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5 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

This is becoming the entertainment event of the year so far. Trump is turning on his base who are simply inquiring minds, asking questions. That kind of behavior is strictly forbidden within MAGA, it would seem. Be obedient! 

 

Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this “bull——,” hook, line, and sinker,” Trump wrote Wednesday on his Truth Social site, using an expletive in his post. “They haven’t learned their lesson, and probably never will, even after being conned by the Lunatic Left for 8 long years.”

 

Trump distanced himself from those who have criticized him, calling them “PAST supporters” who had “bought into this ‘bull<deleted>,’ hook, line, and sinker.”

 

“Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work,” he wrote, “don’t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don’t want their support anymore!”

 

In doing so, Mr. Trump turned to an old playbook: attempting to reframe politically unfavorable issues as the work of Democrats and his political opponents.

 

But the discontent over the Trump administration’s handling of the so-called Epstein files has stemmed from the right, and Democrats merely joined the fray after seeing a splintering of Mr. Trump’s MAGA supporters, many of whom feel betrayed.

 

Far-right conspiracy theorist and podcaster Alex Jones called Trump’s handling of the Epstein situation “the biggest train wreck I’ve ever seen.”

"It’s not in character for you to be acting like this,” he said in a video reacting to Trump on Tuesday evening calling the case boring. “I support you, but we built the movement you rode in on. You’re not the movement. You just surfed in on it.”

 

His problem? That nothing-to-see-here approach doesn’t work for those who’ve learned from him they must not give up until the government’s deepest, darkest secrets are exposed.

 

Last week, the Justice Department and the FBI abruptly walked back the notion there’s an Epstein client list of elites who participated in the wealthy New York financier’s trafficking of underage girls. Trump quickly defended Attorney General Pam Bondi and chided a reporter for daring to ask about the documents.

 

“I don’t understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody.” he said.

The post also highlights Mr. Trump’s longstanding belief that he can convince his followers of nearly anything without losing their support.

 

 

His supporters have bought into so much B.S. from him and the other MAGAs! 🤣

15 minutes ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

At least it got you off of January 6th for the day 

Blah blah...😆

12 minutes ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

OMG!

 

 

OMG! A troll is trolling! 🤣

30 minutes ago, BLMFem said:

As if we needed more proof. Time to call in the shrinks and have him evaluated if he's mentally able to stand trial for all the crimes he's committed.

 

‘Surprised’ Trump appears to forget he appointed Powell as Fed chair before blaming Biden for keeping him on

https://www.yahoo.com/news/surprised-trump-appears-forget-appointed-214336304.html

 

"“I was surprised, frankly, that Biden put him in and extended him,” he said. The president’s apparent gaffe came just one day after he delivered a rambling speech in Pittsburgh in which he claimed that his uncle, a noted physicist who helped develop radar systems during World War II, taught notorious terrorist Theodore Kaczynski at MIT, despite none of it having actually happened."

He probably doesn't remember what he's done the day before, so that's beyond his memory reach!

There's a massive cover-up about his dementia level by his aides and the GOP!  🤣

3 minutes ago, BLMFem said:

Even this nutcase is turning on poor old Trump.😁

 

"Trump Loyalist Is Latest MAGA Diehard to Revolt Over Epstein Files.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-loyalist-latest-maga-diehard-212838196.html

 

"Flynn, a retired lieutenant general and infamous conspiracy theorist, posted a 500-word X missive directed at the president, calling on him to rectify his mishandling of the Epstein files.

“With my strongest recommendation, please gather your team and figure out a way to move past this,” Flynn, 66, wrote. “The roll out of this was terrible, no way around that."

But the liar Trump just claimed it was a Dem hoax!

(He's also insulting his fans and is calling them "weaklings"! 

🤣

Trump lashes out at ‘weaklings’ who believe Epstein ‘bullsh*t’ amid building GOP pressure to release documents

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/16/politics/trump-epstein-weaklings-supporters?adobe_mc=TS%3D1752734223|MCMID%3D72930993794519071334713548976840673148|MCORGID%3D7FF852E2556756057F000101%40AdobeOrg&iid=cnn-mobile-app&iid=cnn-mobile-app

6 hours ago, dinsdale said:

US defence spending on NATO is about two thirds of NATO total expenditure. Can't plug that hole any time soon.

It's inaccurate to say it's spent "on NATO", it's spent on the U.S. to defend itself.

The direct expenses for maintaining a military presence in Europe are around 35b/year and it would probably not cost less if these assets were repositionned somewhere else.

However, the main deterrence effect of the U.S. participation in NATO is the potential to use of its military power based elsewhere (mainly in the U.S.). The other NATO countries cannot match that on short-term.

21 minutes ago, TedG said:

I guess you decided to not read the article. 

