Trump's approval ratings are already headed down. The latest reliable polls (not Rasmussen) had him at 42-44%.

Wait'll all the hurt starts setting in from this manufactured looming crisis.

#2 | Posted by _Gunslinger

Musk and Trump both over-promise or lie, then fail to deliver on their pinky-swear promises.

You didn't hear a peep out of visiturd when the orange pedo pissed away $20 million by stinking up the Super Bowl.

#13 | Posted by reinheitsgebot

And laps around Daytona in his limo.

Not to mention all the golf outings to Mar-A-Lago.

Hi Redial: Years ago I used to drive to Toronto or Montreal with just a driver's license. About 1984, my friends drove up as I slept in the backseat. When I woke up, I was already passed the border. The CBSA officer didn't bother to wake me. Now we are slowly creeping towards a DMZ at our northern border. Thanks Kim Jong Trumpf!

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

Funny anecdote (true):

In the 1960's, country singer Faron Young's tour bus driver took speed and drove all the way from Key West to 20 miles south of the North Dakota border, without sleeping, in February.

They pulled the bus over and switched drivers to get across the border. The driver, a southerner who was "country as homemade soap," crawled in his bunk.

When they got to the border, an immigration officer boarded the bus. He woke the driver, who was sound asleep in his bunk, and shined a flashlight in his face.

"Sir, do you have any ID?," he asked. The driver (remember he was a hick) replied, "'bout what?" "ID" being a hillbilly shortcut for "idea."

The immigration officer proceeded to ask if there were drugs, illegal alcohol, etc on the bus, with negative replies.

Still peeved, the immigration officer asked, "sir, is there pornography on the bus?"

The driver replied, "do you see a record player ANYWHERE on this bus?!!" They refused entry to the hick tour bus driver.

They had to turn the bus around. That hick driver had to spend 2 weeks in a little motel in the middle of nowhere North Dakota (temps below zero during the day, -40 at night) while Young and the band toured Canada. The only supplies he had were a bottle of whiskey and all the snacks that were on the bus. No restaurants or stores nearby.

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

Republicans have been like magicians since Reagan, waving social wedge issues with one hand to distract from their real goals: massive transfers of wealth to people who don't need more via tax cuts they also didn't need.

Whoever thought a U.S. president could make Canada hate us?

"A photographer took a shot of Trump's notes " and they read like a Tesla sales pitch"

For decades, politicians have sacrificed the future for short-term gain. Currently, we're spending money that hasn't yet been earned and passing the burden onto people who aren't even born...people who have no say in the matter. We've been abusing debt for decades.

BILLJOHNSON

The U.S. national debt was $5.6 trillion when Clinton left office (he also left a plan to completely pay it off in the 2000s). The total government spending his last budget year was $1.6 trillion. We'd run two consecutive years of surpluses.

Bush & GOP unitary control led to doubling the national debt AND the budget thanks to their tax cuts and unnecessary Iraq War.

Dick Cheney said, "Ronald Reagan proved deficits don't matter." Then, when Obama came in, they suddenly did to the GOP.

When Bush left office, deficits were $1.4 trillion, leading to systemic deficits. And our economy teetered on the cliff's edge.

Obama got annual deficits down to $500 billion, on a downward trajectory.

The Trump/GOP tax cuts only deepened the hole we're in.

Canadian snowbirds began selling their Florida homes before this lunacy because of rising insurance costs. AI calculations suggest that the Sunshine State will lose billions of dollars of lost revenue from these Canadians.

So much winning!

He also promised lower prices. Guess that includes for people whose 401Ks are falling like Trump's geriatric body.

Suckers fell for his act. Unfortunately, all Americans are in the same boat he's determined to sink.

What benefit does any of these cuts provide to any American?

#2 | Posted by truthhurts

They justify the Trump tax cuts for the 1%

Remember when Republicans used to claim to be "fiscally conservative?" Before they doubled the budget and debt during GOP unitary control under Shrub?

WTG, "stable genius."

Ruining America's image and American's retirement accounts: Winning!

I agree. But it's still fair game.

Pointing it out wasn't blaming Biden. He didn't even mention Biden.

#73 | Posted by eberly

I was simply pointing out (without bringing Biden into it) that THIS market plunge is a self-inflicted wound by the dotard.

... Usually it's overstated.

Not this time. This is all Trump.

#68 | Posted by eberly

The 2022 market drop was still because of COVID.

In 2022, after much pent up demand, Americans began to spend a lot of money and inflation hit.

The Fed hinted they would be raising the prime rate (and continuedd to). Markets reacted immediately.

#22 | Posted by THEBULL

You sure know Jack S*** about epidemiology or how rapidly infectious diseases spread among tightly grouped animals or humans.

Par for the course for you.

President Donald Trump, who promised to cut the cost of groceries on his first day in office, now seems to have a much different take on high prices ...

He was going to "end inflation on Day 1." Remember? Sadly for MAGAts, they can't scrub the internet of Trump's idiotic proclamations.

And recall how he used to measure his success on how well the stock market is doing?

There must be loads of Trump voters watching their 401k going kerplunk. Some, like those here, are furiously searching for a reason to blame DEMS. Which they won't find.

Wait'll the next pandemic hits America. COVID might have been better managed and contained had Trump not disbanded the Pandemic Response unit.

Just because "Obama."

BTW, one of the things USAID has done is ameliorate outbreaks in foreign countries before they get out of control.

And wait'll the bird flu morphs into an epidemic or pandemic here.

#12 | Posted by THEBULL

"Soft power" i.e. food, medical care, stopping pandemics, etc etc has accomplished more for America than any war we've fought since WWII.

For instance, Trump nixed aid to Central America. Aid that went to tamping down gangs, helping impoverished farmers survive in a drought, and so much more. Wonder why all those Central Americans suddenly began walking the Darian Gap to get here?

Na, you don't think very much or educate yourself.

Border czar Tom Homan and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem have blamed lower-than-expected ICE arrest numbers on recent leaks revealing the cities where it planned to conduct operations.

#1 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday

All they need to do is swing by construction sites and they'll be shooting fish in a barrel.

#28 | Posted by Danforth

"Starve The Beast" in action!

From the libertarian Cato Institute:

LIMITING GOVERNMENT: THE FAILURE OF "STARVE THE BEAST "

Europeans aren't buying Teslas. Half of America won't buy a Tesla.

WTG, both of these self-professed "very smart people."

When will Tesla stockholders boot that wannabe NAZI out? TSLA has lost half its value since the election.

Trump voters are about to find out how FAFO hurts their lives.

Didn't he promise to "stop inflation on Day 1?" And so many more empty promises ...

Wasn't he always measuring the success of his presidency by the stock market? How's that going? Um, not well.

Face it: he's a know-nothing dotard who doesn't give a crap about anyone but himself.

What's so unfair about pointing out a significant market drop just 3 years ago?

#52 | Posted by eberly

That market drop was caused by COVID. This one is caused by the actions of a man who doesn't care about anyone but himself.