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By BILL BARROW and WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON©2025 GPlusMedia Inc.
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TaiwanIsNotChina
Really smart, that punishing Biden over inflation vote.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Does this guy understand the concept of equality under the law?
Blacklabel
No such thing as revenge prosecution.
its just the “rule of law” and “no one is above the law!” Right?
TaiwanIsNotChina
There is when you say things like you or the AG can do whatever they want in enforcing the law.
Blacklabel
Can’t you or they?
they certainly did “whatever they wanted” to Trump in “enforcing the law”.
so much that the Supreme Court had to remind them that what they were doing was unconstitutional, remember that?
dagon
Promises made, promises broken.
Just like the health care plan in six weeks, bringing manufacturing back to the US in his first term, creating well-paying jobs and broad based prosperity, taking on Wall Street inequality.
Yes it will be 'How could leopards eat MY face' for a subset of Trump supporters.
JJE
Reciprocity.
Throw the book at them and more.
R B Quinn
Those with selective amnesia think the first Trump Administration wasn’t too bad … well, they deserve the second Trump Administration.
We the People of the United States of America deserve better.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Everything was done by the book with grand juries and prior notice for Trump to avoid search warrants.
TaiwanIsNotChina
I know that would make you happy after the current administration defeated russia six ways from Sunday.
JJE
Didn't the current administration defeat themselves... Moscow survives yet again.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Why? Because it hit a little too close to reality for ya?
Mueller's investigation was inconclusive.
wallace
Tariffs will increase prices.
Wick's pencil
Those who did so illegally should be imprisoned, it is not "revenge".
Ken
"Can't guarantee" means "Most definitely will"
But again he doesn't care because it doesn't hurt his rich buddies who aren't getting screwed over by taxes. So win-win to make a bigger gap between the rich and the middleclass
Underworld
Blacklabel
But looks like Trump wants to subvert the rule of law.
No "they" didn't. There was no political interference in the DOJ.
Nope.
Underworld
I hope all those that voted for Trump because inflation is "too high" (at 2.5%) understand that any increase in inflation is the consequences of their vote.
Elections have consequences.
Ken
True, I'm willing to bet money he will lie to the people and try to pin the blame on Biden and those fools will believe him
bass4funk
But you guys were quiet when Garland went after Biden’s political opponents. Not a word.
If libs are so worried about taxes why didn’t they try to cut them? They had 4 years, the same goes for California, they continue to increase taxes, well, the result, people are moving out and leaving tax aggressive states.
California, NYC have already done that.
https://www.newsweek.com/population-migration-covid-california-new-york-blue-states-election-1965145
bass4funk
Well, he wouldn’t lying if he did. No buyers remorse because we all know this is what Trump was going to do, so I’m good with it. Canada is already backing down and China is moaning more, definitely got their attention, so let’s see where this goes with these nations.
Ken
Okay so what nobody cares, next is the whole US doing that. Everyone American did not get affected by what they do in California, Florida and New York so nobody cares what they already did until its their problem
Peter Neil
the u.s. is the #1 country on the planet for drug abuse.
it’s a demand problem.
1 country for drug deaths by a wide margin. #2 is russia and it has 1/3 the drug deaths per capita.it’s a demand problem.
americans are the most drugged out people on earth.
facts matter. look it up.
”tariffs are going to make us rich” has never happened, and will never happen, to any nation. only a lunatic would make such a claim.
lostrune2
So it's OK to complain about prices?
Blacklabel
i haven’t heard that he is pardoning his son.
or giving blanket pardons to people why haven’t even been indicted yet
bass4funk
Hardly
Thank McCain for that.
This is the result of dealing with a hostile Pelosi Democrat Congress, don’t worry, that won’t be the case this time around.
*Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (2017)
-Signed into law the largest tax reform in decades, which reduced corporate tax rates from 35% to 21% and provided temporary tax cuts for individuals.*
*Supreme Court Justices
-Appointed three Supreme Court justices: Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett, cementing a conservative majority.*
*Federal Judges
-Appointed more than 230 federal judges, reshaping the judiciary for decades*Energy Independence
-Expanded domestic oil and gas production, making the U.S. a net exporter of energy for the first time in decades*But wait, there’s more…
Yeah, I really don’t want to hear libs preaching about the Constitution, just leave that one alone
bass4funk
You are upset at the wrong person, the people rectified that last month.
Underworld
Blacklabel
But looks like Trump wants to subvert the rule of law.
