And he’s already published his hit list of trump enemies to go after. Good to see another one of trump’s “only the best people” able to hit the ground running. Thank god the days of weaponised government are over…

If you thought trump was ever going to help working people, you’re a fucking idiot.

It does, thanks. And I agree. I don’t claim to know what the perfect system is, but I believe it would be some form of democratic socialism with some sort of magical built-in safeguard against wars of misinformation of the type we’re seeing now.

What do you mean by “these things”?

What about them?

Without an educated, informed population and effective, constantly maintained checks and balances on those in power, the end results of either communism or capitalism are going to be exactly the same.

What I’m saying is that Americans who still have faith in the system need to wake the fuck up. The US is a failed state. trump is going to keep doing whatever he wants, he’s going to ignore the courts, and the checks and balances that are supposed to stop him are all controlled by republicans who aren’t going to do a fucking thing.

Well I’m no expert, but it feels like the floodgates are already open.

Does it though? My point is that the administration is just ignoring the courts at this point, and the more the courts get in their way, the less trump is going to concern himself with what they say. Court injunctions are great if they work, and that remains to be seen.

I’m sure that will stop him. Problem solved everyone!

I don’t like it. Far too real.

Well that’s not funny at all…

Well I guess he’s got all that spare time now that he’s fixed all the problems everywhere. And he is known for having exquisite taste in art and interior design.

(Kinda depressing that I need the /s here, but I’d hate for some magat to come along and agree with me…)

When I was a kid, people would get jobs, then stay in those jobs for years and years, getting promotions and raises. Then they’d buy things like new cars, houses, and vacations, just with the money they earned by working their jobs. So I thought that that is how life would work for me. Boy was I wrong!

He won’t get rid of musk as easily as he did bannon. He’s already into pretty much everything. trump is chained to musk now, and so is the entire country.

Wonder how president musk feels about that. 🤔

It’s like they created a monster and set it loose thinking they could control it, but turns out they can’t, because it’s a monster. Nobody could have seen that coming…

So, all the things they already said before the election in which a significant portion of Americans voted for him because of economic and totally not bigotry related reasons?

Of course it’s a bad idea, they should just give that money directly to billionaires like they’ve always done.

But seriously, as I’ve often explained to my wife, it makes no sense to put a thousand dollars into our savings account to earn 5% while we owe a thousand on our credit card being charged at 20%.

Everyone knows a US sovereign savings account is just going to become another place for congress to steal money from.

Agree with your comment, OP. The entire internet seems to be filled with people engaging the fascists and trump sycophants, trying to force them to admit the hypocrisies and inconsistencies in their positions, but it’s pointless. These people don’t deserve that much credit or respect. Ignorance is an explanation at best, not an excuse. Anyone who voted trump in 24 is beyond redemption, no matter how much they change their tune when the harm they voted for comes to them.