Do you approve Of Donald Trump's decisions and performance on the job as President in his 2nd term?

[irosie91]

You said it. I’m asking you.
Cheap dodge, btw.

not cheap at all-----all lawyers know that "consideration" means monetary compensation----JERK!!!!!

 

[Orangecat]

not cheap at all-----all lawyers know that "consideration" means monetary compensation----JERK!!!!!

Why on earth would we pay someone who got fired for not performing a necessary function?
Here’s the consideration I’ll give them: Consider yourselves lucky that you were able to earn a living by doing something unnecessary for as long as you were able to.

 

[Orangecat]

Trump up to 65% approval here. Good times!

 

[irosie91]

Why on earth would we pay someone who got fired for not performing a necessary function?

the function was ABRUPTLY determined to be
unnecessary ----simply because Trump wants to
save money. Discharging people en masse to
"save money" ----is actually not entirely legal

 

[HeyNorm]

news to me that "I SUPPORTED...." are you high?

Are you drunk?

 

[irosie91]

Are you drunk?

no such luck

 

[U2Edge]

You said Ukraine had 100 brigades. They have 3. You have no clue as the bullshit you are spewing.

I said you are dismissed.

Ukraine started the war with 55 Brigades.
In 2025, that has grown to 100 Brigades.

If Ukraine had only 3 Brigades, approximately 15,000 troops, they would have been defeated in 24 hours three years ago. Ukraine currently has the 2nd largest military in Europe after Russia.

 

[Orangecat]

the function was ABRUPTLY determined to be
unnecessary ----simply because Trump wants to
save money. Discharging people en masse to
"save money" ----is actually not entirely legal

Competent workers should have no problem finding a job in the private sector. People who are gaming the system for a paycheck don’t deserve further compensation when the gravy train runs out of gas. Disagree if you’d like, it’s your right to do so. We’ll find out where the electorate stand on the issue in 2026.

 

[U2Edge]

1. Making the government more efficient by bringing it from the 1900s to 2025 will cut waste. The government retirement system is still paper stored in an old mine. That is beyond ridiculous. No services are being cut, just made more efficient.

2. Agree that growing the economy is crucial, which is why taxes need to be cut and government spending needs to be cut to keep more money in the private sector to invest in growth.

3. Balancing the Budget, as Clinton and Newt did, requires less spending and more revenue. Maybe the Freedom Caucus will insist on higher taxes, like less SALT, and a top rate of 40% (up 1%)?

4. My favorite new taxes are: a new Remittance Tax (+$6b) on all money sent out of the US to pay for the wall, a new 0.2% Transaction Tax (+$150b) on all financial transactions, close all "loop-holes" (+$1.5T), remove capital gains loop-hole (+$100b), remove the cap on SS, net neutral but saves SS, and the "break glass option" is to send Welfare to the states in phases saving $1.3T a year. Added together equals $3T in new revenue a year.

5. Someone else's new tax idea is to remove all deductions so that everyone takes the standard deduction.

Economic growth and raising taxes on wealthier segment of society is primarily how the Clinton administration achieved surpluses in the late 1990s. George H.W. Bush's tax increase helped and the Clinton administration increased it further. Tax cuts for middle income households can increase economic growth because the extra money is spent. Tax cuts for the rich don't has no effect on their spending habits.

The Reagan administration found in the early 1980s with the Grace Commision that most government spending is needed and what could be cut was far less than people thought.

Most of the cuts in the Clinton administration came from cutting defense spending in the mistaken belief that with the Cold War "over", the United States deserved a peace dividend. This was a mistake that strained the United States Army in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as they were forced to take on missions where lots of manpower was required with a force that was half the size it had been 10 to 15 years earlier under Reagan.

86% of Federal Outlays in 2024 came from just five areas, Defense, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and interest on the national debt. The overwhelming majority of what the U.S. Federal government spends each year, it needs, and those needs will increase in the coming years. The only way out is to grow the economy so more revenue comes into the treasury and to increase taxes on the wealthy. The top marginal rate on taxes from 1945 to 1980 were 70% are higher. The United States needs to go back to those tax rates as such taxes did not hurt economic growth and helped to bring in money to the treasury. U.S. debt to GDP ratio decreased from 121% in 1945 to 34% in 1980. That is the path the United States needs to follow over the next 35 years.

 

[Correll]

Trumps cuts are only hurting the American government and people who need these services. ....

The politicizing of the government, invited a political response.

