Trump is an expert at trying to change the narrative

[Chrissy1979]

19 minutes ago, Shady said:

How is it marital law?

Oh right. Before you defend martial law, you have to first pretend the term has no meaning (and spell it wrong, of course).

[gatomontes99]

20 minutes ago, herbie said:

Good job lefty looney. You've done made your mama proud. 

[LinkSoul60]

5 hours ago, Deluge said:

No one's drawing guns or anything. It'll all shake itself out. 

Yes, it most likely will shake itself out as countries diversify their trade further away from the US....

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers on Thursday likened U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to that of Juan Perón's government in Argentina in 1946, calling Trump's policies “scarily reminiscent” of Perón's.

Summers, who served as Treasury Secretary from 1999 to 2001 under Bill Clinton, told Bloomberg TV that Americans must pay attention to the cautionary lessons from postwar Argentina and other European nations after World War I.

“Argentina went completely off track because of decisions made in a few years by an elected – through a democracy – leader who pursued autocracy rather than venerating democracy, and that should be a cautionary tale for everyone in the business community, and everyone involved in our political process,” Summers, who is also a Harvard University professor, said.

Perón came to power in Argentina at a time when the country was the fifth largest economy in the world at the beginning of the 20th century. Perón, wishing to make Argentina more self-sufficient, implemented trade protectionist policies such as high tariffs, which eventually led to an economic downfall, according to a 2023 analysis by think tank OMFIF.

“Over time, as the nationalism took hold, as economic success became more and more about who is friends with the government – and less and less about who was really good at producing products and competing with foreigners – Argentina’s economic performance became calamitous,” Summers said. “It’s a model that, if you think about it, is scarily reminiscent of what we are doing right now.”

Summers' comments come at a time when Trump has faced criticism for actions beyond trade policies. The President's recent firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, just hours after a significantly weak July jobs report, sparked 'banana republic' concerns.

Summers, speaking on Bloomberg TV’s Wall Street Week with David Westin, said that although the U.S. had “highly resilient institutions,” he saw parallels with Perón's government, including protectionism, “a cult of personality around the leader,” and attacks on the media, universities, and law firms.

Summers also expressed skepticism about some of Trump’s economic promises centered around tariffs. “You don’t know what they mean, because you don’t know what the baseline would have been,” he said, and added that there is going to be “a lot of investment that goes out, because we’re making ourselves such a more problematic hub for production when we’re raising the price of all the inputs.”

He added that the consequence of some of these trade policies may give way to a manufacturing sector “that is both quantitatively smaller and qualitatively inferior.”

“We are alienating the rest of the world; higher priced inputs, much more uncertainty for investors and alienating of customers can’t be the right strategy,” he concluded, adding that “there’s a winner here… His name is Xi Jinping.”

[Shady]

1 hour ago, Chrissy1979 said:

Oh right. Before you defend martial law, you have to first pretend the term has no meaning (and spell it wrong, of course).

It’s not martial law.  You’re grossly ignorant and uninformed.

[herbie]

Anyone that can see the desperation of throwing out another distraction every few hours is a lefty loonie.
Forcing solutions to made up problems is more than acceptable to the playbook of the fascists wearing their conservative clothes.

Will he build prison camps for the homeless he promised to remove from DC? I'm sure all you keeners, suckholes and brown nosers will stand up to justify that too.

[gatomontes99]

9 hours ago, herbie said:

Anyone that can see the desperation of throwing out another distraction every few hours is a lefty loonie.
Forcing solutions to made up problems is more than acceptable to the playbook of the fascists wearing their conservative clothes.

Will he build prison camps for the homeless he promised to remove from DC? I'm sure all you keeners, suckholes and brown nosers will stand up to justify that too.

If it is just a distraction and there is no merit to it, then why did the DC police union back Trump's move?

Breitbart: D.C. Police Union Backs Trump’s Move to Federalize City’s Police

[Nationalist]

Err...

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dc-police-commander-suspended-crime-statistics/3959566/

"The crime rate is down in DC!"

How can anyone tell if the fcking police keep lying about it all?

[WestCanMan]

Good gawd, @Boges. 

For a CNN/CBC cultist to accuse someone else of "changing the narrative" is so f'ing hypocritical that I almost fell off my chair. 

Can you describe for me how the Russian collusion thing, the bat-pangolin-human thing, and the "elbows up" thing are working out? Does Trump have sore chops or do Canadians have sore asses?

If you took a moment to reflect, you'd realize that everything you believed in for the past ten years was total bullshit, and it's absolutely insane for you to instantly believe the CBC's next story with all of your heart and soul. 

You're that person who caught their spouse cheating on them 50 times but you believe that they're sorry and they'll never do it again. 

[robosmith]

19 minutes ago, WestCanMan said:

Good gawd, @Boges. 

For a CNN/CBC cultist to accuse someone else of "changing the narrative" is so f'ing hypocritical that I almost fell off my chair. 

Can you describe for me how the Russian collusion thing, the bat-pangolin-human thing, and the "elbows up" thing are working out? Does Trump have sore chops or do Canadians have sore asses?

If you took a moment to reflect, you'd realize that everything you believed in for the past ten years was total bullshit, and it's absolutely insane for you to instantly believe the CBC's next story with all of your heart and soul. 

You're that person who caught their spouse cheating on them 50 times but you believe that they're sorry and they'll never do it again. 

YOU ARE DESCRIBING YOURSELF. Trump is a CONMAN and you've BEEN CONNED.

[paxamericana]

30 minutes ago, robosmith said:

YOU ARE DESCRIBING YOURSELF. Trump is a CONMAN and you've BEEN CONNED.

