trump's policy and the damage done.

[BluesLegend]

The only thing DAMAGED is the demented Democratic Party, and they're doing it to THEMSELVES.

We have never seen Democrats this desperate for bad news.

 

[BluesLegend]

Getting rid of illegal aliens harms the economy as we need labor.

Riiiiight we need all these deported illegal criminal gang members to pick veggies, oh wait Do you idiots even listen to the pure nonsense you spew like mindless Dem sheeple?

 

[jc456]

Getting rid of illegal aliens harms the economy as we need labor.

oh for fk sake, stop with the cult talking points. you know nothing about any of it. force fed is all you are and you sucked it down, you fking loser. you don't know that Obammy deported almost 2 million illegals. You don't know that do you? You have no idea what you walked into with that.

Tariffs are already very low and making them lower is not going to change much. With the weakening dollar, prices are set to increase for average consumers.

nope, you again have no idea of what you stepped in.

This is mostly pain with very little, if any, gain.

more private dollars invested in the country with fewer government jobs will make the dollar rebound hugely!

 

[JohnDB]

Trump Deficits are Exploding!

Actually the current Budget is from the Biden Administration. Trump hasn't actually made or promoted a full budget yet.
However the cuts recommended by DOGE has resulted in the Government borrowing 58 Billion less this quarter alone.

I'm expecting approximately status quo situation as tarrif receipts come in and tax reductions for average people are eliminated. (SS taxes, overtime taxes, and gratuity taxes)

If the moving of plants back to the USA are "expensed" items for corporations PLUS if the automation industry can keep pace....we should see a change in manufacturing sector jobs increased soon to avoid tarrifs.

However, the USA as a whole has bottlenecks with logisticians and maintenance staff for production facilities. These issues need to be addressed.

It's great to bring a production facility home but making it actually produce something would be better.

The huge sea change will be noticed when container rates increase when shipping from the USA to elsewhere. Currently the inbound rates are much much higher than outbound. When they equalize....that's the clue.

 

[Marener]

Riiiiight we need all these deported illegal criminal gang members to pick veggies, oh wait Do you idiots even listen to the pure nonsense you spew like mindless Dem sheeple?

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was a union sheet metal worker. He wasn't in a gang and he wasn't a criminal. Trump is rounding up everyone, he doesn't care if they gang members or not.

 

[KissMy]

Actually the current Budget is from the Biden Administration. Trump hasn't actually made or promoted a full budget yet.
However the cuts recommended by DOGE has resulted in the Government borrowing 58 Billion less this quarter alone.

I'm expecting approximately status quo situation as tarrif receipts come in and tax reductions for average people are eliminated. (SS taxes, overtime taxes, and gratuity taxes)

If the moving of plants back to the USA are "expensed" items for corporations PLUS if the automation industry can keep pace....we should see a change in manufacturing sector jobs increased soon to avoid tarrifs.

However, the USA as a whole has bottlenecks with logisticians and maintenance staff for production facilities. These issues need to be addressed.

It's great to bring a production facility home but making it actually produce something would be better.

The huge sea change will be noticed when container rates increase when shipping from the USA to elsewhere. Currently the inbound rates are much much higher than outbound. When they equalize....that's the clue.

Corporate tax revenue has dropped 4 times more than expected Tariff revenue might be. Trump's Deficit & Debt are soaring much larger.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

They're publishing fake projections in advance. These are estimates that they're publishing at least a month early to push the false impression that Trump is destroying the economy.

Yet another Republican president destroying yet another Democratic president's strong economy with historic low unemployment.

Voting for a Republican for president is the definition of insanity.

 

[blackhawk]

TDSSSDD.

 

[JohnDB]

Corporate tax revenue has dropped 4 times more than expected Tariff revenue might be. Trump's Deficit & Debt are soaring much larger.

You fell asleep in Economics class didn't you?

Some of us stayed awake and got excited by the information....you weren't one of them.

 

[JohnDB]

Corporate tax revenue has dropped 4 times more than expected Tariff revenue might be. Trump's Deficit & Debt are soaring much larger.

Nope....tarrif receipts came in much higher than anticipated.

The debt is growing but at numbers lower than expected. Part of the reason why is the new DOGE system implemented at the Federal Treasury requiring proper payment codes or cutting off funding when a budget has been completely utilized. It might resume back on track next quarter when people figure it out.

But so far the system of tarrifs and fiscal responsibility are working....and will actually accomplish Trump's objectives if Congress would get their act together. (Congress has the purse strings).

 

[AveMarica]

They're publishing fake projections in advance. These are estimates that they're publishing at least a month early to push the false impression that Trump is destroying the economy.

Trump's government published these numbers.

 

[AveMarica]

Nope....tarrif receipts came in much higher than anticipated.

How high were tariff receipts?

