Let’s Get The Facts out There On Trump’s Russia/Putin Obsession

[larsIU]

I only skimmed his post but it appears silly going by profit of a single car. My buddy owns a used car dealership. He's paying more for cars (at auction and elsewhere) and having a hard time getting inventory. So while he's charging more per car he's selling fewer cars because he can't get the inventory

I think it's more on the new cars. I know "never buy a new car" but I do b/c I keep them forever (I'm literally driving a 2009 right now). And I like the warranties.

New car markups are straight up greed/profiteering. Call it supply/demand or whatever but they are profiting like crazy on new cars. Def right on used cars b/c they have to buy them (or get them through trade) and the prices there are just plain stupid. Values at auction have increased something like 40% YOY. It's insane. And supply is f*cked b/c cars aren't being repossessed or traded in.

 

[IUclover]

Corporate greed is bs. If there's a shortage of cars and a shortage of houses costs of both will necessarily go up to consumers

Yeah, I guess I can’t complain. Our last house sold for 30% more than we paid after buying it 18 months prior. And we could sell our current house for around $40-50k more after buying it 5 months ago.

Note: My wife felt bad for listing our house so high last time and wanted to list it lower. My realtor and I were like no way.

 

[mushroomgod_1]

I am much better off now. Don't have to hear about Trump attacking people on Twitter daily or the weekly scandal in the white house.

Don't have to worry about the potus insulting allies and saluting dictators either.

America is finally great again. Move to Russia if you like dictators so much

That's dandy. Let's hope you don't get a nuke dropped on your ass by Russia or China while Joe is relearning how to tie his shoes and Kam is finishing her Diplomacy for Dummies book.

 

[mcmurtry66]

I think it's more on the new cars. I know "never buy a new car" but I do b/c I keep them forever (I'm literally driving a 2009 right now). And I like the warranties.

New car markups are straight up greed/profiteering. Call it supply/demand or whatever but they are profiting like crazy on new cars. Def right on used cars b/c they have to buy them (or get them through trade) and the prices there are just plain stupid. Values at auction have increased something like 40% YOY. It's insane. And supply is f*cked b/c cars aren't being repossessed or traded in.

I don't know that that's fair to say re greed/profiteering. At the start of last year Honda had 300,000 new cars in the US in its inventory. This year it had about 20,000. There are about 75% fewer cars on lots than normal. So if I'm running a business, with a future that is unforeseeable, and I have no idea when I'm getting more cars and the situation will relent, I am going to have to squeeze every cent out of what inventory I have today to account for the shortage of vehicles I"ll have to sell tomorrow. So my big profits today may have to stretch for who knows how long so that I can stay afloat. That's not greed/profiteering. That's forecasting and adjusting to unusual circumstances

 

[anon_mya1phvcpf5x4]

That's dandy. Let's hope you don't get a nuke dropped on your ass by Russia or China while Joe is relearning how to tie his shoes and Kam is finishing her Diplomacy for Dummies book.

Don't worry. If Trump was still potus, you would be speaking Russian and learning how putin likes his ass kissed

 

[mcmurtry66]

Yeah, I guess I can’t complain. Our last house sold for 30% more than we paid after buying it 18 months prior. And we could sell our current house for around $40-50k more after buying it 5 months ago.

Note: My wife felt bad for listing our house so high last time and wanted to list it lower. My realtor and I were like no way.

It's weird times

 

[mushroomgod_1]

I don't think you can point to any one thing causing inflation. South America which supplied most of the grain to China during the trade war is suffering a very pronounced drought and the war in Ukraine is causing another big spike to the prices of grains. During the Covid crisis we printed and gave away too much money-as though there wouldn't be a problem later with that approach (it got us through the moment so it probably made sense).

It does seem like we are heading into a very dark period worldwide but this wasn't caused by Joe any more than Covid was Trump's fault. I do not say the same thing for villains like Putin.

A year ago there weren't 100000 Russian troops in Ukraine. Thanks joe.

 

[mcmurtry66]

I think it's more on the new cars. I know "never buy a new car" but I do b/c I keep them forever (I'm literally driving a 2009 right now). And I like the warranties.

