Can I have some please Jeff?? :yep:

Oh, Ok CNN well if they report it it must be the truth.But who were the detaining officers ? Where they Officers of the Navajo nation ?

[QUOTE=Skybird;2941890]This is a very different Trump than during his first term. Much better prepared. His support much better organised. Himself much more determined and focussed. No matter how one stands towards him: everybody cannot afford to not take him much more serious than the last time. What becomes of the int

Not sure if this has been up but it is very worrying news::oops::doh::hmmm:


https://www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...ay-2025-01-31/

Don't worry, the Americans will learn it one way or another. Have fun with higher prices, Americans :D

A quick reality check:

• JANUARY 20 - Trump fires the head of the Federal Aviation Administration, the department in charge of flight safety
• JANUARY 21 - Trump freezes hiring for Air Traffic Controllers
• JANUARY 22 - Trump disbands the Aviation Safety Advisory Committee
• JANUARY 28 - Trump sends out a buyout/retirement demand to existing employees, removing experienced safety staff
• JANUARY 29 - First American mid-air collision in 16 years

He will divide it further.


I say since years Trump is not a cause, he is a symptom (for the general political and moral and civilizational decline and the corruption deep engraved into the system and even into the whole modern West: unscruplolous powerhungry political parties have taken the state as their prey).


The tragic in all this is - he has a couple of very valid points, and then there are a few which he does not seem to see through fully, and by "adressing" also the latter he makes things much worse (see the tariffs as one example). By doing so he so very easily can - and I think: will - ruin so much more than what he will "heal".


I also think he dreams of establishing his family dynasty as the new form of government of the US, and for that he mericlessly abuses inherent weaknesses of the American constitutional order that have existed since always and that were the result of the old times of foundation and and its - then very different - views and situational conditions of the worlds. These old textes and their content were written and thought out by the needs and ideas of that long since gone era, the world as it then was, the views of the world as they then were imagined. But times and the world have changed, and thus parts of these old texts and the contemporary present collide head on.



To allow big business and billionaires into government imo is utmost and extremely dangerous.



Trump will most likely prove to be of a certain value in that he will tear down a lot that wa snot good anymore. Problem is, not only the bad, but also a lot of what maybe was more good than bad.



Its a bit - complicated... :D

You really are delusional if you believe these firings have anything to do with this collision. There were multiple close calls at Reagan National Airport long before Donald Trump took office. The lax safety practices and conditions at the Airport made this an accident waiting to happen. Kinda like you. Trump put a freeze on Federal Hiring's. By the way, where is your evidence of your outlandish assertions and supposition ?

Quote: It is unclear whether the freeze prevents the FAA from hiring new air traffic controllers or if these roles fall under public safety professionals.


https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trum...-crash-2023348

By the way, I'm not all that concerned about tariffs. That can be made up by making freeloader Countries like yours pay their fair share with regards to their NATO obligations. I have no Idea why we are paying for your protection anyhow. I'm sure Germany will do just fine without us or our weapons and money.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...ngs-rcna190301


Quite some of what Trump pulled off in stunts so far, was and is illegal. But what else to expect from somebody who motivated the masses for the Jan. 6th riots and who spreads the lief of a stolen election until today. For him, laws are an obstacle to overcome, nothing that has the character of a rule to obey. It is to be expected that not all executive orders he rippled-fired in the first hours will stand the test of being challenged at court. Some already are.

His attempted reply will be clear: retribute against the judges, and/or dismantle the courts. :)

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How comes that so many Americans allow this to happen and think of it as good? The answer is obvious. The answer illustrates how very, very fed up with the extremist pushes of the ideological left many people are. Like the left agenda in Germany has brougt up and still feeds and strenghtens the AfD in Germany, in America a comparable process has brought up Trumpism. Two faces of a similar derailing process of the very system itself.

[Der Spiegel] Billionaire and Tesla boss Elon Musk and his team for the White House's newly created Government Efficiency Department are said to have gained access to the US Treasury Department's payment system. This was reported by the New York Times and the Washington Post. This would give Musk access to sensitive personal data on millions of Americans who receive Social Security payments, tax refunds and other funds from the government.