If the role these departments filled was so important, than your side should have left them alone.

 

[Correll]

This forum is not representative of how the American people feel.

The latest Gallup poll has Trump approval and disapproval numbers of:
Approval 43%
Disapproval 53%

Trump's approval rating in the GALLUP poll is declining each month. For April it may go as a low as 39%.

USMB is a Trumper haven. Still, predict at some point even people here will start to turn on Trump. But were not at that point yet for this place.

You seeing the employment numbers? Very encouraging. Very, VERY early, but the trend is encouraging.

 

[Meister]

OK----but some consideration HAS to be given to people ABRUPTLY thrown off their jobs

Consideration as unemployment? That's how the real world works.

 

[kyzr]

Economic growth and raising taxes on wealthier segment of society is primarily how the Clinton administration achieved surpluses in the late 1990s. George H.W. Bush's tax increase helped and the Clinton administration increased it further. Tax cuts for middle income households can increase economic growth because the extra money is spent. Tax cuts for the rich don't has no effect on their spending habits.

The Clinton tax rates are still in effect. A 39% top rate and a 36% 2nd rate. We don't have a taxing problem, we have a spending problem.

The Dangerous Myth About The Bill Clinton Tax Increase

The real lesson of the Clinton Presidency is the way back to prosperity lies not through increased taxes on “the rich,” but through tax and regulatory reform and a return to a rules based monetary policy that produces a strong and stable dollar.

www.forbes.com

The Reagan administration found in the early 1980s with the Grace Commission that most government spending is needed and what could be cut was far less than people thought.

Only 27% of the Grace Commission's recommendations could be by Exec Order, the other 73% needed congressional approval, which was denied. Trump and DOGE will need congressional action, and by all current info will support the DOGE recommendations.

Grace Commission - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The Grace Commission report was presented to Congress in January 1984. The report claimed that if its recommendations were followed, $424 billion could be saved in three years, rising to $1.9 trillion per year by the year 2000. It estimated that the national debt, without these reforms, would rise to $13 trillion by the year 2000, while with the reforms they projected it would rise to only $2.5 trillion. The report's recommendations that intruded into policy were ignored by Congress, but many other efficiency recommendations were considered and some were implemented.
The US national debt reached $5.6 trillion in the year 2000 and reached 13 trillion in 2010 after the Great Recession.

Most of the cuts in the Clinton administration came from cutting defense spending in the mistaken belief that with the Cold War "over", the United States deserved a peace dividend. This was a mistake that strained the United States Army in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as they were forced to take on missions where lots of manpower was required with a force that was half the size it had been 10 to 15 years earlier under Reagan.

True.

Clinton Defense Budget Cuts Into Troops, Ships

President Clinton, unveiling his first military spending plan Friday, sent Congress a $263.4-billion defense budget for fiscal 1994 that would reduce troop strength to a level not seen since the Korean War but would keep most major weapons systems intact.

www.latimes.com

According to documents to be formally released at the Pentagon today, Clinton recommended spending $12 billion less than former President George Bush had proposed for next year, the first installment in a plan to spend $88 billion less for defense over the next four years than the Republican Administration had recommended.
“This is in many ways the first truly post-Cold War budget,” Defense Secretary Les Aspin said in a prepared statement accompanying the budget. “It cuts Cold War forces and begins to buy the new capabilities we need to meet the new dangers we face.”
The budget would reduce troop strength by 108,000 from its current level of 1,775,000 and mark the start of a major reduction for the Navy by retiring 28 active warships, including one aircraft carrier and two reserve vessels.

86% of Federal Outlays in 2024 came from just five areas, Defense, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and interest on the national debt. The overwhelming majority of what the U.S. Federal government spends each year, it needs, and those needs will increase in the coming years. The only way out is to grow the economy so more revenue comes into the treasury and to increase taxes on the wealthy. The top marginal rate on taxes from 1945 to 1980 were 70% are higher. The United States needs to go back to those tax rates as such taxes did not hurt economic growth and helped to bring in money to the treasury. U.S. debt to GDP ratio decreased from 121% in 1945 to 34% in 1980. That is the path the United States needs to follow over the next 35 years.

