Trump has never seen war, he was a draft dodger.
Trump has never seen war, he was a draft dodger.
Is it just irony that the person (man) who holds the office of President of the United States may wear more makeup than many trans people.
There was a video/hot mic moment where he stated that he wanted his people to be subservient similar to those of Putin or Kim. It was around a month or so back... not sure when it was actually shot.
On the plus side, there will probably be jobs for techs that code in Go when/if this goes through (post transfer of assets). Former insider perspective...
Small steps towards moving the United States democracy experiment to fascism. He wants to be like Putin, Kim (family name first in Korean?), Rouhani, Al-Bashir, etc. Yes, he is also painfully stupid...
He is a whiney little bitch, isn't he! And a dude in full makeup...
Um... don't say bad things about Trump (on TV), you will hurt his feelings and he is a vengeful loser. Mostly just a loser, but...
He used to do this when he was just a wealthy (inherited wealth, mostly) loser in NYC, would call reporters and use fake names/aliases to get on the Forbes list. Today it doesn't take a lot of effort to invalidate his claims (look shit up).
That's debatable, I would say the percentage is higher...
Grandpa is rambling again, maybe it's time for his meds...
National Fascist Party leader Benito Mussolini was identified by Fascists as Il Duce ('The Leader') of the movement since the birth of the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento in 1919. Given the way Trump demonstrably leans, should he have an equivalent name... perhaps: ill douche.
For your entertainment, we have a growing list of banned words (that can't be used in Government documents) gratis the Trump Administration. Originally published on March 21, 2025 bit.ly/4pqH1id
Trumps father was a draft dodger in WW2 (as was Trump during the Vietnam draft). Anyone who has family member who served on the side of the Allies in that period in the European theater would have been anti fascist, also. Historic context, we know who Trump would have allied with in WW2.
I wonder if you ran a poll (or just put the question out) on X as per MAGA Christians and Trump over Jesus what sort of results would one expect on there? Would people in the U.S. who subscribe to both MAGA and Christianity (or related) prioritize Trump over the biblical character?
I have to wonder, can the people proposing (similar with the SAVE Act) even pass the test we give people who are applying for citizenship? Voting is at the local level (city, county, state) and we elect representatives (for House and Senate) to vote on federal issues. RealID already exists.
I have to wonder how many factories (that could or are employing American workers) affiliated with South Korean companies are (or will be) impacted by Georgia candidate Tori Branum inciting a ICE raid on a Hyundai plant that was not yet operational (currently suspended). How many jobs/positions?
I have now seen 2 videos of the shooting of Charlie Kirk (front and side cameras). He was talking about mass shooters and the release of the Epstein files when he was shot. I don't regard his death as a loss, though.
Sounds like a case of FAFO.
I kind of wonder, given the current state of things and what people have said so far, if it is found that the person that shot/killed Charlie Kirk turns out to be a Trump loving conservative Republican who just disliked Mr. Kirk what will the narrative become?
Is it messed up to respond on X to some of the posts about the Charlie Kirk shooting (presumably by conservatives) with references to (the exercising of ones rights under) the Second Amendment? Is it messed up if people like them (for whatever reason)?
I am not sure how to react to this information... apathy comes to mind.
President Trump has been in office (again) for 228 days (7 months) since Monday, January 20, 2025. If the general economy continues as is (or get's worse) 1) when does it become the Trump economy? 2) what are his administrations plans to change that? 3) who will be blamed?
I suppose a number of posts/discussions today will be related to the medial cranks in the U.S. (RFK Jr, Secretary of Health and Human Services and possibly Joseph A. Ladapo, State Surgeon General at the Florida Department of Health) and global medical crackpots.
Personally, it would be amusing if going forward his hair was gone (bald). What sort of vanity would he have at that point? As per his potential death, he is nearly 80 and eats fast food (garbage) so no expectations on health.
If Trump dies in the next couple of months (or years) while holding office, theoretically how would J.D. Vance do and what sort of things would he push for as an agenda (presuming he sticks with the Heritage Foundation advice, given Trump signed Project 2025 into law via the Big Beautiful Bill)?
Having watched a Capitol Hill hearing with Kristi Noem and am hit with the following question: Could Kristi Noem pass the knowledge test that we give people trying to gain citizenship into the United States?
Let's presume that Trump remains in power for a while and much of the world moves away from the U.S. (potentially impacting businesses, etc.). How long will it take for the U.S. to regain reputation and trust from those countries/markets that were impacted during/by his second term?
