The Boy Who Cried Wolf aka TACO

[ThreeCardMonte]

14 hours ago, CallumWK said:

Another big beautiful lie from the Trump administration.

 

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/president-trumps-trade-agenda-is-on-hold-as-he-waits-on-a-call-with-xi-jinping-124449742.html

 

 

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett even suggested Sunday on ABC that trade negotiations with other nations are being held up by the wait for this call between Trump and Xi.

He explained why his previous predictions of deals have failed to materialize, saying it's because "the trade team has been focused 100% like a laser beam on the China matter." Once a call resolves the China issues, he added, "then we're going to take [other] deals into the Oval."

 

Losers they are.

Lies?  The Democratic Party are the masters of lying.

 

 

 

[illisdean]

24 minutes ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

Lies?  The Democratic Party are the masters of lying.

 

 

 

Auto-pen Joe fraud and the larger than life cover-up. This IS delicious (even for the bidenite luvin haters) and a very VERY humiliating addition to mentally retarded Bidens legacy. Congressional subpoenas are planned for Bidens crime family members to get the facts on the cover-up. Hunter, the world most successful crack head junkie is hiding out in RSA to avoid a subpoena? Now do Trump MAGA and all their WINNING. Big difference huh...haters!

 

 

[ThreeCardMonte]

The truth about USAID 

 

 

[jerrymahoney]

The President of the United States must be allowed to protect America against those that are doing it Economic and Financial harm.

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114593880455063168

Translation: Unless other countries believe that the President of the USofA can do whatever he damn well pleases, we lose a negotiating edge.

[candide]

1 hour ago, jerrymahoney said:

The President of the United States must be allowed to protect America against those that are doing it Economic and Financial harm.

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114593880455063168

Translation: Unless other countries believe that the President of the USofA can do whatever he damn well pleases, we lose a negotiating edge.

More word salad from Trump, 🙂

[Dan O]

12 hours ago, illisdean said:

They have been in existence for a only a few months and if they have exposed any. MINIMAL MINUSCULE amt of  waste, fraud abuse, corruption, etc they should be considered as a successful undertaking setting a precedent for government spending oversight going forward. Well done thus far and ONLY just getting started. Ai generated a chart and graphs which I put into summary point form including links. The DOGE is groundbreaking innovation of Trumps and Musk ands their forward thinking approach in dealing with gov't efficiencies and inefficiencies and should be applauded for their efforts to date and when compared to the corrupt admin of the mentally retarded joe Biden this is a breath of fresh air after Biden's intentional reign of disaster especially considering his USAID fraud and his planned open border illegal alien invasion. Trump and Musk have answers, solutions, in the very short period of their focus activities since Trumps inauguration. A huge win for identifying gov't fraud, abuse, corruption, nothing to complain about except for the nutters and haters.

 

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), established by Executive Order 14158 on January 20, 2025, is an initiative of the second Trump administration aimed at modernizing federal technology, maximizing productivity, and cutting wasteful spending. Led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, DOGE operates as an advisory body, not an official federal agency, and has focused on regulatory rescissions, administrative reductions, and cost savings. Below is a list of key findings and accomplishments attributed to DOGE, based on available information up to June 2, 2025:

Findings:

1. Improper Payments and Fraud:
   • Identified $5.1 billion in improper unemployment insurance claims since 2020, including:
     • $59 million claimed by 24,500 individuals over 115 years old.
     • $254 million claimed by 28,000 individuals aged 1–5 years.
     • Claims by 9,700 individuals with birth dates in the future.
   • Found $75 million annually in Louisiana Medicaid payments to non-residents, prompting action to end these ineligible benefits by May 31, 2025.
   • Alleged $2.7 trillion in improper Medicare and Medicaid payments to overseas recipients, though this claim was refuted by two federal judges for lack of evidence.
   • Claimed 20 million Social Security recipients were listed as over 100 years old, later acknowledged as a misunderstanding of the database. Approximately 3.2 million numberholders listed as 120+ were marked as deceased after a Social Security Administration cleanup.
      
2. Wasteful Contracts and Grants:
   • Identified $69 million for the Eurasia Foundation’s "digital transformation activity" in Europe, deemed unnecessary.
   • Found $32 million allocated to Internews for programs like "media enabling democracy, inclusion," considered misaligned with priorities.
   • Uncovered a $75 million contract by the Federal Consulting Group (FCG) for website customer satisfaction surveys and an attempted $830 million award, criticized as excessive.
   • Noted a $181,000 USDA contract for a “technical climate advisor for central Africa” as wasteful.
3. Redundant Systems and Processes:
   • Social Security Administration audit revealed:
     • Four redundant survey tools costing $118,000 to $1.8 million annually.
     • Payment for 10,000 UI Path licenses, with only 5,011 in use.
   • Highlighted the Department of Veterans Affairs’ $20 billion expenditure on a dysfunctional electronic health records system.
   • Noted the minting of pennies at 3.7 cents each, costing more than their value.

