lmao
I was and am for the America First agenda, but remember: The alternative we were faced with would have been way worse.
Remember though Trump is for Trump and his family making more and more money. He always has been. Hell, Trump’s son is on the Kaishi board.
I sure hope the middle class isn’t just lost in all this yet again which seems to be occurring over and over. Politicians sell the middle class a bunch of crap to get our vote and then forget about us once elected. You see it every cycle.
It will be interesting to see what happens over the next 10 months before the mid term elections. I am willing to give him another year to right the ship, but my grocery bill still is too high! Most Americans like us on this board vote with their pocket book.
All that said: Last thing we need is the liberal party to take back over any majority to further send this country into their shambles.
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One thing to keep in mind, your grocery bill is not likely to decrease unless we have deflation, which would probably signal a recession. People who voted for Trump and supported him because they thought he would suddenly bring down prices all over the board didn’t/don’t understand that. My father in law was one. He kept saying even restaurant prices were going to go way down once Trump got back in. Restaurants don’t lower their prices, unless they have to get rid of inventory!
Thing to hope for is inflation is slowed to a point where income increases/pay raises outweigh inflation. Unfortunately, that’s tough when the dollar continues to be devalued because our politicians keep printing money since they don’t have the balls to cut anything.
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Trump says he will impose tariffs on countries that oppose Greenland plan
President Trump said Saturday that he would impose 10% tariffs on countries that have sent military forces into Greenland amid his push to annex the Arctic island.
Mr. Trump said in a Truth Social post that the tariffs will be levied against Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland and take effect on Feb. 1, 2026. All eight countries are members of NATO.
The tariffs will be increased to 25% on June 1, Mr. Trump wrote, and remain in place “until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland.”
There was no forewarning from official channels to U.S. allies and NATO partners before Mr. Trump posted on Truth Social Saturday, two European diplomats told CBS News. Officials in those allied nations feel alienated, frustrated and see this as a potential breaking point in the U.S.-Europe relationship, multiple diplomats said. Mr. Trump is scheduled to travel on Tuesday to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he likely will run into the European leaders he just threatened with tariffs.
CBS News senior foreign correspondent Liz Palmer described the Danish soldiers as a “token force” and said the military presence “is a signal to Washington that if Trump is worried about Arctic security, his NATO allies are willing to do their part in helping to look after it.” On Truth Social, Mr. Trump accused the countries of having “journeyed to Greenland, for purposes unknown.”
“These Countries, who are playing this very dangerous game, have put a level of risk in play that is not tenable or sustainable,” Mr. Trump wrote. “Therefore, it is imperative that, in order to protect Global Peace and Security, strong measures be taken so that this potentially perilous situation end quickly, and without question.”
In a statement Saturday night, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that Democratic lawmakers in the upper chamber would introduce legislation to block “these tariffs before they do further damage to the American economy and our allies in Europe.”
“Donald Trump’s foolhardy tariffs have already driven up prices and damaged our economy and now he is only making things worse,” Schumer wrote. “It is incredible that he wants to double down on the stupidity by imposing tariffs on our closest allies for his quixotic quest to takeover Greenland.”
Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican from North Carolina, also criticized the tariffs early Saturday afternoon.
“This response to our own allies for sending a small number of troops to Greenland for training is bad for America, bad for American businesses, and bad for America’s allies,” he wrote on X. “It’s great for Putin, Xi and other adversaries who want to see NATO divided. The fact that a small handful of “advisors” are actively pushing for coercive action to seize territory of an ally is beyond stupid. It hurts the legacy of President Trump and undercuts all the work he has done to strengthen the NATO alliance over the years.”
Thousands of Greenlanders, including Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, took part in a protest march Saturday against Mr. Trump from Greenland’s capital city of Nuuk to the U.S. Consulate, the Associated Press reported.
“I thought this day couldn’t get any worse but it just did,” 21-year-old Malik Dollerup-Scheibel said after the AP told him about Mr. Trump’s tariff announcement. “It just shows he has no remorse for any kind of human being now.”
Thousands of people also protested in front of the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen.
European leaders react to Trump tariff threats
In a statement posted to X on Saturday, French President Emmanuel Macron said the country is “committed to the sovereignty and independence of nations, in Europe and elsewhere,” and it is on that basis that France “decided to take part in the exercise organized by Denmark in Greenland.”
“Tariff threats are unacceptable and have no place in this context,” Macron said. “Europeans will respond in a united and coordinated manner should they be confirmed. We will ensure that European sovereignty is upheld.”
Mr. Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on European nations “come as a surprise,” Denmark’s foreign minister said Saturday in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse.
“The purpose of the increased military presence in Greenland, to which the president refers, is precisely to enhance security in the Arctic,” said Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs Lars Lokke Rasmussen. “We are in close contact with the European Commission and our other partners on the matter.”
Other European leaders are also having discussions to form a joint response, according to Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. In a statement to AFP on Saturday, Kristersson said, “We won’t let ourselves be intimidated.”
“I will always defend my country and our allied neighbours,” he added, stressing that this was “a European question.”
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Saturday that NATO allies should be working together, adding he will be talking with the Trump administration directly about the tariff threats.
“Applying tariffs on allies for pursuing the collective security of NATO allies is completely wrong,” Starmer said in a statement.
Ambassadors from the European Union’s 27 member countries will convene for an emergency meeting on Sunday. The meeting was called by Cyprus, which holds the six-month rotating EU presidency, according to Reuters.
EU Chief Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa, president of the European Council, said in a joint statement that Mr. Trump’s tariffs would “undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral.”
