American Politics 4.0 - Orangeyou Glad He’s Back?

[puffnstuff]

Oh look the cheater found his ball...

https://bsky.app/profile/onestpress..../3luxw5jes5s2f

[Coach]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Oh look the cheater found his ball...

https://bsky.app/profile/onestpress..../3luxw5jes5s2f

You need to have such a distorted sense of reality to knowingly have this practice, and just pretend it's part of your aptitude for something. Like, what goes through his brain as he watches a servant try to drop a ball for him without anyone else seeing, knowing everyone definitely did see it, and just claim it to be his ball with total seriousness.

What an absolute loser.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by Coach

You need to have such a distorted sense of reality to knowingly have this practice, and just pretend it's part of your aptitude for something. Like, what goes through his brain as he watches a servant try to drop a ball for him without anyone else seeing, knowing everyone definitely did see it, and just claim it to be his ball with total seriousness.

What an absolute loser.

He'll often walk up to someone else's ball and play it like it's his, and if the other person questions it or says something, the secret service stands up for him and says it's the president's ball.

[Mightyfire89]

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/com...lly/1129475227

[Locke]

Only the worst humans play Golf.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Locke

Only the worst humans play Golf.

I’d argue watching it is one step lower.

[Itse]

FFS. Current EU leadership completely surrendered to Trump.

15% tariffs on Europe to US trade, nothing the other way. Pathetic sacks of megacorporation interests.

[Mr.Coffee]

It’s looking like Trump was right, re: tariffs.

If everyone folds, he was right.

[activeStick]

People sound surprised? The EU is a US vassal, like the others.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

It’s looking like Trump was right, re: tariffs.

If everyone folds, he was right.

I’m not sure how you get to that conclusion. Trump isn’t right about anything here, he just has the right of putting tariffs on foreign goods. There’s just nothing the rest of the world can do to stop him. If the original “Liberation Day” tariffs were the end result, it’s just a US decision and everyone else would have to roll along with that.

And to add to this, I’m not sure how US citizens paying more for European goods is a win for them. Trump and his cronies can characterize it that way, and somehow suggest that they’re getting some amazing deal done, but that doesn’t really mean it’s the case.

[Whynotnow]

Originally Posted by Slava

I’m not sure how you get to that conclusion. Trump isn’t right about anything here, he just has the right of putting tariffs on foreign goods. There’s just nothing the rest of the world can do to stop him. If the original “Liberation Day” tariffs were the end result, it’s just a US decision and everyone else would have to roll along with that.

And to add to this, I’m not sure how US citizens paying more for European goods is a win for them. Trump and his cronies can characterize it that way, and somehow suggest that they’re getting some amazing deal done, but that doesn’t really mean it’s the case.

Yeah it seems like so as long as the “deal” you make is in alignment with other countries you aren’t competitively disadvantaged against anyone and the us consumer pays more. The risk would be that the us consumer can then buy an equivalent domestic product cheaper but in many cases that’s not possible.

Still, all countries should be looking very hard to realign trade networks.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Itse

FFS. Current EU leadership completely surrendered to Trump.

15% tariffs on Europe to US trade, nothing the other way. Pathetic sacks of megacorporation interests.

I dunno, the way I see it is Trump is putting a 15% tax on all foreign goods. If most other countries "cave" it essentially doesn't have an effect on anyone else. At best, the few things the US does make get purchased more domestically. At worst for us is we lose market share on stuff they do make(or have, ie natural resources), at least temporarily.

Here's where my amateur economist brain has some thoughts...

All foreign goods get more expensive in the US, which drives inflation. Trump hates inflation, but probably hates high interest rates even more. So when Powell is forced to raise them, Trump fires Powell, and puts in a patsy to lower rates. This of course drives more inflation and lowers the value of the US dollar. Interestingly these are all goals Trump has. Fire Powell, weaken the US dollar, encourage domestic manufacturing. He'll pretend inflation is imaginary, because he has no counter to it. But the extra tariff income will also give him another chance to slash taxes...for the rich.

Suddenly that 15% tariff or tax of foreign goods is more like a 30% one once the dollar drops and inflation rises. So for anything the US still needs and doesn't have a choice, they are hammering themselves in multiple ways, and the only thing the rest of the world loses is sales of whatever the US makes. But since their costs will have gone up so much, it may eventually be cheaper to buy the foreign thing with the tariff anyway.

This just seems like them shooting themselves in the face, and all we have to do is pay for the bullet. Seems fine.

[puffnstuff]

Trump on Epstein island: "I never had the privilege of going to his island."

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3luzsvrp7ha2h

Ah yes...that rarest of priviliges...pedo island

[All In Good Time]

He's right about nothing actually.
Foreign cars face a lower tariff than domestic cars
Nobody is "investing" billions in the united states (Japan is not acknowledging this claim by him). It remains to be seen if the EU will be buying any American energy.
Until there's a signed document, there is no deal. just a lot of hot air.

[Duruss]

There seems to be lots of discontent over this deal in the EU. The French aren't on board.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Trump on Epstein island: "I never had the privilege of going to his island."

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3luzsvrp7ha2h

Ah yes...that rarest of priviliges...pedo island

I love the conspiracy theory that Trump soooo wanted to go, but never got the invite as he wasn't rich enough. Hence the photos, letters, cards, groveling that Trump doesn't do if he gets what he wants.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Duruss

There seems to be lots of discontent over this deal in the EU. The French aren't on board.

Frexit?

[All In Good Time]

Originally Posted by Duruss

There seems to be lots of discontent over this deal in the EU. The French aren't on board.

Its because there isn't any deal. Its just like everything else Trump blathers. Its all lies. Over the next week we will find the EU representatives saying "What? that's not what we agreed to."

[WideReceiver]

That cheating is how he wins every tournament at his home court. Everyone knows but no one says anything. I’d like to know what he claims his handicap to be.

Edit: Apparently Trump claims a 2.8 handicap. Ha, in his dreams. I’d guess it’s closer to 20 if he didn’t cheat.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Ghislane Maxwell files a brief appealing her 20 year conviction to SCOTUS in the Epstein case.

Likely to be rubber-stamped.

https://www.axios.com/2025/07/28/ghi...-epstein-files