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And it was the Biden Administration that helped make health care far more affordable under Obamacare. Trump worked hard to undermine it.

And by the way, it was Obamacare legislation that called for pricing to be made transparent. The Trump administration to its credit did formulate rules, but it was neither Trump's nor is administration's idea.

This is coming from the clown who promised 2 trillion in savings.

What has this got to do with the fact that Trump promised to push for a law that would allow Medicare to negotiate prices and then reneged on it? What has it got do to with the fact that Trump repeatedly promised a health care plan that was less expensive than Obamacare and provided better coverage but never delivered?

Don't forget the Illuminati!

What don't you understand about the fact the she wasn't put in charge. Let's look at what she actually did. Not what a press release says.

Right. The massive problem of fentanyl coming from Canada: Fentanyl is also made in Canada and smuggled into the U.S., but to a much lesser extent. U.S. customs agents seized 43 pounds (19.5 kilograms) of fentanyl at the Canadian border during the last fiscal year, compared with 21,100 pounds (9,570 kilograms) at the Mexican border. https://fortune.com/2025/02/04/how-do-mexico-canada-china-affect-fentanyl-in-u-s-trump-tariffs-trade-war/ I think that amount to .02%. Only a moron would think this is a worthwhile effort. But sometimes it pays to placate a moron.

Really? Is that what the media calling her border czar means? Your thinking process here is incoherent. "Harris was never the “border czar,” or put in charge of border security or halting illegal border crossings, as former President Donald Trump, Republicans and even the occasional media outlet have claimed. Instead, she was tasked in March 2021 with tackling the “root causes” of migration from the Northern Triangle and pushing its leaders — along with Mexico’s — to enforce immigration laws, administration officials said." https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/kamala-harris-chose-a-long-term-approach-when-tasked-to-tackle-rise-in-border-crossings If someone is terrorizing their neighbors, are they a terrorist? Stop playing silly etymological games. "a person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims." https://www.google.com/search?q=terrorist&oq=terrorist&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRg90gEIMjc0NmowajeoAgiwAgE&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Far more likely for health costs to go up if Trump's past performance is any indication. You clearly don't recall that during his first campaign he called for government to negotiate the prices medicare pays for pharmaceuticals. He reneged on that before he got to office. He promised repeatedly to come up with a plan to replace Obamacare. A plan that would be cheaper and better than what Obamacare has to offer. Nothing in Trump's record shows that he's willing to go after insurers or big pharma. In fact, the case is quite the opposite. And while they may be IT whiz kids, what do they actually know about policy or why various expenditures are made. Remember when Elon Musk promised savings of 2 trillion dollars. He's backed off of that one, hasn't he?

What does that mean that she was interviewed as the Border Czar? Does a label applied by a news interview give someone authority. You have a very strange idea of how government works. As for your prediction of what she would have done, thank you explorer of alternate realities. How does it show that they were lying about the bipartisan bill? I don't support misusing words in order to deploy laws. As for your last question, I have actually posted not 1 but 2 topic endorsing some plans from Trump.

I agree with you that he seems to be acting on that assumption.

You clearly don't understand that the Consititution delineates the duties and limitations of various branches of government. It doesn't address the issues of the day. That's what legislation is for. Once the sitting President signs a bill into law, that's it. It the duty of the executive branch to enforce that law.

If you don't have a clue about the Constitution, I guess Trump's actions would seem appropriate. But given that USAID is funded by Congress, Trump has no authority to dismantle it. As the Chief Executive has has sworn to faithfully uphold the laws. Not undermine them.

And Canada would be entirely at the mercy of the United States. Granted, that 18 years ago, or whenever this project was first proposed, no sane person would have envisaged such a scenario.

First off, Harris never occupied any position that could legitimately be called borders czar. Second, it's not relevant what the reason was here. What is relevant is that it was done. That Mexico had sharply cracked down on it. Why does it matter what words you use to categorize them? Criminals can be vile and not be terrorists.

