The latest narrative
Yesterday's edition of ABC's "This Week" highlights what has become the leftwing news's new narrative. As Trump hits his first hundred days mark polls indicate that many Americans are unhappy with the ride thus far. Trump has fought to fulfill his promises, but he has come up against considerable headwinds from the established order and resistance from the left as indicated by over 71 lawsuits and many nationwide injunctions. The nation has heard mostly negative commentary regarding the early rollout of the Trump policies, thus comes the recent CNN poll the left is pushing:
"In the mid-April poll, released Sunday, 41 percent of respondents say they approve of the job Trump is doing as president, while 59 percent disapprove. That’s down four points from March, when 45 percent approved, and 54 percent disapproved. In late February, Trump had a 48 percent approval rating with 52 percent disapproving."
Trump approval rating slips to 41 percent after almost 100 days in office: CNN poll
Yesterday, Leftwing hack Martha Raddatz began the ABC Sunday show with an interview of a small business owner in Maryland who sells accessories for dogs. The idea was to demonstrate how tariffs would harm small business. The man said he gets most of his products from China and has bought a years' worth of inventory to get ahead of the tariffs. The most important part of that interview came at the very end when Raddatz asked "What if Trump was successful in getting those products made here?" I don't think she even thought about the answer that came back. The man said he wouldn't like it because America pays its workers more and thus the cost would be more. Imagine that?
Then Raddatz had what may be Trump's best cabinet pick: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as her special guest. Bessent immediately called her out and accused the media of spreading a fake narrative about Trump’s stock market. He said: "There was a story ten days ago that said this is the worst April for the stock market since the Great Depression. Ten days later, the Nasdaq is now up on the month of April, and I haven't seen a story that says 'stock market has biggest bounce back ever.'" He also told her that the dissatisfaction about the current stage of Trump policies has been "media driven." The interview ended with the usual Trump quote by an ABC host, in this case claiming that Trump said trade deals had been negotiated. Bessent pointed out that Trump was referring to the minor parts of deals and that serious negations were still going on and that 17 countries have been designated as key trading partners. Bessent pretty much won the day.
We all need to keep in mind that these kinds of changes don't come easy. Trade deals do take time. When the UK withdrew from the EU they had to negotiate new trade deals. To date they are still working on many of them. When Trump took up a peace deal with Ukraine and Russia, nobody knew how unreasonable both sides could be. Putin does not seem to want to end the war. On that one Trump tried, but peace can't come without commitment from those involved. Let us hope that with time Trump prevails on everything else.
In the news:
Canada votes today. The Conservative Party’s Pierre Poilievre, 45 faces off against the Liberal Party’s Mark Carney, who has attempted to make the election about Trump tariffs. Will Canadians vote for normalcy?
Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, said the U.S. would decide this week if any more effort should be spent on a Ukraine-Russia peace deal.
In Colorado, federal agents raided a nightclub and detained more than 100 people who appear to be illegal immigrants.
At meetings this week, cardinals will jockey to become the next Pope.
In six weeks, the U.S. military has very successfully hit more than 800 targets in Yemen. The media has given it very little coverage.
In response to a terrorist attack in Kashmir, India told almost all Pakistanis to leave the country.
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Congress returns from recess today. Republicans are preparing to outline spending cuts in a big, beautiful bill which will be a major piece of legislation for President Trump.
White House fills lawn with mugshot-style posters of arrested illegal migrants.
White House fills lawn with mugshot-style posters of arrested illegal migrants (Video) | New York Post
I'm LOVING this.
If brain dead proxies can put gay flags on the White House, why can't a real leader do this.
And what I find funny is every one of them, the left claimed were "asylum seekers trying to make their lives better".
Don't forget: "Who is going to pick our fruit & vegetables?"
Has anyone been out to a big farm in California lately. A big machine comes out and picks fields of crops within hours.
I saw a protype automatic apple picking machine in 1977 when I started working for a company that made packing house machinery
The farms that grew almonds etc once had workers spending hours on each tree. Today a farmer hires a single man with a special machine to do it all. The farmer sits from his front porch and watches with a glass of iced tea.
The same around here, 15 - 20 years ago there were migrant camps in the area for hoeing and blocking beets, weeding fields, picking cucumbers, etc., you would see crews in the fields, but the state and OSHA stepped in and started demanding the farmers provide more and more to the migrants, most were satisfied with the way it was, others demanded they needed a union. Now with mechanism, more consistent planters, GMO seeds, better harvesters, the migrants are gone.
