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[g5000]

Trump was wrong claiming he would eliminate the debt. That is now impossible without some miracle from heaven. There is not a politician in history who has successfully turned the tide of out-of-control US government spending toward insolvency.

I've explained countless times how the debt could very easily be eliminated.

Countless times.

Unfortunately, our politicians are beholden to special interests who work diligently to divide our country and keep everyone from even discussing the simple solution.

 

[Mac1958]

The worst part is our status as the world's reserve currency is about to have the bottom drop out. And the Iran war has hastened it.

And what the flock doesn't, or won't, or can't understand is that this situation was already bad enough, and then Trump made it much worse WITH HIS BEHAVIORS TOWARDS OUR FORMER FRIENDS.

France pulls $15B of gold out of US vaults, and more EU member states may follow.

Somehow, they're able to disconnect his behaviors and stupid goddamn actions from everything.

 

[BackAgain]

I've only been posting about the debt more than any other topic for well over a decade, idiot.

I think you meant that you’ve posted idiotically on most topics over the years.

I don’t keep track of your positions on much of anything. You’re a moron.

You’re such a shriveled little dick, you weren’t able to even accept a compliment.

I've also been pointing out the dead silence which comes over the hypocritical MAGA cult when Trump runs up massive deficits.

Ah. That’s just more of your mostly dishonest bloviation. For while it is true that President Trump hasn’t reined-in our national addiction to deficit spending, you remain far too simplistic and dishonest to concede that it has become enormously difficult to do. And your side still runs as much interference against President Trump’s efforts as they can.

Jesus, you just keep digging yourself deeper and deeper into stupidity!

Nah. I just keep exposing your general dishonesty and ignorance. And now you’re all upsetty-wetty.

Go have a good cry. Take a Midol. Try again tomorrow.

 

[markef]

I've explained countless times how the debt could very easily be eliminated.

Countless times.

Unfortunately, our politicians are beholden to special interests who work diligently to divide our country and keep everyone from even discussing the simple solution.

I see no possible way the debt could be eliminated. Did Trump give specifics on how he planned to eliminate the debt? Has any democrats ever proposed any plan for eliminating the debt? Do democrats even believe the rising debt is a threat?

 

[EdwinAMartin]

BRICS ??? lol its a running joke. They're on the 'gold standard' because their currencies suck and nobody will take them.

 

[g5000]

I see no possible way the debt could be eliminated. Did Trump give specifics on how he planned to eliminate the debt? Has any democrats ever proposed any plan for eliminating the debt? Do democrats even believe the rising debt is a threat?

The American motto is, "Gimme gimme gimme, and make that guy over there pay for it."

This is a bipartisan belief system.

Congressional approval is in the gutter and yet for more than half a century House members have had a 98 percent re-election rate, and the Senate has had an 80 percent re-election rate.

We get the politicians we deserve.

"Those other congresscritters spend too much on PORK, but my guy brings home the BACON."

 

[EdwinAMartin]

Trump was wrong claiming he would eliminate the debt. That is now impossible without some miracle from heaven. There is not a politician in history who has successfully turned the tide of out-of-control US government spending toward insolvency.

You can't outsource your most productive industries and jobs and expect to stay solvent by just selling more debt. Just ask the formerly 'Great' Britain.

 

[g5000]

You can't outsource your most productive industries and jobs and expect to stay solvent by just selling more debt.

Tim Cook donated a million dollars to Trump.

In return, Trump exempted iPhones from his tariffs on China.

Again, we get the politicians we deserve. The rubes actually bleev Trump's bullshit.

You have to watch what they DO, not what they SAY. Trump's whining about corporations moving to China and needing to be forced to come back with tariffs was his call for bribes from those corporations.

But the vast majority of lost manufacturing jobs were made obsolete by technology. They are gone for good. Extinct.

Either Trump knows that and is evil, or he doesn't know that and he's stupid.

 

[g5000]

Apple CEO Tim Cook donates $1 million to Trump inauguration​

Apple regains $3 trillion market cap after Trump exempts tariffs on iPhones​

Did I hear someone whine about corporations moving their manufacturing overseas?​

We live in an oligarchy, folks. And Trump is their beeyatch.

