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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II
September 23, 2025 at 1:34 pm
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Quote:According to a recent survey from the Yale School of Management, shared with Axios, “in private, the leaders of some of the country’s best-known companies say that a number of White House policies have been bad for their businesses — and possibly illegal.”
Think about that. CEOs, the ones who usually play nice with Republicans, are whispering about how these policies are hurting them. And yet the Axios article says, “in public, business leaders are keeping relatively quiet, fearing retribution from President Trump.” Translation: the so-called “pro-business president” has corporate America too scared to say what they really think.
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Seventy-one percent of CEOs surveyed in the Yale study said tariffs were directly harmful to their business. And 74 percent agreed with the courts that Trump’s tariffs were flat-out illegal as executed.
Then there’s the Federal Reserve. Eight out of 10 executives said Trump was not acting in the country’s best interest by pressuring Fed Chair Jerome Powell to slash rates. On health care, 76 percent of them think policies under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are putting public health at risk. And let’s not forget the new $100,000 fee slapped on H-1B visas, making it harder for tech companies to hire global talent.
https://thehill.com/opinion/lindseys-len...criticize/
It's an op-ed, but still ...
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II
September 23, 2025 at 1:46 pm
^Sometimes, opinionated editorials are dead on balls accurate.
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II
September 24, 2025 at 3:31 am
Besties In Bronze
Quote:A statue showing President Donald Trump holding hands with Jeffrey Epstein appeared Tuesday near the National Mall, drawing immediate attention from visitors and setting off a storm of reactions online.
The bronze-colored figures, placed just steps from the White House, depict Trump and the late financier smiling and frolicking as if caught in a playful moment. At the base of the installation, a plaque declares: "In Honor of Friendship Month, which falls in September. We celebrate the long-lasting bond between President Donald J. Trump and his 'closest friend,' Jeffrey Epstein."
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II
September 24, 2025 at 10:25 am
Jimmy Kimmel slams ‘dangerous’ Trump during TV return
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II
September 24, 2025 at 12:38 pm
Quote:Last I went after them, they gave me $16 million. This one sounds even more lucrative
How's that smert bidness math looking now.
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II
September 24, 2025 at 12:55 pm
Using government as a shakedown tool ... how much more blatant can the graft get? "Nice network you got there ... be a shame if something bad happened to it."
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II
September 24, 2025 at 3:43 pm
(September 24, 2025 at 12:55 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Using government as a shakedown tool ... how much more blatant can the graft get? "Nice network you got there ... be a shame if something bad happened to it."
With Trumpleforeskin I don't think there's a bottom to that well.
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II
September 24, 2025 at 3:56 pm
There is. It's when money realizes it's not a good deal to mollify the toddler in chief.
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II
September 25, 2025 at 12:45 am
Trump is giving Argentina money to bail them out after the disastrous policies of their right-wing president, which they are using to sell soybeans to China for lower prices, thus stabbing US farmers in the back.
Quote:The Trump administration threw Argentina a financial life raft this week, and Argentina promptly responded by offering China an enticement in the form of untaxed soybeans.
It's a harsh blow to already struggling U.S. soybean farmers, and it illustrates the complex implications of rescuing a close ally.
Driving the news: On Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced concepts for broad financial support to stabilize Argentina's economy. Argentine markets and their currency, the peso, rallied on the news.
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-...f6444.html
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RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II
September 25, 2025 at 12:51 am
(September 25, 2025 at 12:45 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Trump is giving Argentina money to bail them out after the disastrous policies of their right-wing president, which they are using to sell soybeans to China for lower prices, thus stabbing US farmers in the back.
Quote:The Trump administration threw Argentina a financial life raft this week, and Argentina promptly responded by offering China an enticement in the form of untaxed soybeans.
It's a harsh blow to already struggling U.S. soybean farmers, and it illustrates the complex implications of rescuing a close ally.
Driving the news: On Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced concepts for broad financial support to stabilize Argentina's economy. Argentine markets and their currency, the peso, rallied on the news.
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-...f6444.html
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