Trump says his own morality is the only check on his power.
Trump Positions and Actions
- “I have the right to do anything I want to do. I’m the president of the United States.” Trump said these words in August to defend his decision to send National Guard troops to Chicago under the pretext of fighting crime.
- Cancelled the USMCA treaty that he personally negotiated with Mexico and Canada.
- Invaded Venezuela to capture its president
- Said the US will “run” the country and profit from its vast oil reserves.
- Threatens to take Greenland, a NATO country, by military force
- Weaponized the Justice Department. He fired seasoned federal prosecutors and replaced them with allies, and he ordered his attorney general, Pam Bondi, to investigate and prosecute government figures who he claims wronged him.
- Ordered air strikes on 7 nations
- Announced Reciprocal Tariffs using a preposterous formula that has nothing to do with another nation’s tariffs
- Signed into law a bill that requires release of Epstein documents but refuses to do so
- Declared everything an emergency. Well not literally everything but close. Hollywood movies are an emergency. See list below.
- Used troops as political tools. Trump has long viewed the US military as his personal fighting force. He was furious during his first term when Pentagon brass refused to support deploying US armed forces to counter Black Lives Matter protesters. But he’s seen his preferences fulfilled in his second term. He has sent National Guard troops to patrol Democratic-led cities
- Plastered his name and face everywhere. When the newly formed US Treasury wanted to put President George Washington’s face on currency, as the British did with their king, Washington refused: America’s leaders were ordinary citizens who served the people, not monarchs who ruled over them. Trump has rebranded the capital with his name and likeness and remade its spaces to suit his gilded tastes. See list below.
- Mixed politics and profit. Past US presidents strained to avoid any appearance of using the White House’s power to make money for themselves. Not Trump. Since returning to office, he’s intermingled government and private business interests as his companies pursue lucrative deals at home and overseas.
- Meme Coins: He has financial interests in multiple cryptocurrency ventures, including a Trump memecoin and the USD1 stablecoin. Trump and his three sons are among the founders of the company that issued the stablecoin, World Liberty Financial.
- Seeks to restrict Birthright Citizenship by decree. This is guaranteed to be shot down by the Supreme Court.
- The administration has openly adopted Nazi slogans
- ICE is deporting US citizens, arresting native American citizens, exporting illegal aliens to countries guaranteed to torture them
- ICE is going door-to-door even busting doors down in violation of the Constitution
- In general, Ice is guilty of using Gestapo intimidation tactics.
- Pardons are on sale. The going price is generally a million dollars but sometimes it’s just out of the blue. See Pardons and Justice for Sale list below.
- Trump seeks to replace Powell with someone who will do exactly what Trump wants.
- Trump tells Iranian protesters that “Help is on the way”
Many but not all of those points are from the Bloomberg article Imperial Presidency.
Declared Emergencies
- Southern Border Immigration Emergency that warranted directing US troops to help stop illegal migration from Mexico and to restart work on border walls.
- Northern Border Opioids Emergency justifying his decision to bypass congressional approval to impose tariffs on Canada for allegedly flooding the US with illegal fentanyl. (Fact check: Less than 1% of illicit fentanyl enters the US from Canada.)
- Southern Border Opioids Emergency, this time establishing a rationale for tariffs on Mexico. (Mexico actually is a major source of illicit fentanyl in the US.)
- Opioids Supply Chain Emergency justifying tariffs on China, allegedly for not doing enough to stop drug trafficking. (China, too, is a major source of illicit drugs in the US.)
- Drug Cartels Emergency designating trafficking operations as foreign terrorist organizations and calling for their eradication.
- National Energy Emergency freeing up protected federal wildlands for oil drilling and short-circuiting environmental reviews.
- ICC Sanctions Emergency accusing the International Criminal Court of abusing its power by “targeting” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, both Trump allies.
- International Trade Emergency providing a legal rationale for Trump’s decision to sidestep Congress and impose tariffs on various nations.
- Brazil Emergency justifying sanctions on the country for refusing to drop charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump friend arrested for attempting a coup after losing a reelection bid. (Bolsonaro was nonetheless convicted and sent to prison.)
- Venezuela Oil Emergency blocking that nation’s creditors from trying to claim Venezuelan oil revenue held by the US Treasury.
- Hollywood Movies: Trump says Hollywood movies are a national security threat
Plastered His Name and Face Everywhere
- The Kennedy Center Trump said he was “surprised” to hear his handpicked board had voted unanimously to add his name to the building.
- US Institute of Peace Trump’s name appeared on the building one day in December.
- White House ballroom “We haven’t really thought about a name yet,” Trump said. The project’s official donor list suggested otherwise, labeling it the “President Donald J. Trump Ballroom.”
- “Arc de Trump” “Who is it for?” a reporter asked him about the Paris-inspired monument he plans to erect in Washington. “Me,” Trump replied. “It’s going to be beautiful.”
- Dollar coin One of the proposed coins the US Treasury displayed for the country’s 250th birthday featured Trump on both sides.
Pardons and Justice for Sale
- January 6 Capitol Riot Defendants
- Andrew Zabavsky and Terence Dale Sutton Jr. The two were convicted on charges related to the death of Hylton-Brown, whom they pursued in a high-speed chase for allegedly driving a moped without a helmet.
- Anti-Abortion Activists: On January 23, Trump pardoned 23 anti-abortion activists who were convicted in 2023 under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act for blockading the entrance to a Washington, D.C., abortion clinic and intimidating staff and patients.
- Rod Blagojevich: On February 10, Trump pardoned former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of multiple political corruption charges that included seeking to sell an appointment to then-President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat.
- Devon Archer: On March 25, Trump granted a full pardon to Devon Archer, a former business associate of Hunter Biden, who had been convicted in 2022 for defrauding a Native American tribe in a $60 million bond scheme.
- BitMEX Co-founders: On March 27, Trump pardoned Benjamin Delo, Arthur Hayes, Gregory Dwyer and Samuel Reed. The four, who founded the BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange, had pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act by failing to implement a compliant anti-money laundering program.
- Michele Fiore: On April 23, Trump issued a pardon for former Las Vegas city councilwoman and state lawmaker Michele Fiore, who had been convicted of seven counts relating to wire fraud.
- Scott Jenkins: On May 27, Trump pardoned Scott Jenkins, the former sheriff of Culpeper County, Virginia, who was convicted of accepting more than $75,000 in bribes in exchange for appointing people as auxiliary deputies. Jenkins was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison in 2024.
- Todd and Julie Chrisley: On May 28, Trump pardoned reality TV stars Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley, who were convicted in 2022 of several counts of fraud and tax evasion involving more than $30 million. Todd was serving a 12-year sentence, and Julie was serving seven years. Their daughter, Savannah Chrisley, a vocal Trump supporter, had lobbied for their release and received the news of their pardon in a phone call from the president. Trump said the married couple had been “given a pretty harsh treatment based on what I’m hearing.”
- Henry and Imelda Cuellar: Trump on Wednesday pardoned Texas Democratic Representative Henry Cuellar and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, who were facing a federal bribery and conspiracy case. Trump said in a social media post that Cuellar “bravely spoke out against Open Borders” and accused Biden, a Democrat, of going after the congressman and his wife “for speaking the TRUTH.”
- Juan Orlando Hernández: This abrupt reversal came despite Hernández’s 45-year sentence, issued in June 2024 after a U.S. federal jury found him guilty of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and committing related firearms offenses.
That is a partial list. Newsweek has the Full List of Donald Trump Pardons for 2025
I cannot portray enough the loathe that everyone in the US should have for this man and what he has done to make a mockery of the office.
Instead, MAGA cheers and the best the rest of the Republicans can come up with is that he Trump is better than Biden.
