spidermike007

I think you just proved my thesis, there you go again with that juvenile repetition.

Most of us on this forum know by now to completely ignore @Harrisfan. He is truly the one with the syndrome, paper thin skin, and an extraordinary amount of darkness in that heart of his.

Believing anything that RFK says is just being gullible and having wishful thinking, the man is a completely unhinged and a partially insane liability.

Nah. He's been the exact same loser since the 1970s. He has the incapacity to improve or develop as a human being.

Repeating an error is rarely a sign of intelligence or good judgment. The US economy has become the largest in the world and it has become the most dynamic for decades, due to very low tariffs being in place not the opposite. Blaming other countries for your trade deficit is something that children do, it's a very unbecoming quality from a person who represents himself as an adult.

Absolutely true. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace - all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing - not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is - his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults - he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans mistake this as refreshingly upfront. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W. look smart and articulate. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws - he would make a Trump. And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: 'My God… what… have… I… created? Unappealing, unattractive, idiotic, incompetent, hateful, hurtful, abrasive, rude, blowhard, liar, cheater, thief, infantile, failure, loser, fraud, sexual abuser, incestuous, tax cheat, insurrectionist, un-American, dictator-loving dictator wannabe, out of control, sociopathic, convicted felon, toxic narcissist & brutish A-hole. Everything about the con-man referred to as Trump is unlikeable. He's everything wrong with the human animal, all stuffed into one specimen.

One thing is certain. He is accomplishing very little, he will NOT bring manufacturing back to America, which is stupid over priced (I am here now and inflation is raging at 20% or higher right now), he is causing alot of pain, he is losing support, destroying businesses, and consumer confidence, he does not have a coherent plan, and he is a destructive nimwit. 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.

Barr was a patriot, as was Kelly. Trump was and is the snake and non patriot. His intentions are very dark.

Trump is destroying the US economy one step at a time. It could be intentional. It could be diabolical. Nobody knows. He could simply be unhinged or following the dictates of a very sinister cabal. One thing is certain. He is accomplishing very little, he will NOT bring manufacturing back to America, which is stupid over priced (I am here now and inflation is raging at 20% or higher right now), he is causing alot of pain, he is losing support, destroying businesses, and consumer confidence, he does not have a coherent plan, and he is a destructive nimwit. Globalization made the world great, the manufacturing ecosystems within globalization and low tariffs allowed the US economy to thrive for decades, and he's never going to bring back manufacturing to the US. End of story, just a slogan. The fact that so many people are buying into his nonsense and destruction, is what is truly sad. 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.

Trump is such a loser. Such a horrific human being. Even on Easter he has the pathological incapacity to express kindness and goodwill. His hatred and venom is so deep he cannot control it. He is such a lowlife creep. Such a terrible example. He enables the worst of mankind to express their lower nature. Yikes.

There are so many aspects to this rather complicated question. First of all Thai is a very difficult language to learn, with the tones and the multiple meanings of the same word. The second aspect of this is that in my opinion Thais don't have what I refer to as linguistic creativity. I speak Spanish relatively well I can travel to any number of 40 plus countries that speak Spanish and be understood and carry on a conversation even though the accents and the slang differ quite dramatically. Alot of this has to do with the fact that Latinos in general are very creative linguistically and they're able to intellectually dance around a question or statement that I may make and engage in trying to determine what it is that I'm asking or stating. Thais simply cannot do that, it's just not part of their intellect and that makes speaking Thai far more difficult. You seem to get huge credit for trying to speak Spanish, even if it is very imperfect. I do not get any of that here. Nunca. Nada. Zero. You do not pronounce it perfectly here, we have no idea what you are saying! And there is no effort made to attempt to figure it out. Lame. Very lame. That gets very old. Many Thais just don't have an interest in trying to figure out what you're trying to say. Is it a lack of curiosity? A form of shyness? Who knows?

Though he is clearly a very intelligent man, for me he comes across as being quite angry and that's not something we want to emulate. We can leave that quality to Trump, along with hatred, racism, division, fake patriotism, and failed policy.

The question that really comes to mind for me is who were this guy's parents and why did they fail so miserably to teach him respect for humanity and other people? What an extraordinary failure as a human being this murderous vermin creep is.

Not correct, he announced that the new tariffs would be on a 90-day hold but that the 10% blanket tariffs would remain in effect.

