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Trump administration 2024-2028

mariomike said:
Saw this in another thread.



My bet would be Ivanka , or Kristi or Tulsi etc. for Team Red in '28.

A female President or VP might help Team Red get along with young women ( 18 - 29 ), as only 38% voted for Team Red vs 61% Team Blue in '24.
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Not sure the Republicans are really endearing themselves to young women in a way that would allow Ivanka to pull much support in that demographic. Young women who aren’t already leaning to Trump probably won’t see anything he does as likely to change that. I think an increasing number of Americans will be seeing the Trump name as irreparably toxic.
 
Brad Sallows said:
My reference was to the "non-amateurs" who thought they could bulldoze Saddam Hussein and replace him with some kind of pathway to moderate democracy; some of those people are still writing opinions and I suspect many readers don't know what those people did and what they stand for. The effects of that are still unwinding, resulting in massive very real (as in: not on paper) losses, and won't correct as quickly as a stock market index. The point is that many people are either very selective in their criticisms (based mostly, I suppose, on plain old emotional partisanship), or simply forget any particular thing about three months after it happens, or have no sense of proportion.

Trump's is a different kind of incompetence and ignorance writ larger; it doesn't mean the "old way" was always better. If we had objective (utilitarian) measures of human welfare, we might be surprised by which is worse. If we were to tally breaches of "democratic norms", the people opposed to Trump have torn down their share of fences.

Did anyone notice how easily the BC NDP wilted under the recent unexpected political difficulty and tried to give themselves extraordinarily anti-democratic powers? That sh!t runs a lot deeper in a number of political rivers than Trump's.
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I’m more deeply concerned about what it is the BCNDP are trying to hide than Trumps Tariffs, to be honest.
 
dapaterson said:
Remember, when Donald Trump eventually dies, he doesn't want a state funeral. He just wants everyone to ignore it and go play golf instead.

At least, that's what he's signalling this weekend.

www.rollingstone.com

Trump Skips Honoring Soldiers Killed in Lithuania to Watch Golf

Donald Trump skipped a ceremony to recieve the bodies of four soldiers killed in Lithuania in order to attent a LIV golf tournament at his Doral club.
www.rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com
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He must consider them losers.
 
Americans are starting to do what needs to be done if they want to protect democracy, the rule of law, their economy, US national power, etc
www.bbc.com

'Hands Off': Anti-Trump protests gather in cities across the US

Thousands of protesters have gathered for the most visible opposition movement of Trump's second term.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com
apnews.com

Angry protesters from New York to Alaska assail Trump and Musk in 'Hands Off!' rallies

Thousands of demonstrators from New York to Alaska protested against President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk.
apnews.com apnews.com
www.euronews.com

Thousands take part in anti-Trump, Musk protests nationwide and abroad

Thousands of people staged protests against Trump and Tesla boss Elon Musk across the US and beyond the borders to express dissatisfaction with policies and actions of the current administration.
www.euronews.com www.euronews.com
But it will need more endurance than a day or a weekend, and the number of participants needs to be millions.
 
Record job cuts...

US job cut announcements have EXCEEDED the Great Financial Crisis levels. here's the latest layoff risk projection by industry after modeling some exec memos/industry data. Don't freak out- just use this data to get ahead in your career. Be smart.

March job cuts hit 275,240... the 3rd-highest month on record. Higher than any single month during the Great Financial Crisis or the 2001 recession.

Nearly 500K job cuts year-to-date, the worst Q1 since 2009. JFYI - Government accounts for 56% of those cuts with 279,445 jobs so far in 2025.


www.linkedin.com

US job cut announcements have EXCEEDED the Great Financial Crisis levels… | Amanda Goodall

US job cut announcements have EXCEEDED the Great Financial Crisis levels. here's the latest layoff risk projection by industry after modeling some exec memos/industry data. Don't freak out- just use this data to get ahead in your career. Be smart. Also, NFP is April 4th and ISM just nuked the...
www.linkedin.com www.linkedin.com
 
OldSolduer said:
Anyone - especially women - who consider the Orange Man a wonderful president are willfully deaf when he said what he said about grabbing women. I won't repeat what he said - I think you all know.
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Of course. Women voted for Bill Clinton, knowing what he was and what he did. Some wrote opinion articles lamenting it after the fact, mostly explaining that they traded personal principles for political ends. Women voted for Hillary Clinton, knowing she was the point person going after women who threatened the Clintons' political position. Why would anyone expect women not to trade personal ideals for political advantage with any other politician?

The underlying principle is that people often compromise some values in order to support particular political ends. Call it blindness or deafness or hypocrisy or whatever - it doesn't matter much. The choice in any election is not "this bad person" versus "this flawless person", and all the strengths and flaws of the person and the policies are in the mix.
 
brihard said:
Not sure the Republicans are really endearing themselves to young women in a way that would allow Ivanka to pull much support in that demographic. Young women who aren’t already leaning to Trump probably won’t see anything he does as likely to change that. I think an increasing number of Americans will be seeing the Trump name as irreparably toxic.
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It may not matter if the SAVE act gets passed, as millions of US women are at risk of losing their ability register to vote. Specifically, that the name on your birth document, and your legal ID must be the same. Hence a married woman who took her husband's name, could have a birth certificate that differs from her passport, and she would not be permitted to register to vote.
 
ModlrMike said:
It may not matter if the SAVE act gets passed, as millions of US women are at risk of losing their ability register to vote. Specifically, that the name on your birth document, and your legal ID must be the same. Hence a married woman who took her husband's name, could have a birth certificate that differs from her passport, and she would not be permitted to register to vote.
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The act would make proof of identity more difficult for some persons, not bar it outright.
 
ModlrMike said:
It's still masquerading as something else when it's actually voter suppression. 1984 doublespeak at it's best.
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What do you mean by "voter suppression"?

For some people, "voter suppression" starts is just a little short of anything other than "anyone can walk in and cast a ballot". What voter-based vote control measures do you consider reasonable and unreasonable?
 
dapaterson said:
Remember, when Donald Trump eventually dies, he doesn't want a state funeral. He just wants everyone to ignore it and go play golf instead.

At least, that's what he's signalling this weekend.

www.rollingstone.com

Trump Skips Honoring Soldiers Killed in Lithuania to Watch Golf

Donald Trump skipped a ceremony to recieve the bodies of four soldiers killed in Lithuania in order to attent a LIV golf tournament at his Doral club.
www.rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com
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Not the only thing that golf takes precedence over, this POTUS has priorities.

www.kyivpost.com

Zelensky says ‘no Response’ from US after Putin Rejected Truce

Zelensky calls Trump’s and Putin’s bluff - don’t just talk, but act on a proposed ceasefire.
www.kyivpost.com www.kyivpost.com
Alt: https://archive.ph/5HUCm
 
Unless something changes wildly overnight, US market index futures have the US markets continuing to completely shit themselves at open tomorrow, potentially down another 5% at open. So much winning. Big, beautiful markets, like you’ve never seen before.
 
Margin calls are going out.
Securities are all being reassessed for their Rusk and new risks levels are being assigned.
If Monday/Tuesday follow last week Thursday/Friday there is a real risk of a market collapse.

brihard said:
Unless something changes wildly overnight, US market index futures have the US markets continuing to completely shit themselves at open tomorrow, potentially down another 5% at open. So much winning. Big, beautiful markets, like you’ve never seen before.
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