Trump 2.0: MAGAA

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Serious question. Is this tribalism, cult worship, fear of retribution, or just plain old stupidity?

[Caribbean Hen]

Has Johnny ever complained about SNAP cards for potato chips and Twinkies?

[Caribbean Hen]

Good news for TDS 88, Klamdami and KY jellyfuddyduddy

“Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. raised some eyebrows last week by telling podcaster Adam Carolla that not only is Trump Derangement Syndrome a real thing, but that he has considered officially giving it an ICD (International Classification of Diseases) code.

While the secretary's remark may have been somewhat in jest (he was responding to a joke about a hypothetical TDS vaccine), he has been clear that the phenomenon that has torn apart so many Americans is indeed happening, including in his own family.

"It doesn't take long for me to pick up on this: People are obsessed with Trump. They’re fixated. They’re hyper-fixated on Trump," he continued. "And they talk about some of the features of this disorder. They can’t sleep. They feel traumatized by Mr. Trump. They feel restless."

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Running away from hard truths is no way to go through life, son.

[BDKJMU]

Fake News.

[UNI88]

Good news for TDS 88, Klamdami and KY jellyfuddyduddy

“Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. raised some eyebrows last week by telling podcaster Adam Carolla that not only is Trump Derangement Syndrome a real thing, but that he has considered officially giving it an ICD (International Classification of Diseases) code.

While the secretary's remark may have been somewhat in jest (he was responding to a joke about a hypothetical TDS vaccine), he has been clear that the phenomenon that has torn apart so many Americans is indeed happening, including in his own family.

"It doesn't take long for me to pick up on this: People are obsessed with Trump. They’re fixated. They’re hyper-fixated on Trump," he continued. "And they talk about some of the features of this disorder. They can’t sleep. They feel traumatized by Mr. Trump. They feel restless."

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Good news for TDS 88, Klamdami and KY jellyfuddyduddy

“Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. raised some eyebrows last week by telling podcaster Adam Carolla that not only is Trump Derangement Syndrome a real thing, but that he has considered officially giving it an ICD (International Classification of Diseases) code.

While the secretary's remark may have been somewhat in jest (he was responding to a joke about a hypothetical TDS vaccine), he has been clear that the phenomenon that has torn apart so many Americans is indeed happening, including in his own family.

"It doesn't take long for me to pick up on this: People are obsessed with Trump. They’re fixated. They’re hyper-fixated on Trump," he continued. "And they talk about some of the features of this disorder. They can’t sleep. They feel traumatized by Mr. Trump. They feel restless."

It’s a fantastic self own by MAGA.

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It’s a fantastic self own by MAGA.

tDS is claiming to care about the national debt but being unable to support Thomas Massie because "trump".

[Caribbean Hen]

It’s a fantastic self own by MAGA.

tDS is claiming to care about the national debt but being unable to support Thomas Massie because "trump".

No

TDS is allowing yourself to become enraged by Donald Trump, but having no problems at all with JoBozo rotten Biden.

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tDS is claiming to care about the national debt but being unable to support Thomas Massie because "trump".

No

TDS is allowing yourself to become enraged by Donald Trump, but having no problems at all with JoBozo rotten Biden.

TDS is allowing yourself to become enraptured by donnie "the rotten PEDO" trump but enraged by biden.

You worship trump more than you care about the national debt. You are all MAQA and not a fiscal conservative.

[Caribbean Hen]

No

TDS is allowing yourself to become enraged by Donald Trump, but having no problems at all with JoBozo rotten Biden.

TDS is allowing yourself to become enraptured by donnie "the rotten PEDO" trump but enraged by biden.

You worship trump more than you care about the national debt. You are all MAQA and not a fiscal conservative.

Actually, it’s you that worships Trump, you can’t get him out of your head… and the good news is at least you have something between your ears now

[kalm]

tDS is claiming to care about the national debt but being unable to support Thomas Massie because "trump".

No

TDS is allowing yourself to become enraged by Donald Trump, but having no problems at all with JoBozo rotten Biden.

Trump is responsible for 1/3 of the debt. TDS is trying to divert the discussion to Biden.

[Caribbean Hen]

No

TDS is allowing yourself to become enraged by Donald Trump, but having no problems at all with JoBozo rotten Biden.

