Trump’s First Week

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aTotal360

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D-. The shltcanning of Acosta elevated him from an F. Still more work to be done.
 

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One thing he threaten I did not like was tying aid to California to voter ID. I don't think it was real, he was postering. "Art of the deal" I do agree that there should be voter ID in every state but each state should make that decision themselves and not have emergency money heal over their head. I do agree that California does not manage money and is always having budget deficits. Any money they get, there should be a commission set up to distributed out. Newsome is a horrible governor.
Most things he says are postering for the deal and it kind of works!

Ask Colombia
 
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- Trump is wasting money by flying people to Colombia on a military cargo jet instead of the less expensive flights that have been commonplace.

Second time I've heard this statement. Not disputing it. How is one way less expensive than the other? Can't be much either way.
Colombia is sending it's own plane to pick them up. That plane may not make it back to Colombia.***
 

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You have missed a lot.
Here is an unemotional list of what has happened, with 4 observations of mine tossed in(points 9-12).

- Trump revealed what the NJ Drones really were in the first week, as he had promised...or not
- Trump ended the Ukrainian war in the first week, as he had promised...or not.
- Trump initiated all the tariffs in the first week, as he had promised...or not.
- Trump continues to try and just take Greenland, as he indicated.
- Trump is making a bunch of federal workers work in offices, even if there are no offices for them to work in, as he had promised.
- Trump is reducing spending, as he had promised.
- Trump pardoned j6 people who illegally broke into a Federal building to stop a lawful act and beat police in the process.
- Trump is wasting money by flying people to Colombia on a military cargo jet instead of the less expensive flights that have been commonplace.
- Trump and Melania approved having their names tied to meme coins and are raking in millions of dollars in transaction fees because we have a lot of stupid people in this country.
- Trump got a handful of the wealthiest people in the world to do a 180 and financially support his inauguration...but not to curry favor...of course not.
- Trump continues to let Musk say and do whatever the 17 he wants, and is apparently cool with Musk doing clear Nazi salutes...because he is a man-child and it wasnt actually a deplorable salute, but rather a neuro-divergent's endearing attempt at expressing emotion thanking the crowd for saving America. Yeah, thats the ticket!
- Trump is using Executive Orders, the very thing he has complained about being overused countless times, to initiate a ton of pet projects because he thinks receiving 1.5% more of the vote means he has a 'mandate'.



All seriousness- it was exactly what I would have guessed. It was a bunch of handwringing and stopping DEI, and Woke, and Trans. It was a bunch of musings and causal threats directed at citizens and other countries.
It was not about stopping international wars.
It was not about making citizens safer.
It was not about making citizens healthier.
It was not about making citizens wealthier.
It was not about making housing more affordable.
It was not about making education better.
It was not about fixing a broken immigration system.
It was not about lowering grocery costs.
It was not about making our air, land, and waterways cleaner.
It was not about improving our infrastructure.


None of the issues that are substantive were addressed. It was just the first week and those issues are really difficult and complex.
👆🏼 still a moron and a loser.
 

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What's the 4D chess explanation for so many of the federal funds frozen that are built into law? Even if somehow he's within his rights as president, there's going to be a lot of regular people feeling the hurt very very soon.
Who’s gonna feel the hurt? The bureaucrats in those positions?
 
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First off, nothing I posted is opinion- all those are accurate statements of what has happened in the first week. I did add my opinion to bullets 9-12, but that is just my view of the events.

As for deporting violent criminals, yes I agree that deporting violent criminals who are illegally in the US is a good thing. I initially typed out 'substantively safer', but changed it because I figured everyone would be able to understand that we arent safer simply due to random deportations. History has shown that the overwhelming majority who are deported do not have a history of violence. Further, deportations are not being done due to proven safety concerns, so citing safety is disingenuous.

If deportations were targeting illegally residing violent criminals only, then sure you have a point.


But even then, my comment about us not being safer is about more than just the incredibly rare incidents of violent illegals. To me I view 'safer' as safer from gun violence, safer from sexual assault, safer from domestic violence, safer from abuse, etc
No they aren’t.
 
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- Trump is wasting money by flying people to Colombia on a military cargo jet instead of the less expensive flights that have been commonplace.

Second time I've heard this statement. Not disputing it. How is one way less expensive than the other? Can't be much either way.
I honestly can’t imagine how the military flight isn’t cheaper.

(A) they aren’t making a profit
(B) military pilots have to keep a certain number of hours so this allows them to do that and get rid of POSs in our country
 
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Weren’t you an idiot for believing that?
Lol of course I didn't believe that garbage. I can't stand the fan boys that allow him to spew his stream of consciousness and retroactively say he was just joking when it doesn't hit.

"Durrr dee durrr - you believed him - joke's on you - it was his super duper art of the deal flex that makes him a genius - don't take him so serious!!1"

I wish I had a cult. Credit where credit is due. He nailed assembling one.
 

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Lol of course I didn't believe that garbage. I can't stand the fan boys that allow him to spew his stream of consciousness and retroactively say he was just joking when it doesn't hit.

"Durrr dee durrr - you believed him - joke's on you - it was his super duper art of the deal flex that makes him a genius - don't take him so serious!!1"

I wish I had a cult. Credit where credit is due. He nailed assembling one.
It’s called politics. Every single candidate does it.

but I guarantee you we are much closer in a week to ending the ware than Biden got in 2.5 years.
 
