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Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 2:39pm On Apr 26, 2025
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Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 11:31am On Apr 26, 2025
cococandy:
You know good and well their arrest warrant for that immigrant was more than likely invalid. Or their process of enforcing it was inappropriate at the very least.

I’ve never in my 30+ years of life seen an external arrest warrant carried out in a courtroom. Except when the sitting judge rules that someone is in contempt of courtroom decorum and orders the bailiff to remand them. But I’ll defer to your legal expertise.
Couldn’t they have waited until court was over to arrest the immigrant outside the courthouse?
Democrat judges protecting illegals.

It’s deja vu all over again. In 2018, District Court Judge Shelley Joseph allegedly helped a twice-deported illegal immigrant who appeared in her court on a drug charge escape using the back door of her courthouse in order to evade a waiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. She was indicted on federal charges of conspiracy and obstruction of justice, as was Wesley MacGregor, her chief court officer.

The Boston Herald explained, however, that under the Biden administration, those charges will be dropped:
Joseph, who had been suspended with pay after she indicted, will be returning to the bench soon now that fellow woke Rhode Island U.S Attorney Zachary Cunha recommended that federal charges against her be dropped. The outlet noted that while Jose Medina Perez was in Joseph’s court facing drug charges, he was also wanted in Pennsylvania for drunk driving and had a federal warrant out for his arrest for being in the U.S. illegally.

An ICE agent attended the proceedings and was in the courtroom ready to take the migrant into custody after deliberations. However, the judge ordered the agent out of her courtroom. While the agent waited outside the front door to the courtroom, Joseph arranged for Perez to be released through a back door, which took place after Joseph held a sidebar with the migrant’s attorney. During that sidebar, Joseph ordered the clerk to shut off the courtroom recording device so as to ensure there would be no record of her comments, the Boston Herald continued.

She then allowed Perez, who was being accompanied by MacGregor, to flee, thereby evading the ICE agent.
The Trump Justice Department indicted Joseph, and she unsuccessfully tried to argue in federal district court that she was protected from prosecution by “absolute judicial immunity.” The federal judge said she had no such immunity and as such, ordered her to stand trial.

How come everyone has forgotten about the fact that this is not new.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:33am On Apr 26, 2025
The hit pieces on Hegseth keep coming. His number is privately available on the internet FBI and other apps , hence could be a target for hackers. His phone has the signal encrypted chat .

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/pete-hegseth-phone-signal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CU8.xhLf.zsSwzSzs8lRj&smid=nytcore-android-share
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:12am On Apr 26, 2025
nateevs:
How does Tariff reduce interest rates? What are you talking about?
Interest rates depend on how much you are repaying. When you have more money you repay the loan and so pay no interest in the end.Tarriffs increase federal revenue.
Didn't know you are that whacked out
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 5:37pm On Apr 25, 2025
feedthenation:
---What had DOGE and President Musk achieved in the past three months---nothing but misery---how many trade deals amongst the 75 nations begging to kiss Felon 47's ar5e has bee done in the last 3 weeks---
I don't know where you are basing the nothing but misery from. .Have you checked the DOGE website or are you vomiting what Rachel Maddow and Co say?
Whatever goodies they detail here amounts to zero.
https://www.doge.gov/

Department of Government Efficiency
@DOGE
Contract and grant update!

Over the last several days, agencies have terminated 269 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $845M and savings of $255M, including a $50k @Interior consulting contract to “provide facilitation and collaborative problem solving services”.

Great work by @NSF canceling 402 wasteful DEI grants ($233M in savings), including $1M for “Antiracist Teacher Leadership for Statewide Transformation”.

See the NSF update below. Grant awards will be based on merit, competition, equal opportunity, and excellence.



Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 5:35pm On Apr 25, 2025
Ibime:
I don't think you understand what you are typing. Interest on Bonds alone as a result of nobody wanting to hold US treasury will wipe out any tariff upside, add in tax cuts and the deficit becomes much deeper. DOGE ain't delivered nothing material except political posturing. Like I said, we will review the deficit at year end.
It's not the same as no extra revenues accruing from excise and customs.
There is no budget. Continuing Resolution means you start with the money allocated last year and continue spending the same while adding new expenditures.
The CR took in Zelensky aid, this year there won't be any. Similarly Biden gave Hamas $2B to continue fighting Israel . Not there.
Same expenditures as last year , but this time there will no eg USAID cash $60B? That money will be used more efficiently not for fulfilling lofty leftie dreams like Green Energy scams.

Overall the debt will still rise there will be more increased revenues for IRS. What they do with that money is what will determine the overall economic performance.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:22pm On Apr 25, 2025
budaatum:
Investigators believe Lopez was hired by Nancy to work on the home and then later offered their place for Lopez to stay.

"Later offered" could be, he rented their home they let, but trust you to disingenuously twist facts to tell untruths.
Why you didn't include that he was firing guns with the judge, there were other gang members staying. Judge has been banned from holding any position.

