---President Elect Musk and Convicted Felon Donald J Trump---

The Juggler

2023

Gern Blansten said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

The Juggler said:

Wonder why Trump was mad about Wray's testimony yesterday. Hmmm....

because it most likely was not a bullet.

which resurrects the question "why did tRump have a giant kotex on his ear for something a flesh colored bandage could handle?"....I do give him credit for not putting fake blood on it.

And that tampon was off his ear by last weekend. He did some golfing video with DeChambeau the other day and the ear looks perfectly fine. 

darwinstheory

The Juggler said:

Gern Blansten said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

The Juggler said:

Wonder why Trump was mad about Wray's testimony yesterday. Hmmm....

because it most likely was not a bullet.

which resurrects the question "why did tRump have a giant kotex on his ear for something a flesh colored bandage could handle?"....I do give him credit for not putting fake blood on it.

And that tampon was off his ear by last weekend. He did some golfing video with DeChambeau the other day and the ear looks perfectly fine. 

Because it probably always was fine. One of those old school WWE blading moves when behind a podium and covered by 4 people.

mrussel1

The Juggler said:

Gern Blansten said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

The Juggler said:

Wonder why Trump was mad about Wray's testimony yesterday. Hmmm....

because it most likely was not a bullet.

which resurrects the question "why did tRump have a giant kotex on his ear for something a flesh colored bandage could handle?"....I do give him credit for not putting fake blood on it.

And that tampon was off his ear by last weekend. He did some golfing video with DeChambeau the other day and the ear looks perfectly fine. 

That event happened a while ago

Halifax2TheMax

2023

The Juggler said:

Gern Blansten said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

The Juggler said:

Wonder why Trump was mad about Wray's testimony yesterday. Hmmm....

because it most likely was not a bullet.

which resurrects the question "why did tRump have a giant kotex on his ear for something a flesh colored bandage could handle?"....I do give him credit for not putting fake blood on it.

And that tampon was off his ear by last weekend. He did some golfing video with DeChambeau the other day and the ear looks perfectly fine. 

Seems pretty intact to me.

gimmesometruth27

2023

evander holyfield's ears look more damaged than that. and that was teeth injury vs ar-15 bullet injury.

i am not a ballistics expert, but i don't buy it.

The Juggler

2023

CM189191

gimmesometruth27 said:

evander holyfield's ears look more damaged than that. and that was teeth injury vs ar-15 bullet injury.

i am not a ballistics expert, but i don't buy it.

in case you're curious, here's what the ballistic experts have to say about it

This is how bullets from an AR-15 blow the body apart

Gern Blansten

2023

gimmesometruth27 said:

evander holyfield's ears look more damaged than that. and that was teeth injury vs ar-15 bullet injury.

i am not a ballistics expert, but i don't buy it.

yeah he's lucky regardless but that was glass...not a bullet. It would have taken a chunk of his ear off.

Eric even stated that no stiches were required

Merkin Baller

That he was shot at is scary enough in and of itself, and it’s good the Secret Service director stepped down. Clearly they f’ed up big time. 

That he’s not being straightforward about it is par for the course. He exploits anything & everything to his advantage, including the top secret documents he stole on his way out the door in 2021. 

He should follow Biden’s lead, and step down for the good of the country. Why aren’t more people calling for this? 

curmudgeoness

Merkin Baller said:

That he was shot at is scary enough in and of itself, and it’s good the Secret Service director stepped down. Clearly they f’ed up big time. 

That he’s not being straightforward about it is par for the course. He exploits anything & everything to his advantage, including the top secret documents he stole on his way out the door in 2021. 

He should follow Biden’s lead, and step down for the good of the country. Why aren’t more people calling for this? 

Because most GOP politicians are afraid of their base.

BF25394

Republicans are criticizing Harris for not attending Netanyahu's address to Congress yesterday due to a prior commitment, calling it disrespectful. Meanwhile, guess who else wasn't there? J.D. Vance, who was campaigning. No shame.

Poncier

2023

The Juggler said:

mace1229 said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

mrussel1 said:

josevolution said:

https://www.threads.net/@kamalahq/post/C9yWYICI_3O/?xmt=AQGzAStT0GRT26DATizg7z6iPs_c48rrZRHKF8Hk9KigYA

This is the idiot who thinks he’s the smartest in the room! 