Trump is responsible for 1/3 of the debt. TDS is trying to divert the discussion to Biden.

Do you remember the violent reaction from the left on DOGE?

That national debt is not gonna get solved
Americans are too spoiled and the politicians are the enablers for power

Democrats never even mention it

At least some Republicans do

We need a poster girl Greta for the national debt

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Trump is responsible for 1/3 of the debt. TDS is trying to divert the discussion to Biden.

Do you remember the violent reaction from the left on DOGE?

That national debt is not gonna get solved
Americans are too spoiled and the politicians are the enablers for power

Democrats never even mention it

At least some Republicans do

We need a poster girl Greta for the national debt

Real Republicans like Thomas Massie do. MAQA RINOs pay it lip service.

[kalm]

Trump is responsible for 1/3 of the debt. TDS is trying to divert the discussion to Biden.

Do you remember the violent reaction from the left on DOGE?

That national debt is not gonna get solved
Americans are too spoiled and the politicians are the enablers for power

Democrats never even mention it

At least some Republicans do

We need a poster girl Greta for the national debt

Yeah…DOGE is a complete failure. Things like EBOLA outbreaks could have been stopped. Not only saving lives in Africa but preventing spread.

We can reduce it through cuts and gains in efficiency. Military spending and corporate welfare, and not just social programs. Plus figuring out way to make up for the loss in high end and corporate tax revenue.

It may become essential if faith in the dollar and the U.S. as a reasonable trade partner fall.

[Caribbean Hen]

Do you remember the violent reaction from the left on DOGE?

That national debt is not gonna get solved
Americans are too spoiled and the politicians are the enablers for power

Democrats never even mention it

At least some Republicans do

We need a poster girl Greta for the national debt

Yeah…DOGE is a complete failure. Things like EBOLA outbreaks could have been stopped. Not only saving lives in Africa but preventing spread.

We can reduce it through cuts and gains in efficiency. Military spending and corporate welfare, and not just social programs. Plus figuring out way to make up for the loss in high end and corporate tax revenue.

It may become essential if faith in the dollar and the U.S. as a reasonable trade partner fall.

No we can’t, it’s way beyond that

We pay more to interest on our borrowing than we in do on the military…

It’s really unsolvable given the entitlement mindset we have

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No

TDS is allowing yourself to become enraged by Donald Trump, but having no problems at all with JoBozo rotten Biden.

Trump is responsible for 1/3 of the debt. TDS is trying to divert the discussion to Biden.

Wrong. More like 1/4.

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Yeah…DOGE is a complete failure. Things like EBOLA outbreaks could have been stopped. Not only saving lives in Africa but preventing spread.

We can reduce it through cuts and gains in efficiency. Military spending and corporate welfare, and not just social programs. Plus figuring out way to make up for the loss in high end and corporate tax revenue.

It may become essential if faith in the dollar and the U.S. as a reasonable trade partner fall.

No we can’t, it’s way beyond that

We pay more to interest on our borrowing than we in do on the military…

It’s really unsolvable given the entitlement mindset we have

Part of that interest is RELATED to military spending going back decades.

CH Budget Analysis and Credit Analysis:

You spend more on interest than items of choice therefore don’t cut the spending that is a choice.

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Trump is responsible for 1/3 of the debt. TDS is trying to divert the discussion to Biden.

Wrong. More like 1/4.

That changes everything ...

The dude has been POTUS for 5 1/2 years out of 250 years and he's responsible for a 1/4 of the debt.

But biden!

[Caribbean Hen]

Wrong. More like 1/4.

That changes everything ...

The dude has been POTUS for 5 1/2 years out of 250 years and he's responsible for a 1/4 of the debt.

But biden!

The compounding effect

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Yeah…DOGE is a complete failure. Things like EBOLA outbreaks could have been stopped. Not only saving lives in Africa but preventing spread.

We can reduce it through cuts and gains in efficiency. Military spending and corporate welfare, and not just social programs. Plus figuring out way to make up for the loss in high end and corporate tax revenue.

It may become essential if faith in the dollar and the U.S. as a reasonable trade partner fall.

