America's savior
President Trump returned yesterday with a sweeping agenda and an end to the nation's four-year nightmare. He gave a speech that denounced the policies of the left, right in front of Joe Biden & Kamala Harris who were forced to listen to it. Then he signed dozens, maybe hundreds of executive orders. The first executive order rescinded all of Joe Biden's 78 executive orders.
He promised swift action on the economy, immigration, national security and social issues. He said he would invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 , to eliminate “foreign gangs and criminal networks.” He said it was now government policy that there “are only two genders: "male and female.” He declared a national emergency over the U.S.-Mexico border, which unlocks federal funds to build the border wall and turn back more migrants. He also put restrictions on asylum and made border security a military priority. And he moved to end birthright citizenship, a controversial element that many believe pertained only to the children of freed slaves. The ultra leftwing ACLU has filed suit claiming that it is a right to everyone that the Constitution guarantees. Hopefully the SCOTUS will finally decide what congress meant in those turbulent years following the Civil War when the very ambiguous law was written.
He directed federal agencies to investigate potentially unfair trade practices, especially those involving those with China, Mexico and Canada. He is forming a group to look specifically at trade.
He withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement, an international climate pact which only the US seems to adhere to. He also got the US out of the WHO which the US spent $500 billion on and China with many more people only spent $38 billion on.
He stalled enforcement of a ban on TikTok for at least 75 days, giving ByteDance, the app’s Chinese owner, more time to find a way to find a buyer.
He ended remote work for federal employees and froze most federal hiring.
He pardoned the nearly 1600 people who have been languishing in jail all this time over the Jan 6th riots.
In the meantime, only hours before the inauguration, Joe Biden issues pardons for his corrupt family as well as Anthony Fauci and Jan 6th Committee House members.
Melania Trump wore a black hat with a wide brim.
Vivek Ramaswamy quit as co-leader of what Trump has labeled the Department of Government Efficiency in order to campaign for Governor of Ohio.
While signing Executive Orders and simultaneously holding a press conference, Peter Doocy asked President Trump if he had read the traditional farewell letter left in the desk by his predecessor. Trump, in his unique way reminded Doocy about priorities, noting that he was signing Executive Orders and answering questions as Zelensky & Putin waited for a talk on a peace deal and Melania waited for the President to dance with her at the Inaugural Ball. Doocy got the message as Trump put the unopened letter back in the drawer.
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America is back and the left is on the run.
Sorry Barack.
SCOTUS protected criminal/traitor pardons his para-military accomplices in failed 2021 insurrection ...
Pelosi called it an insurrection.
How much time did the 2020 rioters do? Two dozen people were killed in those riots.
Trump personally summoned a mob to the capitol building in order for them to intimidate legislators into changing or delaying the vote count. That is EXACTLY what happened. When they were punished for illegal and in some cases violent behavior he set them free. That is also exactly what happened. It is a blotch on American history that will go down in infamy.
There is a war now for Americas soul between patriots and MAGAs.
I deal in facts, not theories.
LOL.
Join Heated Discussions Vic and we will work it all out.
J6 amounted to a half-ass riot that was neither planned nor organized. It never came close to an insurrection. The real violence was perpetrated a small portion of the thousands of marchers there. Hundreds of the attendees were overcharged and over sentenced, simply by being in the building or on the grounds.
The lefties are fine ones to bitch and moan about pardons, considering the shameful examples set by the now departed never to be seen again Biden. The progressives have pumped up and promoted how awful J6 was to milk as much outrage about the day as they can. But it's over and done and now the normal and moral people are back in charge, faced with the difficult charge of repairing our broken country. It's time for the libs and lefties to grow up and move on.
As I told you before, if I joined HD I would have 3 main targets, and you wouldn't be one of them.
Since you haven’t joined HD you don’t have any targets which is a good thing for you. I doubt that you could hold your own let alone ‘’win’’ a debate with anyone.
bring it ...
I quit being a member of HD because I have no desire to use it, and nobody is allowed to use it to attack me.
Is there a reason your posting this to me, Buzz?
The rest of this thread was removed for mutual snarky comments. Knock it off.
It's not AIMED at you, but you brought up the subject of immunity from HD, and that gave me a chance to point out why I am not a member of HD. Because, as the late Leonard Cohen wrote and sang in his poem/song Anthem, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in, and I took advantage of that crack.
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Ok, got it and thanks to Leonard Cohen.
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He wants ByteDance to sell 50% of TikTok to a billionaire friend, in which case he would be bound to get some benefit himself.
But before we toot our horns about his threatened tariffs, let's consider how much the retaliations would be bound to cost Americans, especially those who live from paycheck to paycheck.
