Trump's Second Term

Andy_Ross said:
"There will never have been a transformation of a country like the transformation that's already happening in the United States of America. It's an incredible thing to watch."

"There will be complaints from globalists, special interests and fake news"

He says "soon" he will be getting calls from kings, queens and ambassadors looking for tariff exemptions.

No, the complaints won’t be from “globalists.” They’ll be from working families, small businesses, and everyday Americans
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Congrats to everyone who voted for this. Nice work, dumb ◊◊◊◊◊.
 
dudalb said:
Insane, just insane.
BTW Trump's tariffs are not a liberal vs conservative issue. Plenty of COnservative econimists think they are a terrible, terrible, idea.
Trump has become obssesed by the idea of tariffs,and no logic can move him.
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The tragedy is that a couple of republican congress critters are in agreement, they're just afraid of attracting trump's wrath to do anything about it.
 
Carrot Flower King said:
Ooooh look Merkinanian free speech eejits!

I just implied that your Fuhrer doesn't have his own hair!

And I called him by a Nazi title!

Because we have such limited free speech here...

PS and that was me being polite and grown up about him.
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Not Nazi, if they're not German it's just sparkling fascism.
 
dudalb said:
Insane, just insane.
BTW Trump's tariffs are not a liberal vs conservative issue. Plenty of COnservative econimists think they are a terrible, terrible, idea.
Trump has become obssesed by the idea of tariffs,and no logic can move him.
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Or, possibly, Putin thinks this is the best way to destabilise the rest of the world...
 
dudalb said:
Insane, just insane.
BTW Trump's tariffs are not a liberal vs conservative issue. Plenty of COnservative econimists think they are a terrible, terrible, idea.
Trump has become obssesed by the idea of tariffs,and no logic can move him.
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I know that unpredictability has always been part of his MO, but the way he's growing more and more confused, and his actions increasingly seem to be detached from reality is really scary. He's like one of those mad kings in the stories from the middle ages.
 
Remember it's the Golden Age.

If the Dems had got in the world economy would be on the verge of collapse by now.
 
Safe-Keeper said:
I know that unpredictability has always been part of his MO, but the way he's growing more and more confused, and his actions increasingly seem to be detached from reality is really scary. He's like one of those mad kings in the stories from the middle ages.
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Maybe someone could put a bug in his ear about building an elaborate, ornate castle atop a mountain. Keep him occupied for awhile.
 
Uuuh. I'll get out the maps and find a suitable area. We need the ground to be quick clay. What else, a mountainside overlooking the castle with an avalanche risk? Earthquake danger? Dormant subterranean magma veins? Keep the ideas coming and I'll fire up the GIS software.

Quick, someone call up the asbestors providers for insulation.
 
TragicMonkey said:
The older the system, the more duct-tape holding it together behind the scenes. That's an argument for going very carefully and slowly when introducing change, it's not an argument for wading in with a chainsaw!

I just hope somebody has complete backups safely stowed somewhere these DOGE idiots don't know about and can't get to because they are surely going to be needed to fix the upcoming damage.
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In theory it's really just a bunch of business rules on some data in a framework that implements them. There are any number of frameworks that could be used effectively.

The problem is getting the logic for those rules out of the code and applying it identically in a performant manner.

There will be a multitude of rules and exceptions and special cases that have accumulated over the years as each new government entity has decided to implement new policy.

That means there has to be extensive testing.

Then how does the transition to the new system happen?

This is going to be very high risk as well and politically ultra sensitive.

In Australia a new system that was going to cost billions to implement was recently cancelled half way through the project after hundreds of millions have already been spent.

So, the legacy system battles on for another decade. I imagine it is much the same for American legacy systems. The management world like to modernise but when it comes to the crunch it looks too hard, costly and high risk. They kick the can down the road again.
 
KDLarsen said:
The tragedy is that a couple of republican congress critters are in agreement, they're just afraid of attracting trump's wrath to do anything about it.
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I just read Tuberville's 'Let's give the tariffs a shot" comment. So playing Russian Roulette with the US economy is just fine. TUberville is the biggest moron in the Senate.
What is going on in congress is why I am such a strong advocate of term limits on congress critters. If they knew they could not make a lifetime career of being in congress, they might not be so obssesed with getting reelected.
 
Dr.Sid said:
Well .. get ready to buy the dip ..
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If these were normal times, I'd say that's sage advice. However, no one can predict the bottom with any degree of confidence. If I had a fifty-year timespan for my investments, I might consider buying on each dip. Historically, that's safe. But one must be prepared to wait. And there's also the possibility that all these machinations are a form of market manipulation by insiders who know what tRump will do (or who can convince him to do things). If so, then the insiders have already made their moves, and they will be the only long-term winners.
 
a_unique_person said:
In theory it's really just a bunch of business rules on some data in a framework that implements them. There are any number of frameworks that could be used effectively.

The problem is getting the logic for those rules out of the code and applying it identically in a performant manner.

There will be a multitude of rules and exceptions and special cases that have accumulated over the years as each new government entity has decided to implement new policy.

That means there has to be extensive testing.

Then how does the transition to the new system happen?

This is going to be very high risk as well and politically ultra sensitive.

In Australia a new system that was going to cost billions to implement was recently cancelled half way through the project after hundreds of millions have already been spent.

So, the legacy system battles on for another decade. I imagine it is much the same for American legacy systems. The management world like to modernise but when it comes to the crunch it looks too hard, costly and high risk. They kick the can down the road again.
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Yeah, you have to be careful in introudinc new systems..particularly in the area of defense.
 
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DallasDad said:
If these were normal times, I'd say that's sage advice. However, no one can predict the bottom with any degree of confidence. If I had a fifty-year timespan for my investments, I might consider buying on each dip. Historically, that's safe. But one must be prepared to wait. And there's also the possibility that all these machinations are a form of market manipulation by insiders who know what tRump will do (or who can convince him to do things). If so, then the insiders have already made their moves, and they will be the only long-term winners.
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It depends on how much money you have, really.
There will be bargains to be picked up, but you have to be careful and be able to wait awhile before making your profits by reselling.
 
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