Terrance8812

Most of what he writes matches the craziness of the poster with the highest number of posts on the site. Seemingly they suffer from a similar mental condition. I've just added him to ignore now too. I've decided I don't need to read all the insanity.

And a very strange, angry, frustrated, trolling and sad world at that. Not to mention filled with false and disinformation. I just put him on ignore. Sage advice. Thank you.

It didn't cool. The PCE number that came out yesterday for February was higher than what it was in January. That means that it went up more and not down. That's not cooling.

It's a heavily flawed plan. America is no longer a manufacturing country. And for good reason. Most of its wealth over the last 50 years was built from services and technology. Trying to reverse that now makes no sense. Profits from manufacturing are far lower than profits from services and technology. so it makes no sense to return to physically labor-intensive industries, especially when much of it can be handled in countries with a combination of lower labor costs and manufacturing automation. Also, the Trump administration will spend far more over the next four years than the Biden administration did over the previous four years. So this notion of reducing the world's dependence on buying American debt is seemingly impossible. And then the whole tariff concept, that was already been proven not to work in the USA nearly 100 years ago. It was the direct cause of the great depression in the 1930s and that's why the world now realizes that there are no winners in trade wars, only losers. Also, the only way to devalue the dollar is to reduce inflation and reduce interest rate rates, but everything Trump is doing seemingly will have the opposite effect. So it seems more likely than not that the US dollar will remain strong for the duration of his presidency.

I can imagine if you stick to unimportant topics and just superficial discussions then it's possibly alright.

I like your question because, for a long time, I had wondered the exact same thing myself but never made a post about it because I wouldn’t expect to get a useful answer from any of the Trump diehards. So I didn't see any point in asking. Like you, I have always remained objective, even when I supported a particular political candidate or leader in the past. So it was very hard for me to understand why, in Trump’s case, nobody who favors him can ever find any fault with anything he does. But if you look at it more closely, it starts to make a lot of sense why this happens to be the case. 1. They are not political supporters. They are cult followers: There is a distinct difference between the two. A supporter can back a politician while still remaining objective and holding them accountable for their faults and mistakes. A cult follower, on the other hand, will defend their leader without question, even at their own expense, and to the point of personal demise. 2. They believe everything he says, even when it’s a lie: Since 90% of what he says is false, they are simply following the lies. This is why they cannot find any fault in anything he says or does because they only accept the narratives that he provides to them as the truth. Thus, they are buying into a version of something that does not represent reality. If they see a picture of the smallest crowd in history, but he tells them it is the biggest, they believe it without question. And why? Because of reason number one above. 3. Many of them have no real connection to American life or its consequences: The majority of the cult followers on this forum are a unique bunch of Trumpians. At least two-thirds are not even Americans, so they do not fully understand what it is like to be one. Many of them had never even heard Trump’s name before he ran for president, so they have no personal knowledge of his history or how his family's criminal enterprise destroyed the lives of poor people in New York over the three decades prior to 1990 in order to build their wealth. As for the one-third who are American, many of them are likely living in Thailand, where his economic, foreign, and social policies have no immediate effect on them. In short, nearly all the Trump cult followers here have no real skin in the game. That allows them the luxury to idolize an image of an orange person in a far-off white castle, one they wish were real, one they wish represented a world they would want to live in, and without facing any consequences of that fairy tale being fake. This puts nearly all of them in a unique position. If you read what most of his diehard cult followers write in support of him, the majority speak in off-topic subjects, deflect from the truth, provide no evidence for their claims, and merely repeat the same mantras and lies he throws out over and over. To me, this demonstrates a complete lack of independent thinking and, in many cases, an inability to even distinguish fact from fiction. In real life, these are not the types of people I would ever spend my time with, so it took me a long time to understand how this phenomenon even exists. I don’t come across these types of people in my everyday life. But reading what they write on this forum has taught me a lot. It was difficult to comprehend at first, but it has been very eye-opening. I think if one applies the three reasons I listed above, the whole situation then becomes much easier to comprehend. Even when reading topics from them unrelated to politics on this forum, I have noticed that their perspectives and viewpoints often follow the same sort of irrational patterns. So it's a sad, but real situation that one must accept, which means if you expect to ever get a reasonable or sensible reply from any of them when discussing politics then you, as I have, will find it nearly impossible.

Thanks. I had seen that earlier. The things said by the former US ambassador to Denmark is exactly the kind of thing that makes you wonder about the loss of long-term alliances and how that can hurt you as a country in an isolationist world. The countries that try to operate in isolationism normally end up suffering quite a bit. Look at countries like North Korea, Myanmar, Iran, Venezuela, etc.

This is a point I’ve considered as well. The problem could resolve itself in a few years, but at what cost? How much of the damage would be reversible under a more positive administration, and how much would be permanent? I don’t think any of it would be truly irreversible, but once trust is lost, it’s incredibly difficult to rebuild. Many European countries, especially in the north, are very conservative in their decision-making. They don’t make quick, off-the-cuff choices the way some American administrations do. So once they change direction, it doesn't seem like they're going to change direction back so quickly, just because the wind suddenly starts blowing in a different way. So even if there’s a significant political shift and a renewed stance on Europe and other allies, I’m not sure how many will be eager to return to the table right away. I suspect some goodwill could be permanently lost, and that’s not something you want to be dealing with in a crisis when you need allies willing to extend support beyond what’s strictly expected.

Thank you for your detailed response and for the effort you put into writing all that. It adds useful editorial perspective.

Thanks. Good point. I understand. It's actually interesting to watch though. Have never experienced or seen anything like it before. Especially with never posting anything intelligible. Pure obsession.

#15. Keep going. #20 soon within reach. So weird. I'm gobsmacked.

Yep, and not a single one of any substance or on topic. Just stalking and trolling. I can't comprehend.

Post #14 already. WOW!

Thanks. I was just trying to understand the problem. Totally frustrated and engrossed. And stalks me incessantly. Who knows. It's very unusual. Never seen anything like it in an online community. It's a sad and empty obsession though.

Somebody who doesn't support a convicted criminal as president doesn't make them a lefty or mad, it just makes them normal. But you clearly can't grasp that. Are you a proud American? What a shame.