Supporting Actors
- Racists
- MAGA fans who will support Trump no matter what he says or does
- Those with so much dislike of Biden (despite the fact that Biden is gone) they are willing to rationalize these actions
- Others who ignorantly believe deport them all is such a good economic strategy they overlook everything else.
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And Canada stands fully behind NATO articles 5 and 2, in defense of Greenland.
I think I said it before but maybe not here.
Let’s look at Trump’s so called morality.
1) trump org convicted of fraud
2) his son funneled child cancer money to himself and his mates
3) 34x convicted felon
4) adjudicated rapist
5) grab them by the pussy – they let you.
6) shagging pornstars and playboy bunnies while your wife is pregnant
7) what ever happened to Ivanka
8) best pals with Epstein- known by company you keep if not an outright paedo
9) insurrectionist
10) stealing state secrets and obstructing justice.
11) war criminal
Outright racist (shithole countries) and candidate for the KKK board. Malignant narcissist
What’s there to worry about? Trump’s North Star is a beacon for us all.
What has happened to you?
I liked the economist blog not let’s evaluate the president of the USA daily.
You might be suffering from TDS.
GET HELP MAN!
Even in an economic blog like this where one assumes that readers of that topic would be a bit more sofisticated than the average person, guess that’s not the case. Many insult others only because they have a different world view, including Mish. What a disappointment.
Why or why did we ever jettison our superman Joe Stalin (in later years) Biden? More time on investment opportunities, less time on TDS, just an idea.
Who actually was the last President of the US that represented the ‘people’ and not big business interests?
Was it Roosevelt?
And the false “Implied Immunity” presumption by our bought and paid for Scotus contributed to The Lie’n King” Trump.
Not sure I understand your pov. Should we not deport illegal aliens? It sucks that we are at this point, but there is no antiseptic way of doing an ugly job. Unfortunately, contradicting patchworks of laws enabled this problem as much as Biden’s open border policy did.
It would be nice if voters could figure out how to elect better congresscritters that would wrestle back constitutional power from the executive and restore it in congress, but that seems like an impossibility.
Mish has already explained himself a million times to idiots like you who insist on missing the point and then putting words in his mouth. I find it highly annoying and can’t even imagine what he feels about it.
“idiots like you” this is inappropriate.
So you have no idea either, eh? Thanks for playing, Pil.
Excellent bill of particulars. I never imagined the party of Goldwater and Reagan would degenerate into anything like this. So what comes next?
I was surprised late last night to see gold up a hundred bucks. Maybe I shouldn’t be.
Times change. When MLK was alive the Democratic Party was the party of the KKK, George Wallace, and Bull Connor.
Reagan was as much a media personality as Trump. There’s Trump because there was Reagan, when all that matters is being a celebrity to be a puppet of the deep state.
Pretty much like any other dictator down thru history.
But wasn’t the US supposed to be a constitutional republic?
Yes, President Trump has gone off the rails, and our country and culture are going to suffer for it. I could be slightly sympathetic if the president had abolished the IRS, and give us Medicare for all, but it doesn’t seem like that’s going to happen.
The Donald is the fruit of the Usonian culture. He’s the quintessential Usonian. The difference between him and the general population is that he doesn’t wear the mask of hypocrisy.
No morality = No check…
on King Chaos the Shit Talker.
And no equal branches for balance…
only a sTump.
The economic effect of this may be an exodus from the US dollar. Gold and silver are hitting new highs and in Europe, the mining stocks are up in a down market.
I know that I am repeating myself, but a downgrade of US debt is almost a certainty at this point.
‘TDS’ Is Really (‘Trump Delusional Syndrome’) – Suffered By
Those Trump Supporters Who Still Buy Into His Bullshit.!
Targeting Poor Immigrants – Instead Of Trump’s Rich Friends
(Epstein Crowd)
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene Says President Trump
Told Her Not To Identify Jeffrey Epstein’s Client List – Because
His “Friends” Would Be Upset – “My Friends Will Get Hurt,” The
President Told Greene.
Jeffrey Epstein Tapes: ‘I Was Donald Trump’s Closest Friend
They Have No Intention To Release PDF Files Or Videos – No
Penalties For Them To Do So In The Law.!
Trump: “Don’t release the Epstein files, asking for a friend”
All that and still the better choice than the alternative we were offered in 2024.
Bullshit!
Well said snowman, make your case.
Whatabout waaaatabout
Yes! But ultimately it does not matter who is in office. Dems or Reps, the society is in decline and I’m not sure if it’s the Politician’s fault or the People’s.
However I suspect the latter.
Even in an economic blog like this where one assumes that readers of that topic would be a bit more sofisticated than the average person, guess that’s not the case. Many insult others only because they have a different world view, including Mish. What a disappointment.
Trump fluffer.
Buy Greenland? Take It? Why? An Old Pact Already Gives Trump a Free Hand.
Analysts say the Cold War agreement allows the president to increase the American military presence almost at will.
Buy Greenland? Take It? Why? An Old Pact Already Gives Trump a Free Hand. – The New York Times
The Europeans are not making money or anything else from Greenland.
Currently they’re just arguing on the price.
I was pulling for Trump to do a good job but it just seems to be going from Bad to Worse. For him to make international relationship destroying decisions because once again, his very fragile EGO was hurt is shocking but I guess not surprising. It makes you question just how many decisions are made because of his EGO. Assuming the news “Trump ties efforts to acquire Greenland to failure to win Nobel Peace Prize” is correct, it is quite shocking.
I’m pretty Conservative but Mish I think you are bang on with many of your Trump assessments, I don’t at all believe it’s TDS, yes there is TDS but it’s getting to the point now where the criticisms are all legitimate. The Maga group, and I don’t say that disparagingly, I know allot of them and they are very nice, very good people but they make the mistake of praising Trump when he does good and they make never ending excuses when he does bad and I believe now with his Greenland obsession and attacking Europe economically, Canada etc. is VERY BAD! Do you actually think for 1 second China would take over Greenland let alone have any sort of influence over them? Just the logistics of it being right in America and NATO’s backyard would make it impossible for them, stop listening to his BS excuses for doing what he is doing.
The handful of MAGA losers still fellating this guy are the most pathetic people on planet earth.
MISH, pretty soon you are going to be really irritated with him.
We are in a Fourth Turning. Life is going to be a shit show for years.
Government has been loony for a while. By next year the debt is $40 Trillion.
That is just words now. It’s such a large number it means nothing to people, and now defense spending could go to $1.5T?
There is fraud everywhere, in Federal programs. All these social programs need to be returned to the states. It you want to take care of every poor and illegal person in the world, it needs to be done by our own states and counties. Expecting people in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa to pay for the fraud in Minnesota and California needs to stop. We should be taking care of the needy in our own state.
Our money system will need to change. We cannot get off the borrowing train, as long as we have fractional reserve banking.
Life is going to get a lot more miserable for a lot more people.
It already is. The scenario playing out is accelerating the ship that’s going to hit the iceberg anyway. Thank goodness the is nearer. We are going to find out a great many things very soon.
As Nostradamus already predicted 500 years ago…
Nice theoretical rant, but you should at least get your monetary stats in the correct direction LOL
Minnesota and California both pay more in federal taxes than they receive back in federal funding (aka, ‘donors’). But Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa are all ‘takers’: https://usafacts.org/articles/which-states-contribute-the-most-and-least-to-federal-revenue/
If funding was really up to the states, most of the whiners would be SOL, but I guess they could pat themselves on their poor backs for givin’ it to the liberals and their ‘fraud’ LOL
Thanks for your reply. But it does not matter who pays more taxes. Hundreds of billions of dollars are being stolen by fraudulent payments. Federal programs are the equivalent of Three Stooges plumbing, riddled with leaks. The way to reduce the fraud is to have services paid at the local level. Since California has so much money to pay to taxes, they can pay their own social service costs. That will save other people from paying for it. The Federal government is corrupt and incompetent and not able to manage these huge programs. Make them local, then there won’t be so much fraud.
https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/california-passes-bill-incorporating-gender-affirmation-in-child-custody-cases-explained-17758741.htm
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The California State Assembly has approved a bill, AB 957, making gender affirmation a factor to be considered in child custody cases. The bill, passed on Friday by a vote of 57-16, was previously approved by the California Senate with a vote of 30-9.