“Europe will remain united, coordinated, and committed to upholding its sovereignty,” they said, adding that “the EU stands in full solidarity with Denmark and the people of Greenland.”
“Dialogue remains essential, and we are committed to building on the process begun already last week between the Kingdom of Denmark and the U.S.,” they said.
In a post to LinkedIn, Naaja Nathanielsen, Greenland’s minister for business and mineral resources, praised the response of European leaders.
“I am amazed to witness the first responses from the targeted countries,” Nathanielsen wrote. “I am thankful and hopeful for diplomacy and allieship to prevail.”
Trump’s interest in Greenland
Mr. Trump has said he believes the U.S. needs to acquire the island for national security reasons. He has said the island is vital for the Golden Dome missile defense system he intends to build, and has expressed concern about Russia or China acquiring Greenland. The sparsely populated island is the location of the northernmost U.S. military base and has reserves of oil, natural gas and minerals. Its northern position also means it is near valuable shipping routes that may become even more useful as warm temperatures melt sea ice in the area.
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Leaders of the semi-autonomous Danish territory have repeatedly stated that the island is not for sale, and residents of Greenland have protested a potential acquisition.
Mr. Trump’s post came as a bipartisan U.S. Congressional delegation attempted to reassure Greenlandic and Danish leaders during a visit to the Arctic island. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, said that Greenland needs to be viewed as a U.S. ally, “not as an asset.”
On Friday, Mr. Trump said he was considering tariffs on countries that “did not go along with” his plans to acquire Greenland, though he did not offer specifics.
Greenlandic and Danish leaders met with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance at the White House on Wednesday to discuss long-term security in Greenland. Denmark and the U.S. still have “fundamental” disagreements about Greenland’s future, Denmark’s foreign minister said that afternoon, but a working group to discuss cooperation was established. A Danish official told CBS that Denmark offered more security access and greater defense investment. The official added that Denmark has set two things as a red line: territorial integrity and self-determination for Greenlanders.
The White House has not ruled out the use of military force to take the island, despite warnings from Denmark that doing so would be seen as a threat to the NATO alliance.
I don’t agree with the Tariff’s, but I do agree that we need to somehow acquire Greenland, it has been talked about in the past 80 years.
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Absolute idiocy. All of it. Tariffs. Greenland. Cuts all idiocy.
Iran had women elected in politics before the US did, they were a very free and progressive nation at one time, then it got taken over by evil dictators, who were killing their own people in the streets, when trump bombed them. Trump put an end to that.
Venezuela was once a very rich country with lots of natural resources until Julio Chavez the socialist dictator took over. Then Maduro the drug cartel leader took over and started selling oil on the black market to China at rock bottom prices as a front for his bigger industry drugs mostly into our country.
Trump is in the process of helping the people of Iran and Venezuela take back their country’s and the world will be a better place.
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The plan in a nutshell summed up by Sen Mullin. Tell me which part is pa bon?
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What baffles me is how American citizens actually still believe our government cares about “the people” in foreign countries when they’ve demonstrated over and over again that they don’t even care about “the people” of this country.
Venezuela was crippled by US meddling and sanctions long before Hugo Chavez.
Iran was a pearl of a society during the Mossodegh reign. When the US overthrew that government, installed the Shah and destroyed their economy, it created a vacuum. Now, Israel is forcing the US back to the Middle East to finish the job they hired us for.
Does anyone read history anymore?
Dude glossed right over the US overthrowing the Iranian government. 
The protestors over through the corrupt government that was burning them in the streets. What part of a government that is massively executing its own people being overthrown you don’t like? Also what part of Iran and Venezuela selling China oil for 30 cents on the dollar is good for the global economy?
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If not for the US and its strength this earth would be in chaos. Period end of story. Peace through strength.
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Who drove them into that deal and how has that impacted the “global economy?”
I can tell we’re not going to be able to have a good faith conversation. If you think America being the world police is best for global politics, you’re just the equivalent of a One World Order globalist that the right supposedly fights against.
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I don’t think it’s good for the global economy, or our American security as a whole.
But…President Trump wants oil at $50/bbl. That’s his stated goal. By making VZ oil more expensive than that discount China was getting, he’s worked against his own goal.
Real Talk: President Trump knows from the OG MAGA President Ronald Reagan that bringing down oil prices to a certain point starts to bankrupt Russia, and I’m all for it. However, don’t get mad at the CEO of Exxon when he doesn’t want to invest capital in VZ at this time with the current price per barrel environment.
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It you haven’t already, you’re going to wake up to see videos of ISIS factions being released from jails across Syria. They’re apparently massacring Kurds.
You might ask yourself, why did Obama, Biden, and Trump prefer Osama Bin Laden’s man Jolani to the secular Syrian regime?
Because Assad was friends with Iran and Hezbollah – Israel’s priority. This is what happens (one of hundred of examples) when America is world police.
And the first thing you’ll see is the media clamoring for Trump to go into the Middle East and save the Kurds. Just days after he refused to bomb Iran. Isn’t that interesting…
Now he is pissed off at Norway because they didn’t give him a Nobel Peace Prize.
This shit is getting old. Just run our damn country. Do what we voted you in to do.
I’m still having a hard time believing this is real. Has to be some kind of distraction, right?
@RCajunRunner @Comme_Ca What’s your read on this? Interesting, at minimum, imo.
https://x.com/simondixontwitt/status/2013299294040625513?s=46
You are correct if you don’t think if it wasn’t for America the French would be speaking German right now. China would have already taken over Twain and Russia would still be the old USSR taking all the land grabs they possibly can, we can’t have that conversation.
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