Do not, my friends, become addicted to the swamp. It will take hold of you, and you will resent its absence. He will deliver you out of the that detritus the media and universities have been conditioning you to eat.

Edited August 12, 2025 by paxamericana

[robosmith]

15 minutes ago, paxamericana said:

Do not, my friends, become addicted to the swamp. It will take hold of you, and you will resent its absence. He will deliver you out of the that detritus the media and universities have been conditioning you to eat.

Just like I said: ^you are also a pathological LIAR just like Trump.

The independent media and universities are all we have from which to get the truth.

No one at my university ever told me anything for partisan power grab purposes like YOU and Trump routinely do.

[herbie]

Are you that f*cking blind you can't see the distraction? Absolutely no real need for anything to be done regarding DC Police, but it accomplishes 2 things.
- increases some of the public's acceptance of troops used against civilians
- distracts from Epstein.

Epstein
Epstein
Epstein
Epstein
Epstein!

[Barquentine]

On 8/11/2025 at 1:00 PM, robosmith said:

People are more wise to Trump desperately trying to change the narrative all the time and that's why it is less and less effective. Maybe the MAGA CULT still falls for it, but most everyone else mentions it a lot.

"Hi everybody, your favorite president here, the Fabled Genius, always working to keep America safe from democracy.
You heard my little oopsy the other day about going to Russia to hang out with Vlad the Invader. The cat's out of the bag, we're letting Russia keep Alaska so we can have peace in Ukraine. Won't that be nice? Is Alaska named after Baked Alaska? We have Baked Alaska at Mar a Lego, but sometimes it's too hot so I told the chef we want half-baked Alaska. And Jeff Epstein liked his egg foo young if you know what I mean. But maybe Canada wants Alaska for a province, that's what they call states up there. I mean look at it it sticks out like a cauliflower ear, like somebody took a pencil and drew a line. Then Alaska wouldn't have to pay tariffs or doctor insurance... wouldn' that be a beautiful thing? Many people have said so. And me and Vlad and Vlod and Mark, we'd play a round of golf and I'll get my Nobull Prize...And we're going to Investigate Biden for Pearl Harbour- never would have happened if I'd been president...Well, gotta go, RFK's gonna give my my shot of bleach and shine a flashlight up my ass, maybe he'll find Giulanni....."

[gatomontes99]

Is it weird that, while protesting the use of the NG to make DC safer, there was a murder about 1/2 mile from the protest?

https://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2025/08/12/man-shot-and-killed-just-blocks-from-dc-protest-against-trump-crime-crackdown/

 

[Shady]

Trump continues to push Dems into stepping on rakes.  It’s really astonishing.

 

 

Just now, Shady said:

Trump continues to push Dems into stepping on rakes.  It’s really astonishing.

 

 

https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/1955641913815810167

 

[robosmith]

2 hours ago, Shady said:

Trump continues to push Dems into stepping on rakes.  It’s really astonishing.

 

 

https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/1955641913815810167

 

You really stood on a rake with ^this post. LMAO

[eyeball]

On 8/11/2025 at 4:29 PM, Shady said:

It’s not martial law.

No, it's not like Trump is telling people to stay out of the woods.

[CdnFox]

On 8/11/2025 at 2:56 PM, Chrissy1979 said:

Oh right. Before you defend martial law, you have to first pretend the term has no meaning (and spell it wrong, of course).

That's all you've got left?  Grammar nazi? Pffffffttttttt!!   

[Chrissy1979]

34 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

That's all you've got left?  Grammar nazi? Pffffffttttttt!!   

That's all you got left? Complaining about being corrected when you're wrong?

[gatomontes99]

5 minutes ago, Chrissy1979 said:

That's all you got left? Complaining about being corrected when you're wrong?

It wasn't his mistake. He's just pointing out that a typo/mispelling/auto correct criticisms are not really indicative of a well reasoned argument. Can you see how a phone might autocorrect martial to marital? Or just a slight typo would be missed by spell check? 

Don't be that petty. 

[CdnFox]

4 hours ago, Chrissy1979 said:

That's all you got left? Complaining about being corrected when you're wrong?

Ummmm you weren't correcting me sweetie, you were correcting someone else  

LOLOLOL Oh my god, you were just incorrect about your correction's correct corectee  

That's like olympic level stupid right there!! LOL I bow to your superior dumbassery!!!!

[Shady]

On 8/11/2025 at 8:26 PM, herbie said:

Anyone that can see the desperation of throwing out another distraction every few hours is a lefty loonie.
Forcing solutions to made up problems is more than acceptable to the playbook of the fascists wearing their conservative clothes.

Will he build prison camps for the homeless he promised to remove from DC? I'm sure all you keeners, suckholes and brown nosers will stand up to justify that too.

The DC crime problem isn’t a made up problem.  Washington DC is currently short 837 police officers.  Trump is using 800 national guard to essentially fill those vacancies temporarily.  

[Nationalist]

First, take Washington DC.

Next, prosecute Schiff, Hilary-Billary, Comey, Brennan and Wray.

The coup de gras...sweep the midterms. 

I wanna see little Adam cry.

Edited August 14, 2025 by Nationalist

[herbie]

15 hours ago, Shady said:

The DC crime problem isn’t a made up problem.

It's like ALL GOP and Tory Crime problems, it's growing in their heads. And their only solution is to make more crimes so it really can get worse.

[Shady]

32 minutes ago, herbie said:

It's like ALL GOP and Tory Crime problems, it's growing in their heads. And their only solution is to make more crimes so it really can get worse.

Oof. 😂😂😂