Drill Baby Drill...the US Politics Thread (Part 2)

He sounds like a used car salesman. A bad one

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So reciprocal tariffs have just been paused for 90 days, China excluded.

Wow.

Bloke is playing 17-dimensional chess…

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https://x.com/MikeSington/status/1909961999142072683

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“China´s lack of respect”

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https://x.com/Acyn/status/1910025697697124426

“The art of the deal.”

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https://x.com/SpencerHakimian/status/1910000146156343326

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Don’t let who they are blind you for what’s right and wrong. Charles Koch is right, Trump ignoring congress and using executive orders for tariffs is unconstitutional.

We need Republicans and their backers to stand up to Trump. Fore me one of our best hopes is a fracture in that party (Maga vs republicans)

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Meanwhile…

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Nice short trade. Time to buy low now.

All going to plan.

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Nice thread btw

https://x.com/volcaholic1/status/1910050810068709717

My favourite is One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

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https://x.com/JoJoFromJerz/status/1910058327389987031

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This fucking guy went to testify to the house ways and means committee today to defend the tariffs as we understood them this morning. Two hours into the session he was informed by a member of the committee of the 90 day pause this poor fucker knew absolutely nothing about. This despite Trump claiming he has been mulling the pause over for a couple of days, despite denying that 2 days ago.

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We’re supposed to be grateful now because The God King of the Morons has given us peasants around the world 90 days? Ridiculous, fuck off.

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The cult is lauding him as a divine genious. The Art of the Deal etc. But that is how it is and we know this is how they are.
What I find more worrisome are the low info people back home, in Norway, in your country; in Europe in general. They too hail this as remarkably admirable (and sure, it is not a big category of people, but too big).

I’ve stopped worrying so much about Americans and America (though I do pity some Trump voters and of course I have much sympathy for those who voted against him), but I do worry a lot about the influence MAGA has on “our” less informed population segment.
I assume you have noticed the trend in Germany too (I cannot imagine it is very different from Norway), how the Far Right have adopted much of MAGA and is cheering for Trump and the United States.
These people,and they often call themselves Nationalists (but not always), are cheering on the US and Trump against their own country (and tend to have the same anti-Globalist/anti EU “agenda”).

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The AfD currently doesn’t know what the fuck to do, bit of a split in the reactions within the party,Weidel is apparently seeing the writing on the wall and is distancing herself from Trump’s tariffs, others do the ‘we need to have negotiations’ dance.

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That is good news !

Slight digression regarding the AfD: I did see a worrisome IPSOS survey today (or yesterday, don’t remember) though, where they polled above the CDU and were the biggest party. But of course, Bundestag poll not that important since there has just been an election. But even so. I didn’t like the poll since it seems like they have wind in the sails amongst voters.

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It’s an interesting little video clip and he is not wrong (I think):
https://x.com/AlexandruC4/status/1910065242802880656

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Kindergarten

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“Insider trading”

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Yet again, the Orange lunatic shows he has no idea WTF he is doing,a couple of possibilities come to mind.
1/ He has lost it completely!

2/He is as cunning as a shithouse rat,probably him and his mates bought up
bigly and will sell before he puts them back in,take his 90 days with a pinch of salt.

3/Most wont trust him, and other countries will look for alternative and more reliable trading partners.
On top of all that he seems to have licenced burning as much coal as possible while I read on my milk carton this morning..recycle to save the environment for future generations..
Something is way out of whack here…or someone!

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Well, at least she makes me laugh tbf

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“We have weapons nobody has ever heard of”