Russia and ISIS a win but also prompted his defense secretary to resign in protest.

Insulted the leader of Canada.

Insulted the leader of France.

Insulted the leader of Britain.

Insulted the leader of Germany.

Insulted the leader of Sweden (Sweden!

Falsely claimed credit for getting NATO members to increase their share of dues.

Blew off two Asia summits even though they were held virtually.

Continued lying about spending lots of time at Ground Zero with 9/11 responders.

Said that the Japanese would sit back and watch their Sony televisions if the US were ever attacked.

Left a NATO summit early in a huff.

Stared directly into an eclipse even though everyone over the age of 5 knows not to do that.

Called himself a very stable genius despite significant evidence to the contrary.

Refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power and kept his promise.

And a whole bunch of other things I can't remember at the moment.

Yeah, Trump was close to the worst candidate Republicans could pick to run for president. Maybe George Santos would have been worse. But Democrats still couldn't beat him! Hillary should have, both because she won the popular vote by a decent margin and because she would have made a better president IMHO. (I didn't vote for her because the Libertarians were running the best presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan that year -- Gary Johnson.) In the mind of many Americans, including me, Harris and Biden were as bad a choice or worse than Trump.

[Tiny 12]

4. 'They Tariff Us, We Tariff Them'.

Trump also promoted one of his more controversial policiestariffs. The president said that reciprocal tariffs would kick in on April 2.

"Whatever they tariff us, we tariff them," Trump said. "Whatever they tax us, we tax them. That's reciprocal back and forth. If they do non-monetary tariffs to keep us out of their market, then we do non-monetary barriers to keep them out of our market. We will take in trillions of dollars and create jobs like we have never seen before. ".

"We've been ripped off for decades by nearly every country on Earth, and we will not let that happen any longer," the president said..

If that's what he were doing it would make sense Axel. But he's not.

If Trump's tariffs on the North American auto industry go into effect, S&P Global Mobility estimates North American auto production will decline 30%. And that doesn't include the effect of tariffs on steel and aluminum, which will make our auto manufacturers even less competitive.

The corporate tax cut and deregulation during Trump's last term were a great start towards Making American Manufacturing Competitive Again. He's going to wipe that out and make things worse than they were before he ever took office if he doesn't change course.

Here's a quote from his speech last night: "Tariffs are about making America rich again, and making America great again. ".

He's got that backwards. The rule of law, and comparative advantage (doing what what we do best in America) have played key roles in making America prosperous and competitive. Trump is doing his darnedest to flush that down the toilet.

Trump himself signed onto the USMCA trade agreement between the USA, Mexico and Canada, that went into effect on July 1, 2020. Companies made billions in investments in plants in the USA, Canada and Mexico, under the assumption that the parties to that agreement would honor it. Trump just tore it up, exhibiting the same shady ethics he did as a businessman. Rule of law is a common denominator for the most prosperous countries in the world. It's what makes people want to invest here. We don't want to blow that asunder.

The best jobs in the world have gravitated to the United States of America. We're leaders in many areas. Aerospace, tech, medical, etc. The unemployment rate is a measly 4. 1%. We do what we do best and are paid accordingly. If Mexico can provide low-skilled, lower paid labor for auto parts for example, then that helps both of us. Throwing away our competitive advantages and creating lots of new menial labor for Americans is a mistake.

The Canadians are pissed. And there's nothing worse than a pissed off Canadian. Some excerpts from a Bloomberg article today.

"Grocery stores are promoting homegrown produce to consumers as 85% of Canadians hunt for alternatives to US goods.

In Canadian grocery stores, US-grown produce is wilting on the shelves. Local executives are scouring wine lists over dinner to avoid ordering California pinot. And in Toronto, a 73-pound Great Pyrenees-Poodle mix named Izzy is no longer allowed to eat American dog food.

As US President Donald Trump has threatened tariffs, made 51st state jabs and referred to the country's prime minister as "Governor Trudeau," furious Canadian consumers have turned into vindictive shoppers: American-made products are out; everything else is in.

