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The difference being Trump’s grandiose narcissism compared to Truss just being really thick and a bit mad.
I’m confident Trump will outlast the lettuce, is what I’m saying.
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[Politics] Donald Trump, US President
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I’m confident Trump will outlast the lettuce, is what I’m saying.
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
- 28,445
Something I lifted from FB, suddenly everything makes sense.....
This was shared by a much loved and very traumatised relative in America
https://www.facebook.com/groups/476...ee1gtn_6P6thDZyczkwJuFkkk4KTo&__tn__=<<,P-y-R
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I know a little something that so many do not appreciate about Donald, but that those of us who worked with him in the financial services game have known for many decades—LONG before he ever made a run at politics.
His stated motives rarely reveal his true agenda. His showmanship and charisma bedazzles the uninformed, which is exactly how he likes it.
He never signed a contract or met an agreement he wouldn’t violate or wriggle out of if it suited his hidden agenda. He never met an investor whose purse he didn’t consider his own in some strategic way. And he never met a human being he wouldn’t screw in order to advance or satisfy himself.
If you want to understand his beef with Panama, don’t look at the canal to which he now points. Look at Trump enterprises and their fraught financial and criminal relationship with Panama, and look to the Russian oligarchs who bought condos in his Panama Tower.
If you want to understand his fixation with Gaza, don’t look at the Palestinian or Israeli people; look at the real estate value he now perceives that Gaza holds, and he’d like to unlock.
If you want to understand his insane, obsessive beef with energy renewable windmills, don’t look at the wind energy aspect; look at his beef with Scotland over his golf course and the nearby windmills that damaged his idea of its aesthetics.
If you want to understand his irrational hatred of Obama, don’t look at the policies of the Obama administration; look to the annual press corp dinner where Obama poked fun at him and bruised his ego. If you want to understand his demonization of Democrats, look not to Democratic social policy, but to the fact they didn’t want him to run under color of their party.
If you want to understand his hatred of “immigrants” don’t look to the actual contributions and challenges related to immigration, but to his own germophobia and personal disgust for all things “dirty and brown.”
What he does SO masterfully, as many sociopaths do, is figure out how to align, however temporarily, his own personal agenda with the drives of those he can then USE to help him execute it. And the GOP fell right in line with that abusive strategy.
The GOP now looks much like a battered wife who would LOVE to quit Trump, but who also knows their financial security, personal comfort, and social status would collapse if they ran away. And they fear they won’t get much sympathy or support from the people who tried to warn them not to marry the dude—a serial, liar, cheater, thief, sadist, and a generally Bad Person.
Many of the GOP politicians today are busily masking their own abuse from the general public; at some point, however, as they watch their power continue to erode, their reputations get smashed, and themselves get blamed for the extensive abuse they now suffer, something’s gonna give.
I don’t know what it is, but every bone in my body FEELS an energetic convergence heading toward a massive, MASSIVE explosion—coming soon.
Author ~ Eilene Workman
This was shared by a much loved and very traumatised relative in America
https://www.facebook.com/groups/476...ee1gtn_6P6thDZyczkwJuFkkk4KTo&__tn__=<<,P-y-R
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I know a little something that so many do not appreciate about Donald, but that those of us who worked with him in the financial services game have known for many decades—LONG before he ever made a run at politics.
His stated motives rarely reveal his true agenda. His showmanship and charisma bedazzles the uninformed, which is exactly how he likes it.
He never signed a contract or met an agreement he wouldn’t violate or wriggle out of if it suited his hidden agenda. He never met an investor whose purse he didn’t consider his own in some strategic way. And he never met a human being he wouldn’t screw in order to advance or satisfy himself.
If you want to understand his beef with Panama, don’t look at the canal to which he now points. Look at Trump enterprises and their fraught financial and criminal relationship with Panama, and look to the Russian oligarchs who bought condos in his Panama Tower.
If you want to understand his fixation with Gaza, don’t look at the Palestinian or Israeli people; look at the real estate value he now perceives that Gaza holds, and he’d like to unlock.
If you want to understand his insane, obsessive beef with energy renewable windmills, don’t look at the wind energy aspect; look at his beef with Scotland over his golf course and the nearby windmills that damaged his idea of its aesthetics.