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[g5000]

As I said, the vast majority of lost manufacturing jobs are extinct. Gone.

And as I keep saying, we have to train our kids for the jobs of tomorrow, not the jobs of their fathers.

We need to retool our education system. But that takes heavy lifting and our leaders are way too lazy to do it.

It is way easier to pander to the ignorant rubes instead.

 

[EdwinAMartin]

In return, Trump exempted iPhones from his tariffs on China.

Apple, Nvidia, and others are onshoring their production, that's why, dip shit. Do you ever bother with reading real news? Apparently never.

https://www.phonearena.com/news/apple-just-revealed-how-it-plans-to-build-more-of-your-iphone-right-here-in-america_id179233#:~:text=Apple%20announced%20that%20four%20companies%20%28Bosch%2C%20Cirrus%20Logic%2C,its%20American%20Manufacturing%20Program%2C%20or%20AMP%20for%20short.

 

[g5000]

http://conexus.cberdata.org/files/MfgReality.pdf

Almost 88 percent of job losses in manufacturing in recent years can be attributable to productivity growth, and the long-term changes to manufacturing employment are mostly linked to the productivity of American factories.

 

[g5000]

Apple, Nvidia, and others are onshoring their production, that's why, dip shit. Do you ever bother with reading real news? Apparently never.

https://www.phonearena.com/news/apple-just-revealed-how-it-plans-to-build-more-of-your-iphone-right-here-in-america_id179233#:~:text=Apple%20announced%20that%20four%20companies%20%28Bosch%2C%20Cirrus%20Logic%2C,its%20American%20Manufacturing%20Program%2C%20or%20AMP%20for%20short.

Those are empty promises made to appease Trump, rube.

They made the same promises in his first term.

Mark Zuckerberg tipped their hand during the last White House meeting between Trump and the oligarchs. He was caught on mic telling Trump he made up a number and hoped it was big enough to satisfy Dear Leader's propaganda lies for you rubes.

 

[EdwinAMartin]

Those are empty promises made to appease Trump, rube.

They made the same promises in his first term.

Mark Zuckerberg tipped their hand during the last White House meeting between Trump and the oligarchs. He was caught on mic telling Trump he made up a number and hoped it was big enough to satisfy Dear Leader's propaganda lies for you rubes.

lol you got nothing, as usual.

 

[g5000]

At a White House event on Wednesday afternoon, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced plans to invest $100 billion in US manufacturing.

Is this a real plan, with real money? A bit of stagecraft designed to give Donald Trump a public win for his reshoring push? Or a way for Apple to keep on the right side of Trump tariffs that could cause great harm to the company?

Yes. And yes. And yes.

[snip]

But this isn't the first time Apple has announced a pledge like this. In 2021 — when Joe Biden was president — it announced a plan to invest $430 billion in the US over five years and hire 20,000 employees. Some of those plans involved new construction, like a new "engineering hub" in North Carolina. Others involved expansions of existing facilities, or construction that was already underway, like a $1 billion campus in Austin.

[snip]

Does that mean Apple is going to start making iPhones in the US, as Trump has demanded?

No. As we've discussed before, recreating the supply chain Apple would need to make iPhones in the US seems close to impossible. And certainly not something that Apple could pull off in a few years — if it even wanted to.

Cook was asked that question directly at the press conference, and was ready for it. "There's a lot of content in there from the United States," he argued, pointing to the glass deal and other elements made at least in part in America. But as far as actually putting that stuff together — which requires a complicated supply chain Cook spent years and billions overseeing? "That will be elsewhere for a while," he said.

Still, getting to stand next to the CEO of one of the world's most valuable companies, while that CEO says he's going to invest in America, is most definitely valuable to Trump, who was beaming throughout the event.

And it's not as if any particular number means much to Trump, who recently announced he was going to reduce drug prices by "1,500 percent," which is definitely not possible.

What Apple's $100 billion US pledge really means — and what it doesn't mean

Apple is spending money in the US. But, no: It's not exactly the story Donald Trump would like to tell.

www.businessinsider.com

In short, Tim Cook and the other oligarchs will say whatever it takes to get Trump to exempt them from tariffs.

