spidermike007

As is often the case you are completely missing the point, as you are blinded by partisanship. I am simply making a point that there is some criticism being leveled toward Trump policies, at this point, from Republicans, which is a good thing. A democracy consists of open and free discussion, does it not? Typically a democracy does not forbid people from being openly critical, that happens with more of an authoritarian dictatorship, is that not the case? Please, at least make an effort to try to be truthful, objective and genuine, if you are going to reply.

Very quaint for a billionaire and his billionaire friends like Musk, and his super rich cronies like Navarro and Bessner asking Americans to relax, take a deep breath and watch their Investments drop in value, while they carry on with this insanity. Trump now holds the distinction of being the only president in American history to inherit a bull market and crash it within less than 90 days. Don't worry people were taking care of you, we are really really smart men, working for the smartest man in the room, and we won't let anything bad happen to you, we assure you of that. All right if you guys are really convinced that all of this is going to work out fine, how about a personal guarantee to reimburse average Americans for money that they've lost if this doesn't work out? Oh I forgot, that would be a profile in courage wouldn't it?

While the vast majority of his supporters seem to be unwilling to question him, at least Fox News is now questioning him, which is a very healthy and necessary thing. Even Fox news seems to be abondoning, or at the very least questioning highly misinformed, and spectacularly ignorant, dangerous and arrogant Goombah policies.

Even Fox news seems to be abondoning, or at the very least questioning highly misinformed, and spectacularly ignorant, dangerous and arrogant Goombah policies.

Even Fox news seems to be abondoning, or at the very least questioning highly misinformed, and spectacularly ignorant, dangerous and arrogant Goombah policies.

Exactly. So what it would appear that Trump is taking advice from second-hand ghosts, or destructive spirits from the demon world. He appears to be chasing some sort of elusive shadow, and engaging in a never-ending quest for demons. It is about showing what he can get away with. It’s about showing his enemies that what they support, he can tear down. It is all about displays of brute strength. He gets off on that, and in that sense, it seems not so much an autocracy but a flexocracy. Let me show you how I can flex my bicep as I use it to power my fist coming into your face. It’s not about any coherent values. It’s not about any North Star. It’s about showing that you can turn the boat 180 degrees around and that you can do whatever you want and you can bring the people who opposed you to their knees. And then there is simply the last possibility which is very likely, and that is that he's being dictated to by the deep state and he simply a puppet being jerked around and told what to do by a group that has very sinister intentions. And the last thing in the world they are considering is the well-being of the average American, or the average person who has their money invested in American stocks, investments or bonds.

I am a business owner too and I understand this, and it's called economic sabotage and it's called extreme decimation of consumer confidence. Nobody in America is buying anything right now. It's very easy for these super rich fools to ask ordinary American people to make a sacrifices isn't it? It doesn't really mean much, does it? It doesn't come across as being particularly sincere coming from someone with billions.

This incident has reignited concerns about pedestrian safety and the disregard for traffic laws, That statement would be amusing if it were not tragic. It just does not seem like there's much regard for human life here, and how somebody could mow down an old man crossing the road and not stop and offer assistance is extraordinary. Also the story is a little bit confusing, are the two injured people in the hospital the drivers of the motorbikes that ran this guy over? One can only hope they will be punished severely. The real crux of this issue is the extreme lack of law enforcement, and a total unwillingness on the part of the so called police to engage in traffic safety. I guess it's a lot easier for them to set up roadblocks and collect cash than it is to engage in real law enforcement that saves lives.

Herein lies the rub, Trump is not a particularly smart man but he's an absolute genius when it comes to being a huckster and using Marxist style propaganda to demonize the enemy, and convince people he is not the man that Republicans think he is. Time will bear this out, there is going to be massive disappointment and a lot of tears.

Are you referring to an independent-minded Republican in the year 2025? I think there's only a few hundred of them left. Trump has taken a bomb to Independent thinking and level-headed intellectual discrimination.