It's a significant shift for a country that purchases almost as much in US goods each year as the entire European Union a total of $349.4 billion in 2024, according to the US Department of Commerce. Canada has also been the largest source of foreign tourists to the US, according to the US Travel Association, with travelers spending $20.5 billion last year. Now, many are cancelling trips.

"It speaks to an awareness and an intention to vote with their wallets," said Shachi Kurl, president of the Angus Reid Institute. A survey of 3,310 Canadians by the Vancouver-based research firm last week found that 85% of people plan to replace US products with alternatives. Nearly half of respondents said they would change their travel plans to avoid the country.

Canadian airlines also have begun to scale back flights to the US in anticipation of falling demand.

"One thing we can do is not give our dollars to the United States right now," said Curtis Brown, principal at Winnipeg-based Probe Research, which found in a recent poll that more than six in 10 respondents are planning to avoid vacations to the US. Brown said his own daughter's school division recently cancelled field trips to the country.

"When I'm out in stores, every single person I meet, they want help and guidance on how to buy more Canadian products and we're really trying to do everything we can to help them," Per Bank added on a Feb. 20 earnings call.

At a competing Metro Inc. Grocery store in downtown Toronto last week, US-grown apples went largely untouched next to nearly empty racks offering Canadian options. Mexican bell peppers were nearly out of stock near an unloved pile of US counterparts, which had begun to soften and crack.

"Donald Trump has the ability to get people in other countries upset quite easily," said David Soberman, a strategic marketing professor at the University of Toronto, who expects a similar reaction from consumers in Europe and Asia. Companies with executives aligned with Trump, like Elon Musk's Tesla Inc. , could face a particularly sharp backlash.

Tesla sales plunged 45% last month across Europe as other EV makers saw a surge in demand. Chrystia Freeland, who's in the race to become Canada's next prime minister, has already floated the idea of applying a 100% tariff on the company's electric vehicles.

To stick to their principles, Canadians will have to make some sacrifices, not least on cost.

Citrus fruits will need to be flown in from South America rather than Florida. Some locally grown produce requires energy-intensive greenhouses through harsh Canadian winters. And the Angus Reid survey also found that 41% of respondents said they would stop using Amazon.com for e-commerce. Imported goods from Europe or Asia will have a much longer journey to get to the shops than products delivered by train or truck from the US.

Still, furious Canadians said it's worth the extra money. ".

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-threat-looms?

[Tiny 12]

I'm sorry but there's no Russian money in European banks.

The money belongs to Ukraine and that won't change no matter if the war ends or not.

Russia started this illegal war against Ukraine and they will Pay for it.

But good to know that you're a supporter of Putin's puppet in the White House, Putin and the other Russian war criminals.

You should be aware that Putin will be remembered in history as the Hitler of the 21th century, because What's going on now will very much be in the history books and the future school children will read about this.

There will be statues and streets named after Zelenskyj in every European capital. The school children will read about Zelenskyj in the history books and he will be remembered as a hero just like Winston Churchill.

For USA I do believe that there will be a lot of shame over how the American people could elect trump and how the (Republican) senators betrayed their own beliefs.

It increasingly looks like Trump's going to get the parties to negotiate a ceasefire, instead of continuing with a senseless war. Maybe President Trump will receive the Nobel Peace Prize!

President Putin is serving as an intermediary for negotiations between the USA and Iran, that may also bring peace to the Middle East. Perhaps Trump and Putin will jointly receive a Nobel! And now that Trump's talked some sense into him, Zelenskyy too! Wouldn't that be the cat's meow!

Can't wait to hear what Xpartan thinks about this!

[Elvis 2008]

The American Fuhrer's pettiness, could again cost hardworking taxpayers, as much as $1 billion, for GSA to rip out about 8,000 in electrical charging stations, at various gov't locations throughout the country.

Reversal of EV program could carry a hefty price tag
https://www.eenews.net/articles/trum...fty-price-tag/

Many of those 8,000 in electrical chargers, are actually generating revenue for the gov't, will be also be ripped out. So where the fuck is the DOGE, so called "efficiency" in that?

