I wonder why no one questions the volume of executive orders this guy issues.

I know I’m pointing out the obvious here but it’s authoritarian. As in you don’t need a cabinet of people representing their constituents and developing policies and laws and deciding on the best way forward, you just have this one self-obsessed idiot making it up.

Sorry, I’m not going to engage with this argument.

It was repeated ad-nauseum in the lead up to November 6.

All points have been made and re-iterated.

Agreed.

It resonates with people because in recent years we’ve seen an uptick in conservative politics.

The reality is that progressive vs conservative policies exist in a homeostatic relationship and there’s an ebb and flow as societal norms and the overton window wander around.

The US electoral system is not representative. Wealthy donors have too much control. There are valid criticisms to be made of the Dems …

… but ultimately it’s an absurdity to suggest that the democrats block movement back to the left. In the US if you want progressive policies implemented you need to vote Democrat. That’s it.

Is that another way of saying it filters out trash from reddit?

You’re not expected to know.

Just sign up somewhere else.

All accounts are throw away.

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any stupider.

If you want a group of people to storm the halls of office and seize power by force you’re talking about a coup.

In this case, the demonstration of dissatisfaction by so many people is meaningful.

That “feeling” needs to build to a cacophony that republicans just can not ignore. The whole country (aside from perhaps a few loyalists) needs to be in agreement that the republicans are not fit to govern.

I’m not sure you understand how protests work.

You seem to know a lot more about this than me but I struggle share your confidence.

Everything I know about military service I have learned from popular media, but it seems like “following orders” is a foundational principle. If orders contravene an oath you made to the constitution that would present a conundrum, but I suspect that “following orders” will always win. That’s the whole idea of an “order”, you’re not supposed to think about it and figure out whether or not you want to follow such a directive, and surely this is beaten in to servicemen and women every day ?

Who needs money? There’s not going to be anything to buy in the shops anyway!

Keep shovelling shit dumb ass. There’s gonna be a chapter in the history books about you cunts.

Trump doesn’t have a team of reputable economists guiding his policies.

He’s just making decisions based on the vibe.

I can’t stop watching this train wreck. I mean fuck it’s bleak but I just can’t look away.

Anyone care to guess what’s in store for the week to come?

I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a run on TP.

I read some comments about food shortages as Mexico exports to other markets. I wonder how likely that is?

I just have no. freakin. idea. how the MAGA crowd is going to react to price increases. I mean, it’s pretty hard to explain any of this away or blame it on anyone else. Even official propaganda people don’t know what to say.

Is a mutiny even in the realm of possibility? If there are food shortages and riots, would the republican house ever pass an impeachment?

I don’t think that’s indicative though. Sure people who comment on a political post have a better understanding of politics than average.

It’s this.

There is no plan.

Whats the point of being the most powerful man in the world if you can’t make everyone in the world know it.

Hello I was told I could buy an oligarch for my penis?

I’m glad to hear they’re hurting and not anyone else.

That’s not the way things roll though.

When wealthy people lose 10% of their wealth it’s annoying but ultimately doesn’t impact their quality of life.

I have a feeling things are going to get pretty bleak for the rest of us at the supermarket real quick.

Yeah. Downsizing government is always conservative speak for “outsourcing tasks to third parties”.

That’s obviously why Republicans are happy to stand by and watch Musk disassemble everything.

However, I maintain that Trump couldn’t care less about that. It doesn’t explain the tariffs

There is no plan.

Trump’s plan was to get elected. He did that by saying he was going to MAGA, and he proposed to do that by removing immigrants, cutting government services, and taxing imports.

He got elected, so now he’s doing the things he said he would. He’s going to die in a decade or so, and he’s going to live in a hotel between now and then. He absolutely could not care less about the plight of the average global citizen, or that of the average American citizen for that matter. It’s like a game of sim city when you’ve covered the whole map. There’s not really anything left to do other than unleash some disasters.

Imagine a world leader learning that the world is flat. He directs his navy to sail to the edge of the earth and observe the earth in it’s true form. The navy leaves port because that’s what they were told to do but there’s not really a “plan” because the order is fundamentally flawed.

God this is bleak.

I’m not even in the US. This is a global recession.

“[Consumers] are not even going to the grocery store and paying more for vegetables because there’s none available from Mexico, or going to Whole Foods, for example, and finding the big sections of fresh fruit are being shut down. They haven’t really felt the full impact [yet], and they’re already saying something isn’t right,” Bethune says.

It sounds like shit is going to get real, really quick. As in next week?

Trump isn’t going to back down either - good or bad he always just doubles down. If Mexican producers stop selling to the US he’s just going to go to war right?

As an aside, I had been wondering what the US gov is going to do with all that tariff revenue… but now it seems kinda clear that consumers will be buying a lot less stuff, so there will be less income tax revenue anyway.

Yeah Trump said the market is going to boom. Industry is going to boom.