Cucumber harvesters in this area can easily harvest 20 acres a day per machine, starting from mid-July to mid-September, of course there is a matching planting season per day so all the cucumbers don't reach harvest at the same time.
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That would be John Deere, Allis Chalmers, Massey Ferguson, something with the name Kubota, New Holland, Mahindra, and a plethora of others.
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In the rare cases when farm workers are needed, they now get paid very well.
They sound very creepy when it comes to that.
They have many plans for those people.
Even back then they were paid very well, cucumbers for example, whatever the farmer got at market the workers got half of it. If it didn't pay well they wouldn't have kept coming back year after year to do the work.
We do have migrant workers in the area again, but for a different crop, cannabis. Those that were undocumented seemed to have disappeared this year.
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To be filed under why can't we mislead people and distort the truth:
Legendary “ 60 Minutes ” correspondent Scott Pelley launched an astonishing on-air attack on his Paramount bosses for interfering with the program’s coverage.
Pelley went rogue at the end of Sunday night’s episode during what appeared to be a simple tribute to Bill Owens , the longtime “60 Minutes” executive producer who quit last week over the company’s heavy-handed interference.
Another Sanctuary Shithole with a visit from their local friendly ICE agents.
We need to get a look at Colorado's voter rolls.
, federal agents raided a nightclub and detained more than 100 people who appear to be illegal immigrants.
Security for the illegal party, which included Ms-13 members, was provided by military personal. The interplay between gangs and our millitary is the real issue the the DOD needs to focus on, not mythical right wing terror groups.
That is shocking.
My reading on this yesterday and last night before bed , stated over 200 arrested , with 114 being arrested by ICE.
Now my question would be , who were the others arrested / apprehended , and by whom?
One of the pictures i saw had a military humvee style vehicle , so im taking a WAG (wild assed guess) , that because of active duty military members involvement , the military LE was involved somehow .
and i base that guess on the fact that when i was active duty many years ago , a member needed their commanders written permission for outside employment of any kind .
There are questions about the military issue. I'm hoping it is not as Sean suggests.
Possible good news, depending on your point of view:
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a three-day cease-fire in Ukraine on May 8-10 to mark the World War II Victory Day, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration decides whether a deal to end the more than three-year war is within reach.
The Kremlin said that the truce will start at 0000 on May 8 (2100 GMT May 7) and last through the end of May 10, adding that Putin ordered the full cessation of hostilities on “humanitarian grounds” to mark the May 9 holiday celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany.
There was no immediate reaction from Ukraine, which has previously agreed to Trump’s proposal of a full 30-day cease-fire.
Russia declares three-day cease-fire in Ukraine to celebrate World War II Victory Day
This would commemorate what the Russians called the Patriotic War when Soviet soldiers were sacrificed at the rate of 7 casualties for every German casualty and the Red Army raped two million German women and sent many thousands of German prisoners into forced labor. The map of eastern Europe was redrawn, and the Ukraine was a centerpiece of that war.
Beware of Russians bearing gifts..
I'm with you on that.
They were once our ally. They stole the bomb & eastern Europe.
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Gotta go get more popcorn. Watching the "nobody is above the law" crowd crying over judges being arrested is going to be fun to watch.
I'm looking forward to covering those trials.
Trials nothing. The idiotic outrage going on NOW is entertaining.
We all know that if Trump came out and said he is all in keeping illegals here and giving them all a path for citizenship, many on the left will continue to call for his impeachment and demand all illegals be deported within a week.
It is hilarious the shit many on the left are triggered by, especially ones like immigration where 80 percent of the county agree with what he is doing.
The other 20 percent are just a bunch of morons.
To top it all off they will dispute this:
This will probably be an article of impeachment if the democrats take the House.
I imagine it will be. The Democrats don't like when their actions are called out. Especially when it's not sugar coated to their liking.
I'm getting tired of stupidity.
Isn't that thing supposed to be living in another country?
There must be a country for fat stupid fools.
We could send the Mucinex mascot to Afghanistan.
We’re just glad we finally got rid of him from Michigan
Creating such a place for his supporters does seem to be on Trumps agenda.
Poor guy, trying to remain relevant.
His Mucinex commercials are airing pretty regularly.
Thank God, the whole country has had enough of them!
At least she self identifies as what she is.
I'm sure if she was here, she would try to censor me.
I am sure she got all sorts of comments walking around with that sign. Some folks must like to be called a moron.
Now It's my turn to get a front row seat.
