Tim is right to say that Trump becoming president proves “the country is stupid”. And this stupidity continues to drive our biggest problem - the threat of right-wing authoritarianism.
However, our collective refusal to deal with our federal deficit spending problem is our second most serious threat. Because if we wreck the dollar the threat of right-wing authoritarianism, and all of our other problems, will become much more difficult to control.
The Bulwark should spend much more time discussing our growing deficit spending problem.
Trump's whole take on blaming Biden for everything that is wrong with the country was the whole overriding theme of his screed. Nicolle Wallace played a compilation from his screed of the times he blamed Biden for all that is wrong with the country on his watch.
The person who inherited an economic mess was Biden!
Tariffs are taxes paid by importers and consumers and I wish that would be emphasized every time some one mentions the money taken in by tariffs. Trump always makes it sound like the money is "pouring in"from the exporting countries. MAGA still do not understand that tariffs are paid by US!
Serious question re SCOTUS - is murdering people on the high seas, with no evidence of any crime, 'within the general purview 'of the President's duties and responsibilities?
I am happy to be getting really old. I can't watch this cr*p much longer. How in name of God in Heaven did a majority of voters fall for this crook? You can't fix stupid. You can't fix stupid.
The same voters put a majority right wing in Congress.
The right has done an amazing job of getting a 6*3 Supreme Court. If one of the ancient justices leaves the court, Trump gets to replace with them with a conservative and nothing will change. May they rot in hell.
I don't understand the suggestion that Trump was rushing his presentation because of the Survivor finale. About 4 million Americans watched Survivor finale after Trump's speech, which is about 1.1 % of this country's population. That is nothing. In 2000, Survivor's first season, the finale drew 52 million viewers.
It’s bad. It’s entirely bad. This is a donativum. Roman emperors did the same damn thing for their troops. This is just another attempt to shift loyalty from the country to him personally.
Interesting addition - Fortune's reporting the $1,776 dividend is actually a supplemental housing payment authorized in the July spending bill. Trump really has very little to do with it, and tariffs absolutely nothing at all. Quelle surprise.
Quelle surprise indeed. Perhaps yesterday was the first time the president heard of it. There was so much in that bill that we are still learning about.
Of the 30 something percent of the population that approve of Trump ---I believe many of them don't know what is happening. I personally know people who did not know that he had taken a wrecking ball to the White House or even that the Rose Garden had been paved over.
Andrew should listen to Obama's speech in '08 on race after the Rev. Wright fiasco. Obama is obviously gifted with a great voice, but that speech was from his heart. I thought it was quite profound.
I saw one of the Cabinet people on tv saying there was a deck of slides with charts on them that supported the president's statements but some networks declined to show them last night. I don't know the technology well but it seems that the president's people should have had a screen up by him to show them, not rely on the networks to do that...if there was such a slide deck at all.
Hey guys since this was made--they have told us this great bonus is coming out of the already decided HOUSING allowance for these people. 1. ONLY CONGRESS GETS TO APPROPRIATE MONEY FOR THE TROOPS. 2. THIS STUFF IS A ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL HOAX... YEA A REAL HOAX.
You all have my sympathy. Thank you for watching this so that I don't have to.
I didn't feel the need because I look at this as Criminal Trump emphasizing how badly he's failed. And I already knew.
Look, this guy is a WAR CRIMINAL. He's causing violations of human rights here and abroad. My question is when Republicans in Congress are going to remove him. Until they do, they are fellow war criminals.
People pay too much attention to his performance and not enough to his actions. It's CRIME after CRIME after CRIME. Are all Republicans now criminals? Are they all corrupt? Are they all fine with killing off babies and people fighting for their lives in hospital? Do any of them have any American values left?
This is a crisis of conscience for the American people. And, as near as I can tell, the American people are failing the morality test.
Bottom line, they really could legislate us back to a decent economy. They don’t want to and if we suffer they do not care. Saying they don’t know how to do something is insufficient because they do.
His address was a live action Truth Social Post.
Tim is right to say that Trump becoming president proves “the country is stupid”. And this stupidity continues to drive our biggest problem - the threat of right-wing authoritarianism.
