During the Presidential speech the Dems tried to be cute….one Dem got tossed for being mouthy and the small cadre held up signs like Musk Steals, Save Medicare, etc and some even filed out of the speech slowly.
To me as I have said it was theatrics only and was not effective only to the media for they had a spectacle they could put on the evening news for a few minutes
This is a video that pretty much echoes what I have already said.
Thoughts?
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
Tuesday Trump’s big scheme of tariffs went into effect and all the chest thumping during his speech about the tariffs and now a couple of targets will retaliate….
There was no last-minute reprieve this time in regard to President Trump’s tariffs as three new ones took effect at midnight Eastern. A look:
- Canada: Trump imposed a 25% tariff on most imports. Canada responded by imposing 25% tariffs on $30 billion worth of American goods immediately, a total it plans to increase to $125 billion by month’s end. Details on which goods are affected are still to come, reports the New York Times.
- China: Trump imposed an additional 10% tariff on products from China, on top of the 10% that went into effect last month. Beijing retaliated with tariffs ranging from 10% to 15% on a slew of American food and farm imports, including soybeans, meat, and grains, per the AP and the Washington Post. They take effect in a week. China also put new business restrictions in place against US companies, including the military-linked Leidos and General Dynamics Land Systems.
- Mexico: Trump imposed a 25% tariff on most Mexican imports. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is expected to lay out her nation’s response later on Tuesday morning, reports NBC News.
- Markets: US markets cratered Monday afternoon in anticipation of the news, and futures trading was “muted” ahead of Tuesday’s open, reports the Wall Street Journal. Europeans indexes dropped, as did Japan’s Nikkei, but China’s markets didn’t move much. Global auto stocks retreated, including Stellantis, Volkswagen, Volvo, Toyota, and Hyundai.
I remember just before the tariffs went into effect Trump told us the was no other option for there was ‘no room for negotiation’….and yet….
After two days of steep stock market drops, President Trump might be preparing to pull back on his 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Tuesday that Trump plans to “meet in the middle” with the two countries and an announcement will probably be made Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reports. Lutnick told Fox Business that he thinks Trump is “going to work something out with them,” but “it’s not going to be a pause.”
Lutnick and other officials have said the tariffs are linked to fentanyl coming across the border. “Both the Mexicans and the Canadians were on the phone with me all day today trying to show that they’ll do better, and the president’s listening, because you know he’s very, very fair and very reasonable,” Lutnick said. He cited the US-Mexico-Canada trade pact from Trump’s first term, Bloomberg reports. “If you live under those rules, then the president is considering giving you relief,” Lutnick said. “If you haven’t lived under those rules, well, then you have to pay the tariff.”
Trump paused the tariffs for a month after they were unveiled in February, but he said Monday, before the tariffs kicked in at midnight, that was “no room left” for negotiations. Canada and Mexico announced retaliatory tariffs on Tuesday, with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calling Trump’s tariffs “a very dumb thing to do.” Trump also doubled his earlier 10% tariff on imports from China, and Beijing responded with tariffs of up to 15% on American food imports. Lutnick, pointing to the country’s role in fentanyl production, said he didn’t expect immediate tariff relief for China, Politico reports.
The whole fentanyl is pure BS….tariffs are the only trick Trump has in his bag of whimsy….it is his excuse to use the only tool he has…..
When President Donald Trump imposed his long-threatened 25 percent tariffs on most goods from Canada and Mexico last night, the White House declared the trade barriers are necessary “to combat the extraordinary threat to U.S. national security, including our public health,” caused by “the flow of contraband drugs like fentanyl into the United States.”
The stock market promptly plummeted. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada would respond with 25 percent tariffs of its own on $155 billion worth of goods from the U.S. (In a post on Truth Social, Trump fired back: “our Reciprocal Tariff will immediately increase by a like amount!”) China declared that it would impose tariffs of up to 15 percent on U.S. agricultural imports, and President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico said her country would impose retaliatory tariffs as well.
Trump originally announced the new tariffs last month, but he agreed to pause their implementation when Canada and Mexico agreed to step up their border enforcement. (That order also imposed tariffs on China, which were not paused.) The White House noted in this week’s announcement, “While President Trump gave both Canada and Mexico ample opportunity to curb the dangerous cartel activity and influx of lethal drugs flowing into our country, they have failed to adequately address the situation.”
https://reason.com/2025/03/04/trump-loves-tariffs-fentanyl-is-just-an-excuse/
Fun times, huh?
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
In this case I am talking about the Dems….I have been watching DC to see just how these people will handle the Trump Admin and so far I am very unimpressed.
Lots of words and such and their actions have been muted. I know they are the minority at this point but at least they could fight for those they pretend to care about…us normal peasants they have ignored for several decades.
Sorry but they to do more than they have so far…they are fighting for the very soul of them nation….and I fear for it’s survival at this time.
