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Now they want us to quit

[url]https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/01/trump-administration-offers-most-feds-deferred-resignation-if-they-quit-by-next-week/[/url]

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[quote=MTK;1372473]I don’t think you understand the level of chaos going on right now[/quote]

Welcome to the first dumb media hoax of 2025. OMB ordered a review of funding to NGOs, foreign governments and large discretionary contracts. It explicitly excluded all aid and benefit programs. Leftwing media outright lied and some people fell for the hoax.

Democrat playbook.

This is just as bad as Chicago saying ice was at their schools

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Right, just that darn media again. Meanwhile everyone else

[IMG]https://media.tenor.com/GElyvue_13cAAAAM/april-fools-joke.gif[/IMG]

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[quote=MTK;1372456]Medicaid shut down

What the fuck are these dummies doing

[url]https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/01/28/trump-funding-freeze-medicaid-state-portals-omb.html[/url][/quote]

"We have confirmed no payments have been affected — they are still being processed and sent," Leavitt said. "We expect the portal will be back online shortly."

They all know there is no intention to stop medicaid payments and they blew this up into something it wasn't. Also they're are no reports of payment not being paid. Keep trying.

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I'm sure it was just a coincidence the portal went down across the country. The timing was not at all concerning. Gotcha.

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[quote=MTK;1372491]Right, just that darn media again. Meanwhile everyone else

[IMG]https://media.tenor.com/GElyvue_13cAAAAM/april-fools-joke.gif[/IMG][/quote]

People can choose that reaction or look at the facts.

This country has a problem. What’s not the problem is Tax Revenue. Those levels pre and post trump administration have steady increased meaning no affect in federal collection and spurred business growth. The problem *this is a GOP and Democrat owned problem* [B]non defense federal spending[/B] has risen since 2001-2002 but was buoyed by 2008-09 recession and the pandemic to around 18.5% yearly. With rising interest rates, this is where we need to tighten the belt, it’s can’t continue. If we could bring that down from 18.5 to 13 percent we could do everything we dreamed of. Pay the deficit off, could triple the child tax credit, massively lower income taxes, healthcare, etc.

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Thanks but I'm dealing with this first hand on the ground level and I can assure you the chaos and confusion with medicaid was real, even if it was just for a few hours you can't fuck around with people's health care.

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[quote=Chico23231;1372494]People can choose that reaction or look at the facts.

This country has a problem. What’s not the problem is Tax Revenue. Those levels pre and post trump administration have steady increased meaning no affect in federal collection and spurred business growth. The problem *this is a GOP and Democrat owned problem* [B]non defense federal spending[/B] has risen since 2001-2002 but was buoyed by 2008-09 recession and the pandemic to around 18.5% yearly. With rising interest rates, this is where we need to tighten the belt, it’s can’t continue. If we could bring that down from 18.5 to 13 percent we could do everything we dreamed of. Pay the deficit off, could triple the child tax credit, massively lower income taxes, healthcare, etc.[/quote]

Sadly this is the response you get from the ignorant trump supporter's. Ignoring the facts that his "tax cuts" are a big reason for the deficit. The man was elected by the common voter but has surrounded himself with Billionaires for self gratification .Who are destroying this Country in a week.

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[quote=MTK;1372493]I'm sure it was just a coincidence the portal went down across the country. The timing was not at all concerning. Gotcha.[/quote]

Yes I'm sure they just wanted to fuck with people so they shut it down on purpose. That's how its being spun but no one has given any evidence it was intentional. And by the way no payment were missed.

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[quote=MTK;1372497]Thanks but I'm dealing with this first hand on the ground level and I can assure you the chaos and confusion with medicaid was real, even if it was just for a few hours you can't fuck around with people's health care.[/quote]

I have family going threw the same thing . I hope things work out for you and everyone else.

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[quote=Fishingfool;1372514]Yes I'm sure they just wanted to fuck with people so they shut it down on purpose. That's how its being spun but no one has given any evidence it was intentional. And by the way no payment were missed.[/quote]

"Evidence"? You mean other then [B]every[/B] State's system going dark?

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[quote=MTK;1372474]Now they want us to quit

[url]https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/01/trump-administration-offers-most-feds-deferred-resignation-if-they-quit-by-next-week/[/url][/quote]

If I was eligible, I'd probably take that offer as the Mrs. wants to hit the road and start the retirement plans, but national security, immigration and postal civilians are not eligible.

