US Politics the 2025 trump presidency thread

[Quasimoto]

De Santis also wears platforms lol, and they looked ridiculous in his cowboy boots. Not hidden very well at all.

clown shoes, it's so obvious

 

[pixies+]

I’ve seen a lot of pictures where it seems he’s wearing a leg brace on his right leg. If you ever notice he tends to drag this leg around rather than walk with it

 

[pixies+]

Skip ahead to about 50 seconds

 

[pixies+]

 

[Robi]

Well fine. It's a perfently reasonable design and most film actors who needed to be tall for a role would simply wear designs of shoe for which a heal is normal.

Look at Steve McQueen. In all of those 60s and 70s cop action films, he wears designs of footware that have heels. So it looks entirely natural.

BTW they even make 'platforms' in which boots with heels also have thick soles so it can seem a modest heel but significantly increase percieved height.

Kim Jong Un wears lifts or platforms BUT his shoes are specially made. I cannot believe someone who thinks their image is so viral that being 5 feet 11 isn't imposing enough would, at the same time, buy lifts. Again - like the way we get to see where the self-applied makeup doesn't cover up the orange gimps true skin tone. SURELY he could afford experts who would ensure it was done professionally

Skip ahead to about 50 seconds

I wouldn't care about his hair ,gut ...his tuna can prick,diapers ,catheter, tonsil stones,weird hand flapping, height etc if he wasn't an evil lying person

 

[4DQSAR]

The problem is, it appears that a sufficient number of US voters don't think the orange gimp is an evil lying person - or don't care.

All I can say is that given his diet and lifestyle, mortality is our best bet.

 

[LucidSDreamr]

The problem is, it appears that a sufficient number of US voters don't think the orange gimp is an evil lying person - or don't care.

A good chunk of them see it and they themselves see evil and want to bring pain onto the people he’s going after.

Them getting fucked over, losing jobs, tariffs, inflation, etc. one of that matters to them, even if there are poor they could care less. He panders by appearing to hate (and don’t actions against) the people the voters hates. Thats the single issues a very large chunk of his voters ship is based upon

Single issue voters. I hate anyone that isn’t white. It’s that simple.

We have no idea of it, it they way people are as angry and worried about Trump right now….there were people feeling this exact same way during Obamas presidency. The country was ruined forever (like it actually is now) because blacks finally showed they can have power in the US. The Obama presidency broke people really fucking badly. The remark “if I had a son he would look something like Trayvon “ was like the climax of the damage Obama did to these ppl. In their eyes Obama came out and said that white people need to be eradicated and pay for slavery by giving up nearly all their tax dollars to blacks on welfare. And now they beleieve that’s where all their taxes go.

It’s very easy to forget how badly Obama being president broke maga. They couldn’t express it too much so it’s easy to miss. It but man if you ever talk to them they take Obama as like the downfall of amaerica. None of them can explain what Obama did that was so bad, it’s funny to ask. His very existence being black was such and insult that they elected a guy to literally destroy the entire government and country as some sort of “burn it all down Revenge”

I truly beleieve that if let’s say it had been Biden as P instead of VP during Obamas president trump woukdve had no chance

He capitalized on the Obama derrangement syndrome by starting the birther movement. This single movement was literally his breakout into politics that got him poll numbers and recogoas a contender. The birther lie of Obama was the first big push of trump into serious contention for president and it worked out for him

 

[brokedownpalace10]

Them getting fucked over, losing jobs, tariffs, inflation, etc. one of that matters to them, even if there are poor they could care less. He panders by appearing to hate (and don’t actions against) the people the voters hates. Thats the single issues a very large chunk of his voters ship is based upon

A hard core Trumper is someone who's angry at their lot in life because they ended up making a living performing menial tasks for the kids they picked on in high school.
He makes ̶p̶e̶o̶p̶l̶e̶ losers feel like "winners".
Thus the "winning" and "own the libs" stuff that's central to it. Also the racism... the fear of losing white privilege, of being the winner in that one.
Reliving that wonderful touchdown in high school like Al Bundy. Nostalgia for the 50's when white men were automatically on top.
Making people that feel like they're losing in life blame someone else and feel like a winner. If you pay attention, the "you're a winner" trope is a constant part of the message.

 

[alasdairm]

alasdair

 

[brokedownpalace10]

Elon's own AI on X (Grok) says he's responsible for the deaths in Texas.

