President Trump gave a triumphant return address. Here are the details.
Key Policy Themes
- Immigration: Trump said he would declare a national emergency at the southern border and relaunch a policy known as Remain in Mexico, which requires migrants seeking asylum at the southern border to wait in Mexico during their U.S. court proceedings. The Pentagon will determine the specifics of a troop deployment that Trump wants to begin within weeks, a person familiar with the plans said. CBP One, an app and website offering 40,000 appointments a month, said it was no longer available and existing appointments were canceled.
- Energy: Trump also plans to sign orders and memorandums to cut regulations around energy production and reduce inflation. They include eliminating former President Joe Biden’s climate regulations tied to electric-vehicle production, Trump said. Another order focused on bolstering energy production in Alaska. Trump also plans to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord.
- Culture Wars: Trump said that it would be the official policy of the U.S. that there are two genders, male and female. “We will forge a society that is colorblind and merit-based,” Trump said in his address. Government-issued documents such as passports and visas will identify sex rather than expressed gender.
- Manifest Destiny: Trump again repeated his threat that he would take control of the Panama Canal. Trump has previously threatened to take over the Panama Canal and wrest control of Greenland from Denmark. Trump also said America should send astronauts to Mars. Trump plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Mount Denali in executive orders. The Gulf of Mexico will be renamed the Gulf of America and Mount Denali, the highest mountain in North America, will once again be called Mount McKinley, he said.
- Two Different Outlooks: Trump painted a dark picture of the country he was inheriting, claiming it has been led by corrupt radicals and declaring the pillars of society broken. But he argued that he would turn it around and usher in a “golden age,” saying: “We stand on the verge of the four greatest years in American history.”
- Age: At 78, Trump is the oldest president to take the office, supplanting the mark set by his predecessor, Joe Biden, whose age became a focal point in the campaign, forcing the stunning turn of events that led to him being replaced on the ticket by Vice President Kamala Harris.
- Tariffs: Trump wanted to advance trade policies “in a measured way,” a senior policy adviser said. Federal agencies will be instructed to study trade policies and recommend actions to Trump, the adviser said. In addition to trade deficits, unfair trade practices and currency manipulation, agencies will review policy on counterfeit goods and a tariff exemption for goods under $800, the adviser said, along with trade-and-tariff actions taken during Trump’s first term.
- External IRS: Trump also plans to ask agencies to evaluate the feasibility of an “External Revenue Service”—a new federal agency Trump has floated to collect tariff revenue. Exactly how that agency would differ from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which has held that responsibility for decades, hasn’t been spelled out.
The key policy themes are from the Wall Street Journal Live Updates.
Full Text of Inauguration Speech
Here is the Complete Text of Trump’s Inauguration Speech
Donald Trump: Thank you. Thank you very much everybody. Well, thank you very, very much. Vice President Vance, Speaker Johnson, Senator Thune, Chief Justice Roberts, justices of the United States Supreme Court, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, President Biden, Vice President Harris, and my fellow citizens.
The Golden Age of America begins right now.
From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world. We will be the envy of every nation, and we will not allow ourselves to be taken advantage of any longer. During every single day of the Trump administration, I will very simply put America first. Our sovereignty will be reclaimed. Our safety will be restored. The scales of justice will be rebalanced. The vicious, violent and unfair weaponization of the Justice Department and our government will end. And our top priority will be to create a nation that is proud, prosperous and free.
America will soon be greater, stronger, and far more exceptional than ever before. I return to the presidency confident and optimistic that we are at the start of a thrilling new era of national success, a tide of change is sweeping the country, sunlight is pouring over the entire world, and America has the chance to seize this opportunity like never before.
But first, we must be honest about the challenges we face. While they are plentiful, they will be annihilated by this great momentum that the world is now witnessing in the United States of America.
As we gather today, our government confronts a crisis of trust. For many years, a radical and corrupt establishment has extracted power and wealth from our citizens, while the pillars of our society lay broken and seemingly in complete disrepair.
We now have a government that cannot manage even a simple crisis at home, while at the same time stumbling into a continuing catalog of catastrophic events abroad. It fails to protect our magnificent, law-abiding American citizens, but provide sanctuary and protection for dangerous criminals, many from prisons and mental institutions that have illegally entered our country from all over the world.
We have a government that has given unlimited funding to the defence of foreign borders, but refuses to defend American borders or more importantly, its own people. Our country can no longer deliver basic services in times of emergency, as recently shown by the wonderful people of North Carolina, been treated so badly. And other states who are still suffering from a hurricane that took place many months ago.