DOGE would save more money if it simply concentrated on your Fuhrer's "pettiness" and the billionaire private equity, robber barons, that continue to gut the country and drive it into to ruin.

PS: BTW, how very solar-panel "Reaganesque" of your American Fuhrer!

What did I say Spidy the amazing Binary man? You take any fact and look to bash MAGA and Trump over the head, and this one you have not dug into more.

First off, even the Washington Post has called out what a shitty program the EV charging plan was. https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-G...-Stations.html.

When people gripe about paying taxes and the government being the absolute worst possible capital allocator, this is what they are talking about: $7. 5 billion in investments for electric vehicles has. In two years produced just 7 charging stations across four states.

Today, there's seven chargers with a total of just 38 parking spots. And, come on: when the Post is calling it out, you know the results have been horrible.

The USA Has nearly 10,000 fast charging stations, including over 2,000 reliable Tesla Superchargers, but non-Tesla chargers often suffer from poor performance.

End of link. I do not get how Dems can love EVs and hate Musk, but then making sense has never been a Democratic strong point.

Of course, maybe one reason you rip stuff out is because it does not work and / or needs to be repaired: EV chargers are so bad, the USA Government is spending $150 million to fix them. https://bgr.com/lifestyle/ev-charger...n-to-fix-them/.

Or maybe another reason is the standard they use is out dated: Take Rivian, for example. While the company is building out its own charging network and plans to change over to Tesla's North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector, starting with models built in 2025, the R1 T and R1's still come packed with the CCS charger and rely on third-party chargers to get around and there lies the problem.

Just recently, a Tesla Cybertruck was spotted giving some emergency charge to a Rivian R1's at a Tesla Supercharger station.

Now if you think that is the funniest political statement, Musk and Tesla coming to the rescue of some stranded Dem, you would be wrong. It gets better.

https://www.theautopian.com/u-s-ener...ture-problems/

That's why I have no issues with calling shenanigans on something that happened during Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm's recent EV road trip. So Granholm wants to show how great EVs are and they decided to do a 9 hour drive from Charlotte to Memphis.

But between stops, Granholm's entourage at times had to grapple with the limitations of the present. Like when her caravan of EVs including a luxury Cadillac Lyriq, a hefty Ford F-150 and an affordable Bolt electric utility vehicle was planning to fast-charge in Grovetown, a suburb of Augusta, Georgia.

Her advance team realized there weren't going to be enough plugs to go around. One of the station's four chargers was broken, and others were occupied. So an Energy Department staffer tried parking a nonelectric vehicle by one of those working chargers to reserve a spot for the approaching secretary of energy.

In politics, the job of the "advance team" is to clear any such obstacles for the VIP in question. But I think we'd all agree this is a shitty move. In doing so, you are blocking some driver who needs to get electrons and if they're doing it at a fast charger, they have somewhere to be, vs. The folks who can slow-charge when they're shopping or seeing a movie or something. And that's exactly what happened, according to NPR.

In fact, a family that was boxed out on a sweltering day, with a baby in the vehicle was so upset they decided to get the authorities involved: They called the police.

The sheriff's office couldn't do anything. It's not illegal for a non-EV to claim a charging spot in Georgia. Energy Department staff scrambled to smooth over the situation, including sending other vehicles to slower chargers, until both the frustrated family and the secretary had room to charge.

End of link. Yeah, that is great convincing people to buy EVs, overheated babies! You cannot make this shit up! And wait, why did they have a gasoline car leading the way? Because it is more reliable?

Back to link, As pro-EV as I am, I don't think sugar-coating the situation is helping anything here; our charging situation sucks, period. My recent road trip from New York to Martha's Vineyard in a BMW iX worked out mainly because that car has a nearly 400-mile range; every fast charger we encountered, every single one, was either broken or running at partial speeds.

At least Granholm's being realistic about the challenges here. And as that story notes, they never got stranded, a risk that many early EV adopters had.

End of link. Never got stranded? That is what EV owners brag about? And the problem with EVs is Elon Musk and DOGE? It looks like Musk is the solution.

It seems like the government should get the hell out of the way and let Tesla and other auto makers solve this issue.

