I won’t waste any bullets here… what a big pillow fight this is. Neither Biden or Harris were the answer to the American problem… in fact the opposite… which caused the shift in awakened, former democratic voters voting Trump. President Trump, love him or hate him, won by a landslide for good reason- rather than sit around tongue lashing, get a grip on what’s been transpiring beyond the common man’s radar through decades. Follow the money past and present. Understand the history of Central Banks… especially the central bank of the central banks- BIS: Bank for International Settlements. 

 

Useful information is not easily found in public domain like YouTube, however I came by this one- watch it… or not. Maybe be too long for those seeking instant gratification found in lobbing word bombs.

 

At any rate, not sorry for interrupting the pillow fight, carry on🫡

 

 

51 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

I have no idea how he is going to back out from all the chaos he

has caused ,and neither does he ,sure he will blame someone

else , Musk ,J D Vance , it will never be his fault that he has ruined

the economy .the first thing he is going to walk away from is the

Ukraine ,Russian war , which Russia started ,and he said it could

be solved first week , along with the cost of food ...

 

regards Worgeordie 

 

Better to be optimistic.

This will require 6 or more months before we can more easily see the results of what is now happening.

 

Sometimes, it's just fun to stir things up a bit, and see what happens.

Hard to bake a cake without cracking a few eggs.

 

 

1 hour ago, rough diamond said:

The only fools are the ones who support Trump.

There is a lot to hate about him!

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. 

5 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

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. 

You retired to Thailand to write this everyday. Spewing hate non stop. Take up golf and tennis.

1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Someone should send that clip to China, posthaste.

 

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. 

10 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. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbROqfRWrW0&ab_channel=OldSoul

1 minute ago, safarimike11 said:

Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, but the majority of (uninformed IMO) opinions on how Trump is trying to rectify what he inherited after 4 years of waste and damage reminds me of when I was in the (British) army in 1975 when the British public were asked in a referendum on whether Britain should remain in the (then named) EEC / Common Market - after Edward Heath had unilaterally dragged the country into It in 1973. In my troop - 25 plus - I remember that everyone except 2 voted to stay in. The 2 who voted to leave were myself and a guy who thought everyone else had voted to leave.

 

5 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Well, that means 77 million people who voted for him are fools.

I won't disagree with that.

7 minutes ago, gargamon said:

I won't disagree with that.

Yes Kamala was such a great option 

6 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

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. 

Perhaps unhinged is the wrong term perhaps malignant would be more appropriate.

6 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

You retired to Thailand to write this everyday. Spewing hate non stop. Take up golf and tennis.

You seem to spend your time trying to defend the obiously indefensible strange that.personally I find it perfectly normal….nay duty to defend your country when you feel it being assaulted.

5 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

Yes Kamala was such a great option 

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.

9 minutes 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.

My policy with the moron sniper is to give him zero oxygen.

1 minute ago, Lacessit said:

My policy with the moron sniper is to give him zero oxygen.

I know but it’s so much fun I just can’t help myself!

8 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

You retired to Thailand to write this everyday. Spewing hate non stop. Take up golf and tennis.

Whilst it certainly pulls no punches, and leaves one in no doubt as to his feelings about Mr Trump, @spidermike007 creates a remarkably accurate précis of his character :

"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." It pretty well covers all the bases!

 

Incidentally, apropos taking up tennis, in "King Henry Fifth's Conquest of France", a highly fictionalised account of Henry 5ths campaign in France in 1415, the French Dauphin sent Henry a gift of tennis balls.

Intended as an insult - take up tennis instead - it rather annoyed Henry and led to the French being comprehensively defeated at the Battle of Agincourt. The French ( of course) maintain we cheated!

 

Just an idle thought!

Very unhinged, or a great actor.  In either case, he needs to be removed from power and institutionalised.

2 hours ago, Tug said:

Perhaps unhinged is the wrong term perhaps malignant would be more appropriate.

You seem to spend your time trying to defend the obiously indefensible strange that.personally I find it perfectly normal….nay duty to defend your country when you feel it being assaulted.

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. 

