"As you know, this is the anniversary, first anniversary, January 20th. And it's been an amazing period of time. We have a book that I'm not going to read to you, but these are the accomplishments of what we've produced. Page after page after page, individual things. I could stand here and read it for a week and we wouldn't be finished, but we've done more than any other administration has done by far. And terms of military, in terms of ending wars, in terms of completing wars, nobody's really seen very much like it...."
On and on, for 2 hours.
When it gets to the Q&A, he gives short answers. The best example of that is, asked "How far are you willing to go to acquire Greenland?," he said, "You'll find out."
That answer called to mind something Chief Justice Rehnquist said in 2005 when he was asked if he was going to retire: "That's for me to know and for you to find out." I reacted, blogging, "How near death can he be if he's horsing around like that?" He died less than 2 months later.
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One year in and he is hated around the world and his poll approval ratings in the US are lower than ever. Congrats.
Big news his VP expecting a som
It has been a great first year for Trump.
2 hours, on his feet... but they'll claim he's declining in health and mental capacity, because they have nothing positive to say on the other side.
Son
Two hours? He’s the Energizer Bunny!
One real possibility is that Trump knows he is dying, and so he wants to go out with a big bang. The problem is that he may take all of the rest of us out when he goes.
2 hours?! As far as I’m concerned, all he needed was,
“Dow is up 17% since my inauguration. Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
What is required hasn’t been stated any clearer than this…
https://x.com/WyattCatarina/status/2013277915937447956?s=20
The economy is up and ethnic Springs are down. #BabyLivesMatter (BLM)
ignarants® are best served with a side of horseshit.
One year in and he is hated around the world and his poll approval ratings in the US are lower than ever. Congrats.
Grok: "No, Donald Trump's current approval ratings are not the lowest that any U.S. president's have ever been, nor are they the lowest his own ratings have ever been."
Grok: "No, Donald Trump is not hated around the world. Not all countries are even polled on Donald Trump's popularity (or confidence in his leadership/world affairs handling). Global surveys on this topic are conducted by reputable organizations but are very limited to a selection of countries—typically 20–30 at most—chosen to represent diverse regions, geopolitical importance, and U.S. alliances/rivalries. No single poll covers every country worldwide (there are 195+ recognized sovereign nations), and many smaller or less geopolitically central countries are rarely or never included due to logistical, cost, and sampling challenges."
Inga is delusional, a Democrat, and is afflicted with Trump Derangement Syndrome (a recognized mental illness).
Grok: "Some mental health professionals have informally discussed TDS-like phenomena in opinion pieces or media, describing it as a colloquial way to refer to real emotional distress—such as anxiety, obsession, or anger—experienced by some individuals in response to Trump's actions or the surrounding political climate."
“Big news his VP expecting a son”
Who is the mother?
"Who is the mother? "
The Vice President's wife, Usha, made the announcement you complete fucking lush.
Dow dropped 800 points today. Welcome to the world of Trump's tariffs.
“As of January 2026, during his second term, Donald Trump’s approval rating has hit a low of 36%, with disapproval reaching 60% in Gallup polling.
Here are the key details regarding Trump's lowest approval ratings across both terms, updated with 2025–2026 data:
Second Term Lowest Ratings (2025–2026)
Overall Job Approval: Dropped to a low of 36% in December 2025, according to Gallup.
Net Approval: Fell to -19 points in early 2026, marking a record low for his second term.
Key Issues:
Economy: 36% approval, 57% disapproval, with only 26% believing he is managing the cost of living well.
Immigration: 38% approval, down from 49% earlier in the year.
Independents: 29% approval, matching his lowest-ever rating with this group.
State-Level: Approval has dropped below 30% in several, mostly coastal states, including Hawaii (20%), Vermont (22%), and California (27%).”
Gemini
“Dow dropped 800 points today.“
Great. I’ll buy that dip.
2 Kings 15:21 - And the rest of the acts of Trump, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Mar-a-Lago? CC, JSM
“Some women, Inga, are actually fuckable, unlike you.”
You are a sick puppy. I’m 74 years old and a grandmother of 5, do you think that saying something like how “fuckable” a elderly woman is means anything, but how nuts you are?
’Dow dropped 800 points today.’
Oh, no!! Even after today’s drop, it’s up 11.5% from this date last year. Whatever shall we do?!
Inga: "Who is the mother?"
In an act of Christian/Hindu love, forgiveness and respect for life, the Vances will welcome the Couch-American addition to their family. No furniture is illegitimate! CC, JSM
The Dow was up Friday. I guess the world of Trump's tariff's didn't open until today.
