The world seems lighter today

[mohoosier]

Mandate?? LOL

What color do you see?

 

[GooglyMooglyWooglyBoogly]

What color do you see?

Trump didn't eclipse 50% of the popular vote. Surpassed Harris by 2 million.

Won the battlegrounds, yes, but not a mandate to do “whatever the **** he wants” as Dbm offered.

 

[outside shooter]

land doesn't vote, people do.

Here is what the United States looks like when you represent votes and not land area.

What colors do you see?

 

[WhyisIUBBcursed]

What color do you see?

Thanks goodness all 7 people in Kansas and surrounding states voted for Trump!!!

 

[crazed_hoosier2]

Trump didn't eclipse 50% of the popular vote. Surpassed Harris by 2 million.

Won the battlegrounds, yes, but not a mandate to do “whatever the **** he wants” as Dbm offered.

This is such a fake thing.

No president has the ability to do whatever they want. They’re all constrained by the Constitution, by Congress, by statutory law, by case law.

They all claim a “mandate.” But it’s never a real thing. Reagan won 49 states in 1984. But he also had a Democratic majority in the House all 8 years. And that limited what he could get done.

Trump has a ~3 seat House majority. He’ll get TCJA extended, but almost certainly in a modified form. Anything beyond that is a crapshoot.

 

[DANC]

The POS just removed secret service protection for Bolton. Even Biden who was often in Bolton's cross hairs allowed for his protection. Trump is such a petty man.

POS Biden refused SS protection for RFJ Jr and he was running for President. He only gave it to him after he was embarrassed by media reports.

 

[DANC]

You support him doing this? WTF is wrong with you?

Stripping him of his security clearance...fine. I get it. No big deal.

Stripping him of his security detail...when he's been specifically threatened by Iran? You don't think that's going a bit too far to "burn the deep state to the ground"? Putting a former NatSec Adviser's life in danger?

Yes, that's wrong. Not giving Bolton SS security is just wrong.

 

[mohoosier]

Thanks goodness all 7 people in Kansas and surrounding states voted for Trump!!!

Have you seen your optometrist lately??

 

[DANC]

Trump promised to burn the deep state to the ground. There is no bigger deep state actor than Bolton. Promises made. Promises kept.

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dbm, Trump is wrong here. And I don't think Bolton is part of the deep state. He's his own person. I disagree with him a lot, but Bolton has never waivered in what he believes. He and Trump had a falling out, but that's no reason to take away his SS protection.

 

[dbmhoosier]

This is such a fake thing.

No president has the ability to do whatever they want. They’re all constrained by the Constitution, by Congress, by statutory law, by case law.

They all claim a “mandate.” But it’s never a real thing. Reagan won 49 states in 1984. But he also had a Democratic majority in the House all 8 years. And that limited what he could get done.

Trump has a ~3 seat House majority. He’ll get TCJA extended, but almost certainly in a modified form. Anything beyond that is a crapshoot.

When no shit. He’s going to do whatever the f*** he wants within his authority as President. That should’ve been obvious.

In his first term there were things he wanted to do, like declassifying JFK, but was talked out of it. Not this time.

 

[Joe_Hoopsier]

dbm, Trump is wrong here. And I don't think Bolton is part of the deep state. He's his own person. I disagree with him a lot, but Bolton has never waivered in what he believes. He and Trump had a falling out, but that's no reason to take away his SS protection.

He could have at least gave him the SS detail that Biden gave Trump.... Up until the 2nd assassination attempt.

 

[WhyisIUBBcursed]

Have you seen your optometrist lately??

I see better without glasses and drive better when I’m drunk

 

[DANC]

I think he had mentioned about using the tariffs to replace Income Tax. I thought it was an interesting concept and was hoping someone would bring it up and discuss. I'd love to hear the thoughts but it is way above my pay grade.

I wouldn't think tariffs alone could do it, but I'd like to see a combination of them, a national sales tax, and a lower flat tax rate to take away the progressive tax code, which has all kinds of loopholes.