Do not go back to 1945 to 1980, you admitted that Clinton and Newt balanced the budget with a 39.6% top rate. Growing the economy is not easy because it is a "service economy" not a "manufacturing economy". Trump is right trying to change that by adding more US manufacturing. How can the US sell more products if other countries have high tariffs to keep US products out? We can't. Trump is right.
You are correct that these are the big budget items, most of which we did not have in 1945-1980:
------------------------Trump-45------------Trump-47
Defense________________$860b_______________$1000b_(includes VA & Foreign Aid)
Social Security_________$1000b______________$1600b_(needs cap removed or insolvent in 2035)
Medicare_______________$600b_______________$1000b
Medicaid_______________$500b_______________$ 750b
ADD WELFARE__________$850b______________$1300b
Interest on the DEBT____$600b______________$1100b

Adding Trump 47's numbers equals $6.75T without any discretionary items. Revenue is about $5T so we need to cut spending (ala DOGE) by at least $2T. Sending Welfare back to the states (in phases) would be one way.

 

[kyzr]

Consideration as unemployment? That's how the real world works.

Actually Trump will pay their salary thru September so they have income to find suitable work.

 

[Captain Caveman]

You are not an American, so why bother!

Correct, I'm not binary. You guys only know chalk cheese, black white. Anything in-between is beyond your comprehension. Hence another shit poll.

 

[U2Edge]

The Clinton tax rates are still in effect. A 39% top rate and a 36% 2nd rate. We don't have a taxing problem, we have a spending problem.

The Dangerous Myth About The Bill Clinton Tax Increase

The real lesson of the Clinton Presidency is the way back to prosperity lies not through increased taxes on “the rich,” but through tax and regulatory reform and a return to a rules based monetary policy that produces a strong and stable dollar.

www.forbes.com

Only 27% of the Grace Commission's recommendations could be by Exec Order, the other 73% needed congressional approval, which was denied. Trump and DOGE will need congressional action, and by all current info will support the DOGE recommendations.

Grace Commission - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The Grace Commission report was presented to Congress in January 1984. The report claimed that if its recommendations were followed, $424 billion could be saved in three years, rising to $1.9 trillion per year by the year 2000. It estimated that the national debt, without these reforms, would rise to $13 trillion by the year 2000, while with the reforms they projected it would rise to only $2.5 trillion. The report's recommendations that intruded into policy were ignored by Congress, but many other efficiency recommendations were considered and some were implemented.
The US national debt reached $5.6 trillion in the year 2000 and reached 13 trillion in 2010 after the Great Recession.

True.

Clinton Defense Budget Cuts Into Troops, Ships

President Clinton, unveiling his first military spending plan Friday, sent Congress a $263.4-billion defense budget for fiscal 1994 that would reduce troop strength to a level not seen since the Korean War but would keep most major weapons systems intact.

www.latimes.com

According to documents to be formally released at the Pentagon today, Clinton recommended spending $12 billion less than former President George Bush had proposed for next year, the first installment in a plan to spend $88 billion less for defense over the next four years than the Republican Administration had recommended.
“This is in many ways the first truly post-Cold War budget,” Defense Secretary Les Aspin said in a prepared statement accompanying the budget. “It cuts Cold War forces and begins to buy the new capabilities we need to meet the new dangers we face.”
The budget would reduce troop strength by 108,000 from its current level of 1,775,000 and mark the start of a major reduction for the Navy by retiring 28 active warships, including one aircraft carrier and two reserve vessels.

Do not go back to 1945 to 1980, you admitted that Clinton and Newt balanced the budget with a 39.6% top rate. Growing the economy is not easy because it is a "service economy" not a "manufacturing economy". Trump is right trying to change that by adding more US manufacturing. How can the US sell more products if other countries have high tariffs to keep US products out? We can't. Trump is right.
You are correct that these are the big budget items, most of which we did not have in 1945-1980:
------------------------Trump-45------------Trump-47
Defense________________$860b_______________$1000b_(includes VA & Foreign Aid)
Social Security_________$1000b______________$1600b_(needs cap removed or insolvent in 2035)
Medicare_______________$600b_______________$1000b
Medicaid_______________$500b_______________$ 750b
ADD WELFARE__________$850b______________$1300b
Interest on the DEBT____$600b______________$1100b

Adding Trump 47's numbers equals $6.75T without any discretionary items. Revenue is about $5T so we need to cut spending (ala DOGE) by at least $2T. Sending Welfare back to the states (in phases) would be one way.

1945 to 1980 is absolutely key in positioning the United States for proper taxation, growth, and having a good debt to GDP ratio. Again, debt to GDP ratio in 1945 was 121%, but by 1980 it was down to 34%. A higher tax on the wealthy and policies that will help stimulate economic growth is the way to go. There is little that can be cut from the Federal Budget and the United States should NOT be cutting things like USAID, one of the dumbest cuts Trump and his Doge idiots have done to date.

