UPDATE: Donald Trump Takes Office as the 47th US President
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As wild a conclusion to this adventure as this would be, I'd just as soon they very resolutely conclude that he can't run again and be done with it. I'm tired of this, tired of Trump specifically, and I do not trust the American voting public to actually not vote for him a third time.
By the time they're done twisting it, they'll say that Obama is ineligible because he served two consecutive terms already. Believe me, they will create whatever bullshit they need to in order to convince themselves to make a bad idea happen. Our best bet is that the GOP runs their next best thing, and enough people are done with the shitshow to outnumber the outright fuckery that will be voter interference. That's assuming we even get to having a proper election to begin with.
B2 Bombers + Tankers + Bunker Buster Bombs to Diego Garcia. Why?
Trump’s moving military assets to Diego Garcia does two things simultaneously:
1- Sabre Rattling: Typical strategy of Trump maximum pressure in negotiations. He wants a deal with Iran and believes a show of force and threat of war will help achieve that. Currently at least 4 B2 stealth bombers, 25 tanks, 30k lb bunker buster bombs and more have deployed to Diego Garcia- a base in Indian Ocean that US can use to stage military operations in Middle East.
2- Staging for Military Action or Response. Moving assets to Diego Garcia isn’t cheap. It’s why we don’t do it very often. So, Trump also staging assets there just in case. For example: if Israel decides to strike Iranian military targets like Spy Ships, Submarine Base, IRGC locations, Iran will respond. US now has assets in place and ready for anything that comes next from Iran be it proportional response or if they escalate.
You don’t move at least 4 B2 stealth bombers, 25 tankers, and 30,000lb biker busters which would be used to target subterranean Iran Nuke sites PLUS begin building infrastructure at Diego Garcia just to saber rattle. You’re also staging for the worst case scenario.
I don’t think Trump wants direct conflict or outright war with Iran, but I certainly believe if Iran does not agree to deal and/or either preemptively strikes Israel/US targets or escalates after an Israeli strike, all bets might be off and US will have assets already in place to act/respond.
No elections if we are at war right?
It seems to be a MAGA thing. Which is really just Republicans after getting all the chaos emeralds. They lack empathy. Simple as that. They consistently vote against their interests because they think it'll only impact "others." Other races, people in other parts of the country, other industries etc... They have never understood that in the UNITED States, everything and everyone are in the same mixing bowl. Everything will eventually make it's way around to you. So maybe... Have empathy for others, cause eventually it'll be your turn... Nope, not them. Cause they're smarter, harder working, more American or whatever bullshit lie they've told themselves that makes them think they're better.
There are a lot of coons who would go against Obama. They saw Obama as a magical negro and he didn't perform the magic trick.
They re still gonna vote for him....Trump is their god
A really important read in Barron's (long post sorry).
A major accounting shift in Congress could quietly explode the U.S. deficit.
Republicans want to extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts (set to expire in 2025) but avoid the $4.6T price tag by changing how the cost is calculated LOL
Instead of using standard "current law" rules (which assume the cuts expire), they want to act like the cuts were always permanent—so extending them doesn't count as extra spending. Ok sure Bob.
That’s like telling your credit card company your shopping spree doesn’t count because you were “always going to do it.”
If this change is allowed, the deficit looks $4.6T smaller on paper—but the debt is still very real. That could:
Spook bond markets
Raise interest rates
Weaken the U.S. dollar
Undermine trust in U.S. fiscal policy
I know everyone is focused on tariffs but the unintended consequences that come from lack of trust in the United States is really what could derail everything imho.
Banana Republic stuff going on here.
all i see is 4 people smarter than the current president
When I heard of this a few days ago, couldn’t believe it
I heard almost 50% somewhere last week from another finance specialist on XM Radio