Yes we love his brand of control, the same brand that he used to put 17 major businesses under, and bankrupt enormous businesses that's real control. 17 of his businesses have failed in the past few decades. Some at huge losses. Trump Steaks, Trump Shuttle Airline ($120 million in losses between 1988 and 1990), GoTrump, Trump Vodka, Trump Mortgage, Trump University, Trump Ice, The New Jersey Generals, Tour de Trump, Trump Network, Trump Magazine, Trumped!. Many businesses that licensed his name went bankrupt, or went out of business. And he had between four and six major bankruptcies (depending on the source), including the Trump Taj Mahal (which he spent $1.2 billion building, and was $3 billion in debt within a year of opening), Trump's Castle, Trump Place Hotel (which was very successful prior to Trump buying it in 1988, and he managed to put it into $550 million in debt by 1992!), Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts ($1.8 billion in debt by 2004, bankrupt in 2009) , and Trump Entertainment Resorts. There are likely others. And this does not take into account the 3,600 lawsuits he was involved in as of the time he took office, the vast majority of which were filed by small contractors against his companies for non payment, or total default. Many of these contractors were crushed. It is part of his M.O. And now his goal appears to be to destroy the American economy too, and perhaps take the world with it. Is he one of histories great sadists? Maybe. Or is there a diabolical plan at work?

You just contradicted yourself. the claim that it's made of parts from 24 different countries is not entirely precise. While these locations may source parts from various countries, the final assembly and parts sourcing are concentrated within these four main production hubs. That is precisely what the article stated, that the truck is made from parts sourced from 24 countries.

Even a Ford Ranger is made of parts from 24 different countries. Trump has absolutely zero understanding of a global ecosystem. Zero. He is a simpleton, and will have to back off, or republicans will withdraw their support, once inflation spikes at unprecedented levels. Get ready for an economic tsunami and a major recession, caused by the goombah. https://youtu.be/jLpUEACVBlE?si=xH-M84ICmSMOeFXk

Now they start worrying about him? A bit late for a modicum of courage, isn't it?

Very few American products are made in the US. Trump and most of his gullible supporters don't seem to understand why. They all seem to possess very little knowledge or understanding about the issue, nor have many educated themselves on the extraordinary beauty of global economic ecosystems. Even if an effort is made it would take a decade or longer to change. You can't bring back manufacturing to a nation that is not competitive. Period. It won't work and it won't happen. Nothing but hapless slogans, wishful thinking and massive economic destruction. Just like the 17 major businesses Trump destroyed, he is very busy wrecking the US economy and the world in the process.

The US was already on the decline. Trump is simply making the US less relevant and diminishing it's standing throughout the world. His tariffs will either be eliminated, or the US economy will go into a very deep dive. The utter simplicity of his mind is scary. One thing is clear. He is NOT the man most Americans think they voted for, and his intentions are most foul.

1. Imposing massive tariffs on nations worldwide, and ignoring the fact that the US became the world's largest economy specifically because of very low tariffs. Duh! 2. Insulting and alienating close allies and friends. 3. Demonizing opposing political parties. 4. Taking advice from unhinged extremists, who know nothing about anything, because you think they are cute. 5. Siding with dictators who are genocidal and untrustworthy, and making them the exception to the tariffs. 6. Spending as much time as possible on the golf courses. 7. Threatening sovereign nations with a takeover. 8. Appointing neopytes with no experience and no management skills to head massive departments. 9. Pretending it is all a big success.

The greatest hedge against Trump could be major pushback from all nations of the world, making America incredibly irrelevant. The nation richly deserves that, the arrogance under this administration is stunning, and so is the ignorance. The second possibility is just getting rid of Trump, whatever it takes. Impeachment comes to mind.

Mr Prasong, a 40-year-old man from Chanthaburi province is obviously an unhinged and violent super freak. So glad to see that they're outing perpetrators now by name. Shame and embarrassment can be great motivators here in Thailand. Might I suggest 10 or 15 years in a labor camp or some sort of penal colony where he's forced to manufacture license plates or be of some benefit to society?