How can anyone listen to him and say yeah that’s who I want to represent me! 

He's right about this.  Why are we using electricity to power windmills that are used to create wind? We don't need wind.  It kills our birds. 

trump cares more about bird lives than people lives.

What do you think BLM stands for?

BIRD
LIVES
MATTER

josevolution

2025

Poncier said:

The Juggler said:

mace1229 said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

mrussel1 said:

josevolution said:

https://www.threads.net/@kamalahq/post/C9yWYICI_3O/?xmt=AQGzAStT0GRT26DATizg7z6iPs_c48rrZRHKF8Hk9KigYA

This is the idiot who thinks he’s the smartest in the room! 

How can anyone listen to him and say yeah that’s who I want to represent me! 

He's right about this.  Why are we using electricity to power windmills that are used to create wind? We don't need wind.  It kills our birds. 

trump cares more about bird lives than people lives.

What do you think BLM stands for?

BIRD
LIVES
MATTER

Uhmm yes the great Bird I wonder who he’s supporting this election 

FiveBelow

mace1229

CM189191 said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

evander holyfield's ears look more damaged than that. and that was teeth injury vs ar-15 bullet injury.

i am not a ballistics expert, but i don't buy it.

in case you're curious, here's what the ballistic experts have to say about it

This is how bullets from an AR-15 blow the body apart

That video shows what happens when a bullet hits a mass, not just grazes an object. The bullet is not going to tumble and shatter when grazing an ear.
I haven’t see pictures or video of any broken teleprompters or other glass near the stage. I do believe it was a bullet that just grazed the ear. There’s even a picture of the bullet at ear level at the moment it would have struck him.
But I will agree the bandage last week did appear grossly oversized.

gimmesometruth27

2023

mace1229 said:

CM189191 said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

evander holyfield's ears look more damaged than that. and that was teeth injury vs ar-15 bullet injury.

i am not a ballistics expert, but i don't buy it.

in case you're curious, here's what the ballistic experts have to say about it

This is how bullets from an AR-15 blow the body apart

That video shows what happens when a bullet hits a mass, not just grazes an object. The bullet is not going to tumble and shatter when grazing an ear.
I haven’t see pictures or video of any broken teleprompters or other glass near the stage. I do believe it was a bullet that just grazed the ear. There’s even a picture of the bullet at ear level at the moment it would have struck him.
But I will agree the bandage last week did appear grossly oversized.

a graze still would have taken a piece of his ear, and he is vain enough he would have wanted plastic surgery to try to make it look normal. 

Halifax2TheMax

2023

POOTWH all scat to debate. All ascared. BOO!

The Juggler

2023

Gern Blansten

2023

The Juggler said:

I love that this is taking off even though it's completely false...serves those fuckers right

The Juggler

2023

If you enjoy high inflation rates, vote for Trump. 


https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/trump-win-economists-see-revived-inflation-more-wary-fed-2024-07-25/

In a Trump win, economists see revived inflation and a more wary Fed

By Michael S. Derby

July 25, 20248:49 AM EDTUpdated a day ago

An independent barber waits for customers on his van in a local street in New York, U.S., December 25, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab

NEW YORK, July 25 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve’s battle to get inflation under control likely faces fresh challenges should Donald Trump regain the White House, a dynamic that could put the U.S. central bank back in the former Republican president's crosshairs.

A wide range of economists see Trump's tariff agenda, coupled with aims to deport millions of undocumented workers and the likelihood of expanded deficits, reigniting price pressures that are now easing and likely driving the Fed to react with more restrictive monetary policy than is now penciled in.

Advertisement · Scroll to continue

Report this ad

Forecasters predict Trump's plan to impose 10%-across-the-board tariffs on imported goods - and even higher rates on Chinese products - would generate a one-time surge in inflation, while deportations would drive up wages for remaining workers, adding to the pressure.

