Trump's Second Term

[Tero]

I'm just so diappointed. The two strong firemen carrying Trump on 9-11 did not come up in his Dallas speech. I asked. I could only watch 3 minutes of it this morning. The dumbocrats did make it, and trans sports.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

$5000 dollars to every adult in the USA is $1.3 trillion.

$1.3 trillion? That's not how you spell desperate bribery.

 

[Tero]

Nobody was waiting to get in.
Trump:

...and really big numbers, despite going up against the NFL. The overall numbers beat the NFL. The Arena, which was really nice, beat its own attendance records. The place was packed! There were thousands of people outside who couldn’t get in.

 

[a_unique_person]

$1.3 trillion? That's not how you spell desperate bribery.

It's not his money.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

Quite seriously, in what not-◊◊◊◊◊◊-up way is this $5,000 bribe not criminal?

Is it a cash incentive intended to sway a voters intentions? Well, duh. Adding a condition that he'll only pay out if it works seems neither here nor there considering that it's Trump and no reasonable person believes he'll pay out at all. Otherwise everyone would already have the $2,000 he promised ages ago.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury."

 

[a_unique_person]

Quite seriously, in what not-◊◊◊◊◊◊-up way is this $5,000 bribe not criminal?

Is it a cash incentive intended to sway a voters intentions? Well, duh. Adding a condition that he'll only pay out if it works seems neither here not there considering that it's Trump and no reasonable person believes he'll pay out at all. Otherwise everyone would already have the $2,000 he promised ages ago.

It's not his money.

 

[Planigale]

Trump: "We're making a fortune. So if the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000. It will be called the Trump Dividend. Congratulations.
Only I can make this promise to you: If the Republicans win the House and Senate, I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000"

I thought expenditure was the responsibility of congress. Unless Trump means to pay out personally.

Is it legal in the US to offer people a financial incentive to vote for one party? In Europe it would be called bribery.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

It's not his money.

It's never his money. Even when he says it's his money he's just lying.

But what $1.3 trillion can he just take and throw around like confetti?

 

[TragicMonkey]

Didn't he previously say we'd all get checks because of tariffs? And again because of DOGE? I wonder how many people will believe the same lie the third time.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

Yes, he promised $2,000 to all low and middle income families from the "trillions" he pretends America's taking in from tariffs.

If the trillions are real, where are all those $2,000 checks?

 

[The Great Zaganza]

He used them to reduce the deficit.. oh, wait..

 

[Andy_Ross]

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[Andy_Ross]

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[Jack by the hedge]

Sure, you could have been somewhere nice instead. But I guess all the nice places will be grateful. What went wrong? Did your free plane break down?

 

[TragicMonkey]

Sure, you could have been somewhere nice instead. But I guess all the nice places will be grateful. What went wrong? Did your free plane break down?

It's actually an impossibility because anywhere Trump is automatically becomes less nice because of his presence.

 

[LiteBright]

Interestingly, in Trump's 3rd round of tantrum tariffs and bans on Canadian products enacted Tuesday night, they also quietly dropped a number of items off their tariff list including toilet paper, cement and sugar.

Thanks for giving us a list of additional products where we have leverage over you beyond potash, oil and electricity.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Vote buying is absolutely and specifically illegal in the USA, whether it is conditional on success or some other outcome, whether it is paid out or not, and regardless of whose money it is.

 

[Darat]

It's not his money.

Yeah but if he sees all that money who do you think he'll "give" to? I'll give you a clue it starts with a T!

 

[Darat]

Didn't he previously say we'd all get checks because of tariffs? And again because of DOGE? I wonder how many people will believe the same lie the third time.

Hopefully this time the wolf will be real ....