Are Trump's intentions positive, or is he just unhinged?

[Gottfrid]

23 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

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. 

And the diagnosis: Intermittent Explosive Disorder

[metisdead]

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[Negita43]

Positively unhinged?

[johnnybangkok]

2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Thanks. Hard to truly sum up the lower nature of this bizarre man who the people chose to lead them. 

Shouldn't be that hard to do especially when you didn't write it yourself and plagiarized it from Nate White.

 

https://medium.com/@LadyEleanorA/nate-white-a-british-writer-penned-the-best-description-of-donald-trump-ive-ever-read-d4209d4903f8 

[safarimike11]

7 hours ago, Tug said:

Yea better the malignant narcissist trustfund baby than a self made lawyer,DA,AG,SENATOR,VIC PRESIDENT…..oh did I mention she is female?and black….from a single parent household……naa we definitely missed the boat.

Pass the Kleenex; I'm tearing up already.

[GammaGlobulin]

1 hour ago, placeholder said:

I defer to experts.

 

And, you think I am not an expert?

 

[Lacessit]

2 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

No.

Not something that children do.

 

China has far too many restrictions.

Dealing with China is NOT free trade.

The US economy may have become the largest but certainly NOT due to China's restrictions, such as company ownership, such as FORCED sharing of IP to Chinese owned companies, and so much more.

We need to get rid of China, until the fall of Commie Marxist-Leninist Authoritarian Dictatorship of a State.

The idiot XI is not even among the hardliners in China, and yet XI is already terrible enough.

The entire leadership stinks.

Not democratic.

 

And, your entire argument falls when viewed through the lens of China trade and recent China history.

Do you do business in China?

Have you lived in China?

Or, have you just watched YT videos about China?

 

"Something children do" my left nut, Sir!!!!!

Who was it that enabled the rise of China, by shifting production there? Apple, Nike, Walmart, GM, Ford, Tesla, Dell - the list goes on and on.

 

Example - Tesla delivered about 337,000 vehicles globally in Q1 2025. Its Shanghai plant has an annual capacity of over 950,000 vehicles. In other words, the Shanghai plant can manufacture 70% of its total output.

 

Nobody likes the CCP. However, blaming them for crapping in your own nest IS childish.

[Photoguy21]

Positive. When everyone is suffering mentally, a touch of common sense is what is required and what he brings

[phetphet]

His ego likely made him think that China would just fold to his demands, because that's what this is all about, containing them, but after his first term tariffs they learnt their lesson and started preparations to protect themselves.

 

While the US has been spending far beyond its means, China has been building its alliances, gold holdings, and alternative payments system to avoid dollar weaponisation, and diversifying its customer base. Now Trump sits desperately waiting for the phone call that never came and likely never will.

 

What has he got to show for his efforts?

Lost the Canadian market.

Boeing has lost their biggest customer for now. Maybe forever. Airbus and COMAC will step in.

US farmers have lost their biggest buyer of soybeans and hormone laced beef.

US industries are struggling to find new sources of rare earth minerals.

US car production is grinding to a halt without parts. Whatever car sales they had to China is gone.

The US forcing semiconductor companies ASMC and TSMC not to  sell to China has forced the Chinese to invest millions and develop their own chip industries, to the point that they have built their own chips and will soon no longer need to buy from Intel, AMD etc. Plus they will now compete against those US companies for sales.

The EU, Canada and other countries are looking at alternative arms industries for their weaponry.

The dollar is down. The markets are tanking. The US is looked at as unreliable and an authoritarian bullying State. Reputation and goodwill destroyed.

 

I could go on, but what's the point. Now the container ships have stopped, in a few more weeks the shelves will be empty, and he won't be able to hide it, or blame Biden any longer. Plus, there is still the threat that China could dump all its US Bond holdings.

 

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

3 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Who was it that enabled the rise of China, by shifting production there?

 

This is the question I am asking, not you....haha....!

 

Also, China has it rigged so that no USA company can 100-percent own a factory in China.

This is BAD.

This leads to IP theft, and many more negatives.

 

As I have said many times, Chinese are smarter than Americans.

IQ 106 for China

IQ 98 for USA, if you add all the illegal aliens in, then maybe IQ 92.