Democrat Rep. Maxine Dexter is back in the U.S. empty-handed after promising to NOT leave El Salvador without criminal illegal alien gang member Kilmar Garcia was in her custody.
How about we get her a good meal?
If only Democrats fought this hard for US Citizens as they are for El Salvador gang members.
They are all too obvious in what they want.
Yet again you invent your own little reality. In this case, you created a fantasy where Trump opponents want Trump to fail with all sorts of bad consequences. The reality is that we want Trump to be stopped. We want a rational adult as PotUS who will not single-handedly ruin our economy, fuck up international relationships in a global economy, introduce chaos into government operations, abuse his powers to vindictively go after anyone who opposed him, etc.
We want good for the USA and that means doing whatever is possible to mitigate the damage caused by Trump.
Past history shows that to be true.
And we now have that POTUS. Just because he's not doing it YOUR way doesn't mean he's not doing it. But then again, I don't expect a partisan like yourself to understand that.
Yes, and for many of the collective "we" that includes Trump failing with all sorts of bad consequences.
That is just a Trump-supporter bullshit claim. Who do you know who wants a bad economy, continued war, depressed stocks, inflated prices, damaged international relationships just so that they can see Trump fail?
When the first comment of a response is to attempt to disregard the comment or accuse the poster of some bullshit charge it almost always means they have nothing of substance to add.
Open your eyes. A hatred of Trump is more important than anything else to some. Country be damned. They have lost all critical thinking skills and are led by emotions. You even see it here at times. Some seem to get a chubby if they can say the stock market went down one day or the price of eggs is still higher than it should be. It is all there for the non partisans to see.
Sounds like projection.
Sounds like I got it right
It's truly comical to hear that from those on the right who jizzed their pants every time Biden did something they could nitpick or that happened on his watch like the Afghanistan withdrawal debacle.
Now do I believe Trump supporting conservatives wanted any of our soldiers to die during the Afghanistan withdrawal? Of course not, but they sure loved using that to attack Biden and the Democrats.
Now we have stock market crashes and promises not being kept of the Republican President during a Republican administration and those on the left are pointing out the failures. Are they happy that this shit is happening? Of course not! They're in full blown 'I told you so' mode, they're not happy they and the country are losing a bunch in their 401K's and investments and are frustrated at the uncertainty that was injected into our nation. They are rightly concerned and want to stop further damage.
Trump has been in office 100 days. There have been no failures.
Biden was in office 4 years. Never did I see a post from you are other leftists pointing out his failures the entire four years.
Do you remember "the border is secure", or " the interest is transitory"?
You are welcome to your opinion. I do not agree with it nor did I say all on the left.
Sure to some. There are irrational people in the world. But most people will NOT hope for a bad economy, continued war, depressed stocks, inflated prices, damaged international relationships just so that they can see Trump fail?
Your comments often create exaggerated conditions which you then argue against. So you should be the one opening your eyes to the real world and be critical of that. Claiming that a significant portion of the population would favor pain to themselves and this nation merely to see Trump fail is just cynical, fantastic nonsense.
Not good if you have to make stuff up in a response.
She might need a margarita.
I've heard that it prevents weight loss. It may also calm her nerves.
I think it's a good idea.
It's not the margaritas that prevent weight loss, it's all the stuff that gets served with them...
I heard that too. I knew somebody who used to drink them.
I agree with Vic. Someone get her a sandwich.
Okay, how is this not rational? Who wants to pay more for anything? Most people try to spend the least they can for goods and services (while maintaining a level of quality) because money they save enables them to buy more.
So why is it good for Trump to (try to) force products to be made in the USA if the manufacturing is labor-intensive and thus much higher labor costs than if made in other lands? The concept of lower costs is quintessential capitalism. It is the use of lower foreign labor that has enabled the USA standard of living.
Obviously, lower costs is good for businesses and for consumers. Let's now turn to wages.
It is good for American workers to have higher wages. That gives domestic consumers more buying power. But that only works in the USA (nowadays) if the workers are highly leveraged — doing jobs that require the intelligence and talents of human beings. For example, Amazon uses autonomous mobile robots which bring pods containing products to stationary human workers. Human beings oversee the operations for a cell, address failures, etc. but are not moving about the warehouse picking and transporting goods. Those few human workers are engaged in higher level functions (managing a cell) while the robots perform the very simplistic tasks of executing a pick ticket.