Given the number of law enforcement there (DHS and DC Police) he must be very threatening (to them). That should be sad commentary...
Congratulations on your recovery. Alas, I require an obituary notice following a medical diagnosis of/for Trump. I don't want to get my hopes up.
There needs to be a warning on/with this video, I almost spit out my coffee when Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) spoke.
There is a lot of talk going around abut immigrants (legal or unregistered, possibly doing jobs Americans won't do). So here is the question (having dated someone who immigrated to the U.S. from another country): Can Americans (on average) pass the tests that we require of those immigrating in?
As a follow on, how long would it take to rebuild contracts and reputation for American industries either during the current Trump administration or the next (2028 on)?
What would be the economic impact if/as Trump drives more business (eg. submarine contracts to/with Canada, farming product to Europe, etc.) and how will he spin it to be a positive for the U.S. (or just whine) for the next couple of years (from current)?
Wait, you are going to throw out demonstrable knowledge of fourth and fifth grade arithmetic against whatever nonsense came out of President Trumps brain (challenged as it may be)? Granted, there may be Americans who have passed the 4th or 5th grade... who listen to him.
Ironically, tariffs are covered in the Constitution under in Article I, Section 8 which grants Congress the sole authority to impose tariffs and collect duties. For the time being, get ready for more inflated costs 'cuz Americans are going to have to cover these costs.
Are Americans so economically illiterate that they do not understand (yet) that tariffs (duty and import taxes) are paid for by the importer and said cost is passed to the consumer (individual or manufacturer/business) that they won't ever push back?
Diagnosis can be complex for mitochondrial challenges, often requiring specialized testing, What testing and diagnosis has he done and what peer reviewed methodologies is he implementing to come up with this diagnosis? Could the kids just be bored in airports (for whatever reason)?
As of Friday, small businesses may not be able to ship orders into the U.S. How will this impact American consumers in the near term, will domestic businesses possibly also have to close due to the tariffs/duties imposed by Washington? Will TACO happen? Will exports be lowered in/from the U.S.?
What would the American equivalent of Kristallnacht (the "Night of Broken Glass", November 9–10, 1938) be, how many wold just let it pass (as they did in Germany)?
Some time around or after Monday, January 20, 2025. Strangely enough there is an actual date... This could have been avoided but apparently we are going to have ride this shit show for a while.
I have seen the strange spectacle of going around the table and praising Trump for one thing or another, over 3 and 1/4 hour of this spectacle. The going around the table praising dear leader appears to be a pattern (don't want to say it's normal but it is repeated).
Watching 'President Trump holds 7th Cabinet meeting of 2nd term' is so fucking weird, the cabinet constantly praising dear leader for over 3 hours. I presume this is what people voted for... www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQPg...
How would America (both Red and Blue states) react if the Trump administration tried to implement something similar to Kristallnacht (the "Night of Broken Glass", November 9–10, 1938) in the United States? How would the rest of the world react?
But the smell... how could they last for 3 hours (or have they become used/numb to it). Maybe the ventilation and air flow in that room is set up to dissipate or remove the oder, the unit is silent. Amazed that they are not on their knees before him (kneepads optional). Do they spit or swallow?
I get that Trump doesn't like the tall turbines (that he could see from his golf course in Scotland) standing in the waters of the coast. But we already know that Trump isn't that bright (demonstrable 4th grade vocabulary level, maybe 4th grade math level).
Given the intellectual capital (or lack thereof) in that room / meeting, I wonder if any of them are aware of BOTH vertical and horizontal (what most people see) wind turbines that generate 10Kw of energy (presuming wind) and can be deployed on either land or water located/based mounts.
What will the near term (6-18 months) impact be if countries and markets isolate the U.S. and/or make it too expensive to export product to the U.S. (possibly including raw product used in U.S. manufactured products that are not available in the U.S.)? How much pain would the U.S. be able to take?
As one in the land of the Doofus, I am amazed that he got elected (again) but my expectations were really low (and still above what was delivered).
If the Trump administration (given that Congress has abdicated responsibilities) drives the U.S. to a condition similar to a depression (though probably not at the level of 1929-40s), who gets blamed. How would this be spun to deflect from Trump while he grifts and slips into dementia?
Is that the year he dies? I'd be concerned if he can't or won't deliver on that.
From the perspective of ending a war, reducing the deaths (both Ukrainian and Russian/misc.) this would be a great thing to accomplish. From the perspective of it being a simple deal, Trump has a bad reputation and Putin knows how to manipulate him. Trump isn't demonstrably very smart.