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[quote=Chico23231;1372078]It’s not the really the numbers because politically whatever amount he sends back to their shitholes, liberals will say it’s not enough or he didn’t do what he said.[/quote]

Why would liberals care about deportation numbers not being enough? I thought they wanted open borders so the less numbers the better right?

[quote] But ice is now back on the job, the southern border is back up and running with policies back which Trump previously saw the lowest numbers in 35 years his first term.

Things will improve as they did previously on illegal immigration under Trump. [/quote]

But ICE has always been back on the job. Biden deported more people in his 4 years than Trump did in his first four. That couldn't be possible unless ICE was doing its job. Right? Now if you want to say Trump was better on the border than Biden, then sure, that's a fair statement and probably an accurate one (despite the deportation numbers).

Also, that lowest numbers in 35 years you speak of? You know what that's from right? It's from a hawkish 8 years of Obama on immigration. You do realize that Obama has deported more people from America than ANY other President in history. So much in fact, he garnered the nickname of Deporter in Chief. In fact, Trump's border czar once worked under Obama.

A good read.
[url]https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/obamas-mixed-legacy-immigration#[/url]


[quote]Look, you can already see city/state budgets such as all of California, Denver, Chicago, New York City and Fairfax County Va suffering from the millions they spent previous years on housing, education, medical, etc. from taking care of illegals. Don’t expect the federal government to bail them out.

Those citizens will suffer, many in minority communities from services cut and higher taxes….like always. So they can enjoy what they voted for.[/quote]

You are right about this aspect. Even in Chicago, residents pushed back against the Mayor on this very subject.

[url]https://apnews.com/article/chicago-migrants-black-latino-biden-immigration-ab8d7f22eea423d86fb350665b9e66f6[/url]

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That said, the shit we're seeing today from the administration on immigration isn't serious. It's theatrics. They have Kristi Noem out there cosplaying as a ICE agent like she's going to be kicking doors in. I mean they telling these forces to "dress for the cameras". It's all a smoke and mirrors act to make it look like he's doing something. ICE raids with Dr. Phil? That isn't serious man.


[url]https://www.mediaite.com/news/trump-deportation-forces-told-to-dress-for-the-cameras-wear-raid-jackets-to-generate-media-attention-say-cnn-sources/[/url]

[url]https://x.com/Sec_Noem/status/1884264039158800547[/url]

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[quote=nonniey;1372518]If I was eligible, I'd probably take that offer as the Mrs. wants to hit the road and start the retirement plans, but national security, immigration and postal civilians are not eligible.[/quote]

One would be a real sucker to fall for it

[url]https://www.npr.org/2025/01/29/nx-s1-5279365/federal-workers-resign-offer-buyout[/url]

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[quote=MTK;1372522]One would be a real sucker to fall for it

[url]https://www.npr.org/2025/01/29/nx-s1-5279365/federal-workers-resign-offer-buyout[/url][/quote]

Imagine going to Reddit to complain

We had folks resign when they were made to return to office, the offer is intended to push those who don’t want to return to the office out the door.

The entitlement shown by a lot of employees to not want to come back to the office…cutting those from the firm was a big win from my experience. And it not just low level employees or kids, lots of management left and so called untouchables.

It’s true the amount of wasted taxpayers money on office space in DC is unacceptable. Something got to give.

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[quote=Chico23231;1372523]Imagine going to Reddit to complain

We had folks resign when they were made to return to office, the offer is intended to push those who don’t want to return to the office out the door.

The entitlement shown by a lot of employees to not want to come back to the office…cutting those from the firm was a big win from my experience. And it not just low level employees or kids, lots of management left and so called untouchables.

[B]It’s true the amount of wasted taxpayers money on office space in DC is unacceptable. Something got to give.[/B][/quote]




The fact you think all these employees work in DC amplifies your ignorance on the subject. Have you given any thought that employees who work from home save the Government money? What am I saying, of course you haven't.

