Want to understand what Trump is doing? Part 2

Trump’s showing more tolerance of the Ten Commandments than most - well Thou Shalt Not Kill one in particular. He might be falling down on the others as we all do.

Babs03

Neither would Jesus, with all that turn the other cheek stuff, Trump would have him down as definitely WOKE.

You're very right Babs03

Meanwhile we have the somewhat ludicrous if apparently populist idea that Musk is floating about a $5000 payout from the DOGE savings to US taxpayers.

Note:

The proposed eligibility criteria would result in billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates receiving a DOGE Dividend check. In contrast, millions of working-class Americans—many of whom were prioritized in previous stimulus programs—would receive nothing

Note also that $5000 (thats £3958) won't go very far. It would buy half a reasonable second hand car. It won't pay for your health insurance for a year, nothing like:

"Health insurance average $8951 pa per single and $25.572 per family".

We already have imaround's amount that she had to pay out for her son on top of that health insurance.

But above all, as I said initially, the money won't go to the people most in need - who are the ones where it might make a little difference - as they dont earn enough to pay tax!

(Article on above)
finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-mulls-giving-americans-165329483.html

Trump is in the process of firing as many judges and attorneys he can. The only reason they are being fired? Biden appointed them.

He and Musk are getting rid of any employees who are not white male, wherever they can.

They have started investigations into political opponents.

The $5,000 check promise is to string the base along. They are starting to get restless because they are losing their jobs, and soon homes. The payment will never happen. And it will not appease his base once they lose their health insurance and Social Security.

Smoke and mirrors.

Like everything else Musk messes up, looks like those saving aren't $55 billion after all.

finance.yahoo.com/news/doge-savings-estimates-fall-9-000444836.html

He is also clearing out the JAGs (Judge Advocate General) from the military. So military judges.

This is a harbinger of war crimes to come.

Another judge ruled against them last night.

Friday night’s order, the judge wrote, “bars the Treasury Department from granting access to any member of the DOGE team within the Treasury Department to any payment record, payment systems, or any other data systems maintained by the Treasury Department containing personally identifiable information and/or confidential financial information of payees.”

imaround

Trump is in the process of firing as many judges and attorneys he can. The only reason they are being fired? Biden appointed them.

He and Musk are getting rid of any employees who are not white male, wherever they can.

They have started investigations into political opponents.

The $5,000 check promise is to string the base along. They are starting to get restless because they are losing their jobs, and soon homes. The payment will never happen. And it will not appease his base once they lose their health insurance and Social Security.

Smoke and mirrors.

Yup, the voting base is getting restless, the $5K carrot is to buy them time while they complete the firing of people who might challenge them and replace them with lackeys.

Reports are that Musk & Trump have threatened to turn off Starlink if Zelinsky doesn't sign the minerals deal.

Remember, Trump stopped the sale arms to Ukraine earlier this week.

I looked it up. How low can they stoop. (mobile wi fi connectivity)

Musk and Trump are despicable humans. I feel so sad for Ukraine and it's people, who have suffered so much at the hands of Putin and now have been completely let down by the US. I am sickened by it all, there is no honour or loyalty, just greed. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely, how true this is.

So much for Thou Shall Not Kill innocent people in Ukraine for money.

I feel a lot of despair today.

I don’t like Starmer but I have to say I have much sympathy for him meeting Trump this coming week. I do hope he manages to talk some sense into Trump, but I sadly dought this will happen.

NanKate

I don’t like Starmer but I have to say I have much sympathy for him meeting Trump this coming week. I do hope he manages to talk some sense into Trump, but I sadly dought this will happen.

He’s between a rock and a hard place isn’t he? Starmer can’t openly criticise DT to his face but will have to be uber diplomatic yet try and get his points across in a positive way.

I can’t get over the scene the other day on stage, Musk walking about brandishing the chainsaw.It was a low point in an already degraded administration.

I was going to post a picture on that. Has anyones else's ability to post pictures disappeared?

I hope Starmer is very blunt. We need more people in world who stands up to dictators.

So many people have sanewashed Trump for the last 10 years, which has allowed what we have now.

Of course, I understand the need to be diplomatic. I just wish it wasn't needed.

Yes Wyllow. Apparently there was something about images on MN? So they removed the option from both sites.

The next round of illegal federal firings is about to commence.

DOGE sent out an email telling all federal employees that they must respond to justify their jobs. If they do not respond, they will be immediately fired. Many of those still employed have been unable to access email since Musk took over and broke everything.n

Another blow to women.

The PRAMS program at the CDC has been shuttered.

"The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is a federal data collection system, run out of CDC, “designed to identify groups of women and infants at high risk for health problems, to monitor changes in health status, and to measure progress towards goals in improving the health of mothers and infants,” in the words of the program’s website."

talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cdc-shutters-prams-program-on-maternal-and-infant-health

I read about employees in one federal placebeing ordered to write an email saying what they had done at work in the prior week by Musk. Seems small, but it's all part of bullying and control.

Musk's private security team has been deputized by the US Marshall's Service.

You mean he's getting it for free tho he is unelected? or is is significant in another way?