Trump's Policies Part 5

[Huckleberry]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1927000474181414921

My irony meter exploded.

Brought to you by the same people extolling the dangers of witchcraft in the Harry Potter books. In what century do these folks live?

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Are my eyes deceiving me or did Trump just admit on his site that he's been protecting Putin?

 

[Huckleberry]

Are my eyes deceiving me or did Trump just admit on his site that he's been protecting Putin?

Looks like it:

 

[mdb-tpet]

Looks like it:
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I sure hope everyone who voted for him are super excited to support our current and historic adversary's dictator!

 

[mdb-tpet]

I think there are some deeply-seated biases which have been posited as givens, and apparently accepted as such, which acceptance is not warranted. In the past, it's been found that attitudes towards same-sex unions and attitudes towards transgender acceptance track each other extremely closely, which makes sense. According to the Pew Research Center's research, acceptance of same sex unions went from 2-1 disapproval in 2004 to 2-1 approval in 2019. Think about that. Without getting into the weeds of which groups changed and by how much, two factors tended to weigh heavily in the 1/3 holdouts - age and religion. I know that if you'd asked me 30 years ago, when I was in my mid-50s, what I thought about same-sex unions, I know it would be far different from today. Of course, I had to face it in my own family. In the intervening years, I've learned that I can relate to someone as they present themselves, without my mind going to what their private sex life might be like. It just doesn't occur to me. Now are we to assume that kids from the South and Midwest are that put off by transgenderism? Sure, they tend to be more conservative, and that factors in also, although less important than age or religion. Is it enough to materially affect recruiting. I don't buy it, personally. I think there's a lot of projection going on...

This has been studied, and the conservative voter leaning mind reacts more with (and probably is also controlled by) disgust, which Transgenderism excels in creating. This is not lost on any of the narrative producing think tanks apparently, so here we are.

Investigating the conservatism-disgust paradox in reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic: A reexamination of the interrelations among political ideology, disgust sensitivity, and pandemic response - PMC

Research has documented robust associations between greater disgust sensitivity and (1) concerns about disease, and (2) political conservatism. However, the COVID-19 disease pandemic raised challenging questions about these associations. In ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Tidewater]

This has been studied, and the conservative voter leaning mind reacts more with (and probably is also controlled by) disgust, which Transgenderism excels in creating. This is not lost on any of the narrative producing think tanks apparently, so here we are.

Investigating the conservatism-disgust paradox in reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic: A reexamination of the interrelations among political ideology, disgust sensitivity, and pandemic response - PMC

Research has documented robust associations between greater disgust sensitivity and (1) concerns about disease, and (2) political conservatism. However, the COVID-19 disease pandemic raised challenging questions about these associations. In ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Certainly not lost on Republican parties.
The Virginia Republican party, to spur Republican voter turnout, got a referendum on the ballot a couple of decades ago putting into the Virginia Constitution that marriage was defined as a relationship between one man and one woman.
A federal judge subsequently declared the Constitution was unconstitutional.

 

[Huckleberry]

What a clown this guy is

 

[bamacpa]

Trump pardons reality TV stars with Alabama ties convicted in $36 million fraud scheme

“Your parents are going to be free and clean. I hope we can do it by tomorrow,” Trump said. “Trump Knows Best!”

www.al.com

Anyone who's had any business ties with these grifters applauded their imprisonment.

 

[jthomas666]

Anyone here surprised?

Trump set to pardon reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley of fraud and tax evasion convictions

President Donald Trump says he’s planning to pardon TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, famous for “Chrisley Knows Best,” a reality show that followed their tight-knit family and extravagant lifestyle.

apnews.com

Trump set to pardon reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley of fraud and tax evasion convictions
i.e., they did the same things Trump did...

 

[2003TIDE]

Anyone here surprised?

Trump set to pardon reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley of fraud and tax evasion convictions

President Donald Trump says he’s planning to pardon TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, famous for “Chrisley Knows Best,” a reality show that followed their tight-knit family and extravagant lifestyle.

apnews.com

Trump set to pardon reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley of fraud and tax evasion convictions
i.e., they did the same things Trump did...

if a bunch of white people can’t defraud banks out of money what kind of country is this?

 

[Bamaro]

Anyone here surprised?

Trump set to pardon reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley of fraud and tax evasion convictions

President Donald Trump says he’s planning to pardon TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, famous for “Chrisley Knows Best,” a reality show that followed their tight-knit family and extravagant lifestyle.

apnews.com

Trump set to pardon reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley of fraud and tax evasion convictions
i.e., they did the same things Trump did...

