There were already so many problems created by the whipsaw effect of Trump's tariffs, and his constant threats of more and more tariffs, which amounted to taxation on the American consumer. Higher prices, more inflation. The exact opposite of what Trump promised during his campaign. So much chaos accompanied by so little progress. And nothing to show for it in the way of promised manufacturing jobs returning to America.

But now due to this ridiculous war, (the dumb one with no end game in sight) prices are escalating dramatically due to a hike in oil prices, combined with increased problems with shipping. This is disrupting everything from air travel, to home energy prices, to groceries at the market. Though Don promised to protect the Strait of Hormuz, he now realizes that the US Navy is incapable of fulfilling such a promise. So it's just another of hundreds upon hundreds of broken promises so far in 14 short months. Shall we call him the Inflation Don?

Not everything was as rosy as the White House had claimed before the war in Iran began. The first year of Mr. Trump’s second term touched off a period of immense disruption, particularly in the labor market, which saw new job cuts as businesses grappled with the twin shocks of a trade war and new technology.

But those weaknesses have hardly abated as Mr. Trump forges ahead with what he frequently describes as a “short-term excursion” in Iran. Speaking at a political rally in Hebron, Ky., on Thursday, the president barely acknowledged the growing pain at the pump, as he proclaimed his economic agenda to be an unfettered success.

“Inflation is plummeting, incomes are rising, the economy is roaring back and America is respected again,” he said.

Easy stuff for the billionaire class to say. When was the last time he filled up his own vehicle with gas? When was the last time he paid for a jet to fly down to Mar a Lago?

Olu Sonola, the head of U.S. economic research at Fitch Ratings, said in an analysis on Friday that the inflation report, in particular, painted a picture of the economy in which prices were heating up and consumers were “losing steam.” But all of the data was collected before Mr. Trump began his war with Iran, which Mr. Sonola said had threatened to “squeeze” households even further, putting future growth at risk.

By the end of trading on Friday, global oil futures had reached $103 a barrel, having only briefly and barely budged after the United States joined other countries in releasing fuel from their reserves earlier in the week.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/business/economy/trump-economic-boom-iran-war.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

2 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

There were already so many problems created by the whipsaw effect of Trump's tariffs, and his constant threats of more and more tariffs, which amounted to taxation on the American consumer. Higher prices, more inflation. The exact opposite of what Trump promised during his campaign. So much chaos accompanied by so little progress. And nothing to show for it in the way of promised manufacturing jobs returning to America.

But now due to this ridiculous war, (the dumb one with no end game in sight) prices are escalating dramatically due to a hike in oil prices, combined with increased problems with shipping. Though Don promised to protect the Strait of Hormuz, he now realizes that the US Navy is incapable of fulfilling such a promise. So it's just another of hundreds upon hundreds of broken promises so far in 14 short months. Shall we call him the Inflation Don?

Not everything was as rosy as the White House had claimed before the war in Iran began. The first year of Mr. Trump’s second term touched off a period of immense disruption, particularly in the labor market, which saw new job cuts as businesses grappled with the twin shocks of a trade war and new technology.

But those weaknesses have hardly abated as Mr. Trump forges ahead with what he frequently describes as a “short-term excursion” in Iran. Speaking at a political rally in Hebron, Ky., on Thursday, the president barely acknowledged the growing pain at the pump, as he proclaimed his economic agenda to be an unfettered success.

“Inflation is plummeting, incomes are rising, the economy is roaring back and America is respected again,” he said.

Easy stuff for the billionaire class to say. When was the last time he filled up his own vehicle with gas? When was the last time he paid for a jet to fly down to Mar a Lago?

Olu Sonola, the head of U.S. economic research at Fitch Ratings, said in an analysis on Friday that the inflation report, in particular, painted a picture of the economy in which prices were heating up and consumers were “losing steam.” But all of the data was collected before Mr. Trump began his war with Iran, which Mr. Sonola said had threatened to “squeeze” households even further, putting future growth at risk.

