[Pentland]

You’d think Trump would learn from things like Brexit.

[T.R.S.]

Originally Posted by Pentland

You’d think Trump would learn from things like Brexit.

Impossible. He already knows everything. Also, he has absolutely no impulse control. He's all "react, don't think" (though I don't think thinking really works with him so we're f*cked either way).

[Pentland]

Originally Posted by T.R.S.

Impossible. He already knows everything. Also, he has absolutely no impulse control. He's all "react, don't think" (though I don't think thinking really works with him so we're f*cked either way).

Trump is a poor man's idea of a rich man, a weak man's idea of a strong man, and a stupid man's idea of a smart man.

[Baldilocks73]

Originally Posted by Pentland

Trump is a poor man's idea of a rich man, a weak man's idea of a strong man, and a stupid man's idea of a smart man.

Bless your heart.

I’m thrilled he’s back in office. The last four years have been disastrous.

[T.R.S.]

Originally Posted by Baldilocks73

Bless your heart.

I’m thrilled he’s back in office. The last four years have been disastrous.

"No, bend over more and spread those cheeks even wider; I swear you're really going to like it, just trust me!"

[Baldilocks73]

Originally Posted by T.R.S.

"No, bend over more and spread those cheeks even wider; I swear you're really going to like it, just trust me!"

Sounds like you’ve used that pickup line on a few guys before.

Added to ignore list.

[T.R.S.]

Originally Posted by Baldilocks73

Sounds like you’ve used that pickup line on a few guys before.

Added to ignore list.

Yeah, and I actually got you to believe it. You can try to ignore it, but it won't make it go away.

[Pentland]

Originally Posted by Baldilocks73

Bless your heart.

I’m thrilled he’s back in office. The last four years have been disastrous.

That’s like saying Bubonic plague is preferable to Ebola.
Trump is a liability to the globe but I wouldn’t expect his followers to consider that.

[kudos]

People should look at the bigger picture and ask what caused the majority of voters to choose the way they did. Simply complaining about the outcome and name calling won't fix the overall problem that got us to where we are today.

[MPR]

Originally Posted by Baldilocks73

Bless your heart.

I’m thrilled he’s back in office. The last four years have been disastrous.

Originally Posted by kudos

People should look at the bigger picture and ask what caused the majority of voters to choose the way they did. Simply complaining about the outcome and name calling won't fix the overall problem that got us to where we are today.

You can’t convince them to accept it, it doesn’t work

[M2M3M3]

Originally Posted by kudos

People should look at the bigger picture and ask what caused the majority of voters to choose the way they did. Simply complaining about the outcome and name calling won't fix the overall problem that got us to where we are today.

For clarity, the majority did not choose this path. About 35% did. The other 65% either chose the other path or failed to choose. The current path was not a clear mandate or landslide. We have a minority driving the country.
But the why is a good question.

[Pentland]

Originally Posted by M2M3M3

For clarity, the majority did not choose this path. About 35% did. The other 65% either chose the other path or failed to choose. The current path was not a clear mandate or landslide. We have a minority driving the country.
But the why is a good question.

TBF it’s similar in the Uk. The British public were so intent on getting the incumbent out, they didn’t consider the damage the successor would cause. Similarly, of the 60% turnout, only about 1/3rd voted labour.

[kudos]

Originally Posted by M2M3M3

For clarity, the majority did not choose this path. About 35% did. The other 65% either chose the other path or failed to choose. The current path was not a clear mandate or landslide. We have a minority driving the country.
But the why is a good question.

Well a group of people failing to even bother to choose have no say in the discussion since they chose to ignore their civic duty in the first place. No matter what side someone voted for this time, I'd like to believe in 4 years we will all have better choices than the last few elections.

[mks]

In an increasingly real way, Trump has incanted and invoked, out of his seething cauldron of cruelty and contempt, the darkly fictitious version of America he used to get elected to abhorrent life. His multiple contentions that (“most beautiful”) tariffs could be used 1) as a protectionist measures for US-owned industry, 2) as a means to replace revenue generated by taxes, and 3) as an instrument of national power (among those conceptualized under DIME-FIL) has been thoroughly debunked by economists and demonstrably disproved throughout the history of their employment. However, coming from a man who once recommend bleach to the American public as an elixir for COVID, fetishizes Arnold Palmer’s penis, Putin and “little rocket man,” blathers on inanely about toilets and windmills, and is disconcertingly at ease mocking the disabled, women, and war veterans, no one legitimately wonders at Trump’s “cognitive” capacity never mind his selfless love of humanity in general.

However, I’ll admit, despite the facts, meaningfully contextualized as they are, I may have been looking at this all wrong.

Yes, I suppose I could concede a bit and be willing to alter my perspective.

How’s this…

Given the sundry list of his of impairments, one can indisputably conclude that Trump may be the most exemplary DEI hire we’ve ever had in the White House.

I’ve already commented in this forum extensively about the nature, history, and current use of tariffs. Here is a partial list of sources for review.

PIIE: https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-...mps-trade-deal
PIIE: https://www.piie.com/search?search_api_fulltext=Tariffs
CFR: https://www.cfr.org/blog/92-percent-...-angry-farmers
CRS: https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11030
TF: https://taxfoundation.org/blog/tarif...e-food-prices/
TF: https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/tariffs/
TF: https://taxfoundation.org/research/a...ffs-trade-war/
EWG: https://farm.ewg.org/
EWG: https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps...der-trump/map/ (Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage Map)
WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/ch...ugher-8e9e3e21
Atlantic Council: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blog...ect-this-time/
BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-43512098
CATO: https://www.cato.org/publications/pr...934#conclusion