Donald Trump spent his first 100 days back in the Oval Office driving an economy that the world envied to the brink of crisis, risking America’s reputation as a financial safe haven and fostering fear among voters who’ve lost confidence in his leadership.

Americans were desperate for relief from high grocery prices and bought into Trump’s promise to make America affordable again in November 2024, partly out of nostalgia for the pre-pandemic economy of his first term.

But the president deliberately and singlehandedly adopted policies that are almost certain to spike prices even more; that could lead to shortages; and that have CEOs and small businesses dealing with chaos and the possibility of a recession.

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      This is such a stupid argument and I wouldn’t believe it if it wasn’t for my dad. He keeps talking about her laugh and I explain to him that it’s appropriate to express all emotions…. And he doesn’t believe it. He’s also unable to connect me being in therapy and his behavior.

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        The statistics of who stayed home VS who voted for a white man with the same policies (older white men/women and older hispanic men) shows most of the votes lost are from Kamala being a colored woman and our most bigoted groups responding accordingly.

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          100%. A woman of color? No way.

          This is why AOC can’t run for president. We would just be stuck with Trump 3.0 or some Republican poser.

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            I think AOC could win since she’s young and when younger generations do vote it’s for younger progressive people.

            But it also requires them actually communicating policies that will get young people to go vote.

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              Except young people (or all people) need to go vote in primaries for those they want.

              You can’t just wait for your perfect person to show up magically. Ie. Policies reflect people who vote, not the other way around.

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                Yeah and unfortunately we are at a point where even if she does run and win in 2028 the conservative majority SCOTUS wouldn’t let any of her laws stick around.

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        I guess we have the same father even though I don’t live anywhere near the US.

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      I mean Biden was personally killing Palestinians so let’s all make sure Trump does worse too so checkmate lIbRuL. Ps I’m morally superior because I think my self righteous social media posts matter way more than the outcome I cause with my actions. And if you disagree? Well, you love genocide! /s

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        Well you see the genocide was always going to happen. That is why we needed to oppose the Democrats.

        Also did you know NATO were actually the real Nazis all along?

        /s

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      Schodinger’s cat applies here. We will never know how good or bad Kamala would have been since she didn’t win. However, since 47 has done so much shit to damage the country in ways worse than imagined, I’d say she’d done better.

      BTW, have you ever heard Trump laughing at anything? That’s even weirder IMO.