By the end of trading on Friday, global oil futures had reached $103 a barrel, having only briefly and barely budged after the United States joined other countries in releasing fuel from their reserves earlier in the week.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/business/economy/trump-economic-boom-iran-war.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

My Diesel price has gone up from 145 per litre to 260 AUD.

8 minutes ago, still kicking said:

My Diesel price has gone up from 145 per litre to 260 AUD.

Let's call it the worldwide Trump tax.

38 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Let's call it the worldwide Trump tax.

I wonder how many of the $$ Obama airlifted the mad mullahs ended up bring spent on developing the nuke program(which Trump blew to smithereens).

I also wonder if sending the nutters BILLIONS of $$ was so cool, then why the dickens was it censored on here for years and falsely called a "conspiracy theory"?

I would have rathered Trump deported any Iranian and we just forgot about the entire region, but Trump does have a perfect record of being on the right side of issues, while the irrational hate cult have been wrong about everything, so Ill just sit on the fence and watch it all play out.

5 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

I wonder how many of the $$ Obama airlifted the mad mullahs ended up bring spent on developing the nuke program(which Trump blew to smithereens).

I also wonder if sending the nutters BILLIONS of $$ was so cool, then why the dickens was it censored on here for years and falsely called a "conspiracy theory"?

I would have rathered Trump deported any Iranian and we just forgot about the entire region, but Trump does have a perfect record of being on the right side of issues, while the irrational hate cult have been wrong about everything, so Ill just sit on the fence and watch it all play out.

You do understand that money belongs to the Iranian people don’t you?hey let’s just take that thought a bit further shall we,please bear with me as I’m just a regular guy…..the mullas are very unpopular in Iran as that country has been under sanctions since the 70s obviously the Iranian people would welcome the lifting of sanctions…who wouldn’t?Why I bet the mullas would thank that into consideration in their foreign policy ehh they certainly wouldn’t want to have the SANCTIONS TOOL used against them again ehh??Espically as unpopular as they are…..kinda makes you think if they would have allowed hisbolla to do what they did in Israel ehh???perhaps not perhaps yes……but that along with the verification process was squandered by trump for a piece of red raw meat for his base.that TOOL was squandered.sad

Well what the surprise bankruptcy is what he

does best .With a little help from Binny

and the Eppy factor !

6 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

I wonder how many of the $$ Obama airlifted the mad mullahs ended up bring spent on developing the nuke program(which Trump blew to smithereens).

I also wonder if sending the nutters BILLIONS of $$ was so cool, then why the dickens was it censored on here for years and falsely called a "conspiracy theory"?

I would have rathered Trump deported any Iranian and we just forgot about the entire region, but Trump does have a perfect record of being on the right side of issues, while the irrational hate cult have been wrong about everything, so Ill just sit on the fence and watch it all play out.

"If loving Trump is wrong, I don't want to be right"

Sing it, Sunny!

You're love is so deep you'll never be in any danger of being right.

Let's go to the wayback machine.....

After the US Embassy in Tehran was seized, President Jimmy Carter froze $11 billion in Iranian assets held in US institutions.

Jump ahead to the Obama Administration, who had a goal of both taking Iran out of the nuke game as well as building a framework for additional negotiations with Iran. The Obama Admin drew up the JCPOA, which severely limited enrichment of uranium and production of plutonium, mothballed enrichment reactors, and limited Iran's use of centrifuges to the IR-1 type, which can only produce a purity of uranium useful for medical purposes or power generation, not bombs. Iran's use of IR-2M centrifuges was totally restricted, as was its ability to produce weapons grade material.

At the time, Iran had about 7 tonnes of low enriched uranium and 200 kg of medium enrich uranium. The JCPOA limited Iran to 300kg of LEU and 0kg of MEU. All facilities were open to inspection by the IAEA.

In return, the US would release about $1.7 billion of Iran's frozen assets.

(Iran was motivated to talk because Obama had put some genuine fear in them when he unleashed the Stuxnet virus that wobbled their existing HSCs.)

Other restrictions and sanctions on Iran remained in effect, such as missile technology.