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Under the proposed law, parents, who fail to acknowledge and support their child’s gender transition, could face potential consequences, including the loss of custody rights to another parent or even the state itself. The bill’s supporters argue that it is in the best interest of children, aiming to create a more inclusive and affirming environment for gender-diverse youth.
Physically or mentally beating the hell out of my son who would rather be a girl or my daughter who would rather be a boy probably really works…not
Excellent compilation Mish.
Thanks for carrying this through and your constant excellence in reporting.
Now Trump says that he wants Greenland because he didn’t get a Nobel Peace Prize from Norway, apparently failing to see that the two are totally separate issues. Since the United States cannot stop him internally the only way to stop him is externally. The rest of the world will need to stand up to him now and stop the appeasement or they will find out the same way that Chamberlain did.
The rest of the world seems about as brave as the Democratic party in the USA right about now. You’ll forgive my lack of schoolboy optimism.
latest from Trump’s free theater of insanity!
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Trump To Norway: No Nobel, No Greenland? The Letter That Has Shocked Europe====
that was funny!
what is number of USA const. amendment in case president got insane?
asking for friend
alx
A25
He’s trolling Europe about Ukraine.
Trump cannot be caricatured or satirized because he is an unbelievable expression of himself.
if you saw a villain on TV say something like this, that he’s threatening to invade an ally because another ally snubbed him for a peace prize, you’d think the show jumped the shark, that it’s just too incredible.
I guess we are past the “restrained by my own morality” at this point
Actual effn message addressed to the Norwegian prime minister in which Trump linked the Nobel Committee’s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize with a shift in how he approaches international obligations.
Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America, Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a ‘right of ownership’ anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank You! President DJT
Butthurt moron still doesn’t understand that the Nobel prize is not given by the country of Norway
He expected the Norwegian Government to use duress and undue influence to persuade the committee to give him the award because that’s what he would do.
it is definitely HORSE IN SENATE MOMENT, pretty much
More than half in the Derby can be traced back to Secretariat.
It’s too bad he won’t think purely of peace, given the lack of peace while he was “thinking purely of peace“
This Democrats versus Republicans debate achieves only one thing: it only showcases how stupid ALL Americans are.
We ALL know that both parties are Anti-American, Israel-first, and Christian-hating Arab oil money second. I forgot, put the military industrial complex first as their master.
So, YOU are the problem. Trump or Biden are only a reflection of your own malignancy and evil. No sir. Men can’t get pregnant and wholesale torture and murder is unspeakable evil.
Sooner or later, you will turn against each other. That’s how it all ends throughout human history.
So continue with your stupid debates which only amount to arrogant self-aggrandizement that don’t solve anything.
If you want to get somewhere, the first step is to acknowledge that you are all full of shit.
Never happens.
correct. the republic penned by plato debating socrates and boys……….discussed all this. the conclusion. democracy works. if you have assholes in your city/state, you will have assholes in elected offices with the power to wage war against your neighboring city states. amerikans are the assholes of 21st century. the same was true of the assholes of italia and germany who electe mussolini in 1922 and hitler in 1932…………..the grand children of those countries became anti fascist imperial. amerikans cannot handle this truth today. no surprise to me. i’ve known this for decades.
There’s a gigantic national bitchslap in the USA’s future, but how far off in the future is that, at this point? The people want to know.
Some points I get. “anti fascist imperial”…?
“Whatabout whaaatabout”
So dumb!
Both Parties Are Two Wings of the Same Bird – Headed by the
CIA/Mossad MIC Complex of Warmonger$$$.!
Protected By The ‘Mockingbird’ Media System.!
Joe Scarborough – “Nothing Damning” on Trump in Epstein Files”
Joe Scarborough – “This Version of Biden…is the Best Biden Ever”
I would like to know Mish’s stance on the elections. Should a secure ID be mandatory to vote or should one just be able to walk in, pick up a ballot and vote? Should we vote by computers to eliminate the need for a paper trail? Should all parties be allowed by law to inspect the ballots and the observe the process or should we just blindly trust the people who count the votes?
I see secure elections as the most important thing because everything flows from them but maybe I am in the minority here. It wouldn’t surprise me.
If voting mattered, they’d ban it. Aside from maybe very local elections, we are S-electing, not E-lecting. Meaning, we are choosing between 2 candidates that the real power brokers are OK with. If a miracle happens and the non-preferred candidate wins, which sorta happened in 2016, the Swamp just surrounds the candidate with its own and undermines from within while isolating the candidate from those who would be loyal to him (e.g., General Flynn). This is not to defend Trump, BTW.
Except for local elections, I think folks should give serious thought to spending their dash between their birth year and death year not trying to “change the system” by voting but rather focusing on things they can control, becoming resilient in their finances, in their health, in their ability to “live a better life for when times get tough, or even if they don’t” (which is Jack Spirko’s slogan on The Survival Podcast).
Sorry, but we crossed that divide by using a select committee of the DNC instead of a primary. The Great Stateswoman Kamela Harris almost made it, revered by many writers above.
We’re Just like the Soviet’s Politburo before they it all died off to be replaced by the US Deep State (the US Politburo supported by half the US).
– Should a secure ID be mandatory to vote? > I think a “Secure ID” should absolutely be mandatory!
– Should we vote by computers to eliminate the need for a paper trail? > Absolutely Not! We very obviously require an excellent and undeniable Paper Trail!
– Should all parties be allowed by law to inspect the ballots and the observe the process. > I personally, and it would be theoretically extremely easy to do, is to create “Ballot Counting Rooms” This is on a 24/7 Loop, so never is the camera off! All collectors and counters must have ALL (EVERY) ballots held up to be SEEN by a camera, SNAP 1 photo. All entries by the counter 100% entry visible or it is voided, and you must start over SNAP 2 photo. At the end of every shift, you move to another room, to go over everything that was just done on your shift. All to be SEEN 100% by a camera.
– I see secure elections as the most important thing. > Without it you have what we have today, and that’s “Misrepresentation” and “Fraud” and “Distortion, to name just a few. Secure, and Able to be Watched 100% of the time is “Critical” IMHO, based on what we have encountered over and over again, over the last couple decades. One would think we would wise up!!
Voting won’t matter once the AI Overlord assumes power.
I think mandatory ID makes a lot of sense for voting. But it should then be easily affordable to get ID, in terms of money and effort. Otherwise the state can use it as a tool of voter suppression
Easily affordable should equal free here, otherwise it’s a poll tax. I’ll take this to the extreme to make my point. If a parent needs to choose between a voting id and feeding their kid. I’m pretty sure the kids getting fed. any yes some people are there.
Already here in Real ID driver’s licenses. These are acceptable to TSA, so should be good for voting, again until the AI assumes control.
Don’t worry, mandatory digital ID is coming.
Are you familiar with the name Tina Peters and her trial in AZ?
It speaks well to your point .
The self righteous and selective cases of these people posting here worrying about an already convicted illegal aliens “due process” and the criminal sentences handed out are quite nauseating.
They care more about an illegal alien that has other crimes on their record than they do about a 70 year old widowed white lady who is sitting in jail with a 9 yr sentence because she is supposedly a threat to democracy. And all because she pointed out exactly what your whole point is in your post.
And they need to be called out on this.