After this past disastrous election I asked a question….
Will Democrats Ever Learn?
Two months later the question remains unanswered.
Everyone I know is complaining about the Democrats. They’re weak. They’re divided. They’re letting themselves get steamrolled. And on and on.
In this case, “everyone” is right. Even allowing for some degree of shock at the sheer scope of the onslaught in these first few weeks of Donald Trump’s second presidency, they should have found their sea legs by now. And not for the shallow purpose of “winning the day,” but for a very real one: Millions of Americans have a foot—or a leg—caught in Trump’s ideological bear trap, and they need a political party that will fight this illegal and indiscriminate rampage with everything at its disposal to help people pry themselves loose.
Naturally, we should have realistic expectations about what a minority party can achieve as far as parliamentary maneuvers. But you know what happens as soon as I type a sentence like that? I imagine too many elected congressional Democrats just nodding in agreement and exhaling in relief. The truth is simple: Far too many Democrats don’t want to think of themselves as fighters. This is a self-conception that has some deep historical roots; but far more importantly, it’s a potentially self-fulfilling prophecy of passivity that will have grave consequences for tens of millions of Americans, and for the Constitution and the republic, if they don’t get over this fast and come to terms with the reality they are in.
The historical roots go back to the late 1970s, when this new thing called “movement conservatism” was afoot in the land. Movement conservatism’s intellectual roots go back to the 1950s; but it wasn’t until the 1970s, when the “religious right” began to assume its form, that this movement started electing a critical mass of politicians and having a big impact on the country’s political culture.
https://newrepublic.com/article/191334/democrats-respond-trump-musk-purge
Somewhere there has got to be some balls in the party.
There are those like me that think we need to find some charisma in our Dem leadership….as it is now there is very little….
The Democratic race to succeed President Trump in 2028 could be shaping up to be an outsider’s race.
Down in the dumps after their devastating loss to Trump — the ultimate outsider — in November, Democrats increasingly are saying they must consider all options as they chart the way forward. That means looking beyond candidates to people who don’t fit the traditional bill, they say.
Billionaire business mogul Mark Cuban? Let’s take a look.
What about sports commentator Stephen A. Smith? I’m interested, say Democratic consultants and strategists.
Their sharp eyes are also considering politicians who don’t look like politicians. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.)? Definitely a possibility.
“In modern political history, there’s never been a time that’s more favorable for someone not of the system to rise in Democratic politics,” said Joel Payne, a veteran Democratic strategist who added that these potential candidates “have a bigger lane now more than ever.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5175423-democrats-eye-outsider-candidates/
While I agree I fear that the Dems will just another high dollar man to lead.
They have a new leader (DNC) with big words….they have a Progressive Caucus that tries but their numbers limit to what they can do….this is a war then fight like it is….but again they will preserve their place at the table by letting the special interests do their thinking for them.
And that is a sure way to lose the war and a best way to lose a nation.
Which do you want? A nation in ruins or one that the Constitution is the foundation.
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
Last night I had the not so distinct chore of watching and listening to a speech packed with lies and back slappin’…Trump’s big night in front of the people (from behind a gilded door).
I can sum up my review in just a few words…..good go what absolute garbage!
A massage of his own deluded ego.
But for those that were smart enough to watch Ghost Hunters let me fill in the blanks for you.
President Trump addressed Congress and the American people Tuesday night and immediately proclaimed, “America is back,” to cries of “USA! USA!” in response. He made it just a couple of minutes into his speech before Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas was removed from the House chamber, with House Speaker Mike Johnson calling Green’s behavior a “willful and concerted breach of decorum.” Standout lines from the president:
- America is back: “We have accomplished more in 43 days than most administrations accomplish in four years, eight years, and we are just getting started. … The American dream is surging bigger and better than ever before. The American dream is unstoppable, and our country is on the verge of a comeback. … Now for the first time in modern history, more Americans believe that our country is headed in the right direction than the wrong direction.”
- Washington-level success: “It has been stated by many that the first month of our presidency is the most successful in the history of our nation … and what makes it even more impressive is that do you know who number two is? George Washington.”
- A swing at Biden: “Illegal border crossings last month were by far the lowest ever recorded. They hear my words and chose not to come. … Under Joe Biden, the worst president in American history, there were hundreds of thousands of illegal crossings a month, and virtually all of them, including murderers, drug dealers, gang members and people from mental institutions were released into our country.”
- A swing at Democrats: “I look at the Democrats in front of me and I realize there is absolutely nothing I can say to make them happy or to make them stand or smile or applaud, nothing I can do. I could find a cure to the most devastating disease, a disease that would wipe out entire nations … and these people sitting right here will not clap.”
