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I’m not aware anyone was blaming him for those things you mentioned.

Edit: I see another site mention that people are blaming Trump. Well, yeah, that’s obviously stupid. 

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None of this should be surprising.  Trump is doing exactly what he'd said he would...and Elon Musk helped so he is getting favors. While this scares me, it doesn't surprise me.  I just hope he cannot end democracy as we know it before he is due to leave in 2028.

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4 hours ago, Beekeeper said:

None of this should be surprising.  Trump is doing exactly what he'd said he would...and Elon Musk helped so he is getting favors. While this scares me, it doesn't surprise me.  I just hope he cannot end democracy as we know it before he is due to leave in 2028.

Very true. He said what he was going to do and America said, “Well okay, do it.”

Someone once said, “Elections have consequences.” Well, we get to see what the consequences are for the next four years.

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Conversation overheard at work.."I can't believe he was actually elected.  I am scared."

"You should be.  Hitler was elected and did exactly what he said he would, too."

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its only two-weeks in, i'm willing to take a wait and see approach. likely, these tariffs are an opening bid, Trump is likely betting that( especially since he has no worry of another term) that "We" can wait the other countries and once they blink, there's room for getting illegal migration under control, same as with the Panama canal. i don't think he really wants it back, but it gets Panama thinking about cooperation a bit more seriously( though technically with two chinese firms managing sections within the canal system, there IS a technical breach of the treaty). 

What id like to see is that in addition to these tariffs, a way of preventing or forbidding any companies from passing the costs on to consumers, particularly just to maintain their share-values.

it has been tiresome being the World's police, scape-goat, bank, etc while some other Nations, in some cases literally, get away with murder...China could give two cold dogshits about climate, fair-trade, or ripping off tech worldwide. They then turn around and undercut world economies because of the above points as well as heavy subsidies from the government, as well as dirt cheap labor. add in the amount of money the US bleeds annually to the UN, NATO, WHO, etc. and generally, instead of any real ROI these entities and Nations keep wanting more, further add in the grift here at home from politicians, lobby groups etc and its a wonder there hasn't been an armed uprising to date.

Whether Trump can fix any of this is seriously doubtful, but i think he got elected and some lee-way because at least it isn't more of the same we've seen these last 3 or 4 decades. I hope this DOGE endeavor brings to light the domestic waste( any findings should be made public sans redactions), that the federal workforce IS reduced safely, that the billions/trillions tossed around globally is reduces and accounted for, that our borders are taken more seriously....but with that hope comes a short leash and for what its worth, a watchful eye

 

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Hitler was not elected. 

He ran for President in 1932 and lost. In 1933, he was appointed as Chancellor by the elected President (guy he lost to).

https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/the-nazi-rise-to-power/the-nazi-rise-to-power/elections/

 

Edit to add: When I was in school, we learned about various Parliamentary form of government around 9-10th grades, many of which still exist.

So we were familiar with the concept of quasi-democratic Executive heads of state (Prime ministers, Premiers, Chancellors, etc) when we later studied WWII and the Holocaust.

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U.S. stocks sank at the open on Monday, as the nation braces for a new phase of a global trade war based on tariffs.

The Dow fell over 1%, or 500 points. The tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped 2% and the broader S&P 500 index fell 1%.

Some of the biggest losers this morning were stocks of American automakers: Ford lost 3%, GM 5% and Tesla 4%. Automakers run a complex supply chain web between the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Many also manufacture cars in Mexico or Canada before exporting them to the U.S.

 

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18 hours ago, Adam said:

likely, these tariffs are an opening bid, Trump is likely betting that( especially since he has no worry of another term) that "We" can wait the other countries and once they blink, there's room for getting illegal migration under control,

✔️ Check!

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to send 10,000 members of her country’s national guard to the border to address drug trafficking.

 

18 hours ago, Adam said:

same as with the Panama canal. i don't think he really wants it back, but it gets Panama thinking about cooperation a bit more seriously( though technically with two chinese firms managing sections within the canal system, there IS a technical breach of the treaty). 

✔️ Check!

Rubio hails Panama's move to exit Chinese infrastructure plan

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After talks with Rubio, Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino said his country's broad agreement to contribute to the Chinese initiative will not be renewed, and could be terminated early. He said the deal was set to expire in two to three years, but did not elaborate.