The head of a Silicon Valley company is also part of the team that is now said to have access to the data. Most recently, a top official had put up resistance, but this has now been broken. David Lebryk, a career civil servant at the Ministry of Finance, had reportedly rejected Musk's plans. However, he has now been placed on leave and then retired. As a result, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent granted Musk's team access to the payment system on Friday, it was further reported.


The department's payment system is used to transfer more than six trillion dollars worth of money to Americans on behalf of federal agencies every year. Access to this system gives the administration under the new US President Donald Trump a further mechanism with which it can potentially restrict disbursements of funds authorized by Congress.


Trump had made Musk, the richest man in the world, SpaceX and Tesla billionaire, head of the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE for short). According to him, this newly created department for government efficiency is intended to uncover fraud and waste in the government. The department had long sought in vain to gain access to the Treasury Department's system for distributing federal funds.


Democratic US Senator Ron Wyden published on the online platform Bluesky that, according to his information, Bessent had granted Musk's department full access to the payment system as the newly appointed US Treasury Secretary. “Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to federal contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. Everything,” wrote the leading Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee.


He said he had concerns that access to the payment system would be granted to a billionaire with an extensive portfolio - who had potential conflicts of interest. In a letter to the Treasury Secretary, Wyden warned that any “politically motivated interference” in the payments system “could cause serious harm to our country and the economy”.
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Dont be afraid, altruist that he is, Musk only means it well! :D

And the MAGA trade war begins spewing rainbows of patriotic price increases and job losses. Yay we win!

EDIT: The NG helicopter pilot had 500 hours and was a woman.

There, in before the DEI ranting.

Apparently the she was the third person aboard the helicopter, not the pilot or copilot. Nice way to make it about her gender dei man.

Canada will defend itself against US tarriffs. Trump did not even answer to foreign calls.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tru...s_1613_1851999

Trudeau's speech:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tru...iffs-1.7448540

excerpt:
"[...] Tonight, I am announcing Canada will be responding to the US trade action with 25 per cent tariffs against $155 billion worth of American goods. This will include immediate tariffs on $30 billion worth of goods as of Tuesday, followed by further tariffs on $125 billion worth of American products in 21 days' time to allow Canadian companies and supply chains to seek to find alternatives.

Like the American tariffs, our response will also be far-reaching and include everyday items such as American beer, wine and bourbon, fruits and fruit juices, including orange juice, along with vegetables, perfume, clothing and shoes. It will include major consumer products like household appliances, furniture and sports equipment. And materials like lumber and plastics, along with much, much more. And as part of our response, we are considering — with the provinces and territories — several non-tariff measures, including some relating to critical minerals, energy, procurement and other partnerships. [...]"

Oh good I heard wrong then DEI guy.

As the two videos linked explain, it is the US citizen in the end who will pay for the higher end prices on the streets if the importer must bring up this additional tax.


However, the importer could stop importing things if it does not calculate good for him anymore.



If it is goods that are not essential to import (by essential I mean since the US economy does replace them at its own price tags which may or may not greet the consumer), they simply are not availabe in the US anymore from external importers, and the producer offshore must find other customers. National production will fill the gap.



If goods imported are essential and the US economy cannot replace them, then the producer can reject the tarriffs and simply stop doing business with the US. And that is the less harmless of the US the more relevant and indispensable the good in question is.



I see a chance that Trump is about something different than just to rumble for the sake of rumbling: that he wants to bring Americans to buy more "made in America", that way supporting national production and returning US companies who moved out years ago, so that they go back to the US again.


So not so much about equalising trade with nations he claims treat America bad, oh so bad, but boosting national consumerism and economy and make people buy "made in America". If the latter, his calculation can easily blow up and cost the US and citizens more then it brings in hoped-for compensations.

all countries around the US are evil, luckily there is Trump, who finally has recognized that :haha:

I have read that 0,2% from this drug (forgot the name) comes from Canada. So this is the main justification for 25% tax.

Oh and about being exploited: I am asking myself why there are so many billionaires, being it companies or persons, when "all" other countries exploit the US. Something is not fitting here...but facts are not that important anymore in this time we live...I know.