The JCPOA was an agreement originated by the US, but approved and signed by the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council as well as Germany and the EU. In the US, the JCPOA had bipartisan support, including from senior Republican Senator Sam Nunn.

All was well, and both the IAEA and the US intel community regularly confirmed Iran was in full agreement and compliance with the JCPOA. Iran was out of the nuke game. Iran's most hardline officials were being pushed into the background. Some even were choosing to take their ill gotten gains and resettle in Dubai to "enjoy" their golden years.

Iran was ripe for further negotiations, and it seemed the days of the hardliners were over and, given time, Iran might even drop its theocracy and morph into a functioning democracy, something the Gulf monarchies are unlikely to ever do.

Because Obama has done the deal, Trump tossed it. Iran then pulled out and immediately re-started both its enrichment and nuke program, the hardliners regained significant control and influence, all leading us to where the world is today.

Trump is the root cause of the problem he has exacerbated with his war of choice. Had he not been so woefully insecure and jealous of Obama, he could have used the JCPOA as a stepping stone for yet more negotiations. Rather than negotiate---something at which he is notoriously bad---he decided to pretend he's a tough guy and use others to blow stuff up.

We now return you, Sunny, to your karaoke room so you can sing your new version of Luther Ingram's chart topper.

7 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

There were already so many problems created by the whipsaw effect of Trump's tariffs, and his constant threats of more and more tariffs, which amounted to taxation on the American consumer. Higher prices, more inflation. The exact opposite of what Trump promised during his campaign. So much chaos accompanied by so little progress. And nothing to show for it in the way of promised manufacturing jobs returning to America.

But now due to this ridiculous war, (the dumb one with no end game in sight) prices are escalating dramatically due to a hike in oil prices, combined with increased problems with shipping. This is disrupting everything from air travel, to home energy prices, to groceries at the market. Though Don promised to protect the Strait of Hormuz, he now realizes that the US Navy is incapable of fulfilling such a promise. So it's just another of hundreds upon hundreds of broken promises so far in 14 short months. Shall we call him the Inflation Don?

Not everything was as rosy as the White House had claimed before the war in Iran began. The first year of Mr. Trump’s second term touched off a period of immense disruption, particularly in the labor market, which saw new job cuts as businesses grappled with the twin shocks of a trade war and new technology.

But those weaknesses have hardly abated as Mr. Trump forges ahead with what he frequently describes as a “short-term excursion” in Iran. Speaking at a political rally in Hebron, Ky., on Thursday, the president barely acknowledged the growing pain at the pump, as he proclaimed his economic agenda to be an unfettered success.

“Inflation is plummeting, incomes are rising, the economy is roaring back and America is respected again,” he said.

Easy stuff for the billionaire class to say. When was the last time he filled up his own vehicle with gas? When was the last time he paid for a jet to fly down to Mar a Lago?

Olu Sonola, the head of U.S. economic research at Fitch Ratings, said in an analysis on Friday that the inflation report, in particular, painted a picture of the economy in which prices were heating up and consumers were “losing steam.” But all of the data was collected before Mr. Trump began his war with Iran, which Mr. Sonola said had threatened to “squeeze” households even further, putting future growth at risk.

By the end of trading on Friday, global oil futures had reached $103 a barrel, having only briefly and barely budged after the United States joined other countries in releasing fuel from their reserves earlier in the week.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/business/economy/trump-economic-boom-iran-war.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

Oil was 130 in 2022 lol

Trump didn't destroy the economy at all, this was done in reality in Q4 2019 as the Deutsche Bank was about to fall. Then they started covid as a excuse and doubled the global money supply with all results we know.

Then now before Iran, the markets wiped 7 trillion dollars on the most insane metal markets move in human modern history. A forced liquidation event. Oil was about to go to historical low prices too. This didn't have the desired impacts and effects either, so now they started the war to pump the petro dollar again, because there is literally no other options left.