New car markups are straight up greed/profiteering. Call it supply/demand or whatever but they are profiting like crazy on new cars. Def right on used cars b/c they have to buy them (or get them through trade) and the prices there are just plain stupid. Values at auction have increased something like 40% YOY. It's insane. And supply is f*cked b/c cars aren't being repossessed or traded in.

Why aren't cars being repoed?

 

[anon_mya1phvcpf5x4]

A year ago there weren't 100000 Russian troops in Ukraine. Thanks joe.

Yup, Joe told putin to invade


#dumbtrumper

 

[cosmickid]

Man, you are just so entrenched and dense. His business interests were not run by him and would have existed anyway. if not for politics Biden would still be a lifeguard hanging out with Cornpop. How much wealth has pelosi gained while being in office?

You claimed he lost wealth because he was POTUS. I showed you that is false. And in addition to those "foreign business interests" which you claim he would have enjoyed anyway, there is also the millions he made by charging organizations which he ultimately profited from (like Committee to elect Donald J Trump, for example).

Entities connected to either the GOP in General or Trump in particular have spent over $20,000,000 on services provided by Trump Org Properties/Businesses. By itself the Committee to Elect Donald J Trump has spent over $16,000,000 at properties owned by Donald J Trump. Not sure of the correct technical term, but circular financing comes to mind...

https://www.opensecrets.org/trump/trump-properties

You do understand that they are using money raised to elect Trump, some of which eventually ends up in Trump's pocket at businesses owned by Trump? Eventually all of the proceeds spent at Trump Org properties go back into Trump's pocket.

 

[TDHoosier]

If "inflation" is such a huge issue (and the reasons Corporations give to justify raising prices) then why are those same corporations making RECORD profits? And why aren't they passing some of that excess profit in to increasing pay/benefits for workers, or assistance to the people buying their products?

Did you watch Reich's video? He lays the hypocrisy out pretty well, when companies making record profits are using "inflation" as justification to increase their costs.

I did not watch the video, I'm at work and blocked from most links. My question would be if the American worker is so deprived then how can they possible afford these products with their inflated prices? I'm curious since it doesn't add up there has to be a breaking point to where prices cause all purchases to cease. Another amazing fact is that many large companies have to be in this together to make it work. I know all publicly traded companies have to make public their yearly financials, maybe we as consumers take stronger looks at those and make decisions to purchase where we think the money is being distributed fairly.

I work for a company that has 7 Executive and I'm sure all are paid handsomely and all drive company cars and they all deserve it. We have around 400 employees and quite frankly all are well taken care of and that happens because of the hard work of those 7 executives. I know the stock holders (many which are employee's) are also extremely happy as well.

Not many were crying corporate greed when auto manufacturers were near bankrupt and had to be bailed out in order to keep the doors open myself included.

 

[larsIU]

I don't know that that's fair to say re greed/profiteering. At the start of last year Honda had 300,000 new cars in the US in its inventory. This year it had about 20,000. There are about 75% fewer cars on lots than normal. So if I'm running a business, with a future that is unforeseeable, and I have no idea when I'm getting more cars and the situation will relent, I am going to have to squeeze every cent out of what inventory I have today to account for the shortage of vehicles I"ll have to sell tomorrow. So my big profits today may have to stretch for who knows how long so that I can stay afloat. That's not greed/profiteering. That's forecasting and adjusting to unusual circumstances

Sure but we bitch about gas stations "price gouging" gas prices.

Mostly I'm just pissed b/c I want a new f*cking car and now I have to wait another 6-12 months. I'll probably calm down if the inventory returns and prices come back to normal. But i don't trust BIG DEALERSHIP

 

[mcmurtry66]

I did not watch the video, I'm at work and blocked from most links. My question would be if the American worker is so deprived then how can they possible afford these products with their inflated prices? I'm curious since it doesn't add up there has to be a breaking point to where prices cause all purchases to cease. Another amazing fact is that many large companies have to be in this together to make it work. I know all publicly traded companies have to make public their yearly financials, maybe we as consumers take stronger looks at those and make decisions to purchase where we think the money is being distributed fairly.

I work for a company that has 7 Executive and I'm sure all are paid handsomely and all drive company cars and they all deserve it. We have around 400 employees and quite frankly all are well taken care of and that happens because of the hard work of those 7 executives. I know the stock holders (many which are employee's) are also extremely happy as well.

