The Trump Report--03/16/2025
First, a couple of things to clear up.
Point 1-Ever since election day when Trump won the electoral college, Trump supporters keep touting the misconception that Trump won by a landslide and no one should challenge anything he does because the voters have spoken. There is a difference between the electoral college and the raw voter total. Case in point-Trump.
See photo for chart.
Bottom Line Trump was able to win more votes in states that were necessary to win the electoral college but did not win by a landslide of votes cast. Trump has failed to win more actual votes in three tries.
Point 2- Some people have said that everything Trump is doing now is what his voters wanted. (Bear in mind that over one-half of the country voted for someone else.) Since, taking office his administration looks nothing like his campaign.
Examples: Did Trump supporters vote for a billionaire from South Africa literally taking over our government with access to the most vital information on all of us and trying to fire swaths of federal employees because, well why not?
I don't remember Trump campaigning on annexing Canada, taking over the Panama Canal, invading Greenland, taking over the Gaza Strip and erecting a vacation resort.
Where was it in the campaign that Trump spoke about his plans to cut social security, Medicaid, probably Medicare despite saying they were off the table taking away vital services to give Trump's billionaire buddies additional tax cuts? Do you see a pattern? Hollowing out of programs and services for those who need them the most to fund tax cuts for the rich.
When did Trump say that he was going to cozy up to Putin and turn our backs on our allies?
How can anyone say that these examples had the support of the voters when they were not even discussed during the campaign or on anyone's radar?
This Week in Mayhem.
Trump admitted this week even though he said it numerous times, he did not really mean he could end the Ukraine war in 24-hours. He was just being sarcastic. Besides Trump himself, any rational person knew even that even a self-professed mastery of negotiation he thinks he is, dealing with Putin is not as easy as Trump thought it would be. Trump supporters again have been played by someone who will say anything to benefit himself.
The markets continued the Trump Slump. Friday's positive gains stopped the continued market slide for the week probably buoyed by those purchasing stocks while the market is lower. Even with the uptick on Friday, for the Dow, the week had an additional loss of 941.99 pts., S & P 500 down 59.10 pts. and the Nasdaq down 172.04 pts. The Dow has lost over 2,000 pts the last two weeks and lost 4,000 pts. since Trump took office. The markets may well improve over time but right now Trump is not a good bet.
(John-how is your portfolio doing? You were doing better under Biden!)
I will give a rare compliment to Trump. This week he did tell the public that his policies including the threat and then activation of tariffs will result in economic pain and did not rule out a recession. Even though Trump inherited an economy that was moving right along, Trump himself could not blame the market losses and gloomy outlook on Biden, a rare acknowledgement from him accepting responsibility that his own policies are the reason for this economic downturn. Knowing Trump, this taking responsibility thing may not last long.
Trump/Musk stopped a program to provide food aid to schools and food banks. These cuts strike here at home affecting the Vinton-Shellsburg School District. All to give a tax cut for the wealthiest in our country.
https://www.kcrg.com/2025/03/10/school-district-reacts-potential-budget-cuts-free-lunch-program/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/offbeat/trump-freezes-1-billion-in-food-aid-given-to-local-schools-and-food-banks-to-help-low-income-families/ar-AA1AHHXj?ocid=hpmsn
https://littlevillagemag.com/iowa-loses-11-million-on-trump-usda-cuts/
Trump turned the White House grounds into a Tesla dealership in an attempt to help Musk counter falling sales because people don't like Musk or his cars. Trump has declared war on the media, anyone not agreeing with him, law firms that represented our country against Trump, FBI agents and others who did their jobs investigating Trump's misdeeds. The Republican Party have said they support free speech but it appears as though it is only free speech if you agree with Trump.
Trump's approval is slipping and people are protesting in the streets in disagreement of Trump's policies.
The courts continue to stop the illegal firings of federal workers by Musk and Trump. But another week in chaos and damage being done to our country. Make it stop!!
Rosemary Schwartz
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Maybe he hasn't stopped the war but at least he has them negotiating. And why shouldn't he be allowed to lay off government workers if they aren't needed. Factories do it all the time. I don't think any judge should have the right to tell the President what he can't do. I didn't see any judge stopping a company laying off all their employees so they could move their business to India! Those employees were low to middle class and probably made less in a year than the government employees make in a month. Why are the government employees any better than workers in Iowa.
Give Trump a chance to do the job he was elected to do. Or better yet - put your name on the next ballot for President and we'll see how much better you do.
I have to laugh at the continued posts of the Biden crime family. Please provide a link of the charges against President Biden. They've investigated the Ukraine bs and have never come up with anything that implicates President Biden. On the other hand, Trump has 92 felony indictments and has been convicted on 34 of those, all by a jury of his peers and not by the justice department. In addition, he has paid settlements for sexual assaults. His father faced many charges as well. My guess is the Trump family is actually the crime family.
My prediction is another Democrat is going to have to bail us out in 2028. Going back 30+ years, Clinton was dealt a severe recession from Bush 1 and handed a balanced budget and surplus to Bush 2. Bush 2 handed an economy near collapse to Obama and Obama handed 75 straight months of job creation to Trump. Trump handed a country shut down and high unemployment to Biden. Biden added 16 million jobs and the lowest unemployment in 50 years along with an impressive GDP growth in those four years.
Another belly laugher was the automobile industry. Please look back at the industry when Trump left and how it was doing during the last four years.
By the way, Biden gets blamed for inflation but the culprit for inflation was the collapse of the supply chain (which had its origin in 2020 as Trump was leaving), corporate greed, and the war in Ukraine influencing gas prices. None of which could be blamed on Biden.
The market has taken a big nose dive, inflation wasn't cured on day one, unemployment is rising again. Are we great yet?
The last comment is about Democrats spewing hate. Give me a friggin break! The Republicans have demonstrated their hatred for any minorities, any foreigners, gay and lesbian, took away women's right to choose, and alienated our allies. It's time you R's need to wake up! Being a Christian I strongly believe in what Jesus taught: feed the hungry/poor, care for the sick, love a stranger or others like yourself. Which platform, Democrat or Republican, comes the closes to following what Jesus taught?
Foxtrot Delta Tango
Amazon has all kinds of FDT merch, even though Bezos is one of three biggest benefactors of Trumps tax cuts. And it is selling out.
There are more real Americans who oppose Trump than the MAGAts. And they still blame President Joe Biden!
Just ask your local farmer how the cuts affected them. I predict lots of farm auctions in the near future.