I think Thai people are so accustomed to using the word they don't understand that it is construed as being impolite and impersonal, and it can very easily be interpreted as "they are not one of us, they are not part of our culture, they are not part of our land, they are a separate entity, they are a white person, they're not like us". I think that's what we find offensive about the term, I much prefer the use of the word foreigner and I won't engage in the use of the word farang with friends. I just don't like it, so for this guy to get offended by the Russian guys statement shows how completely out of touch and insensitive he is.

There's already been so much damage to the economy and he has already created so much uncertainty when it comes to relationships with allies, worldwide trade and what appears to be a continued diminishment of American relevance around the world. Now it would appear that he is declaring war on the Fed, so is he acting in a sincere manner, and does he honestly believe that what he's doing is going to have a long-term benefit on the economy? Or is this man just completely unhinged, and unable to control himself, and does he feel a constant need to lash out at anybody that he does not perceive as a friend and ally, or anyone who is not expressing sufficient fealty? It seems like every day he picks a new fight. President Donald Trump on Monday ratcheted up his pressure campaign on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, calling him a “major loser” and warning that the U.S. economy could slow down unless interest rates are lowered immediately. ″‘Preemptive Cuts’ in Interest Rates are being called for by many,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. Trump (falsely) claimed that there is currently “virtually no inflation” in the U.S., and that costs for energy and “most other ‘things’” are on the decline. “With these costs trending so nicely downward, just what I predicted they would do, there can almost be no inflation, but there can be a SLOWING of the economy unless Mr. Too Late, a major loser, lowers interest rates, NOW,” Trump wrote. Trump’s latest salvo against Powell — whom he appointed during his first administration — came as the president and his team are studying whether they can legally fire the central bank leader before his term expires in May 2026. Powell has flatly stated that the president cannot remove him under the law. Any attempt by Trump to fire Powell would likely trigger a steep sell off in U.S. equity markets, Evercore ISI’s vice chairman, Krishna Guha, told CNBC on Monday. “If you start to raise questions about Federal Reserve independence, you are raising the bar for the Federal Reserve to cut. If you actually did try to remove the Federal Reserve chairman, I think you would see a severe reaction in markets with yields higher, dollars lower and equities selling off,” Guha said on “Squawk Box. "I can’t believe that that’s what the administration is trying to achieve,” Guha said. I realize that billionaires in general tend to be very much out of touch with the concerns that we normal people have, but this man seems to be detached from reality to such an extreme extent, that it would appear (from my point of view) to make him a very unstable leader, which makes the world a far less stable place.

Well since the Thai military has been idle for decades now and huge amounts of money flow from the treasury to the army and Air Force, perhaps it's time they take action and simply take out what's remaining of the hapless and completely ridiculous Burmese Junta Army, as they'd be doing the entire world a big favor.

Trump has a habit of picking highly unqualified people from the bottom of the barrel, and the qualification is fealty to the new king, and merit, skill and experience never comes into the picture or the formula.

This man is an absolute clown, and having him run the dept. of defense is such a joke, and a huge disservice to veterans and soldiers. He is qualified to run the Boy Scout chapter of San Diego County and even that would be a stretch.

Sorry to say but your diatribe is completely incomprehensible, and you seem to have this thing against Mexicans, and California is not Mexico. The only Mexicans I know in California are ones that work their butts off, are very honest and contribute in a massive way to the economy and make the local culture richer. I simply think you've been watching too many podcasts and not spending enough time in California.

I absolutely despise the CCP and I'm normally highly critical of them, but Trump has made an enormous strategic mistake by going after them, and he is just starting to pay the price, which is going to be a lot more than he can afford. I think any country that's in a position to just SAY NO to America, they should, as they are not a reliable ally, and he is a completely ridiculous, and insufferable arrogant clown.

No question the Democratic party is in drastic need of reform, whether or not AOC is the answer is hotly debatable, but they do need to get rid of the dinosaurs. Of course the same thing could be said of the Republicans, who have way too many dinosaurs that are spectacularly corrupt and morally bent, such as Trump and his entire team.

If there is an illegal alternative by all means use it. Whether you support piracy or not, when a corporation becomes a pirate then they deserve to be pirated on any level possible.

Just a simple kick to his knee would resolve his hissy fit. When you can't walk it changes the game.

I am back in the US and egg prices are now down to $6 to $7 a dozen, or 17 baht per egg. But, everything here is grossly over priced.