I doubt Xi would allow it to happen.
Most likely TikTok will end up banned in the US and its young users will only be left to remember that President Trump tried to find a way to keep it alive.
Maybe that is the best ending.
Then the only REAL beneficiary from that bullshit ban (BECAUSE THERE IS NO PROOF OF THE ACCUSATION, ONLY SUSPICION) will be RedNote, and millions of Americans will be the losers - shooting self in foot personified.
Lol.
will be RedNote
Ah yes, the little red book. It's like a German app naming itself Mein Kampf. Totalitarian regimes that murder millions aren't too subtle, are they?
of Americans will be the losers - shooting self in foot personifie
If Tik tok is such a boon, why won't China let you see it in China? Why is it punishing the Chinese people?
Ho Hum, history again. No sticks and stones, only names? How many times am I asked "Why won't China let you see it in China?" How many times do I have to repeat over and over again that China doesn't want its happy bright productive hard-working kids to become Americanized?
I am well aware of the stereotypical "Ugly American". The impervious insufferably entitled US tourists who give Americans a bad name abroad. So, just FYI, Chinese tourists are universally known to be the rudest and most difficult of travelers...
China doesn't want its happy bright productive hard-working kids to become Americanized?
Oh.. so tik tok is a weapon to make kids unhappy and lazy and China is protecting its kids from it. Another argument for banning it.
LOL. Well, I didn't know Chinese tourists were rude never having encountered any rude ones. It isn't so much about "The Ugly Americans" from back when those who backpacked through Europe sewed Canadian flags on their backpacks so they wouldn't be identified as Americans. I was thinking more about the ones during more recent times who storm the Capitol Building (or agree it was right to do so), gangs that shoot each other and other gun-lovers, group-storming thefts of retail stores, Rittenhouse-types, and those whose brilliance led them to help elect Donald Trump.
Again, again and again, words being put in my mouth that I DIDN'T SAY. I don't reply to those games being played.
Normal people would describe it as them paying their debt to society. You call it languishing. [deleted][✘]
And what would normal people call Biden's pardoning vicious murderers on death row?
First of all normal people realize that Biden commuted 37 death sentences to life without parole, he pardoned none of them. Some people would call that Christian mercy, depending on one's religious beliefs.
The problem with 4 years of extreme radicalism is that normal people begin to forget what normalcy is.
I dunno, the first time this piece of shit was PotUS I maintained my faith that normal people could assume power again. Trump lies and right here in your commentary we see reflections of the same.
Trump is "The Party":
Four years more of destructive, self-centered and delusional crap. Hopefully, the goodness in Americans will reawaken in time to save our country. His timing is kind of off, though. The destruction of America and American values began the day he stepped foot into the political arena. He is not a savior, but a malignant force who just barely was elected and now claims that 1.48% difference to be a mandate to destroy what has taken years to build. He made promises that he cannot keep, practiced revisionist history, and flat-out lied to his country to eak out that slim margin. Let us just hope his stain can be wiped from our country.
Up the page a ways you claimed that you dealt in fact, not theory. Your characterizations of events in the bulk of your commentary give lie to this assertion.
I have no problems remembering the relative normalcy of 17 of the past 18 Administrations.
I guess when you cannot identify normalcy, everything else becomes "extreme radicalism" to the chagrin of credibility.
They were forced to listen:
"For many years, a radical and corrupt establishment has extracted power and wealth from our citizens while the pillars of our society lay broken and seemingly in complete disrepair.
We now have a government that cannot manage even a simple crisis at home while, at the same time, stumbling into a continuing catalogue of catastrophic events abroad.
It fails to protect our magnificent, law-abiding American citizens but provides sanctuary and protection for dangerous criminals, many from prisons and mental institutions, that have illegally entered our country from all over the world.
We have a government that has given unlimited funding to the defense of foreign borders but refuses to defend American borders or, more importantly, its own people.
Our country can no longer deliver basic services in times of emergency, as recently shown by the wonderful people of North Carolina — who have been treated so badly and other states who are still suffering from a hurricane that took place many months ago or, more recently, Los Angeles, where we are watching fires still tragically burn from weeks ago without even a token of defense. They’re raging through the houses and communities, even affecting some of the wealthiest and most powerful individuals in our country — some of whom are sitting here right now. They don’t have a home any longer. That’s interesting. But we can’t let this happen. Everyone is unable to do anything about it. That’s going to change.
We have a public health system that does not deliver in times of disaster, yet more money is spent on it than any country anywhere in the world.
