Rally-style series of boasts does not include much in the way of plans to address affordability crisis
Donald Trump on Wednesday used a nationally-televised address to deliver a campaign-style rant in which he blamed his predecessor for the economic woes Americans are feeling a year into his presidency while offering little in the way of proposals to address the higher prices caused in large part by the massive tariffs he has placed on almost all American imports.
Speaking from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Trump opened by claiming to have “inherited a mess” that he was now “fixing.”
What followed was a partisan rant indistinguishable from the signature rallies that have been the centerpiece of his political movement, in which he rattled off a list of grievances while blaming his predecessor for the state of the country nearly a full year after he took the oath of office.
Tl;dr of everything:
Hands… So small…
He likes them undeveloped
Oh, FFS, Donvict is such a limpdick.
This economy had all the right indicators last year and this stooge inherited one of the best situations a President has ever been handed. Then, he and all his morons completely fucked it all up.
And still: about 30-some percent of this country cannot see what is plain as the nose on your face…and still support this complete dumbass.
That’s a 10/10 headline, no notes
That didn’t happen.
And if it did, it wasn’t that bad.
And if it was, that’s not a big deal.
And if it is, that’s not my fault. <-- you are here
And if it was, I didn’t mean it.
And if I did, you deserved it.It would definitely be believable to have Pedonald blame the kids he raped for making them doing it. Or Biden/Obama/Clinton.
They had to have something to fallback to after they talked him out of going to war with south america. Don’t kid yourself the rest of latin american countries will not sit still for it.
Without having listened to his speech…did he happen to mention anything that he’s done to “fix” the nation? Because from out here, it kind of looks like everything he’s doing, is just making things worse.
He claimed that all these tariffs will cause just a ton of companies to build big factories all of a sudden next year.
He claimed that getting all those Hispanics out will mean more jobs and houses for the rest.
Basically that everything they’ve done is right, and depending on which minute he is speaking the economy is already great and everyone is lying about it or it’s bad but only because of Biden but in 2026 everything he did will finally work.
They’ve evidently already made the call that millions of people losing healthcare is a small enough percentage to not worry about. I’ve been presuming that they would pull off a seemingly better circumstance by temporarily unwinding their worst policies, but they may be actually true believers…
That’s why he was put in: to sabotage the economy, US soft power, and alliances. And who benefits? Putin, who’d be in even more rapidly accelerating free-fall without all of Trump’s help.
From his perspective things look better because he added gold ornamentations & embellishments to the walls in his office, and he renovated the historic Lincoln restroom in the White House and he fired everyone who would’ve told him he’s not allowed to hire a demolition crew to tear down the east wing of the White House.
I hope he blows a gasket while straining on one of his gold-plated shitters.
That was…interesting. I’m Canadian, it’s not my place to comment as it has to do with American internal politics. I will say it was an absolute assault on the senses anyways. I’ve never heard a politician lay claim to so many feats, like I think this guy just claimed he’s gone more than all the presidents combined, solved every war and completely solved the economy. That’s quite a bold claim!
No, please, do feel free to comment on American politics as a foreigner. We nonstop cram this shit down your throat whether you want to listen to it or not, so you deserve to have an opinion on how batshit crazy this all looks from the outside looking in.
As one of our nice neighbors (Canada & Mexico), you have every right to weigh in, as his actions effect you as well.
Do we have any non-nice neighbors? Before he pissed off Venezuela, I mean.
I think basically everyone out to the russian and chinese borders were, if not cool with us, at least happy to be non-aggressive and accommodating. And this was the plan all along, to have a big “friendly border zone” around us. It was working pretty good!
I meant as “next door neighbors” and we only have two. But at this point our horrid criminal “president” has alienated every global neighbor we could ever have.
I America has outsized influence, particularly on its direct neighbors, so you commenting on American politics is totally appropriate. In fact, we need all the criticism we can get in order to make the stupid half realize what fuck ups the Republicans are, and what the worldwide consequences are. They only really understand the most caustic and mean language, so feel free to pile it on.
He might have gone more than any other president
I think my phone autocorrected that from done to gone, but yeah it’s strangely apt at the same time.
Yea, that is how Trump is all the time. He claimed he coined the phrase “prime the pump”, which he most certainly did not.
It’s funny how many super common phrases and words are “invented” just now according to him… like the word affordability…
As an outsider, you have a different perspective and your comment absolutely has a place regarding US politics. You don’t have to live here to hear the dumb shit that he says and to know how fucking absurd and stupid it is. I would argue that an outside perspective, if taken with and is accurate to current context, carries more weight than 35+% of US opinions. Especially being geographically near by, which seems less and less relevant as this dumb mother fucker keeps talking and bombing Venezuelans, I think the state of US politics is significant in the state of your country.
Best of luck Canada. Fight the fascism. Fuck this turd.
Yeah, as an American, every other country has a right to speak their mind on our politics. The bullshit that the US constantly pulls affects every single person on the planet via knock on effects. The countries closest to us are being deeply affected by the insanity that US leadership is currently undertaking, and their opinions deserve to be heard.
Trump the Unaccountable.
Blaming everyone for his failures brought upon by his executive decisions.
Brave Sir Taco.
Juiced up President rather vent on TV than truth social because shit hits the fan in two days, like the world has never seen before.
That’s basically what I got from this.
Glad he didn’t announce anything heinous, just the usual BS. Biden must be rolling over in his grave.
You got me there I was like “woah did Biden die and I completely missed it?”
You and him both
Looking over in horror from Britain - because we’ve still got our own version of this shit likely to come in a few years time. :-!
It seems to me Turmp’s real plan is to crash the economy so that the billionaires will be able to own everything. They will be able to buy it all dirt cheap in the coming recession. Billionaires get far richer in a crisis, it suits them fine since they already have the deepest pockets and are disaster capitalists who profit from instability and chaos.
Tmurp doesn’t care. He expects to live forever but even if he dies trying, it’ll still be his parting gift to his fellow rich bastards. His work is already done, the USA won’t recover from this for generations. He will be remembered forever as the greatest villain who ever lived in the history of the USA. He’s fine with that - he hates Everyone!
The AI bubble will pop so hard, not to even mention everything else going on. The money is all getting siphoned up in crypto and spirited away.
These fuckers are going to make an absolute killing, in more ways than one. They profit on chaos, despair and division.
I think it’s hard for people to imagine that an insane narcissistic demented president would deliberately wreck the global economy while telling the citizens it’s a golden age.
It’s all a distraction from the plundering of everything!
He’s got nothing to lose, a lot to gain, and he’s running out of time. The 1% are gonna own everything and fuck off to Argentina when the time comes.
No shit Sherlock!
Edit: At least, that seems to be the game plan from where I’m sitting.
I put this in a post elsewhere about his Golden Age comment.
It actually is a Golden Age. For billionaires and corporations.
And grifting pieces of shit like Donvict, who is able to rig the game. I’d love to see his family and his corporatist cronies imprisoned. Him, too, but I doubt he’ll live long enough to see any consequences if they ever come at all…