Leaving out the juicy parts , similar to the "Maryland Father deported'

https://www.newsweek.com/joel-cano-democratic-judge-arrested-venezuelan-gang-members-2063985
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:09pm On Apr 25, 2025
Someone tell me Trump has no legal advisors who know the law.
A total of 209 legal suits filed against him this year.

https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/

This qualifies to be a judicial coup

Obama 12 injunctions
Trump1.0 64
Biden 14
Trump2.0 209 injunctions sought
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 2:00pm On Apr 25, 2025
nateevs:
The US, even at $800bn dollars defense spending is already over 123% debt to GDP ratio.

GDP is on course for a crash from a combination lower output, a crisis of consumer confidence (lower than covid, capital flight from the stock market, high yield on govt issued bonds, sharp decline in shipment docking at US ports (ocean container bookings out of China dropped by 60%), huge disruptions to supply chains, and possible higher interest rates depending on how the Fuhrer continues to go about his stupid tariff policy.......

On the other hand, debt is going up by increased govt defence spending, but the dollar is crashing in value to a 4-year low at the same time.

.... Do you even understand what question you are asking me?
Tariffs will increase the federal revenue and eventually reduce the interest. DOGE should save a few hundred billions per year ,further reducing the deficit
Trump will have to continue past 2028 until a suitable successor free from Silicon Valley is found.

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 1:58pm On Apr 25, 2025
budaatum:
Investigators believe Lopez was hired by Nancy to work on the home and then later offered their place for Lopez to stay.

"Later offered" could be, he rented their home they let, but trust you to disingenuously twist facts to tell untruths.
Did the tenant have tattoos?
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:47am On Apr 25, 2025
feedthenation:
---Felon 47 will never release the Epstein files---and that's a fact---because of his closeness to Epstein---
You think Clintons were regular visitors to Paedo island?
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 6:38am On Apr 25, 2025
armyofone:
5k per month ? Great! I will go get pregnant tomorrow grin and born next week cheesy

If one time 5k ? That's not enough to feed baby wild salmon talk less of childcare.

No childcare less than 1k per month.

So 5k to encourage people to born is not a good idea.

Make better deal on the art of borning.
Democrats use the data on families having fewer or no children to promote immigration.
If families are incetivised to get more children, it will defeatthe purpose of immigration.
Current fertility rate per woman is 1.67 , it should be 2.1 to ensure growth.
Feminism ,drugs , economy and attacks on traditional family values in my opinion are to blame.
I've seen women refusing to get children because it has visible effects on their bodies. Oprah Winfrey was capable of borning and rearing a whole city ,what God gave her naturally is now just a total waste smiley smiley
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:25am On Apr 25, 2025
New Mexico county judge arrested for harbouring armed known illegal alien, who were tDA gang member. The illegals possessed several firearms which the judge knew about
No need to mention the obvious,the judge is a democrat.

https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/home-of-ex-judge-raided-after-claims-of-hosting-tren-de-aragua-gang-member-in-las-cruces-cristhian-ortega-lopez-dona-ana-county-venezuela-joel-cano-nancy-tda-nm-hsi-homeland-security#
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:15am On Apr 25, 2025
feedthenation:
---Barack Obama 2028---because the Constitution no longer matter---
What party will he vie on? The democrat party will have been proscribed for having too close ties to Epstein.
His divorce will have ruined the good image his CIA handlers carefully cultivated.
In short he is damaged goods.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:02am On Apr 25, 2025
feedthenation:
---Fox News Poll: The first 100 days of President Trump's second term---


https://www.foxnews.com/official-polls/fox-news-poll-first-100-days-president-trumps-second-term
Because Epstein files have not been released
Hillary Clinton is still walking free. So are other top people who broke the law in order to prevent 47.
Joe Biden reign has not been invalidated.
That's what is causing republicans to disapprove.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
Maeve7:
The Art …
Official Trump store is selling this now. Orders yours quickly.
Eric Trump donning one.

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 6:02pm On Apr 24, 2025
Kilmar Garcia had been stopped driving an SUV without valid driving licence. He also had eight passengers. The cop who stopped him suspected of human trafficking. They was going for "construction work'. They called the FBI. FBI ordered everyone released ..

Turns out the SUV belonged to Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes, a convicted human smuggler busted for bringing illegals into the U.S. from Mexico, El Salvador, and Honduras. 2020, Hernandez Reyes, himself an illegal alien, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 18 months in prison for smuggling fellow illegal aliens in the United States after he was stopped by law enforcement in Mississipi. (Reyes had bragged that $360 gets an illegal in his SUV transported ).


