Scott Bessent has a net worth of over $500M. Men like him have 0 understanding of how much an additional tax on everything affects people that are living paycheck to paycheck. Telling poor people to suck it up isn't the uplifting message they seem to think it is.
Please read about ‘Project Russia’ - it's aligned with everything we see Trump and his regime doing. It's the overall master plan.Trump is deliberately destroying the economy. He is doing this for Putin to create a new world order. It's described in 'Project Russia' https://bit.ly/4jhvi1A
What they wanted was never part of the equation. He just wanted to win the election so he could do whatever he wanted to do without legal interference.
The American dream is jobs paying well enough for a family of 4 to afford to buy a modest house, own a modest car, while being able to afford a yearly vacation. While also putting away small amounts for college.
Then 45 years ago, greed started to become a good thing while having things be modest turned into bigger homes, bigger cars. Who can outdo who. It's maddening to be honest.
I'm 4.5 years from reaching my retirement age of 62. Is what I put in going to be there for me starting in Oct 2029?
I think a lot of them wanted the racist policies and the extreme austerity. I've ran into plenty of libertarians over the years and they love this crap. Don't underestimate just how devoid of communal empathy many Americans are after decades of anti-civic propaganda by the right
You’re a fly on the wall in the White House and you see Donald Trump lose Bigly in the Wisconsin race… you have to bring these tariffs on people in the morning.
This is the best thing to lock in momentum from the past 48 hours between Booker Wisconsin and musk losing $2 million
Indicative of the real welfare queens and terrorists you need to worry about, not someone from another country. They're right in your backyard, running multi-billion dollar corporations, and holding office.
Your oppression is their profession.
Yes, it is prices. Also ending war in Ukraine which he can’t seem to do in 3 months, never mind one day. And America is becoming like Cuba, irrelevant to the rest of the world because of these tariffs thst trump can’t decide what he wants.
Admitting you were lied to, however, is an easier pill for their egos to swallow.
They will be swept up in the carnage just like the rest of us. I’m angry. I bet they are too but don’t know how to reconcile that. You were lied to - that’s how.
Biden did too good of a job with the economy. But that's normal for Democrats. Republicans start a recession. Then a Democrat saves the economy. Then voters think "Economy's good now. Let's go back to voting for a Republican." Rinse. Repeat.
And Fed Chair Powell, God love him, managed the impossible feat of achieving a "soft landing" for the economy -- brought COVID's high inflation down to < 3% without flipping us into a recession.
It's going to get fukked up now, but Powell's a wizard.
Why aren’t people more upset about Trump costing us thousands in 401(k)? This is straight out of our pockets. Do only Democrats have retirement savings?
So far this year, my mortgage went up $331 a month, two prescriptions went up $40 a month, and our health insurance went up over $100 a month not to mention my PGE for the last two months was 850 per month and this month it’s 720 something! Never had PGE this high and I DONT run my heat! EVER!!!!!!
“They” wanted to be contrarian. “They” were racist. “They” were upset with Biden. Anyone who believes “They” actually believed this grifter is still part of the problem.
They were complaining about eggs being too damn high…eggs…and Besent thinks Americans don’t want cheap tvs…it’s worse than stupidity…it’s condescension…a complete misunderstanding of their electorate…you promised them cheap stuff!
Giving them way too much credit. They didn’t want or plan to honor anything they said during the campaign. It was a ruse to get into power and them do whatever benefits them.
A lot of people were yelling about THREE PERCENT inflation, for Chrissake! Oh, yeah, sure, they won't have a BIT of problem with prices hiking up 20% and more! Uh huh; you bet. Sure!
Judging by a few acquaintances Facebook posts, they have followed him on this abrupt U-turn and are looking forward to the return of American manufacturing “even if things are more expensive for a while”
He wasn't elected to reduce prices. He was elected because he's a white supremacist who caters to white people aren't very bright. The polls only reflect what people want us to believe about themselves
Due to the cult-like nature of his followers, I think everyday Americans will be shocked at the level of price hikes the far right will not only endure but endorse. It was never actually about the prices. You can’t really understand it until you’ve escaped a cult and even then it’s still shocking.
That is just what they claim. Per my red hat MAGAt father (and I believe this to be the actual truth) “I support him bc I agree with what he is doing. I am glad he is deporting all of the illegals and there are probably some non desirable citizens they can throw in with them”
Speaking for myself, the last ten years has been extremely eye opening. There have plenty of people I looked up to growing up that have gone full mask off. When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
More appropriately I've never seen an electorate more fundamentally misunderstand the candidate they were voting for.
This candidate could care less what the electorate wanted or expected. His goal was to mislead them into voting for him and then he could do whatever he pleased.
I think Trump's been on the horn with his rich friends telling them to buy stock now. Right before the big tariff deadline is to hit, he'll "delay" it. The market will go up so they can make a few million, then ...repeat the carny trick a week later. He is, if anything, a crook.
