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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[Look--an Alien!]

145 percent tarriff on China, now

 

[JayseeDenton]

sake one my ships

 

[SpergioLeonne]

145 percent tarriff on China, now

My factory here in the good ol U S of A has had voluntary overtime available for multiple weeks in a row

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

145 percent tarriff on China, now

90 days to flatten the curve

 

[Catch The Rainbow]

My factory here in the good ol U S of A has had voluntary overtime available for multiple weeks in a row

getting money and not seeing the bitch wife? win win

 

[Fuck Bankers]

90 days to flatten the curve

What does that mean?

 

[ChefKiss]

NOOo what will the discord mods and forever cave dwellers will do without their Gundam's and weeboo bait porn vinyl figures.
Wait till bitches cry about shein and temu
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Dont you insult the good name of Gundam, which properly depicts Space America as the chad who gets all the girls and Canada and England as the villains

 

[cool4thcat]

Judge allows requirement that everyone in the US illegally must register to move forward (archive)​

Pressuring Migrants to ‘Self-Deport,’ White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers (archive)​

TSD has been achieved and you all want to still sperg about jews? lmao

 

[Tomato flowers]

What does that mean?

Nobody knows what it means, but it’s provocative

 

[One Angry Computer]

What does that mean?

That if China and the other nations that didn't buckle and start with negotiations before the deadline, do not capitulate, it's Joever for them in terms of exorbitant tariffs.

That or the stock market explodes harder than a dying blue star, but I can't predict the future.

 

[SpergioLeonne]

What does that mean?

It’s a reference for 14 days to flatten the curve re: Covid

Our unfortunately purple and wrinkly friend doesn’t seem to process all the implications of a mindless dictatorship that hasn’t historically paid much attention to the levels it subsidizes its manufacturing getting jammed up

Chinese shit will jam up ports around the world, just sitting there rotting. Wait till the ports try to tell the ships to get rid of it

We’ll have undersea e-bike reefs to replace old timey coral

Unfortunately, endocrine suppressing toxins will also render life on earth sterile

 

[LiquidKid]

Trump has a couple jews in his cabinet, I dont' think he has any ukrainians. I am tired of hearing about the jew sperging as much as anyone, people have zero goddamn nuance about it, and it is scary to hear about all these anti semitism task forces, it has a real chilling effect on open and free speech.

The thing is, I get it to an extent. Jews are an extra protected class and get things other religions don’t. Like how in Last of Us 2 it just came out that you can burn crosses but not stars of David etc. and there are indeed many Jews in high profile places, but I’m tired of Jews being the scapegoat to literally everything.
No one hates illegal Mexicans more than I do, but even I don’t blame absolutely everything wrong with California on them. But every other comment it’s “bow down to the Jews” or “the Jews get what they want again.” It’s annoying

 

[SpergioLeonne]

The thing is, I get it to an extent. Jews are an extra protected class and get things other religions don’t. Like how in Last of Us 2 it just came out that you can burn crosses but not stars of David etc. and there are indeed many Jews in high profile places, but I’m tired of Jews being the scapegoat to literally everything.
No one hates illegal Mexicans more than I do, but even I don’t blame absolutely everything wrong with California on them. But every other comment it’s “bow down to the Jews” or “the Jews get what they want again.” It’s annoying

Get on the China train, fags
They’re the enemy, and you are going to enjoy my grievance fulfillment whether you like it or not

 

[behindyourightnow]

Saw a silly article title on The Hill: "Democrat says Trump-Xi in ‘testosterone battle’ with tariff war" (archive)

It's interesting the way that's phrased, because after seeing the widespread lib confusion over the tariff decisions on other platforms, I'm starting to think it's related to a gender divide.

Not like a literal male/female split, I mean people (both men and women) who are so accustomed to a stereotypically "feminine" way of doing things (i.e., everyone is super nice to each other, everyone focuses on just building long-term consensus, everyone pretends there's no hierarchy going on even though there always is) that they cannot comprehend how things work within "masculine" dealings (one guy establishing he's in charge, punishing the people who don't fall in line with the hierarchy, and rewarding those who do)

If your only experience is in the "feminine" style, Trump's actions look like utter chaos. It's not just stupidity or cynicism or something you disagree with, it's completely unpredictable in a way that's deeply upsetting.