 

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"The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too," Trump told reporters. "We'll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site."
 
"If it's necessary, we'll do that, we're going to take over that piece, we're going to develop it, create thousands and thousands of jobs, and it'll be something that the entire Middle East can be very proud of," Trump added.
 

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9 hours ago, Andy said:

The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too," Trump told reporters. "We'll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site."

When I  heard this on the news this morning my first thought was no way.  I looked at Hubby and told him I thought Trump was looking to get someone’s attention.  Then it was reported the World was in an uproar.  France, Saudia Arabia and other countries are all saying NO to that idea.  I think these countries will do what’s necessary to prevent Trump from doing what he said and take over the Gaza Strip, they’ll now get involved more than they have been.  Hopefully, a solution can be found with the World’s help.

Perhaps Trump is playing chess while the world wants to continue playing checkers.

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1 hour ago, Ann said:

Perhaps Trump is playing chess while the world wants to continue playing checkers

Or maybe he's a goddamned idiot whose mouth is going to cause more trouble than we need sometime over the next four years. 

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is pulling almost all U.S. Agency for International Development workers off the job and out of the field worldwide, moving to all but end a six-decade mission to shore up American security by fighting starvation, funding education and working to end epidemics.

The administration notified USAID workers in emails and a notice posted online, the latest in a sudden dismantling of the aid agency by returning political appointees from President Donald Trump’s first term and billionaire Elon Musk’s government-efficiency teams who call much of the spending on programs overseas wasteful.

The order takes effect just before midnight Friday and gives direct hires of the agency overseas — many of whom have been frantically packing up households in expectation of the announcement — 30 days to return home unless they are deemed essential. Contractors not determined to be essential also would be fired, the notice said.

 

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Pam Bondi as U.S. attorney general Tuesday evening, putting a longtime ally of Donald Trump at the helm of a Justice Department that has already been rattled by the firings of career employees seen as disloyal to the Republican president.

The vote fell almost entirely along party lines, with only Sen. John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, joining with all Republicans to pass her confirmation 54-46.

 

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20 hours ago, Andy said:
The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too," Trump told reporters. "We'll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site."

I played it back twice because I couldn't believe how Netanyahu kept a straight face. Just barely raised an eyebrow. 

Would not want to play poker with Bibi!  LOL 

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53 minutes ago, MsKreed said:

I played it back twice because I couldn't believe how Netanyahu kept a straight face. Just barely raised an eyebrow. 

Would not want to play poker with Bibi!  LOL 

hell he was likely barely containing his salivation response: palestine no more, the people gone, the mess cleaned up and ordinance cleared without spending a dime/soldier and just who does anyone think would profit most from all that cleared real estate

on this one, i dont believe there is any chess/checkers or even tic tac toe. to have pondered something as he said out loud in front of cameras  would be slightly crazy behind closed doors, but on the world stage? that just begs a response from one extremist group or another, let alone OPEC responding to halving their oil output....not to mention to even think to involve our military in such matters is unconscionable.

IF getting other countries to get involved, he/we would have been better served to simply say: the Arab countries dont/wont take in Palestinians and want a two state solution, then put THEIR money where their mouths are, clean it up, rebuild it...otherwise every Palestinian child or civilian that is killed by israeli actions are equally the responsibility of those "brother nations" that refuse  

 

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45 minutes ago, Adam said:

hell he was likely barely containing his salivation response: palestine no more, the people gone, the mess cleaned up and ordinance cleared without spending a dime/soldier and just who does anyone think would profit most from all that cleared real estate

And America would pay for the whole thing?!? Bibi  would jump at the chance.

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Jared Kusher will be there to build the condomiums on the ocean like he promised when he worked in the last administration.  Sigh..The world may never trust USA again.

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On 2/5/2025 at 6:58 PM, Chris said:

And America would pay for the whole thing?!? Bibi  would jump at the chance.

No...people coming to stay in the luxury condos will all pay a tax that will come back to USA...and we'll have it paid off and a profit going back to the USA in just a few years...That's the idea that scares me. I am hoping the idea works as well as his Let's Build a Wall and Mexico will pay for it last time.  That never happened so maybe we're safe here.

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Tulsi Gabbard has been confirmed. They’re voting on RFK Jr. tomorrow.

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