Clinton's Service economy had an average quarterly GDP growth rate over 8 years of 3.82%, the 4th highest average quarterly GDP growth rate since World War II. Trump was below water when it came to average quarterly real GDP growth during his first term with just an anemic 1.93% average quarterly GDP growth rate, nearly the worst average quarterly GDP growth rate of any President since World War II.

Burdening individual U.S. states with Federal government responsibilities will ruin growth and certainly won't make those needs go away.

The United States needs a higher minimum wage, and a lot more immigrants from Latin America to help with the labor shortages which will only get worse with the United States low birth rate and the retirement of the babyboom generation, the largest in generation in history. Grow the economy and tax the rich at the rate they were from 1945 to 1980, a minimum of 70% top marginal tax rate, and surpluses will resume.

Sadly, the wealthy today in this country primarily care about themselves, unlike the wealthy in previous era's, and spend a lot of money politically to manipulate things to their personal advantage, which damages the rest of the country and prevents it from achieving its full potential.

 

[U2Edge]

You seeing the employment numbers? Very encouraging. Very, VERY early, but the trend is encouraging.

Not likely to stay that way unless Trump changes his policies on immigration, government cuts, and tariffs. U.S. monthly unemployment is low but rising:
January 4.0%
February 4.1%
March 4.2%

 

[playtime]

nyet.

 

[Lesh]

Do you approve Of Donald Trump's decisions and performance on the job as President in his 2nd term?

Below are just a few of the reasons I disapprove of the job Donald Trump is doing as President in his 2nd term!

In Donald Trump's 2nd term, he has rapidly moved to try and cut federal government spending by taking a chainsaw to government programs and agencies. USAID had 10,000 employees and is being cut down to just 300 and moved into the State Department. USAID was vital to U.S. National Security and global security, because it provided services that were important to helping people in other countries develop as well as preventing major outbreaks of disease. People will suffer and die because of this foolish cut and China will be attempting to fill the gap that the United States is leaving in the third world which will weaken U.S. power and influence. This is just one area of the damaging cuts that Trump and his doge team have done to this point. Donald Trump is also now considering a 20% cut to the Active United States Army's size. This will weaken the United States military to the point that it will not be able to fulfill its mission in protecting U.S. National Security.

On immigration, Donald Trump has launched a massive deportation effort that could eventually send millions of U.S. workers back to other countries making the labor shortage worse which will cause inflation to rise as production fails to keep up with consumer demand.

On Trade, Trump Tariffs are the worse since just before the Great Depression and will move the United States into a recession before the end of the year. These tariffs function as a new tax of several thousand dollars on lower and middle income Americans. GDP growth will decline, unemployment will rise, in addition to a rise in inflation. The probability of the first global depression in nearly a century is rising.

On Foreign Policy, Defense Policy, and National Security, Donald Trump has abandoned 80 years of U.S. Foreign Policy and Defense Policy where the United States supported NATO and helped to defend Europe from Soviet/Russian aggression. He has sided with Russia and North Korea on UN Resolutions at the United Nations with regards to Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine. For 10 days he cut U.S. aid and U.S. intelligence to Ukraine that is fighting for its survival against a brutal Russian invasion. If Ukraine is defeated by the Russian invasion and taking over by Russia, the probability rises that Russia will next invade NATO European countries starting World War III. If World War III starts, the probability of a nuclear war goes up dramatically. Donald Trump's actions on Ukraine are hurting its ability to defend itself and helping the Russian Federation to take over Ukraine and then potentially invade NATO Europe.

What USAID does, its impact and what Trump’s cuts mean

Oxfam takes a closer look at USAID, an agency that provides critical help to the world, and the impact of Trump’s aid freeze.

go.skimresources.com

USAID: The Human Cost of Trump’s Cuts | Magnum Photos Magnum Photos

Countries worldwide are feeling the impact of the Trump administration’s recent cuts to foreign aid, which have amounted to about $60 billion dollars

go.skimresources.com

The devastating impact of Trump’s slashing foreign aid, in 3 charts

From HIV to malnutrition, here’s what the loss of 83 percent of USAID programs looks like.

go.skimresources.com

Army may slash 90,000 troops as Pentagon faces budget cuts and strategic shake-up: report

