The Donald vs Big Tech

[Ollkiller]

I think Maga did see a lot of this coming and it's what they wanted because they were blaming their being poorer on paying for foreign wars and paying for illegals, or refugees, or economic migrants.. whichever name one prefers to put on it.

It will be interesting if he hasn't dramatically done something by the midterms to make people feel the money

To give people more money he needs to scrap 99% of the tariffs. What galls me is so many leaders take no stock of history. Look at any time previously where tariffs were introduced. Did they work. Fuck no. It's insane economic policy that makes the working class poorer.

Edit. Also, unless your plan is to tank the economy and buy distressed assets for you and your mates.

[Eoin McLove]

Dunno if I'm being lumped in with the alt right brigade here for being someone who despises the woke carry on or not, but I've always detested Trump. I didn't go as far as calling him Hitler in the past as I've always considered him more of a mé féiner, out for what he can get. The current activity I find very troubling on a different level. Surrounding himself with loyalists and bulldozing everything he wants through, benefiting himself and his pals to the detriment of everyone and everything else feels very dangerous. I listened to an interesting interview with Niall Ferguson yesterday that gave me some optimism about possible future outcomes of Trump's reign.

[Ollkiller]

Dunno if I'm being lumped in with the alt right brigade here for being someone who despises the woke carry on or not, but I've always detested Trump. I didn't go as far as calling him Hitler in the past as I've always considered him more of a mé féiner, out for what he can get. The current activity I find very troubling on a different level. Surrounding himself with loyalists and bulldozing everything he wants through, benefiting himself and his pals to the detriment of everyone and everything else feels very dangerous. I listened to an interesting interview with Niall Ferguson yesterday that gave me some optimism about possible future outcomes of Trump's reign.

Is that Niall Ferguson that wrote in The Sunday Times for ages. He's an interesting guy. I do miss his articles in the times. He is a huge advocate for looking at history to avoid making the same mistakes.

[Eoin McLove]

Yup. He is an historian so that's his angle.

[astfgyl]

Did he have anything to say positive about the oul tariffs?

Yes what he's doing now does seem rather like megalomania and it does look like he's simply making his rich friends richer but I do wonder what, if anything, might trickle down to the average US consumer in the medium to long term. Maybe nothing and I've steered clear of too many opinions on it one way or the other but I can see myself how the tariffs announcements were pure stock market manipulation without having to have it pointed out too much.

Another thing is that as much as Democrats were accused of importing voters, his policies could be accused of ridding the place of future democrat voters, although I've no idea of the figures involved like how many have actually been removed and whatnot or what is the change in net migration, has it just been rebranded and continues apace with a few headline cases as mostly distraction? Dunno tbh but some of you lads might

[Mooncat]

Dunno if I'm being lumped in with the alt right brigade here for being someone who despises the woke carry on or not, but I've always detested Trump. I didn't go as far as calling him Hitler in the past as I've always considered him more of a mé féiner, out for what he can get. The current activity I find very troubling on a different level. Surrounding himself with loyalists and bulldozing everything he wants through, benefiting himself and his pals to the detriment of everyone and everything else feels very dangerous. I listened to an interesting interview with Niall Ferguson yesterday that gave me some optimism about possible future outcomes of Trump's reign.

What's the gist of the stuff he said that gave you optimism?

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

To Bukele:

"Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."

https://www.latintimes.com/trump-demands-el-salvador-builds-more-prisons-vowing-send-more-deportees-home-growns-are-next-580710

Compounding a punitive system, already rife with injustice and profit-oriented corruption, by exporting it to places where the per prisoner fee is significantly lower. As well as the human rights record. And trustworthiness of the justice system.

[Ollkiller]

Yup. He is an historian so that's his angle.

Where was the interview on? Link?

[Eoin McLove]

https://youtu.be/EL6DkUOxfSE?si=ctG8lGAvDcwHxE9u

[Ollkiller]

https://youtu.be/EL6DkUOxfSE?si=ctG8lGAvDcwHxE9u

Nice one.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

I see Malachy Steenson was strolling about town with Tucker Carlson and McGregor there yesterday. No doubt there's some quality content on the way from that meeting of mooks.

[astfgyl]

I wonder if they'll make much mention of trump devaluing my fucking pension the oul cunt

[The Heretic]

I wonder if they'll make much mention of trump devaluing my fucking pension the oul cunt

That happened to me as well, had to lock it down so stop the losses and now I'll be making fuck all on it, complete shower of cunts!

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

The effect in real time of unbridled MAGA on predicted Canadian election outcomes, based on polling data over time.

[The Heretic]

Graphs, big graphs, no one has ever seen the like of it before, reminds me of the tennis player, Steffi Graf, great player, German, we kicked their ass in the war you know, we buy their cars but they don't buy ours, so unfair, losers, Steffi Graf is a loser too, ever seen the nose on her, American tennis players are beautiful, all 10's, strong players.....