Not many were crying corporate greed when auto manufacturers were near bankrupt and had to be bailed out in order to keep the doors open myself included.

Whatever the left talking point is he will adopt 100 percent.

 

[mcmurtry66]

Sure but we bitch about gas stations "price gouging" gas prices.

Mostly I'm just pissed b/c I want a new f*cking car and now I have to wait another 6-12 months. I'll probably calm down if the inventory returns and prices come back to normal. But i don't trust BIG DEALERSHIP

I'm in the same boat 2x. We're moving to Fla oct 1. There is never anything I guess or time right. Never. On anything.

 

[larsIU]

Why aren't cars being repoed?

Nobody's deliquent. Believe me, lenders want to snatch the cars. They're worth a mint at this point. Seriously, auto loan delinquencies are at a level not seen since the 80's (when lending practices were presumably much stricter and interest rates were higher).

 

[toastedbread]

Or Harvard or Yale. His alma maters. Loved hearing him tell the students their masks are ridiculous

I thought he looked like a 2 year old have a tantrum. If someone wants to wear a mask that is their personal choice and freedom.

 

[Crayfish57]

You claimed he lost wealth because he was POTUS. I showed you that is false. And in addition to those "foreign business interests" which you claim he would have enjoyed anyway, there is also the millions he made by charging organizations which he ultimately profited from (like Committee to elect Donald J Trump, for example).

Entities connected to either the GOP in General or Trump in particular have spent over $20,000,000 on services provided by Trump Org Properties/Businesses. By itself the Committee to Elect Donald J Trump has spent over $16,000,000 at properties owned by Donald J Trump. Not sure of the correct technical term, but circular financing comes to mind...

https://www.opensecrets.org/trump/trump-properties

You do understand that they are using money raised to elect Trump, some of which eventually ends up in Trump's pocket at businesses owned by Trump? Eventually all of the proceeds spent at Trump Org properties go back into Trump's pocket.

Thanks Mr encyclopedia, Just think of the money Trump has made using your head for over 5 years now! You didn't calculate that in, and again regardless I dont care. Why dont you do a entry for Biden and Hunter ?

 

[mcmurtry66]

I thought he looked like a 2 year old have a tantrum. If someone wants to wear a mask that is their personal choice and freedom.

He told them leave them on if they want

 

[mcmurtry66]

Nobody's deliquent. Believe me, lenders want to snatch the cars. They're worth a mint at this point. Seriously, auto loan delinquencies are at a level not seen since the 80's (when lending practices were presumably much stricter and interest rates were higher).

That is crazy

 

[TDHoosier]

Corporate greed is bs. If there's a shortage of cars and a shortage of houses costs of both will necessarily go up to consumers. Would you rather sell a 100 cars for 5k or 20 cars for $10,000. Because they only have 20 to sell and are charging $10k doesn't mean it's corporate greed that they jacked up prices

I do not believe in corporate greed at all, businesses like you say have to make decisions that are best for them. I've lived 50 years and not once have I had someone tell me I had to buy something or else. Great part of America is we get to make choices.

Businesses making a profit is good for everyone who beats the bushes daily and puts their money in places that it can be maximized. If you choose not to go out and "hit it every day" as my Dad would say then enjoy what you have but realize it may be limited.

 

[BCCHoosier]

A year ago there weren't 100000 Russian troops in Ukraine. Thanks joe.

Don't be a simpleton.

 

[mcmurtry66]

I do not believe in corporate greed at all, businesses like you say have to make decisions that are best for them. I've lived 50 years and not once have I had someone tell me I had to buy something or else. Great part of America is we get to make choices.

Businesses making a profit is good for everyone who beats the bushes daily and puts their money in places that it can be maximized. If you choose not to go out and "hit it every day" as my Dad would say then enjoy what you have but realize it may be limited.

100%

 

[toastedbread]

He told them leave them on if they want

Yes but he looked flustered like he was having a hissy fit. Not a good look for a professional politician.