 

How familiar are you with doing business in China?

Have you ever set up a factory there?

 

 

[BritManToo]

21 minutes ago, phetphet said:

His ego likely made him think that China would just fold to his demands, because that's what this is all about, containing them, but after his first term tariffs they learnt their lesson and started preparations to protect themselves.

 

I think he's right and China can't exist as an industrial centre without the co-operation of the USA. Your hate for Trump defeats your ability to reason.

 

When you scream out against tariffs, and Trump backs off, you then scream about him doing what you demanded. He can't win because you scream at ever action, so therefore he should just forget his opposition exists, as you can never be appeased.

[HappyExpat57]

I saw this and first thought it must be a joke. I'd say this is a vote for "unhinged:"

 

https://www.tbsnews.net/worldbiz/usa/us-imposes-tariffs-3521-southeast-asia-solar-imports-1122471

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3 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

And, you think I am not an expert?

 

Well you've given me no reason to think so so far? I don't believe that  living in China qualifies you to judge something as vast and as differentiated as the Chinese economy

 

[RethairedJarhead]

8 hours ago, Lacessit said:

It doesn't matter who sits in the White House, Trump has no more answers than Biden or Harris might have had.

 

The problem - America has unsustainable debt and unfunded liabilities. Since Clinton was President, politicians of both parties have been kicking the can down the road.

 

IMO there are two choices. Slash SS and Medicare, or raise taxes. Trump is effectively trying to do the second with tariffs, which is just another word for a sales tax. It's regressive, because it hits the poor hardest. He's hoping his adherents won't notice.

 

He can't raise taxes on the rich, they put him into power. If he hits SS and Medicare, Jan 6 would look like a polite tea party.

First off- I like that you care about the real issues versus what I’m seeing in a vast majority of comments in this thread

 

To the contrary- the unsustainable debt is being addressed. The administration has ID’d government fraud-waste-abuse in the hundreds of millions of dirty laundered  and misdirected funds in many US agencies and is moving to correct. The withdrawal from deep state vehicles- WHO, WEC, UNHRC, Paris Climate Agreement, etc.. Challenging The FED central bank deep state vehicle, calling for loaned gold to be returned to US soil. Reciprocating tariffs with countries that have been humping the US for decades through past deals via corrupt politicians. Bringing and rewarding US soil manufacturing. Unapologetic dealing with illegal immigrants. FBI, CIA, DHS, National Security, etc..

 

This is way different than previous administrations, that includes first term Trump. 45 was new to the game- 47 is wiser in many, many ways… reshaping, restructuring.

 

Also- there are no presidents who were not put in power by the rich… however Trump is no Manchurian candidate… again, follow the money. As stated in original comment- if more people understood the authentic global power of the central banks, the over arching focus might just be more toward protecting the  common mans interests- world wide. Instead one has to sift waist deep through sparring threads full of useless pre-teen rants to find some meat on the bone of truth.

 

Cheers.

[placeholder]

25 minutes ago, RethairedJarhead said:

First off- I like that you care about the real issues versus what I’m seeing in a vast majority of comments in this thread

 

To the contrary- the unsustainable debt is being addressed. The administration has ID’d government fraud-waste-abuse in the hundreds of millions of dirty laundered  and misdirected funds in many US agencies and is moving to correct. T

 

We seen lots of allegations of fraud. But virtually no evidence that there is any. What evidence DOGE thinks it has produced invariably turns out to be due to their ignorance.

 

As for the debt. Trump wants not just to continue the tax cuts from his last term but to make them steeper. How is this cutting the debt?

Doge has also slashed the IRS enforcement division. How does reducing tax revenue constitute addressing the debt?

[Jingthing]

29 minutes ago, RethairedJarhead said:

First off- I like that you care about the real issues versus what I’m seeing in a vast majority of comments in this thread

 

To the contrary- the unsustainable debt is being addressed. The administration has ID’d government fraud-waste-abuse in the hundreds of millions of dirty laundered  and misdirected funds in many US agencies and is moving to correct. The withdrawal from deep state vehicles- WHO, WEC, UNHRC, Paris Climate Agreement, etc.. Challenging The FED central bank deep state vehicle, calling for loaned gold to be returned to US soil. Reciprocating tariffs with countries that have been humping the US for decades through past deals via corrupt politicians. Bringing and rewarding US soil manufacturing. Unapologetic dealing with illegal immigrants. FBI, CIA, DHS, National Security, etc..