They are playing him. He's their beeyatch.

 

[g5000]

Hot Mic Catches Mark Zuckerberg Groveling to Trump​

“How much are you spending, would you say, over the next few years?” Trump asked.

“Oh gosh,” Zuckerberg said. “Um, I mean I think it’s probably going to be something, like, I don’t know, at least $600 billion through ’28 in the US. Yeah.”

Moments later, when the formalities ended and Zuckerberg probably thought he was no longer being recorded, the centibillionaire was all apologies.

“I’m sorry, I wasn’t ready to do our… I wasn’t sure what number you wanted to go with!”


It's all theater for you rubes.

 

[g5000]

lol you got nothing, as usual.

You spoke too soon, kid. I can always back up what I say. See my last two posts.

And when 2028 rolls around and all that pledged money turns out to be vaporware, maybe you'll begin to realize what a sucker you are.

Then again, if you haven't figured it out by now, you never will.

 

[EdwinAMartin]

You spoke too soon, kid. I can always back up what I say. See my last two posts.

You mean your lame attempts at covering up the fact that you're an uninformed halfwit? Yeah, I didn't notice.




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Apple’s Major U.S. Facility Expansion​

Apple is making significant moves to expand its U.S. manufacturing and supply chain, with major new facilities in Texas, California, and other states as part of its $500–$600 billion U.S. investment pledge over the next four years Apple+1.

Key Texas Projects

• Fort Worth, TX – Rare Earth Magnets Facility: Apple and MP Materials will build a state-of-the-art plant at MP Materials’ Independence facility to produce American-made neodymium magnets for Apple products. The $500 million multiyear deal includes new recycling lines in Mountain Pass, CA, to process rare earth elements from electronics and scrap Apple.
• Houston, TX – AI Server & Mac Mini Production: Apple will begin assembling Mac minis and producing AI-driven servers for Apple Intelligence in Houston later in 2026. The 250,000-square-foot Advanced Manufacturing Center will double the size of Apple’s Houston campus, support thousands of jobs, and deploy servers into U.S. data centers ahead of schedule Fox Business+1.
• Houston – Workforce Training: A 20,000 sq. ft. Advanced Manufacturing Center will focus on hands-on training in AI, automation, and smart manufacturing Fox Business.

Other U.S. Expansion Highlights

• Detroit, MI – Apple Manufacturing Academy: Training programs for AI, automation, and smart manufacturing for small- and medium-sized U.S. businesses Fox Business+1.
• Multiple States: Apple is growing facilities in California, Arizona, Nevada, Iowa, Oregon, North Carolina, and Washington, with investments in semiconductor supply chains, data centers, and R&D TechPinas.

Strategic Goals

• Supply Chain Resilience: Reducing reliance on overseas manufacturing for critical components like AI servers and rare earth magnets Appleosophy.
• Workforce Development: Creating thousands of jobs in advanced manufacturing, R&D, and training Apple+1.
• AI Infrastructure: Building domestic capacity for Apple Intelligence, Private Cloud Compute, and other AI-powered features TechPinas+1.

These expansions position Apple to strengthen its U.S. manufacturing footprint, support domestic innovation, and meet growing global demand for advanced technology products.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025...supply-chain-with-500-million-usd-commitment/

 

[gipper]

Wrong. Lie. Try again.

You poor dumb tards are fatally stuck in a False Dichotomy rut.

So you’re not a uniparty member?

 

[Dragonlady]

You misspelled “Obama”. Doesn’t surprised anyone though. You’re not the sharpest tool in the shed.

England and Israel (are two closest allies) were disgusted by Obama. Russia (Putin) and Venezuela (Chavez) adored him as he groveled at their feet after fellating them.

Are you simply being disgusting because you’re an economics moron? Or because you’re a racist asshole?

Trump has given Putin everything Putin wants in terms of destroying NATO and disrupting the world’s economy.

You’re projecting Trumps slavish devotion to dictators onto Obama. It’s Trump who brings his knee pads to meetings with Xi and Putin. And he swallows.