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RockRaven
(17,112 posts)C_U_L8R
(46,924 posts)May be a while, these folks are pretty dense.
Eliot Rosewater
(32,820 posts)Doodley
(10,677 posts)economy.
LisaL
(47,160 posts)He promised tariffs.
Doodley
(10,677 posts)Tickle
(3,809 posts)😂 God help us. There's so much unknown here
BlueKota
(4,142 posts)but if he goes off script in a way the right wing mega donors don't approve of, who knows? Sadly there would still be Vance and Johnson.
bottomofthehill
(9,082 posts)They are afraid of Elons money
2naSalit
(96,281 posts)
Doodley
(10,677 posts)Mister Ed
(6,523 posts)In Trump's first term, he occasionally would promise that some great thing or another would be coming from his administration in two weeks. But "two weeks", like "tomorrow", never seemed to come.
patphil
(7,605 posts)Doodley
(10,677 posts)travelingthrulife
(1,953 posts)into poverty and homelessness in this country. Two months without an income can easily do that.
SocialDemocrat61
(3,983 posts)
Bernardo de La Paz
(53,951 posts)Bev54
(12,319 posts)Make me believe these idiot republicans will do anything that is right for the country.
Doodley
(10,677 posts)Blue Full Moon
(1,965 posts)EnergizedLib
(2,420 posts)Its highly unlikely.
sakabatou
(44,441 posts)Silent Type
(8,845 posts)Doodley
(10,677 posts)miyazaki
(2,430 posts)
BannonsLiver
(19,034 posts)And it is going to be a catastrophe for them.
Uncle Joe
(61,253 posts)Thanks for the thread Doodley
Doodley
(10,677 posts)Uncle Joe
(61,253 posts)William769
(58,251 posts)newdeal2
(2,194 posts)Lets not go down this fantasy again. Hes not going to jail, hes not getting thrown out of the White House.
He said he could shoot someone on 5th Ave. Turned out to be true.
Doodley
(10,677 posts)population been so personally or financially affected as they will by these tariffs.
Dream on...
lindysalsagal
(22,568 posts)Their districts are so gerrymandered they can never lose their seats.
Bernardo de La Paz
(53,951 posts).... until it hits a tipping point and suddenly there is an avalanche of Rs ready to impeach him. It will probably have to reach some tipping point among maga before the Rs will feel emboldened.
B.See
(5,014 posts)I wouldn't count on ANY of the MAGAS to have the guts to do so.
That'd involve FAR more courage, integrity, love and DUTY to one's own country than the whole stinking bunch of em could ever possess COLLECTIVELY.
EllieBC
(3,441 posts)MAGAts are armed and insane. They wont do anything to put their own necks on the line.
LudwigPastorius
(12,048 posts)to resign or face impeachment.
Doodley
(10,677 posts)GOP lawmakers openly dissing Trump and calling for him to go, growing pressure with mounting tariff-induced inflation and unemployment, opinion polls showing Trump's reputation among MAGAs in tatters, mass protests around the nation, continual bad news for the nation's economy with no end in sight, GOP lawmakers see a devasting mid-term election. Rather than a strongman, Trump would look pathetic. He would be seen as incapable of governing.
LudwigPastorius
(12,048 posts)Doodley
(10,677 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(53,951 posts)Doodley
(10,677 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(53,951 posts)My thought was that it will have to show up in the hard data in an obvious undeniable way at the same time as it shows up on main street and when people gather at the bowling alley and picking up kids at daycare. Like "I haven't seen Martha for a couple of weeks now, is she okay? Oh, she lost her job then."
Sentiment is way down as revealed by surveys and the stock market (a fast-reacting barometer of future expectations). But a tick up in unemployment from 4.1 to 4.2 might be noise or it might be the toe into the hard data.
Doodley
(10,677 posts)A rise in inflation will probably be noticed very quickly and it will get worse. Fear is driving the stock market, fear that we now face a downturn. People will be fearful, even MAGAs. I think the fear will be immediate, even for many MAGAs. MAGAs are immune to or favor a lot of Trump crap, like mass deportations and discrimination, but never has Trump or any president done something on this scale that will hit them where is hurts them personally. I believe that this is literally a lifetime event in terms of the impact on people's lives and finances and in how people the world over view a president. I don't see how Trump can survive this.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(25,039 posts)SSJVegeta
(242 posts)Never.
Meowmee
(8,234 posts)The senate just voted to stop tariffs against Canada I think? But the house will block a vote on it is my guess. Why does the executive have this power? Tariffs should have to be voted on, not declared by the executive. Someone who crashed the stock market this many times already would be gone in other major western countries. UK prime minister Truss was gone after 49 days when this happened, the UK is a unitary parliamentary democracy.
Doodley
(10,677 posts)Meowmee
(8,234 posts)The highest office in the country with way too much power... and even before he was a convicted felon he was inciting violence in his first campaign and zero was done!
niyad
(123,017 posts)BlueTsunami2018
(4,270 posts)I dont know why we keep asking these kind of questions.
Theyre NEVER going to remove him, censure him or attempt to stop him in any way. Not ever.
Unless
.the cult turns on him which is also never going to happen.
Were stuck with this shitshow and everything that comes with it.
Doodley
(10,677 posts)flicked a switch and destroyed that. The economy is going to meltdown. There is no good news that will come from this, This isn't a story that will last a week and we move on. Things can only get worse from here as the affect of tariffs and destroying international partnerships pile up. This is people's livelihoods, their savings, their jobs, their ability to feed their family. Trump will lose his authority because too many will realize he's fucked them. GOP will be decimated in the midterms unless Trump goes.
BlueTsunami2018
(4,270 posts)That cult is rock solid. I work with a bunch of Trumpers and they do not care about any of this. They just parrot the company line.
This is Bidens fault.
A Presidents policies dont really take effect until two years in.
We were due for a correction.
Everything is going to be so much better than it was by December.
He inherited a disaster.
And blah, blah, blah.
They could be standing there wearing a barrel and still think its all good.
bucolic_frolic
(49,537 posts)Until then, nada, zilch, goose egg.
Takket
(22,930 posts)OLDMDDEM
(2,392 posts)Omnipresent
(6,803 posts)Instead, they might assassinate him and blame Democrats for doing it.
Jrsygrl96
(239 posts)Cultists die for their leader.
ILikePie92
(32 posts)Little piggies grow wings and fly
kacekwl
(8,146 posts)dragging his ass out and hanging him in the street it's the only other way.