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Dulcinea

(8,254 posts)
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 08:05 AM Apr 8

Opinion - Trump is disrupting everything -- why isn't Congress doing anything?

(The Hill) Much of what we know about President Trump’s leadership is revealed by his personal behavior. For example, during his first month in office, while Elon Musk conducted mass firings and canceled government services to cut spending, Trump spent nearly $10.7 million of taxpayer money to play golf at his properties.

The Department of Government Efficiency hasn’t mentioned this. HuffPost calculated the expenditure based on Trump’s tax-supported golf outings during his first term. Over those four years, he golfed 293 days at a cost of $152 million. Taxpayers footed the bill for him to travel on Air Force One, transport motorcade vehicles, and station gunships off the coast of his West Palm Beach golf club.
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Trump’s big initiatives reflect his personality, too. They appear to be driven by impulse rather than sound analysis. Their costs and benefits are not transparent, and his decisions are mercurial. They are causing considerable disruption in the stock market, business plans and people’s retirement funds.

It’s not clear Trump knows what he’s doing. For example, he and his advisers say import tariffs will generate billions of dollars in tax breaks. However, these are tax increases imposed on American businesses that rely on imports. Companies will pass the cost along to consumers.

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Opinion - Trump is disrupting everything -- why isn't Congress doing anything? (Original Post) Dulcinea Apr 8 OP
"why isn't CONGRESS" doing anything? Can't Yahoo nooz blame REPUBLICANS? Democrats are doing all they BComplex Apr 8 #1
"It's not clear Trump knows what he's doing." sop Apr 8 #2
Repugs wait and see what's in it for them. GreenWave Apr 8 #3
I guess I have to stop reading, watching telly. yorkster Apr 8 #4

BComplex

(9,383 posts)
1. "why isn't CONGRESS" doing anything? Can't Yahoo nooz blame REPUBLICANS? Democrats are doing all they
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 08:16 AM
Apr 8

possibly can!!!! The media in this country is what needs to be protested in every city across the country.

sop

(13,796 posts)
2. "It's not clear Trump knows what he's doing."
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 08:29 AM
Apr 8

Apart from just breaking stuff, I'd say it's pretty clear Trump doesn't know what he's doing.

yorkster

(2,964 posts)
4. I guess I have to stop reading, watching telly.
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 10:29 AM
Apr 8

This is like the 3rd thing in 5 minutes to set me off. I heard Nicolle Wallace yesterday complaining about how "the Congress" had
given away their power to the Executive Branch, etc. Dammit it's The Republicans in Congress. Then, a few minutes ago I see John Kasich on MSNBC bloviating about his new book on the importance of faith-based institutions, so I get outta there only to see RFK Jr. blabbing on CNN about fluoride in the drinking water and hear that the CDC will no longer recommend the addition of fluoride and a new task force is going to examine the issue further. Aarrgghh.

Sorry for rant....I shouldn't have climbed "The Hill".


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