Mexico has long since drastically reduced the numbers of people crossing the border. As for those troops stopping the fentanyl trade. As the US enforcement agencies have repeatedly noted, most Fentanyl comes to the US via goods that are manufactured in Mexico. Not via individuals crossing the border. Given how huge that amount is, and how little space fentanyl occupies, it's pretty much a hopeless task to try and keep the stuff out. And using the Mexican armed forces to interdict it, given the fact that they are deeply in league with the drug cartels, is worse than useless. As for Trump not wanting a trade war. He's been going on and on about big beautiful tariffs and how they're going to fund the government. And how they're going to bring back manufacturing to the U.S. A more sensible conclusion is that Trump blinked.

"Trump for months has encouraged the U.S. shale industry to “drill, baby drill,” but another American oil boom isn’t in the cards soon, no matter how many regulations are rolled back, according to oil executives. After many producers overdrilled themselves into bankruptcy during the shale boom’s heyday, the industry is now focused on keeping costs down and returning cash to investors. The president’s advisers concede that U.S. frackers won’t pump much more, according to people familiar with the matter." https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/trump-oil-drilling-saudi-arabia-71c095ff Trump wants to bring oil prices down to $45 per barrel. Yet, according to this, developing new fracking sites costs about$50 per barrel. For $50 per barrel, oil and gas companies are less likely to explore and drill for new oil accessible through fracking, but existing operations may still be cash-flow positive. Once the expensive exploration and initial drilling are complete, existing wells can continue to operate and stay cash-flow positive even as prices fall below $50 per barrel. \https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/072215/can-fracking-survive-60-barrel.asp#:~:text=Fracking is expensive%2C but still,low as %2430 per barrel. Saudi Arabia is already selling oil below the price it needs to pay for its spending. That price is about $90 per barrel.

That's the one. But what about if it hadn't been built?

He may get to decide the criteria for deportation, but he can't force non federal agencies or private interests to cooperate in enforcing them . And as for his idea of social norms, I kind of doubt most Americans would say that beating policemen is a pardonable offense. To put it another way, America may stand for a lot, but beating policemen is more than it will condone.

And who gets to decide what America stands for? And who gets to decide what are social norms?

What don't you understand about the fact that Trump pushed for a 2nd Keystone pipeline to import oil from Canada? If that was a bid thing, why did he push for it?

What unbalanced trade? If you take oil exports away, the us actually runs a surplus in trade with Canada. One of the few nations that's the case. What's more, Donald Trump actually pushed hard during his first term to have a second Keystone pipeline built. That would have resulted in an even further imbalance. And I'm not going to give you an economics lesson here, but the whole notion of unbalanced trade is for the most part ridiculous. Germany and China run huge surpluses and they are both facing serious economic difficulties. While the USA's economy has outpaced all the world's major developed economies and most of the smaller ones as well. The balance of trade taken in isolation is not an accurate way to determine a country's economic health.

What are you on about? What do fair taxes have to do with Canada?

Sure. It's Trudeau giving a F U to Canadian citizens and not the ignoramus to the south. It was Trudeau who approved the Trans Canada pipeline. You know, the one that doesn't cross into the USA.

And then there are things that Trump gets wrong about the oil industry "Several U.S. oil and gas companies have warned that they will not be looking to increase production unless prices increase significantly. Before his inauguration, President Donald Trump stated he wanted to “Drill, Baby, Drill”, when it came to oil and gas. However, oil majors are concerned that increasing oil and gas output even further could create a glut and drive prices down, something they want to avoid." https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Can-Trump-Really-Boost-US-Oil-Production.html EIA forecasts lower crude oil prices in 2025, 2026 Jan. 15, 2025 Oil prices are expected to face downward pressures over the next 2 years due to global oil production outpacing demand, according to a report by the US Energy Information Administration. https://www.ogj.com/general-interest/economics-markets/article/55260900/eia-forecasts-lower-crude-oil-prices-in-2025-2026