I am just kind of curious, Spidy the Amazing Binary man, you really do not have any real-world experience with EVs, do you?

[ShooBree]

If winning means that fewer people are dying, Americans are not going to have send boat loads of arms and money to Ukraine, and Europe is not going to be steal the $250 billion of Russian assets parked in European banks, then we are.

Boris Johnson punked the first set of cease fire talks, and Keir Stamer tried to do it a second time. The British scum do not care how many people die. They want and need that money. If the war went on, the European bankers could have went forward with some kind of war crime type crap and stolen that money using some USAID type dispensing system.

When Stamer said the UK was going to put boots on the ground, someone checked the UK military and learned that they have 25 working tanks. The French have like 125, and Russia has 2,000 or so. Do you think these countries would have had so few tanks if they really thought Russia was a threat? The war was always a racket.

The lucrative war on Covid took 3 years to end and now the same goes for Ukraine. I wonder what costly, pointless, and never winnable war is coming next. I nominate the war on fentanyl.

I'm sorry but there's no Russian money in European banks.

The money belongs to Ukraine and that won't change no matter if the war ends or not.

Russia started this illegal war against Ukraine and they will Pay for it.

But good to know that you're a supporter of Putin's puppet in the White House, Putin and the other Russian war criminals.

You should be aware that Putin will be remembered in history as the Hitler of the 21th century, because What's going on now will very much be in the history books and the future school children will read about this.

There will be statues and streets named after Zelenskyj in every European capital. The school children will read about Zelenskyj in the history books and he will be remembered as a hero just like Winston Churchill.

For USA I do believe that there will be a lot of shame over how the American people could elect trump and how the (Republican) senators betrayed their own beliefs.

[EihTooms]

Nice final month for Joe's Envy of the World Economy.

Crap 1st full month of Trump's Pandemic, Part 2:

Private employers added just 77,000 jobs in February, far below expectations.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/05/adp-...ndroidappshare

Private sector job creation slowed to a crawl in February, fueling concerns of an economic slowdown, payrolls processing firm ADP reported Wednesday.

Companies added just 77,000 new workers for the month, well off the upwardly revised 186,000 in January and below the 148,000 Dow Jones consensus estimate, according to seasonally adjusted figures from ADP.

The total was the smallest increase since July and comes at a time when worries are rising that economic growth is slowing and worries brew that President Donald Trumps tariff plans will spark another round of inflation. ADP said annual pay rose 4.7% in February, the same as the prior month.

Stock market futures lost some of their gains following the release while Treasury yields were mixed.

"Policy uncertainty and a slowdown in consumer spending might have led to layoffs or a slowdown in hiring last month, said ADPs chief economist, Nela Richardson. Our data, combined with other recent indicators, suggests a hiring hesitancy among employers as they assess the economic climate ahead.

Though most economic data points remain positive, sentiment indicators have shown rising fears among both business executives and consumers that the Trump tariffs could raise prices and slow growth. In the extreme scenario, the combination could cause stagflation, a condition of flat or negative growth and rising prices.

Hate to break it to the "America's Golden Era" suckers, but even if and when Trump buckles and pulls his punches on those Trump Tariffs Taxes on the American Consumer, the ongoing sense of uncertainty and worry that a chaotic, incompetent, hopelessly stupid, cognitively impaired, pathological Liar capable of and downright determined to pull any and every American economy-destroying stunt is at the helm will likely never be shaken over the next four years.

[EihTooms]

You are damn right we are winning. America is winning! Thank your lucky stars on that even if you can't comprehend it. 555! But last night Trump wiped the floor with left wing senators who really have nothing to say except "we hate Trump. " It was really something to behold! Here are the main points from last night's beatdown:

"1. 'Restore Common Sense'.

"Common sense has become a common theme, and we will never go back," Trump said.

Shortly after Rep. Al Green, the-Texas, was removed for heckling, Trump touted his early presidential actions.