Massive potential cuts within the U.S. Army, reported by Military.com, would lead to a "leaner, more lethal, and larger" combat force, an Army spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

go.skimresources.com

Trump reverses 80 years of U.S. foreign policy with concessions to Russia and controversial statements – NYT

U.S.-Russia negotiations in Saudi Arabia and President Donald Trump’s sharp remarks about Ukraine are shifting American foreign policy by 180 degrees, The New York Times reported on Feb. 18.

go.skimresources.com

US sides with Russia in UN resolutions on invasion of Ukraine

The UK and France abstain as the UN Security Council passes a text that does not criticise Moscow.

go.skimresources.com

This is a survey exposing the Trump Kool Aid drinkers as the dominant presence on this forum

 

[Arresmillao]

Do you approve Of Donald Trump's decisions and performance on the job as President in his 2nd term?

Below are just a few of the reasons I disapprove of the job Donald Trump is doing as President in his 2nd term!

In Donald Trump's 2nd term, he has rapidly moved to try and cut federal government spending by taking a chainsaw to government programs and agencies. USAID had 10,000 employees and is being cut down to just 300 and moved into the State Department. USAID was vital to U.S. National Security and global security, because it provided services that were important to helping people in other countries develop as well as preventing major outbreaks of disease. People will suffer and die because of this foolish cut and China will be attempting to fill the gap that the United States is leaving in the third world which will weaken U.S. power and influence. This is just one area of the damaging cuts that Trump and his doge team have done to this point. Donald Trump is also now considering a 20% cut to the Active United States Army's size. This will weaken the United States military to the point that it will not be able to fulfill its mission in protecting U.S. National Security.

On immigration, Donald Trump has launched a massive deportation effort that could eventually send millions of U.S. workers back to other countries making the labor shortage worse which will cause inflation to rise as production fails to keep up with consumer demand.

On Trade, Trump Tariffs are the worse since just before the Great Depression and will move the United States into a recession before the end of the year. These tariffs function as a new tax of several thousand dollars on lower and middle income Americans. GDP growth will decline, unemployment will rise, in addition to a rise in inflation. The probability of the first global depression in nearly a century is rising.

On Foreign Policy, Defense Policy, and National Security, Donald Trump has abandoned 80 years of U.S. Foreign Policy and Defense Policy where the United States supported NATO and helped to defend Europe from Soviet/Russian aggression. He has sided with Russia and North Korea on UN Resolutions at the United Nations with regards to Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine. For 10 days he cut U.S. aid and U.S. intelligence to Ukraine that is fighting for its survival against a brutal Russian invasion. If Ukraine is defeated by the Russian invasion and taking over by Russia, the probability rises that Russia will next invade NATO European countries starting World War III. If World War III starts, the probability of a nuclear war goes up dramatically. Donald Trump's actions on Ukraine are hurting its ability to defend itself and helping the Russian Federation to take over Ukraine and then potentially invade NATO Europe.

What USAID does, its impact and what Trump’s cuts mean

Oxfam takes a closer look at USAID, an agency that provides critical help to the world, and the impact of Trump’s aid freeze.

go.skimresources.com

USAID: The Human Cost of Trump’s Cuts | Magnum Photos Magnum Photos

Countries worldwide are feeling the impact of the Trump administration’s recent cuts to foreign aid, which have amounted to about $60 billion dollars

go.skimresources.com

The devastating impact of Trump’s slashing foreign aid, in 3 charts

From HIV to malnutrition, here’s what the loss of 83 percent of USAID programs looks like.

go.skimresources.com

Army may slash 90,000 troops as Pentagon faces budget cuts and strategic shake-up: report

Massive potential cuts within the U.S. Army, reported by Military.com, would lead to a "leaner, more lethal, and larger" combat force, an Army spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

go.skimresources.com

Trump reverses 80 years of U.S. foreign policy with concessions to Russia and controversial statements – NYT

U.S.-Russia negotiations in Saudi Arabia and President Donald Trump’s sharp remarks about Ukraine are shifting American foreign policy by 180 degrees, The New York Times reported on Feb. 18.

go.skimresources.com

US sides with Russia in UN resolutions on invasion of Ukraine

The UK and France abstain as the UN Security Council passes a text that does not criticise Moscow.

go.skimresources.com

Not surprised with the responses of poll, this forum is largely dominated by Maga-cult members. But facts are facts, and trump is a failed con-man convicted rapist and fraudster, a traitor that attacked our government with an insurrection. Now causing his second economic debacle with negative GDP growth, and overall weakened economy.