The China “deal” will have details
tomorrow.
Once again, Trump exaggerates and misleads
because even if it is only for one day he still wants to temporarily manipulate the markets and be the hero on the white horse.

There is no reduction of the tariffs. At least there is no indication of it.
England was a nothing burger - an ambiguous framework that would hurt American car companies - big deal.

Again with China all they did was make nice and show each other they could make nice and maybe have some kind of mediation process for if they ever make a genuine deal.

In one corner we have The Lying King of trade war and economy killing. In the other corner we have The Land of Pride and Hubris.

Could end like Rocky 2 where they knock each other out. Somebody wins on a technicality and both end up hospitalized seriously injured.

Trump is allright
Vance is allright
They just are a little weird
Surrender
Surtender
But don’t give the country away


Trump has caved and rolled over
He had to.
Whatever happened to diplomacy?
Whatever happened to catching flys with honey?

What did this deal gain?
Relief because of the partial reversal of the disastrous Trump trade terrorism which failed.

When will prices get lower?
Do not know

30% - will still keep prices noticeably higher.

Independent counsel dead not to be revived if for investigations of White House and friends
DOJ independence dead and buried if White House or MAGA republicans need attention.
FBI decapitated and dead to investigate all of the above.

One day this will be looked back upon as the day the system died because we asked for it.

Why hasn’t the FAA shut down the Newark airport until it is safe.
Very few people pay attention but if there is a catastrophe all of a sudden 250 million people will be screaming that they said it should have been closed.

Musk fired thousands of personnel and controllers.

I cannot put my head around what is happening.
In Newark they have something like 1 controller per 200 flights.

The head of the FAA should have shut it down and Trump should have shut it down.

How many near misses are needed.

And when there is a disaster every body will wake up and point fingers but too late.


Cant someone use a brain and do their job?


Trump will blame Biden.

WHAT IF BIDEN WHAT IF BIDEN WHAT IF BIDEN
SO fair to say that about 10 times a day every day about trump and Maga for last 10 years.

Can you imagine how many millions of USA residents would have died from Covid if RFK Jr was head of HHS??

Dead people voting for democrats?
Brain dead people voting for MAGA!

Would Trump have donned the freaky royal garb of his Qatar hosts if they insisted in exchange for the plane?
Probably. He was the pope after all.
It would have made for some great selfies.

Thank God for the Lincoln Project people and the never Trumpers and the officially former Republicans who have abandoned the rat infested GOP ship.

Where would the resistance be without them.
They are some of the most important captains of the pro democracy Americans in this God forsaken country, that the free world now thinks is, as Trump would put it - an S hole country.

Refuse to serve or be served refuse.

Imagine a book or movie with this plot:

The very super ultra wealthy and the multi millionaire class conspired with a political party to eliminate income taxes for themselves AND half of the poor people in the country support it and vote for it for inexplicable if not inexcusable reasons.

The book or movie would be considered implausible and stupid.

But that is where this country is.
I have been talking about the R word for 4 months -reconciliation. We are now witnessing the political process utilized for the most sinister of purposes.


PS

Get Smart - 8647 - yes yes yes yes yes!!
Read your dictionary or consult Maxwell Smart.
Such unintelligent malicious vindictive hypocritical people like Bondi.
I guess about 250 or more retweeted Trump or Trump associates posts will have to be dug up.
What a government we have.

Whatever Trump is selling, the American public ain't buying it. Consumer sentiment at its lowest point in more than 40 years, 2nd lowest on record.

Posted by contrarian23 on 5/16/2025 12:21:00 PM (view original):
Whatever Trump is selling, the American public ain't buying it. Consumer sentiment at its lowest point in more than 40 years, 2nd lowest on record.

There is save your own skin discord among some ( a small segment ) of Trump voters. The vast majority of republicans still support him despite many not approving on issues.

I am not at all impressed with where Trump voters are at and there is almost total silence re the firing of essential federal workers eliminations of agencies and programs and cutting Medicaid ALL in service of the gargantuan tax cut.

Grocery prices can cause a riot but F democracy.

What you are observing is great anti MAGA numbers among independents.

If the midterms were held tomorrow, the Rethugs would get slaughtered. There's a reason Rethug candidates are already spending millions on ads, 18 months before the election...

Taco Bell is a very happy company. Soon there will be a lot fewer authentic Mexican restaurants and you will have to go to Taco Bill to get a burrito.