US US Politics General 2 - Discussion of President Trump and other politicians

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Should be a wild four years.

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Members of the Trump Administration
https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/

 

[Balanced Boomer]

I thank God every day that I wasn't born Chinese.

 

[quaawaa]

Trump gave an interview about the tariffs on Air Force One:

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In it, he says that he's not going to make any deals with other countries that don't lower our trade deficit with them.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

How much soft power did we really get by teaching Africans how to be gay or funding trans interpretations of Cambodian farming practices?

iirc part of it is that we weren't really putting a half a million dollars into gay muppet comics of Uganda, it was probably five thousand or so and the remaining money went to bribing the local warlords, but "money for local warlords to buy children and drugs so they leave us alone" looks even worse than "gay muppet comic"

 

[Introvertigo]

Trump gave an interview about the tariffs on Air Force One:
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In it, he says that he's not going to make any deals with other countries that don't lower our trade deficit with them.

Isn't his Air Force One being worked on Boeing, who is notable for faulty aircraft??? Also, I still think the tweet I posted is true, I mean think about it...with stocks crashing, Elon might be on the run...If you think about it.

 

[Angelos32]

To be completely honest I get a sinking feeling that trump really is conning everyone. I have no basis for why i feel like that, but it’s like, why would he hurt boomercons etc when he and his administration are literally the boomer cons who are the kind of people to tell gen z to “work harder”. I like the guy but I can’t shake the feeling

 

[Levitcus prime24]

To be completely honest I get a sinking feeling that trump really is conning everyone. I have no basis for why i feel like that, but it’s like, why would he hurt boomercons etc when he and his administration are literally the boomer cons who are the kind of people to tell gen z to “work harder”. I like the guy but I can’t shake the feeling

When It comes to politics there is a lot of waiting and see you gotta do.

 

[(°▽°)]

iirc part of it is that we weren't really putting a half a million dollars into gay muppet comics of Uganda, it was probably five thousand or so and the remaining money went to bribing the local warlords, but "money for local warlords to buy children and drugs so they leave us alone" looks even worse than "gay muppet comic"

I thought it was actually all going to the friends and family of Democrat politicians. Billions for Hillary, pennies for warlords.

 

[Sexy Senior Citizen]

I thank God every day that I wasn't born Chinese.

The Yuan has plunged 30% already. Guess nobody has confidence they can fight America in a trade war.

 

[tehpope]

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/geofenced-every-event-democrats-caught-staging-another-inorganic-color-revolution

Far-left, billionaire-funded NGOs—closely aligned with the rudderless and imploding Democratic Party—have been waging a psychological warfare operation against the American people. Framed as "grassroots," the party of hate and violence—evident in their "Tesla Takedown" color revolution aimed at killing Tesla to pressure Elon Musk on DOGE—has been building momentum in recent weeks to segue into anti-Trump protests this weekend. The goal is to manufacture the illusion that Trump is wildly unpopular, leveraging a vast network of dark money-funded NGOs that supply rent-a-protesters to rallies nationwide.

Ahead of anti-Trump protests, we uncovered the Democratic Party's NGO war machine, totaling 186 NGOs, unions, and other radical leftist groups that supported Saturday's mass mobilization efforts of rent-a-protesters and, of course, a grassroots component of the protests (mainly old white angry liberals).

Late Friday, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow openly boasted about the Democratic Party's color revolution operation, even giving airtime to Ezra Levin of the NGO Indivisible Project, who attempted to convince the audience that the anti-Musk and anti-Trump protests are organic...


…but as data analyst Tony Seruga revealed, the protest in Chicago drew only 7,500 attendees, with "92% having attended five or more Kamala Harris rallies, Antifa/BLM events, or pro-Hamas, pro-Palestinian protests." He noted that CBS News attempted to claim "thousands" were present while organizers inflated the number to 30,000.