If you want to understand his irrational hatred of Obama, don’t look at the policies of the Obama administration; look to the annual press corp dinner where Obama poked fun at him and bruised his ego. If you want to understand his demonization of Democrats, look not to Democratic social policy, but to the fact they didn’t want him to run under color of their party.
If you want to understand his hatred of “immigrants” don’t look to the actual contributions and challenges related to immigration, but to his own germophobia and personal disgust for all things “dirty and brown.”
What he does SO masterfully, as many sociopaths do, is figure out how to align, however temporarily, his own personal agenda with the drives of those he can then USE to help him execute it. And the GOP fell right in line with that abusive strategy.
The GOP now looks much like a battered wife who would LOVE to quit Trump, but who also knows their financial security, personal comfort, and social status would collapse if they ran away. And they fear they won’t get much sympathy or support from the people who tried to warn them not to marry the dude—a serial, liar, cheater, thief, sadist, and a generally Bad Person.
Many of the GOP politicians today are busily masking their own abuse from the general public; at some point, however, as they watch their power continue to erode, their reputations get smashed, and themselves get blamed for the extensive abuse they now suffer, something’s gonna give.
I don’t know what it is, but every bone in my body FEELS an energetic convergence heading toward a massive, MASSIVE explosion—coming soon.
Author ~ Eilene Workman
Let alone the huge hit to their retirement and investment funds!
US Seagull
Well-known member
Exactly this. In the Senate they voted to end the "emergency" that Trump claims gives him the ability to set tariffs with no input from congress. Mike Johnson, the speaker of the House won't allow anybody to bring a similar measure to the floor of the House, but that could change pretty quickly as the full extend of this shit show becomes clear.
Yesterday the Senate was working on a bipartisan bill (Trade Review Act of 2025) that would require Trump to give 48 hours notice of new tariffs and make them expire after 60 days unless congress votes to keep them. And end immediately if they voted to remove them. There is Republican support in congress including Thom Tillis (NC), John Kennedy (LA), Ron Johnson (WI), Susan Collins (ME) and Chuck Grassley (IA). It'll find it harder to get through the House, and then Trump will no doubt veto it.
So it would need a veto proof majority, which is a tough ask, but not impossible. It would take around 20 Republicans in the Senate and about 80 in the House. It's a lot, but not impossible. Voting to end the emergency would be easier. The Trade Review Act of 2025 would be a more "permanent" fix.
Greg Bobkin
Silver Seagull
- May 22, 2012
- 17,511
Not now the DEI measures have been chucked on the fire, no!
pb21
Well-known member
- Apr 23, 2010
- 6,972
I was wondering about the politics of this as I understood that the President cant unilaterally set tariffs unless a national emergency, which was the (tenuous) justification for Mexico/Canada tariffs, in order to reduce the drug issue.
Not sure how he can apply 50% or whatever it is to Vietnam on the basis that they export a load of trainers and dont buy enough US cars, causing a national emergency.
But as you say congress needs to be involved, so could this all be a nothing burger?
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Yep, I like a whisky, in moderation of course, and although I know it's not to eveyone's taste I enjoy a bourbon but not any longer while that orange idiot is wrecking decades of goodwill and sending the world down the toilet.
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Cordwainer
Well-known member
- Jul 30, 2023
- 934
I think that’s excellent. Imagine Trump will dismiss it as written by the very nasty Eilene Wokeman.Something I lifted from FB, suddenly everything makes sense.....
This was shared by a much loved and very traumatised relative in America
https://www.facebook.com/groups/476197496373674/user/100002574906407/?__cft__[0]=AZVQXOS57YngvVtRjTXi4IBlu5lgP5WBvtaJJpoqoSIFyljD7TS-or6Xm_ya6M75z6CgiOhM9BEb-8HawL4Objg9gnOWYM69mSoHlUzEdyswahPtuvakpMLDY3bqP69GRkLrs0Fr_y5ZNR-l3HDcQIS3e6UGzY8ABlTdkae0FaYKuI9CMFO8OIH2587okDnG8K9qIGqPspKO2WnT6274E8cEhYclD2xSqJ3SYaee1gtn_6P6thDZyczkwJuFkkk4KTo&__tn__=<<,P-y-R
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I know a little something that so many do not appreciate about Donald, but that those of us who worked with him in the financial services game have known for many decades—LONG before he ever made a run at politics.