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[B][SIZE="5"]"AI nurses" as "good as any doctor": RFK Jr. confirms he wants to take away people's health care[/SIZE][/B]


[url]https://news.yahoo.com/news/ai-nurses-good-doctor-rfk-110006607.html[/url]

Kennedy has spent decades as an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist, and his training as a B.S. artist was on full display at Wednesday's hearing. He waxes poetic about the importance of "prevention." to the point where even those of us who know he's full of it can get sucked in, at least until we remember that he rejects the single most important form of preventive care ever developed. (Vaccines, duh.) But as the hearing went on, it became clear that "prevention" was just an RFK code word for victim-blaming.

When asked how he would implement "prevention" for Medicare and Medicaid patients, Kennedy replied that it was about "making them accountable for their own health care, so they understand the relationship between eating and getting sick." He argued that people on food assistance should have their options reduced so they can't buy processed foods. That's designed to sound vaguely positive while doing nothing to help people. No living person believes that Oreos are better for you than apples. Lecturing them about it and restricting their food budget will do nothing to reduce their medical costs, but it does creates an excuse to deny health care by claiming that they made themselves sick.

When Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., asked whether health care is a right, Kennedy got closer to showing his true colors by refusing to answer the question.

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So this idiot is trying to blame DEI hires and Biden for this crash. SPOILER ALERT: the pilots were white

[url]https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/01/30/trump-blames-dei-and-biden-after-fatal-dc-plane-crash-but-faas-diversity-hiring-policies-existed-for-years/[/url]


Meanwhile, what has he done since inauguration:

1. Fire the head of the TSA, and the Aviation Security Advisory Committee.

2. Freeze hiring of all Air Traffic Controllers.

3. Fire 100 top FAA security officers.


Not to mention Elon making the FAA chief resign. Fucking ELON Musk is running our god damn country folks.

[url]https://www.thedailybeast.com/faa-chief-michael-whitaker-quit-on-jan-20-after-elon-musk-told-him-to-resign/[/url]

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[quote=NC_Skins;1372534]So this idiot is trying to blame DEI hires and Biden for this crash. SPOILER ALERT: the pilots were white

[url]https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/01/30/trump-blames-dei-and-biden-after-fatal-dc-plane-crash-but-faas-diversity-hiring-policies-existed-for-years/[/url]


Meanwhile, what has he done since inauguration:

1. Fire the head of the TSA, and the Aviation Security Advisory Committee.

2. Freeze hiring of all Air Traffic Controllers.

3. Fire 100 top FAA security officers.


Not to mention Elon making the FAA chief resign. Fucking ELON Musk is running our god damn country folks.

[url]https://www.thedailybeast.com/faa-chief-michael-whitaker-quit-on-jan-20-after-elon-musk-told-him-to-resign/[/url][/quote]
My Girls are all grown with Families of their own but when they were teens there was a group they all hung out with . We found out at 5:00 am this morning that one of the young men was on that plane. He was at my Daughters Wedding I remember him in this house more then once. I could not watch trump disgrace them . He lived just miles from where the plane crashed.

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Shit show at the fuck factory with that presser today

4 more years of this shit

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[quote=NC_Skins;1372534]So this idiot is trying to blame DEI hires and Biden for this crash. SPOILER ALERT: the pilots were white

[url]https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/01/30/trump-blames-dei-and-biden-after-fatal-dc-plane-crash-but-faas-diversity-hiring-policies-existed-for-years/[/url]


Meanwhile, what has he done since inauguration:

1. Fire the head of the TSA, and the Aviation Security Advisory Committee.

2. Freeze hiring of all Air Traffic Controllers.

3. Fire 100 top FAA security officers.


Not to mention Elon making the FAA chief resign. Fucking ELON Musk is running our god damn country folks.

[url]https://www.thedailybeast.com/faa-chief-michael-whitaker-quit-on-jan-20-after-elon-musk-told-him-to-resign/[/url][/quote]

It’s coming out this has been a major staffing issue their during the Biden administration

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[quote=Chico23231;1372543]It’s coming out this has been a major staffing issue their during the Biden administration[/quote]


So the thing to do with a short staffed ATC is to freeze hiring and fire the chief?


You serious?

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For fucks sakes, they are still trying to pull bodies out of the river. Can we let people grieve and the investigation be completed before assigning blame here? Fuck the rest of the internet or politicians or anyone else. Control what we can control here. No one knows shit yet.