Or more recently in Los Angeles, where we are watching fires still tragically burn from weeks ago without even a token of defense. They’re raging through the houses and communities, even affecting some of the wealthiest and most powerful individuals in our country, some of whom are sitting here right now. They don’t have a home any longer. That’s interesting, but we can’t let this happen. Everyone is unable to do anything about it. That’s going to change.
We have a public health system that does not deliver in times of disaster, yet more money is spent on it than any country anywhere in the world. And we have an education system that teaches our children to be ashamed of themselves, in many cases to hate our country despite the love that we try so desperately to provide to them. All of this will change starting today, and it will change very quickly.
My recent election has a mandate to completely and totally reverse a horrible betrayal, and all of these many betrayals that have taken place, and to give the people back their faith, their wealth, their democracy, and indeed, their freedom.
From this moment on, America’s decline is over. Our liberties and our nation’s glorious destiny will no longer be denied, and we will immediately restore the integrity, competency, and loyalty of America’s government. Over the past eight years, I have been tested and challenged more than any president in our 250 year history, and I’ve learned a lot along the way the journey to reclaim our republic has not been an easy one that I can tell you.
Those who wish to stop our cause have tried to take my freedom, and indeed to take my life. Just a few months ago, in a beautiful Pennsylvania field, an assassin’s bullet ripped through my ear. But I felt then and believe even more so now, that my life was saved for a reason. I was saved by God to make America great again. Thank you. Thank you very much.
That is why each day under our administration of American patriots, we will be working to meet every crisis with dignity and power and strength. We will move with purpose and speed to bring back hope, prosperity, safety, and peace for citizens of every race, religion, color and creed. For American citizens, Jan. 20th, 2025 is Liberation Day.
It is my hope that our recent presidential election will be remembered as the greatest and most consequential election in the history of our country.
As our victory showed, the entire nation is rapidly unifying behind our agenda with dramatic increases in support from virtually every element of our society, young and old, men and women, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, urban, suburban, rural and very importantly, we had a powerful win in all seven swing states, and the popular vote we won by millions of people.
To the black and Hispanic communities, I want to thank you for the tremendous outpouring of love and trust that you have shown me with your vote. We set records and I will not forget it. I’ve heard your voices in the campaign, and I look forward to working with you in the years to come. Today is Martin Luther King Day and his honor, this will be a great honor, but in his honor, we will strive together to make his dream a reality. We will make his dream come true. Thank you. Thank you.
National unity is now returning to America and confidence and pride is soaring like never before. In everything we do. My administration will be inspired by a strong pursuit of excellence and unrelenting success. We will not forget our country. We will not forget our Constitution and we will not forget our God. Can’t do that.
Today, I will sign a series of historic executive orders. With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense. It’s all about common sense.
First, I will declare a national emergency at our southern border. All illegal entry will immediately be halted and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came.
We will reinstate my remain in Mexico policy. I will end the practice of catch and release. And I will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country.
Under the orders I signed today, we will also be designating the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. And by invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 I will direct our government to use the full and immense power of federal and state law enforcement to eliminate the presence of all foreign gangs and criminal networks bringing devastating crime to U.S. soil, including our cities and inner cities. As Commander in Chief, I have no higher responsibility than to defend our country from threats and invasions and that is exactly what I am going to do. We will do it at a level that nobody has ever seen before.
Next, I will direct all members of my cabinet to marshal the vast powers at their disposal to defeat what was record inflation and rapidly bring down costs and prices.
The inflation crisis was caused by massive overspending and escalating energy prices and that is why today I will also declare a national energy emergency. We will drill, baby, drill.
America will be a manufacturing nation once again, and we have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have, the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth and we are going to use it, and they use it. We will bring prices down, fill our strategic reserves up again, right to the top and export American energy all over the world.
We will be a rich nation again and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it.
With my actions today, we will end the Green New Deal and we will revoke the electric vehicle mandate, saving our auto industry and keeping my sacred pledge to our great American autoworkers.
In other words, you’ll be able to buy the car of your choice. We will build automobiles in America again at a rate that nobody could have dreamt possible just a few years ago and thank you to the autoworkers of our nation for your inspiring vote of confidence. We did tremendously with their vote.
I will immediately begin the overhaul of our trade system to protect American workers and families. Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries, we will tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens.
For this purpose, we are establishing the External Revenue Service to collect all tariffs, duties and revenues. It will be massive amounts of money pouring into our treasury coming from foreign sources. The American Dream will soon be back and thriving like never before.
To restore confidence and effectively is to our federal government, my administration will establish the brand new Department of Government Efficiency.
After years and years of illegal and unconstitutional federal efforts to restrict free expression, I will also sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America. Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents. Something I know, something about. We will not allow that to happen. It will not happen again.