Accomplishments:

1. Contract and Grant Terminations:
   • Terminated 10,871 contracts, saving approximately $32 billion. Examples include:
     • $3.1 million for “healthy relationships social media presence.”
     • $3.5 million for IT consulting contracts.
   • Canceled 15,149 grants, saving approximately $40 billion.
   • Terminated 494 leases, saving approximately $216 million.
   • Over two days, agencies terminated 522 contracts with a ceiling value of $285 million, saving $110 million.
2. Deregulatory Actions:
   • The Department of Energy, in collaboration with DOGE, announced 47 deregulatory actions, estimated to save $11 billion.
   • Executive Order 14219 (February 19, 2025) directed agency heads to review regulations for deregulation, aligning with DOGE’s agenda.
   • Executive Order 14270 (April 9, 2025) introduced zero-based regulatory budgeting for energy agencies, incorporating sunset provisions.
3. Workforce and Process Modernization:
   • Executive Order 14210 (February 11, 2025) mandated significant workforce reductions through a 1:4 hiring ratio (one hire per four departures).
   • The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), with DOGE, replaced a 65-year-old paper-based process with a digital alternative, reducing wait times for benefits processing.
   • Dissolved the Federal Consulting Group, eliminating inter-agency consulting contract brokering.
4. Agency Efficiency Leaderboard:
   • Introduced a competitive leaderboard to track agency efficiency, incentivizing cost-saving measures. Over 2,200 contract terminations were listed on the DOGE website.
5. Data Transparency:
   • Launched the DOGE API to allow public analysis of government spending and savings data, promoting transparency.
   • Publicly posted contract termination notices, despite potential lags in federal databases like fpds.gov.

Context and Criticism:

• Scope and Impact: DOGE’s actions have led to mass layoffs and agency restructuring, with small businesses reportedly bearing significant cuts. It has also supported immigration crackdowns and accessed sensitive government data, raising privacy concerns.
• Legal Challenges: Lawsuits filed on January 20 and February 3, 2025, by unions and advocacy groups allege DOGE’s access to Treasury’s payment system violates privacy laws. Federal judges issued restraining orders on February 8 and 14, 2025, limiting DOGE’s access to taxpayer records.
• Criticism: Democrats, including Rep. Jamie Raskin (claimed by one muppet to be the smartest muppet in Congress) and Sen. Chuck Schumer, have criticized DOGE as an “unelected shadow government,” arguing it lacks legal authority and transparency. Concerns include potential conflicts of interest, given Musk’s businesses (e.g., SpaceX) receive federal contracts. Nothing illegal about DOGE activities and they, including POTUS are limited in their power to cut ANY discretionary spending w/o congressional approval, this is well known.
   
• Unintended Consequences: Layoffs in agencies like the National Park Service and FEMA have raised concerns about reduced wildfire fighting capacity and public safety risks however this is only speculative and there is no evidence to support this concern.

Notes:

• Some claims, like the $2.7 trillion in improper payments, were overstated or refuted, highlighting the need for critical scrutiny of DOGE’s findings. All good, transparency is MAGA ethic and more WINNING
• DOGE’s accomplishments focus heavily on cost-cutting and deregulation, but critics argue these may not translate to true efficiency without addressing systemic issues like outdated processes or underfunded services.
   
• The initiative is set to conclude by July 4, 2026, aiming to deliver a “250th birthday present” to the U.S. by overhauling federal bureaucracy.

Links and reference

• https://doge.gov
• https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/public-finance/what-awaits-department-government-efficiency-hks
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency-workforce-optimization-initiative/
• https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elon-musks-government-dismantling-fight-stop/story?id=118576033
• https://www.npr.org/2025/02/04/nx-s1-5286314/department-of-government-efficiency-doge-explainer-elon-musk
• https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/democracy-governance/analyzing-doge-actions-one-month-trumps-second
• https://www.nextgov.com/ideas/2024/12/department-government-efficiency-what-about-government-performance/401506/
• https://www.governing.com/management-and-administration/the-steps-that-can-achieve-real-government-efficiency
• https://www.govexec.com/management/2024/11/good-luck-department-government-efficiency/401155/

Nice copy and paste unfortunately all the info reported has been shown that it is not accurate and anything by Doge or the Whitehouse is highly suspect as the transparency was removed when they were caught multiple times exaggerating and outright misleading on fraud and waste cuts reported as found. Try using outside sources and not the party line propaganda as you post is useless.