48 minutes ago, JAG said:

Whilst it certainly pulls no punches, and leaves one in no doubt as to his feelings about Mr Trump, @spidermike007 creates a remarkably accurate précis of his character :

"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." It pretty well covers all the bases!

 

Incidentally, apropos taking up tennis, in "King Henry Fifth's Conquest of France", a highly fictionalised account of Henry 5ths campaign in France in 1415, the French Dauphin sent Henry a gift of tennis balls.

Intended as an insult - take up tennis instead - it rather annoyed Henry and led to the French being comprehensively defeated at the Battle of Agincourt. The French ( of course) maintain we cheated!

 

Just an idle thought!

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

2 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

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. 

What heart?

11 hours ago, rough diamond said:

What heart?

harrisfan has a black stone where his heart should be.

 

11 hours ago, RethairedJarhead said:

I won’t waste any bullets here… what a big pillow fight this is. Neither Biden or Harris were the answer to the American problem… in fact the opposite… which caused the shift in awakened, former democratic voters voting Trump. President Trump, love him or hate him, won by a landslide for good reason- rather than sit around tongue lashing, get a grip on what’s been transpiring beyond the common man’s radar through decades. Follow the money past and present. Understand the history of Central Banks… especially the central bank of the central banks- BIS: Bank for International Settlements. 

 

Useful information is not easily found in public domain like YouTube, however I came by this one- watch it… or not. Maybe be too long for those seeking instant gratification found in lobbing word bombs.

 

At any rate, not sorry for interrupting the pillow fight, carry on🫡

 

 

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.

1 hour ago, save the frogs said:

harrisfan has a black stone where his heart should be.

 

Sometimes I wonder if there’s a paycheck involved or a threat of having to go take up arms against one’s neighbor.its quite possible it’s a heart of ones and zeros.makes no difference it is what it is

2 hours ago, JAG said:

Whilst it certainly pulls no punches, and leaves one in no doubt as to his feelings about Mr Trump, @spidermike007 creates a remarkably accurate précis of his character :

"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." It pretty well covers all the bases!

 

Incidentally, apropos taking up tennis, in "King Henry Fifth's Conquest of France", a highly fictionalised account of Henry 5ths campaign in France in 1415, the French Dauphin sent Henry a gift of tennis balls.

Intended as an insult - take up tennis instead - it rather annoyed Henry and led to the French being comprehensively defeated at the Battle of Agincourt. The French ( of course) maintain we cheated!

 

Just an idle thought!

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

11 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

mayhem

Minor mayhem.

11 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

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. 

 

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!!!!!

6 minutes 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!!!!!

And living in China qualifies you to pronounce on its importance to world trade and the effect on the world economy if trade with it is cut off? How does that work?

11 hours ago, placeholder said:

And living in China qualifies you to pronounce on its importance to world trade and the effect on the world economy if trade with it is cut off? How does that work?

Why does everyone seem to think they have a Phd in Economics?

 

At least I admit that I don't know much about economics and I can barely understand what Trump is doing or trying to do.

 

Is excessive tariffs really new to Trump? Or is it just getting blown out of proportion in the media and then people decide that Trump is a madman? Look at the prices of western goods in supermarkets in Thailand. Some of the prices are ridiculous. This tariff stuff has been going on for a long time. It's nothing new. 

 

I'm sure not about to label Trump a madman or an idiot for a complex economic dynamic that all countries are taking part in and that few people really understand how it works. 

 

 

41 minutes ago, placeholder said:

And living in China qualifies you to pronounce on its importance to world trade and the effect on the world economy if trade with it is cut off? How does that work?

 

It qualifies me to know more about China, and what it is really like to live, and to have lived, under Commie Rule.

Have YOU had the same pleasure?

 

What is it REALLY like to live in China?

Have YOU a CLUE?

 

What was it like in the 1980s?

Do YOU know?

 

 

42 minutes ago, placeholder said:

qualifies you to pronounce on its importance to world trade and the effect on the world economy

 

And....YOUR qualifications are???

 

1 minute ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

And....YOUR qualifications are???

 

I defer to experts. And to the market. As Trumps seems to be doing now.

Remember Hiroshima? We dropped the Bomb and it stopped the war. He drops Bombs while there isn't any war to end. Unhinged, and just having "fun:.