I read but also look at the data. Demand played a role but energy increased by 34% (vs 39% in the EU).

19 minutes ago, TedG said:

The US inflation was pushed by demand.  

 

The inflation in the EU was due to energy issues.

 

https://www.americancentury.com/insights/us-europe-a-tale-of-two-inflations/

From the graphs in your source, energy prices increase played a major role on both markets. 

The US had more core inflation but 2 to 3 times more growth than the EU. 

BTW, the small decrease of inflation under Trump is mainly due to lower energy prices thanks to opec.

7 minutes ago, TedG said:

The target rate is 2% per year.  Thus, the numbers are not out of line. 

So Trump did not bring down the price of groceries, as promised, right? (That was my point). 🤣

29 minutes ago, TedG said:

Biden’s’ polices pushed inflation,  

Most of the inflation was global in 2022. It was similar everywhere. 

And gdp growth under Biden was 2 to 3 times higher than in other developped economies. It's not the case any more.

https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/PCPIPCH@WEO/USA/ADVEC/MAE/EURO

43 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Read it right, prices have increased 0.1% since Oct last year.   Considering inflation in Nov & Dec 2024, was much higher than the COLA in Oct 2024, means in reality, President Trump did actually bring inflation down.

 

See if you can read this correctly ... get back to me in Oct 2025, when they release the fake low inflation rate for COLA. 

 

5+% works for me 

 

Y'all still believe what govt & politicians tell you.  That's telling in itself 

 

You are obviously not good at maths, and still believe whatever B.S. Trump tells you! 🤣

Here's the calculation for you.

- CPI on Jan 2025: 317.671  
- CPI on Jun 2025: 321.465  
- Inflation Rate:  
  $$\frac{321.465 - 317.671}{317.671} \times 100 \approx 1.19\%$$

So, U.S. inflation rose approximately 1.19% over the first half of 2025.

https://cpiinflationcalculator.com/2025-cpi-and-inflation-data-for-the-united-states/

28 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

So the list was a lie, but now Bondi said there isnt a list, she lying?

So you just move the goal posts to keep youn syndrome in check 

As if you didn't understand what I wrote.... 🙂

So I write it again!

I always thought and wrote that it was a propaganda lie to smear the Dems. In this perspective, I have fun watching those MAGA creeps now explaining to the MAGA sheeple that there is no list!

Of course, I may be wrong and there may actually be a list. If it is the case, it means they are now lying when they are claiming there is no list!

In both cases, they have been caught lying! Either they lied before, or they are lying now! 🤣

14 hours ago, KhunLA said:

You people can't even read what you are posting.  12 months, and he's been president for less than 6 months.

 

Might want to wait for individual country tariffs to actually go into effect before trying to blame them for any inflation.

 

@CallumWK groceries, 2.4% over past 12 months 

12 hours ago, TedG said:

Grocery prices increased by 2.4% over the past year.   

 

 

Trump promised to bring grocery prices down.

Since when does a price increase of 2.4% mean 'bringing prices down'? 

5 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Oh yea, Biden did a great job with inflation.   The most so far this century 

 

And we all know even those numbers are BS low 

 

2022 was a year of global inflation for reasons everyone knows...

So according to your meme, inflation was lower at the end of Biden's mandate, when economic conditions were similar, than now under Trump. Did I read well? 

Putin is surely having a good laugh!

Russian television pundits are mocking President Donald Trump’s threats to weigh in decisively on Ukraine, claiming that his new comments are a way to try and knock the Epstein scandal out of the news headlines.

https://news.yahoo.com/putin-pals-trump-russia-threat-160538732.html

10 hours ago, illisdean said:

Here ya go, not bad for a mentally declining 79 or 80 year old male and 47th POTUS.

 

It's all about WINNING and Trump delivers what the voters want.

 

 

Meanwhile....

https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/approval/donald-trump/approval-rating

2 hours ago, darbie-foos said:

Trump wins, you should have figured that out by now. You like all democrat trump haters are too full of hatred and blinded by it and when thrown in with your overt tendencies on being simpletons are missing the massive Trump EFFECT & WINNING sweeping the country. 

 

 

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26 minutes ago, Trippy said:

With a $230 billion usd trade deficit, it definitely is good for the EU economy. But for the US, there's $230 billion more going out than coming in. 

The reason for the deficit is the decision by U.S. companies to outsource production in Asia or elsewhere. A lot of American brands are bought in Europe —especially tech, consumer goods, and lifestyle. However, they are often produced outside the U.S, in low cost countries.

So the EU has a trade excedent with the U.S., and a deficit with Asian countries which are producing U.S. brands.

2 hours ago, KhaoHom said:

 

This is just stupid think

One more empty comment from you...