I have to wonder is this all from Trumps head or did Bessent, Navarro and/or Lutnick have something to do with this brain fart of an idea? This is ill thought out but holds to the current randomized trend.
These ramblings by Trump indicate (at least to me) that he is making stuff up, has questionable memory of events, his vocabulary is sketchy on basic things. Alas, his continual lying and nonsense stories make anything that he says suspect. I would state similar for anyone who had these patterns.
I would speculate that he means drivers license, but is too mentally gone, inarticulate... as shown over the past decade (including over his last term).
Trump says... Realistically, there is no evidence outside of whatever is running around in his head (surviving in a vacuum).
Maybe it's just penis envy... Stormy Daniels mentioned on some late night talks show how tiny he (trump) was (the host had a set of various sized mushrooms on a board). Strange fetish he has.
I sort of wonder if someone (a reporter, for example) asked Peter Navarro (or even Donald Trump) what is the difference between a tariff and a duty tax. In recent news, there may (probably will) be duties/tariffs on prescription drugs (increasing peoples medical costs, even with insurance).
Presuming accuracy in reporting this would be inline with how Trump and his administration handle sensitive information (Mar-a-Lago, text chats, public statements by Trump himself, etc.)
High odds Russian news and talk shows will be laughing about Trump (again), byproduct of the meeting with Trump and Putin today.
Tariffs are duty taxes, quite literally. Effectively, when you pay a tariff (to the government, for some product being imported) you are paying a tax! Navarro should know this better, he is pushing propaganda, similar to Pravda (правда) Russian news. правда translates to 'truth'.
Will the bipedal humanoid robots that Elon Musk has people working on be able to work in the farms/fields (replacing the now run off migrant farm workers) or only limited to clean(ish) factory/manufacturing environments? Would they be economical to operate in that capacity?
Given the meeting happening soon with Trump and Putin in Alaska, and Russian state TV referring to Alaska as "ours" would Trump give/sell Alaska back to Russia? Trump and Putin will be meeting in Alaska Friday, August 15.
If only he had the vocabulary to use terms like guidelines or crash barrier, which is definitely not a median.
An elderly felon walking free.
HIs command of the English language is underwhelming. He is showing signs of mental decline.
C'mon, Trump is barely literate. Back in 2017, Trump was not aware that Puerto Rico was a U.S. territory. It's not clear that he knows that Hawaii is a U.S. state. He may not be aware that Alaska is not part of Russia in 2025.
Oh cool, Trump says that he is going to Russia (the state of Alaska) to meet with Putin (as per the war in/over Ukraine) on Friday. Opinions on this?
For the record, the Big Beautiful Bill was signed into law by President Trump and it codified the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 into law. His golfing did not stop that from happening (and he probably didn't read it, as he is barely literate).
A man in full facial makeup (not applied well) is talking about being masculine? Gen Z decided that a man in makeup is cool (or they watched for the clown show)?
He likes the brothel look for some reason.
There is a good chance it's now encoded into law via the Big Beautiful Bill, which is essentially Project 2025 and signed about a month back. The arguments for this get strange when listening to those who buy into this mindset.
If Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, codification of the Heritage Foundations Project 2025 signed into law on Jul 4, 2025, has any negative effect on red states/Trump voters do the constituents blame the Heritage Foundation, Trump, Congress, etc.? Will they read it?
If Congress (both houses) continue to abdicate their responsibility (responsibilities) and Trumps policies and actions manage to bring the U.S. to a state similar to the result of Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act aka United States Tariff Act of 1930 as per tariffs, who will Trump blame?
If a reporter reminded President Donald Trump that he is still a convicted felon (34 felonies) and/or an adjudicated rapist, would he call them "fake news"?
Regarding criminals in Washington DC, until he (Trump) goes through (and wins) the appeals process in SDNY he is still a convicted felon. When and if he can get his convictions overturned, only then will he be able to lose the felony convictions. Perhaps he has forgotten.
President Trump wears full facial makeup (sans his eyes) and doesn't blend. VP JD Vance does some eyeliner thing. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has a makeup room in the Pentagon. What sort of makeup regimen do MAGA men do on a daily basis? Enquiring minds want to know (speculation is ok).
But wait, he has plans to make it look more like Mar-a-Lago and his penthouse apartment in New York. He has plans for a detached ballroom (for no useful purpose) at the east wing. It will get worse... he has no taste.
What are people views on making (remodeling) the White House based upon Mar-a-Lago (given the vague references as to who is covering the costs) and internally (executive office) loosely on the penthouse in Trump Tower (eg. gold leaf on the walls, etc.)?