"Over the past six weeks, I have signed nearly 100 executive orders and taken more than 400 executive actions to restore common sense, safety, optimism, and wealth all across our wonderful land," the president said. "The people elected me to do the job, and I am doing it. In fact, it has been stated by many that the first month of our presidency is the most successful in the history of our nation..

LOL. So he could cure some horrible disease and no Dem would applaud him for it?

Since when has he ever tried to cure any disease rather than defunding the means to prevent the spread of deadly diseases, a 2019/2020 Trump accomplishment he is determined to repeat this very minute?

How about he and President Chainsaw Musk not defund and cut staff for the kind of toxic chemical regulation enforcement and juvenile cancer research that is likely to create more child brain cancer patients like that poor kid he exploited as one of his human "props"?

And now that he has designated him an honorary secret service cop, the kid and his parents better hope he isn't assigned to a January 6 Vote Certification event the next time a Repub loses a presidential. Election.

If Trump at least added Trillions more to the deficit and this time his Repub economic "stimulus" legislation didn't create one million fewer jobs with it than without it I am sure a Dem or two could conjure up a one-handed clap for him if he really craves it so much.

But everyone with at brain knows that is never going to happen.

[Spidy]

The American Fuhrer's pettiness, could again cost hardworking taxpayers, as much as $1 billion, for GSA to rip out about 8,000 in electrical charging stations, at various gov't locations throughout the country.

Reversal of EV program could carry a hefty price tag
https://www.eenews.net/articles/trum...fty-price-tag/

Many of those 8,000 in electrical chargers, are actually generating revenue for the gov't, will be also be ripped out. So where the fuck is the DOGE, so called "efficiency" in that?

DOGE would save more money if it simply concentrated on your Fuhrer's "pettiness" and the billionaire private equity, robber barons, that continue to gut the country and drive it into to ruin.

Kinda makes the strategic subsides on windmills all worth it!

PS: BTW, how very solar-panel "Reaganesque" of your American Fuhrer! (...kkkk!)

[Axel Heyst]

Let's face it: we're living in a country steadily slipping into fascism, and the silence from the opposition is deafening.

I want to be wrong, but it seems the fuckers are winning.

You are damn right we are winning. America is winning! Thank your lucky stars on that even if you can't comprehend it. 555! But last night Trump wiped the floor with left wing senators who really have nothing to say except "we hate Trump. " It was really something to behold! Here are the main points from last night's beatdown:

"1. 'Restore Common Sense'.

"Common sense has become a common theme, and we will never go back," Trump said.

Shortly after Rep. Al Green, the-Texas, was removed for heckling, Trump touted his early presidential actions.

"Over the past six weeks, I have signed nearly 100 executive orders and taken more than 400 executive actions to restore common sense, safety, optimism, and wealth all across our wonderful land," the president said. "The people elected me to do the job, and I am doing it. In fact, it has been stated by many that the first month of our presidency is the most successful in the history of our nation. ".

Trump referenced his executive orders defining only two sexes male and female and removing men from women's sports.

Trump honored 19-year-old Payton McNabb, who sustained a concussion and brain bleeding after a male spiked a volleyball at her head when she was a senior in high school.

"From now on, schools will kick the males off the girls team, or they will lose all federal funding," he said.

(It was amazing to see the Democrat "female" politicians dressed in pink protesting this a day after they voted in lock unison to prevent men from participating in women's sports.).

2. 'Nothing I Can Do'.

After boos and heckles, Trump seemed to go off script to voice frustration with Democrats.

"I look at the Democrats in front of me, and I realize there's absolutely nothing I can say or do to make them happy or to make them stand and smile, or applaud," Trump said. "Nothing I can do. ".

"I could find a cure to the most devastating disease, a disease that would wipe out an entire nation, or announce the answer to the greatest economy in history, or the stoppage of crime to the lowest levels ever recorded, and these people will not clap, will not stand, and certainly will not cheer," Trump said. "Five times I've been up here. It's very sad and it just shouldn't be that way. ".

He invited Democrats to join the celebration.

"Why not join us in celebrating so many incredible wins for America? For the good of our nation, let's work together and truly make America great again," Trump said to boisterous reaction from Republicans and dour reaction from Democrats.