That isn't subverting the rule of law.
Do you think Trump would have any qualms about pardoning anybody whether indicted or not? Trump pardoned some pretty dodgy people last time.
It's the very fact that Trump has said he will have revenge prosecutions that Biden felt the need to protect his son.
Wasabi
And you do not need to be a genius to know this.
onedragon
It's Trump's America for the next 4 years. It will undoubtedly be better than the last 4.
funkymofo
US elected a billionaire who is appointing other billionaires to fix the system that made them billionaires. Lol
Ah_so
Trump gave it loads of pardons following his attempted coup in 2021 to prove who hasn't been indicted.
Some dude
It doesn't matter if prices go up by a factor of a thousand and if every economic expert on earth says that this was a result of the tariffs. The MAGA people are so conditioned to believe that Trump is omniscient, they'll pay the prices and blame it on something else.
It's going to be the new version of "I could shoot someone on 5th Avenue": "I could cause the cost of your average grocery shopping to explode and get away with it".
Blacklabel
by subverting the rule of law and placing his son, and soon to be many others, above the law.
why did his son need “protecting”- he was convicted of crimes in our justice system wasn’t he?
trump campaigned on everything he is doing. Biden lied and campaigned on not doing things that he has since done.
the people decided at the ballot box, muh democracy isn’t it?
bass4funk
Many experts say the threat of tariffs can be great negotiating tool.
Translation, the left is angry that people are tuning them out.
Translation: we should have thought of that instead of taking it from the backside of our adversaries each time.
Calm down, it won’t be as bad as the left think and one thing that will be great is that less money will go overseas, so that in itself is a huge win for all Americans.
Peter Neil
don’t confuse idiocracy with democracy.
stormcrow
Like a spoiled child with a temper tantrum. He's going to pursue and punish everybody that had anything to do with investigating his attempted coup of the government. He should have been banned from ever running for office again.
And now he's back. Kind of wondering if he'll try to put Don Jr. on the throne after 4 years and establish a kingdom. Maybe change the name of the country. Trumpamerica! He'd love that, wouldn't he?
Azzprin
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Revenge you get when you punish some one who wronged you.
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Not when you harm others for punishing you when you did the wrongs.
Some dude
Many experts say the threat of tariffs can be great negotiating tool.
Well, one set of experts will be proved right, and one will be proved wrong. Which is which, is yet to be seen.
Translation, the left is angry that people are tuning them out.
Nope, it means what I wrote: MAGA see Trump as omniscient and will never accept that anything bad that may happen is his fault. There's nothing else to read into it. It's straight up cult behaviour, and by trying to "translate" it, you just demonstrated a perfect example of said behaviour.
Ken
Only if you're rich, old and American
bass4funk
He should, I would as well. There was absolutely no reason for Garland to do that raid, he was never forthcoming and he never gave the reason or justification for it.
So defy the Constitution? Do liberals want to go down that road again? You would think they learned something from Harry Reid, but nope.
Like Johnny! Yes, I’m happy
No, throne, Hillary didn’t win, but it depends, if he decides to run, let’s see if he gets some traction, or maybe Barron might get into politics, seems like this is not the last time we hear the name Trump. Oh, and there’s Vance as well.
Not a bad idea actually.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Because you wish it to be so that Failed Businessman will make profits rise high?
TaiwanIsNotChina
The justification was the multiple requests to turn over everything that were brazenly ignored.
bass4funk
Is that what you think?
Because you say so???
No, I just translated the typical delusional rant from the left screaming doom and gloom when nothing of the sort happened and the fact that the Dems lost everything and voted in by millions of people that have had it with the progressive status quo is a reminder that people are intelligent enough to see who is the real problem in their lives and they made it abundantly clear last month.
bass4funk
And then you try again, you negotiate your way of obtaining the documents from then the former President, you don’t authorize a raid, there was absolutely no justification for it! They would have never done this to Obama, never, ever. Also, what was the reason for going through Melania’s underwear, Garland and Wray never gave an explanation for that. Anyway, these people will be out, Wray needs to dust off his resume and go wherever, who cares and Garland can go back and mourn why he couldn’t get on the Supreme Court.
Underworld
Blacklabel
that Biden felt the need to protect his son.
Nope. Perfectly legal. No subversion.
Sure. The protection is for trumped up charges of things that he didn't do.
Sure. That's why many are nervous. Because they don't trust Trump. In his last term, Trump used the DOJ for his own purposes. Biden did not.
