Trump is officially president today

[ryandesreu]

[Hardkill]

2 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

Get ready for your egg prices to double thanks to tarrifs.

Your wallet will be empty by the time Trump is out. But this will teach you a valuable existential lesson about equivocating with the devil.

Welcome to the consequences of voting for a devil.

I really hope Trump is not serious about raising the average tariff rates on all imports, including raising the tariff on Chinese imports, to what they were during the Great Depression-Era. Not only would many millions of Americans be significantly poorer than they are now, but it could become a big contributing factor to another severe recession if not a depression in the future. 

The Smoot Hawley Tariff of 1930 (which imposed the second-highest tariff rate in U.S. history, after the Tariff of 1828) completely backfired by worsening the Great Depression.

There's a reason why America has kept the average rate on all imports, especially the average rate on dutiable Imports, to very low levels since the late 1940s (post WWII). In fact, Ronald Reagan's presidency began a new trend of lowering tariff rates down to another level and that trend continued on as a precedent that lasted all the way to the end of Obama's presidency.

Trump has been trying to change that precedent ever since his first term as president and Biden continued it but did it in a much more intelligent manner. Now Trump wants to take that into overdrive and for very dumb and antiquated reasons. 

Edited 7 hours ago by Hardkill

[Jacob Morres]

Not sure if it's been posted already but first day in Trump and Melania run a crypto scam worth hundreds of billions lol 

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

this is quite disappointing though. here we have bernie, a dude trying to end billionaires, nearly winning dem primaries and now we got trump who's probably going to severely make the issue worse and benefit the billionaires

Edited 6 hours ago by Jacob Morres

[Sempiternity]

The Republican party is redrawing maps so it is pretty much impossible to ever win an election again.

The Supreme Court is bought by Republican donors, and support the Republican agenda. 

Trump is putting more loyalists in the Supreme Court, ensuring Republican power for decades. 

The Supreme Court made law that a president has complete immunity from any prosecution for any crime, giving him unlimited power to do what ever he wants. Including assassinating political rivals, which Trump lawyers said they can do.

Trump is replacing all levels of government with loyalists, eliminating any checks and balances. Including the miliary.

Trump has promised there will be no more elections. 

You all have no idea how bad this all is. He has unlimited power to do whatever he wants and there is nothing to stop him. And he controls the most powerful military in human history. 

He will not stop consuming the world. Hence why the very first thing he wanted to do was take over other countries.

His billionaire friends will soon become Trillionaires, and will not stop consuming it all.

And this is only the beginning.  

I do not think it hyperbolic to say that America is now what Nazi Germany was. We are that now. 

How far will this all go? How can it be stopped? No one knows. But all I know is this is going to get bad. Real bad. And you all have no clue it's coming.

Enjoy life while you can. 

[Leo Gura]

@Sempiternity Thanks for the pep-talk, sunshine.

[Hardkill]

8 minutes ago, Sempiternity said:

The Republican party is redrawing maps so it is pretty much impossible to ever win an election again.

The Supreme Court is bought by Republican donors, and support the Republican agenda. 

Trump is putting more loyalists in the Supreme Court, ensuring Republican power for decades. 

The Supreme Court made law that a president has complete immunity from any prosecution for any crime, giving him unlimited power to do what ever he wants. Including assassinating political rivals, which Trump lawyers said they can do.

Trump is replacing all levels of government with loyalists, eliminating any checks and balances. Including the miliary.

Trump has promised there will be no more elections. 

You all have no idea how bad this all is. He has unlimited power to do whatever he wants and there is nothing to stop him. And he controls the most powerful military in human history. 

He will not stop consuming the world. Hence why the very first thing he wanted to do was take over other countries.

His billionaire friends will soon become Trillionaires, and will not stop consuming it all.

And this is only the beginning.  

I do not think it hyperbolic to say that America is now what Nazi Germany was. We are that now. 

How far will this all go? How can it be stopped? No one knows. But all I know is this is going to get bad. Real bad. And you all have no clue it's coming.

Enjoy life while you can. 

Yeah, I feel that way too....

I generally don't believe in owning guns, but given the extraordinary circumstances we are in, I think we may need them.

[Bobby_2021]

@Leo Gura

I have zero interest in changing your opinion. I only care to resolve factual errors and internal contradictions. Totally respect your decision to not engage further.

Your point on Ukrainian Sovereignty is well accepted because it's a solid position with no internal contradictions. 

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I really hope Trump is joking on the Tariffs front. This could have deviating consequences even for the global economy as a whole as we aren't ready for it.

[Lyubov]

Phase One Thick Face, Black Heart leads us to winning, yet our victory often has no sweetness. More often than not, life, through its mysterious forces, will cause our ill deeds to catch up with us. To conquer others through ruthless means is not difficult: all you must do is agree to sell your soul to the devil.

Chu, Chin-Ning. Thick Face, Black Heart: The Warrior Philosophy for Conquering the Challenges of Business and Life (p. 16). (Function). Kindle Edition. 

 

This book is in @Leo Gura reading list. It is an amazing book for anyone who wants to no longer care what others think of them and seek approval. It's also amazing to understand the minds of these people. You can adopt their same mindset as well, and applying it guided by truth, honesty and integrity, and you will be the embodiment of change you wish to see in the world. 

Edited 4 hours ago by Lyubov

[Bobby_2021]

2 hours ago, Jacob Morres said:

here we have bernie, a dude trying to end billionaires, nearly winning dem primaries and now we got trump

Bernie could have swept up a good share of MAGA rednecks votes too. Missed out on that. Instead Trump cashed in on plenty of blue votes.

Gen z who used to be a blue vote bank felt like the economy is too harsh to them and hate voted Trump to victory.

Edited 4 hours ago by Bobby_2021

[Lyubov]

6 hours ago, Peo said:

Trump signing out of The Paris Agreement was sad to watch. I thought Elon musk was pro fixing climate change, but i guess i was wrong. 

 

this is creepy as shit, classic authoritarian spectacle, sadam and hitler did stuff like this in public too 

[Buck Edwards]

7 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

Get ready for your egg prices to double thanks to tarrifs.

I predicted this long ago on November 15 last year in the crocodile Pic contest. Poor eggs. 

(image for Satirical purposes only) 

Edited 2 hours ago by Buck Edwards