Me to Trump:

"Obtuse. Is it deliberate?"

Talk about self infliction...................

That is because of the web front end codebase.

Thank you.

And that front end codebase is written in Java/HTML/etc and THAT can't handle high volume in instances.

Ridiculousness.

LOL. Why do you think the SSA is down often - because web based applications can't handle the heavy load.

COBOL/mainfram is excellent for processing large volumes of data. Insurance, banking, etc. still all use it for the heavy lifting.

Mike Lawler on Trump possibly running for a third time: "As a Republican, I and many would not be open to the idea of Barack Obama running for a third term. So I think folks have to be careful here."

I would highly doubt Obama would be interested, to be honest. And as a big fan of his, I'm looking for someone "new". Rehashing an older version just doesn't seem......right. And it's not - the Constitution says so. It's shouldn't be and isn't on the Dem's radar.

That's why Trump running again is just so sad. He's not even a great American. Dude is borderline racist.

What a sad state of affairs that, as a Republican, you'd have to "bend the rules" (putting it lightly) to re-elect an 84 year old bafoon as the face of your party....again. And one that led an insurrection inbetween his terms.

Can't you find something better after eight years?

SAD. And Embarassing.

I thought $2 trillion was the goal.......what happened?

In 2023, the Social Security website crashed four times within a 10 day period due to server overload ...

You do realize stable systems encounter issues and support staff have to react to it and correct it.

Ever work in IT?

Also, this point was made above - mainframe and COBOL are excellent for handling large volumes of data.

To move to Java and web based platforms is nice in theory, and they can be used as interfaces to the front end or back end - but for processing large amounts of data you need COBOL.

If they take the time and effort to rewrite it - surely there is code that can be improved and interfaced with modern lanaguages - but you have to do it over a period of time - and that doesn't mean months.

WTF is the rush?

I haven't read all the comments yet, but I work in IT and actually at a COBOL shop.

To rewrite/implment an entire Social Security system in a matter of "months" is impossible.

What's the issue?

Trump's commerce secretary just said today nobody would miss it and understand it's for a good reason!!!

I hope it really happens, I really do. Some people need a wakeup call to how evil this regime is.

Which is why Democrats are dominated by lawyers

Uh? And who dominates Republicans?

That would give him the same right to have the space capsule returned back to the space station until he received all the documentation from the astronauts.

Not even close to the same thing.

Trump ---- with Canadians.

And that's Presdential? You're proud of it?

He's President of the US and Canada is an extremely close ally.

WTF is the logic here other than being a complete -------?

This is SO Trump. Sound familiar? Not paying for services rendered.

How this wasn't a 9-0 vote, I'll never get (well, I do get it).

How will this be enforced, especially if Trump/administration says "don't pay it"?

Remember, Trump as one of those get-out-of-jail free cards for his entire term.

These tariffs aren't even going to last thru the week. It benefts no one and everyone involved will agree.

But to Lamp's point, why would anyone negotiate a deal with the US? Although this is Trump's deal - I thought I heard that it was at a point where it could be "rengotiated". I could be incorrect.

My point really was that Trump likely knows a lot more about Ukraine and shady dealings he can't exactly prove

LOL, again....

Like the 2020 election? Or Obama's birth certificate? Or endless other nonsense that comes out of his mouth?

Bill Maher does a routine, "I don't know it for a fact, I just know it's true".

The difference is Maher does it has a comedy routine, Trump does it as FACT.

I suspect Trump knows a lot more about Ukraine than we're being told.

LOL...LOL.....

"I'm hearing things........"

Trump hears what he wants to hear. The only country cheering Trump is Russia.

Everyone else....Ukraine.

The damage Trump will do continues to grow.

The media did a terrible job of exposing Project 2025 to the masses

Maybe Fox, but certainly not CNN or MSNBC IMO.

Trump denied it, said he knew nothing about it. Again, lie.

I keep saying it, we are going to get what we deserve. Trump did not force himself on us like a dictator, we voted him in.

None of them think he meant them

Everyone thinks they are essential. Doesn't matter where they work.

Then they lack common sense and how "upper management" works, in this case Trump.

You can be a very valuable and loyal employee and still get axed.

Trump is basically following the Project 2025 blueprint without referring to it.

You didn't have to be a critical thinker to realize this was going to happen, but you could be stupid and fall for it lol

To me, this is the scary part of Trump being in charge - and who he has put in charge and is eliminating.

Total incompetency when/if a virus that can really do damage comes here.

2020 was a test and Trump failed it.

LOL, and typical of Trump, it's fake right down to his body shown at the end.........

The dude can't help but lie.

People didn't listen...Musk flat out said, and I'll paraphrase:

"People will need to suffer before things get better".

I mean, if you worked for the federal government in any capacity, how could you vote for Trump?

They basically outlined they were gutting government.

Then there's this, just in lol

So break this down for me.

Ukraine is giving something, I assume they get what in return? And is Ukraine simply giving up the land lost in the war?

And what's Putin's play in all this? Sure he got some territory but he'll be happy with the deal US/Ukraine made and walk away for the time being?

career criminals.....how nice.