Biden didn't campaign.
Sure. And they deserve everything they get. The people who didn't vote for him don't deserve retribution that subverts the law.
Some dude
That's another cult trick, BTW, the "neutraliser". "Is that what you think?". It tries (and usually fails, other than with the very young and / or very gullible) to distract the recipient from the fact that you didn't deny the premise ("MAGA think Trump is omniscient") and instead try to shift the dialogue back without answering.
Blacklabel
he was found guilty of federal gun and tax charges in court. “The justice system” and “the law” convicted him. His Daddy then subverted that law and placed his son above the law right before sentencing.
Decade long protection for crimes that were and may have been committed is against the rule of law.
NCIS Reruns
Americans have short memories of what happened after they elected Trump in 2016. They will be reaping the whirlwind soon enough.
dagon
Obama meticulously follows government protocol and legal precedent because he knows that as a POC he has to be twice as careful as a European American when dealing with law enforcement. He knew that from the start of his admin which is why the howling Tea Party GQP could get nothing on him and he had probably the most scandal free presidency in recent history.
MAGA: Look what they did to Trumpy!
Who has a history of playing fast and loose with tax laws, documents, labor law, fiduciary responsibility, due diligence etc etc.
The MAGA cult of misplaced white grievance knows no bounds.
theFu
Revenge prosecutions are for weak minded, petty, people. It changes a country from rule of law for all, to different rules for connected people. That can't be allowed.
Tariffs will raise prices because some goods will become more scarce. That's sorta the point. Anyone heard of the Boston Tea Party? Tariffs on essentials will be a problem. Tariffs on cheap junk and luxury items - fine. Tariffs on goods made by countries trying to harm the US and allies, as long as all the allies jump into the same level of tariffs, great.
I'm unhappy that Biden protected his son. He was guilty and was violation tax codes even after he was caught. Sorta like Trump always claims the IRS is out to get him for "inventive" tax preparations. Trump is still guilty of many crimes, but his delay tactics will probably keep him from paying what he owes since he will be in perfect health, then magically die the next day. Yet another thing Trump and his doctors a lying about.
I'm concerned about having a habitual liar in office.
I'm concerned about having a habitual law breaker in office.
I'm concerned about having a convicted felon in office.
I'm concerned about having a climate denier in office.
I'm concerned about having a bad Christian in office. There's probably only 1, of the Ten Commandments that Trump hasn't clearly broken, and I have concerns about that 1 too.
I'm very concerned that Trump will continue to use his position to only help he friends and to harm everyone else.
in 2024, our stock investments were up over 25%, some over 35%. I can put up with a bunch of stupidity if that continues. BTW, Trump didn't cause that to happen. It was typical election year stock gains.
wallace
Trump's new socialist tax.
HopeSpringsEternal
Nice to have a POTUS who can communicate well and directly with both US voters and the world for a change.
His reform agenda is broad-based:
1) Ending the EXPENSIVE and dangerous forever wars
2) Deregulation and downsizing Deep State bureaucrats which SCOTUS ruling Chevon etc. makes possible
3) Securing the border & deportations
4) Lower taxes & incentives to rebuild US/re-shoring
5) Re-energizing private sector growth
6) Going after crime and criminal cartels
7) Building an Iron Dome of the US
8) Tariffs for free and FAIR trade
9) Cutting Federal Agencies, sending it back to states
10) Reducing US partisanship via SUCCESS!
Americans are fed up with Biden Admin. not prioritizing US citizens, that's about to change, no more globalist agenda that harms the US and its citizens.
bass4funk
No trick, just facts libs refuse to acknowledge.
Uhhh, I didn’t shift anything, you can’t deny history no matter how hard the left tries to. Fact.
HopeSpringsEternal
Forgot to mention massive increase in US based energy production, which will bring down prices for everything and thus reduce inflation both in the US and abroad.
Trump 2.0, he's ready and committed to help world turn the page on historical global destabilization the Biden Admin and their globalists unleased upon the world.
Blacklabel
the people who voted him into office are not concerned though.
suuuuure it was. What’s it looking like specifically since Trump won?
Underworld
Blacklabel
The protection is for trumped up charges of things that he didn't do
Nope. He pardoned his son. Perfectly legal. As president, he has that right.
Yup. And this is for the bogus charges that Trump may want to use the DOJ to do against his enemies.
