Red_Dragon wrote:

 Red_Dragon wrote:

I try to stay away from weird extrapolations that people have ginned up to scare others about what he might do.
But this is spot on. Moving the inauguration inside, removing the teleprompters, and abandoning all the folks that he doesn't need anymore - these things are all on brand for the unquestioned unobstructed narcissist. Already the MAGA folks and people who thought he was their literal savior are starting to wonder. And they have guns.

 islander wrote:
Bannon is all out to hit back at Musk, Bezos, Zucks, et al. Maga base anti-immigrants stance meets Tech BillionBros who want indentured foreign labor from India.
Already 47 has said he can't bring prices down; "It's very hard. When things go high, it's very hard to make them come down."
Deportation "Shock and Awe" has been chipped down into a dog and pony show ... until there's more money to implement a better show.
The Tax Cut seems like an overwhelmingly easy one; predominately for the very wealthy, it does little for small business and families. THOSE cuts will be allowed to expire.

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 islander wrote:
The Great Pumpkin Colored Man will come because I am in the most sincere pumpkin patch!   You all have TDS....you'll see.

Fast forward to 2028....

"Just wait 'til next year, Islander. You'll see! Next year at this same time, I'll find a pumpkin patch that is real sincere and I'll sit in that pumpkin patch until the Great Pumpkin Colored Man appears. He'll rise out of that pumpkin patch and he'll fly through the air with his bag of prosperity. The Great Pumpkin Colored Man will appear and I'll be waiting for him! I'll be there! I'll be sitting there in that pumpkin patch... and I'll see the Great Pumpkin Colored Man. Just wait and see..."

 kurtster wrote:

There it is. Your little 'us' comment the other day might have been a mistake, but was more accurately a Freudian slip. You think you're in that club, and they are somehow interested in you. Sad. Newsflash: the new ones probably hate you more than the old ones, the only thing they like about you is the easy by which you can be manipulated.

 kurtster wrote:

You're still in the pumpkin patch and you still don't know it. 

The new oligarchs are going to get rich through govt. contracts and ties. You think Elon's rich now? Wait until Trump fully funds SpaceX. 

The Trumpers were always yelling about draining the swamp. Well, Trump just invited a whole bunch of billionaires to work in his government and cash in. And your sleazy buddies at DOGE are going to cut your bennies and programs to fund a nice big tax cut for themselves. 

Don't talk to us about the Bidens getting rich off the federal government. Trump launched his own cryptocurrency right before his inauguration and people are buying it to win his favor. Even Melania is getting in on the act with $Melania (how aptly named). 

 kurtster wrote:

This one only likes you if it profits him, so I think you’re still on the outs. But now almost all of us are, too. If the point behind the government is to protect the people and improve their lives (education, infrastructure, healthcare, opportunity) then this one doesn’t have much going for it. Looks like we all need guns now, to get the things we need. Well, I’m ready. Where do I remember seeing that really good olive oil downtown?…

 Steely_D wrote: 
We just changed oligarchs.  I much prefer the new ones to the old ones.  The old ones did not like people like me at all.  They preferred foreign invaders and criminals over US Citizens.

 kurtster wrote:

A security blanket? Say more. You realize you're not welcome at his oligarchic event? And, from here on out, he'll not make a move to help his supporters. Doesn't need them any more.

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