And we have an education system that teaches our children to be ashamed of themselves — in many cases, to hate our country despite the love that we try so desperately to provide to them. All of this will change starting today, and it will change very quickly.
My recent election is a mandate to completely and totally reverse a horrible betrayal and all of these many betrayals that have taken place and to give the people back their faith, their wealth, their democracy, and, indeed, their freedom. From this moment on, America’s decline is over."
Read the full text of Trump’s inaugural address – NBC4 Washington
He sounds like an idiot that is living in dreamland. A populist that has no idea of what some words actually mean.
Those two sour faces say it all, don't they.
Unlike Trump who didn’t show for Biden’s inauguration Biden and Harris had enough backbone to follow protocol, Trump on the other hand did his normal MAGA chicken shit thing.
makes me smile
MAGA, writ large
Trump is neither savior nor the devil
He is simply the man the people elected president.
He will do some good things, he will do some great things, he will do some bad things and he will do some terrible things - how many of each of these things will always be simply opinions that will vary from person to person
No, Robert, all things are not equal.
Past Presidents were not equal to one another.
No, Robert, all things are not equal.
Past Presidents were not equal to one another
See there's one of those "opinions" I spoke - it is neither right nor wrong it is simply what you think no more right or more wrong than what anyone else thinks about the same subject.
Simple question: was Millard Fillmore and Abraham Lincoln simply two mortal men trying to do a job?
Simple question: was Millard Fillmore and Abraham Lincoln simply two mortal men trying to do a job?
Yes!
Why do this they were supernatural beings?
They had different capabilities.
Lincoln rose to the occasion over & over again. Fillmore wasn't even tested.
They had different capabilities.
Lincoln rose to the occasion over & over again. Fillmore wasn't even tested.
Immaterial
They simply two mortal men elect ed to the same office who reacted differently to challenges presented to them by the office
I'm a mortal man who is just a bit younger than Trump. I'm amazed at what he did in a single day yesterday.
Embarrass the shit out of America ?
and you wonder why people question your perspectives and motives
and you wonder why people question your perspectives and motives
Another of those pesky opinions - I do not care what "people' (could you be more vague or evasive) or you think about my perspective and I have no "motive" (I simply like to discuss issues and the occasional fun of poking some people to make them roar and growl is simply a side benefit.
Your opinions are no more correct than anyone else's opinion on this or any other issue discussed on NT
Trump won the popular vote, John. How can that be spun?
Trump is not simply the man who was elected president. But it must comfort you to think that way.
Are you saying that you are poking the bear this morning?
I haven even had my coffee yet!
I dont think you would like my answer to that one.
Are you saying that you are poking the bear this morning?
I love and respect animals I would never poke a bear
No? Then is me slightly more than a man and slightly less than a God?
Sometimes I think you have a higher opinion of him than I do.
By the way, Americans spell savior without the u. Are you a foreigner ?
Save it in case I decide to join HD.
Trump is not simply the man who was elected president. But it must comfort you to think that way.
So you think he is supernatural being rather then simply a man? Interesting perspective
Thanks, I was able to fix it.
Are you a foreigner ?
Broad term
That isn't saying much. His vote count only accounts for 23% of the population.
Yep, that's a meaningful statistic that liberals trot out all the time when talking about their popular vote wins.
Trump's support will further erode as prices & government spending rises if he implements his policies.
trump has just redrawn the line of separation and now he and his supporters have to live with it ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the first member of his new Cabinet on Inauguration Day .
Washington — The Senate on Monday approved a bill known as the Laken Riley Act aimed at expanding the federal government's mandate to detain immigrants who are in the country illegally, as congressional Republicans look to deliver for President Trump as he enters office.
In a 64 to 35 vote, the Senate approved the legislation, with 12 Democrats joining all voting Republicans in favor. The measure marks the first policy legislation of the new Congress, which the House approved earlier this month before the Senate amended it.
The House will need to approve the Senate's changes before it can head to the president's desk.
Senate approves Laken Riley Act, sending immigration measure back to House - CBS News
Trump just cut $541 Billion in wasteful government spending. There's the needed funding. I'm sure physically removing illegals from witin our borders will open a lot of beds as well.
Omg yes!
How about all the emergency room care the US taxpayer gets stuck with or the taxpayers in blue states who fund the migrants.
I really wish I could say medical expenses would drop because taxpayers aren't funding illegals but we both know that won't happen.
But programs for citizens that were cut in Democrat Sanctuary Shitholes should be seeing a funding increase with the illegals gone.
I think we should be careful with states like New York and California.
Parts of this bill are unconstitutional and, if passed, will end up in court before any of it can be implemented. The parts that aren't are already law.