Agreed!
Bullshit buddy, bullshit.
MAGA tunnel vision tweet above
This is a Colorado case. Per Wikipedia, she tried to illegally interfere with the 2020 election. She was convicted and sentenced. We are a country of laws. Don’t do the crime, if you can’t do the time.
>>Are you familiar with the name Tina Peters and her trial in AZ?<<
Familiar enough to know she is in Colorado not Arizona
Tina is incarcerated in the Soviet Socialist Republic of Colorado
In the USA you cannot just walk in, grab a ballot, and successfully vote. This has been proven scientifically time and time again. Chris Krebs, Trump’s guy, and Trump’s election security commission, stated the 2020 election was the most secure federal election ever, and your side has never proven a voter ID could improve on that result. But nothing can satisfy a conservative once a stupid anti-American idea has been superglued into his head.
Proven scientifically? Ok, so voter id is not necessary. Got it. Perhaps you can’t just grab a ballot and vote. The people at the voting bureau have to go through a list to find an unused name you can use to put on the ballot first. Is that ok? Are your from California by chance?
Made up bullshit.
people don’t trust the Trump admin to fairly implement any new safeguards because the temptation for abuse is too high and it’s tto easy to deny ID in bad faith, and to otherwise mess with the process.
such ID requirements have been shown to be biased. in texas for example they didn’t allow college ID to be used because it didn’t have a photo but they allowed gun licenses even though those didn’t have photos either. obviously college students are more likely to be liberal and gun owners conservative.
if you’re a old, don’t travel, and don’t have ID to get one is a hassle and you will have to prove who you are to get one, and that approval is in the hands of Trump supporters there’s way too much. making people get more documents, to come back to stand in line again… it can swing an election easily.
and why are paper ballots safer? there’s a digital trail, and both can be manipulated and faked. it’s proabbly harder to fake a digital trail without leaving sign of that than paper. And all jurisdictions that count votes have oversight by representatives from all political parties, and they are recorded also.
Trump pressured officials to find votes, fomented a riot on the capital to try and derail election results when all the evidence shows there was no fraud that changed anything. the whoel theory is literally idiotic and makes no sense: supposedly Dems managed to steal the election in 2020 when they were NOT in power but somehow couldn’t when they controlled the presidency. it’s stupid
so this is why people don’t trust these efforts by the Trump admin to supposedly safeguard elections.
Stupid doesn’t even begin to cover it. The pillow guy lost his brain, and destroyed his own company. One of the worst cases of ongoing Trump Derangement Syndrome ever seen. He had multiple layers of Trump virus rashes over his eyes. Completely blinded by his severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. And he’s still sputtering his idiotic notions about a stolen election. Brain rotted out by Trump prions. If it was a horse, a merciful cowboy would have shot it by now.
Are you worried about the safety of your paper absentee ballot?
Yes I am. Before the absentee ballot was actually quite limited and you needed a valid reason then the the Democrats discovered you can print to infinity and make even showing an idea to an offense. There is only one reason to do that.
They call it the “Vote by mail option” now.
But I recall how uncommon those ballots were, in the past.
You present a persuasive case. But as always, so what now? What are you going to do about everything/anything on this extensive list?
Join an anti-ICE demonstration and maybe wind up arrested or shot? Write/call your Congressperson? Write a letter to the the editor? Twiddle your thumbs until maybe, hopefully, Congress swings to a Dem majority after the mid-term’s?
I’ll wait. Whistling Dixie……
Join an anti-ICE demonstration and maybe wind up arrested or shot? Write/call your Congressperson? Write a letter to the the editor? Twiddle your thumbs until maybe, hopefully, Congress swings to a Dem majority after the mid-term’s?
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were you so upstanding when Biden admin. allowed millions and millions low lfe criminal illegals into USA?
or when California voted a law that parents can be sued and stripped of their natural rights if they are against 10 years old child sex =choice= INSPIRED BY LOCAL PE11DO GROOMER IN kids school?
true fact!
cant wait for answer.
Bullcrap prove it.
there is invention called ai, or-and googling. try to master it !
btw, pay attention to url. it is cnbc.
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https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/california-passes-bill-incorporating-gender-affirmation-in-child-custody-cases-explained-17758741.htm
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The California State Assembly has approved a bill, AB 957, making gender affirmation a factor to be considered in child custody cases. The bill, passed on Friday by a vote of 57-16, was previously approved by the California Senate with a vote of 30-9.
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Under the proposed law, parents, who fail to acknowledge and support their child’s gender transition, could face potential consequences, including the loss of custody rights to another parent or even the state itself. The bill’s supporters argue that it is in the best interest of children, aiming to create a more inclusive and affirming environment for gender-diverse youth.
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and now, get lost .
I hope you don’t have any children.
Sometimes doing nothing is in fact picking a side.
Mish is merely showing his readers what is happening. Its up to the reader to decide what to do with the information. Everybody’s situation and capabilities are different and everybody’s comfort/fear level is different.
People choose to get involved when their fear of what happens if they don’t get involved becomes bigger then their fear if they do get involved.
yes, protest, call your congress critter, write the letter, if your more of a stay at home person, then find ways to donate money to the groups that are aligned with your cause.
If you become active and your neighbors and friends see it. The courage becomes contagious, and they might join. that’s how you build a movement, one person at a time.
Well said!
May I copy and paste this over to my most Ardent Friends and Family who STILL support the Trumpster?
use url
Won’t make a difference. Small, weak men admire and want to be ruled stronger men.
Birthright Citizenship has become a technicality used to get entire extended families near-automatic citizenship. I think it has been perverted well beyond what the founding fathers intended. Did slaves born in the US have citizenship? Absolutely not. If the intent of “birthright citizenship” was what ultra-liberals claim it to be, then every child of a slave would have been a non-slave at birth. The intent of “birthright citizenship” has been mutated beyond all sense of proportion in today’s climate. The intended application of “birthright citizenship” at the county’s founding vs what it has morphed into today is a complete joke. The original intent was not to subvert the rule of law via “anchor babies”.
Like Melania did with her parents, siblings or cousins via family chain citizenship? Or that only applies tot he brownies?
NO, it would stop Melania abuse also. Unless of course Trump issued an all encompassing EO excepting Melania from that law because, well, because he says he can.
Get real, it would be used as a cudgel against poor people and would never be applied against the wealthy.
Simple. Then you just change the law as it currently stands, which is the way a law based society works. Even the constitution can be amended.
If that runs into disagreement, then perhaps it is not so clear cut as you make it to be?
Marco Rubio….anchor baby
so? it’s in the consitution. if you want it changed change the constitution. i agree birthright citizenship is dumb and not necessary for a functioning democracy, but it’s clearly in the constitution.
“Subject to the jurisdiction thereof” is the verbiage in question. Children born to diplomats are understood to be an exception. A not-illogical case can be made that anchor babies are not subject US jurisdiction, but it’s a super stretch, and it’s never worked that way in practice. So I agree that SCOTUS will say it’s “in the 14th amendment”. If an anchor baby isn’t a citizen, then someone born to two anchor babies also wouldn’t be a citizen. Where would it end? There’s no way SCOTUS would open up that Pandora’s box.
diplomats are not subject to the jurisdiction because they have diplomatic immunity. they are literally immune from prosecution for crimes.
illegal immigrants are not, and neither are their kids. so not sure what argument there is that they aren’t subject to jurisdiction.
Anyway, it’s an easy case for SCOTUS to say, see we’re not literally doing everything Trump wants.
and as you say if someone born in the US to non-US parents, it would create chaos. how far do you go back?
Then why weren’t children of slaves born in the US considered US citizens? It’s not being “interpreted” as intended by the current Supreme Court, obviously.