Again, not against the rule of law. Look it up.
bass4funk
Wait, what??? No, you didn’t just say that, right??
Fast and Furious…BP oil spill…yeah, please don’t go there…
What in God’s name are you ranting about?
They did, we got Trump, MAGA an end to the establishment Republican Party and we now have the presidency, the house and senate.
Yes
Now contrast that with Joe Biden and having documents in his corvette in the open all over the place and having them as a VP and senator. The left tried so, so hard to justify that and it failed miserably.
Speaking of race, it’s amazing how mostly minorities got Trump over the finish line, when Barrack Hussein Obama was running it was racist whites that got him over the top. Life is so strange
Blacklabel
how do you pardon “bogus charges”?
don’t you pardon actual crimes?
HopeSpringsEternal
Can anyone remember Biden EVERY doing such an interview while POTUS?
Press shielded Biden, as result US public lost serious confidence in both the press and Democratic party.
US voters want an actual executive as POTUS, not a puppet run by unelected insiders with THEIR agenda, too risky, why this talk of nuclear war/WW III = New Norm
HopeSpringsEternal
Trump sounded very impressive, clear grasp in all areas, even better is he's staffing his Admin with proven winners, not life-long politicians, rather people with track records of success outside Govt. = Valuable Skillsets!
Anyone think Elon Musk is not successful?!?!
HopeSpringsEternal
Reform agenda of Trump is MUCH needed. Any organization needs to re-structure and re-organize, healthy process, including Govt. Most Democracies face same issue, creeping scope of inefficient corrupt Govt.
US Govt. has been growing non-stop for too many decades = Deep State of Unelected Officials running Agencies, creating and enforcing their own laws = Unconstitutional, SCOTUS, Chevron ruling.
Trump's mandate backed by SCOTUS for Govt. Reform!
dagon
Trump had four years of concepts of a plan during his first admin and one of the greatest health care crises in US history.
In a couple of years when costs are still rising with his agenda and and inequality and resentment are rising and we see more of what happened in Manhattan last week I wonder if all he will offer will still be concepts of plans and tariffs and billionaire tax cuts.
Peter Neil
overwhelming number of people don’t understand the boston tea party. even the idiot tea party people now.
john hancock was one of the richest men in america from smuggling untaxed goods, particularly tea. lower quality tea, but untaxed by the crown.
the crown lowered the tax on tea so the higher quality tea was the same price as the smuggled tea. it was an existential threat to hancock. he hired thugs to board and throw the tea off.
so it was lower taxes and a smuggler, not a revolt against higher taxes.
i still think trump will back out of tariffs on canada and mexico, now that fox news (his only source of information) is finally telling the truth about the effects of tariffs.
he left himself the out by tying it to illegal immigration.
he can’t admit that he’s an economic moron with 5 bankruptcie on every business he ever started not connected to his daddy. he’ll say that they’ve agreed to stop immigration and fentanyl traffic and call it a win,
no one on earth with an iq above room temperature (f) would say tariffs will not raise prices, unless they’re lying.
bass4funk
So why did McCain tank his healthcare bill and why wouldn’t the Democrats go on board with it? Talk to them.
Justifiably so.
So how will poor people get jobs? From other poor people? Huh?
HopeSpringsEternal
US has so many problems right now, including record cost of living crisis, high interest rates and historically high Govt. deficit spending. Trump's going to re-energize US growth and reduce US Govt. as a % of GDP.
Everything on the table, from healthcare to trade to taxes, idea is GROW economy, keep Govt. spending in check, downsize and send back to states when possible. Increasing domestic energy & cutting regulations will be DEFLATIONARY, thus lower now crushing interest rates!
Trump's plan is CLEAR, nice for a change, as nobody knows Biden's "PLAN", why about 75% in Nov 5th exit polls found the country heading in the WRONG direction.
Blacklabel
If it’s really “fear of bogus charges” do we expect blanket pardons going back decades for tens of thousands more people not just hunter?
all Bidens, all Democrat politicians, all woke celebrities, all biased judges, all jury or committee members, all cabinet members, most military leaders, most media members and all of their families are “at risk”, right? lol
but oddly, Hunter was first (and only) one so far.
HopeSpringsEternal
It's a good idea to going after the people who pursued these past nine years of lawfare against Trump.
Democracy cannot survive if Govt. is weaponized in such a manner and unelected Govt. officials decide to align themselves with a political party = corruption.