It's incredible that he thinks trump actually gives a fuck about why he was elected. That was his end-game, his only objective. Are there still people who think he gives a fuck???
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There are some delusional people unfortunately. They think they will get ahead somehow by bringing us all down. I think everyone knows he doesn't give a fuck!!!
I think he fully understands that it’s a cult. He knows he can shoot social security in the middle of 5th avenue and wouldn’t lose any support. They will drink the kool aide and the regime is betting on that.
All he has to do is tell them they actually asked for higher prices, and they will believe it. Thats how sheep are…although I would hazard that even sheep would eventually learn not to trust the wolf. Not confident about these people…
What people refuse to see, HE NEVER CARED why he was elected.
The end game was always about power, MONEY (for 47) implementation of the Federalist Society agenda, Project 2025 and their dogma. He was simply the worthless moron with the brand name to get it over the finish line.
I wish Trump’s dis-function was a misunderstanding of what he was elected to do. People give this heartless monster way too much credit. Project 2025 is undeniable proof that he knows exactly what he is doing and wants to do. Stop trying to make it make sense, take him at face value. He doesn’t care
About the only thing Trump understands is that he doesn’t care why anymore, he’s in and it’s too late for his voters to realize they’ve been conned. . . . . again.
But they'll vote for him a 3rd time, won't they? Constitution be damned. So maybe the fucking "price of eggs" isn't why people voted for him...y'all haven't figured that out yet?
They are also forgetting that the docile behavior of most Americans over the last 25 years was because of instant gratification. The whole, free bread for romans deal. If they take that away...
It's not a misunderstanding. It's arrogant hubris run amok. He's back in office so he believes he has carte blanche to do whatever he likes and nobody - not his haters, nor voters, nor rich backers - can stop him. But Evil, like Superman, has one fatal flaw: the power of Good. It's coming for him.
I'm 74, and I honestly accept that my mental abilities aren't what they were even 5 yrs ago, so we have got to agree that at some age, it's not in our best interest to have any aging white male leading us! Good God, we have to do better, and it's not about sexism, ageism, or race!
This reeks of the same kind of delusion that had Trump thinking he could end the war in Ukraine because Putin "respected" him too much to say no to his polite request.
He didn't misunderstand. He told the voters what they wanted to hear, knowing damn well he had no intention of ever following through with his promises. Just like last time.
I can't think of a single conversation with a Twumper indicating they wanted higher prices. They were all Biden drove up the cost of living, we can't afford him any more. Git rid of the D's, they said.
On the contrary the majority of Voters DID vote for the Orange 💩 albeit by a very thin margin. We can only imagine what the result would have been if the 7 million, yes 7,000,000 registered Democrats that didn't bother to vote had voted 🤷😢.
All of us need to intentionally stop buying shit we don't really need. I know I'm guilty as the next person. Separate need from want. We have been the greatest consumers on earth, and these people have gotten rich off of us. Turn off the tap. Buy local, trade, refurbish, etc...
Either he knows Musk hacked the election for him or he thinks people believe he’s chosen by god and either way he thinks he can do whatever the fuck he feels like, whenever
When they said they were tired of having a President who routinely shits his pants, they meant they wanted a President who shits his pants even more often.
Wait, what?? President Biden never had problems with incontinence. TFG is the guy who wears Depends, and according to a lot of people, the odor-control does NOT work.
For sure. And I don't know about other 401k plans, but when I had one, there was no option for creating trailing stop losses. Except in my self-directed portion, but only 2 of us took advantage of that. You could, however, watch a chart and place sell orders for end of following day on your own. 🫤
If prices go up everywhere then people will have no choice but to swallow the tariffs. The real question is, what gets displaced in our household spending? So we cut back on groceries? Electricity? Health insurance? Gasoline? Entertainment?
The hits will fall somewhere; something will lose money.
Does he? This seems like a legacy project where he wants to return the US to the days of isolation and self-reliance. The problem is the world doesn’t work like that anymore.
If this is truly the case why hasn’t there been aggressive action to remove him from power? Surely to God the entire Republican Party aren’t Russian agents? I can’t see how that’s even possible.
They’re all afraid of him, part two of his personality cult or on board for their own reasons. Becoming a one party state very much appeals to most republicans, even if it’s beholden to Moscow.
He wasn't elected to make things cheaper. That was just a cover for people. He was elected because he wasn't a black lady and because people were bored with things going well.
This is because there’s nothing misunderstood by Trump. He’s only in it for self gratification and retribution. What does me care what gets destroyed in the process. No, he understands only too well.
Well, in some cases, we have no choice. But you can't squeeze blood from a turnip! So, at some point, the American consumers who support this country's GDP will run out of money and patience.
Democratic voters need to grasp one thing. They live in a very racist country and when a black man became President white conservatives lost their minds to much that they started changing at the state level election laws like the restrictiveness of many of the ID laws. The gerrymandering is worse
The GOP are very good at their messaging even though it is nothing but lies. Dems are piss poor at their messaging. Plus they fight like a wet noodle. And compromise way too much.