“Then why weren’t children of slaves born in the US considered US citizens?”
the provision that is being “interpreted” is in the 14th Amendment, and there were no slaves then because that was ended by the 13th Amendment.
the birthright citizenship provision was out into the constitution precisely to deal with the issue of whether slaves and their children could be citizens. Until then slaves weren’t citiens, by birth or otherwise.
Um, there was no birthright citizenship at the founding. It came from the 14th amendment passed after the Civil War. It requires a constitutional amendment to change it. If there is one thing in all this world that is guaranteed, it is that Trump and the Republicans will not propose such an amendment.
Thanks for this. I thought it was ratified with the Bill of Rights. It was tacked on 100 years after US founding through some back room political dealings, no doubt. It is a glaring loophole in the rule of law.
Sorry, I had this exactly backwards in my memory. “Birthright Citizenship” was a quick, ill-written expedient hack to the Constitution, *specifically* to give Citizenship to slaves who had been here their entire lives from birth (14th Amendment, Section 1). It was not intended to allow someone to step across the border, have a baby a week later, then grant an entire family citizenship to the USA. Someone needs to argue that before the Supreme Court, because “anchor babies” make zero sense from any well regulated country’s legal perspective.
Anchor babies like SOS Rubio?
gold ripped up in the morning. $4700 here we comes.
we need more and more Greenland and Venezuela stuff from Trump!
I have a good chunk of my portfolio in gold. I bought gold in the hopes that I’d lose money on it. It is there as an insurance against worst case scenarios.
Doing well in gold is not a good thing. I want to lose big on gold.
can’T lose money on gold!
just put USA debt chart ,and dollar/gold cost on screen. bigger time frame is better: 50 years is ok!
and never close those charts
here is some immortal words of one of greatest and smartest American!
George Carlin
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Now there’s one thing you might have noticed i don’t complain about: politicians. everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck.
Well where do people think these politicians come from? They don’t fall out of the sky. They don’t pass through a membrane from “another reality”.
They come from American parents, and American families, American homes, American schools, American churches, American businesses, and American universities. And they’re elected by American citizens.
This is the best we can do folks. This is what we have to offer. It’s what our system produces: Garbage in. Garbage out.
If you have selfish ignorant citizens… If you have selfish ignorant citizens, you’re going to get selfish ignorant leaders.
And term-limits ain’t going to do you any good. You’re just going to wind up with a brand new bunch of selfish, ignorant Americans. So maybe… maybe… MAYBE, it’s not the politicians who suck.
Maybe something else sucks around here like: “THE PUBLIC”. Yeah the public sucks. There’s a nice campaign slogan for somebody: “the public sucks, fuck hope”.
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why I Russian see picture more clearer than most of supposedly Americans here including Mish !
Trump is same as Obama , or Biden. Trump obv is smarter than retarted Bush jr.
alx
ps
RIP George. you will be always remembered.
George was Brilliant. Politicians Loved him?
no, I dont think so.
George got very famous w/ 7 dirty words. google it
it went in supreme court i believe.
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and yet, in those times Politicians were still sane. so people could criticize them, and they could listen!
Reagan despite being warmonger was still gentleman who could debate, and listen for reason.
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now. it is binary thinking, you can be only dem or repub, thus must support no matter what.. it is not political parties, it is CULT
Because politics has turned into a TEAM sport now, likely due to the internet. You want YOUR team to win and the other team to lose. YOUR team can do no wrong.
Reagan’s biggest lie “I’ll get the govt off your back” I guess I didn’t understand that he was talking to his main constituency, American Corporations, not the American public.
He unleashed the private sector to move jobs to China and jack up asset prices beyond the reach of most Americans.
EXACTLY! It’s all of YOU who are at fault!
This is why we need to put an independent, sentient AI in charge.
Don’t worry JOJO that may be coming and if it does we may all join together in extinction.
10% Tariffs on precious metals coming from London?
The COMEX will no longer ship metal to the LME because they can’t get it back…
Doesn’t this destroy arbitrage and global price discovery?
no .
that means that big boys around world FINALLY STARTED REALISING that 2.5+ TRLN USA DEFICIT is here to stay, forever, in perpetually
and deficit later will become 3 , then 4 and later 5 trln per year!
thus, run on hard assets
alx
Gold hit $4,669 & Silver $93 today.
Pretty amazing, but the run is not likely over. Silver has been declared a “Strategic Asset” by the US and China has also restricted its export from their nation. The LME is caught with extremely low levels of physical inventory and has sold a shit ton of short paper contracts in following the JM Morgan model.
Add to that the tariff on metal coming from London and you have a perfect storm the the LME. The US will not want to lend them metal to cover their short positions like they used to because when it comes back to the US it will get hit with a 10% tariff.
Intended or unintended consequences, it locks silver in the US unless foreign buyers “Stand For Delivery” at the COMEX en masse…
HSBC is a sell in my opinion given their short exposure.
Plus UBS rumored to be sitting on huge SLV shorts (whoever oked THAT?) likely to take down the whole financial system if UBS goes belly-up
Long term the exit of the rule of law will hurt the United States more than anything (on the economic side). No one will want to invest were the policy changes every day and one needs to keep your own opinions and thoughts in line with the President. Lack of freedom is stultifying to the brain and the spirit.
In the short and medium term, the United States will just slowly decline as everyone wants to preserve what they have while limiting new investment and risk.
What a laugh about morality being Trump’s constraint. If you had a Venn diagram of Trump’s view of the world with two circles, one Trump and one the Universe, the Universe circle would be totally inside the Trump circle.
Good summary of the situation.
I’m not American but I don’t think Republicans “hated” Biden, they basically saw him as a barely functioning figurehead with the more radical faction of the Democrats pulling the Strings in the background.
I had really hoped that Trump would come in to office, put an end to the DEI and Social Justice nonsense that had permeated governments, businesses, Social Media and traditional media and just not act crazy during his Term but unfortunately here we are. The Maga group have to wake up and start to realize the damage Trump is doing Internationallly. This is the sort of relationship damage that at best will not be easily repaired and at worst could permanently damage US relationships with dozens of what were once Friendly Nations. He really is coming across as Unhinged over his obsession to “conquer” Greenland.
BTW, this not TDS, if you don’t understand just how much damage he is doing than you’re really not that bright. People outside of America are pissed at him beyond words, his never ending bullying, his petulant childish antics, he does not have a Diplomatic bone in his body, wake up and realize just what a Diplomatic disaster he really is, all self inflicted.
It is always fascinating to watch foreign ultra right-wing white supremacists when they discover that although Trump shares some of their beliefs, they are not on the same team.
We are seeing that in droves across Europe right now.
Well, if people are pissed off internationally, then why aren’t the leaders of these people stepping up the pressure on Trump? Throw the USA out of NATO! Put sanctions on Trump and his whole cabinet. Levy your own tariffs.
Instead, all we see and hear are mild kickbacks that don’t resonate against Trump.
Because doing that would hand Trump exactly the narrative he wants. Sanctions, tariffs or kicking the US out of NATO wouldn’t weaken him domestically, they’d strengthen him by turning this into an “attack America” story. External punishment rarely changes voters’ minds; it usually entrenches them. The only durable check on US power has to come from Americans themselves, not from allies making things worse.
Because to apply pressure, you need to have something the other party desperately needs.
— NATO can’t exist without the US, and as geopolitics change, the US is currently thinking “do we need NATO?”. What NATO member can apply pressure on the US, if the US is effectively paying for their subscription and provides both the arms and the reach?
— European economies are weak due to their own policies. And they can’t come together because they don’t even have a central treasury. Let alone that everybody right now is asking money from everyone else in the union… Germany is heavily struggling, the UK is already in the negative and going down, France is in the middle of a political and economic crisis.