However, our collective refusal to deal with our federal deficit spending problem is our second most serious threat. Because if we wreck the dollar the threat of right-wing authoritarianism, and all of our other problems, will become much more difficult to control.
The Bulwark should spend much more time discussing our growing deficit spending problem.
Trump's whole take on blaming Biden for everything that is wrong with the country was the whole overriding theme of his screed. Nicolle Wallace played a compilation from his screed of the times he blamed Biden for all that is wrong with the country on his watch.
The person who inherited an economic mess was Biden!
Tariffs are taxes paid by importers and consumers and I wish that would be emphasized every time some one mentions the money taken in by tariffs. Trump always makes it sound like the money is "pouring in"from the exporting countries. MAGA still do not understand that tariffs are paid by US!
Serious question re SCOTUS - is murdering people on the high seas, with no evidence of any crime, 'within the general purview 'of the President's duties and responsibilities?
I am happy to be getting really old. I can't watch this cr*p much longer. How in name of God in Heaven did a majority of voters fall for this crook? You can't fix stupid. You can't fix stupid.
The same voters put a majority right wing in Congress.
The right has done an amazing job of getting a 6*3 Supreme Court. If one of the ancient justices leaves the court, Trump gets to replace with them with a conservative and nothing will change. May they rot in hell.
I don't understand the suggestion that Trump was rushing his presentation because of the Survivor finale. About 4 million Americans watched Survivor finale after Trump's speech, which is about 1.1 % of this country's population. That is nothing. In 2000, Survivor's first season, the finale drew 52 million viewers.
It’s bad. It’s entirely bad. This is a donativum. Roman emperors did the same damn thing for their troops. This is just another attempt to shift loyalty from the country to him personally.
Interesting addition - Fortune's reporting the $1,776 dividend is actually a supplemental housing payment authorized in the July spending bill. Trump really has very little to do with it, and tariffs absolutely nothing at all. Quelle surprise.
https://fortune.com/2025/12/18/trump-wrong-tariffs-funding-warrior-dividend-1776-troops/
Quelle surprise indeed. Perhaps yesterday was the first time the president heard of it. There was so much in that bill that we are still learning about.
Of the 30 something percent of the population that approve of Trump ---I believe many of them don't know what is happening. I personally know people who did not know that he had taken a wrecking ball to the White House or even that the Rose Garden had been paved over.
Ignorance is bliss!
ignorance, yes. and willful ignorance.
Andrew should listen to Obama's speech in '08 on race after the Rev. Wright fiasco. Obama is obviously gifted with a great voice, but that speech was from his heart. I thought it was quite profound.
600% reduction in medications!! Does no one see that that remark means they pay us to take the meds. ?!
I saw one of the Cabinet people on tv saying there was a deck of slides with charts on them that supported the president's statements but some networks declined to show them last night. I don't know the technology well but it seems that the president's people should have had a screen up by him to show them, not rely on the networks to do that...if there was such a slide deck at all.
Hey guys since this was made--they have told us this great bonus is coming out of the already decided HOUSING allowance for these people. 1. ONLY CONGRESS GETS TO APPROPRIATE MONEY FOR THE TROOPS. 2. THIS STUFF IS A ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL HOAX... YEA A REAL HOAX.
You all have my sympathy. Thank you for watching this so that I don't have to.
I didn't feel the need because I look at this as Criminal Trump emphasizing how badly he's failed. And I already knew.
Look, this guy is a WAR CRIMINAL. He's causing violations of human rights here and abroad. My question is when Republicans in Congress are going to remove him. Until they do, they are fellow war criminals.
People pay too much attention to his performance and not enough to his actions. It's CRIME after CRIME after CRIME. Are all Republicans now criminals? Are they all corrupt? Are they all fine with killing off babies and people fighting for their lives in hospital? Do any of them have any American values left?
This is a crisis of conscience for the American people. And, as near as I can tell, the American people are failing the morality test.
Bottom line, they really could legislate us back to a decent economy. They don’t want to and if we suffer they do not care. Saying they don’t know how to do something is insufficient because they do.
Not Epictetus. 🤣🤣🤣
Best statement came from Tim. "We are a stupid country." yes. 100% No country with even average intelligence would tolerate this.