No we can’t, it’s way beyond that

We pay more to interest on our borrowing than we in do on the military…

It’s really unsolvable given the entitlement mindset we have

Yep. We are beyond the point of no return. The worst thing our govt ever did in 250 years was the creation of the Fed.
-Prior to the creation of the Fed the US never had a permanent Fed income tax.
-1790 to 1913 the purchasing power of the dollar was largely unchanged. (CATO article claims -8%). 1913 to present the dollar has lost approx 98% of its value.
-Going off the Gold Standard completely eliminated any constraints on govt to borrow and spend money and run up a virtually unlimited fed debt, with no counterbalance put in place at the same time like a balanced budget amendment (like most states) except in years of declared war or national emergency.

If that BBA had been put in place in 2013 along with the creation of the Fed, we’d have little national debt, probably my higher taxes, and have had tens of trillions less spending on:
-New Deal
-Entitlements (like Medicare & Medicaid)
-‘The War on Poverty’
-Military post WWII, so we wouldn’t have been the world’s policeman the last 80 years subsidizing Europe’s social safety net by paying for their defense.

The waste and fraud would have been less because with no restraint on govt spending there isn’t the incentive to go after it. The govt can just print more from the magic fucking $$$ trees in DC.

We’ll never get a BBA passed now. Zero chance of that.

[Caribbean Hen]

No we can’t, it’s way beyond that

We pay more to interest on our borrowing than we in do on the military…

It’s really unsolvable given the entitlement mindset we have

Part of that interest is RELATED to military spending going back decades.

CH Budget Analysis and Credit Analysis:

You spend more on interest than items of choice therefore don’t cut the spending that is a choice.

The point is for the first time in history, paying the interest on the national debt has surpassed the entire annual budget for department of war

[UNI88]

Trump’s Biggest Suck-Up Is Revealed

An analysis of footage from Donald Trump’s Cabinet meetings has revealed which of his underlings works hardest to convince the president he really is the fairest of them all.

“On average, at least one of every six sentences either flattered Mr Trump, gave him credit or criticized his political opponents,” The New York Times found after digging through more than 12 hours of video from meetings of the country’s most powerful public officials. “Many of these statements are exaggerated or not factually accurate.”

Topping the list is Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who, the Times revealed, “both spoke and flattered the president the most” throughout the 12 hours of analyzed footage.
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The fact that Rubio has emerged as one of the most successful members of Trump’s Cabinet may not be a coincidence.
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Other front-runners in the Times’ analysis include Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who credits Trump with having “saved this country by making it the best place in the world to do business again,” and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who said of Trump’s Venezuela operation in January that “no other president would have been willing to empower those warriors that way to be that effective.”

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Newark, NJ, where he says local police won't respond to assist due to sanctuary policies.

Pulling CBP out of sanctuary airports would have an enormous chain reaction impact, as international travelers would no longer be able to fly into airports like LAX, JFK, San Francisco, Chicago, Newark, Seattle, Denver, Philly, etc, as there would be no customs agents to process them.

Additionally, Mullin points out that Democrats have refused to fund CBP.

It's unclear how serious/advanced this idea is, as Mullin has said no final decision has been made - but such a move would likely have enormous ripple effects if it were to come to fruition.

If this happens these cities won’t be sanctuary cities for long lol..

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Newark, NJ, where he says local police won't respond to assist due to sanctuary policies.

Pulling CBP out of sanctuary airports would have an enormous chain reaction impact, as international travelers would no longer be able to fly into airports like LAX, JFK, San Francisco, Chicago, Newark, Seattle, Denver, Philly, etc, as there would be no customs agents to process them.

Additionally, Mullin points out that Democrats have refused to fund CBP.

It's unclear how serious/advanced this idea is, as Mullin has said no final decision has been made - but such a move would likely have enormous ripple effects if it were to come to fruition.

If this happens these cities won’t be sanctuary cities for long lol..

I don't think it's as simple as marky mark wayne and the DHS funky bunch make it seem.
- Where will the flights be rerouted to?
- Do those airports have the capacity (customs space, gates, etc.) to handle lots of new international arrivals
- How will this impact airlines and how will they react (their lobbyists are probably already bitching up a storm behind the scenes)
- Impact on reciprocal agreements / how will other countries respond?
- It will definitely be challenged in court - how have trumps court cases again sanctuary policies faired so far?