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Who’s gonna feel the hurt? The bureaucrats in those positions?
Depends on the law/program. Feel free to bring one up as an example. I'm all for leaning up federal budget but you have do it the right way. Process is still important no matter how much you love or hate orange man.
 

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Depends on the law/program. Feel free to bring one up as an example. I'm all for leaning up federal budget but you have do it the right way. Process is still important no matter how much you love or hate orange man.
Here’s a simple process that politicians will never pass bc they are stupid and pu$$ies

2% yearly cuts evenly across the board in every department until revenue is 5 to 10% above expenses. Then lock it in there.

If a person running a department can’t cut 2% without it making a huge issue then they probably suck at their job.
 

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Would you rather they take a cruise ship across the Gulf of America?

Joke aside, how would you get em back to Colombia?
Probably the same way we did but I’d prefer the countries they came from pay for it .

and before you show how dumb you are they can pay for it without “directly” paying for it.
 

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You answer my question then I'll answer yours.
I don’t know the answer to your question. I am guessing that the US does the heavy lifting because that’s the only way to mass deport people. The country that the people left is not responsible for keeping them in the country. I doubt countries would agree to payfor their citizens to have to return because those countries aren’t financially responsible for what their citizens do when traveling.


There you go, my best guess. So will you answer my question?
 

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I don’t know the answer to your question. I am guessing that the US does the heavy lifting because that’s the only way to mass deport people. The country that the people left is not responsible for keeping them in the country. I doubt countries would agree to payfor their citizens to have to return because those countries aren’t financially responsible for what their citizens do when traveling.


There you go, my best guess. So will you answer my question?
So let’s have an honest sincere conversation and try and stay on this specific topic. 200 words or less per post please.

do you think we should deport illegals who break the law?
 

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Here’s a simple process that politicians will never pass bc they are stupid and pu$$ies

2% yearly cuts evenly across the board in every department until revenue is 5 to 10% above expenses. Then lock it in there.

If a person running a department can’t cut 2% without it making a huge issue then they probably suck at their job.
We get what we vote for. I wish we'd stop sending gutless people more concerned with getting re-elected than doing their job by managing a budget responsibly. I also wish those same people would stop expecting 1 person fix it with executive orders. I'm not getting into a Civics 101 soapbox - you know where I'm headed with that.

That comment applies across all admins and ideologies bc our dumbass electorate has operated this way for generations. Lazy voters get **** governing
 
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I honestly can’t imagine how the military flight isn’t cheaper.

(A) they aren’t making a profit
(B) military pilots have to keep a certain number of hours so this allows them to do that and get rid of POSs in our country
It appears that on a C-17 the cost per migrant is about like a Delta Premium Select flight from GTR to London. Coach is a third of that price. As this article points out, I’m sure Spirit Airlines would love to do it, and it would cost a fraction of the military flights.
 

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So let’s have an honest sincere conversation and try and stay on this specific topic. 200 words or less per post please.

do you think we should deport illegals who break the law?
Which law?

Littering? No.
Spousal abuse? Yes.
Speeding ticket? No.
Sexual assault? Yes.
 
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I don’t know the answer to your question. I am guessing that the US does the heavy lifting because that’s the only way to mass deport people. The country that the people left is not responsible for keeping them in the country. I doubt countries would agree to payfor their citizens to have to return because those countries aren’t financially responsible for what their citizens do when traveling.


There you go, my best guess. So will you answer my question?
I'll repeat my question : "I would like the reason we flew illegals INTO this country with our tax dollars in the first place ."
 

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How I feel when golfer/pars pair off to argue against potus/thatsbaseball. It always brings a sense of joy.
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I'll repeat my question : "I would like the reason we flew illegals INTO this country with our tax dollars in the first place ."
Oh, I figured you mistyped that.
Well considering that is what you intended to ask, I havent any idea at all and cant even come up with a confident guess.
 

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We get what we vote for. I wish we'd stop sending gutless people more concerned with getting re-elected than doing their job by managing a budget responsibly. I also wish those same people would stop expecting 1 person fix it with executive orders. I'm not getting into a Civics 101 soapbox - you know where I'm headed with that.

That comment applies across all admins and ideologies bc our dumbass electorate has operated this way for generations. Lazy voters get **** governing
We agree 100%

Take illegal immigration for example. One simple way to fix that is to turn off all benefits/subsidies for immigrants. You know they way it used to be when we truly got mostly immigrants who were the brightest and most hard working and willing to take risks.
 
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Uh isn't being in this country illegally against the law ?
Yes it is against the law. Since the question that was asked to me accepts someone is illegal as a default, I figured that wasnt included in the question. If it is part of the question, then the question is circular.
 

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It appears that on a C-17 the cost per migrant is about like a Delta Premium Select flight from GTR to London. Coach is a third of that price. As this article points out, I’m sure Spirit Airlines would love to do it, and it would cost a fraction of the military flights.
Id be all for an open bid process on this and the numbers made public.

i haven’t read the entire article but i don’t think it takes into account that c-130s and such fly daily with no extra passengers bc they train and need flight hours.
 

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