— Contrary to bloggers’ perceptions, the issue “Trump-Greenland” is not the first item in the daily agenda of European politicians right now. Greenland is no asset to them, they’re just trying to get a better price for it. You’d think Mish would catch that economic reality.
French populist?
Can understand your disappointment.
I mostly agree with what you say, within the limits of what you say it, but I would add a couple of notes:
i) What went on during Biden is currently understated: in addition to DEI etc., the price increases on food and energy were astounding during his term, and happened very fast (fast enough to cause a nationwide shock). Though his admin was not solely responsible initially (there were pressures accumulating for years), their actions made it worse, then they started gaslighting people (“inflation is very low”, “the border is secure”, etc.). Zerohedge had an article back then that 100% of new jobs were given to illegals, and with the Tyson Food case uncovered at that time, along with the burning of dozens of food processing plants, and the H1-B fake credentials, and universities giving full scholarships to mediocre foreign students purely out of anti-American stance, well, “Get them all out” became priority No. 1. Even the Mexicans started siding with Trump, because Biden was letting in all those they ran way from years ago.
ii) I would leave the “war against the white straight male” out for now, though this was also a major factor in the elections.
iii) Trump indeed has no diplomatic bone in his body, but are you guys really allies? Even allies of yourselves? Avoid paying NATO memberships, not contributing in the US Navy efforts, not paying a dime in general, going against US products and pumping up the Chinese, making fun of Trump for warning of Russian oil dependency (Obama had warned you too!, then Biden blew up your pipeline), green energy madness that crippled your economies, opening wide your own borders so that fanatic anti-Westerners will come in hidden among the rest, rejecting initiatives for peace in Ukraine (the Boris Johnson bravado that nobody can dispute now), letting the Chinese run their own imperialist policies in Panama and setting their sights on Greenland unchecked, etc. etc. Yes, Trump is no diplomat, but your own foreign policies for even your own interests are currently zero. Europe is in a surrender “all talk and no action” mode, as usual.
iv) If the so-called Left gets elected and continues the same, the underlying causes will intensify, and that’s not to your benefit. Unless you think that current Germany and current U.K are on a road to success (or that a change of US government would bail them out).
“Zerohedge had an article back then that 100% of new jobs were given to illegals,”
ZH may have had that article but it was bullshit
I suspected the same initially, but when the Tyson Foods case came up, I said it may be mostly correct for blue-collar entry level jobs.
As far as Greenland, since the Europeans are not using it anyway and are not making money out of it, the current case is a series of negotiations for a better price (in both money and political concessions).
Melania’s “movie” comes out at the end of the month. It will be the Greatest Story Ever Told! Trump will demand she get an Oscar and yet another trophy. As if Melania isn’t already a trophy…
Sometimes it seems if she is a mute. But then she is with Trump and knows better than to speak. Good little slave girl. Probably underage when Trump bought her?
Why is this in the “Economics” section, instead of the “TDS” section? Some valid points, but not economics. If you want to rant, by all means, rant. Just don’t call it economics.
There’s link to the EU Anti-Coercion Trade Bazooka. Go read that.
Some of Mish’s stuff is just TDS. There was no financial gain for Trump in pardoning the vets and grandmothers viciously persecuted by Biden’s Gestapo over the J6 Fedsurrection. And the DoJ and FBI are profoundly corrupt; anything Pam Bondi can honestly investigate within those bodies is to the good. Trump was the victim of lawfare; I think that is an ingredient in his total lack of restraint now.
Further, I greatly appreciate the border, the deportations, the efforts against the DEI scam, RFK!, and some deregulatory efforts. But Trump has gotten punch drunk on being a foreign policy bully—incontinently spewing out acts of war and trade war. Mish’s #7 “Ordered air strikes on 7 nations” in less than one year is emblematic.
And the Uniparty has expanded and strengthened the Swamp. I agree with the thrust of Mish’s post, if not many details. The revolution of Nov’24 we voted for has been thrown away.
you forgot DEI and kids stuff: meds, ops and sh11it!
it is just plain horrifying
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this kids stuff JUST RIGHT FROM NAZI GERMANY IN 1930XX
they experimented /w people! dr mengele ,etc
and it’s being pushed in the UK again. Satanist reigning almost everywhere
Mish, is the Bears threat to move to Gary a bluff?
Mish I love your economic and political commentary. I have been a follower of this blog for over 15 years. However, the word “gestapo” to describe ICE is childish. Pritzker and Walz comparing Trump and ICE to Hitler and the Nazis is just plain wrong and insulting to the millions slaughtered in Nazi Germany. They are here illegally and should be deported. Just some facts: the head of deportation under Obama: Tom Homan. Under Trump: Tom Homan. Obama deported 409,000 in year 2012. Trump 2025 deported 290,000. Furthermore, Obama awarded Homan in 2015 the Presidential Rank Award for distinguished service. Why does the media ignore these simple facts. Why were there no mass protests during Obama’s record deportation years?
“Please Note Trump Administration Openly Promotes Nazi-Like Slogans and Phrases”
I suggest you review that post from Mish. If the administration does not want to be compared to the Nazi and/or Hitler, maybe they should try not to use their slogans, imagery and art on their OFFICIAL social media posts.
See Point #19.
Search for “CBP Agent Tells U.S. Citizen To Show Him His Paperwork ‘Because Of Your Accent” on Google and you will see a video of an ICE agent asking a US citizen for his papers. The ICE justifies it because “he has an accent”. It is all on video.
Asking people for their papers based on ethnicity or other types of racial profiling is something we have seen before and it was done by the Gestapo.
They’re revelling in their power without responsibility though, eh? Milgram made manifest.
IIRC there was only one major character in that WII Robert Mitchum miniseries from ~ 40 years ago who did not smoke, was kind to animals and was a vegetarian. His dear Blondie was more competent than Trump’s, too.
Because Obama explained what he was doing and why. And he didn’t use ICE or any law enforcement agency as his personal Gestapo. I bet those who were taken by the Gestapo had wished someone would have warned them about the Gestapo and what they were going to do. Maybe more Jews would have fled.
yeah , at some point Mish lost it!
gestapo remark was hilarious!
Because the deportations under Obama did not involve masked, unidentified thugs who would kidnap American citizens, use random violence break the law left and right.
If Trump would simply deport illegal aliens there would be barely any resistance. If he would focus on the criminal illegal aliend only,I don’t think there would be any.
But the way he does it should alarm any citizen.
maybe if the sanctuary cities would allow the local police to do their job it would help the process no?
Why didnt the local police just detain , arrest or remove Renee Good who was intentionally blocking a public street?
Where I come from and live now if you blow your horn for 3 hours on and off and turn your car sideways on a public road the local police are removing you from the area.
And now interrupting a church service is ok now? Are you ok with that Neil?
Please you and the downvoters put that on record please.
Maybe if you would do a utube search and look at what is going on in the streets of Minneapolis right now you might have a better understanding of reality right now instead of your feel good fantasy world
Oh, wait, in your world convicted child rapists,murderers AND that are illegal aliens are going to self deport
I can’t wait to see your post when the government comes in by I’m guessing Friday and you are going to see a real civil war on the streets. Actually, let me correct myself. What I saw yesterday, the civil war has already started in that city.
Virtue signal away now people
Fox news zombie
Don’t worry David, they’re opening up drive through lanes in your town where you can roll up and lick a boot
Dumb, only someone with no grasp of history would say this. Just because our gestapo hasn’t reached the excesses of the German gestapo, we shouldn’t point out that they’re on the same path? Get bent. It took the Nazis 15 years to reach the height of their crimes…. We’re only 1 year in with Trump. It’s clueless people just like you that enabled the original Nazis. Actually you’re worse because now we have a historical example of where this kind of setup leads, yet you ignorantly ignore it.