[CallumWK]

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-tariff-promises-have-a-familiar-refrain-deals-in-the-not-too-distant-future-160223034.html

 

Trump tariff promises have a familiar refrain: Deals in the 'not-too-distant future'

 

 

Another week in Washington has seen more promises from the Trump administration of imminent trade deals, with a fresh suggestion Monday of a possible pact with India "in the not-too-distant future."

But the sheer volume of these claims — even as progress is evident in some cases — has dampened the reaction from markets and trade watchers after months of similar promises from both President Trump and his team have turned out to be premature at the very least.

 

It was nearly seven weeks ago when Trump commented on the talks ahead, suggesting that "over the next three or four weeks I think maybe the whole thing could be concluded."

[Yellowtail]

6 hours ago, Dan O said:

Nice copy and paste unfortunately all the info reported has been shown that it is not accurate and anything by Doge or the Whitehouse is highly suspect as the transparency was removed when they were caught multiple times exaggerating and outright misleading on fraud and waste cuts reported as found. Try using outside sources and not the party line propaganda as you post is useless.

Indeed, only leftist reporters are to be trusted to provide "facts". 

[Dan O]

3 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Indeed, only leftist reporters are to be trusted to provide "facts". 

It has nothing to do with leftist as I am not one in spite of your implications. Its called facts. Most of what was posted is spin on expectations not what actually happened. Look up the info on any none Whitehouse and none Doge site and you will see a significant difference in what doge actual accomplished and also at what cost.

[metisdead]

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[illisdean]

13 hours ago, Dan O said:

Nice copy and paste unfortunately all the info reported has been shown that it is not accurate and anything by Doge or the Whitehouse is highly suspect as the transparency was removed when they were caught multiple times exaggerating and outright misleading on fraud and waste cuts reported as found. Try using outside sources and not the party line propaganda as you post is useless.

except, what part(s) not accurate, lets see what you got to backup your butthurt hater response. What is an "outside sources", one that you approve of? LOL...You got NOTHING but a big mouth and tons of butthurt and hatred for for all things Trump-MAGA-DOGE and WINNING.

 

Cry harder.....lol

[xylophone]

On 6/1/2025 at 10:09 AM, ExpatOilWorker said:

Or as birds of a feather and in the same vein........

 

[candide]

1 hour ago, illisdean said:

except, what part(s) not accurate,   see what you got to backup your butthurt hater response. What is an "outside sources", one that you approve of? LOL...You got NOTHING but a big mouth and tons of butthurt and hatred for for all things Trump-MAGA-DOGE and WINNING.

 

Cry harder.....lol

Says someone who's been posting Musk's debunked lies for months! 🤣

 

https://archive.ph/qnAM0

[StandardIssue]

2 hours ago, illisdean said:

except, what part(s) not accurate, lets see what you got to backup your butthurt hater response. What is an "outside sources", one that you approve of? LOL...You got NOTHING but a big mouth and tons of butthurt and hatred for for all things Trump-MAGA-DOGE and WINNING.

 

Cry harder.....lol

 

Something that you might want to relay onto your "people". Don't surf to close to the edge. Make sure they understand that they could fall off!

 

[CallumWK]

It has loser written all over again.

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-says-chinas-xi-is-extremely-hard-to-make-a-deal-with-191201563.html

 

Trump tariffs live updates: Trump says China's Xi is 'extremely hard to make a deal with'

 

President Donald Trump has said it's "extremely hard" to reach a deal with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, denting hopes for a call between the two leaders as trade talks stall.

"I like President XI of China, always have, and always will, but he is VERY TOUGH, AND EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE A DEAL WITH!!!" Trump posted on Truth Social in the early hours of Wednesday.

 

China responded to Trump's claim on Friday that it has "totally violated its agreement" with the US, in turn accusing the US of breaching the agreement and vowing to protect its interests. The US-China detente — reached earlier this month, when each country eased sky-high tariffs on the other — has been looking more fragile amid both trade-related and other tensions.

[BLMFem]

The Trump Taqueria is open for business and serving the freshest TACOs in international politics! The price? Just economic mayhem.

 

Welcome to limbo, courtesy of Trump’s trade war waffling

 

"For three months in a row, US factory activity has contracted, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s survey of manufacturers. The May survey, released Monday, showed tariffs were top of mind for managers across American factories. One respondent said the supply chain disruptions from tariffs alone are “rivaling that of Covid-19.”"

 

 

[illisdean]

3 hours ago, StandardIssue said:

 

Something that you might want to relay onto your "people". Don't surf to close to the edge. Make sure they understand that they could fall off!