Under my leadership, we will restore a fair, equal, and impartial justice under the constitutional rule of law and we are going to bring law and order back to our cities.
This week I will also end the government policy of trying to socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life. We will forge a society that is colourblind and merit based. As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female.
This week, I will reinstate any service members who were unjustly expelled from our military for objecting to the COVID vaccine mandate, with full back pay. And I will sign an order to stop our warriors from being subjected to radical political theories and social experiments while on duty. It’s going to end immediately.
Our armed forces will be free to focus on their sole mission: defeating America’s enemies.
Like in 2017, we will again build the strongest military the world has ever seen. We will measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by the wars that we end, and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into.
My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier, that’s what I want to be, a peacemaker and a unifier. I’m pleased to say that as of yesterday, one day before I assumed office, the hostages in the Middle East are coming back home to their families.
Thank you. America will reclaim its rightful place as the greatest, most powerful, most respected nation on Earth, inspiring the all and admiration of the entire world.
A short time from now, we are going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and we will restore the name of a great president, William McKinley to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs. President McKinley made our country very rich through tariffs and through talent. He was a natural businessman and gave Teddy Roosevelt the money for many of the great things he did, including the Panama Canal, which has foolishly been given to the country of Panama after the United States, the United States, I mean, think of this spent more money than ever spent on a project before and lost 38,000 lives in the building of the Panama Canal.
We have been treated very badly from this foolish gift that should have never been made and Panama’s promise to us has been broken. The purpose of our deal and the spirit of our treaty has been totally violated. American ships are being severely overcharge, charged and not treated fairly in any way, shape or form. And that includes the United States Navy and above all, China is operating the Panama Canal and we didn’t give it to China, we gave it to Panama and we’re taking it back.
Above all, my message to Americans today is that it is time for us to once again act with courage, vigor, and vitality of history’s greatest civilization. So as we liberate our nation, we will lead it to new heights of victory and success. We will not be deterred.
Together, we will end the chronic disease epidemic and keep our children safe, healthy, and disease free. The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation, one that increases our wealth, expands our territory, builds our cities, raises our expectations, and carries our flag into new and beautiful horizons.
And we will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars launching American astronauts to plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars.
Ambition is the lifeblood of a great nation and right now, our nation is more ambitious than any other. There’s no nation like our nation. Americans are explorers, builders, innovators, entrepreneurs and pioneers. The spirit of the frontier is written into our hearts. The call of the next great adventure resounds from within our souls.
Our American ancestors turned a small group of colonies on the edge of a vast continent into a mighty republic of the most extraordinary citizens on Earth. No one comes close. Americans pushed thousands of miles through a rugged land of untamed wilderness.
They crossed deserts, scaled mountains, braved untold dangers, won the Wild West, ended slavery, rescued millions from tyranny, lifted billions from poverty, harnessed electricity, split the atom, launched mankind into the heavens and put the universe of human knowledge into the palm of the human hand.
If we work together, there is nothing we cannot do and no dream we cannot achieve. Many people thought it was impossible for me to stage such a historic political comeback. But as you see today, here I am, the American people have spoken. I stand before you now is proof that you should never believe that something is impossible to do.
In America, the impossible is what we do best. From New York to Los Angeles, from Philadelphia to Phoenix, from Chicago to Miami, from Houston to right here in Washington, DC, our country was forged and built by the generations of patriots who gave everything they had for our rights and for our freedom. They were farmers and soldiers, cowboys and factory workers, steel workers and coal miners, police officers and pioneers who pushed onward, marched forward, and let no obstacle defeat their spirit or their pride.
Together they laid down the railroads, raised up the skyscrapers, built great highways, won two world wars, defeated fascism and communism, and triumphed over every single challenge that they faced. After all we have been through together, we stand on the verge of the four greatest years in American history. With your help, we will restore America’s promise and we will rebuild the nation that we love and we love it so much.
We are one people, one family, and one glorious nation under God. So to every parent who dreams for their child and every child who dreams for their future, I am with you. I will fight for you and I will win for you. We are going to win like never before. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
In recent years, our nation has suffered greatly but we are going to bring it back and make it great again, greater than ever before. We will be a nation like no other, full of compassion, courage and exceptionalism. Our power will stop all wars and bring a new spirit of unity to a world that has been angry, violent and totally unpredictable.
America will be respected again and admired again, including by people of religion, faith, and goodwill. We will be prosperous. We will be proud. We will be strong and we will win like never before. We will not be conquered. We will not be intimidated. We will not be broken and we will not fail.
From this day on, the United States of America will be a free, sovereign and independent nation. We will stand bravely. We will live proudly. We will dream boldly, and nothing will stand in our way because we are Americans.
