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President Trump Touts Massive First Year Wins in Primetime Address

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I believe the Democrats will try and damage the economy by shutting down the government again.

....na, Trump doesn't need any assistance from the Democrats to damage the economy and tax American businesses and consumers. He still believes tariffs are the greatest thing since sliced bread.

"Much of this success has been accomplished by tariffs, my favorite word, tariffs, which for many decades have been used successfully by other countries against us, but not anymore."


....and where can I sign up to be paid to take a drug?

"I negotiated directly with the drug companies and foreign nations, which were taken advantage of our country for many decades to slash prices on drugs and pharmaceuticals by as much as 400, 500 and even 600 percent."
 
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I believe the Democrats will try and damage the economy by shutting down the government again.
I know the Republicans 'kicked the can' of the budget only into January, and I believe they will be no closer to a workable budget solution when that time comes. I hope they can come together with Democrats to find some compromise that can get an easy passage, but it seems pretty unlikely given the recent past.
 
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I know the Republicans 'kicked the can' of the budget only into January, and I believe they will be no closer to a workable budget solution when that time comes. I hope they can come together with Democrats to find some compromise that can get an easy passage, but it seems pretty unlikely given the recent past.
When the only acceptable compromise is shut up and give us everything we want that’s hardly surprising.
 
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When the only acceptable compromise is shut up and give us everything we want that’s hardly surprising.
You mean everything democrats already previously voted for and passed.
 
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slash prices on drugs and pharmaceuticals by as much as 400, 500 and even 600 percent."
I'm still trying to figure out whether he is trolling when he says things like this or if he's genuinely lacking in common sense.

How does someone graduate from Wharton with a degree in Economics and still ...
 
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I think it is hilarious that the main stream liberal media aired the speech on prime time thinking Trump was going to announce war with Venezuela.
That didn't occur to me, someone in the Trump camp is on top of things. How clever!
 
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I think it is hilarious that the main stream liberal media aired the speech on prime time thinking Trump was going to announce war with Venezuela.
Imagine networks and viewers assuming the President might have something important to say to say. Well, jokes on America since it was all lies and self aggrandizement. I will know better next time and find something better to do. As it was he only got about two minutes of my time before tuning out.
 
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Imagine networks and viewers assuming the President might have something important to say to say. Well, jokes on America since it was all lies and self aggrandizement. I will know better next time and find something better to do. As it was he only got about two minutes of my time before tuning out.
But the survivor season finale!
 
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It’s going to take a lot more than one divisive speech to convince a majority of Americans the country is on the right path.
While I'm not personally concerned with how "divisive" a speech is (because "divisive" a fluid subjective concept in most cases, and a speaker can't control how angry a person will get at what they're saying)...

The real issue he has is that different economic metrics impact different people. And some things that look like "wins" on paper don't necessarily feel like "wins" to large segments of the public.

Inflation being a big one.

Lowering an inflation rate from elevated levels (which is obviously a good thing), in practical terms, equates to slowing down how fast prices are increasing.

But for most people, after a 5 year stretch of high inflation...
"Hey, the already-expensive price-inflated thing you were going to buy would've cost $1.87 more this quarter than it did last quarter, but thanks to this stuff I did, the price is only going to up by $1.06" isn't going to resonate with people as a "win". In their eyes "this thing I was going to buy is more expensive now than it was in August, we've been dealing with this for 5 years...what the heck?!?!"

So it becomes the tight rope game.

The measures that will be seen as "good effect" for people who own homes and have savings accounts are often going to contrast with the measures seen as "good effect" by the people who aren't in that situation.
 
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Imagine networks and viewers assuming the President might have something important to say to say. Well, jokes on America since it was all lies and self aggrandizement. I will know better next time and find something better to do. As it was he only got about two minutes of my time before tuning out.
Lower prices for gasoline, and for turkey, and for eggs make a difference to many of us. So too the border disaster was out of control and although not directly affecting many for other lives were ruined or even lost.
 
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Lower prices for gasoline, and for turkey, and for eggs make a difference to many of us.
Like I touched on before, a slight "cooling" of certain inflation indicators for a very narrow scope of items isn't going to translate to a "win" for a lot of people who still see their financial situation seemingly moving backwards with each passing fiscal quarter.

Paying $23.50 instead of $26.20 for a weekly fill-up isn't a life changing cost reduction
People buy what? 1 or 2 turkeys a year?
And the "great egg debate" was always a bit silly.

To put that one in perspective:
The average American household consumes roughly 18-20 dozen eggs per year, which works out to about 1.5 dozen per month, or roughly one carton every two weeks. So if egg prices jumped by $1.50 per dozen during their peak in late 2022/early 2023, that equates to an extra $2-3 per month for most households - maybe $25-30 annually.


Not to mention, I would encourage the GOP to be a little more strategic in the "boasting about economic wins" department.

By bragging about the fact that egg prices are down as a "big win", that's basically conceding to the Democratic premise and talking points of a year or two back which was "Trump is terrible for the economy...see?? just look at those egg prices!!"
 
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It’s going to take a lot more than one divisive speech to convince a majority of Americans the country is on the right path.
Yep, that's all I've been hearing for the past 15+ years.
 
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Like I touched on before, a slight "cooling" of certain inflation indicators for a very narrow scope of items isn't going to translate to a "win" for a lot of people who still see their financial situation seemingly moving backwards with each passing fiscal quarter.

Paying $23.50 instead of $26.20 for a weekly fill-up isn't a life changing cost reduction
People buy what? 1 or 2 turkeys a year?
And the "great egg debate" was always a bit silly.

To put that one in perspective:
The average American household consumes roughly 18-20 dozen eggs per year, which works out to about 1.5 dozen per month, or roughly one carton every two weeks. So if egg prices jumped by $1.50 per dozen during their peak in late 2022/early 2023, that equates to an extra $2-3 per month for most households - maybe $25-30 annually.


Not to mention, I would encourage the GOP to be a little more strategic in the "boasting about economic wins" department.

By bragging about the fact that egg prices are down as a "big win", that's basically conceding to the Democratic premise and talking points of a year or two back which was "Trump is terrible for the economy...see?? just look at those egg prices!!"
I cant believe people actually talk about econ policy as a factor in egg prices - while the industry has been culling flocks due to epidemic. Its genuinely idiotic.

Lets talk again when housing and health care prices cool off.
 
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Lower prices for gasoline, and for turkey, and for eggs make a difference to many of us. So too the border disaster was out of control and although not directly affecting many for other lives were ruined or even lost.
Whole sale prices for turkey have soared because of avian flu flock culling, but the retailers sold them at a loss to get people into the stores.
 
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By bragging about the fact that egg prices are down as a "big win", that's basically conceding to the Democratic premise and talking points of a year or two back which was "Trump is terrible for the economy...see?? just look at those egg prices!!"
It's not "conceding" Democrat talking points, it's ADDRESSING Democrat talking points. Indeed eggs were the focus by Democrats beginning soon after Trump took office. The major media, ostensibly a powerful branch of the Democratic Party, was jumping on Trump for not bringing the price of eggs down. Of course the economy cannot be changed in a day or week. The establishment media stayed on the story until Trump was able to bring the price of eggs down, and instead of reporting on the decreases they just dropped the story and moved on to the next attack on Trump. People would be aghast if they knew how manipulative the press is. Half of the country consistently gets the same spin and has no idea of many of Trump's successes. This was an opportunity, by hiding the content of his speech and getting the major media to cover the speech live, to inform the American people.

House Democrats urge Trump to combat egg prices
 
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