This is a result of decades running finance wrong, not 1/2 terms of a president. It is also all pre-planned by far, the presidents are puppets. All this aside of the fact that is clearly is exposed that Epstein was a agent for both CIA and Mossad, a shadow gov runs USA.

9 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

I wonder how many of the $$ Obama airlifted the mad mullahs ended up bring spent on developing the nuke program(which Trump blew to smithereens).

I also wonder if sending the nutters BILLIONS of $$ was so cool, then why the dickens was it censored on here for years and falsely called a "conspiracy theory"?

I would have rathered Trump deported any Iranian and we just forgot about the entire region, but Trump does have a perfect record of being on the right side of issues, while the irrational hate cult have been wrong about everything, so Ill just sit on the fence and watch it all play out.

You are so completely lost in space, and virtually everybody on this forum is having a laugh at your stunning levels of ignorance when it comes to Trump and this conflict. Always deflecting and going back to Obama, Biden, or Clinton rather than addressing the toxic mass himself.

And you called Democrats hateful, when Trump is the most hateful president in American history by such a long shot, no other president could even be compared to him. And you are one of the most hateful posters on this forum, always making it personal when most of us are discussing the man, you are discussing us individuals. Let it rest. Constant humiliation can't be a fun thing to experience.

I have not seen this elsewhere so I'll put it here. One could wonder whether Sec. Wright checked this one with Ms. Leavitt first.

Energy secretary: US conflict in Iran will ‘certainly’ end in ‘next few weeks’

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that he thinks the U.S. conflict in Iran could end in the next few weeks — or even sooner.

“I think that this conflict will certainly come to an end in the next few weeks,” Wright told ABC News’s Martha Raddatz on “This Week.” “Could be sooner than that, but the conflict will come to the end in the next few weeks.”

“Look, you never know exactly the time frame of this, but, in the worst case, this is a weeks, this is not a months thing,” he told CNN.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5784951-wright-predicts-iran-war-end

4 hours ago, BuffaloRider said:

Just the idiot spider and his usual posts, leftish retarded views and ignorance is a bliss mentality. Pretending that the economy was great during leftish administrations, who actually caused the biggest debt rake ups during their terms, even that alone still isn't the deciding factor.

Virtually nobody seems to understand how money really works, because if one did, they would know the answers like me. It ain't hard.

I'm still on the fence in deciding if you understand how money really works.

How about math?

Is .7% >2.8%?

Is 181,000 > 2,230,000 ?

I think not. +2.8% is Biden's 2024 4th Q GDP growth and +.7% is Trump's 2025 GDP Growth. 181K is all the jobs created under Trump in 2025...even before the -92,000 in Feb2026. 2.23 million is the number of jobs created in Biden's last year of 2024.

Now this might have escaped you, but Trump ran up $8,400,000,000,000 in new National Debt in his 4 years. That equates to $25,000 for every man, woman and child in the US. Might that lead to inflation down the road, or do you think inflation is like a light switch, instantly on or off?

I am NOT a Democrat. However, I was an old school liberal (Classical Liberal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism) back in the day. As the Overton Window of politics has shifted, I'm now considered "Right Wing" although I still consider myself to be an old school liberal. Old school liberals are a blend of liberalism and conservatism.

But? Come the mid-Terms on Nov 3rd 2026, I'm voting a straight Democratic ticket. Why? It's a protest vote. Can the Democrats do better? Probably not. However, what I'd like to see is the House and Senate go full Democrat and then bring on the Impeachment hearings. Trump is an egotistical, megalomanic and serial liar who looks out for only two entities: his donors and his own bank account. Trump is an existential danger to the US Republic and its Constitution.
Personally I'd like to see him removed from office and stacking Democrats in the House and Senate at both the state and federal level will change the face of the US government. What happens after that? Honestly I don't care - I live in Thailand.

5 hours ago, BuffaloRider said:

Virtually nobody seems to understand how money really works, because if one did, they would know the answers like me. It ain't hard.

