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briantrumpet

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Well, the Mango Mussolini has been very quiet recently. Too quiet. That tells me two things.
He is either up to something big, or he has realised that he is out of his depth (BABy or trade deals?). I hope the latter but rather doubt it.

I think it's possible that he's realising how deeply unpopular the bill currently going through Congress is: the nakedness of how much wealth it's transferring from poor to rich, of how much it's going to explode the debt, and how many millions of people are going to end up without healthcare coverage, is making it hard to disguise how impactful it's going to be on millions of ordinary Americans.
 

Pblakeney

Senior Member
I think it's possible that he's realising how deeply unpopular the bill currently going through Congress is: the nakedness of how much wealth it's transferring from poor to rich, of how much it's going to explode the debt, and how many millions of people are going to end up without healthcare coverage, is making it hard to disguise how impactful it's going to be on millions of ordinary Americans.

That and the fact that he put a self imposed deadline of the 4th July on it for the optics.
Optics? 😂😂😂😢😡
 

Pinno718

Senior Member
I think it's possible that he's realising how deeply unpopular the bill currently going through Congress is: the nakedness of how much wealth it's transferring from poor to rich, of how much it's going to explode the debt, and how many millions of people are going to end up without healthcare coverage, is making it hard to disguise how impactful it's going to be on millions of ordinary Americans.

"...he is realising..." ?! You give him far too much faith and are suggesting he has a conscience.
He did the Alligator Alcatraz press statement/launch thingy, call it what you will yesterday alongside the ICE barbie (who was spouting fascistic rhetoric). Trump, when asked how long people would be kept in the AA asked to repeat the question and then he went off on a complete tangent talking about how he loved Louisiana and Florida and how Florida would benefit 'from one of these places'. On top of that he was slurring his words. I won't post the video of him as you refuse to take in anything that isn't in writing. [insert smiley icon]
 

briantrumpet

Veteran
That and the fact that he put a self imposed deadline of the 4th July on it for the optics.
Optics? 😂😂😂😢😡

I wonder if there are many planned 'patriotic' demonstrations planned for 4 July that will be anti-Trump... I'd have thought it would have been a good move, given the significance of the date to all Americans.
 

briantrumpet

Veteran
"...he is realising..." ?! You give him far too much faith and are suggesting he has a conscience.
He did the Alligator Alcatraz press statement/launch thingy, call it what you will yesterday alongside the ICE barbie (who was spouting fascistic rhetoric). Trump, when asked how long people would be kept in the AA asked to repeat the question and then he went off on a complete tangent talking about how he loved Louisiana and Florida and how Florida would benefit 'from one of these places'. On top of that he was slurring his words. I won't post the video of him as you refuse to take in anything that isn't in writing. [insert smiley icon]

But the Alligator Alcatraz thing still plays well with the nutjobs who revel in the cruelty to brown people. For all his stupidity, he does have an animal instinct for what plays well with the poor and uneducated (as well as with the ultra rich), and follows polling, so he'll know how widely unpopular this bill is, even on Fox's polls.
 
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briantrumpet

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Well, it seems that the bill has been passed in Congress. America is screwed.

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briantrumpet

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I can't see anywhere that the vote has actually been done yet - only that it is predicted that it will.

Ah, maybe it was a procedural vote they won that prompted that post...
 

Pblakeney

Senior Member
"...he is realising..." ?! You give him far too much faith and are suggesting he has a conscience.
Apparently it was only explained to him yesterday that the BABy would affect Medicaid.
He has no idea what he is doing, only seeking headlines and personal gain.
 

Pinno718

Senior Member
But the Alligator Alcatraz thing still plays well with the nutjobs...

We know that. It's the fascist thread:
The immigrants are responsible for the mess the US is in
If you are less well off. it's the immigrants fault
It's past woke, Marxist, communist, liberal administrations that caused this problem
The immigrants are murdering, raping and taking away all the jobs therefore:
It's perfectly legitimate to dehumanise them and inflict whatever pain on them as it is completely justified. They don't even require due process. The 'left' caused this and of course, the left are going to say whatever so just ignore them
The immigrants have the wrong colour of skin basically - and they talk funny and they don't have customs and traditions that the superior white people have

Despite the glaring hypocrisies in the Christian Nationalists agenda:

The Bill will affect red states far more than blue states
Immigrants contribute $96.7m in taxation yet have no access to the fund that they are contributing to.
Christian Churches (despite massive donations) pay 0 tax
In Michigan, a study showed that the immigrant populace are far less likely to commit crime than 'native' Americans [whites] with crime rates amongst these people being the lowest
Just like in the UK, immigrants are (were) doing the work that Americans are too lazy to do.

Do not underestimate the depth of prejudice in Christian Nationalism. There's very little ethic in them that one could deem as 'Christian'. ALL of the right wing extremists from the KKK (now remerged with The Heritage group), the proud boys, the boogaloo boys et al (250 recognised right wing 'hate' groups in the US) are all intertwined with the evangelists. The media run by billionaires feed the rhetoric. If you go on YT and watch some of the videos where MAGA's and CF's (Christin fundamentalists - as that is what they are: very little clear sky between them and their Muslim counterparts) are challenged, their responses are gobsmacking in their inherent contradictions and hypocrisy. But they do not see it. None so blind as they that cannot see. It's a very easy rhetoric to feed as the recipients are most conducive.

Interestingly (and worryingly), this is a list of countries with prominent Christian Nationalist movements, including Brazil who have the 'Catholic-evangelical coalition' (?! - do you ever hear the Vatican condemn such groups or attempt to distance themselves from them?)
Finland
Canada
Hungary
Ghana (?!)
Poland
Russia
Serbia
South Africa
Ukraine
UK

[Leviticus: "When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself..."]
 
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CXRAndy

Legendary Member
The immigrants are responsible for the mess the US is in
If you are less well off. it's the immigrants fault
The illegal immigration was costing hundreds of millions in housing, benefits fraud. Then there was huge problems of violence, rape, murders from these completely undocumented males

Less well off get no tax on tips(tips are big part of low earners income), no tax on overtime.

Medicaid is for US citizens not illegal immigrants
 
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