What has Trump done now?

[Jerry_Atrick]

14 minutes ago, Marty_d said:

If your US friends don't think it would be better under literally anyone else, they're not thinking full stop.

That's your opinion; theirs, from their experience is different. Congress has not raised the minimum wage since 2009, for example. Obama did it in his first year - nothing else 8 years on, Chump 1, nothing else; Biden, de nada; Chump 2 nothing. The average US citizen couldn't give a stuff about the rest of the world. 

 

12 minutes ago, facthunter said:

What do you mean "at least there is transparency?" Like on Truth Social? Anyone who spills their Guts gets get SHAFTED. , Businesses are Ruined.  Trump wants to Make the USA Great Again. He's NOT doing THAT is He?   He's a CROOK. Only looking After himself and his Mates. and drunk with Power. The People Have No idea how to get rid of Him. Nev

What they mean is, it is all there to see. Apart from the Like on Truth Social question, nothing else in your post has anything to do about whether the government is transparent or not. 

Edited 4 hours ago by Jerry_Atrick

[facthunter]

How is it transparent when People are "cowed" into keeping silent? Legal firms are put out of business, if they take him on. (challenge Him). Nev

[rgmwa]

4 hours ago, nomadpete said:

 

He’s got around that by appointing the guy as Acting Director. He can hold that position for something like 210 days before they need to do something about it. Plenty of time to get up to mischief on Trump’s behalf. 

[Marty_d]

3 hours ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

That's your opinion; theirs, from their experience is different. Congress has not raised the minimum wage since 2009, for example. Obama did it in his first year - nothing else 8 years on, Chump 1, nothing else; Biden, de nada; Chump 2 nothing. The average US citizen couldn't give a stuff about the rest of the world. 

 

What they mean is, it is all there to see. Apart from the Like on Truth Social question, nothing else in your post has anything to do about whether the government is transparent or not. 

Obama and Biden weren't openly and transparently corrupt.

They didn't put morons in charge of the armed forces, the FBI, the education system, the health system, etc.

They didn't do everything they could to wreck the world's longest lived modern democracy for personal gain and to satisfy a bloated ego.

They didn't do everything they could to stop the fight against climate change.

They didn't rip up international agreements like the Iran deal just because they had a petty dislike of the previous president.

They didn't shut down news organisations and use stand over tactics like thugs when facts were aired that they didn't like.

But hey, if all that means absolutely nothing to your friends, I guess they have the president they deserve.

[rgmwa]

4 hours ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

I read the news, sigh, and hope his reign of fascism is over before he inflicts irreparable damage.

I think it's already too late. Most of the damage is now baked into the system and the worlds psyche, and it will only get worse before Trump and his enablers get thrown out. 

 

4 hours ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

People are putting up with this crap because they have had enough of the status quo. Yep, they are getting shafted, but they are under no illusion they were getting shafted. 

Well, they're getting royally shafted now. 

 

4 hours ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

MY US friends, albeit admitting it is a sad state of affairs, don't think it would be any better under anyone else, but at least there is transparency. 

There is transparency alright. The incompetence and corruption is out in the open for all to see and on a scale they will probably never see again. If they feel that's a win, then they can well admit that it's a sad state of affairs.