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[quote=sdskinsfan2001;1372545]For fucks sakes, they are still trying to pull bodies out of the river. Can we let people grieve and the investigation be completed before assigning blame here? Fuck the rest of the internet or politicians or anyone else. Control what we can control here. No one knows shit yet.[/quote]

Who's blaming Trump up here? Trump is the only one blaming DEI and Biden for the crash. I pointed out the many FAA cuts and hiring freeze since he took office. Can't blame DEI and Biden for those things.


This asshole literally signed an executive order to find out the "damage" caused by DEI hiring.

[url]https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-signs-aviation-order-to-assess-damage-done-to-air-safety-by-diversity-policies[/url]

Trump is the one blaming people without even waiting for an investigation.

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[quote=NC_Skins;1372546]Who's blaming Trump up here? Trump is the only one blaming DEI and Biden for the crash. I pointed out the many FAA cuts and hiring freeze since he took office. Can't blame DEI and Biden for those things.

This asshole literally signed an executive order to find out the "damage" caused by DEI hiring.

[url]https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-signs-aviation-order-to-assess-damage-done-to-air-safety-by-diversity-policies[/url]

Trump is the one blaming people without even waiting for an investigation.[/quote]

I didn't mention the name Trump once, let alone say someone here blamed him. And he should keep his big fat mouth shut. Being President doesn't change what should be rules of common decency. I'm just saying, let's not jump in the mud here. Let's see where the facts land. Then have rational discussions after that point.

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[quote=NC_Skins;1372546]Who's blaming Trump up here? Trump is the only one blaming DEI and Biden for the crash. I pointed out the many FAA cuts and hiring freeze since he took office. Can't blame DEI and Biden for those things.


This asshole literally signed an executive order to find out the "damage" caused by DEI hiring.

[url]https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-signs-aviation-order-to-assess-damage-done-to-air-safety-by-diversity-policies[/url]

Trump is the one blaming people without even waiting for an investigation.[/quote]

My Dude, here is a well cited and documented article showing the steps of 10 years that the FAA has implemented affirmative action/dei hiring practices and chased out good candidates

[url]https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/the-faas-hiring-scandal-a-quick-overview[/url]

This isn’t new, and it does cost lives. Like it or not, the most qualified people should get the job when it comes to air traffic controllers. You disagree?

Trump is right and the criticism is well documented in the article

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[quote=sdskinsfan2001;1372547]I didn't mention the name Trump once, let alone say someone here blamed him. And he should keep his big fat mouth shut. Being President doesn't change what should be rules of common decency. I'm just saying, let's not jump in the mud here. Let's see where the facts land. Then have rational discussions after that point.[/quote]

[url]https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/the-faas-hiring-scandal-a-quick-overview[/url]

Here some facts about the FAA and how hiring for Air traffic controllers has changed

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[quote=Chico23231;1372549][url]https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/the-faas-hiring-scandal-a-quick-overview[/url]

Here some facts about the FAA and how hiring for Air traffic controllers has changed[/quote]

Even assuming DEI is 100% to blame, which no one knows yet, a little more than 24 hours after dozens of American's lost their lives and their families' lives are tragically changed forever, it still is not the time to bring it up.

The America I love is a band of brothers/sisters, especially during times of tragedy. Where we are now is a fucking embarrassment.

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Accidents do happen, this constant politically charged blame game is just fucking tired

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[quote=sdskinsfan2001;1372551]Even assuming DEI is 100% to blame, which no one knows yet, a little more than 24 hours after dozens of American's lost their lives and their families' lives are tragically changed forever, it still is not the time to bring it up.

The America I love is a band of brothers/sisters, especially during times of tragedy. Where we are now is a fucking embarrassment.[/quote]

You don’t live in America. America 7/4/1776 to 1/20/2025.

We are in Trumpinstan now or UST- United States of Trump or Trumperica.

That’s what the majority voted for. Well just have deal with the shit for 4 years. There will be no sympathy from me, when the negative aspects of what many think will happen from Trump’s actions/policies; affects those voters also. I’ll just laugh at them. You voted it, so deal with it. They told you what he will do if elected. It’s on you if you didn’t look into it or didn’t think he would do what he said. Also, you believed him; when he said, he wasn’t going to do Project 2025.