The future is ours and our golden age has just begun. Thank you. God bless America. Thank you all. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you.
Reflections on the Good and Bad
Renaming the Gulf of Mexico is ridiculous and a takeover of Panama would be an act of war.
In a second speech in the White House, Trump did not seem much interested in unity.
The best news of the day is Trump is looking at measured tariffs, not the sweeping actions he campaigned on.
I suspect the tariff moderation is due to influence from Scott Bessent, Trump’s Treasury Secretary nominee. Bessent will be confirmed easily.
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My first, second, and third case is Trump will not bring in as much revenue with tariffs as he bragged.
If so, and if Trump gets the economic policies that he seeks, deficits will soar along with inflationary pressures.
We should all wish Trump resounding success on delivering a “New Golden Age”.
Welcome to the Show! Let the Golden Age begin!
Buy $Trumpcoin. It will make you wealthy!
Looking forward to those 25% Tariffs on Feb 1.
I’m heading to my supermarket tomorrow morning to stock up on cheap eggs!
Egg prices are high because of bird flu and the culling of 20 million egg laying chickens so far. Perhaps Trump will issue an executive order to outlaw bird flu.
Perhaps you should stock up on some gasoline, if you can. Trump is talking about banning imports of heavy oil from Venezuela, and putting a 25% tariff on Mexico and Canada on Feb 1. Since we import 6.5 mbpd of heavy oil from those three countries, gas prices could rise sharply in February.
“Trump is talking”
The operative word here is talking, but you already know that.
You have one thing right though; It’s going to be a show:
51 rogue intelligence officials smacked down as well as Bolton.
No more CBP One app
Ends catch & release
No more benefits to illegals who are already self-deporting
78 in all with more coming
And, there’s rumors that Fetterman may become a Republican.
Now, that’s winning & a show worth watching.
You forgot the waters on the east coast name change the cartel are terrorist that will show them Tik tok yes maybe not full doge ahead no only half tariffs today maybe not a full and complete shi…sho…
Here’s my reply in another thread. I wanted to repost here, since you may check in on this thread. Let me know your thoughts.
I’m not a crypto guy, but I am making sure that I’m buying SMR stocks as well as other energy sector stocks. I’m hopeful that NEP holds up with their earnings Thursday. It currently yields 20% which I’m sure will go down some, but even if it’s cut in half, then 10% is still fantastic. The price will fall, allowing me to add to my position at a lower NAV. I also found Energy Transfer with a near 6.5% dividend. Last, I found QYLD with is a technology ETF with a crazy high dividend of 12%+. It has all of the big tech stocks but is able to churn out a big dividends through covered calls.
I am not a fan of any SMR company. I looked into them many times over the last few years. At first, I was enthusiastic. Then I realized that they kept over promising and under delivering. The technology is currently not cost competitive and I don’t see how it will become practical anytime soon. Yes, it is suitable for special purposes where cost doesn’t matter, like subs, or very remote locations. But that’s it.
Regarding energy, and drill baby drill. US oil companies have been reducing rig counts for the last year. And they are still reducing rig counts because oil prices are too low to make them want to drill very much. I also suspect that they are reacting to Trump’s promise to drill, and waiting to see what incentives he may give them, in order to add a few more rigs back into the mix. Without incentives, or higher prices, I expect rig counts to keep dropping.
At this point, most oil companies are content to maintain production and generate decent cash flows. Only some of that cash flow will go to drilling. Just enough to maintain production. The rest of it will go to debt reduction, share buybacks, and dividend increases.
Thanks for your thoughts. My SMR plays are long-term 5-10 years. I currently have 30 or shares of OKLO, SMR, NNE & then 1 ea of WAB, since it’s so expensive. I will add more of each as we see dips. I have a URA as well. All four of these companies should get the Lionshare of SMR money going forward here in the US. I think initially over the next 1-3 years, we’ll see primarily data center power agreements.
The main concern as you point out is the deployment cost. Time will tell if they can drive down the cost after they complete their initial deployment. It’s much more likely given the overall innovation that we’re seeing. I’m hopeful TerraPower will go public this year, and the biggy I’m waiting on is Helion Energy, the fusion company who’s signed an agreement to start providing MSFT power by 2028.
Fortunately, the damn has been broken for investments in nuclear. It’s long overdue.
You’re welcome. I wish you well with your investments.
I don’t know why we have to keep killing off millions of chickens when they suspect bird flu? WHAT A WASTE!
We’re going to cook the chicken and eggs (or should) and any bird flu is going to get killed in the process.
So stop killing the birds!!
It’s not because they “suspect” they have bird flu. It’s because they know they have bird flu. And the consequences of it spreading are far worse than culling.
