“The First 100 Days”
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Anonymous
meh, leave your urban gated community and venture forth into the desolate areas known as flyover country. Maybe have dinner with a plumber or electrician |
Anonymous
Are they not finding jobs because people like you don’t what to pay for it? |
Anonymous
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Every day. Progress to rebuild America
President Donald Trump will announce a trade agreement with the United Kingdom on Thursday morning, according to a person familiar with the matter. The deal is the first the administration hopes to sign with dozens of trading partners across the world. Trump in early April announced tariffs on more than 70 countries worldwide, but then implemented a 90-day pause to allow for negotiations before they went into effect. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/07/uk-trump-trade-deal/ |
Anonymous
Uhh, if you actually knew what you were talking about, you'd know that's not a good thing. |
Anonymous
He isn't rebuilding America, he's destroying America. Only a MAGA would consider putting out a fire that they started, and celebrating the charred wreckage, to be a win at putting fires out. |
Anonymous
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Every day I wake up. More and more progress
The hidden ways Trump, DOGE are shutting down parts of the U.S. government Limits on spending have incapacitated parts of agencies as varied as the National Park Service and the Pentagon. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/11/trump-government-operations-halt-funding-cuts/ |
Anonymous
If your aim is destroying America, then it's progress. |
Anonymous
| Trade deal with China- yay! He’s getting it done. |
Anonymous
Don't conflate the U.S. government with America. Q: How can you love America, but hate your government? A: It's very easy. |
Anonymous
Ok so we had what there was before Trump came into office. Now we have a 10% tariff on China. A tariff that didn't occur before. YOU are paying that 10%. How is that progress? Do you enjoy paying 10% more for goods? Because that is what is happening and yet, for the last 3 years, all we heard was complaints about inflation. At least under Biden, the inflation was caused by COVID. In this case, it is caused by Trump. But so, yippee? |
Anonymous
If China (our adversary, in case you forgot) is not worried, why are they negotiating? Tariffs do not create inflation, an economic term. The only thing that creates inflation is expanding the money supply. |
Anonymous
Yep, just ask the people in Haiti or Ethiopia. |
Anonymous
Your understanding of inflationary drivers is woefully simplistic, incomplete and inaccurate. While money supply can cause inflation, so too can any disruptions to production and supply chain, to include tariffs. 1. Tariffs Raise Import Costs Tariffs are taxes on imported goods. When a tariff is imposed, foreign-made products become more expensive. That cost is often passed directly to consumers in the form of higher prices. Example: If the U.S. imposes a 25% tariff on steel, U.S. manufacturers that rely on steel will face higher input costs, which they pass on to consumers in the form of higher prices on cars, appliances, and construction. 2. Domestic Producers Raise Prices With less foreign competition due to tariffs, domestic producers face less pressure to keep prices low. They may raise prices to match the new, higher-priced imports, contributing to inflation. 3. Supply Chain Disruptions Tariffs can disrupt global supply chains, forcing companies to restructure operations, source more expensive components, or face delays—all of which can increase costs and, in turn, prices. There is plenty of empirical evidence to show this. Many reputable institutions, including the Federal Reserve, IMF, and Brookings Institution, have already documented and shown that the tariffs imposed during the Trump administration led to higher consumer prices in affected sectors. |
Anonymous
Every day federal spending is up. Firing the feds is contributing to the problem. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-doge-government-spending-increases-5903992d?st=qssZFk&reflink=article_copyURL_share |
Anonymous
I guess that’s if you were a big enough sucker to vote for him you’d have to be a big enough sucker to believe this. |