240b, thanks for the graphic in reply 14 above.
Memories in this forum are short, but fortunately mine is somewhat longer.
I remember how, back in 2019 and early 2020, how -most- (not all, but most) members of the forum were expressing themselves as being quite satisfied with Mr. Trump's accomplishments in DC, even if they didn't like his mean tweets.
But now?
Oh, they not only hate him... they ALWAYS hated him.
My reply:
B.S.
Mr. Trump will be the nominee.
2024 will be a "party vote". Vote for the party, even if you don't care for the candidate.
(aside: for the DCommunists, it has ALWAYS been "a party vote". That's why they're winning and our side is losing.)
Do what you have to do.
On the chance that Mr. Trump actually wins, gonna be a folks here, who no longer should belong here.
Sorry if you don't like this post.
The moderators may remove it if they wish.
But I won't retract it.
Nobody here hates Trump. But it’s fair to assess Trumps first term and many of the claims he’s making and his proposals because he is running again
On the border and energy, Trump was better that Biden and Obama. On the economy, he was similar to Obama. My memory is also very good and Trump did not inherit an economy in recession or even a stagnant one. He entered office with a growing economy, although sluggishly. On deficits and debt, he put us on a further unsustainable path and was heading that way even before COVID. In fact, should he have won in 2020 and continued on the path, he would have matched or even exceeded BHO on the debt
Now, his supporters here will say “ the deficits and debt under Trump and the massive spending he’s promising doesn’t matter.” Actually it does. It was the massive spending and the printing under Trump that can be traced to the inflation we are experiencing. Biden’s spending along with his energy policies is rubbing salt in the wound. Many of us predicted the inflation would come when the checks were being sent out as early as March 2020. And when congressional Republicans tried to reign some of that in, Trump opposed them. Had Biden not added his own spending, in fact, had Biden entered office and done nothing, we would probably be out of the Trump inflation.
Trump’s tariffs were also bad. So bad, in fact, we had to bail out farmers. That’s not something I would brag about but not only did Trump brag about it, he’s promising more. And those Tariffs were showing signs of harming the economy even before COVID
The newly elected president of Argentina, OTOH, except for how he acts at times, is the opposite of Trump. Maybe I’ll write him in on Nov 2024
