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 yesterday at 07:55 AM 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.

 

[pmccarthy]

A friend just came back from the USA, says that ordinary people are just getting on with their lives and seem unaffected by it all.

[nomadpete]

9 hours ago, rgmwa said:

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. 

Totally agree.

The USofA will no longer be a land of opportunity for the people. But fine for the top few. They are already firmly on the road to international isolationism. The rest of the world is already getting along better without them. 

Long term damage has already be done.

Just think of the outrage that will rise if Republicans and DJT get thrown out.

Besides, there seems to be nobody else electable.

[nomadpete]

Marty, we can only see limited and biased news, and from our distance it cannot reflect how the inhabitants see things.

JerryA just gave you a little insight of how some USAnians see things.

[rgmwa]

8 hours ago, pmccarthy said:

A friend just came back from the USA, says that ordinary people are just getting on with their lives and seem unaffected by it all.

I’m sure that’s true. It’s the same here. Most people live their lives day to day without necessarily paying much attention to politics or the state of the world in general. However, the fact is that everyone is affected by the economy, the judicial and health systems, global supply chain disruptions, taxes, and the quality of the nation’s leadership. It’s the ordinary people who suffer the most when those systems don’t work for them and there’s a lot of that going on in the US these days. The wealthy are doing fine. Trump’s manipulated stock portfolio is looking pretty healthy, he can afford his increasingly frequent medical checkups, enjoy his special tax relief status and not worry about the cost of jet fuel for his weekly golf outings. Most Americans are just trying to make ends meet and get through another day. 

Edited 9 hours ago by rgmwa

[onetrack]

It's interesting that Trump and the MAGA mob have just lost an important gubnertorial election in Iowa to a Democrat by the name of Zach Lahn.

 

Lahn defeated the Republican incumbent, Trump-backed Randy Feenstra. Despite Iowa being a big support zone for Trump, with the State being a huge farming State - Lahn won on multiple angles associated with health issues that the State is grappling with.

 

Des Moines water is so polluted with nitrate run-off into water aquifers, they have had to install special filtration equipment. Cancer rates are skyrocketing in Iowa, and a lot of Iowan people (including farmers) believe high levels of pesticide and herbicide use is to blame for both problems.

 

Trump is trying to ensure Monsanto can't be sued, and has watered down EPA laws and controls. The Iowans see it differently, they want Monsanto held to account, and EPA laws and regulations kept in place.

Lahn campaigned on the MAHA ticket - Make America Healthy Again, a vocal group who claim that Americans suffer from an epidemic of chronic illnesses, driven by ultra-processed foods, environmental toxins, over-medicalisation, and corporate corruption within the pharmaceutical and agricultural industries. MAHA is championed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

 

Lahn also campaigned on reducing major corporate ownership and control of farmland. This is an interesting turn of events, a Red State turning against Trumps corporate-loving policies.