Bird flu can spread beyond these chickens to other farms and wild bird populations. There are over 300 million egg-laying chickens in the US. Without culling, they are all at risk.
Bird flu can also spread to humans. There have been 61 humans infected since April 2024. Fortunately, there has been no human to human transmission yet. We don’t want another pandemic.
Culling is also humane. It puts the chickens out of their suffering, from the flu.
And as long as bird flu is within the US, other countries will refuse to import chicken, eggs etc from the US. So it hurts our trade balance.
The bird flu is spreading to humans and to more diverse animals regardless of the culling and will continue to do so.
This is a failed policy and should stop.
In his 4 year wait, Trump has really researched the entire subject of the American Presidency. It shows in everything he says and does. Not since FDR, or never in my lifetime have I ever seen a president better prepared and more determined to serve his nation well. We are very, very lucky to have him.
I say let’s wait a few weeks before licking his arse.
I watched the first 5 – 10 minutes of Trump’s speech after the swearing in ceremony but had to turn it off due to a leopard not changing his spots. His words were blame the other Party for the ills of this country, how great the nation would be after he takes office and how he was miraculously saved from the assassin’s bullet. After the latter remark, I turned off the TV. It was Trumpesque to say the least.
I was sincerely hoping that his speech would be Kennedyesque circa 1961 inaugural with a new vision for America. Challenging our citizens to do better. A peace initiative for the Middle East. An acknowledgment to China that they are an economic competitor but not a military adversary. An olive branch to the Global South. Scheduling a peace conference with W. Europe, Ukraine and Russia. Investing in American jobs. Investing in education. Taxing the oligarchs or privileged wealthy economic elites that have reaped nearly all of the benefits while not sowing the seeds of shared prosperity that they had a limited hand in creating.
What I did see were billionaires behind him in the VIP section but no MAGA working class citizens. What I did read were corporations and billionaires paid for the second inaugural.
So, if the Donald wants to continue similarly as he did last time with a dystopian speech then the next day saying had the biggest attendance at an inaugural ever, etc. he is well on the path but with a nuanced difference.
His tone was not positive, humble, thankful, ingratiating to those that he will need their help if he is to make America great again. Successful presidents after winning a second term such as Lincoln and FDR reached out to those that were left behind in their first term acknowledging that more needs to be done for them. Trump did none of this…
Cool! Feel free to not pay attention to anything Trump says or does for the next 4 years. Obviously, you’re suffering from severe TDS.
To me the worst part of this was seeing the google head. Zuck, then Bezos. The first 2 have done more to destroy a democracy than anyone……..And now they donate to this and show their faces? F them for ever………But your point is well taken. Trump should have taken their money, then put them way in the back outside of initial camera shots. If they didnt except then dont come and send the money back.
You’re talking about the actual government. Of course they get to sit in front.
He’s giving the filthy poor what they want… victimhood!
Gee. And I thought the poor were poor because they were predetermined and the rich were rich to fulfill God’s plan.
Yet, there is this.
Mark 10:23 Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!” 24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
Key Policy Themes:
– Immigration: Trump said he would declare a national emergency at the southern border and relaunch a policy known as Remain in Mexico, which requires migrants seeking asylum at the southern border to wait in Mexico during their U.S. court proceedings. The Pentagon will determine the specifics of a troop deployment that Trump wants to begin within weeks, a person familiar with the plans said. CBP One, an app and website offering 40,000 appointments a month, said it was no longer available and existing appointments were canceled.
> So I went to CPB.Gov and look here: “Last Modified: Jan 20, 2025” Hmm…
– Energy: Trump plans to cut regulations around energy production and reduce inflation. They include eliminating Joe Biden’s climate regulations tied to EV production, Trump said. Another order focused on bolstering energy production in Alaska. Trump also plans to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord.
> PCA is no great loss, and does nothing for America, that we can’t do for ourselves, and has it really for themselves much either? Climate Regulation Good! It’s never good to tie your Energy/Mobility needs to a yet “Unproven Alternative” Silly Stupid! Re-Visit it when we are ready too, and make New Regs after it’s been proven to work. Not for Money/Greed or some equal reason of insanity. Alaska for Oil, and anything else we can get! Drill baby Drill! “It’s Our Country”!! We of course need Companies to want to do so, as it will be quite expensive. Price incentives build in (20% less than on-line cost) for a set period of time, and thoughts like that, and backed by Government (DOGE “Heavily Involved”) in these projects!
– (Identity) Culture Wars: Trump said that it would be the official policy of the U.S. that there are two genders, male and female. “Government-issued documents such as passports and visas will identify sex rather than expressed gender.