 

[bub-rub]

The obsession with Trump is baffling. In one sentence you nailed Trump. No more to it than that

i guess I get what you are saying and it’s annoying to see but you can’t think of anything about orange dude that maybe caused this obsession, anxiety? The American people just randomly became zombies over the course of four years or is there something unique about the way he approached his job? and the way he still conducts himself? Hmmm

 

[mcmurtry66]

Yes but he looked flustered like he was having a hissy fit. Not a good look for a professional politician.

He's a baby for sure

 

[TDHoosier]

Yeah, I guess I can’t complain. Our last house sold for 30% more than we paid after buying it 18 months prior. And we could sell our current house for around $40-50k more after buying it 5 months ago.

Note: My wife felt bad for listing our house so high last time and wanted to list it lower. My realtor and I were like no way.

It is nice to see those gains but it is all relative because most have to turn around and put them in a new home that is probably overpriced as well. Sell high buy high is in place currently that is unless you relocated to a different part of the US. I was working with a couple that lived in California sold their home (1500 sq/foot) moved to Southern Indiana bought a new home (4000 sq/foot) two new cars and paid off all debt with the proceeds from the California sale. They thought it was a really good move, well until they had to experience the winter here. lol

 

[T.M.P.]

Are you Personally better off????

Yes.

 

[T.M.P.]

That's dandy. Let's hope you don't get a nuke dropped on your ass by Russia or China while Joe is relearning how to tie his shoes and Kam is finishing her Diplomacy for Dummies book.

dumb

 

[Bowlmania]

i guess I get what you are saying and it’s annoying to see but you can’t think of anything about orange dude that maybe caused this obsession, anxiety? The American people just randomly became zombies over the course of four years or is there something unique about the way he approached his job? and the way he still conducts himself? Hmmm

The "You've got TDS!" argument, aimed at Trump opponents, defies all logic, but I guess the Trumpers want to cancel the opposition and it's all they've got. Trump continues to hold rallies, continues to promote the Big Lie, is the star of the show at CPAC, wins the CPAC straw poll for Republican presidential nominee in '24 and remains the most important figure in the Republican party because he's enabled by millions of devotees who continue to turn out at his rallies, buy his "Trump Won!" and "Cheated, Not Defeated!" paraphernalia and pour money into his super-PAC. His followers clearly continue to obsess about him, refuse to concede that he lost the last election, and want him at the top of the ticket in '24. But it's his opponents who are deranged? That is insane.

 

[NPT]

I agree with you. Limited supply and a lot of people were flush. Boom.

Used Cars Are Now Selling For More Than New Cars

Supply and demand issues have created the rare occurance where used cars can cost more to buy than new cars.

www.motor1.com

 

[NPT]

I don't know that that's fair to say re greed/profiteering. At the start of last year Honda had 300,000 new cars in the US in its inventory. This year it had about 20,000. There are about 75% fewer cars on lots than normal. So if I'm running a business, with a future that is unforeseeable, and I have no idea when I'm getting more cars and the situation will relent, I am going to have to squeeze every cent out of what inventory I have today to account for the shortage of vehicles I"ll have to sell tomorrow. So my big profits today may have to stretch for who knows how long so that I can stay afloat. That's not greed/profiteering. That's forecasting and adjusting to unusual circumstances

I was reading that Ford told their dealers that if they start gouging on the electric truck they will withhold the dealership's allocation of those vehicles. What they are doing is no different from Home Depot raising their prices to outrageous amounts after a hurricane.

 

[IUclover]

It is nice to see those gains but it is all relative because most have to turn around and put them in a new home that is probably overpriced as well. Sell high buy high is in place currently that is unless you relocated to a different part of the US. I was working with a couple that lived in California sold their home (1500 sq/foot) moved to Southern Indiana bought a new home (4000 sq/foot) two new cars and paid off all debt with the proceeds from the California sale. They thought it was a really good move, well until they had to experience the winter here. lol

We recently rented a 2 bed, 1 bath 1000 sq ft house in the Bay Area that would sell for $3M in a day. Absolutely crazy out there. I would’ve liked to stay there but I also like owning a home.

 

[Mas-sa-suta]

Jeezus God. Trump's own Attorney General announced that there was no widespread fraud that impacted the election outcome. And Trump lost every audit. And every recount. And every lawsuit. And a bunch of Republicans were involved in many of those processes and findings.

I can't believe you - - or anyone - - is still questioning this.