Here's more about Seruga's data:

Organizers are claiming 30,000. CBS states a vague 'thousands'.
92% having attended 5 or more Kamala Harris rallies, antifa/blm, pro-Hamas, pro-Palestinian protests.
For more insight into what data we also look at in addition to GPS location data would be demographic and psychographic data using over 6,000 different databases, i.e., like the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Pew Research Center, market research firms like YouGov, Experian, specialized tools like ESRI's Tapestry Segmentation, consumer surveys, social media platforms like 𝕏, Facebook, Linkedin.
Demographic data includes basic characteristics like age, gender, income, education level, occupation, marital status, family size, ethnicity, and where people live (e.g., city, state).
Psychographic data dives deeper into people's lifestyles, values, attitudes, interests, personality traits, social class, activities, and how they make purchasing decisions. For example, it might show if someone values sustainability, enjoys outdoor activities, participates in community activism.
While demographic data is straightforward, psychographic data can reveal sensitive personal details, like beliefs even life goals.
Additionally, by cross pollinating each device with other devices regularly within close proximity to the target device we are able to build a detailed profile for each target.
We have identified these six groups.
Once again, this is based a very sophisticated algorithm that looks at the behavioral metrics for each device, including the physical 1:1 proximity to leaders and paymasters from these groups in the past.
Disruption Project, Rise & Resist, Indivisible Project, Troublemakers, the Democratic Socialists of America and the Muslim Brotherhood.

• Disruption Project: Legal status is unclear, likely operating illegally.
• Rise & Resist: 501c4 non-profit
• Indivisible Project: 501c4 non-profit
• Troublemakers: Legal status is for profit.
• Democratic Socialists of America: 501c4 non-profit
• Muslim Brotherhood: 501c4 non-profit

We have also identified 11 additional groups paying for protests, demonstrations and riots, many are linked to foreign bad actors in countries funding terrorism.

GPS—7,498 mobile devices.

Organizers are claiming 30,000. CBS states a vague ‘thousands’.

92% having attended 5 or more Kamala Harris rallies, antifa/blm, pro-Hamas, pro-Palestinian protests.

For more insight into what data we also look at in addition to GPS location data… https://t.co/DZIjtO2l2e
— Tony Seruga (@TonySeruga) April 6, 2025

Seruga's data from the Chicago rally closely mirrors the protest in Denver a few weeks earlier, in which he pointed out: "84% of the devices present had attended 9 or more Kamala Harris rallies, antifa/blm, pro-Hamas, pro-Palestinian protests, 31% had attended over 20."

'Inorganic' - GPS Data Reveals Bernie Sanders, AOC Anti-Oligarchy Rally Was Full Of Serial Protesters https://t.co/TawQtLBvEe
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 23, 2025

Seruga warned the Democratic Party: "GPS—We have geofenced every event. This is not going to end well for the NGOs and non-profits below."

GPS—We have geofenced every event. This is not going to end well for the NGOs and non-profits below.

In the past, each receives money from ActBlue and USAID.

Disruption Project: Legal status is unclear, likely operating illegally.
Rise & Resist: 501c4 non-profit
Indivisible… https://t.co/TSYEcUVWjN
— Tony Seruga (@TonySeruga) April 5, 2025

The American people need to understand that the Democratic Party has deployed color revolutions—psychological operations disguised as popular uprisings—using rent-a-protesters to manufacture artificial sentiment. It's important to note that U.S. intelligence agencies use these same statecraft operations to topple governments overseas.

The problem here is that the Democratic Party's color revolution operation could gain enough momentum—just like their Color Revolution 1.0: the BLM riots. As Seruga warned: "This summer there 100% will be massive riots, anarchy, looting, burning and violent attacks," adding, "Our nation will soon be under a brutal attack by filthy, communist, scumbag, satanic, evil, traitors. Prepare! They are organizing now!"

This summer there will be massive riots, anarchy, looting, burning and violent attacks.

Our nation will soon be under a brutal attack by filthy, communist, scumbag, satanic, evil, traitors. Prepare! They are organizing now!

They are communicating on Telegram, Discord,… pic.twitter.com/5mhDaHvPxu
— Tony Seruga (@TonySeruga) April 6, 2025

However, those waging the color revolution with regime change as their end goal—and who are willing to unleash chaos across the nation—now face a significant problem. We've already seen crazed Democrats resort to domestic terrorism by firebombing Tesla vehicles and showroom locations...

Communist Revolutionary Arrested In Connection With Vegas Tesla Firebombing Attack https://t.co/5dTZmqAzhf
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 28, 2025

The days of taxpayer-funded color revolutions—think BLM riots—are over for now, and million-person marches may be more challenging to achieve. Yet leftist billionaires continue pouring money into these dark NGOs.

If these color revolutions aim to sway public perception and manufacture consent for regime change, then the latest polling data from DailyMail.com/J.L. Partners show failure

sorry if someone's already posted this.

 

[Not Really Here]

These broad statements require evidence. How is Trump restricting Russia? What his policy has done is create an economic hotspot for Russia causing an inflow of foreign national money to set up shell company exporters.