The Dow is up 5,000.76 points since Trump took office one year ago. That represents 11.5%. In the last 25 years, the DOW has averaged being up only 6.85% per year. So Trump has almost doubled the average increase.
So lonejustice is also a moron.
Grok has a history of saying that Israel is guilty of genocide, and of praising Hitler, but the Trump supporters here keep on quoting it as authoritative.
Oh noes...anyways
Former Law Clerk (Fen) is probably “former” in anything he has ever pursued in life, based on his winning personality.😜
DataRepublican (small r) on X: "@garymasonglobe This is capitulation to a Communist dictatorship which NATO was built to prevent. The correct response is "God have mercy on you," not any form of compliment." / X https://share.google/rNbp22xIjvtLzMXOz
Inga: "Who is the mother?"
“In an act of Christian/Hindu love, forgiveness and respect for life, the Vances will welcome the Couch-American addition to their family. No furniture is illegitimate! CC, JSM”
Just don’t name him Barka-Lounger.
Go cuddle with your Duroc, lonejustus.
Inag is living proof Democrats have never 'gone high'.
Cant they come up with better material, rhetorical
“Inag is living proof Democrats have never 'gone high'.”
Christopher is a humorless dolt. I guess that you didn’t appreciate Mosby’s joke either. I thought it was quite funny.
Perhaps she never stopped getting high
Maybe shes just incapable of discerning the truth
Narciso posts one comment after another speaking to himself, never indicating who he is addressing. Dementia or laziness? Too much spelling?
lonejustice said..."Dow dropped 800 points today. Welcome to the world of Trump's tariffs."
Fortunately, you got out after you soiled your diapers during the last dip. Right?
The markets wild swings suggest the underlying fundamentals are dubious
https://thenationalpulse.com/2026/01/20/anti-ice-groups-could-be-stripped-of-non-profit-status-heres-how/
"What is required hasn’t been stated any clearer than this…"
She's not wrong...
Trump serially exceeds the worst forecasts of what he will do.
How many ridiculous predictions have been found wanting
Hans Mahncke on X: "President Trump is absolutely right to point out the staggering stupidity of the United Kingdom handing over the strategically vital Chagos Islands to a country more than 1,200 miles away that has no connection to them (and that happens to be a vassal of China), purely as an act https://t.co/wLD0u3PBGY" / X https://share.google/BeCWxICnLvatAWrSf
What the possums have wrought
https://t.co/0usiEhL7Am
Tarriffs. You people are so boring. You're like some ignorant peasants arguing about quantum theory. Evidently, don't realize that the effects of tarriffs vary based on a whole mulitude of factors. And they differ from one good and product to another.
But blah blah tarriffs bad. No, blah blah Tarriff good. Well, at least you're not debating climate change or evolution anymore.
Of course the Leftists on this site don't care about "tarriffs", they just care about the party line. So if Trump is pro-tarriff, then "Tarriff bad". If Harris did tarriff increases they'd be in favor or say nothing. That's why they're so Goddamn boring.
RCOCEAN writes: "But blah blah tarriffs bad. No, blah blah Tarriff good."
I'd respect you a bit more if you knew how to spell *tariffs*.
Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds ~ WSJ
"Research contradicts President Trump’s claim that foreigners are footing the bill, and could weaken his hand in the dispute over Greenland"
"By analyzing $4 trillion of shipments between January 2024 and November 2025, researchers found that foreign exporters absorbed only about 4% of the burden of last year’s U.S. tariff increases by lowering their prices, while American consumers and importers absorbed 96%.
Rather than acting as a tax on foreign producers, the tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans. The $200 billion in additional U.S. tariff revenue last year “was paid almost exclusively by Americans.”
Pretty much everyone saw this coming — except Trump, Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, and Kevin Hassett. The last three were deliberately lying. With Trump, who knows? Between being a moron and a compulsive liar, it’s probably both.
Ah the kiel institute study not so fast
The headline figure—96 percent pass-through to American buyers—sounds authoritative. But it rests on a statistical foundation considerably less solid than the authors let on.
Their key finding is a coefficient of −0.039, with a standard error of 0.024, significant only at the 10 percent level. For non-statisticians: this means the estimate is quite noisy. With 25.6 million observations in their dataset, achieving only marginal statistical significance suggests enormous underlying variation in the data.
The true absorption by foreign exporters could plausibly range anywhere from zero to nine percent based on their own results. Presenting this range as a precise “four percent” figure requires more confidence than the data supports. A 10 percent significance level doesn’t justify 96 percent certainty.
