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First Canada, now Australia? Conservatives fear the Trump slump is spreading The man vying to become Australia’s next prime minister has spent weeks trying to distance himself from comparisons to US President Donald Trump. “I’m my own person,” opposition Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton insisted, when asked for his thoughts on “Temu Trump,” the label given to him by critics referring to the Chinese website with a reputation for cheap copies. Political analysts say comparisons to Trump have eaten away at any lead Dutton had over incumbent center-left Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who is topping opinion polls before Saturday’s vote.

So neither the Dems nor the GOP as agency? OK then.

Again; Aha, so through several GOP administrations as well. Got it!

Yes, you can. If you'd like I can send you actual real world examples of countries that have reduced spending without causing a recession. I can PM you the links for your perusal. Would you like that?

One MAGA cultist has already replied that this is good news, so I'm guessing that's what they're going with. Apparently they have no more excuses left.

What song is that? "Putin is a fascist pig and must be defeated"? That song?

OK Susan, if you say so.

Aha, so through several GOP administrations as well. Got it!

Ukraine defending itself is mean and dishonest?😆

Win after win after win! The U.S. economy contracts! https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gdp-growth "The U.S. economy contracted at an annualized rate of 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025, marking the first decline since the first quarter of 2022. This was a sharp reversal from 2.4% growth in the previous quarter and came in below market expectations of 0.3% growth, according to an advance estimate. A 41.3% surge in imports contributed to the slowdown, as businesses and consumers rushed to stockpile goods in anticipation of higher costs following a series of tariff announcements by the Trump administration. Consumer spending growth also cooled to 1.8%, the slowest pace since Q2 2023, while federal government expenditures fell 5.1%, the steepest drop since Q1 2022."

Trying his best to wreck the US and world economies? Yep, he sure has given it a go. And yes, I do hope it will end badly for him and Putin.

Or cackle, cackle, cackle!

He has the power because the spineless GOP maggots in Congress let him get away with it.

The Dems did that? In just 4 years??

OK, my turn:

John McLaughlin is Donald Trump's close friend and was his campaign pollster. Can't even give you a "nice try" because it wasn't. It was in fact utterly lame.

Cold hard facts from Trump's mouth!! Thank you buddy, I really appreciate a belly laugh every now and then, and I'd even post a cackling emoji, but you know who has rather ruined that for us.

The cackling emoji?

It's remarkable how that happens every time a Dem hands over to a Rep.

Suuuure.

As well as consumer confidence and Trump poll numbers, But hey, corruption is at an all time high, so there's that!

Whatever it is it's not cackling - agreed?

What "syndrome" might that be, Susan? You're not trying to bend the forum rules, are you?

But wait, there's more! Trump Just Did the Most Corrupt Thing Any President Has Ever Done https://newrepublic.com/post/194420/trump-memecoin-dinner-corrupt-president "Imagine that Joe Biden, just as he was assuming office, had started a new company with Hunter Biden and used his main social media account to recruit financial backers, then promised that the most generous among them would earn an invitation to a private dinner with him. Oh, and imagine that these investors were all kept secret from the public, so that we had no idea what kinds of possible conflicts of interest might arise. Democratic Senator Chris Murphy noted Wednesday: “This isn’t Trump just being Trump. The Trump coin scam is the most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done. Not close.”"

Trump’s Shady Crypto Business Partner Exposed in Shocking New Report https://newrepublic.com/post/194552/donald-trump-shady-crypto-partners-damning-report Donald Trump’s shady crypto business has a surprising partner: Zachary Witkoff, the son of the president’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff. But don’t worry, his dad is getting in on the action too. Trump serves as the company’s “Chief Crypto Advocate.” It’s a sort of ironic title because, while Trump can promote the brand itself, he can also shape policy to the benefit of cryptocurrencies and influence the very markets to which crypto value is tied. The president’s sons, Eric and Don Jr., are both Web 3 ambassadors, while Barron, a freshman at New York University, is a “DeFi Visionary.”