There it is, final proof this user(s) is completely ignorant of US trade relations, and is too lazy to look it up.
Obama 2- International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
Trump 1- Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
Biden- Nordstream
Trump 2- ?

 

[FieldPiece]

Yes. Oklahomans need something to do other than gamble and drink.

A difficulty I'm beginning to encounter is how difficult it is to find some shit that is made in the USA. Stuff you don't even think about, like small parts for consumer electronics. All that is chink shit.

Hey man, Oklahomans have other stuff to do, like die in tornadoes, hit deer with their truck, proudly declare their .00003% Choctaw heritage with a license plate, and smoke weed that's better than any other states weed for some reason.

 

[Postal_Rat]

Manufactured protest 1. you know the one with all the brown people bearing the flags of the shithole nation they fled from? thoroughly convinced me that the right people are in charge now. The pictures from the second protest have convinced me of the same twice over. Everyone in those pictures look like spoiled little children being told no, and appealing to the highest authority in their shallow meaningless lives... the fucking paw patrol.

 

[StarkRavingMad]

So I know a federal worker who just got laid off.

He's receiving a severance pay-- basically, even though he isn't working now, he's still getting paid his salary for an additional 12 months. Dude basically got a year's worth of paid vacation, and all the time in the world to find another job.

I understand it sucks to be laid off, but these feds are acting like the biggest victims ever even though their "exits" involve something like a significant pay, a buyout, etc. Wish that people in the private sector had been shown the same courtesy during covid!

Just saying: If you are a federal worker who just got laid off and was perfectly fine with people's livelihoods being ruined in the name of Covid 5 years ago, then you are a piece of shit who is receiving your unpleasant dose of karma, and I have ZERO sympathy for you (and your karma isn't nearly as bad as what the private sector went through 5 years ago). Bye bitch!

 

[Boogies Cancer]

Isn't his Air Force One being worked on Boeing, who is notable for faulty aircraft??? Also, I still think the tweet I posted is true, I mean think about it...with stocks crashing, Elon might be on the run...If you think about it.

I have no idea what you're trying to imply here. Boeing makes up about half of US commercial aircraft and has numerous military contracts as well. There's definitely been some corners cuts and their reputation is deservedly in the shitter right now.

That said the number of eyes on something like Air Force One is ridiculous. The 3 phase generator that's towed up there while they turn on the APU for maintenance is washed before it's dragged out and connected to the plane purely for aesthetic reasons. The backup to the backup will be selected from the more aesthetically pleasing units in case it's in a picture and because important people might see them in a diplomatic context.

Some jackass maintenance workers cutting corners at an assembly plant and then the 3 other assholes who are supposed to check that the just checked a form or initialed a box instead of even looking has no bearing on something that probably has more eyes verifying it then entire fleets of random commercial vessels. Air Force One is hardened against nuclear EMP, it's not going to be missing any bolts on it's doors.

 

[Sweeter and Savoury]

The Yuan has plunged 30% already. Guess nobody has confidence they can fight America in a trade war.

No one gives a shit about the CCP fiat paper even the Chinks

In China most transactions are done in USD and only official government stuff is done in Yuan Where you have to pay with Yuan otherwise ever Chink measures value by USD and won't accept Yuan unless they have too.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

I thought it was actually all going to the friends and family of Democrat politicians. Billions for Hillary, pennies for warlords.

probably depends on the territory and which warlords are associates of the clintons

 

[Eekum Bokum]

Trump will attack Iran. He cares more about Jewish pedophiles then keeping promises to his voters.

Did a Jew shit in your mouth or something? every post you make is seething at Jews, at least when everyone else does it they make it funny.

 

[edgymovies]

So I know a federal worker who just got laid off.

He's receiving a severance pay-- basically, even though he isn't working now, he's still getting paid his salary for an additional 12 months. Dude basically got a year's worth of paid vacation, and all the time in the world to find another job.

I understand it sucks to be laid off, but these feds are acting like the biggest victims ever even though their "exits" involve something like a significant pay, a buyout, etc. Wish that people in the private sector has been shown the same courtesy during covid!

Just saying: If you are a federal worker who just got laid off and was perfectly fine with people's livelihoods being ruined in the name of Covid 5 years ago, then you are a piece of shit who is receiving their unpleasant dose of karma, and I have ZERO sympathy for you (and their karma isn't nearly as bad as what the private sector went through 5 years ago). Bye bitch!