 

Oh, would u look, moron democrats surfing their way to what they know best FAILURE LOL.

[JakeC]

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You got NOTHING but a big mouth and tons of butthurt and hatred for for all things Trump-MAGA-DOGE and WINNING.

 

Cry harder.....lol

 

You just seem to repeat the same abuse and insults over and over again. Have you been diagnosed? Tourette's? Autism?

Don't you have anything of substance to post? Let's see if you can have a discussion without posting the same insults over and over again.

Leads one to believe that Trump supporters are of low intelligence. Prove me wrong...if you can.

 

[Yellowtail]

2 minutes ago, JakeC said:

 

You just seem to repeat the same abuse and insults over and over again. Have you been diagnosed? Tourette's? Autism?

Don't you have anything of substance to post? Let's see if you can have a discussion without posting the same insults over and over again.

Leads one to believe that Trump supporters are of low intelligence. Prove me wrong...if you can.

 

Hmmm, speaking of posts devoid of substance....

 

Is that all you Trump haters can do is attack people you disagree with? 

[illisdean]

11 minutes ago, JakeC said:

 

You just seem to repeat the same abuse and insults over and over again. Have you been diagnosed? Tourette's? Autism?

Don't you have anything of substance to post? Let's see if you can have a discussion without posting the same insults over and over again.

Leads one to believe that Trump supporters are of low intelligence. Prove me wrong...if you can.

 

No, not at all ...just keeping you informed how much of a useless and feckless existence you biden luvin democrats have since you are too stupid to know whats good for the country based on one thing, hatred for the MAGA movement that  makes success and WINNING look so easy compared to the retarded folks claiming allegiance to biden and the democrats. I tried to keep it simple for you to understand buy if u r feeling confused and lost, which is normal for you folks I have attached a coupon for a free google search ( u can ask for assistance /instructions for use on this forum) to assist u with any further daft woke liberal style queries you have. LOL....

 

 

 

 

 

[JakeC]

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Hmmm, speaking of posts devoid of substance....

 

Is that all you Trump haters can do is attack people you disagree with? 

 

Are you a bit slow? That's exactly the behaviour that I have described. @illisdean throwing out insults and abuse in every post and the apparent blindness to it from other Right Wing supporters. Did you see it?

Trump hater? Please point to even a single post from me that illustrates that.

 

You guys are just boring and repetitive. I'd like to see intelligent discussion of the facts as we know them, but you are simply not capable of that.

[BLMFem]

23 minutes ago, illisdean said:

No, not at all ...just keeping you informed how much of a useless and feckless existence you biden luvin democrats have since you are too stupid to know whats good for the country based on one thing, hatred for the MAGA movement that  makes success and WINNING look so easy compared to the retarded folks claiming allegiance to biden and the democrats. I tried to keep it simple for you to understand buy if u r feeling confused and lost, which is normal for you folks I have attached a coupon for a free google search ( u can ask for assistance /instructions for use on this forum) to assist u with any further daft woke liberal style queries you have. LOL....

 

 

 

 

 

"I tried to keep it simple for you to understand....."

 

That's not true, buddy, and you know it. You keep it "simple", not out of choice but out of necessity.

Hope that didn't go over your head.

[Yellowtail]

4 minutes ago, JakeC said:

 

Are you a bit slow? That's exactly the behaviour that I have described. @illisdean throwing out insults and abuse in every post and the apparent blindness to it from other Right Wing supporters. Did you see it?

Trump hater? Please point to even a single post from me that illustrates that.

 

You guys are just boring and repetitive. I'd like to see intelligent discussion of the facts as we know them, but you are simply not capable of that.

So now you're attacking me, with another of your devoid of substance posts. 

 

Why not just stick to the topic? Do you have so little to say, that all you can do is spew hate? 

 

 

[JakeC]

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No, not at all ...just keeping you informed how much of a useless and feckless existence you biden luvin democrats have since you are too stupid to know whats good for the country based on one thing, hatred for the MAGA movement that  makes success and WINNING look so easy compared to the retarded folks claiming allegiance to biden and the democrats. I tried to keep it simple for you to understand buy if u r feeling confused and lost, which is normal for you folks I have attached a coupon for a free google search ( u can ask for assistance /instructions for use on this forum) to assist u with any further daft woke liberal style queries you have. LOL....

 

FAIL! Count how many insults you posted in a single paragraph.

Do you think that someone who rants 'biden luving democrats' to someone who is neither from the U.S.A. nor particularly interested in American politics, might be suffering from a mental imbalance?

How is that different from just ranting on a street corner at passers by?

