... In January 2025, the president was set up for success. Instead, he blew it ...

Yup.

Big time.

Pres Trump, in January 2025, inherited an economy from fmr Pres Biden that was vibrant, expanding and with inflation trending lower.

So what did Pres Trump do?

For starters, he raised tariffs to absurd levels, that turned around the decreasing inflation.

Then he went onward to destroy the robust economy he inherited. All as he tried to blame his failures of the prior Biden admin's policies.

... I could go on ...

Yeah, Pres trump inherited a robust economy from fmr Pres Biden, and Pres Trump managed to turn that robust economy downwards.

Much like the six bankruptcies he had.

@#50 ... Because Puerto Rico is not a state. ...

It is good to see that your current trolling alias recognizes that Puerto Rico is not a state.

Because currently it is not a state.

Yet.

If it is declared to be a state by the appropriate Constitutional requirements, would your current trolling alias then consider it to be a state?

@#14 ... And NYC has some of the best teachers in the world, thanks to that large Jewish population. ...

While I do agree about the quality of some of the NYC teachers, I remain reluctant to ascribe that quality to being Jewish.

OK, I attended one of NYC's specialized high schools, as I have noted here a number of times previously.

@#115 ... Nepotism in government is illegal. ...

Yeah, the grifting of the Trump administration is going to leave marks for years to come.

And not good marks.

@#10

Yet, NYC elected Mayor Mamdani.

@#7

While I don't agree with the headline, there's this ...

@#1 ... Dynamic Zohran Mamdani (D) skipped the parade, the first NYC Mayor ever to not kowtow to AIPAC.

He declared Smotrich's "presence in our city is an affront to everything New York stands for."

NYS AG Letitia James (D), who backed the Jewish community in a speech at the parade, said, "Islamophobia has no place in New York. I unequivocally condemn Bezalel Smotrich's hateful rhetoric." ...

Yeah, Mayor Mamdani has a point.

Brooklyn, NYC, NY, US has the largest Jewish population outside of Israel.

Mayor Mamdani's comment is significant.

@#112 ... That's impossible unless their standards are so low it's like stepping over a rock. ...

How big is that rock?

Back a decade or so ago, I posted links to the area newspaper that had a column about home foreclosures.

At the time I noted that most of those home foreclosures seemed to be due to the local hospital placing liens upon the house (and income?) of the patient it treated.

At the time, I pondered on this site whether the "healthcare-for-profit" goal was working to help those who need medical assistance.

Stated differently, go to the hospital for treatment, and then you lose your house.

In this area, private-equity seems to have been moving in on the medical treatment for the past decade or so.

The results of that for patients do not seem to be positive.

But "healthcare-for-profit" now seems to be more important that "healthcare-for-patients."

@#23 ... are you dying?

that's not a death panel at work. ...

Take that aspect up with Ms Palin and her comments.

That aside, healthcare-for-profit in the United States seems to result in poorer outcomes.

As shown in the cited title article.

... Bari Weiss Murdered 60 Minutes ...

So she seems to be doing exactly what Pres Trump wants her to do.

Quelle surprise.

And, how might Health Sec Kennedy be prepared to defend Americans against this news infectious issue?

Kudos to those who are saving history, against Pres Trump's attempts to erase it.

@#8 ... Pigheaded boomer democrats, who have long outlived their usefulness- they still can't admit to years and years of enabling the various forces that helped fuel the rise of Trump not once, but twice. ...

I'd not be celebrating that aspect just yet.

Pres Trump seems to be losing the support of the young men that MAGA has relied upon.

imo, Pres Trump's current wish ...

For the record regarding the ownership of fbcdn.net ...

% whois fbcdn.net

@#11 ... You do realize the pic in that meme was a real pic at the White House Pride Day, right? ...

To me it looks like a FaceBook posting. (fbcdn.net in the link gives it away, that is the FaceBook content delivery network).).

So, the pic was from a Facebook post.

How does that show it was real?

The Axios headline is ...

"You're f!cking crazy": Trump fumes at Netanyahu in call on Lebanon
[my exclamation point]

Oh wow, that can't be good.

PM Netanyahu does not seem to be helping Pres Trump's desperate quest for an off-ramp from his war.

Two adages that I think may be apropos from Pres trump's viewpoint ...

1) Wars are easy to start, but difficult to end.

2) Pres Trump's Iran war is one of choice, Pres Trump's peace is one of desperation.

Both saying basically the same thing.

@#7 ... But we know that the libbie news [aBC, CBS, NBC, CNN, NY Time anda more] will not mention the above.... ...

Do "we" know that? If so, please provide the evidence that "we" know that.

For the record, I do view some of the news sites mentioned in your comment, and they have all said that this is not the highest gas price.

One thing to note is that the reference in #7 is a FaceBook posting (fbcdn.net is FaceBook's content delivery network).

So, posting an apparent social media article as a valid news source?

Can you say, "information bubble?"

I knew you could.

@#2

Possibly.

Companies scrambling for defense dollars, hoping their technology will work.

OK, maybe "Eric with a joystick" is not that far off ...

@#52 ... Wha' happen? Didn't Pickled Pete perfect his prancing poof patter? ...

Yeah.

Sec of Defense Hegseth seems to be far better with strutting around the stage for a ~performance~ than he seems to be in managing the most potential military in the world.

And it saddens me to write that opinion.