 

This is way different than previous administrations, that includes first term Trump. 45 was new to the game- 47 is wiser in many, many ways… reshaping, restructuring.

 

Also- there are no presidents who were not put in power by the rich… however Trump is no Manchurian candidate… again, follow the money. As stated in original comment- if more people understood the authentic global power of the central banks, the over arching focus might just be more toward protecting the  common mans interests- world wide. Instead one has to sift waist deep through sparring threads full of useless pre-teen rants to find some meat on the bone of truth.

 

Cheers.

I can't even process that anyone actually believes that Trump cares one tiny bit about the common man,

Your post is full of silliness.

The "reciprocal tariffs" aren't based on tariffs at all.

They're based on total idiocy conflating trade imbalances with tariffs and the big lie that they are paid by foreign nationss and aren't actually a tax mostly on lower wealth Americans. Doge isn't about cutting waste. Its

about concentrating corruption with Trump cronies. It's about smashing all the government agencies to pieces to facilitate total power takeover by an autocratic dictator. A key policy goal of Trump remains even more tax cuts for billionaires.

[Lacessit]

6 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

This is the question I am asking, not you....haha....!

 

Also, China has it rigged so that no USA company can 100-percent own a factory in China.

This is BAD.

This leads to IP theft, and many more negatives.

 

As I have said many times, Chinese are smarter than Americans.

IQ 106 for China

IQ 98 for USA, if you add all the illegal aliens in, then maybe IQ 92.

 

How familiar are you with doing business in China?

Have you ever set up a factory there?

 

 

What do you think happens in Thailand? It's a carbon copy of Chinese policies.

 

I don't do business in China. I am happy to buy their products at the right price and quality. I would not have the skills or temerity to start a business there.

 

Having said that, I have worked with several Chinese. They are smart people.

 

I've worked with smart Americans too, but their numbers seem to be diminishing.

 

 

[RethairedJarhead]

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

he "reciprocal tariffs" aren't based on tariffs at all.

False- US is reciprocating like Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion.

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

They're based on total idiocy conflating trade imbalances with tariffs

True- fair is fair… and now countries are dealing with an experienced negotiator.

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

tariffs and the big lie that they are paid by foreign nations

Only someone who doesn’t know what a tariff is would think it’s paid by the exporting country.

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

Your post is full of silliness

Your response lacks substance.

Cheers

[GammaGlobulin]

42 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I would not have the skills or temerity to start a business there.

 

I have had the temerity and the skills.

Very difficult.

But, starting up a factory anywhere is not easy.

This is why I have such great respect for my fellow alum....

ELON

 

 

[RethairedJarhead]

1 hour ago, placeholder said:

We seen lots of allegations of fraud. But virtually no evidence that there is any. What evidence DOGE thinks it has produced invariably turns out to be due to their ignorance.

 

As for the debt. Trump wants not just to continue the tax cuts from his last term but to make them steeper. How is this cutting the debt?

Doge has also slashed the IRS enforcement division. How does reducing tax revenue constitute addressing the debt?

I can’t see oxygen but I still inhale like it’s there. The process of slashing fraudulent spending of taxpayer dollars to fund heinous agendas are coming to the light and being cut off to the tune of billions. Tax cuts leaves money in formerly over-taxed consumer pockets stimulating the economy and producing revenue. The IRS… this country was not built on income tax in the way it is applied… income tax was created as a temporary measure. Check history my friend, the evidence is there.

 

Cheers

[placeholder]

Just now, RethairedJarhead said:

I can’t see oxygen but I still inhale like it’s there. The process of slashing fraudulent spending of taxpayer dollars to fund heinous agendas are coming to the light and being cut off to the tune of billions. Tax cuts leaves money in formerly over-taxed consumer pockets stimulating the economy and producing revenue. The IRS… this country was not built on income tax in the way it is applied… income tax was created as a temporary measure. Check history my friend, the evidence is there.

 

Cheers

Where's the fraud? You think if you keep making an empty allegation over and over again it becomes true?

