Consumer Confidence number 2nd lowest ever.

[Meister]

and you always believe what he says, right?

We're living it as you are denying it.
Don't believe your lying eyes, Lucky.

 

[Luckyone]

What an expression of love for XI!!!!! WOW!!!!!

Love? No! Respect for him living up to the guidelines of his culture? Yes.

Trump doesn't believe in anything other than what benefits him personally, and that can change day to day

 

[Meister]

Love? No! Respect for him living up to the guidelines of his culture? Yes.

"Guidlines of his culture"? Like eliminating the political competition?
Like killing millions of his citizens?
Strange days, indeed.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Just barely. He is not a failure, but Biden was far more successful.

Obviously!
Just look at Joe's much better economy.
That's why Biden added more to the debt than Trump.
Because Biden was far more successful.

DURR

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

No, just realistic.

Right, because when Trump took action against the pandemic, the left screamed.
Told everyone to take public transportation to Chinatown.

Then, later, they screamed he should have done more and listened to the left.

Morons.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

I have not insulted you yet but thanks to that, I plan to lay you out.
The coming budget by Trump can't impact us since it is not even approved yet. You crossed a line by attacking me again. Mental health is on your mind. My mind per my doctors works excellent.

You can't talk about Biden's budgets without discussing those of Trump's.

No, you don't get it one way, buddy.

I will always attack silliness, whether deliberate or, in the case of your old age, not.

Don't whine again. Ever. Take what you give. OK?

 

[Luckyone]

"Guidlines of his culture"? Like eliminating the political competition?
Like killing millions of his citizens?
Strange days, indeed.

I don't have to agree with what anyone does, but I do respect that they are faithful to what they believe in. It is like Putin and Trump are both narcissists that don't care about anyone and I hate them both, but I respect Putin because he has done well for himself for 30 years, while Trump has failed over and over again.

 

[MarathonMike]

The Consumer Confidence number was released today at 10:00am and it was the 2nd lowest EVER. Last month's number was 52.2 and it was expected this month's number was going to be better (expected at 55) but it came in at 50.8.

United States Michigan Consumer Sentiment​

The University of Michigan consumer sentiment for the US dropped sharply to 50.8 in May 2025, down from 52.2 in April and well below market expectations of 53.4, according to preliminary estimates. This marks the fifth consecutive monthly decline, the lowest reading since June 2022, and the second-lowest on record, as mounting inflation expectations and renewed concerns over tariffs continue to weigh on sentiment. Both the current conditions index (57.6 vs 59.8) and expectations gauge (46.5 vs 47.3) worsened. Current assessments of personal finances sank nearly 10% on the basis of weakening incomes. Tariffs were spontaneously mentioned by nearly three-quarters of consumers, up from almost 60% in April; uncertainty over trade policy continues to dominate consumers’ thinking about the economy.​

Why are Democrats always looking for the dark lining in the big, beautiful silver cloud?

 

[MarathonMike]

Apparently, Dimon doesn't talk to Trump that much to really understand where Trump is coming from
as using the tariffs as a negotiating tool. Seems Dimon only see this as black and white.

Trump plays 3-D chess while Dimocrats play tic-tok-toe.

 

[Meister]

I don't have to agree with what anyone does, but I do respect that they are faithful to what they believe in. It is like Putin and Trump are both narcissists that don't care about anyone and I hate them both, but I respect Putin because he has done well for himself for 30 years, while Trump has failed over and over again.

Oh brother

I'm seeing a pattern here, Luckyone. I bet everyone else does too.
My money is on you being a socialist/communist.
Run along now, I've figured you out,

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Oh brother

I'm seeing a pattern here, Luckyone. I bet everyone else does too.
My money is on you being a socialist/communist.
Run along now, I've figured you out,

When you come back and show us you know what a socialist or a communist is and that he fits it, do so. Otherwise, who listens to you?

 

[Meister]

When you come back and show us you know what a socialist or a communist is and that he fits it, do so. Otherwise, who listens to you?

Lucky is infatuated with Xi, and Putin, what can I extrapolate from that, slow horse?

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Lucky is infatuated with Xi, and Putin, what can I extrapolate from that, slow horse?

Tell us, because we don't have an idea what you can understand.

 

[Luckyone]

Oh brother

I'm seeing a pattern here, Luckyone. I bet everyone else does too.
My money is on you being a socialist/communist.
Run along now, I've figured you out,

Evidently you are blind to facts.

From day one and repeatedly, I have stated that I am not politically motivated. I am a person that studies character and personality of people and I dislike immoral, unethical, unprincipled and inhumane behavior. If that makes me a socialist/communist, so be it.

I have guidelines in my life to be moral, ethical, principled and humane and I am a giver and not a taker, meaning I care about doing the right thing, over and above doing what is right for me.

If you do not have any of those qualities, then you are a waste of a person, no matter what your POLITICS are.

 

[luiza]

The Consumer Confidence number was released today at 10:00am and it was the 2nd lowest EVER. Last month's number was 52.2 and it was expected this month's number was going to be better (expected at 55) but it came in at 50.8.

United States Michigan Consumer Sentiment​

The University of Michigan consumer sentiment for the US dropped sharply to 50.8 in May 2025, down from 52.2 in April and well below market expectations of 53.4, according to preliminary estimates. This marks the fifth consecutive monthly decline, the lowest reading since June 2022, and the second-lowest on record, as mounting inflation expectations and renewed concerns over tariffs continue to weigh on sentiment. Both the current conditions index (57.6 vs 59.8) and expectations gauge (46.5 vs 47.3) worsened. Current assessments of personal finances sank nearly 10% on the basis of weakening incomes. Tariffs were spontaneously mentioned by nearly three-quarters of consumers, up from almost 60% in April; uncertainty over trade policy continues to dominate consumers’ thinking about the economy.​

Cut your kiddy crap , Mucky .

We are moving to a recession that all specialists saw well over a year ago .

Good job you are not a financial adviser .

 

[Meister]

Evidently you are blind to facts.

From day one and repeatedly, I have stated that I am not politically motivated. I am a person that studies character and personality of people and I dislike immoral, unethical, unprincipled and inhumane behavior. If that makes me a socialist/communist, so be it.

I have guidelines in my life to be moral, ethical, principled and humane and I am a giver and not a taker, meaning I care about doing the right thing, over and above doing what is right for me.

If you do not have any of those qualities, then you are a waste of a person, no matter what your POLITICS are.

The people you chose are not people of character, but there you are propping them up.