It sounds like this person was laid off illegally and OPM won't allow him to resume his regular work. From what I've read this is a policy decision and they could force him to actually do work at any point after reinstating him.

I'm basing it off this article. Idk what the reasoning is for putting these people on administrative leave, but it seems like a decision the administration is making.

Around 25,000 federal probationary workers across 18 agencies were fired under the Trump administration in the last month or so. Now, many of them are back, following a judge's order. But that doesn't mean they're pushing papers; instead, many have been placed directly on paid administrative leave, which OPM has said in a filing is the first step in reinstating workers' jobs.

 

[Sweeter and Savoury]

I dunno if this is real or not but the latrine mill is saying the SCOTUS will drop a ruling today or tomorrow (April 6 or 7) with a 5/4 judgment in favour of Trump vs the judges using TRO's.

Rumor is that Roberts cucked again but ABC did not.

Fingers crossed we see something soon.

 

[tehpope]

I dunno if this is real or not but the latrine mill is saying the SCOTUS will drop a ruling today or tomorrow (April 6 or 7) with a 5/4 judgment in favour of Trump vs the judges using TRO's.

Rumor is that Roberts cucked again but ABC did not.

Fingers crossed we see something soon.

that would be great. idk if it will happen. I fully expect them to go 9-0 against trump. The courts will do anything to give themselves more power.

see Marbury Vs Madison.

In the wake of this most recent and awful decision by a unelected judge to halt federal action based on their own interpretation of the constitution. Ladies and gentlemen, I present one of the greatest kerfuffles in American poltiical history, the sad and twisted Seinfeld episode that is Marbury Vs Madison

Many of you may already know that in 1803 the supreme court established the principle of "judicial review" a power not given to them by the founding fathers or outlined anywhere in the constitution, that, and I quote, "Giving American courts the power to strike down laws and statues they find violate the Constitution of the United States." but most of you dont know exactly how petty and small the circumstances that lead to this landmark decisions so lets take a jounrey shall we?

Its the year 1801 the 2 political partys are the sitting president John Adams Federalists and the incoming president Thomas Jeffersons Democratic-Reublican party, they are bitter rivals and its march of that year 1801 with 2 days left in John Adams term

2 DAYS

he appoinst SEVERAL DOZEN federalist party supporters to cicrut judge and justice of the peace postions in an attempt to frustrate the Jeffersons new administration. The outgoing senate quickly confirmed it but the secretary of state, John Marshal was unable to deliver all the new judges commissions before Adams departure and Jefferson inauguration.

So think about the situation, the president has made these appointments, the senate confirmed them, the guy who has to admister their oath and officials appoint them wasent PHYSICALLY able to do all them before the next president is in place. So the new Secretary of state is obviously ordered by Jefferson to NOT deliver those commissions, as he is president know and that is his prerogative as much as it was the previous ones right TO order it.

One of those who was going to be given a judges commision was a Maryland Businessman by the name of William Marbury, he filed a lawsuit with the supreme court asking the court to issue a writ of "mandamus" forcing the secretary of state to deliver his commision

OK, quick break, all of what you have read so far is 100%, non editorialized FACT that 99% of all historians will tell you is know to be the case, this next part gets a little murky

the official story is the supreme court saw the action of the Jefferrson government as illegal beacuse it was "improper", im not super sure, the argument is so paper thin, beacuse the lionshare of the opinion surrounds how the court found this decision gives the court the ability to review and strike down ANY piece of legislature or policy for any branch of givernment UNLIATERIALY

The reality is they just saw this as a great vessel to expand the power of the supreme court beyond what anyone orignally intented

" Examining the law Congress had passed to define Supreme Court jurisdiction over types of cases like Marbury's—Section 13 of the Judiciary Act of 1789—the Court found that the Act had expanded the definition of the Supreme Court's jurisdiction beyond what was originally set forth in the U.S. Constitution. The Court then struck down Section 13 of the Act, announcing that American courts have the power to invalidate laws that they find to violate the Constitution—a power now known as judicial review." basic source

The real kicker?
"In Marbury's case, however, the Court did not order Madison to comply. Because striking down the law removed any jurisdiction the Court might have had over the case, the Court could not issue the writ that Marbury had requested."

The guy who was whining about all this in the first place never even got his judgeship cause doing so would undue the precident they are trying to set of the COURTS being the one to make such a decsion.

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These 2 assholes and the Supreme Court at the time are more responsible for our countrys democracy never haveing a long term chance than anyone