Honestly, some of the best times were with a Dem President, Dem Senate, GOP House. When the GOP actually governed
My personal favorite are the ones crying about how "loyal" they were to Trump, voted for him 3x. Thought he was going to go after fraud/waste without realizing. The federal worker are the fraud/waste. Most are also saying how good they're getting on their reviews & they should keep their job
You don’t get it! He does not care. He just isn’t interested in governing - this is all just a grift. He understands perfectly: Trump tricked all the people twice. This is all a mean spirited scam.
Well, here’s the difference, Biden was elected, Trump was purchased. Trump isn’t beholden to the rubes he gulled into voting for him, he’s beholden to the billionaires that own him. Trump absolutely does not care about what happens to Americans. Trump cares solely for what happens to Trump.
white supremacist americans will uncomplainingly endure any amount of pain, as long as they can be kept certain that *more* pain is being inflicted on brown / immigrant / queer / non-christian / otherwise marginalized people. any price can be paid as long as the guilty "others" are duly punished.
I respectfully disagree! These people knew exactly who they were voting for. They just didn't believe the consequences of his actions would also include them!
I simply don’t understand why the criminal imbecile was REelected.
It was not difficult to grasp after the first disastrous foray occupying the Oval Office that he had no capacity to run our nation nor boost the economy.
The false narrative on the Biden/Harris economy was obvious as well.
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That stopped being true for people 50 years ago.
I'm 4.5 years from reaching my retirement age of 62. Is what I put in going to be there for me starting in Oct 2029?
You’re a fly on the wall in the White House and you see Donald Trump lose Bigly in the Wisconsin race… you have to bring these tariffs on people in the morning.
This is the best thing to lock in momentum from the past 48 hours between Booker Wisconsin and musk losing $2 million
Your oppression is their profession.
and the intent WASN'T IN THE LEAST to "lower prices"
it was to weaken the United States, it's Alliances, and NATO for the benefit of Putin, etc
Admitting you were lied to, however, is an easier pill for their egos to swallow.
They will be swept up in the carnage just like the rest of us. I’m angry. I bet they are too but don’t know how to reconcile that. You were lied to - that’s how.
And Fed Chair Powell, God love him, managed the impossible feat of achieving a "soft landing" for the economy -- brought COVID's high inflation down to < 3% without flipping us into a recession.
It's going to get fukked up now, but Powell's a wizard.
They aren't crying about prices now, which continue to rise and will only get worse.
Why?
That was never the issue.
Trump’s a joke, the UN got it his first term and laughed accordingly, he hears cheers when it’s jeers..
Egomaniacally insane..
Stop normalizing their lies and treachery.
Every Capitol, every county seat, every City Hall
April 5
https://handsoff2025.com
Relativity defines their cult.
This candidate could care less what the electorate wanted or expected. His goal was to mislead them into voting for him and then he could do whatever he pleased.
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One sad sack said he was looking forward to those lower egg prices instead.
Their reality is what he tells them it is.
Wired: Are you better off now than you were four months ago?
Inspired: (After tomorrow's "Liberation Day") Are you better off now than you were four days ago?
The end game was always about power, MONEY (for 47) implementation of the Federalist Society agenda, Project 2025 and their dogma. He was simply the worthless moron with the brand name to get it over the finish line.
Geez people!
“1984”, Orwell
They wanted him to tell them whatever gave them a dopamine hit. They want fuel for their hate.
A state road through my town has a sign in its yard: “Whatever liberals want, do the opposite.”
They don't care about the prices.
He didn't care.
AFTER the election.
Americans spend 4 years crying and hating Biden for higher prices.
He walks in and does all he can to raise prices and already he’s managed to cow the media and the public into accepting it without a whisper.
Unbelievable
Where’s the economists? Where’s the biz leaders hating on potus?
If you're rich, even downturns like this are advantageous bc you have enough money to weather the storm and buy up stocks at rock bottom prices.
If you're a working stiff, you're watching your retirement savings slip away.
The hits will fall somewhere; something will lose money.
MAGA will be cheering for higher prices.
There will be no place to hide.
47 would say anything to stay out of jail.
Dems need to stop pretending this was about spending several extra dollars on eggs.
This was about the ins and the outs.
American reactionary conservatives have ALWAYS been willing to hurt themselves, if it hurts others more.
Honestly, some of the best times were with a Dem President, Dem Senate, GOP House. When the GOP actually governed
Some of them even had the balls to say, "We never expected this to happen to US!"
Like the woman who was so upset because, "He's hurting THE WRONG PEOPLE!"
It would be more accurate to state the people who voted for him misunderstood what they were electing.
The trouble is sorting out his lies from his other lies that contadict them.
And somehow, this is reality.
It was not difficult to grasp after the first disastrous foray occupying the Oval Office that he had no capacity to run our nation nor boost the economy.
The false narrative on the Biden/Harris economy was obvious as well.
Ergo: HE WASN’T!