Gets worse for this illegal safely at home where he belongs.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 5:25pm On Apr 24, 2025
Maeve7:
Your problem with Buttgiege is that you read what he said but didn’t understand a word.
I understood exactly virtue signalling is.
White gay couple adopts black kid.
When there was a major crisis somewhere I think Palestine as Transport secretary he was on paternity leave.
** smacks my head**
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:18pm On Apr 24, 2025
Maeve7:
So?
You did question voters who went for trump. how about those who went for this buttgiege?
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 1:19pm On Apr 24, 2025
GloriousGbola:
wow wow wow

basil coming out like a straight up maga pauper whom has never seen money before and is faked out of his shoes

let me drop this for you

of all the billionaires in the world to carry a torch for - it was the fakest of the fake



i just know you have his gilded toilet as your wall paper with life's goals as the header

stop deflecting though and lets focus on the reality of your strong man folding like a bitch

i hope you are taking lessons from the billionaire so you can also cut strong deals with your own clients.

i am charging 300m! take it or leave it!

you are leaving? no not like that! cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy
Read this article.

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/trump-trade-war-results-record-12-billion-surge-customs-revenues

Someone had to do the do that he is doing.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 1:10pm On Apr 24, 2025
Harvard and Oxford graduate got a discount when he adopted a black baby. He and his partner that is. He is gay.

Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
NEW: Pete Buttigieg opens up about his black adopted children, says there is a discount depending on whether you adopt black kids or white ones.

"It was called a surprise adoption scenario. I was traveling. We got a phone call."

"Anybody who says race is not a thing in this country should experience an adoption process where there are literally different lists if you say that you want a white kid only versus if you say that doesn't matter."




Maeve7 , this guy won Iowa democrat primaries .
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 1:08pm On Apr 24, 2025
Maeve7:
He is not the first to have won despite scandals. In fact, it’s one of the reasons he won and he knows that the most important thing for him was to have enough publicity , good or bad.

But it speaks volumes of his voter’s character, morals and ethics to give him their vote despite his lack of integrity and basic decency .
Basically you are saying he is unfit and his voters and supporters are dimwits. Without saying it.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 12:56pm On Apr 24, 2025
GloriousGbola:
what money did trump make?

that's why he declared bankruptcy four times
that's why he had to start taking loans from russian banks
thats why he became a reality tv star shouting you're fired.

there are no guardrails, there is no one to put him in check and you are seeing for yourself the REALITY of his deal making prowess.
i am sure it is biden and the dems who are making him flip flop on tariffs like a worn out pair of bathroom slippers.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter allegedly by Winston Churchill.
you swallowed the myth of a hypercompetent businessman - you a nigerian, who see 'billionaires' like this all the time - blowing other peoples money and in debt to the gills.

dont worry - we all have front row seats to watch this in real time.
He is worth at least 4B.
How much did he start with?
Just hatred. You live pathetic lives looking for something to hate.
Hiis washroom is probably worth more money than you can count till your last day.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 12:18pm On Apr 24, 2025
GloriousGbola:
The difference is that trump has always gotten away with it personally. He has never borne the consequences of his actions. Can you say the same for the average American? Will American citizens also get away with it?

You are a Nigerian. Even if you have not experienced it directly you have seen the fallout of the recklessness and incompetence of ceos.

I watched a ceo start a company, build it up and destroy it all because he was too greedy. The company could not survive. It was sad. Like Trump the guy was also charismatic and could wind investors. But in the end it wasn't enough.

Bad leaders will make it out fine. Can you say the same for everyone else?
You can't make all that money without brains and deal making prowess That's my point. Trump is the rare aggressive type .
How many have ever won the presidency with all that negative media coverage Only him. Thrice.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 10:41am On Apr 24, 2025
cococandy:
Can you imagine being in this position?

I know some might have life sustaining medications they need to take everyday but can’t get it. A diabetic or cardiac patient detained in this situation without access to their medications will die.

What about not showing up to work for 10 days due to wrongful detention? Can’t notify your employer. Obviously you’re going to lose your job. In this economy?

All of this even after asserting your legal right to be in the USA but having some overzealous ICE agents and an anti immigrant govt overlook all that??

People that are happy with this, may nothing bad or unjust ever happen to you guys. May you not be recipients of undeserved cruelty.🙏🏽
Can you imagine Americans are being held by Hamas as hostages in inhumane conditions & are tortured.
No democrat has flown to Gaza or Israel to demand they get released, More than 565 days later, yet democrats are going to El Salvador to demand their citizen a gang member back to America soil. Yet you are crying about a mistakenly held man for 10 days as though it's the end of the world.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 10:36am On Apr 24, 2025
GloriousGbola:
All trumps life he has come at every negotiation, every deal with a win lose mentality. It works when you are dealing with people much smaller than you. But it leaves you completely unprepared for people who can tell you to go fk yourself and who have the resources to take you on.

Matters are made worse by trump stumping for nostalgia not reality. Those jobs are never coming back.
Trump doesn't know how to make deals. When he retires, you can pay for his lifestyle.
It's not every deal that works out . Some fail some go through .
How many of yours go through.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 10:30am On Apr 24, 2025
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/chinese-exporters-begin-to-feel-pain-of-tariffs-as-containers-stack-up-5845686?welcomeuser


Looks like China is beginning to hurt from cancelled orders .
Eventually these goods that won't be shipped to America will have to be sold at discounted rates to the rest of the world.
I am watching lithium batteries prices

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