You aren't having a one to one conversation, you are simply shouting at people who have no idea as to why you are shouting.

That's a madman, isn't it?

You need to understand that your animosity against Democrats has nothing to do with anyone else here. You just look like a crazy person. Tiresome at best. To people wanting a calm and reasoned discussion, you just seem like a ranting madman. That's the truth from where I sit.

 

Try to drop the crazy ranting and communicate as you would in real life. Is that how you behave?

Try discussing without the insults

[JakeC]

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So now you're attacking me, with another of your devoid of substance posts. 

 

Why not just stick to the topic? Do you have so little to say, that all you can do is spew hate? 

 

Where was the attack? Ironic asking me to stick to the subject, which part of the subject is this post of yours to which I replied?

 

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Hmmm, speaking of posts devoid of substance....

 

Is that all you Trump haters can do is attack people you disagree with? 

 

That's both off-topic and an attack.

Strangely, you are blind to your own behaviour. Isn't that what I suggested in the first place? You've just confirmed it.

Prove me wrong by making your next post on topic with no insults, veiled or otherwise. Can you do it?

[Yellowtail]

14 minutes ago, JakeC said:

 

Where was the attack?

 

Really? 

"Are you a bit slow?"

"You guys are just boring and repetitive."

"I'd like to see intelligent discussion of the facts as we know them, but you are simply not capable of that."

 

If you want "intelligent discussion of the facts", quit attacking people and post something of substance. 

[CallumWK]

1 hour ago, Yellowtail said:

If you want "intelligent discussion of the facts", quit attacking people and post something of substance. 

 

Nobody is attacking you, you're simply thinking you get attacked, because others are posting facts which you don't like to hear.

 

Your hero in the US, the biggest loser I have ever encountered, is lying through his teeth, and you know it but don't want to admit.

 

Here are some more facts, which you don't like, to digest.

 

Not tired of winning yet?

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-private-payrolls-growth-slows-122520026.html

 

US private payrolls growth slows sharply in May

 

Private payrolls increased by only 37,000 jobs last month after a downwardly revised 60,000 rise in April.

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast private employment increasing 110,000 following a previously reported gain of 62,000 in April.

The labor market continues to ease amid economic uncertainty from tariffs.

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-borrowers-face-higher-interest-122359922.html

 

US Borrowers Face Higher Interest If Trump’s ‘Revenge Tax’ Becomes Law

 

The so-called Section 899 provision takes aim at nations such as Canada, the UK and France that have digital services taxes or other corporate tax rules the US deems unfair. Investors and companies from those countries may see gradually higher tax rates on income they earn from US assets — which some analysts have called a “revenge tax.”

But Section 899 would affect loan interest payments in a way that would hurt some US companies, according to legal experts. Many lending agreements require borrowers to cover such tax hikes if they’re enacted after the deal is signed.

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-weighs-ordering-hundreds-airbus-070402356.html

 

China Weighs Ordering Hundreds of Airbus Jets in Major Deal

 

China is considering placing an order for hundreds of Airbus SE aircraft as soon as next month, when European leaders visit Beijing to celebrate the countries’ long-term ties, according to people familiar with the matter.

A deal could involve about 300 planes and include both narrowbody and widebody models, they said, with one person saying the order could range between 200 and as many as 500 aircraft.

For its US rival Boeing Co., doing business in China has become more difficult as the company gets caught up in President Donald Trump’s trade war with Beijing.

[Yellowtail]

4 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

 

Nobody is attacking you, you're simply thinking you get attacked, because others are posting facts which you don't like to hear.

 

Your hero in the US, the biggest loser I have ever encountered, is lying through his teeth, and you know it but don't want to admit

Facts, that's hilarious.

[JakeC]

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Really? 

"Are you a bit slow?"

"You guys are just boring and repetitive."

"I'd like to see intelligent discussion of the facts as we know them, but you are simply not capable of that."

 

If you want "intelligent discussion of the facts", quit attacking people and post something of substance. 

 

You didn't manage to post anything on-topic. Which is confirmation of everything I wrote in the first place. You are simple unable to do so. The MO of Trump supporters seems to be the the throwing out of repetitive abuse and constant deflection.

When I asked you earlier about your experience in the USA and inflation on the ground, you just posted a load of lies. A total waste of space.

 

[JakeC]

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Facts, that's hilarious.

 

Facts aren't hilarious. You inability to discuss them is what is remarkable. 

People are posting evidence to back up their statements. Whereas your flock are just posting 💩....and that's from a neutral standpoint. Just from looking at the evidence as presented. So why don't you post some facts with regards to Trump's tariff successes? Convince me.