Are people getting used to/recognizing the tells of/from the people in the Trump administration as/when they lie (eg. who pays tariffs, deals made by Trump with other countries, etc.)?
I would presume that Scott Bessent or one of his other advisors (secretaries) told him that, as he can't read well and doesn't have a clue about how tariffs (or duties) work.
I sort of wonder (as we go through more stuff from Project 2025, eg. what is happening to U.S. farms) will people over time read the pdfs (for Project 2025) and realize what they voted for is directly impacting them in a negative way? Who will they blame if/when they lose the farm?
What would be the impact (as per the modern world) be if we managed to replicate the conditions of Black Monday, October 28, 1929 or the Bank panics in 1930 and 1931 (as per the greater society) if it happened during the current term of President Donald J. Trump? Would many notice if it happened?
Technically, someone went in and removed the offending parts that got in the way of Trump and his ilk doing what they wanted. The irony is that the document in question is available / mirrored to multiple locations (also done manually, though one could use a spider or other software).
Domestic producers (given the cost increased via tariffs for imports) may increase the prices for what they sell (presumably to cover any tariffed parts in their products/services). To be competitive, producers may also push for automation to reduce the production costs, so jobs may not follow.
Consumers (either individual or companies) will only see the higher costs (and currently retailers, at the consumer level) are reportedly hiding the costs pre tariff and only showing the post tariff costs to consumers. Get used to the higher prices...
However, over time, Congress has enacted laws that delegate some authority to the president to adjust tariff rates in specific circumstances. Effectively, a president does not have the legal authority to enact tariffs on countries. Further, tariffs are paid by importers rather than countries.
The power to levy tariffs, a type of tax on imports, is primarily granted to the United States Congress by Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. It states that Congress has the power "To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises" and to "regulate Commerce with foreign Nations".
Basically, his relative (at 18, legally an adult) had sex with a 13 year old girl, which is against the age of consent law of Utah. He is either trying to protect his relative or roll back the clock to get more juvenile girls in Utah pregnant (with no age related legal repercussions).
I sort of wonder if people would/could execute a social experiment to push MAGA to mean Make America Gay Again (referencing Trumps makeup usage, etc.), would this gain traction on X (or at his sad rallies)? Could we get red state MAGA men to wear full facial makeup and claim to still be masculine?
The bill allowed a clause that lets 17-year-olds receive a less serious third-degree charge of unlawful sexual activity to be extended to 18-year-olds, provided they were still in high school. Presumably an 18 year old is legally an adult and has to sign a contract to attend high school.
There are a bunch of complaints (people bitching on/in video) about the tariffs Trump issued on Brazil (including coffee), do people who drink Jamaica Blue Mountain, Sumatra, Rwanda beans or Kona (none from Brazil, all are typically more expensive) also complain or just enjoy their coffee?
Basically, Trump wants to make the White House like his tacky Mar-a-Lago (and has made comments that he wants to be a dictator, similar to Kim (North Korea) and Putin (Russia)). Give him time and he may be moving to get rid of the US Constitution and the next presidential election.
So what happens if this blows up on Trump, will she be fired for that? Will they do multiple tries if they fail (repeatedly) and if so, how many times?
Coffee drinkers: there is now a 50% tariff on Coffee coming from Brazil as of August 1, 2025, potentially raising the cost for those who frequent coffee shops (or consume coffee in restaurants) or purchase coffee in grocery stores/retailers. Coffee drinkers, what are your opinions?
Just as a note: Congress has the constitutional power to regulate foreign commerce and impose tariffs. The President has the constitutional authority to negotiate treaties and trade agreements with foreign governments.
News reports say that Trump wrote/sent letters telling them what they would tariff their exports (imports into the US), tariffs are paid by importers (in the US). This includes inputs into products manufactured in the US. Effectively, the costs will be felt by consumers and companies.
But wait, he also wants to add what may be an ugly ballroom to the complex (given his gold leaf fetish). Making it like Mar-a-Lago, which isn't an upgrade...
Wait, the guy who bragged on Howard Stern of going into the dressing rooms before the show at the "Miss Teen America" pageant and looked at the contestants in various stages of disrobe (getting ready) would do something similar with Epstein and underage girls? Say it ain't so!
If it turned out that Trump was in the Epstein files (multiple times) what is stopping him from crying that it’s fake news again? Isn’t that what he does? There aren't any pictures, right?
During the last administration we ultimately had to bring back the immigrant laborers, construction projects tends to take longer (given the skill and labor issues). Do we have a plan to resolve this during the current administration?