12 Counties in Wisconsin are seeking to decertify the fraudulent federal election.

Robin Vos is looking at prison time in his not too distant future..

That will be all it will take....one domino..

Dominion has been revealed as accessory to organized, RICO-level felonies in numerous States.

Reckoning is coming.

Jeezus God. Trump's own Attorney General announced that there was no widespread fraud that impacted the election outcome. And Trump lost every audit. And every recount. And every lawsuit. And a bunch of Republicans were involved in many of those processes and findings.

I can't believe you - - or anyone - - is still questioning this.

Are you referring to Robert Johnson?

 

[outside shooter]

(this can be backed up by all the patents that Fauci has his name on, dealing with the Sars-Covid-2)

Every single thing you said was BS and I could go on forever, but as to this point, there are public databases on patents that anyone can check. You are full of it.

Fact check: SARS-CoV-2 was not created using genes from HIV, Fauci does not hold patents for an ‘HIV component’ to SARS-CoV-2

An article circulating on social media claims that Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), “holds patents of an HIV component used to create COVID-19”. This is false.

www.reuters.com

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

"and is the rightful president."
and now 60% of the country is feeling that the election was stolen... so maybe the cult has a valid point.

Or let me rephrase that word Stolen.... maybe not stolen.... but I'll say it like Biden was elected unfairly and a lot of Election Laws in states were broken during the elections.

"Morons. I got morons on my team." - Quote from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Trump cult members are not helpful to the GOP cause.

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

Jeezus God. Trump's own Attorney General announced that there was no widespread fraud that impacted the election outcome. And Trump lost every audit. And every recount. And every lawsuit. And a bunch of Republicans were involved in many of those processes and findings.

I can't believe you - - or anyone - - is still questioning this.

Barr is now RNG, Republican Non Grata, to Trumpsters. The RNG list grows every time a Republican says something cross about Trump or disagrees with Trump on anything even blatant lies.

Note: PNG, Persona Non Grata, is what a country does to diplomats of another country that are no longer welcome and must leave the country. Examples are the 12 or 13 Russians the US just made PNG from Russia's diplomatic mission.

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

I really don't care its a blog so there, they're, their hahahaha

Also, "alot" is not a word. You're looking for "a lot." I noticed that several of the hard core Trumpsters here make the same mistake. It doesn't look very smart. Just trying to help.

 

[anon_mya1phvcpf5x4]

Somehow if Joe were Muslim I don't think you'd be advocating for him to take a stance on his religious beliefs. Nor would you want him to legislate based on them.

Again, I don't know Joe Biden's personal view on abortion. If a woman asked him whether or not she personally should get an abortion, would he tell her she shouldn't because it's a sin? I don't know.

All that said, Biden can personally be ensconced in his faith without imposing his beliefs on his legislative duties.

I don't think they comprehend the meaning of separation of church/religion and state.

 

[ALBSUBDUDE]

Fair enough, but is this the same world as even 15 months ago. Inflation is a worldwide problem. Restarting a world economy after a pandemic ain't easy.

This inflation is not caused by a bunch of people getting a few hundred more dollars per month.

 

[Mas-sa-suta]

Why at the end of the day farmers will make a lot more money this year. I realize running the machinery, fertilizer, herbicide will cost more but the return will be so much higher with the caveat that need good weather but that's why you buy crop insurance if you do have a bad weather. BTW, 2 years ago farmers were getting by because we got all kinds of welfare money from the government, it probably was the biggest welfare program in the history of this country, if they didn't get that many would have gone broke. I think it was wrongfully administered as there was no cap on how much you or a corporate farm could receive. Farm subsidies were originally set-up during the 1930's to keep people from losing there small individual 40 and 80 acres farms not the massive 50,000-acre operations we see in some cases today.

Yada, yada...

The OP was about President Trump's being only about himself, politically and financially.

The Ag econ question I raised asked to contrast input costs for the '22 growing season, following two years of Biden/Harris bumbling, with the input costs for the '20 season, following 4 years of Trump policies to include fuel, fertilizer, etc..

Your answer talked about the subsidies from taxpayers, policies from decades ago,
and sundry.....

Are you paying 100% more for farm diesel, lp gas, and lubricants than two years ago?