> Very True, as there are in fact “Only” 2 Genders, and as of right now anyway, A Man Cannot become a Woman, and vice-versa.. just a simple Fact! As such “ALL Legal Documents” must address Men as Men, and Woman as Woman, Period.
– Trump again repeated his threat that he would take control of the Panama Canal. > True, but only “IF” China looked to be trying to take it over, was the crux of that sentiment.
– Trump has previously threatened to take Greenland from Denmark. > Under certain circumstances He Did, and I agree with Him. It requires a 3-Country Discussion and Agreement of course.
– Trump also said America should send astronauts to Mars. > A man can dream?
– Trump plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico > If Mexico doesn’t mind, them OK? and Alaska’s Mount Denali, the highest mountain in North America, will once again be called Mount McKinley. > Alrighty Then… Whew…
– Tariffs: Trump wanted to X, Y & Z “in a measured way,” … SO A senior policy adviser said.
> So much BS has been flung around, can we please jus wait to see WTF He’s Proposing Via an “Actual Plan” Geez!
– External IRS: Trump also plans to ask agencies to evaluate the feasibility of an “External Revenue Service”—a new federal agency Trump has floated to collect tariff revenue. Exactly how that agency would differ from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which has held that responsibility for decades, hasn’t been spelled out.
> Sounds like he’s taking a few thousand of those IRS Agents, and sliding them over to Homeland Security? I Love It, and so will Homan!!!
– The best news of the day is Trump is looking at measured tariffs, not the sweeping actions he campaigned on. > Yes.
– Bessent will be confirmed easily. > Should be, I agree.
– We should all wish Trump resounding success on delivering a “New Golden Age”. > Absolutely!!!
When it comes to trump, I’ll go with Henry Ford: “Don’t expect people to respect you for what you are “planning” to do.”
Henry Ford
Well, Trump is out of the starting gate this evening.
Just about Blew up Biden reign of terror in 10 minutes.
Pardoning the J6 people as we speak. Thank God.
J6 “hostages”! [rotflol]
That was awesome! A near total dismantling of everything is short order! He started before he was even in office…
He means Business. We are getting our country Back.
I don’t know the country but surely he will make himself and his family
billionaires and possibly trillionaires by issuing Trump and Melania
cryptocurrencies.
Buy some, and you too will be fabulously wealthy!
I doubt some “Meme Coins” will provide “Our World” with its first “Trillionaires” but who knows, maybe?
BTW Mish,
I’ll offer my voting record:
Reagan x 2
Bush
Bush Jr x 2
Trump x 2
By my account, that is 7 out of 12. Legit. I know you didn’t vote for Trump the first time or the second time, also you didn’t vote for Biden. That’s 0 for 3. While I’m not sure, I’ll give you 1 out of 2 Obama votes. Now you’re 1 of 5.
I can’t imagine you would vote for Bush Jr. more than once, so I’ll give you a win here, 2 of 7. I’ll give you both Clinton votes because after all, you’re are a silly person regarding politics, making you a respectable 4 for 9. No way you voted for Bush Sr., 4 for 10. You were young and not as stupid, voted twice for Reagan, 6 for 12.
I win in the best case scenario. It is quite possible that a close win is more like a blowout considering your recent voting record. You just might of voted for Santa Claus in all of those elections.
Why should anyone follow you for political analysis? I’m just some anonymous dumbshit and I have you beat.
Then create your own blogsite for people to visit
Mish is not a pollster. Supporting a different candidate than the majority of the electoral college is not a knock on either his economic or his political acumen. And as an example, Bush Jr gave us nearly 8 years of war and a financial crisis that nearly ended Wall Street. Not sure you’re a “winner” here.
The Democratic Party is the party of trial lawyers and endless litigation. Of course they see Trump pointing the loaded gun of the judicial system at their heads the way they used it against him. The embarrassing last minute pardons by Biden fully exposed their basic Stalinist world view.
As for the speech I agreed with Trump on the border, immigration and energy policy. He hit the right notes with the MLK remarks. I’m wary about the tariffs. Some of it like “Gulf Of America” was utter bullshit.
But that’s what you get with Trump.
Remaining cautiously optimistic for now.
Welcome to the new Camelot!
yeah. Hell JFK would be considered a Nazi Right wing wacko if he was running today………….They lost a Kennedy LOL. Do these liberals every look in the mirror at all the destruction, devastation and loss of life their policies have created?? There retort to that is your a Nazi right wing wacko………..Anything but Biden/Obama
An incredible speech. Moved to tears.
You’re such a good little toady… live me more! The Nazi salute during my speech was for you, boo boo!
The geriatric CNN babes agree with you on the salute.
Such a good troll.