 

[JohnDB]

How high were tariff receipts?

From GROK AI:

Tariff revenue for the U.S. government in April 2025 is estimated at $15.9 billion, according to Treasury data cited by Investopedia. This marks a significant increase from $9.6 billion collected in March 2025, driven by new tariffs implemented starting April 5, including a 10% baseline tariff on most imports and higher rates on specific countries like China (up to 145%). However, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported collecting over $500 million from new reciprocal tariffs since April 5, contributing to a broader $21 billion from trade actions since January 20, 2025, suggesting the $15.9 billion figure aligns with monthly totals. Some sources, like the Tax Foundation, project higher annual estimates, but for April specifically, $15.9 billion is the most consistently reported figure.

 

[j-mac]

U.S. economy shrank 0.3% in the first quarter as Trump policy uncertainty weighed on businesses​

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/30/gdp-q1-2025-.html

The U.S. economy contracted in the first three months of 2025, fueling recession fears at the start of President Donald Trump’s second term in office as he wages a potentially costly trade war.

Gross domestic product, a sum of all the goods and services produced from January through March, fell at a 0.3% annualized pace, according to a Commerce Department report Wednesday adjusted for seasonal factors and inflation.

Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for a gain of 0.4% after GDP rose by 2.4% in the fourth quarter of 2024. However, over the past day or so some Wall Street economists changed their outlook to negative growth, largely due to an unexpected rise in imports as companies and consumers sought to get ahead of the Trump tariffs implemented in early April.

It didn't take long for trump to put his stamp on what was a growing economy.

You gonna go out and celebrate?

 

[mudwhistle]

Trump's government published these numbers.

Trump doesn't have a government. Democrats and the Deep State run the government.
Trump has an administration that is fighting tooth & nail against the Democrat's government.
Just because a Republican gets into the White House doesn't mean that everyone in the rest of the government becomes Republican.

 

[Mac1958]

At some point Trump will be able to get out of this, he'll claim he's had The Greatest And Most Awesome Victory in the History of Historical Histories, and the flock will rejoice and recommit themselves to their new Savior (regardless of whether they actually see much of a difference in their lives or not). And certainly the market would like to see this fiasco come to some kind of fruition.

The longer-term problem is that, for no good reason, Trump decided to mock, threaten, troll, insult and punish our (former) friends and trading partners instead of doing this like a normal, intelligent adult. Those relationships will probably not recover. MAGA will say they don't care, and I guess that's true, because they are absolutely ignorant of the geopolitical ramifications going forward.

 

[22lcidw]

Who doesn't have cost of living increases?

There are people with pensions that do not have that. And there are people with salaries who have not kept up with the inflation.

 

[mudwhistle]

At some point Trump will be able to get out of this, he'll claim he's had The Greatest And Most Awesome Victory in the History of Historical Histories, and the flock will rejoice and recommit themselves to their new Savior (regardless of whether they actually see much of a difference in their lives or not). And certainly the market would like to see this fiasco come to some kind of fruition.

The longer-term problem is that, for no good reason, Trump decided to mock, threaten, insult and punish our (former) friends and trading partners instead of doing this like a normal, intelligent adult. Those relationships will probably not recover. MAGA will say they don't care, and I guess that's true, because they are absolutely ignorant of the geopolitical ramifications going forward.

Yeah. We might as well declare war on Canada and get it over with.

 

[JohnDB]

At some point Trump will be able to get out of this, he'll claim he's had The Greatest And Most Awesome Victory in the History of Historical Histories, and the flock will rejoice and recommit themselves to their new Savior (regardless of whether they actually see much of a difference in their lives or not). And certainly the market would like to see this fiasco come to some kind of fruition.

The longer-term problem is that, for no good reason, Trump decided to mock, threaten, troll, insult and punish our (former) friends and trading partners instead of doing this like a normal, intelligent adult. Those relationships will probably not recover. MAGA will say they don't care, and I guess that's true, because they are absolutely ignorant of the geopolitical ramifications going forward.

Billionaires don't actually have feelings that can be hurt. (They do but not by stuff said in media)
So to say that Trump hurt his friend's feelings to be unrecoverable relationships is not living in reality.

 

[AveMarica]

Trump doesn't have a government. Democrats and the Deep State run the government.

Hah it is funny watching you dipshits trying to explain things away.

This data was released by the Commerce Department, which is run by Trump appointee Lutnick. It is dumb enough you clowns claiming any inconvenient information is false, now you're doing it to information released by an agency run by Trump's own lackey.

Trump has an administration that is fighting tooth & nail against the Democrat's government.
Just because a Republican gets into the White House doesn't mean that everyone in the rest of the government becomes Republican.

Who runs the Commerce Dept again? Oh yeah, Lutnick, appointed Feb 21.