WARNING!! TDS Alert!! Author’s head exploding in 3-2-1!!
I guess you believe that all the points to which Mish objects in his post are actually great things? I would love to hear which of his objections to Trump’s acts you disagree with. And if there are any to which you agree.
Go ahead, shove your fingers in your ears then dummy!
How about the billion dollar entry fee to Trump to be on the board of the Technocratic Government of Palestine, AKA “Board of Peace”
List is dynamic. Probably will expand each day until aliens finally fed up and pull the plug on DC and Tel Aviv
Trump just invited Putin to be on it.
On this one Trump is right. The Republican Party is so screwed up that there is to tangible Republican opposition anymore to whatever idiocy comes out of Trump (but, God bless Massie for being a true conservative). The Democrats and the court system are at best able to slow this march of idiocy.
Trump is right that the only limitation on him is his own sense of morality?
Wow, just wow.
Albert means it as a practical matter. Since no one in Trump’s party will oppose him, effectively he is unchecked. Republicans should tell him enough is enough, but everyone’s miffed about a different thing. A few republicans think ICE is going too far. A few think bombing Iran last time was bad. A few think kidnapping Maduro was bad. A bunch probably think this Greenland stuff is insane. They should all think that proposing a $1.5 T military budget is insane. Democrats will probably impeach him again next year. If he doesn’t dial back the insanity, the necessary number of republicans might vote to oust him – as Republicans were on the cusp of doing in 1974.
Don’t you think it’s more a matter of pure fear of upsetting Trump & risking the wrath of MAGA? – it would be nice to think there are principled stances involved, but I don’t believe that’s the case – it’s pure spinelessness IMO.
Good point, thanks for the clarification.
Trump Positions and Actions:
-“I have the right to do anything I want to do. I’m the president of the United States.” > That’s was “just Silly” to say.
– Trump said these words in August to defend his decision to send National Guard troops to Chicago. > Sounds Frustrated to me.
– Cancelled the USMCA. > There was a main clause within the framework of this, that “Allowed Any One of the Three Countries” to “End The Treaty” at any time. Trump felt it was poorly done for today standards, and “Cancelled It”
– Invaded Venezuela to capture its president. > Not exactly that simplistic, as a lot was involved and over decades, and now was an opening, and the means to make it work. He was within the law, or it wouldn’t be talked about, like it is.
– Said the US will “run” the country and profit from its vast oil reserves. > Much more to it than just that simple phrase. America is in control for the moment, and they will start selling the oil for market cost and paying back America what it owes, and also giving much to the Citizens to help get them on there feet, and to feel like humans again.
– Threatens to take Greenland, a NATO country, by military force > If Necessary, and we will, if China, Russia or the likes try to invade them.
– Weaponized the Justice Department. > Well within his right, He fired some folks. He also hired some too, and ones more along his line of thinking. You know, people to get the job done that you were hired to do, and with promises.
– He fired seasoned federal prosecutors. > Well within his right, He fired some folks. He also hired some too, and ones more along his line of thinking. You know, people to get the job done that you were hired to do, and with promises.
– he ordered his attorney general, Pam Bondi, to investigate and prosecute government figures who he claims wronged him. > If they did, and in any way illegal, like say spying on His Administration, or wire tapping his lines, or making up stories in thin air and using those lies to get information you would not otherwise be allowed to have, see or use perhaps. You know far out things like that…
– Ordered air strikes on 7 nations. > Wasn’t it 8, or maybe 7. Did all 7 or 8 deserve it? Was it legal? Did it get voted on, and if so what was the outcome? A whole lot more questions like that I suppose would make this abundantly clearer.
– Announced Reciprocal Tariffs using a preposterous formula that has nothing to do with another nation’s tariffs > Was it legal, can he do it, not should he?
– Signed into law a bill that requires release of Epstein documents. > The Democrats will never allow that, c’mon now…
– Declared everything an emergency. > Our Country was, and in some cases still is, in a semi state of emergency. Hell our Government was shut down! We had a pudding head in charge of our Country, and while sleeping, an Auto Pen got up and started signing legally binding documents.
– Used troops as political tools. > Not sure I can agree 100% with that, or the many others that have done the same or similar. It’s extremely convoluted.
– Plastered his name and face everywhere. > He does have an Ego, but don’t most, if not all of them? Obamacare is a disaster, but Obama wouldn’t change its name for anything…
– Mixed politics and profit. Past US presidents strained to avoid any appearance of using the White House’s power to make money for themselves. > Seriously? Is this the same as CURRENT SENATE & HOUSE Members by chance? Asking for a friend in CA.
– Meme Coins: He has financial interests in multiple cryptocurrency ventures, including a Trump memecoin and the USD1 stablecoin. > So what? It’s all legal and legit, far more than I can say for Pelosi Shenanigans for ex. He’s a tad eccentric and likes to push the envelope.
– Seeks to restrict Birthright Citizenship by decree. > I happen to very much agree with him on this one, and I also think it will ultimately be a slam dunk, based upon History.
>> Whew, I gotta take a break. Lots going on within all of this, and with many scenarios possible, and no closure on much of it…
The gold Olympic medal for mental gymnastics is deservedly yours.
I am genuinely impressed. well done.
I will happily accept that from you!
Stu and his brother Pid are gonna be mad with this
oral lube job
I don’t hear anything knowledgeable coming from you, unless dribble counts…
Some people don’t like logic and rely on emotion.
An awful lot of that is occurring everywhere out there! Emotions have taken over for logic in many cases. The screaming, and then the tears, and if that doesn’t work, some will move straight to violence. Gotta be right, and gotta have their way! It’s very disturbing how unhinged these people can get, and so quickly!
Let ‘s analyze the violence in Minneapolis:
ICE = tear gas, pepper balls, live bullets to the chest/head/arm/leg.
Protestors = snowballs.
That is one, beautiful MAGA mind, simple as brick.
I mean if you benefit from this I can understand at least a motif.
But if you are just simple MAGA prole and really believe it then it is just weakness of mind.Just can’t fix stupid
You lost me on this one:
– Threatens to take Greenland, a NATO country, by military force > If Necessary, and we will, if China, Russia or the likes try to invade them.
Who and when threatened to take Greenland in last few years?
Stu would find a way to justify Trump shooting Stu’s wife and raping Stu’s daughter. Though it might take him a day or two to figure it out.
Yep, stu gets the mindless sycophant award.
Now you are ridiculous.
That was a disgusting post Papa! You can be obnoxious at times, but this is way over the top, even for YOU!!
You should be banned for using 2 extreme forces of violent acts on a public website, and personally TOWARDS MY FAMILY!!!
An Apology would be nice, if you have any intelligence at all, and are a human being with feelings other than nasty vengeance on others family members?
Mish, is this normal behavior on YOUR WEBSITE. Using these forms of violence against other readers and contributors? I thought this was more professional and people more serious in the discussions, and not throwing around “Rape & Murder” Your website is going to hell fast, if this is acceptable behavior…
Just stating a fact Stu. No matter how low Trump goes, you will find a way to justify it.
Not true, and that has nothing to do with tossing out “Rape & Murder” of My Family Members, because you disagree with me?
If that’s your apology, then you’re one twisted individual, and to think at one point, I asked Mish to debate you. I’m glad he didn’t listen!! Your obviously unworthy of an individual!
You will NOT get an apology from me. I did not advocate for violence on your family. I merely imagined the worst thing that Trump could do to you personally. And that you would still justify his actions. Because that’s all you ever do.
Now, I want an apology from you for suggesting that I advocated for violence on your family. Because I did not.
I am patient. Take your time. Make sure it sounds sincere.