I guess sometimes the truth really hurts. I think a lot Trump supporters are having a hard time coming to terms with the massive failures of the second administration. Most of us knows that Vance was a horrific pick, the man simply cannot string together a coherent sentence without looking like a dogmatic and blazing fool, and an absolute ignoramus. He is the very definition of an empty suit, and Trump's failures will continue to the point where his supporters will begin to wonder was he truly the man that we thought he was? I guess not.

The baht is not that weak, it's dropped a little bit and a few percentage points is not going to make a difference as far as tourism is concerned. First of all we're getting into the low season, and second this administration like the horrific Prayuth administration has done absolutely nothing to address the issues that plague the nation and plagued tourism. They are truly a do-nothing administration. Air quality, traffic safety, addressing the scams, addressing public safety issues, improving public transport options, these are all infinitely more important than the after effects of the earthquake, which were marginal in Thailand. Excuses and deflection are the popular tools of the weaklings, and the incompetents.

This has to be part of an intentional plan orchestrated by the deep state using Trump as a puppet. Trump simply cannot be as ignorant, or as stupid as he appears to be, it's just not possible. Nobody is that clueless. Folks, it would appear that they are intentionally trying to collapse the world economy, for what diabolical reason, that is entirely open to speculation. But no doubt Trump is a puppet in all this.

Well not only Trump but Musk too, it's amazing how just a couple of years ago Musk was greatly admired around the world, and now he's despised by hundreds of millions of folks. Yes, I would never consider buying a Tesla and I sincerely hope that the company ends up folding, due to the spectacular level of his ignorance, and arrogance.

The thing that truly astounds me about guys like Brand is that when you're rich and you're famous and good looking on top of that, you can pretty much have whoever you want. Women are literally lining up to get naked for you and to provide sexual favors, so why on earth would a man push himself on someone who didn't want him, when they're in that position? That's the kind of psychologically bent mind I simply cannot comprehend or understand on any level, and I think that a man who engages in sexual assault or rape should be put to death. Punishment and jail time is not enough, a death sentence is more appropriate and it should be carried out quickly. The world simply has no use for them once they cross that line.

In terms of nasty and reckless moves, one that stands out for me is the gutting of U.S.A.I.D., because it’s illegal and because it’s so flagrantly immoral and utterly self-destructive. During the first Trump term, I would sometimes have to catch myself because even though I thought and think that Trump is uniquely despicable and dangerous, the fact remains that if you just want to look at the number of lives lost and global damage done, George W. Bush really outstripped him. Trump is maybe a worse person, but the damage that he did in his first term was much more contained. I think that in the second Trump term he’s changed that very quickly. Not just by taking America’s soft power and setting it on fire in all sorts of ways, but really making these abrupt decisions that are going to kill hundreds of thousands and maybe more than a million people and he’s doing it in this incredibly arbitrary, careless way. I don’t think he has a coherent value structure as most of us understand it. I think we’re seeing a president who’s operating without anything any of us would recognize as a conscience. Truly. It is about showing what he can get away with. It’s about showing his enemies that what they support, he can tear down. It is all about displays of brute strength. He gets off on that, and in that sense, it seems not so much an autocracy but a flexocracy. Let me show you how I can flex my bicep as I use it to power my fist coming into your face. It’s not about any coherent values. It’s not about any North Star. It’s about showing that you can turn the boat 180 degrees around and that you can do whatever you want and you can bring the people who opposed you to their knees. Trump’s idea of power. If I can destroy, if I can defile and march on relatively unscathed and unpunished, that makes me powerful. Other people can’t get away with it, but that’s how dominant and superior I am. Trump would not be where he is without the deep state or a similarly sinister organization or group of very powerful people who put him in that place, and are allowing him to conduct these extremely destructive economic policies. As reckless and as poorly thought out as all this seems, I think it's actually deliberate economic sabotage. Unfortunately the average American and the average person without wealth throughout the world will end up being the victims. Tens of millions of Trump supporters will be very surprised at the end result, and it won't be a pleasant surprise.