Blaming DEI for everything, will be normal. Trump and the gop are only for the white race and only whites who agree with him. They want to go back to the 1950’s and even 1800’s.

Trump doesn’t give a shit about those who died.

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[quote=88Commanders00;1372555]You don’t live in America. America 7/4/1776 to 1/20/2025.

We are in Trumpinstan now or UST- United States of Trump or Trumperica.

That’s what the majority voted for. Well just have deal with the shit for 4 years. There will be no sympathy from me, when the negative aspects of what many think will happen from Trump’s actions/policies; affects those voters also. I’ll just laugh at them. You voted it, so deal with it. They told you what he will do if elected. It’s on you if you didn’t look into it or didn’t think he would do what he said. Also, you believed him; when he said, he wasn’t going to do Project 2025.

Blaming DEI for everything, will be normal. Trump and the gop are only for the white race and only whites who agree with him. They want to go back to the 1950’s and even 1800’s.

Trump doesn’t give a shit about those who died.[/quote]

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Tarriffs on Canada, Mexico and China. The Midwest and both Coasts get a good chunk of oil from Canada. Just drill baby drill? I don’t see many companies making that kind of investment.

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[quote=88Commanders00;1372560]Tarriffs on Canada, Mexico and China. The Midwest and both Coasts get a good chunk of oil from Canada. Just drill baby drill? I don’t see many companies making that kind of investment.[/quote]

Not a US made car that doesn't have Canadian parts. Beer will be hit hard as will Tequila and as always Food and Oil.

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Seems Doctor Evil is at it again!


[url]https://news.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-musk-aides-lock-government-200344003.html[/url]


[B][SIZE="5"]Exclusive-Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say[/SIZE][/B]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.

Since taking office 11 days ago, President Donald Trump has embarked on a massive government makeover, firing and sidelining hundreds of civil servants in his first steps toward downsizing the bureaucracy and installing more loyalists.

Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO and X owner tasked by Trump to slash the size of the 2.2 million-strong civilian government workforce, has moved swiftly to install allies at the agency known as the Office of Personnel Management.


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JHC.......

We are now telling all the Air Traffic Controllers to quit and he is Canceling Black History month!

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[quote=88Commanders00;1372555]You don’t live in America. America 7/4/1776 to 1/20/2025.

We are in Trumpinstan now or UST- United States of Trump or Trumperica.

That’s what the majority voted for. Well just have deal with the shit for 4 years. There will be no sympathy from me, when the negative aspects of what many think will happen from Trump’s actions/policies; affects those voters also. I’ll just laugh at them. You voted it, so deal with it. They told you what he will do if elected. It’s on you if you didn’t look into it or didn’t think he would do what he said. Also, you believed him; when he said, he wasn’t going to do Project 2025.

Blaming DEI for everything, will be normal. Trump and the gop are only for the white race and only whites who agree with him. They want to go back to the 1950’s and even 1800’s.

Trump doesn’t give a shit about those who died.[/quote]

False…and not close

Reminder, Trump won with a multi racial coalition of working class voters. He won with suburban women and got a substantial chunk of young Gen z vote as well. He won the popular vote

Kamala had 3 times the billionaire backers, raised 4 times the money and white rich coastal elites were her base and black woman.

Voters throughly rejected identity politics, which democrats embraced

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False , not close.

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Insanity

[URL="https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/01/31/nx-s1-5282274/trump-administration-purges-health-websites"]Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies[/URL]

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[B][SIZE="7"]Trump says Americans could feel 'some pain' from his new tariffs[/SIZE][/B]


[url]https://news.yahoo.com/trump-says-americans-could-feel-155950434.html[/url]

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that Americans could feel “some pain” from the emerging trade war triggered by his tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China, and claimed that Canada would “cease to exist” without its trade surplus with the United States.

The trade penalties that Trump signed Saturday at his Florida resort caused a mix of panic, anger and uncertainty, and threatened to rupture a decades-old partnership on trade in North America while further straining relations with China.

Trump on Sunday night threatened to impose steeper tariffs elsewhere, telling reporters that it will “definitely happen” with the European Union and possibly with the United Kingdom as well.



[B]PHuck this asshole! Had Biden done this they would be storming the White House and trying to Impeach him ! So much for inflation being Bidens fault![/B]