Trump Effect (1 Viewer)

[rickc]

Why does everything that Trump touches wither and die.

Looks like our great country is headed down that path.

Elon Musk might not be far behind.

 

[Simon W. Moon]

his businesses went under after he borrowed a bunch of money in their names

it was intentional

it's probably been intentional for everything else too

 

[Mycroft]

Why does everything that Trump touches wither and die.

It doesn't.

Looks like our great country is headed down that path.

It isn't.

Elon Musk might not be far behind.

Musk is irrelevant.

 

[ElChupacabra]

It doesn't.

What's the ratio of successful businesses compared to failed ones?

It isn't.

It's hard to say right now, but people across the business world aren't predicting good things based on what they see so far. But I know, MAGA hating globalists.

Musk is irrelevant.

Indeed. Where is Elon these days? He was all over the place just a month or so ago now he's gone.

 

[Mycroft]

What's the ratio of successful businesses compared to failed ones?

Irrelevant.

Trump is the President.

It's hard to say right now, but people across the business world aren't predicting good things based on what they see so far. But I know, MAGA hating globalists.

Regardless predictions, I do not see our country heading down "that path".

Indeed. Where is Elon these days? He was all over the place just a month or so ago now he's gone.

shrug.

Don't know. Don't care. As I said, he's irrelevant.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Trump is ecstatic. The Democrats and the media are doing exactly what Trump wants them to do. They are talking a lot about immigration, freeing a man falsely imprisoned, and court decisions.

Both are minimizing the disastrous economic effects of Trump's tariffs and the loss of our friends and allies because Trump targeted them.

The Democrats and the media are providing only lip service to our declining economy, increasing inflation, higher unemployment, and a horrendous loss of retirement savings since Trump became President.

The Guardian reports, "A delegation of four House Democrats has arrived in El Salvador to push for the release of Kilmar Ábrego García, part of a mission to challenge the Trump administration’s refusal to comply with a supreme court order to facilitate the return of the immigrant to the United States."

This is great news, according to Trump because the Democrats and the media are not talking about this.

US stocks ended the day sharply lower Monday and the dollar tumbled as investors assessed continued tariff uncertainty and the implications of President Donald Trump’s ongoing mission to try and oust Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

The Dow fell 972 points, or 2.48%. The broader S&P 500 fell 2.36%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slid 2.55%. The three major indexes slumped throughout the day before pulling back slightly in the afternoon

The sell-off on Monday was widespread, as nearly every company in the Dow and the S&P 500 closed lower. All three major indexes are coming off of a week in the red and are on pace for their worst month since 2022.

The US dollar index, which measures the dollar’s strength against six foreign currencies, slumped more than 1% to its lowest level in more than three years.

Despite the obvious fact that it is Trump's tariffs and loss of friends -- Canada and the U.K. come to mind --causing the problems, Trump, as usual, blames someone else. He lambasted Powell for not cutting interest rates.

“If I want him out, he’ll be out of there real fast, believe me,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Thursday. “I’m not happy with him.”

The media should be aware of its responsibilities. They need to do better at covering the problems Americans are facing that were caused by this President.

They could begin with this. Senior Americans have lost billions in retirement savings since Trump became president.

 

[BabaVoss]

Trump is the President.

Temporarily.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Rural Americans voted for this. See map.

Presidential Election Results: Trump Wins​

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/05/us/elections/results-president.html

Hegseth is an idiot, which is why Trump supports him. The last thing Trump wants is a secretary of defense with a brain. Stupidity is easily managed.

Many wonder how Republican Senators feel about confirming Hegseth as SecDef. We will never know. Republican Senators avoid any mention of the Trump administration unless forced by circumstances to face the inept White House.

This is incomprehensible. It is the second time for Hegseth in a few short Weeks.

CNN reports, "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed plans about a military operation against the Houthis in Yemen on a second Signal group chat, this one on his personal phone and including his wife, lawyer and brother, three people familiar with the chat told CNN.

"The revelation comes as some of Hegseth’s closest advisers have begun sounding the alarm about the secretary’s judgment, including his former press secretary, John Ullyot, and three former senior officials Hegseth fired last week — his top adviser Dan Caldwell, deputy chief of staff Darin Selnick, and Colin Carroll, who served as chief of staff to the deputy secretary of defense.

"Similar to the first Signal chat, which was revealed publicly by The Atlantic after its editor was mistakenly included by national security adviser Mike Waltz, the military plans Hegseth shared in the second chat were about strikes against the Houthis, the people said.

"Hegseth’s brother Phil, as well as his lawyer Tim Parlatore, both have jobs at the Department of Defense. But his wife, Jennifer, does not, despite Hegseth regularly including her during the beginning of his tenure in meetings with foreign leaders."