I'm sure that much of what is coming will be challenged, but if the SCOTUS upholds the legislation, it will be permanent.
I'm not certain they would. The current SCOTUS has already upheld the laws and precedents this bill would overturn.
So now the constitution matters?
heh, not since the maga SCOTUS blew a hole through it ...
LMAO. That's hilarious. Tell us another joke.
trump voters that receive veterans benefits ...
Only time I had issues getting benefits was under Biden. Or are you playing the "What if" game?
"Permanent" in terms of the US government means available for change every four years.
Such as?
Legislation is permanent until future legislation undermines it. How often does that happen?
An oxymoron if there ever was one, thanks.
Weren't you paying attention to all of trumps' EO's?
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says his administration will move to suspend the security clearances of the more than four dozen former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter saying that the Hunter Biden laptop saga bore the hallmarks of a “Russian information operation.”
Trump moves to suspend clearances of ex-intel officials who signed letter on Hunter Biden laptop | AP News
I wonder if they will be charged with election interference.
Did Joe forget to pardon them?
That will eventually be in the little hands of Pam Bondi.
Let the Right Wing Populist Retribution Tour begin!
As with most things the populists attempt, I expect it to blow up in their faces... hahaha!
So, you think that prosecuting somebody who deliberately made a false statement (and they knew the laptop was real) to interfere with an election is an act of revenge?
Why should they get away with it?
Didn't you claim it was 'lawfare' when the Dems did it?
I guess he did. But there is a lot Joe forgot to do during his term.
It was lawfare. You don't think it was real, do you?
Sorry, under the new fascistic-oligarchy, logical consistency is no longer a necessary attribute to argumentation. But, if you think about it for about a microsecond, they were exercising their rights to free speech, just as Trump has on the numerous occasions when he has lied about things like the 2020 election being rigged, et.al.
Be back
Well, this is the first inauguration I've seen that was given wall-to-wall coverage all day. I don't recall so many rallies and celebrations where most of the attendees were just ordinary people. I only watched bits and pieces but some of what I saw really stood out. Martin Luther King, Jr. attended Trump's inauguration in prayer. Lorenzo Sewell wasn't timid or guarded in his praise. God was given full-throated praise, shouted to the mountaintops, in the Capitol Rotunda -- when's the last time that happened? Carrie Underwood had the balls to sing America the Beautiful acapella. Those in attendance sang along without flourishes or embellishment -- America united. That moment was pure, genuine, and perfect for the occasion. Frankly, a musical score in the background would have ruined the moment.
There was one moment that grabbed me by the throat and shook me around until I paid attention. It was at the end of the post-inaugural rally when Steve Witkoff spoke about the Gaza conflict and peace deal. Witkoff called the relatives of hostages to come onto the stage; typical political kitsch. And then something unexpected happened. The people shuffled across the stage, tripping over each other. A tall man was stopped in front of Trump waiting to move on. It was possible to see the moment this guy said to himself "to hell with this" and he reached up to shake Trump's hand. And Trump didn't hesitate. Everyone else on stage wanted to shake Trump's hand, too. That wasn't on the program but it was okay. What struck me was that simple act of courage was actually the theme of the day's events.
Simple acts of courage by unimportant, unknown people are what unify us. That's what we've lost. We're aware of the loss even if we don't recognize it. IMO that's one of the hopes people have for the Trump Presidency. We're hoping the country can regain it's courage. It's not really about winning, as Trump likes to say. It's about trying. It's really about unimportant, unknown people overcoming their temerity and reaching out to do something good and worthwhile. That's really what unity is about, isn't it?
I think most of the world has already concluded that we are not the same people who stormed Omaha Beach.
Let us hope.
I think most of the world has already concluded that maga are like the same people that were defending that beach.
Admiral Linda Fagan, who oversaw the US Coast Guard, has been terminated for operational failure and misdirecting all of the organization’s resources away from training, retention, and border security over to Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity (DEI) initiatives within the USCG.
"Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan was ousted by the Trump administration Tuesday, on President Trump's first full day in office. In 2022, Fagan became the first woman to lead a branch of the U.S. military.
Fagan was relieved of her duties Monday night in a workforce-wide message by Acting Homeland Security Secretary Benjamin Huffman."
Trump administration fires Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan - CBS News
An asshole behaving as such. There is no need to publicly call out these individuals.
Trump will be the exemplar for unpresidential behavior.
What?! The Ministry of Magic has been compromised?!
Oooo, this is much worse. Trump is going to make America the laughing stock of the rest of the world.
And how much of Project 2025 did Trump institute today???