An Oxford Economics model which looks at the likely policy stances of the candidates, for instance, predicts that under a second Trump administration an inflation measure excluding food and energy prices tracked closely by the Fed would peak between 0.3 and 0.6 percentage point above what would be expected under current appropriations law and policy.

Advertisement · Scroll to continue

Report this ad

That compares with potential excess inflation of between 0.1 and 0.2 percentage point under a Democratic administration led by Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive nominee now that President Joe Biden has dropped out of the race. Oxford and others see Harris largely continuing Biden's economic policies.

'LEAGUES AWAY'

Resurgent inflation would be a setback for the Fed, which after aggressive rate rises is on the verge of quelling generation-high inflation, now retreating toward the central bank’s 2% target. Markets now project a September rate cut, with more to follow.

The video player is currently playing an ad.

00:02S&P 500, Nasdaq end lower in bumpy trading

“The Trump economic program is inherently inflationary,” said Mark Sobel, U.S. chairman at the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum and a veteran of the U.S. Treasury Department under both Democratic and Republican presidents. “Much higher tariffs, an expansionary fiscal policy and mass deportation of immigrants: All these factors would combine together to raise inflation and interest rates higher than they otherwise would be.”

Diane Swonk, chief economist with KPMG U.S., said in a note Trump's tariff increases coupled with a “sharp” curb on foreign workers means “a resurgence" in inflation which would likely force the Fed to hold rates at current levels for “much longer.”

The trade approach from Biden and Harris "remains leagues away from what Trump has been proposing regarding tariff policy," said Oscar Munoz, chief U.S. macro strategist at TD Securities. Under the anticipated "surgical" trade actions pursued by a Harris administration, he said, "we don't anticipate those policies to represent a meaningful risk for our inflation/growth forecasts."

Evercore ISI analysts believe the Fed will respond more slowly than markets to a new outlook should Trump win. But a Trump victory could see policymakers dial back some of the cuts now expected for next year, potentially even moving to pencil in a late 2025 rate hike, they said.

Asked how Trump's policy agenda would buck economists' expectations for higher inflation, Trump campaign National Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said: "The American people don't need economists to tell them which president put more money in their pockets."

"When President Trump is back in the White House, he will reimplement his pro-growth, pro-energy, pro-jobs agenda to bring down the cost of living and uplift all Americans."

'REACTING TO A CHANGED FORECAST'

How the Fed would factor in implications of a Trump victory is unclear, but at least one former U.S. central banker believes the Fed needs to start taking it into account - even in any consideration of a near-term rate cut.

“If a Trump victory looks likely, the Fed will need to consider whether cutting based on current data makes sense if likely fiscal actions would cause them to need to reverse policy to counter the inflationary shocks if his publicly announced policies go through,” former Boston Fed leader Eric Rosengren wrote on social media site X this month. “That is not politics, it is reacting to a changed forecast.”

But Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin cautioned against that.

“I think it'd be very hard to make policy today” against expectations of future government actions, he told reporters last week.

Meanwhile, Fed Chair Jerome Powell earlier this month declined to comment before Congress on the implications of any future policy changes like expanded tariffs.

SLOW BURN

Jason Furman, former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Obama administration and now an economics professor at Harvard University, said the shift in inflation would be a bit of a slow burn. “You're not talking about 5, 6% inflation,” he said, but inflation would be higher than it otherwise would be, and monetary policy would also be tighter.

Just how a victorious Trump would respond to a Fed that curtails or even reverses any rate cuts is another wildcard. Trump during his term famously clashed with Powell, whom he appointed as Fed chief, but recently told Bloomberg he would not try to oust Powell before his term as chair expires in 2026.

Barry Eichengreen, professor of economics and political science at the University of California, Berkeley, said at an event in Peru on Friday it’s possible Trump might work to remake the Fed if it stood against the side effects of his policy choices.

“Come May 2026 President Trump would have a more straightforward option of nominating a more compliant Fed chair” who would not act to offset rising inflation pressures, in turn worsening them, Eichengreen said.

That said, investors might dramatically increase the costs of heavy-handing the Fed.

Scott Lincicome, a trade policy expert at the Cato Institute, said “you probably at the very least would see some market response to even the attempts to weaken Fed independence,” and that might prompt elected officials to reconsider such actions.