- A recap of his moves I: “I imposed an immediate freeze on all federal hiring, a freeze on all new federal regulations, and a freeze on foreign aid. I terminated the ridiculous new green scam. I withdrew from the unfair Paris Climate Accord … I withdrew from the corrupt World Health Organization and I also withdrew from the anti-American UN Human Rights Council. We ended all of Biden’s environmental restrictions that were making our country far less safe and totally unaffordable.”
- A recap of his moves II: “We have ended weaponized government where, as an example, a sitting president is allowed to viciously prosecute his political opponent like me. … I renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, and likewise, I renamed for a great president, William McKinley, Mount McKinley again. … Our country will be woke no longer. … We have removed the poison of critical race theory from our public schools, and I signed an order making it the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female.”
- Eggs: “Joe Biden especially let the price of eggs get out of control … and we’re working hard to get it back down.”
- What’s coming: “A major focus of our fight to defeat inflation is rapidly reducing the cost of energy. … My administration is also working on a gigantic natural gas pipeline in Alaska, among the largest in the world. … I will also take historic action to dramatically expand production of critical minerals and rare earths here in the US.”
- What’s coming II: “We’re also identifying shocking levels of incompetence and probable fraud in the Social Security program for our seniors … believe it or not, government databases list 4.7 million Social Security members from people aged 100 to 109 years old. It lists 3.6 million people from ages 110 to 119 I don’t know any of them. I know some people that are rather elderly, but not quite that elderly. … 3.5 million people from ages 140 to 149 and money is being paid to many of them, and we’re searching right now. … And over 130,000 people, according to the Social Security databases are age over 160 years old. We have a healthier country than I thought, Bobby.”
- What’s coming III: “The next phase of our plan to deliver the greatest economy in history is for this Congress to pass tax cuts for everybody. … I’m calling for no tax on tips, no tax on overtime and no tax on Social Security benefits for our great seniors. … I also want to make interest payments on car loans tax deductible, but only if the car is made in America.”
- On tariffs: “If you don’t make your product in America, under the Trump administration, you will pay a tariff, and in some cases a rather large one. Other countries have used tariffs against us for decades, and now it’s our turn to start using them against those other countries. … On April 2, reciprocal tariffs kick in, and whatever they tariff us, other countries, we will tariff them.”
- The lines that got some of the loudest cheers: “Since taking office, my administration has launched the most sweeping border and immigration crackdown in American history, and we quickly achieved the lowest numbers of illegal border crossers ever recorded. The media and our friends in the Democrat Party kept saying we needed new legislation. We must have legislation to secure the border, but it turned out that all we really needed was a new president.”
- On wokeness: “I also signed an order to cut off all taxpayer funding to any institution that engages in the sexual mutilation of our youth. And now I want Congress to pass a bill permanently banning and criminalizing sex changes on children and forever ending the lie that any child is trapped in the wrong body. This is a big lie, and our message to every child in America is that you are perfect, exactly the way God made you. … We’re getting wokeness out of our schools and out of our military, and it’s already out and it’s out of our society, we don’t want it. Wokeness is trouble. Wokeness is bad, it’s gone, it’s gone. And we feel so much better for it, don’t we feel better?”
- Military goals: “My focus is on building the most powerful military of the future. As a first step, I’m asking Congress to fund a state-of-the-art Golden Dome missile defense shield to protect our homeland, all made in the USA. … I am announcing tonight that we will create a new office of ship building in the White House and offer special tax incentives to bring this industry home to America where it belongs. … My administration will be reclaiming the Panama Canal, and we’ve already started doing it.”
- To Greenland: “I also have a message tonight for the incredible people of Greenland. We strongly support your right to determine your own future, and if you choose, we welcome you into the United States of America. We need Greenland for national security and even international security, and we’re working with everybody involved to try and get it … And I think we’re going to get it one way or the other. We’re going to get it. We will keep you safe, we will make you richer. Together, we will take Greenland to heights like you have never thought possible before.”
- An arrest: “Three and a half years ago, ISIS terrorists killed 13 American service members and countless others … during the disastrous and incompetent withdrawal from Afghanistan. … Tonight, I am pleased to announce that we have just apprehended the top terrorist responsible for that atrocity, and he is right now on his way here to face the swift sword of American justice … and I want to thank especially the Government of Pakistan for helping arrest this monster.”
- Zelensky sent a letter: “Earlier today, I received an important letter from President Zelensky of Ukraine. The letter reads, ‘Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. Nobody wants peace more than the Ukrainians. … My team and I stand ready to work under President Trump’s strong leadership to get a peace that lasts. We do really value how much America has done to help Ukraine maintain its sovereignty and independence regarding the agreement on minerals and security, Ukraine is ready to sign it at any time.'”
All in all the speech was pretty much what you would expect from the king in waiting….rambling, babbling and full of lies.
Sometimes I wish I was not such a political junkie for I would have had nice night if not.
Every word of this about an hour and half speech was misinformation, lies and utter bullshit.
I’m tired….
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”