It is no longer feasible in the USA to have human beings doing all of this low-level work. Human beings are very expensive and those costs must be incorporated into the price consumers pay. So the idea of bringing back labor-intensive manufacturing as it was in the 1970s and before is essentially impossible. It will never happen. The manufacturing suitable for the USA is AI-based robotic.
Trump is an idiot to believe he can bring back labor-based manufacturing jobs.
Yeah, we tried that from 2020 - 2024. But inflation hit record highs under the previous POTUS and we were all struggling.
What are you talking about?? I stated that most people prefer to pay less for the same product or service. You come back babbling about Biden.
It's in plain english.
It reads like a Mad-lib
Yep, how about an illustrative meme to assist the memory impaired.
Some still won't get it.
Many do get it but can’t admit it since that would go against the narratives they’ve been programmed to push ad nauseam.
There was the "Biden is doing great" and " the economy is doing great" idiocy. They would have their blue card taken.
A decent wage is what would allow people to buy more. I thought we supported UNIONS in this country. Why do we let imported cars made with cheap labor undercut the US auto industry? Shouldn't we make it a trade requirement that only car makers with similar labor costs be allowed to sell cars in the US?
It is no longer feasible in the USA to have human beings doing all of this low-level work. Human beings are very expensive and those costs must be incorporated into the price consumers pay. So the idea of bringing back labor-intensive manufacturing as it was in the 1970s and before is essentially impossible.
That is in direct contradiction to allowing another 12 million unskilled laborers into the US.
Trump is an idiot to believe he can bring back labor-based manufacturing jobs.
It was Bill Clinton and those who followed him that betrayed the middle class.
You reject the fact that lower prices allow people to buy more??? Of course higher wages allow people to buy more. And even with higher wages they will seek to pay the least the can for the same quality. Obviously, right?
You want to force consumers to pay higher prices for vehicles in order to support labor-based manufacturing?? Are you no longer a free market capitalist? You want government (in this case Trump) to control what you can buy? Do you not see the parallel of that with the former USSR??
Deflection. The point is that 1970s era labor-intensive manufacturing is not coming back to the USA.
One deflection after another with you. Trump is an idiot to believe he can bring back labor-based manufacturing jobs.
I grew up in a country where one family member could support an entire family, when home ownership was within reach of hard-working people and the average price of a car didn't require a loan. When those who were eligible for college, didn't wind up with loan debt for the rest of their lives. You'll forgive me if I want that America back.
Are you no longer a free market capitalist?
No. China ended that. I want protectionism. Everywhere I look I see young couples both working and they can barely get by.
The point is that 1970s era labor-intensive manufacturing is not coming back to the USA.
Why not? What is the middle of the country to do? What happened to ship building? We went into WWII with 4 aircraft carriers and came out of it with about 11 Fleet Carriers and about 70 Escort Carriers. We were the arsenal of democracy that supplied all our allies. We only have 3 places to build ships now.
Trump is an idiot to believe he can bring back labor-based manufacturing jobs.
He has a very big card to play. America is the great marketplace. Let us produce again.
You can wish for the past to return (a romanticized one at that) but that is both naive and irrational. And worse, believing that this is what Trump is trying to deliver is beyond sad.
That is a losing global strategy. We should be working to grow out GDP, not trying to carve out our own little piece. Good grief man, we are living in a global economy.
Because it is not competitive.
Trump has no means to bring 70s style labor-based manufacturing back into the USA. It is not possible. He is a fool if he even thinks it possible.
And those who are worried about jobs should be aghast at that chaotic firing taking place by Trump.
I guess this article is already in the dustbin.
I best attend to other things.
Donald Trump was re-elected to be popular? Was I watching a completely different election in 2024? Even the bad 100 day polling being bandied about show that people still think Donald Trump was the better choice.
It's an odd poll, indeed, that says voters don't like what Trump is doing but do not regret electing Trump. Has anyone seen 'right track/wrong direction' polling? Or is the progressive left trying to hide that?
It only required 100 days to completely upend the progressive liberal world order; without firing a shot. The exquisitely complex, undeniably liberal, interconnected global order governed by the rule of biased law couldn't survive a few missed welfare checks from the United States. Donald Trump has changed the global political landscape in only 3 months. Ain't it a wonder!
No legitimate journalist would write that.
In rightwing conservative minds, any journalist that isn't metaphorically down on their knees sucking off Donald Trump is considered a "Leftwing hack". These cultists love their Dear Leader so much they simply can't imagine how anyone wouldn't love and revere their beloved Mango Mussolini.
Well that's probably because it's still down 12% from the February highs, dumbass.