The Trump Presidency, Season 2

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We were close to another (another!) short term funding bill getting voted on, to carry the government through March 14 of next year. They have just a few days to to get the bill through. But now...

Trump opposes funding bill, pushing government closer to a shutdown


Trump wants a DEBT CEILING INCREASE as part of the deal, something neither party was considering at this time, which proves he's nothing if not consistent in his distaste for what I thought DOGE was all about. But it would be another cudgel in his hands to use on Biden and the Democrats. But really, it's not Trump and Vance leading the crusade against the funding bill. It's Elon Musk.


Trump is pretending to already be president with his demands and threats, but really, Musk is in charge.
As someone who works as a contractor with the government the part I was selfishly interested in was:
A shutdown will occur at 12:01 a.m. Saturday without action from Congress. There is currently no fallback plan.
 

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To be quite frank, I’m all out of hugs.
The hug I clicked on is not a "forcing a hug on you" but more of a "here's a hug to put into the hug bank so that, eventually, you'll develop the ability to hug again, you know, if you want to hug, not to force you to become a hugger, I do not particularly like hugging myself so I'd never force hugs" type of thing.
 

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What the heck is up with his obsession with annexing Canada?
 
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To be quite frank, I’m all out of hugs.
Somewhere, maybe here, I saw a post from a Canadian that basically said, "How about you Americans quit looking to Canada to solve your self-inflicted problems and start fighting back like Ukraine or Syria?"

I felt a bit called out and must admit they have a rather painfully good point.
 

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What the heck is up with his obsession with annexing Canada?
With the Tariff threat PM Trudeau continued his incorrect assumption that this is a normal diplomatic situation and went down to discuss with Trump, which Trump took as a weakling showing a soft underbelly and has been jabbing what he believes to be the easiest target ever since.
 

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We were close to another (another!) short term funding bill getting voted on, to carry the government through March 14 of next year. They have just a few days to to get the bill through. But now...

Trump opposes funding bill, pushing government closer to a shutdown


Trump wants a DEBT CEILING INCREASE as part of the deal, something neither party was considering at this time, which proves he's nothing if not consistent in his distaste for what I thought DOGE was all about. But it would be another cudgel in his hands to use on Biden and the Democrats. But really, it's not Trump and Vance leading the crusade against the funding bill. It's Elon Musk.


Trump is pretending to already be president with his demands and threats, but really, Musk is in charge.
Dipshit hasn't been sworn in yet. He has NO say on any current bills being passed before inauguration.
 

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Somewhere, maybe here, I saw a post from a Canadian that basically said, "How about you Americans quit looking to Canada to solve your self-inflicted problems and start fighting back like Ukraine or Syria?"

I felt a bit called out and must admit they have a rather painfully good point.
Not wrestling the nuclear arsenal out of the hands of doomsday Christians and oligarch maniacs and instead running to another country to hide behind the citizens there is to the entire planet's disadvantage. You can do more in the USA as a citizen than you can do remotely.

Just ask South Korea.
 

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Not my creation, but I'm sure that variation will appear very soon.
I did see one circulating on Threads with Musk sitting at the desk with Butler Trump standing by with a tray of stuff.
 

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