He’s not a troll. He’s the court jester.
Are you not entertained?
He said, “My heart goes out to you” immediately after making the gesture. If you were the real Mush, you’d know this. Instead, we’re left with the same of goading nimrod that’s plagued Mishtalk for far too long.
Let’s hope 2025 sees you move your BS over to Daily Kos, where it belongs.
My heart goes out to mein fuherer! Seig Heil!
Wait. I must not understand English.
He didn’t say “Seig Heil”; you’re just making that up like everything you profess. One big fat LIE!
Keep trying imposter.
Seig heil!
From an imposter, not the real Musk.
“We should all wish Trump resounding success on delivering a “New Golden Age”.”
With respect, Mish, I wish the Republic success. I hope and wish that Trump rises to the occasion.
The irony of “Make America Great Again” is that it threatens the very global order and institutions that moved America from an agrarian/heavy industrial nation that focused inward to the innovative global superpower that we became following the WWII when we grabbed the mantle of free world leadership that ushered in USD supremacy, a rules based order designed by U.S. led institutions, and an economic expansion in liberal democratic nations like the world has never seen before.
Great was when we had slavery, and women couldn’t vote. Here we come!
Which wife did you attend the ceremony with?
Well none of them are speaking to me now, but they’ll come around when I impregnate them again!
At least you were smart enough to not impregnate that crazy Amber Heard.
Taylor also denied my offer of seed. Their loss.
– when we grabbed the mantle of free world leadership > Cost too much!
– that ushered in USD supremacy, a rules based order designed by U.S. led institutions, and an economic expansion in liberal democratic nations like the world has never seen before. > Cost even more than way too much…
“Trump painted a dark picture of the country he was inheriting, claiming it has been led by corrupt radicals and declaring the pillars of society broken.”
If you judge this statement by the obscene number of pardons for crimes Biden supporters were given which is an admission of guilt, then this statement rings very true.
Biden came into office a corrupt politician and left as the worst president in US History, hands down.
Trump has a major dumpster fire to put out.
Well said; totally agree.
Unlike the left who were all about punishing Trump but not interested in investigating his ‘crimes’, WE THE PEOPLE are not as concerned about punishing the Biden and DNC syndicates, but are extremely interested in investigating, exposing, and broadcasting ALL of their crimes and names for history and public SCRUTINY. It was OUR SCRUTINY that saved this election from theft, restored democracy, and will reveal EVERYTHING. Our scrutiny must never lapse if we are to remain a free nation.
Thank you Mish for printing the whole speech!
Hope returns!
Trump has ushered in the age of the tech bro oligarchs. He’s already fucking over his MAGA base because he doesn’t need them anymore, they no longer can vote him back in under the current rules. He’s even setup a meme coin to make it easier to pay him for favours and US state secrets. This is going to be a wild ride!
Dumb and loyal, just the way I like ‘em. They can be grifted again and again! Trumpcoin to the moon!
The speech was good reflection of the American delusion: the idea that returning to a big macho attitude will bring back decades of poor educational achievements and excess beer drinking. As if the rest of the World had not changed in the meantime. I hope I am wrong, but my expectation is that this will end just like the recent Starship launch, but not after billionaires have looted more of American wealth.
Restoring merit and prioritizing Americans first, and fully harnessing our competitive advantages in energy will go a long way to undoing the damage. If this administration avoids the corruption of the last one, avoids foreign entanglements, and serves Main Street and families instead of K Street, then it could be a resounding success. I worry about the debt load and spending problem though; and Trump is old (albeit, a very energetic 78 year old).
Typical Mish. You were wrong on Trump 1.0. Wrong on Trump 2.0, and surprise, wrong on Trump 3.0.
Dude, you’re a never Trumper. Get a clue. You have no credibility. You voted for Hillary and Biden twice. You won 1 out of 3. I know, you will say you didn’t vote for Hillary, Biden or Trump in any of these elections. What a joke, or as you say what a hoot. You vote for the winner when you don’t vote for either candidate.
You’re a loser with no credibility. That sucks. Please do what you often ask for others, resign. Remove yourself from the blogosphere regarding politics. Your economic commentary is pretty good and is the only reason I follow you.
Mish voted for himself.
C’mon, Ron. We should all want to hear people’s honest opinion not just never-ending MAGA ass kissing of the President’s backside which makes up the majority of righty journos. It’s just as tiresome as the never-ending MSM attack on DJT Being a Trumpster has turned into a lack of thinking for many. I wish DJT well, he has a helluva’ high lift, and Americans need to hold HIM accountable, too, and not just fall asleep because he’s “our guy”.
Doing away with racism, aka DEI or affirmative action, and bringing back meritocracy – YES!
