Exactly, just when we dodged the bullet with Kamala along comes AOC. How have we come to this?
Ask the people who vote for them.
Newsom has single handedly destroyed CA, handing him the keys to the USA would be a disaster.
I started watching it last week but lost interest; how many times can you see someone ski/snowboard down a hill, blow down a track in a bobsled, prance around on the ice or slide a huge round brick down the ice while others try to slow it down with a broom.
This from a FB page I am a member of, absolutely nails it IMO;
Lets face it she's bat-crap bonkers, but has loads of rich entitled leftist loons backing her.......why they don't simply emigrate to Russia/China/North Korea is beyond me!
Yes, the economic enemies of the US like China and Canada are rejoicing. They can continue to rip us off in trade with their own tariffs as they have done for decades. I don't understand the mindset of hating Trump more than the adversaries of the US. The propaganda has been amazingly effective.
I’m guessing you’re not in an import business… like the many Americans that suffered tremendously with the tariffs… many just closing up shop and losing everything… I bet they have a mindset…
None of what you suggested has happened. How many Americans suffer when they are subject to tariffs imposed by most of the rest of the world on us? Resulting in closed markets to US goods. In return, we pay for the national defense of much of the world and they stick it to us in trade. They must be laughing their backsides off. Europe can only afford socialized health care and many other benefits because the US pays for the privilege of defending them. We pay billions every year to do so. They pay almost nothing. That has gone on since the end of WWII with no end in sight. Of course, this has nothing to do with tariffs. Tariffs were actually a tool used by Democrats prior to Trump. Now they oppose them because it has everything to do with Trump. Some people hate him so much, they oppose anything he does. If he is for tariffs, they are against them no matter the merits. If he wants to deport illegal alien criminals, they want them to stay. Someone will eventually write a great book on how the endless propaganda has radicalized so many people to that level.
Not happening, what's done is done, will see how things go moving forward per my accountant.
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Doug...I'm not trying to argue with you...I want to keep this civil...but yes...it's true...many business's have closed due to tariffs...and/or altered their business model and laid off employees...but you seem to want to focus on “Trump haters” causing these problems...and while I do think he is a boofus...for the record...I’m an Independent that leans left...I’m really tired of the often used phrase “left wing maniacal liberal radicals” by so many posters on here...I actually do like a few things Trump does...but felt this was off the charts unfair to the American consumers...I’m more focused on affordability...and these tariffs...which are nothing more than a tax on Americans...surely you will at least honestly admit that almost everything you buy now has gone up...and I don’t know where you get your news...but what I’m saying about business’s closing is easily proven with just a little research...”The American Dream” of running a small business that relies on imports is being crushed...especially small enterprises due to the financial strain of paying tariffs on imported materials...and by cutting the job market on employees due to increased costs and financial strains by tariffs...business’s that could not absorb the higher cost of imports were forced to raise their prices which effects consumers...meaning you and me...by paying more...surely you see this in your daily life...
As far as the US paying to defend all of the world...are you aware that the US is in arrears to the UN to the tune of $4.5 billion in unpaid dues for peace keeping operations? The US didn’t pay anything in 2025...just recently the US paid a paltry $160 million...a fraction of what we owe...The UN officials have said 95% of the arrears of the UN’s regular budget is from the US...with all that said...Trump has found money...probably from tariffs...and pledged to his newly formed Board of Peace $10 billion...where there are plans on the Gaza for luxury hotels...skyscrapers and "free market development"...just what the Palestinians were hoping for I bet...you can fact check me on this too...it's easy to find
How many businesses had to close due to the disastrous COVID shutdown policy? An economic catastrophe. There was record inflation under Biden when he flooded the country with government handouts while shutting down the supply chain resulting in hyperinflation. The impact of tariffs has been minimal by comparison. Tariffs are a traditional tool of the Democrats. There are legitimate pros and cons to tariffs depending on what type of business that you are in. Some benefit and others do not. The opposition to tariffs in this instance is driven by politics rather than economics. It goes like this, if Trump is for it, many people are against it for that reason. It doesn't matter to them whether the underlying policy is good for the country.
Trump has already countered with a "10% across the board worldwide tariff"; again, there are many moving parts to this, it's far from over/a done deal.