It was going so well. The deportations, DOGE, law and order returning, no involvement in foreign wars, inflation cooling down, and the Democrat Party reeling like a swimmer drowning in a lake (or a passenger in the car with Teddy Kennedy).
Then Trump nuked it all. To be very honest I am not sure why. There are many things he has done, I will list them all.
Tariffs. This was and is felony stupid. He essentially became a “trade war Hitler” and declared war on the world and unilaterally raised tariffs on everyone. He had no plan…. actually, that is going to be a recurring theme of this blog. China raised tariffs on us, and so did many other countries. China stood up to us and showed the rest of the world how they could as well. Sure, he saved face with a couple trade deals, which we know nothing of the details other than “we won!” Color me a skeptic, until proven otherwise. Raising prices on goods, services, and clothing and telling people to have more kids is an oxymoron but I do not expect most of his followers to understand that. However, it has made for fun theatre watching; Sean Hannity and a host of other so-called conservatives defend him. Look it up people. It’s a far-left protectionist policy, but do not let facts get in the way; it may confuse the MAGA boot lickers.
Trump v Elon. Again, really stupid. I understand the point of DOGE and Elon was to find multiple trillion dollars to cut/save in the budget. This was always going to be an uphill climb. To Musk’s credit, he did find several things to cut. Then Trump went full nuclear when Elon said the “big beautiful bill” would raise the debt by circa 4-5 trillion. I do not know the relationship these two have now, but it was a nasty public spat that was so unnecessary. One thing is Elon called Trump on the carpet for something real, conservatives have known all along, Trump has no problem spending our money, he did it big time last term. Again, what was the point of this spat?
Trump v Jerome Powell. Did you know Trump appointed Powell? Yeah, I know “that was so 7 years ago… muh, MAGA!” Did you also know he is a lifelong Republican? Again, those pesky things called facts. Folks, Powell and the Fed’s job is not to cut rates to juice the stock market, nor is it their job to cut rates to zero so you can get low interest loans. It’s a hard job, they need to curb inflation. Saying you are going to fire him, unless he capitulates to your desires is wrong. Saying you are going to name yourself Fed Chair, even if in jest, is straight out of the far left “no king’s” protest. Powell is not perfect, but could we maybe not treat the US as a 4-year series of “The Apprentice?”
The Iran/Israel conflict. I blame Trump here for refusing to stand up at all to Netanyahu. I would have publicly stated “Bibi, this is your war and conflict, we are sitting it out.” Instead, he did the opposite, and his recent words tell me, we are already involved and likely going to drop the bunker buster. So much for being antiwar, huh? Interestingly enough India and Pakistan had to stand down, but this is ok? MAGA had a large isolationist contingent, we shall see what comes out of this.
His Big, Beautiful Bill. It is taking on water. The far-right hates adding to the deficit part, and center right wants SALT changes. He refuses to move even slightly. As a result, the tax cuts are stalled. He better get ready to work with a Democrat Congress because the tax hike will happen on his watch if they are not extended.
Greenland/Canada 51st state BS. I have had many a MAGA wannabe tell me its trolling or funny, too bad no one else finds it so. Oh, by the way, check out Canada’s election results. You add them as another state(s) to the Union and we will never have a Republican president again, ever. Greenland? He spoke about this during his first term… why and how come? They are sparsely populated, 45k at most. We do not need it. They do not want to be under US rule. It’s honestly this type of stupidity that makes people long for Joe Biden and no drama due to him being in poor health shape. This type of trolling when we have wars going on, inflation, homeless issues, and rioting is dumb.
Not calling Governor Tim Walz after the assassination of 1 representative, and attempted assassination of another. MAGA: muh, Tim Walz bad, he’s dumb democrat from blue state. Sure, but guys, the optics mean a lot here. It doesn’t matter if the shooter was; left/right/white/black/Cuban/Mexican/Asian, what matters is a phone call. Touch base, say how sorry you are, and reassure the governor that the suspect is charged federally. Seek the death penalty, and make sure the death part is carried out as soon as possible. I understand they were rivals and not so nice things were said, so I guess we carry a grudge into infinity? Be the bigger man. Trump made a big deal out of the person who was killed when he was almost assassinated, yet he wants to ignore this? Again, make a call, optics. Also make it clear it’s not open season on lawmakers who you do not like.
Everything was going so well and then he started all these unnecessary battles, with his own people by the way. As much as I liked Trump and voted for him 3 times, he is starting to more and more look like a deranged, angry, white male. This is playing directly into the democrat’s hands. I know one group of people famous for yelling “Allu Akbar”, when they want to end their life, why did Trump?
The Chief