You're right.....Trump measures success by the stock market......but he's not alone.

Posted by eberly

He is alone in using the stock market as a gauge for how well the economy is doing.

Other presidents have focused on GDP, employment, wage growth, inflation indexes, etc. Things that matter to the middle class.

-What if we just gave Iran $200 billion dollars to quit?

quit what, exactly? developing nuclear weapons?

#16 | Posted by eberly

Republicans went bonkers when Obama unfroze $1.7b Iranian funds.

Trump measures success by the stock market. He sees it's tanking.

Betcha some insiders got the heads up before his announcement and bought yesterday or during this morning's pre-market.

This war won't be over until Iran decides it is.

What's being floated now by the Trump WH? The same deal Obama and the world signed in 2014 that Trump blew up, but with more billions going to Iran than the $1.7 billion repatriated to Iran under the original 2014 deal.

What a negotiator!! (/snark)

#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

I was pointing out the Vikings discovered America, not Columbus, who's given credit for something he didn't actually do.

The WH is floating an idea to end the war that merely copies the deal Obama + world negotiated with Iran in 2014.

But rewards Iran with a lot more cash:

*** Statue of Christopher Columbus Erected on White House Grounds ***

Slave Trader

Jefferson Davis or George Wallace might be next.

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

It should be the Vikings. They were on North American soil hundreds of years before Columbus stumbled on the Caribbean.

Vikings landed in North America, specifically at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada, exactly in 1021 AD. Led by Leif Erikson, they established a short-lived settlement nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus. This precise date was determined by analyzing tree rings on wooden artifacts, which showed they were cut in 1021.

In some parts of the US, diesel prices have hit $5.00 per gallon, pissing off truckers.

So much winning!

#23 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

Trump was right! I'm tired of all the "winning." (not winning)

NASA is sending a flash drive with millions of names of people who get a "Boarding Pass" on their website.

I got 'em for my family extended family, friends, and the names of dearly departed friends and family.

You can too:

Report comes from a corrections officer (not an inmate)

The memo states Bureau of Prisons Officers shredded bags full of documents within days of finding Epstein dead

AG relates other weird things about the death: the FBI took hours to show up, and by then the body had been moved, the strip he used to hang himself was gone, a couple of signs in the body of strangulation, guards got in trouble, specific cameras not working, told we had unedited video (it was edited), guards overheard saying we have to cover this up, guards received thousands of dollars in Zelle payments before, and more

The investigators tasked with finding out what happened were actually doing the shredding

The 302 document between the concerned corrections officer and the FBI included:

#17 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

Medicare is extremely popular. The proposed plan will go over like a lead balloon.

"BTW: Did you see the report that HHS wants to automatically enroll Medicare beneficiaries into Medicare Advantage plans? "

I haven't seen that. I'll Google to see what I find ...

Brent crude is topping $112 in futures trading.

The market is pricing in a quick end to this war. The problem, as we know by now, is The WH don't have an exit strategy. And Trump can't bluff his way out of it this time. Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to this war.

For Iran, this is an existential fight for their survival. They can keep the strait closed with just threats to attack ships and by lobbing occasional missles and drones at other ME countries.

To quote Winston Churchill, "This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning".

Russia is laughing all the way to the bank and probably wants the war to continue indefinitely.

iran-cost-ticker.com

#12 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

They could have reinstated subsidies for health insurance for the current amount they've spent in 3 weeks of an illegal and poorly planned war.

30 year term ... in prison, that is.

All tactics and zero strategy or planning for the wreckage this war would bring down on all of us.

It worked for the orange serial rapist.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot

Ear cartilage doesn't heal. Where's the damage on his ear?

Didn't tRump make a MIRACULOUS recovery?!

Nice going, stinky.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot

Nice going, again, stinky. Way to punish the world with your BS!

Current oil price:
$112.74 bbl

WTG tRUMP!

As of 12:30 am this morning (Mar 23rd):

Brent Crude Oil
IB.1:IEU
Actions

Price (USD)112.74

I ordered 100 stickers yesterday.

Trump already stopped aid to Ukraine in March 2025:

He did make a great point about surprise attacks when referring to Pearl Harbor ;)

Posted by brass30

Trump's statement was a bad analogy.

He compared a surprise attack by an enemy to allies of ours he didn't give a heads up to.

"I saw them on TeeVee!! Hire 'em!!"

- DJT

the Left never said a ----- word about high gas prices and inflation out of control under Biden, but NOW you care

just a bunch of tools

#1 | Posted by Maverick

Causation:

BIDEN: The pandemic and invasion of Ukraine
TRUMP: Self-inflicted inflation and higher gas prices