I hate you for making me spill my coffee while I was reading that! 😆

13 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Speaking at a political rally in Hebron, Ky., on Thursday, the president barely acknowledged the growing pain at the pump

The prices at the gas pump, and soon the grocery stores, and then all retail - well, it doesn't affect a Billionaire. Trust me, he doesn't actually care about the American people. Not even a little bit.

13 hours ago, still kicking said:

My Diesel price has gone up from 145 per litre to 260 AUD.

IF you can still get it.

11 minutes ago, connda said:

I am NOT a Democrat. However, I was an old school liberal (Classical Liberal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism) back in the day. As the Overton Window of politics has shifted, I'm now considered "Right Wing" although I still consider myself to be an old school liberal. Old school liberals are a blend of liberalism and conservatism.

But? Come the mid-Terms on Nov 3rd 2026, I'm voting a straight Democratic ticket. Why? It's a protest vote. Can the Democrats do better? Probably not. However, what I'd like to see is the House and Senate go full Democrat and then bring on the Impeachment hearings. Trump is an egotistical, megalomanic and serial liar who looks out for only two entities: his donors and his own bank account. Trump is an existential danger to the US Republic and its Constitution.
Personally I'd like to see him removed from office and stacking Democrats in the House and Senate at both the state and federal level will change the face of the US government. What happens after that? Honestly I don't care - I live in Thailand.

I am a Centrist Democrat and somewhat conservative by today's standards, though I would never consider myself right wing just because of all the moral decay that conservatism and Trump represent these days.

I will be voting Democrat all the way down the ticket and there's no question that it would be a huge Improvement over the current super corrupt people that are supporting Trump, and of course Trump himself being neutered would represent a massive amount of fun to watch. He's already impotent so watch him being watching him become doubly impotent would be a blast.

@BuffaloRider If you continue the attacks on the OP or any other member, you'll find you comments removed. Stop it!
Thank you!

3 hours ago, JerryM said:

I have not seen this elsewhere so I'll put it here. One could wonder whether Sec. Wright checked this one with Ms. Leavitt first.

Energy secretary: US conflict in Iran will ‘certainly’ end in ‘next few weeks’

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that he thinks the U.S. conflict in Iran could end in the next few weeks — or even sooner.

“I think that this conflict will certainly come to an end in the next few weeks,” Wright told ABC News’s Martha Raddatz on “This Week.” “Could be sooner than that, but the conflict will come to the end in the next few weeks.”

“Look, you never know exactly the time frame of this, but, in the worst case, this is a weeks, this is not a months thing,” he told CNN.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5784951-wright-predicts-iran-war-end

The rhetoric from the Trump Administration is headed into the realm of absurdity. Virtually all of what comes out the the official Administration channels is Grade-A propaganda. Lies, exaggerations, and a ton of propaganda techniques that are too numerous to list.

The more these moronic statements are issued - if they don't come to past - those indulging in the propaganda totally lose their legitimacy in the eyes of those most impacted by this unending war insanity.

We have already won the war.
It will end in a few weeks.
Just a another month or so.
It will surely end by 2027.
Will bring the Iranians to heel by 2030.

Iran has been a target since the day the Iranian public overthrew the Shah. This was validated by Gen Westley Clark in 2007. Iran has been preparing for this conflict for three decades. And the US completely underestimates Iran's ability to fight a protracted war in defense of its country equating Iran to a backwards third-world country of camel riders and goat herders. Iran IS NOT Afghanistan. But if like Trump, you believe it is - you do so at your own detriment.

• “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” (Chapter 1: Laying Plans; repeated in Chapter 3: Attack by Stratagem)

• “He who exercises no forethought but makes light of his opponents is sure to be captured by them.” (Chapter 10: Terrain)

• Recklessness, which leads to destruction (Chapter 8: Variation in Tactics — listed as one of the five dangerous faults of a general)
  -Sun Tzu, The Art of War

So go ahead and sail a US led, NATO armada into the Straits of Hormuz. "Fool around, find out."

1 minute ago, connda said:

The rhetoric from the Trump Administration is headed into the realm of absurdity. Virtually all of what comes out the the official Administration channels is Grade-A propaganda.
Lies, exaggerations, and a ton of propaganda techniques that are too numerous to list.

