Trumps first month

[Litwin]

 

[SassyIrishLass]

I am a liberal....which is why I'm 1,000 times smarter than you.

No you're not

 

[kyzr]

I am a liberal....which is why I'm 1,000 times smarter than you.

You, Joe Biden, and Kamala can think that. Its your superior "critical thinking" ability. <g>

 

[Litwin]

1 M. is too early to say something

still :

 

[rightwinger]

Hey, I actually agree with you on that.

I don't mind it too much, though, just for the comedic value it gives watching all you little leftist proles losing your shit.

ya know….

it is not the leftists
It is the rest of the world looking at us and realizing we are being led by a crazy fuk

 

[kyzr]

ya know…. it is not the leftists
It is the rest of the world looking at us and realizing we are being led by a crazy fuk

You keep speaking for "the rest of the world"????????
That crazy fuk was also senile and mentally unfit, but he got thrown under the bus so an even dumber fuk could lose gracefully to a real president.

 

[Dante]

Trump has just completed the first month of his second term

First, the good
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Stopping production of the penny is long overdue
...

One word: Nickel

In an announcement Sunday on his Truth Social platform, Trump said the cost of minting the coin featuring the profile of the country's 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, is more than twice the currency's face value.

"For far too long the United States has minted pennies, which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is wasteful!" Trump wrote. "I have instructed my Secretary of Treasury to stop producing new pennies. Let's rip the waste out of our great nation's budget, even if it's a penny at a time."

Trump's order to scrap the penny doesn't make 'cents': Expert​

The cost of making a penny has risen to more than twice the coin's face value.

Pennies? They do not exist in a vacuum, unless of course we;re speaking of Trump's great big brain:

Nickels. Look up Nickels.

Weller said doing away with the penny would prompt the U.S. Mint to increase production of the nickel. According to the U.S. Mint, the cost of minting a single nickel is nearly 14 cents, almost three times the coin's face value and more than three-and-a-half times the cost of minting a penny.

"Without the penny, nickel production could nearly double, which would increase the Mint's losses," Weller said. "So, it's just hard to understand how you could produce more nickels that are losing more money than the penny and say you're going to save money."

 

[Robert W]

The firings are not based on any studies of government efficiency, critical mission needs and impact of the firing.
When all is said and done, neither you or I will see any of the savings

True or false, those are not the only ways to cut spending.
By GARY FIELDS, TIM SULLIVAN and JOSH FUNK
Updated 6:37 PM MST, February 14, 2025
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The crew of the Army helicopter that collided in midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport may have had inaccurate altitude readings in the moments before the crash, and also may not have heard key instructions from air traffic controllers to move behind the plane, investigators said Friday.

National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy told reporters that the recording from the Black Hawk helicopter cockpit suggested an incomplete radio transmission may have left the crew without understanding how it should shift position just before the Jan. 29 crash, in which all 67 aboard the two aircraft were killed, Very seldom are workers recently hired up to snuff. Trump is not firing the best workers.

 

[Robert W]

A strong NATO has kept Europe at peace for 80 years

Our President is taking sides with Putin

Then it makes sense for Ukraine to be in NATO. It pissed me off for Trump to clash with Zelensky. Trump has to win vs Russia.

 

[Rocko]

Trump thinks he’s king of the world, are allies are going to make him look silly in regards to Ukraine.

 

[rightwinger]

Trump thinks he’s king of the world, are allies are going to make him look silly in regards to Ukraine.

Trump should have met with NATO before he met with Putin

Now, it looks like he will threaten Ukraine to surrender and Europe will leave him hanging

 

[Rocko]

Trump should have met with NATO before he met with Putin

Now, it looks like he will threaten Ukraine to surrender and Europe will leave him hanging

What he didn’t count on is Europe filling the power vacuum the US left by disengaging. You know what would really make Trump look stupid and weak? If congress overrides his veto on Ukraine funding. God that would be delicious. I pray for it.

 

[rightwinger]

What he didn’t count on is Europe filling the power vacuum the US left by disengaging. You know what would really make Trump look stupid and weak? If congress overrides his veto on Ukraine funding. God that would be delicious. I pray for it.

Most Republicans still support Ukraine
I don’t think they want to run in 2026 on a platform of supporting Putin

Trump is on his own in placating Putin

 

[Rocko]

Most Republicans still support Ukraine
I don’t think they want to run in 2026 on a platform of supporting Putin

Trump is on his own in placating Putin

Yeah I think he’s underestimating the bipartisan support for the Ukraine. Calling Zelenskyy a dictator was stupid on many different levels. Trump’s going to learn the hard way that he’s not a king.

 

[Missourian]

Nothing wrong with reducing a workforce if done in a sane manner

Evaluate each agency. Get independent evaluation of efficiency. Ask workers what does not work. Eliminate functions that are not needed and poor performing workers

Trump is just firing everyone he can without regard to how good a worker they are, how difficult it will be to replace them, impact

Takes too long.

Too many roadblocks.

You don't trim a massive Red Oak with a scalpel...you use a chainsaw.

Will there be cuts that you might regret? Sure. But they'll grow back.

With the scalpel, you might as well not bother. The tree will grow faster than you cut it.

There's an age old saying...better to ask forgiveness than permission.

So...sorry those 300 NNSA guys got fired and rehired...but if we waited for permission, it would never get done.

 

[Missourian]

Trump was not elected to tear down Government.

What part of "drain the swamp" did you not understand???

 

[Missourian]

More lies from Trump
China has minimal involvement

They have minimal involvement NOW. Before Trump that was not the case.

Rubio welcomes Panama’s move to exit Chinese infrastructure plan as ‘great step forward’

News comes after US secretary of state visited Panama to pressure the country over its ties with Beijing

www.theguardian.com

 

[rightwinger]

What part of "drain the swamp" did you not understand???

TRUMP is the Swamp

 

[Missourian]

TRUMP is the Swamp

Like I told one of your comrades... you can drag that lead balloon around as long as you want... but it ain't never gonna fly.

 

[Robert W]

Trump should have met with NATO before he met with Putin

Now, it looks like he will threaten Ukraine to surrender and Europe will leave him hanging

I am not a Trump hater so try this idea for size. Trump wants to cause Europe to pay for the war against Russia. So he appears to abandon Ukraine thinking others will finally do the job. Why must the USA be the largest funder of Ukraine. Personally I don't like our funds spent there but watched Biden slow walk help to Ukraine as if it does not matter at all. Biden got us into this mess.