USA Policy positions of Donald Trump; let's see how many he achieves

[Gough]

Charlie Lewis in Crikey:

"The question remains — what will this ugly spectacle mean in concrete terms? A great deal of horror in the areas of reproductive rights, the environment and the promised mass deportations seems more or less assured.


Progressives pointing out that, say, Trump cannot simply override the US Constitution via decree, as he plans to do on day one by attempting to revoke the birthright citizenship of the children of undocumented immigrants, are missing the point. The history of the US presidency is full of figures who subverted the constitution and America’s status as a democracy, including many of the most celebrated holders of the office. (My italics)


The checks on presidential power are mostly political conventions. The question is not what Trump — who for now has the House, the Senate, and the courts — is allowed to do in his role. Whether it’s in his official capacity, or the general hum of chaos he is able to foment, the question is what he is able to get away with. The fact that we are here, in 2025, discussing the first day of his second term, tells us something about just how much that might be."

It's a matter of time before he starts Kent Stating people and we'll see how keen Americans are on having the government point actual guns at them then.

 

[peetoo]

Maybe the right to bear arms was a good idea after all

 

[Randomizor]

It’s been 24 hours. Ukraine war is still ongoing.

Trump failed

 

[troybe]

Anyone checked the price of eggs in the last 24 hrs, should be down to near zero now with him signing all those executive orders

 

[Demons09]

The world is a better place already, unless you’re a lefty of course.

 

[Financialpanther]

Anyone checked the price of eggs in the last 24 hrs, should be down to near zero now with him signing all those executive orders

Apparently, the current price is an oeuf

 

[Financialpanther]

The world is a better place already, unless you’re a lefty of course.

Is it though?

I get that this is right wing or simp Christmas but it's a bit early to shoot your wad.

 

[faible]

Anyone checked the price of eggs in the last 24 hrs, should be down to near zero now with him signing all those executive orders

There was that order he signed that said departments need to bring inflation down, so he's done his part. He had the concepts of a plan.

Now it's their fault if it doesn't happen.

 

[faible]

The world is a better place already, unless you’re a lefty of course.

Narrator: Demons09 doesn't know what a lefty is, or why he thinks the world is a better place.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Apparently, the current price is an oeuf

Dozen really matter.

 

[swingdog]

Has the Epstein list been released yet? Any day now?

 

[Satan]

Has the Epstein list been released yet? Any day now?

2 weeks

Will maxwell be pardoned?

 

[Satan]

He would stop bidens if he could

 

[Sixpence]

Australians cheerleading for Biden always amazed me.

It amazes me that you think anyone cheerleaded for Biden. No-one thinks he was a great option, just a better one than Trump.

 

[Gough]

I'm up for anything that makes it easier to get at John Bolton, it's a measure of the ghastliness of Trump that this guy is able to cast himself as the victim.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Experts alarmed by Trumps’ crypto meme coins: ‘America voted for corruption’

President and first lady’s business ventures show ‘shameful conflicts of interest’, says ex-government ethics official

www.theguardian.com

A lot of people calling it for the out-and-out scam that it is.

 

[faible]

Live: Deportation operations begin after Trump orders border crackdown

Donald Trump's "border czar", Tom Homan, says new operations are already underway to track down and deport undocumented migrants. Follow live.

www.abc.net.au

Finally an infrastructure announcement after all these years!

Oh... it's AI

US President Donald Trump has announced "the largest AI infrastructure project in history".

Mr Trump was joined by representatives from the companies Oracle, Softbank and OpenAI.

 

[Gough]

Live: Deportation operations begin after Trump orders border crackdown

Donald Trump's "border czar", Tom Homan, says new operations are already underway to track down and deport undocumented migrants. Follow live.

www.abc.net.au

Finally an infrastructure announcement after all these years!

Oh... it's AI

Government money for oligarchs.

 

[faible]

Government money for oligarchs.

Bezos and Zuckerberg waiting to see what he throws their way

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Australians cheerleading for Biden always amazed me.

Me too. No-one was.

Most people recognised him merely as a mostly sensible, experienced, non-deranged option. Why anyone would “cheerlead” that is beyond me.

Perhaps they didn’t.

 

[faible]

Me too. No-one was.

Most people recognised him merely as a mostly sensible, experienced, non-deranged option. Why anyone would “cheerlead” that is beyond me.

Perhaps they didn’t.

The pro-Trump cohort view it as a team sport, you either deeply support one or the other. There's no alternative.

This is why they always frame it as 'owning the left' despite the vast majority of policies of 'the left' actually being likely to benefit them. It's just about cheering for a team and punching down.

 

[OneGreatClub]

WTAF

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

The pro-Trump cohort view it as a team sport, you either deeply support one or the other. There's no alternative.

This is why they always frame it as 'owning the left' despite the vast majority of policies of 'the left' actually being likely to benefit them. It's just about cheering for a team and punching down.

Sadly, yes.

 

[faible]

Sadly, yes.

'I might be struggling financially but those immigrants over there are being deported so **** yeah!'

 

[liz]

'I might be struggling financially but those immigrants over there are being deported so **** yeah!'

While not realising those immigrants likely pick or process the food I eat, or look after my elderly parents when I put them in a nursing home, or clean my kids’ school or my workplace.