Trump reportedly asked his national security team if the U.S. could nuke hurricanes before they reached land.

Trump repeatedly claimed that China was paying tariffs imposed by the U.S.

Trump claimed that the sound of wind turbines cause cancer.

He once claimed that "We've totally eliminated the federal debt", when in reality, the debt had increased by trillions under his presidency.

When asked about climate change, he dismissed it by saying, “It’ll start getting cooler, just you watch.” As if global warming were a seasonal phenomenon.

Trump has declared bankruptcy six times, and his businesses, including Trump Steaks, Trump University, and Trump Airlines, have all failed.

He claimed the Continental Army "took over the airports" during the American Revolution.

He said: "Belgium is a beautiful city."


Trump's election doesn't prove he's smart, it proves he's relatable to a population that struggles with education. The U.S. ranks 37th in math and 18th in science, despite spending more per student than most countries. Meanwhile, Trump has repeatedly shown a lack of basic knowledge, from suggesting we nuke hurricanes to claiming windmills cause cancer. His appeal isn’t based on intelligence. It’s based on speaking in simple, familiar terms that resonate with an undereducated voter base.

Being elected by a poorly educated population doesn’t make him a genius. It just makes him their perfect spokesperson.

Art of war - Never underestimate your enemy.

That shit was written 2500 years ago.

They had to do a lot more estimating back then.

We have hours of footage to prove he's 85 IQ.

So you have faith in him even if you don't see any evidence to support it

Some might call this a religion

mmm, I'm not sure i'd use the word faith.

I just know, based on history, there is logic at play.

you or I may not agree with that logic but it's there.

e- ps. you're barking up the wrong tree.
Just because I don't demonize someone you hate doesn't mean I'm their best friend.

This post was edited by Mondain on Apr 4 2025 12:11pm

Hate is a strong word but I certainly do not like con men

Heres a paper by Dr. Stephen Miran, Trumps senior economic advisor. Im only half-way through it, but it seems like a good read and outlines why the orange man went with operation Liberation Day. Having America rely on global supply chains in the event of an all out war aint the best strategy.

A little snippet:
e world’s reserve currency. This overvaluation has weighed heavily on the American manufacturing sector while
benefiting financialized sectors of the economy in manners that benefit wealthy Americans. And yet, President
Trump has praised the reserve status of the dollar and threatened to punish countries that stop using the dollar
for reserve purposes. I expect these tensions will be resolved by a suite of policies designed to increase burden
sharing among trading and security partners: rather than attempting to end the use of the dollar as the global
reserve currency, the Trump Administration can attempt to find ways to capture back some of the benefits other
nations receive from our reserve provision. Reallocation of aggregate demand from other countries to America,
an increase in revenue to the U.S. Treasury, or a combination thereof, can help America bear the increasing cost
of providing reserve assets for a growing global economy. The Trump Administration is likely to increasingly
intertwine trade policy with security policy, viewing the provision of reserve assets and a security umbrella as
linked and approaching burden sharing for them together.

Both tariffs and currency policy are aimed at improving the competitiveness of American manufacturing, and thus
increasing our industrial plant and allocating aggregate demand and jobs from the rest of the world stateside.
These policies are unlikely to result in significant reshoring of low-value-added industries like textiles, for which
other countries—like Bangladesh—will retain comparative advantage despite significant swings in currency or
tariff rates. However, these policies can help preserve the American edge in high-value-added manufacturing,
slow down and prevent further offshoring, and potentially increase negotiating leverage with which to procure
agreements from other countries to open their markets to American exports or protect American intellectual
property rights. The Phase 1 trade deal with China in 2019 made advances in these domains, before China
abdicated its commitments under that agreement.

Moreover, because many in the Trump camp see trade policy and national security as inextricably intertwined,
many interventions will be targeted at industrial plant critical to security, to the extent they can. National security
will likely become ever more broadly conceived, for instance to include products like semiconductors and
pharmaceuticals.
Despite the dollar’s role in weighing heavily on the U.S. manufacturing sector, President Trump has emphasized
the value he places on its status as the global reserve currency, and threatened to punish countries that move
away from the dollar. I expect this tension to be resolved by policies that aim to preserve the status of the dollar,
but improve burden sharing with our trading partners. International trade policy will attempt to recapture some
of the benefit our reserve provision conveys to trading partners and connect this economic burden sharing with
defense burden sharing. Although the Triffin effects have weighed on the manufacturing sector, there will be
attempts to improve America’s position within the system without destroying the system.
No matter what policy is adopted, there is the risk of material adverse consequences for financial markets and the
economy. However, there are steps the Administration can take to try to mitigate these consequences and make
the policy changes as successful as possible.
https://www.hudsonbaycapital.com/documents/FG/hudsonbay/research/638199_A_Users_Guide_to_Restructuring_the_Global_Trading_System.pdf

While im at it, i think America learned a thing or two from Russias problems with supply chains in the invasion of Ukraine, so uncle sam doesnt want to mimic that once it invades iran on israels behalf.

Theres endless examples of Russia not being able to make mission-critical components, which ultimately delayed them from producing modern weapons-especially tanks. Yes, they have found other sources and have made efforts to make these parts domestically, but its still not even close to the quality/speed of procurement that came from BAE,thales etc.

America has the EXACT same problem stateside. So these tariffs might be aimed at getting alot of these military components to be manufactured domestically instead of abroad. Once America invades iran, china would obviously try and do what it can to stall the American economy, so maybe America just beat em to the punch.

You can't eat consumer electronics.

Somedays I think people would pick their phone over food.