3. 'Restore True Democracy'.

Democrats spent much of the 2024 election cycle claiming that Trump was a threat to democracy, even claiming democracy was on the ballot.

Trump subsequently tackled the federal bureaucracy, which the president and many others contend undermines the prerogatives of elected officials.

"My administration will reclaim power from this unaccountable bureaucracy, and we will restore true democracy to America again," Trump said.

Trump signed an "Schedule F" executive order that makes it easier to fire bureaucrats involved in policy matters who would normally have civil service protection from being fired. The Department of Government Efficiency has also targeted bureaucratic waste.

"Any federal bureaucrat who resists this change will be removed from office immediately because we are draining the swamp. It's very simple. And the days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over," the president added. "My administration will reclaim power from this unaccountable bureaucracy, and we will restore true democracy to America again. ".

4. 'They Tariff Us, We Tariff Them'.

Trump also promoted one of his more controversial policiestariffs. The president said that reciprocal tariffs would kick in on April 2.

"Whatever they tariff us, we tariff them," Trump said. "Whatever they tax us, we tax them. That's reciprocal back and forth. If they do non-monetary tariffs to keep us out of their market, then we do non-monetary barriers to keep them out of our market. We will take in trillions of dollars and create jobs like we have never seen before. ".

"We've been ripped off for decades by nearly every country on Earth, and we will not let that happen any longer," the president said.

5. 'Gigantic Natural Gas Pipeline'.

The president said he has reversed the Biden administration's energy policies.

On his first day in office he declared a national energy emergency.

"I terminated the ridiculous Green New Scam. I withdrew from the unfair Paris climate accord, which was costing us trillions of dollars," Trump said.

He added, "We ended all of Biden's environmental restrictions that were making our country far less safe and totally unaffordable. ".

During the address he again vowed to "drill, baby, drill" to Republican applause. Trump, who has long pushed for energy independence, made a significant announcement.

"My administration is also working on a gigantic natural gas pipeline in Alaska, among the largest in the world, where Japan, South Korea, and other nations want to be our partnerwith trillions of dollars being spent by them. It will truly be spectacular," Trump said.

Trump will also move on energy policy this week.

"Later this week, I will also take historic action to dramatically expand production of critical minerals and rare earths here in USA," Trump said.

6. Trump Honors Laken Riley.

Trump gave a standing ovation to the family of Laken Riley, the 22-year-old girl who was violently murdered by an illegal alien in February 2024.

"America will never ever forget our beautiful Laken Hope Riley!" the president said.

Trump highlighted that the first bill he signed as the 47th president of the United States was the Laken Riley Act, which "mandates the detention of all dangerous criminal aliens who threaten public safety. ".

Riley is one of numerous American citizens who had been murdered by illegal aliens during the Biden administration.

7. 'End the Savage Conflict'.

Just days after the dramatic Oval Office confrontation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump again stressed his goal for peace in the Russia-Ukraine war. He said it was "time to stop the madness. ".

Trump read a letter from Zelensky agreeing to the mineral deal.

"Earlier today, I received an important letter from President Zelenskyy of Ukraine," Trump said. "The letter reads that Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiation table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace. ".

Trump added, "Simultaneously, we've had serious discussions with Russia and have received strong signals they are ready for peace.

"Regarding the agreement on minerals and security, Ukraine is ready to sign it at any time that is convenient for you," Trump said. "My team and I stand ready to work under President Trump's strong leadership to get a peace that lasts. We do really value how much America has done to help Ukraine. ".

He added, "If you want to end wars, you got to talk to both sides. ".

"I am also working tirelessly to end the savage conflict in Ukraine. Millions of Ukrainians and Russians have been needlessly killed or wounded in this horrific and brutal conflict, with no end in sight. The United States has sent hundreds of billions of dollars to support Ukraine's defense. Meanwhile, Europe has sadly spent more money buying Russian oil and gas than they have spent on defending Ukraineby far! And Biden has authorized more money in this fight than Europe has spent. ".

8. 'A Terrible Lie': Trump Stands Against Child Sex Changes.

