OT: American Politics

[mbow30]

Not sure what you're referencing, but your vulgarity, as usual, is getting in the way of you making a cogent point.

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, April 2025 | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $61.6 billion in April, down $76.7 billion from $138.3 billion in March, revised.

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Lmao. Referencing 2024 data. Like I said.

Imports spiked in the lead up to tariffs.nits obvious why. Crediting trump for a decline in imports from March to April of this years is utterly ridiculous.

Imports being as high as they were was because of trump.

He caused a spike, they dropped back down to historical norms and now you’re crediting him for lowering imports.

And then smugly saying nobody else understands economics. Lmao.

 

[mbow30]

Ohh noooo they overbought and now have to liquidate their overstock? It was a win/win move? You don't say?

BUT MAH iNfLaTiOn!!!11

Lol
And you also credit him for lowering prices.

 

[Cal Gal]

Interesting. . .

Wisconsin dairy farmer sues Trump administration claiming discrimination against white farmers​

Wisconsin dairy farmer sues Trump administration claiming discrimination against white farmers

A Wisconsin dairy farmer alleged in a federal lawsuit filed Monday that the Trump administration is illegally denying financial assistance to white farmers by continuing programs that favor minorities. The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed the lawsuit against the U.S...

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[Cal Gal]

Scott's the guy at the podium, btw.

Officers who cover their faces could be charged with a misdemeanor under California proposal​

Officers who cover their faces could be charged with a misdemeanor under California proposal

Local, state, and federal law enforcement officers who cover their faces while conducting official business could face a misdemeanor charge in California under a new proposal announced Monday. The bill would require all law enforcement officials show their faces and be identifiable by their...

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[Cal Gal]

Musings of a loon. . .

Trump muses about turning the G7 back into the G8 — or even the G9 with China​

Trump muses about turning the G7 back into the G8 — or even the G9 with China

U.S. President Donald Trump kicked off his time at the Group of Seven summit on Monday by suggesting that Russia and maybe even China should be part of the organization. The U.S. leader indicated that he would rather have the G7 become the G8 or possibly even the G9, although Russia and China...

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[manny]

How about a G6?

 

[Cal Gal]

NAACP won't invite Trump to its national convention. He will be 1st president excluded in 116 years​

NAACP won't invite Trump to its national convention. He will be 1st president excluded in 116 years

The NAACP announced Monday the group will not invite President Donald Trump to its national convention next month in Charlotte, North Carolina, the first time the prominent civil rights organization has opted to exclude a sitting president in its 116-year history. NAACP President Derrick...

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[MindzEye]

Honestly the G7 should be expanded, but Russia really never belonged and were only brought into the group in the hopes that their economy would open up and liberalize in the 90's. That has failed and they're a petro basket case, so they can fuck off.

The point of the G8 originally was to form a group of the world's most industrialized nations so they could coordinate economic and monetary policy amongst themselves.

South Korea, Spain, and the Aussies could pretty easily be added to make it the G10.

 

[lecoqsportif]

There’s already a G20.

Anyway Poots would be picked up by interpol if he ever landed in a country with real law and order.

 

[lecoqsportif]

Russia really never belonged and was only brought into the group in the hopes that their economy would open up ….

And the fact they play the victim card to justify their warmongering illustrates just how f@cked in the head and corrupt their leadership is. Resentful victims? They were literally given the keys to executive bathroom and couldn’t handle it.

Apparently Tony Blair sensed Poots couldn’t jive with law, order and sensible economic management before he got shouty at the Munich security conference and started bombing his neighbours. But Dubya looked in to his eyes and saw his soul.

Maybe the razing of Grozny was a tell?

 

[Wayward DP]

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lol, we know why

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

I actually worked as a Media Relations Officer at the 1988 G7 Summit in Toronto. Cool experience. Got to meet a few pols, like Brian and Mila, Joe Clark, etc. as well as media types like Sam Donaldson of ABC, the not-yet-disgraced Senator Mike Duffy (who was so short he had to stand on a milk crate to do his reports) the late, great Colin Vaughn of City-TV (as foul-mouthed off camera as you'd imagine he'd be) Peter Mansbridge and a then-31 year old Wendy Mesley (shwing!)

 

[Wayward DP]

just shocking that the only thing that Trump actually cares about is his own financial and political benefit, and could give a fuck about the good of the country.

truly shocking!

 

[oscarheyman]

NAACP won't invite Trump to its national convention. He will be 1st president excluded in 116 years​

NAACP won't invite Trump to its national convention. He will be 1st president excluded in 116 years

The NAACP announced Monday the group will not invite President Donald Trump to its national convention next month in Charlotte, North Carolina, the first time the prominent civil rights organization has opted to exclude a sitting president in its 116-year history. NAACP President Derrick...

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Woodrow Wilson wouldn't have wanted to attend had the organization existing when he was President. A real piece of work (and not in a good way).

 

[MindzEye]

There’s already a G20.

There is, but it's purpose and composition is different. It's more of a "you must be this tall to ride this ride" type of organization. The G7 isn't just about size, it's about composition of your economy and willingness to align on monetary policy within reason. China won't/can't be a part of that group because they play games with their monetary policy to keep their manufacturing relatively cheap. India isn't really what I would call an industrialized economy in the modern sense despite it being very big. Russia is a cold, deranged gas station. Why is South Africa treated like a thing?

 

[hockeylover]

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[hockeylover]

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[hockeylover]

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[hockeylover]

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[LeafGm]

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Has Lindell even derived any benefit from the Trump Presidency 2.0?

You’d think with how psychotically dedicated he’s been to Trump and the big “stolen election” lie, some federal dollars would’ve been shovelled his way or he would’ve gotten some cushy gig.