 

[SpergioLeonne]

getting money and not seeing the bitch wife? win win

Well, it’s interesting in light of the tariff situation. Just an anecdote that I believe we're picking up some of the work everyone insists America doesn’t have the capacity to do

Also, I’ve literally never called my wife a bitch, because she’s never deserved it. We tend not to hit below the belt when we’re annoyed or have something to disagree about

 

[Buttigieg2020]

who are so accustomed to a stereotypically "feminine" way of doing things (i.e., everyone is super nice to each other, everyone focuses on just building long-term consensus, everyone pretends there's no hierarchy going on even though there always is) that they cannot comprehend how things work within "masculine" dealings (one guy establishing he's in charge, punishing the people who don't fall in line with the hierarchy, and rewarding those who do)

It is absolutely 100% this.

The featured tariffs thread is literally* both viewpoints talking past each other.

A substantial number of Europeans/Center Left/Center Right do not understand using threats as leverage in a negotiation.

They may understand threats, but they don’t understand how or why they would be used.

Spoiler: Sperging

Probably because those groups are so thoroughly undermined, that they can’t comprehend the violence used to establish victors in the past.

And HHH talking about sex with Trump.*

 

[WelfareNiggerQueen]

I love how he's excited about punishing Hollywood. Suffah Disney Fags.

Before all the trannie dick shit, appeasing foreigner sensitivities was the thing that was making movies gay.
We're probably too far gone for Hollywood to start making good movies again. Mel Gibson should force them to make Passion of the Christ 2.

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

What does that mean?

The last time the global economy was in this much turmoil, The Trump Administration said on March 16th 2020 "14 days to flatten the curve", meaning that if we all just go into lockdown for 2 weeks, it will prevent the worst of an infection spike in the general population. Hence " flattening the curve of infection rates by day"

Now, in that video, when asked about the economic turmoil caused by the tariff, a Trump Administration official said something to the effect of "...in 90 days, we'll have worked through this backlog of countries and you'll see an improvement" , echoing the sentiment from the 2020 situation where if we just deal with some bullshit and pain for a little bit, everything will be all better.

I posted that to reflect on the outcome of that statement and it's truthfulness in 2020 and invite your own conclusions as to if this sentiment shared today by the administration is as trustworthy.

I am making a case neither for or against. Just seemed an interesting parallel.

 

[Not Really Here]

just because enrichment only takes a few extra hours to get from 60% to 90% doesn't mean it only takes a few extra hours to make a nuclear warhead capable of being launched at a target.

90% purity uranium is one of the most toxic substances on Earth, you don't need to assemble a physics package. I hate to break this to you, but you don't need a warhead on a missile. A shipping container, and some lead sheets, work well.

I'm not an expert, this source claims days:

Days for enough 90% to assemble a fully functional device, It's done in batches. Really depends on how many gas centrifuges used, and days are made of hours.
Unfortunately, 60% is enough for a 'crude' device.

https://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/entering-uncharted-waters-irans-60-percent-highly-enriched-uranium

Can you point out in the image or article where it says "hours". My reading skills aren't like yours, I can't seem to find it. It does feel embarrassing not being able to read the word "hours" in your image or article.

Jesus, please care for this retard.

 

[LiquidKid]

The last time the global economy was in this much turmoil, The Trump Administration said on March 16th 2020 "14 days to flatten the curve", meaning that if we all just go into lockdown for 2 weeks, it will prevent the worst of an infection spike in the general population. Hence " flattening the curve of infection rates by day"

Now, in that video, when asked about the economic turmoil caused by the tariff, a Trump Administration official said something to the effect of "...in 90 days, we'll have worked through this backlog of countries and you'll see an improvement" , echoing the sentiment from the 2020 situation where if we just deal with some bullshit and pain for a little bit, everything will be all better.

I posted that to reflect on the outcome of that statement and it's truthfulness in 2020 and invite your own conclusions as to if this sentiment shared today by the administration is as trustworthy.

I am making a case neither for or against. Just seemed an interesting parallel.

The difference is Covid was abused so the democrats could gain almost total control of the country to sabotage Trump and win an election.
This time it’s entirely Trump deciding what countries bent the knee hard enough, and who gets the middle finger. So far it’s only Canada, China, and the penguins getting the middle finger