The more these moronic statements are issued - if they don't come to past - those indulging in the propaganda totally lose their legitimacy in the eyes of those most impacted by this unending war insanity.

Correct. There's no question at this point that Trump is a fascist leader. The most reactionary and far-right sectors of the capitalist class have teamed up to back a wannabe dictator who’s managed to assemble a mass movement of contradictory forces behind him — outright racists and misogynists along with millions of disaffected and confused members of the working class. It’s the classic formula for fascism.

But beyond the race hatred, the anti-immigrant hostility, the misogyny, and the homophobic/transphobic attacks, what else motivates significant blocs of voters to go over to the fascist side?

Add to that the deep resentment that Trump supporters had toward law enforcement and the justice system, for going after their felonious master with such unbridled passion.

Nearly every 250 years an empire passes Into near obscurity. It truly feels like that is the moment for the US right now, it's been on the decline for at least three decades and nearly every policy that Trump enacts exacerbates the decline, and precipitates it quite dramatically.

 

1 minute ago, spidermike007 said:

Correct. There's no question at this point that Trump is a fascist leader. The most reactionary and far-right sectors of the capitalist class have teamed up to back a wannabe dictator who’s managed to assemble a mass movement of contradictory forces behind him — outright racists and misogynists along with millions of disaffected and confused members of the working class. It’s the classic formula for fascism.

But beyond the race hatred, the anti-immigrant hostility, the misogyny, and the homophobic/transphobic attacks, what else motivates significant blocs of voters to go over to the fascist side?

Add to that the deep resentment that Trump supporters had toward law enforcement and the justice system, for going after their felonious master with such unbridled passion.

Nearly every 250 years an empire passes Into near obscurity. It truly feels like that is the moment for the US right now, it's been on the decline for at least three decades and nearly every policy that Trump enacts exacerbates the decline, and precipitates it quite dramatically.

 

Does this remind you of some one

An elected dictator, or elective dictatorship, refers to a democratically elected leader who utilizes their majority mandate to erode democratic checks and balances, consolidating absolute power from within

. While gaining initial power legitimately, they subsequently weaken institutions, media freedom, and opposition to secure their rule.

Key characteristics and contexts include:

• Methodology: Unlike traditional coup-based dictators, they use the legal and constitutional, often abusing parliamentary procedures, to solidify authority.

• Erosion of Democracy: They frequently target the judiciary, independent media, and civil liberties. Trump as already done this

• Examples: Observers have pointed to leaders in Hungary (Orban), El Salvador (Bukele), and historically, individuals like Hitler and Mussolini who utilized constitutional mechanisms to gain power before dismantling democracy.

• the yanks need to open there eyes this is how Hitler started

1 hour ago, Wingate said:

I'm still on the fence in deciding if you understand how money really works.

Coming from the poster that notoriously and falsely used to claim the Trump 1.0 economy PRE PANDEMIC was a greater depression than the actual Great Depression of the 1930s. Bit rich criticizing others for not understanding money🤣

This is from Chief Justice Roberts' majority opinion in IEEPA tariff case page 9 with the citations removed for reading:

Since imposing each set of tariffs, the president has issued several increases, reductions and other modifications.

One month after imposing the 10 percent drug trafficking tariffs on Chinese goods, he increased the rate to 20 percent.

One month later, he removed a statutory exemption for Chinese goods under $800. Less than a week after imposing the reciprocal tariffs, the president increased the rate on Chinese goods from 34 percent to 84 percent.

The very next day, he increased the rate further still, to 125 percent. This brought the total effective tariff rate on most Chinese goods to 145 percent.

The president has also shifted sets of goods into and out of the reciprocal tariff framework ([e.g.,] exempting from reciprocal tariffs beef, fruits, coffee, tea, spices and some fertilizers).

And he has issued a variety of other adjustments ([e.g.,] extending “the suspension of heightened reciprocal tariffs” on Chinese imports).

