Politics Thread

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Originally Posted by xuphan

You gotta start trusting Trump more. Trust the process. Even his White House press secretary has told the nation that we need to trust Trump and he knows what he is doing.

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Isn't the Press Secretary a woman?

"Stupid way to run our government." That sentence says it all.

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Originally Posted by paulxu

Trump's erratic behavior has to be causing big business to pause their planning for future. Things could blow up again in 90 days.
How does anyone know what he'll do tomorrow? How can anyone around the globe trust our country when it's leader careens back and forth on social media with no apparent explanation for his actions?
He brags about countries "kissing his ass" but won't release which countries have actually asked for negotiations. Maybe none have.
Stupid way to run our government.

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Microsoft has at the very least delayed the building of three data centers in Ohio worth a few billion dollars. That's been planned for years to begin this year...a buddy of mine owns a rental property right down the street from where its being built and he was looking forward to a huge payday from it....guess he is going to have to wait even longer, or it may never come to fruition because of trump's dumbass

Well, you've got to hand it to Trump on his self-awareness. He said "No other President would have done what I did." Correct.

CPI fell in Mar. First time since Jul ‘22.

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Originally Posted by Strange Brew

CPI fell in Mar. First time since Jul ‘22.

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Year over year had a 2 handle. Employment numbers were also in line.

Do you suppose we'll "pause" the 10% if the markets keep going down?
Maybe make it 5%?
Doesn't seem to be a plan.

Maybe we can have one of the biggest daily losses in our history the day after a large positive gain. That'd be another first for a sitting president. Erratic markets for an erratic president, shocking.

Hold on. How is what Trump is doing 'erratic'? He has talked about using and leveraging tariffs as a means to reshape US global trade policy since he started running for office. Disagree with his means?...Fine. But he pretty much previewed everything he's doing now...that's basically the opposite of being erratic/unpredictable.

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Originally Posted by Xville

Maybe we can have one of the biggest daily losses in our history the day after a large positive gain. That'd be another first for a sitting president. Erratic markets for an erratic president, shocking.

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Wonder if any politicians bought stocks for cheap when Wall Street was in a free fall knowing the tariffs would be paused or stopped soon after?