Trump is saving Democracy and in fact on this election issue he scored HIGHER than Kamala Harris. The voters know the Democrats pursued lawfare, it need to be fixed, starts with punishment and deterrence.
bass4funk
I think it’s the left that didn’t understand the history of the Tea party.
Taxes were the issue right? Now added taxes were wanted by a country that the new world didn’t even know or a king they never met. So you’re making the Tea party’s point.
Not if they don’t, he absolutely won’t. Trudeau knows that, that’s why he went to Marilago the other day. Mexico will soon follow.
No, he has way, way more.
And others as well that are telling him to go for it, depends on who we are talking about.
Which is true to a degree.
Trump and Holman will stop at nothing to get this problem under control and they will succeed and why? Because they both got support from all sectors of law enforcement, all of them. Something the current administration never had.
Ahh, but there are enough people and economists that think tariffs are a great negotiating tool. I hope he aggressively uses it.
Underworld
Blacklabel
Probably just Trump's enemies.
Underworld
HopeSpringsEternal
He didn't sound impressive to me.
He doesn't even know how tariffs work. At least he now knows it will increase prices.
Mostly toadies and suck ups.
Not in the Social Media space, he's not. Mind you, neither is Trump successful in Social Media.
HopeSpringsEternal
Trump's mission is success, that's what the US and the world needs. That means peace and prosperity and a private sector led economy that cutting edge innovation.
US voters made it clear, approx. 75% felt country going in the WRONG direction, hence DJT victory.
US voters also want less crime and secure borders and LEGAL immigrants ready to contribute on day 1!
bass4funk
That’s ok
Yeah, the left continue to say this. Lol
No, the Dems are just mad they ran one of the worst campaign's and lost badly.
He is the richest man on the planet, social media in that sense doesn’t count especially when you can now buy it.
HopeSpringsEternal
Certainly, US business confidence and markets are UP. Best indictors regarding Trump, and his favorability that's increased substantially since 5 Nov, some polls as high as 60%.
HopeSpringsEternal
Turns out most voters like Common Sense platform Trump ran on, secure borders, ending wars, deportation of illegals, low crime, increased energy production and lower inflation, etc.
Who wanted more of same under Biden? Turns out only demographics were top 1% income vs. 2020 and very old 70+ white ladies! Everyone else broke for Trump!
HopeSpringsEternal
Biden's leaving office a disgrace with historically LOW approval rating, Trump exact opposite, entering with a historically HIGH approval rating.
Facts = these tricky little things!
Underworld
HopeSpringsEternal
Historically high for Trump, but still net unfavorable. Interesting that his net favorability is less Than Kamala Harris...
I expect it to go down from here.
Blacklabel
which to hear the left tell it is basically 10s of thousands of them.
Underworld
HopeSpringsEternal
Trouble is, his policies won't bring those things. When people work it out, they aren't going to be happy.
HopeSpringsEternal
There's current polling that shows Trump favorability at 59%. Moving forward, depends upon performance but it's worth noting his approval rating dropped after the 2016 win as Pres. elect.
Normal for a new Pres. elect to get an approval bump, like now, 2016 an aberration, as people know and like him far more now, especially after assassination attempts and clear failures of Biden Admin. = 75% Bad Direction of US per voter exiting polling
bass4funk
Well, people could have voted for Kamala if they believed that, most Blacks and Latinos didn’t, that’s why they passed on Kamala.
Blacklabel
Loudmouth crybaby Kinzinger seems to think Trump won’t do what the left claims he will
so no “protections” are necessary as Trump won’t be abusing his power like Biden did.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Sounds like Trump basically said f the Constitution and US law. Whole bunch of people are going to have to wake up and do their duty to shut this guy down.
Blacklabel
his policies brought all those things last time.
HopeSpringsEternal
MAGA is real, American people are ready for a true Fiduciary executive who will put THEIR interests first, not the special interests and globalist insiders!
HopeSpringsEternal
US Consumer and Business Confidence is moving UP rapidly since Trump's win on Nov 5th, = GOOD NEWS!!
HopeSpringsEternal
DJT is already the Defacto POTUS, Biden's too busy with his pardons while Trump meets world leaders in Paris!
TaiwanIsNotChina
Who do you think is managing the situation in Syria right now? It's not the guy with the toilet tweets.
Underworld
HopeSpringsEternal
Love is blind! LOL
Underworld
Blacklabel
his policies won't bring those things.
Record job loss, economic decline, and record national debt. I don't think so...