His stated motives rarely reveal his true agenda. His showmanship and charisma bedazzles the uninformed, which is exactly how he likes it.
He never signed a contract or met an agreement he wouldn’t violate or wriggle out of if it suited his hidden agenda. He never met an investor whose purse he didn’t consider his own in some strategic way. And he never met a human being he wouldn’t screw in order to advance or satisfy himself.
If you want to understand his beef with Panama, don’t look at the canal to which he now points. Look at Trump enterprises and their fraught financial and criminal relationship with Panama, and look to the Russian oligarchs who bought condos in his Panama Tower.
If you want to understand his fixation with Gaza, don’t look at the Palestinian or Israeli people; look at the real estate value he now perceives that Gaza holds, and he’d like to unlock.
If you want to understand his insane, obsessive beef with energy renewable windmills, don’t look at the wind energy aspect; look at his beef with Scotland over his golf course and the nearby windmills that damaged his idea of its aesthetics.
If you want to understand his irrational hatred of Obama, don’t look at the policies of the Obama administration; look to the annual press corp dinner where Obama poked fun at him and bruised his ego. If you want to understand his demonization of Democrats, look not to Democratic social policy, but to the fact they didn’t want him to run under color of their party.
If you want to understand his hatred of “immigrants” don’t look to the actual contributions and challenges related to immigration, but to his own germophobia and personal disgust for all things “dirty and brown.”
What he does SO masterfully, as many sociopaths do, is figure out how to align, however temporarily, his own personal agenda with the drives of those he can then USE to help him execute it. And the GOP fell right in line with that abusive strategy.
The GOP now looks much like a battered wife who would LOVE to quit Trump, but who also knows their financial security, personal comfort, and social status would collapse if they ran away. And they fear they won’t get much sympathy or support from the people who tried to warn them not to marry the dude—a serial, liar, cheater, thief, sadist, and a generally Bad Person.
Many of the GOP politicians today are busily masking their own abuse from the general public; at some point, however, as they watch their power continue to erode, their reputations get smashed, and themselves get blamed for the extensive abuse they now suffer, something’s gonna give.
I don’t know what it is, but every bone in my body FEELS an energetic convergence heading toward a massive, MASSIVE explosion—coming soon.
Author ~ Eilene Workman
How the markets are looking, four hours after the NYSE's opening bellpublished at 18:31
18:31
It's been a whirlwind day for global markets. Here's how things are looking as of 13:30 EST (18:30 BST).
- The S&P 500 index has fallen even further, and is now down 5.3%
- The Nasdaq is down 5.2%
- The Dow Jones is down 4.3%
- Oil prices are down 7.5% so far today
- The price of gold has sunk 2.4%
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 36,432
oil is the canary indicator, means markets are expecting a large decline in manufacturing and transportation. recession by end of year if something doesn't change.
pb21
Well-known member
- Apr 23, 2010
- 6,972
BTC up 1%
Definitely mainly this, but also read that OPEC have agreed to increase supply or something like that, which is a factor.
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Yes, that's my fear for the short/ medium term - as analysts and CFOs publish the impacts on key companies, I think it has further to fall.
Of course, Trump can reverse things at any time, but the markets could be volatile for a long time.
Interesting thanks. '60 days ' is still a long time though
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GrizzlingGammon
Well-known member
- Dec 15, 2018
- 2,187
JP Morgan say global recession by the end of year is 60%. Up from 40%
You are right:
Truly trust not in Truss, truculent Trump, or 'Truthsocial'.
I had a brief glance at the other recent bear markets … post dotcom, the 2007/08 Great Recession & banking crisis, the Pandemic start and 2022. Other than the Pandemic, they were not short n sweet with all asset prices recovered in weeks. And that was without Trump inflicting long term Joseph Chamberlain or Smoot-Hawley type damage.
- Aug 24, 2020
- 8,564
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