Trump's reaction to all this was predictable. To cover up a security breach by his inept SecDef, Trump made a weak attempt at humor followed by lies.

“There’s no dysfunction at all. Ask the Houthis how much dysfunction they have,” Trump said, adding, “Pete’s doing a great job. Everybody’s happy with him, It’s just fake news. They just make up stories. I guess it’s — sounds like disgruntled employees. He was put there to get rid of a lot of bad people, and that’s what he’s doing."

No wonder Republicans say nothing.

 

[ElChupacabra]

Irrelevant.

Trump is the President.

Yeah, but he's also leading the charge on economic policy, so success in business is pretty relevant since he endlessly boasts about it.

Regardless predictions, I do not see our country heading down "that path".

You don't, but you can't see beyond Donnie Boy's next Truth Social post, so sorry for not trusting your opinion over the Fed chair and other economists.

shrug.

Don't know. Don't care. As I said, he's irrelevant.

...but he was going to expose everything, and even brought his kid to work every day. The MAGAverse sure does cast people aside quickly.

 

[ataraxia]

Temporarily.

…hopefully. Even that’s not really clear these days.

 

[Airyaman]

Why does everything that Trump touches wither and die.

Looks like our great country is headed down that path.

Elon Musk might not be far behind.

Whatever it is, it's contagious. His VP visits the Pope, hours later he's dead.

 

[noonereal]

What's the ratio of successful businesses compared to failed ones?

Depends, do you count the rip off businesses like his charities and school as success or failures?

I mean they were not failed to his pock only to those he fleeced.

 

[13eastxpharoh]

What's the ratio of successful businesses compared to failed ones?

What point are you attempting to make?

It's hard to say right now, but people across the business world aren't predicting good things based on what they see so far. But I know, MAGA hating globalists.



Indeed. Where is Elon these days? He was all over the place just a month or so ago now he's gone.

 

[ElChupacabra]

What point are you attempting to make?

I was asking a question, not making a point. However, the question was for the poster in question to think about the current president's aptitude at making financial decisions.

 

[13eastxpharoh]

I was asking a question, not making a point.

ok then why did you ask this question? Just curious because I was confused reading it.

 

[ElChupacabra]

ok then why did you ask this question? Just curious because I was confused reading it.

You can follow the quoted comments and see the context.

 

[13eastxpharoh]

You can follow the quoted comments and see the context.

I did and am still confused because none of you really elaborate. What does the ratio of successful vs failed business have to do with anything?

 

[ElChupacabra]

I did and am still confused because none of you really elaborate. What does the ratio of successful vs failed business have to do with anything?

The poster below's retort to the comment of everything touches withers and dies is what prompted my question. Knowing the ratio of successful businesses to failed ones helps paint a picture of Trump's competency in business. You can apply that to marriages too if so interested.

 

[13eastxpharoh]

The poster below's retort to the comment of everything touches withers and dies is what prompted my question. Knowing the ratio of successful businesses to failed ones helps paint a picture of Trump's competency in business. You can apply that to marriages too if so interested.

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If you are saying the president is responsible for business success and failures, then you clearly have no idea how the economy functions. Not sure how a ratio of successful to failed businesses is relevant to Trump. Explain.

 

[SCrider]

If you are saying the president is responsible for business success and failures, then you clearly have no idea how the economy functions. Not sure how a ratio of successful to failed businesses is relevant to Trump. Explain.

When the President decides on a whim to impose 143% tariffs on our largest trading partner, it does make him responsible.

The ratio shows he is not a successful businessman man he is a conman TV star.

 

[ElChupacabra]

If you are saying the president is responsible for business success and failures, then you clearly have no idea how the economy functions. Not sure how a ratio of successful to failed businesses is relevant to Trump. Explain.

It seems I will have to explain everything to you when the responses should have been clear enough. I was not talking about the president being responsible for the failure or success of business in general, but how his personal decisions and management of his businesses is a factor now that he is in charge of the world's largest economy.

 

[13eastxpharoh]

It seems I will have to explain everything to you when the responses should have been clear enough. I was not talking about the president being responsible for the failure or success of business in general,

but how his personal decisions and management of his businesses is a factor now that he is in charge of the world's largest economy.

This doesn't make any sense. How are his businesses he no longer manages a factor.

 

[OlNate]

This doesn't make any sense. How are his businesses he no longer manages a factor.

General track record of failure.

 

[Lycanthrope]

Why does everything that Trump touches wither and die.

So unfair.

Russia is doing really well.

 

[13eastxpharoh]

General track record of failure.

So his business failures are effecting the economy negatively?