The Disappearing Budget Widgets
The deeper flaw lies in what happens when tariffs reduce imports, which is exactly what the study says occurred. The authors report import values and volumes fell by roughly 28-33 percent. This is where their methodology breaks down.
Consider a simplified example. Before tariffs, the U.S. imported widgets from China at three quality tiers: budget widgets at $10 per kilogram, mid-tier at $15, and premium at $25.
Now impose a 50 percent tariff. Budget suppliers face impossible math. Their $10 widget now costs American buyers $15 after tariff, competing directly against higher-quality mid-tier products. Unable to cut prices enough to survive, they exit the market. Mid-tier suppliers have more margin. They might cut their price to $13, but still lose market share. Premium suppliers can afford to cut from $25 to $22 and maintain sales to less price-sensitive customers.
After the dust settles, the import mix has shifted dramatically toward premium products, and the average unit value has risen from $15 to $20.
The Kiel authors observe this and conclude: “Prices rose—clear evidence the tariff was passed through!”
But that’s not what happened. Actual transaction prices
Actual transaction prices could fall across all tiers while the average rises, because low-price suppliers disappeared from the data. You’re now comparing premium widgets to what used to be a mix of budget, mid-tier, and premium. When tariffs wipe out the low-margin segment, the remaining shipments aren’t the same goods at the same quality—they’re the survivors.
That enormous underlying variation in their statistical results? This is exactly what causes it—different products within categories responding completely differently as low-price varieties exit and high-price varieties persist.
Built-In Measurement Problems
The study has other issues that compound this
Donald Trump the publicist, the promoter, a great promoter, maybe the greatest ever. He's been number one all his life in every endeavor:
real estate- Billionaire builder
entertainment/television- Star of top-rated show
politics- President of the United States of America
The deeper flaw lies in what happens when tariffs reduce imports, which is exactly what the study says occurred. The authors report import values and volumes fell by roughly 28-33 percent. This is where their methodology breaks down.
Consider a simplified example. Before tariffs, the U.S. imported widgets from China at three quality tiers: budget widgets at $10 per kilogram, mid-tier at $15, and premium at $25.
Now impose a 50 percent tariff. Budget suppliers face impossible math. Their $10 widget now costs American buyers $15 after tariff, competing directly against higher-quality mid-tier products. Unable to cut prices enough to survive, they exit the market. Mid-tier suppliers
Mid-tier suppliers have more margin. They might cut their price to $13, but still lose market share. Premium suppliers can afford to cut from $25 to $22 and maintain sales to less price-sensitive customers.
After the dust settles, the import mix has shifted dramatically toward premium products, and the average unit value has risen from $15 to $20.
The Kiel authors observe this and conclude: “Prices rose—clear evidence the tariff was passed through!”
But that’s not what happened. Actual transaction prices could fall across all tiers while the average rises, because
reporter asked if Trump believed God was proud of his efforts. Trump replied: “I do actually. I think God is very proud of the job I’ve done — and that includes for religion… We’re protecting a lot of people that are being killed… Christians, Jewish people, lots of people are being protected by me that wouldn’t be protected by another type of president.”
Maybe it’s my god complex talking but I too am very proud of the job he’s been doing.
"Props?" You mean like Democrats with the Grecian Columns?
"Christians, Jewish people, lots of people are being protected by me that wouldn’t be protected by another type of president.”
Lots of people think Christians, Jewish people shouldn't be protected.
Kakistocracy said...
RCOCEAN writes: "But blah blah tarriffs bad. No, blah blah Tarriff good."
I'd respect you a bit more if you knew how to spell *tariffs*.
I would respect you more if you weren't a retard.
I love watching democrats get mad that their globalist oligarch masters have to pay taxes now.
Kakistocracy said...
Trump serially exceeds the worst forecasts of what he will do.
2.5 million Americans got jobs.
1 million illegals lost jobs.
Over 5% GDP growth in 2025.
Globalist Oligarchs are paying taxes.
This just makes democrats big mad.
As the old joke goes, if we wanted to get to where we want to be, we shouldn’t be starting from here.
We in the USA cannot save ourselves from ourselves. That is our situation. So, those of you in the EU better start looking out for yourselves.
Remember when tariffs were going to tank the entire US economy and crash the stock market?
Those of us who didn't buy that bullshit have done quite well.
The market is up 350 points this morning.
I don't recall seeing any comprehensive list of Trump's accomplishments coming from the press, unless I count the times they say he's a Putin loving Nazi fascist every day no matter what he does. So tooting his own horn is very justified.
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