 

[Electrum1]

Hopefully this means we will get smaller trucks again like the Chevy S10 and Ford Ranger

Trump’s bill eliminates penalties for automakers that fail to meet federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. Previously, automakers that didn’t meet fuel economy targets had to either improve efficiency or buy credits (including ZEV credits from Tesla) to avoid stiff fines. Now, those penalties are reduced to $0, removing a major incentive to purchase credits

CAFE standards are based on a vehicle's "footprint," which is calculated by multiplying wheelbase by track width. Larger vehicles have a larger footprint and therefore have lower fuel economy requirements. This has incentivized automakers to increase the size and footprint of their vehicles to meet the standards more easily, especially for trucks and SUVs

 

[LucidSDreamr]

A hard core Trumper is someone who's angry at their lot in life because they ended up making a living performing menial tasks for the kids they picked on in high school.
He makes ̶p̶e̶o̶p̶l̶e̶ losers feel like "winners".
Thus the "winning" and "own the libs" stuff that's central to it. Also the racism... the fear of losing white privilege, of being the winner in that one.
Reliving that wonderful touchdown in high school like Al Bundy. Nostalgia for the 50's when white men were automatically on top.
Making people that feel like they're losing in life blame someone else and feel like a winner. If you pay attention, the "you're a winner" trope is a constant part of the message.

Some of them are successful because they inherited their fathers successful steakhouse (which got 3M PPP loans forgiven) or farm (which is basically a subsidized government farm, ie a communist farm - they are just on the receiving end of communism here so they are blind to it
).

They earned it and they absolutely hate educated people because those people make them feel stupid and lesser than, despite financial success.

So anyone that threatens their fragile ego (other races or sects of society that are better at sports, art, intellectual pursuits, beauty - they hate them)

And we can’t underestimate the hate. Ask yourself how much you actually hate hardcore Trumpers and how fare you would be willing to go against them. Multiply that by 100x. That is how much they COMMONLY, hate secular society. It’s not some rare Neo Nazi ima bunker, the average American would love to and is cheering on concentration camps, and stripping citizenship from citizens. These people would wave the maga flag all the way to the ovens of the America first crematoriums burning day and night.

I don’t think most secular people realize that’s how far it has gotten. They will tell you you are over reacting if you say it’s that bad. But it absolutely is that bad

 

[LucidSDreamr]

Elon's own AI on X (Grok) says he's responsible for the deaths in Texas.

Seriously what fucking loser. I remember my days of ketamine, MDMA and mushroom exploration while being a hardcore video gamer and also being obsessed with UFC thinking I could do it despite having my ass shattered had I tried.

I was like 22. This fucking loser is going through that phase in his mid 50s

 

[tryptakid]

Hopefully this means we will get smaller trucks again like the Chevy S10 and Ford Ranger

Interesting how that's played out and has resulted in these absurd loopholes which actually lead to bigger vehicles that cause more issues aside from things like emissions, like being a nightmare to try and drive behind in a car. I drive a mazda 3 turbo and most of the time I'm on the road I'm driving at eye level to the license plate and rear bumper of some moving monstrosity.

 

[Electrum1]

A modern Ford Ranger 6 cylinder or 4.3L S10 that will go 250K miles with normal maintenance is good for the actual economy and not just the GDP chart-go-up economy

 

[chippermonk]

I'm still driving my little 1997 Nissan pickup. It's funny, when I got it , I was also looking at Toyota Tacomas and they were a little truck back then, but somewhere along the line they got big.
But I'm still in favor of high mpg standards. My truck is not bad for what it is but I don't really need a truck anymore ( and it's old). Not sure what to replace it with though. Thinking a plug in hybrid of some sort, maybe a RAV4

 

[Voxide]

Interesting how that's played out and has resulted in these absurd loopholes which actually lead to bigger vehicles that cause more issues aside from things like emissions, like being a nightmare to try and drive behind in a car. I drive a mazda 3 turbo and most of the time I'm on the road I'm driving at eye level to the license plate and rear bumper of some moving monstrosity.

A modern Ford Ranger 6 cylinder or 4.3L S10 that will go 250K miles with normal maintenance is good for the actual economy and not just the GDP chart-go-up economy

I might trade in my maserati q’port for a used tacoma and just have a stress free beater/daily and a separate gen 3 Camaro as like a project car if I can find the time. Nice cars are fun for a year then it just turns into a headache actually being on and dealing with the road/other people especially in a “sanctuary” city where a portion of people may not even understand certain road signs beyond ‘STOP’ lol

And I mean, I’m not worried so much about what kinda cars on the road are as much as the idiots behind the wheel of em. Dirt bikes and motorcycles are small and are way bigger nuisances and wastes of road space than big trucks are. The one time I almost got into a wreck with this thing was due to some speeding dipshit on a bike cutting up in traffic. Loses control and that shit goes flying with him not on it
No insurance of course but I was in an alright mood that day so I actually stopped and called the poor bastard an ambulance lol

Feel like majority don’t even have their inspection stickers up to date but that’s drivers in this city in general. Would like to see that shit enforced tighter but it’s a city and they got worse to deal with so I get it

 

[chippermonk]

 

[Electrum1]

One of the best posts of the year

 

[Robi]

One of the best posts of the year

Truly is