As for tax cuts stimulating the economy and producing more revenue. That was promised for one tax bill from Reagan,two for George W. Bush,

and 1 far from Trump. In all 3 cases they added to to the national debt big time.

 

As for income tax being created as a temporary measure...the current income tax system  was authorized in constitutional amendment # 16 approved by 36 states. It was ratified on Feb 3, 1913. A constitutional amendment was enacted to authorize a temporary measure?

 

If for some bizarre reason you're referring to the income tax authorized for the Civil War, how is that relevant?

[Magictoad]

I don't think he's unhinged.  Just hated with an incredible amount of animosity directed towards him especially since he won the election - humiliating the Democrats and exposing them for what they are. If he's unhinged where does that leave the Democrats?

[Lacessit]

2 hours ago, RethairedJarhead said:

First off- I like that you care about the real issues versus what I’m seeing in a vast majority of comments in this thread

 

To the contrary- the unsustainable debt is being addressed. The administration has ID’d government fraud-waste-abuse in the hundreds of millions of dirty laundered  and misdirected funds in many US agencies and is moving to correct. The withdrawal from deep state vehicles- WHO, WEC, UNHRC, Paris Climate Agreement, etc.. Challenging The FED central bank deep state vehicle, calling for loaned gold to be returned to US soil. Reciprocating tariffs with countries that have been humping the US for decades through past deals via corrupt politicians. Bringing and rewarding US soil manufacturing. Unapologetic dealing with illegal immigrants. FBI, CIA, DHS, National Security, etc..

 

This is way different than previous administrations, that includes first term Trump. 45 was new to the game- 47 is wiser in many, many ways… reshaping, restructuring.

 

Also- there are no presidents who were not put in power by the rich… however Trump is no Manchurian candidate… again, follow the money. As stated in original comment- if more people understood the authentic global power of the central banks, the over arching focus might just be more toward protecting the  common mans interests- world wide. Instead one has to sift waist deep through sparring threads full of useless pre-teen rants to find some meat on the bone of truth.

 

Cheers.

Withdrawing from the WHO means America will be less able to deal with pandemics. Unlike immigrants, bacteria and viruses can evade borders easily.

 

The Paris Climate Accord is aimed at mitigating climate change. America can expect more natural disasters. Check your property insurance premiums.

 

The USA has a positive trade balance with Australia, who charges no tariffs on American imports. Please tell me how Australia is humping America.

 

IMO you are over-optimistic on the savings on government waste. IME any cost-cutting exercise results in overestimates of savings.

 

The real problem is the interest required to service debt. IIRC it's about $1.8 trillion per year, and increases as bond yields escalate.

 

Which is happening now, with a capital flight to the Swiss franc and Japanese bonds.

[Harrisfan]

4 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

The Paris Climate Accord is aimed at mitigating climate change.

Scam 

[Harrisfan]

5 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Withdrawing from the WHO means America will be less able to deal with pandemics. Unlike immigrants, bacteria and viruses can evade borders easily.

Rubbish. The WHO is a joke.

[Harrisfan]

5 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

The real problem is the interest required to service debt. IIRC it's about $1.8 trillion per year, and increases as bond yields escalate.

Increased under Biden 

[placeholder]

5 minutes ago, Magictoad said:

I don't think he's unhinged.  Just hated with an incredible amount of animosity directed towards him especially since he won the election - humiliating the Democrats and exposing them for what they are. If he's unhinged where does that leave the Democrats?

It certainly doesn't leave them here:

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114370361342759621

 

[Harrisfan]

7 minutes ago, Magictoad said:

I don't think he's unhinged.  Just hated with an incredible amount of animosity directed towards him especially since he won the election - humiliating the Democrats and exposing them for what they are. If he's unhinged where does that leave the Democrats?

The Dems are a joke. No good people. All spendaholics. The last good one was Bill.

[rough diamond]

9 minutes ago, Magictoad said:

I don't think he's unhinged

I think you have to be "unhinged" not to see the harm he is doing to the rest of the world and more than likely to the US with his "external policies".

[kwilco]

Americans showed be VERY concerned about Trump - he has rendered the county one of the world's most unpopular along with N.Korea and Russia and is riding rough-shod over the constitution..