Andy1

Agree based upon covid times. Wearing a mask is a slight inconvenience and remember the defiant opposition by many to that. Sacrificing thousands of dollars each year for the Trump tax is an exponentially higher level of sacrifice that is being mandated.

This is such a complicated topic. To me it seems to be a failure of parenting, education system and society. American society glamorizes athletes and entertainers but ignores or belittles academic achievement. Glitz and glam sells so that is what our culture is about. Parents and kids are brainwashed by Tiktok, etc. Tech companies impose their algorithms on us, shaping our society, with no regulation by the government. People now have the attention span of a flea. If information can’t be presented in 10 seconds, brains shut down. We need public service announcements on parenting like the no smoking campaign of old.

So Trump claimed he got 200 trade deals done. Poor Bessent has to go on tv explaining they are actually “sub deals”. 🤨 I’m pretty sure I have a sub deal done to buy a new car at my below invoice asking price. I’m not going to get ripped off by those dealers.

Do laws matter? Which ones must be followed by whom? At least it was encouraging to see Menendez, Dem from NJ, prosecuted for corruption by the DOJ under Biden. Would DOJ under Trump do similar? I doubt it. I’m sure there is plenty of corruption to find if they look for it.

All the psychotherapy by tv analysts directed to Shedur is over the top. The kid has had every advantage he could get up to this point. No one is crying tears for all the other players, who have struggled from much harder backgrounds, who are still waiting to hear their name called. Whatever happens, Shedur is probably set for life, unlike so many others.

The x.com article below from April 6th is a great explanation of why Trump tariffs won’t work. Some stuff has changed since he wrote this but principles still apply.

What we are watching is the incompetency of authoritarian style leadership. Boss wants tariffs so everyone must get in line and talk the talk. Ignore the economic experts because they disagree with the boss. There is no public policy behind the reason for the tariffs. No one knows what the hell it’s all about. First it’s fentanyl, then it’s the deficit, then we are going to become factory world, it’s on everything from every country, etc. It’s all just whatever the boss wants and who pays him off. He is literally just making it up from day to day based on the mood of the day. On, off, on, national emergency, countries dying to make deals, still don’t see any deals, Japan tried to negotiate but they couldn’t get an answer on what the administration wanted so talks stopped. Trump doesn’t have a clue and everyone around him are afraid to do or say anything that isn’t what he wants because no one knows what that is because there is no policy. Corruption and incompetency.

I’d love for someone to explain to me why Trump is like a giant magnet for anyone who has been to Russia. In other administrations, the only staffer with Russian connections might be the ambassador. With Trump they are like flies on a bologna sandwich. It’s like visiting Moscow is the last part of training to be selected as “only the best and brightest” by Donald.

Agree. Sounds like words from someone incapable of empathy. The cameras will be there so he will be happy.

Trump has a history of promoting inexperienced, unqualified people to high level positions because he knows they will be loyal to him. They don’t have the wisdom gained by age or experience to form principles of integrity. He knows he can manipulate them to do things other more experienced people wouldn’t do.

What the hell is it with Trump people and Russia? It’s like it’s a prerequisite to be a Russian ally to work in Donald Putin’s administration.

Trump is a destroyer. It’s easy to kill and destroy relationships and institutions but hard to build them. You would think by now he would have some amazing incredible deal to announce to convince people to have faith in his economic plan. Now it looks like there are no deals because Trump does not know what he wants and no one can negotiate for him. The blind leading the blind. Today the market showed their lack of faith in him. No one has any belief or faith in his economic plan. The idiocy is obvious.

Instead of Adolf Trump, Donald Putin would be much more accurate.

No one wants to visit Trumpland. Forecasts are for at least $90 billion in lost revenue. Domestic travel will be way down too due to his policies. Lots of lost businesses and jobs expected. So Trump needs greater, more amazing trade deals to offset these and other economic losses he is causing before we ever see any net gain from the Trump tax. This is the guy who ran a casino bankrupt.