If you think that a bunch o billionaires oligarchs have any interest in promoting meritocracy, then you are seriously delusional.
Wealth is the only merit, serf!
Down with DEI, up with DUI hires!
Laura Bush was there to accept.
If he wants to rename Denali just call it by the prior name Mt McKinley, he must be completely illiterate with our history, but we all knew that already.
Stupid people deserve stupid representation!
The Republic has endured tremendous and unprecedented legal, economic, demographic, and cultural damage the past four years. And we’ve had both a coup and multiple assassination attempts leading to this outcome today.
It’s a horrendous look for the outgoing regime that your entire family and all your former top military and health officials and Congressional members all need pardons during an administration changeover. It was truly four years of incredibly foul, anti-American deeds; history isn’t going to be kind to the Biden regime.
I can’t imagine that all the Americans that have lost out in life because of merit being destroyed, or that lost their careers or were injured due to the unforgivable human rights violations of forced mRNA injections, are ever going to vote Democrat again.
Did not see:
Janeen DiGuiseppi
“JFK jr” larper
Kimberly Cheatle
Ronald Rowe
He is at Luncheon so will be glad handing to find if any common ground exists between parties and positions.
So far he has not signed any Executive orders dealing with large issues, even though people assumed he was to do just that. That would appear somewhat telling in a cursory read as to why he just did not act immediately.
Federal Government is officially off for the day in any case.
Perhaps looking to build and offer chance for consensus before he makes moves.
He did say he would be President for everyone as long as it put America first.
As to Panama Canal there will be some breeches in terms of turnover and he pushed hard during speech to retake Canal.
add: He just ended 8 years of living thru 8 years of Total partisan attack day in day out.
Says wants to end that and move forward with Nations Business.
Now to find out if that is possible.
Wishing the world all the best, now the genie is out of the bottle.
Usually you determine a game after the game is over. Then you assess the score. Trump keeps declaring victory before the game is even played.
With lying, early and often works best!
Is that why he allows you to sleep in the MAL Dog House?
Yep. Liars are the easiest to fool.
After the last 4 years we have nowhere to go but up. So that in and of itself is a victory
Yeah… about that… some of us can go up (if they’re rich enough) but … yea people like you and your family are in for a bit of a rough time. My heart goes out to you…
It wasn’t Biden’s age that was the problem, it was his brain. Or lack thereof.
And unprecedented corruption.
Do you truly understand the definition of corruption in government? It is the curry of favor in exchange for pay back, monetarily or otherwise. For instance, Tik Tok going symbolically going dark for 12 hours or so even though the Biden Administration had stated late last week that it would not enforce the law requiring the site to go dark on Sunday so that the incoming administration could decide how to handle the law on Monday, and putting up a notification on the site that it had gone dark due to the law but that it expected the shut down to be temporary as President-Elect Trump pledged to keep Tik Tok live. “Coincidentally” the Tik Tok CEO gets invited to the inauguration, rubbing shoulders with all of the soon to be most powerful decision-makers and Trump billionaire supporters. That is corruption. Elon Musk donating hundreds of millions of dollars to the Trump campaign and becoming an unofficial cabinet member with the President’s ear that apparently will already pay off with the elimination of EV tax credit program that is more beneficial to Tesla’s competitors than Tesla is corruption. Donald Trump’s selling of bibles and meme coins capitalizing on his political status while in office is corruption.
Nonsense! He has some money… he can do no wrong, or god would have never made me give it to him.
With all due respect, Curt. A simple Google search for the following will result in ample sources:
Bush Crime FamilyClinton Crime FamilyObama GangTrump Crime FamilyBiden Crime FamilyPOTUS has become a means of personal enrichment of the Big Guy and family and friends rather than a means to govern for one Nation under God with liberty and justice for all. Your focus on Trump’s second term (which is now officially 4 hours old) is shortsighted. America’s hope–which is likely the reason for his decisive electoral victory–is that he will buck the trend and truly put America First.
And the fact that he was as stubborn as a rock.
Trump will take the Panama Canal; Putin is taking back Ukraine. No big deal. China will take Taiwan. Deal.
While aimed at “equity and inclusion” (an excuse for incompetence), the woke ideology has led to tighter regulatory scrutiny and stifled innovation.
Many Americans rightly care about the elimination of woke ideology.
In this I believe trump will succeed
Affirmative Action is illegal racial discrimination.
Taiwanese population replacement rate is less than 1.0 Mainland will do what they do best: wait it out.
None of us will likely have to wait long. Xe is getting old. If he’s going to strike, it will have to be soon to get reunification on his legacy.
Panama is no exchange for Taiwan, I want Greenland as well.