Trump touted his executive order "cutting off all taxpayer funding to any institution that engages in the sexual mutilation of our youth. ".

He highlighted the story of January Littlejohn, a mom who saved her 13-year-old daughter from transgender ideology.

He called on lawmakers to pass a bill "banning and criminalizing sex changes on children and forever ending the lie that any child is trapped in the wrong body. ".

"Our message to every child in America is that you are perfect exactly the way God made you," the president said.

Trump declared "wokeness" as "gone" from American schools, the military, and more.

"Our service members won't be activists and ideologues," he said. "They will be fighters and warriors. ".

9. 'Combating Inflation' by Ending 'Waste, Fraud, and Abuse'.

Trump said he inherited "an economic catastrophe" and "inflation nightmare" from the Biden administration.

To combat inflation, he said he would be reducing the cost of energy and ending "waste, fraud, and abuse" of taxpayer dollars.

He said his new Department of Government Efficiency has estimated annual fraud of more than $500 billion, shouting out DOGE head Elon Musk.

He said those "who resist this change will be removed from office immediately because we are draining the swamp. It's very simple, and the days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over. ".

10. Dems Sit as Young Cancer Patient Honored.

Trump honored 13-year-old cancer patient DJ Daniel whose dream is to become a police officer.

The president made him a Secret Service agent, yet Democrats did not rise to clap.

Trump described DJ as someone who "has always loved our police. ".

Trump highlighted efforts of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy to reduce childhood cancer rates. ".

[Sirioja]

Interesting to understand how the fool Musk is so fake with so fake stories, so many lies, when he received about 40 billions of public help. With bullshiting liar senile Trump, no brained USA are led by really crazies.

[EihTooms]

Trump keeps telling us his agreement to release 5,000 murderous anti-American jihadists to resume their fight against our military in his unconditional surrender to the Taliban in Afghanistan, which led directly to the one and only attack on our troops during the otherwise historically least deadly withdrawal of the losing side from an occupied country as "The most humiliating moment in American history and the reason Putin invaded Ukraine. ".

I think it is time to finally admit he got something right.

Suspect in Kabul Airport Bombing During Afghanistan Pullout Is Caught and Heading to US, Trump Says.
March 4, 2025

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics...-us-trump-says

A review last year by U.S. Central Command concluded that the suicide bombing was not preventable. The U.S. military has previously identified the bomber as Abdul Rahman al-Logari, an Islamic State militant who had been in an Afghan prison but was released by the Taliban as the group took control of the country that summer.

Taliban talks: US peace envoy 'not happy about' release of prisoners.
September 15, 2020

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54155768

The release of 5,000 prisoners was a condition, agreed between the US and the Taliban after their peace talks last year, to begin these negotiations.

The Afghan government was not involved in making the agreement, and had concerns about releasing thousands of militants. Last month, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani warned that the prisoners' release was a "danger" to the world, AFP news agency reported at the time.

Uh. That would be between so-called president Donald J. Trump and the Taliban.

[Sirioja]

Enjoy MAGA payback for robbing our nation of Our Lord and Savior by rigging 2020.

And allowing Scumbag Joe to flood our nation with 20 million more illegal aliens.

Paybacks are a MOTHERFUCKER.

I am your warrior, I am your justice. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution. I am your retribution. I will totally obliterate the deep state.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...residency.html

GOD IS GREAT!!

When USA are puritan, porn land with Trump used to prostitutes, reason why Putin hold now his balls, best porn 2025 is the world seeing Trump sucking swallowing Putin and both fucking poor Ukrainians. In Europe, Teslas are now burned, sales are divided by 2 and many will boycott USA products, same like I do with chinese, because same shameful governments, the rich USA robbering the poor Ukrainians. No MAGA, but just shame in front of the whole world, with only criminal Putin and Netanyahou for friends, when most others hate your senile schizophrene Trump / Vance / facist fool Musk and know we can t trust now USA under Trump. Funny, Vance was insulted in Vermont: go to ski in Russia, meaning to suck Putin. USA are just porn actress sucking Putin, more than MAGA, but chickens robbers.