Honor amung thieves

 

[CrimsonJazz]

Just in: @elonmusk says he is disappointed with the Big Beautiful Bill:

“I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decrease it. And it undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing.”

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1927554381223776616

That look on Elon's face? That's the look of a defeated man. I admit, I was one of the people who got a little too excited for DOGE without considering how worthless Congress is. And Trump isn't helping at all. The BBB is just as bad as Biden's BBB in regards to spending. I guess I had hoped that Trump had learned something from his first at-bat, but nope, he's still spending like all the Republicans and Democrats do. And, of course, the Trumpers attack Rand Paul and Thomas Massie for pointing this out.

 

[AWRTR]

Just in: @elonmusk says he is disappointed with the Big Beautiful Bill:

“I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decrease it. And it undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing.”

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1927554381223776616

That look on Elon's face? That's the look of a defeated man. I admit, I was one of the people who got a little too excited for DOGE without considering how worthless Congress is. And Trump isn't helping at all. The BBB is just as bad as Biden's BBB in regards to spending. I guess I had hoped that Trump had learned something from his first at-bat, but nope, he's still spending like all the Republicans and Democrats do. And, of course, the Trumpers attack Rand Paul and Thomas Massie for pointing this out.

I said in another post that nothing will be done by our spineless leadership class until the system crashes. They are addicted to spending and the population is as well. People want to cut spending until it’s the spending they like. I’ve resigned myself to the meltdown happening. Just load up on bullets and canned food and hope it gets you through to the other side of it. There will be the other side of this it will just hurt bad getting there.

 

[crimsonaudio]

I said in another post that nothing will be done by our spineless leadership class until the system crashes. They are addicted to spending and the population is as well. People want to cut spending until it’s the spending they like. I’ve resigned myself to the meltdown happening. Just load up on bullets and canned food and hope it gets you through to the other side of it. There will be the other side of this it will just hurt bad getting there.

Sad but true - as I've posted here many times, we can either choose when and how we approach austerity now or it will be forced upon us (resulting in far less control on our part) later.

Sadly, most people would rather kick the can down the road.

 

[CrimsonJazz]

I said in another post that nothing will be done by our spineless leadership class until the system crashes. They are addicted to spending and the population is as well. People want to cut spending until it’s the spending they like. I’ve resigned myself to the meltdown happening. Just load up on bullets and canned food and hope it gets you through to the other side of it. There will be the other side of this it will just hurt bad getting there.

Welcome to the Thunderdome, people. Yeah, I believe it's time to throw in the jock and call it a career. Nothing is going to improve and we're just gonna keep kicking the can down the road until the inevitable collapse. I just hope it doesn't usher in another Bolshevik revolution.

 

[Bodhisattva]

Trump's (and most of the GOP's) promise to cut spending was a predictable lie. I was hopeful but never confident anything useful would happen regarding spending. It looks like we have to wait for an Argentina-style collapse, which is inevitable at the rate we are going, for the Iron Triangle of Politics to take this seriously. And even then, they won't.

 

[Bamaro]

Just in: @elonmusk says he is disappointed with the Big Beautiful Bill:

“I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decrease it. And it undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing.”

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1927554381223776616

That look on Elon's face? That's the look of a defeated man. I admit, I was one of the people who got a little too excited for DOGE without considering how worthless Congress is. And Trump isn't helping at all. The BBB is just as bad as Biden's BBB in regards to spending. I guess I had hoped that Trump had learned something from his first at-bat, but nope, he's still spending like all the Republicans and Democrats do. And, of course, the Trumpers attack Rand Paul and Thomas Massie for pointing this out.

Welcome to reality Elon. How could you be so obtuse as to not see trump for what he really is.

 

[crimsonaudio]

Welcome to reality Elon. How could you be so obtuse as to not see trump for what he really is.

Just like every other fiscally irresponsible POTUS in the last quarter century?

 

[AWRTR]

Welcome to reality Elon. How could you be so obtuse as to not see trump for what he really is.

Trump is the latest in a long line of presidents and members of Congress that talk about cutting spending and then never do. Trump in this vain is no different than Obama Biden or GW Bush.

 

[jthomas666]

Trump to accept $400 million 'flying palace' jet as gift from Qatar: report

President Donald Trump is expected to accept the most valuable gift ever given to a U.S. president. ABC News reported that the royal family of Qatar is prepared to gift a 747-8 jumbo jet for Trump's use as Air Force One until the end of his term, when the aircraft will be transferred to his...

www.rawstory.com

Trump to accept $400 million 'flying palace' jet as gift from Qatar: report

Rusted Qatari Plane Sitting On Blocks On White House Lawn

theonion.com