Stu you are an embarrassment bro, you would sell out your own family to Trump and then cheer him on! Horrific really.
really dude?
regarding ‘invading’ Greenland we have already been there for sometime The U.S. Nuclear Base Hidden Under Greenland’s Ice for Decades
https://archive.ph/bTZuA#selection-2063.0-2063.62
I am expressing my Conservative View, just like everyone is expressing there’s. I don’t post to be liked, or right in someone else’s mind. I post my educated and researched opinions for others to read, and learn from, or despise in many cases, so be it. This is America, and we can express our thoughts freely, unlike the UK for example…
– You lost me on this one: > I am just pointing out the obvious. Have you seen the surveillance around Greenland of late? There are lots of enemies Ships, and Soldier’s hanging around, and I mean LOTS!
– Who and when threatened to take Greenland in last few years? > This, in of itself, designates a threat! Unless you’re telling me, IF a whole lot of Russian and China War Ships were all around Our Country, You would be OK with that? I sure as heck wouldn’t be, and neither would our Military!!!
That’s not a conservative view, that’s a brainwashed view and it’s disturbing to see someone so lost.
Making such a comparison between US/UK freedoms is one of your more inane statements – you need to go easy on swallowing Elon’s propaganda.
that is a thing. Nobody is threatening to take Greenland. Nobody is threatening to attack USA for that matter too. It is just pure war mongering tactics to bullshit to people to bend people to your will, start fear practice. This has nothing to do with reality, Trump is inventing all this if it fits his plans, no anybody with ounce of common sense would see through it.
Ya take a break and give us one.
Hey, I read a lot more of the opposing views on this site, and I never say a word, but my opposing view when I feel it necessary. I am vastly outnumbered, but I’m ok with that! I speak my mind and have every right to. You can avoid my post, block me, and miss out, but stop complaining, and find something else to do, if it’s too much for you…
There’s a lot of evidence that at a very bare minimum trump looked the other way while people’s daughters were subjected to statutory rape. There is some evidence that he participated.
And yet you continue to defend him. And hilariously, you act offended when anyone mentions that he could rape members of your family and you would still defend him!
I think Papa Dave is right. I bet Trump could rape a member of your family and you would still defend him. Because honestly, being able to ignore evidence that he was complicit in this kind of behavior with other families and still supporting him shows deep, deep moral rot.
There is something morally broken deep inside you.
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.”
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
in russian lang there is a saying
BREVITY (=laconism) IS SISTER OF TALENT!
Interesting to see that you do not object to any of the acts Mish had listed here. Some whataboutism here, even some whataboutism misrepresenting the facts (your response to Trump’s refusal to act on the Epstein law). Some of his behaviour is defended as “well within his right”, which does not make it ‘good’ per se, but sure.
The point is, I can imagine people to actually like some of the stuff in the list. That’s fine of course, some of these things can be evaluated differently from different personal values, beliefs and situation. But to think it all is OK, just points to TWS, and a quite severe instance of it.
I just speak my mind. I don’t agree with Trump on many issues, and I point them out at times. I agree with Democrat issues, and I do so as well, when I see them. Trump gets beat up a lot, for a different opinion and stance than others, and that’s ok, but hit should be ok for him to do so as well, but it often doesn’t appear to be the case for Him.
That’s TDS!
Embarrassing
Mish, let me toss you a tissue box. There are a number of things that Trump has done and is doing that I don’t like, but I hardly agree with calling ICE a Gestapo. The bottom line: what the dingy, demented, treasonous Joe Biden got away with – sanctioning an invasion of the US by 12 million plus illegals is about 384,362.6253 times worse than everything you charge Trump with doing. I am delighted that ICE is finally doing its job. I voted for mass deportations.
And what about tariffs, bombings, invasions, grift, pardons, pardons for money and favors, Sabre rattling, illegal executive orders, protecting pedos, and god knows what else no one has uncovered yet?
we are dealing with the results of the previous 4 occupants and the hundreds on multiple payrolls in the same city
Donald Trump has no morality, zero! He twists everything, even religion and morality, to fit his egocentric view of the world around him. Even his proclaimed Christianity required him to find a quack televangelist, Paula White, who preaches “Prosperity Theology,” of course.
Donald Trump, who constantly lies to himself so that he can more convincingly lie to those around him. He has no conventional guiding principles other than WINNING at all cost.
Good Stuff.. but
Seriously you are going to mention pardons after what Biden did on his last days?
We always hear the President of the United States is the most powerful person in the world… I guess thats BS too.
I would think that people, after a year of Trump’s grievance tour and what his Justice Department has done to Jim Comey, Leticia James, and Senator Kelly, would fully understand why Biden pardoned people before leaving office. Had Trump not won, there would have been no reason for Biden to issue those pardons.
Biden didn’t do Jack shit for pardons compared to this list, give the whatabout whining a rest loser
There was a political scientist (I forgot the name) who made a great analogy about US politics and Trump: Imagine that the US is a movie theater room. It is pitch black and you can only see the movie projected on the screen, nothing else.
Then a new movie theater staff is hired to run the place. He does not give a fuck. He wants to have fun at the expense of the audience and cause as much ruckus and chaos inside the movie theater as he can. So while the movie is playing he goes and turn on all the lights. The moment the lights come on, everyone in the audience sees that the theater room is infested with roaches and there is slime everywhere.
Everyone is absolutely disgusted and many guests outright start to vomit. That is when someone from the audience finally yells: “Please, put Hillary or Joe Biden back in charge so that the lights can go back off again and we can return to the movie”.
To quote a line from a movie: “all science is trembling at the searing logic of your fiery intellect”
It feels like the world is sliding downhill fast, and Donald Trump has played a major role in accelerating that decline.
The US has been sliding downhill for years to think Trump caused it you would have to just have woke up from a 40 year nap!
Ken, in what measurable ways was our country in a worse place in 2016 compared to the 1970’s, with the Watergate scandal, high violent crime, and stagflation? Or in the 1960’s with Vietnam and political violence. Or the 1950s with Korea, racial segregation, women were still subordinate second-class citizens, and two recessions. Or the 1940’s with WWII. Or with the 1930s, the Great Depression, and the rise of Hitler.
Ken “the whatabout kid”
It’s like a super power
Whatabout whaaatabout
Please stick to Economic Analysis
STFU
+1000
People like you are what is wrong with America. You don’t care who gets hurt by this administration, you just want to make money and it is too much of an inconvenience for you to just skip the posts that offend your delicate sensibilities, you have to tell Mish to stop, just stop making those posts that make you uncomfortable. Do you whine as much to your MAGA politiicians to stop killing people as you do to Mish?
An ICE agent executes a woman with three shots to the head and calls her a F**cking Bitch, and your response to Mish pointing that out is “stick to Economic Analysis”, you don’t want to hear about such things as it makes you uncomfortable.
People like you make me sick, you are the problem with America today. You are a truly disgusting human being.
At least he didn’t shoot the wife.
Yet
lol. Good point. And here I go trying to look on the bright side.
Loathsome indeed.
I realize the piece ran long as it was but you forgot all the corruption: being paid billions by UAE and Saudi Arabia while deciding whether to sell them our best weapons, having billion dollar projects up for review in countries he tariffed (vietnam, UAE), making billions from a crypto company while his admin makes important regulatory changes to government crypto policy (surprise, they’re liberalizing the regulations) and giving everyone who wants to a simple way to buy him off (crate stable coins through his crypto company which gives it a cut of trades making him money directly), Melania getting $40M from Amazon for some stupid documentary about her.
can anyone imagine if Obama had done a fraction of this nonsense, like saying the only limit is his own morality? or Michelle Obama getting millions from Amazon’s MGM studio while serving as First Lady (with the admin regulating countless aspects of Amazon’s business)?
it’s unfathomable. Simply put, there is no bottom with him, everytime you think he’s hit a new low he manages to did lower.