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1287_4gcj.pdf

26 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

There's no question at this point that Trump is a fascist leader.

During his first 100 days in office, I would have disagreed with you.
Today, we are in 100% agreement. He is literally Fascist. And the US Republic and the US Constitution are in existential danger.

@theshu25 @K2938 Flames and troll removed

2 hours ago, MikeandDow said:

Does this remind you of some one

An elected dictator, or elective dictatorship, refers to a democratically elected leader who utilizes their majority mandate to erode democratic checks and balances, consolidating absolute power from within

. While gaining initial power legitimately, they subsequently weaken institutions, media freedom, and opposition to secure their rule.

Key characteristics and contexts include:

• Methodology: Unlike traditional coup-based dictators, they use the legal and constitutional, often abusing parliamentary procedures, to solidify authority.

• Erosion of Democracy: They frequently target the judiciary, independent media, and civil liberties. Trump as already done this

• Examples: Observers have pointed to leaders in Hungary (Orban), El Salvador (Bukele), and historically, individuals like Hitler and Mussolini who utilized constitutional mechanisms to gain power before dismantling democracy.

• the yanks need to open there eyes this is how Hitler started

Even after all the erosion of what would be considered normal practices, normal safeguards, and normal behavior his followers are still buying into it and they are still supporting him. What would it take for them to actually grow a conscience and begin to criticize the man? Murder, or serial killing? Actual concentration camps? Genocide? The revelation of multiple statutory rapes? One wonders.

2 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Even after all the erosion of what would be considered normal practices normal safeguards and normal behavior his followers are still buying into it and they are still supporting him. What would it take for them to actually grow a conscience and begin to criticize the man? Murder, or serial killing? Actual concentration camps? Genocide? One wonders.

Well the yanks already have concentration camps ICE interment and to answer your question it would be AMERICIAN DEAD !!!

3 hours ago, connda said:

During his first 100 days in office, I would have disagreed with you.
Today, we are in 100% agreement. He is literally Fascist. And the US Republic and the US Constitution are in existential danger.

Nonsense. The President is acting within the parameters allowed under the US Constitution. You may not like his actions, but he has a mandate until it is withdrawn. If you feel that strongly, fund the political interest groups who can pursue a remedial action. I don't agree with many of the Trump administration policies, but they are lawful policies. The US Congress has not blocked the Iranian intervention and they can, should they wish to. Trump is acting with their consent.

3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Nearly every 250 years an empire passes Into near obscurity. It truly feels like that is the moment for the US right now, it's been on the decline for at least three decades and nearly every policy that Trump enacts exacerbates the decline, and precipitates it quite dramatically.

It's your opinion that everything Trump does is bad.

He has a new project that just caught my attention.

He is forming "The Shield of the Americas", a coalition with South American military to try to eradicate cartels.

It might fail, but it's the most ambitious plan I am aware of to try to take out the cartels. And he will be hailed as a hero in Mexico if he pulls it off.

Again, it's your opinion that everything Trump does is bad and that he is degrading the country more and more. Some of his projects at least are ambitious and noble.

48 minutes ago, Patong2021 said:

Nonsense. The President is acting within the parameters allowed under the US Constitution. You may not like his actions, but he has a mandate until it is withdrawn. If you feel that strongly, fund the political interest groups who can pursue a remedial action. I don't agree with many of the Trump administration policies, but they are lawful policies. The US Congress has not blocked the Iranian intervention and they can, should they wish to. Trump is acting with their consent.

It's quite clear that not all of Trump's policies are in accord with the Constitution, nor are they all legal.

That's the precise reason why he keeps losing in court, as more and more judges are ruling his actions to be either unlawful, unconstitutional or both.

Even the Supreme Court, despite being dominated by Republican nominees, has ruled against him on a couple of cases already (notably on tariffs, and in the Abrego Garcia case).

Trump can't brag about 'winning too much' in the courtroom

... it cannot be overstated just how much the Trump administration keeps losing in court.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/3/11/2372443/-Trump-can-t-brag-about-winning-too-much-in-the-courtroom