2026 USA Political Thread

[carvesg]

Stock market all time high
Inflation low
Manufacturing breaking out.
Record profits.

Operation Epic Fury
Iran military, 40 years in the making, trillions of dollars of the best weapons they could buy from Russia and china-gone
Poof.
And we lost, checks notes, zero ships. This is like taking a modern military and taking out a roman legion. Where is the challenge?
This is the best the world has? Oh look, the british navy might get ONE destroyer ready in another month.
What did Europe and Canada do? Clutched their pearls and hit like the pussies they are and always have been.
iran thought they could block the strait. We showed them how. This looked like a slick NYC real estate guy taking a bunch goat herders to cleaners.

Operation Economic Fury- The Pincer move.
Their economy and money flow is now ground to a halt, I hope they like living as hunter gathers.
Their oil sales is now OUR oil sales.

The USA now controls all major points of oil shipments, all oil major oil production, all energy IN THE ENTIRE WORLD for the next 50 years.
Check mate.

Who run barter town?
Embargo ON

World---Now what!
Master Trump----Who runs Barter town?
World...you know!
Master Trump- Say
World....Master Trump runs barter town
Master Trump...I didn't hear you.
World: Master Trump runs barter town!
Mster Trump: Say Loud
World: MASTER TRUMP RUNS BARTER TOWN.

Embargo off.
Texas and our new best friend Venezuela open for business. Who needs light sweet Crude? special price for europe...spot price PLUS 20 dollars.

Cuba...you are on the clock.

I have a bridge to nowhere to sell you . Cheap too ! Just got back from the land of Mr DeSantis because of prior engagement with friends/family...not what the view of trump's voters 18 months ago but who knows with anecdotes.

Polls show different numbers and the market seems to be in total disconnect with the US consumer confidence, slowing GDP growth, and a cooling labor market.

Keep an eye on the oil market in the coming months and the impact on the economy...as well as the market manipulation from the trump's family and their cronies as they are getting richer weekly. Listen what the Saudi Minister of energy views on the barrel of oil vs barrel of oil status in reality....Sri Lanka is paying $286 at this point

 

[westwoody]

Stock prices have nothing to do with the well-being of the average person.

 

[masterpoonhunter]

Finally caught up from being away for 10 days. Core of it was a set of meetings, then a bit of fun time. Kentucky and Tennessee. Had not been since pre covid so honestly did not know what to expect.
Not a red hat or dumbfuck sign in sight. Well a couple of old ratty ones that had weeds growing on them, fitting actually. Some Hay Sus Saves bumper stickers. Nice, hospitable, friendly, well meaning folks. Worried about what their country was becoming.
I had forgotten just how beautiful the Kentucky country side was.
Oh and the college gals, my god, made me wish I was 65 again

 

[PuntMeister]

Stock prices have nothing to do with the well-being of the average person.

Gotta say….Wrong-O!

Great Depression affected pretty much everybody in US and Canada.
Finincial crisis of 2008 caused people’s retirement plans to drop in value and a lot of folks had to postpone retirement or live one less.
Financial markets are like a barometer for overall economic health, and the ability of governments to tax and spend, fund important programs, build infrastructure, and squander money on stupid things too.

Stock market health enables companies to hire people and pay decent wages. It is also important for pension funds, and numerous programs that average citizens count on.

 

[carvesg]

Gotta say….Wrong-O!

Great Depression affected pretty much everybody in US and Canada.
Finincial crisis of 2008 caused people’s retirement plans to drop in value and a lot of folks had to postpone retirement or live one less.
Financial markets are like a barometer for overall economic health, and the ability of governments to tax and spend, fund important programs, build infrastructure, and squander money on stupid things too.

Stock market health enables companies to hire people and pay decent wages. It is also important for pension funds, and numerous programs that average citizens count on.

How much wealth was hold by the average Canadian in 1970 vs 2025 in percentage of GDP ? Or bottom 50 % ? Or bottom 90% ?

Is or was the market of manipulated by the top 1% for the top 1% as much in 1975 as it is now ?

Keep in mind that Westwoody was specific about the average person vs the financial market .

When did the average person in the developed world enriched themselves at the same pace as the market in the last century ? Hint.... post war to oil crisis in the 1970s .... 22 to 23 years and the crack down and demonizing of the unions started to full blown dismantlement or erosion from the 80s to now .

 

[PuntMeister]

How much wealth was hold by the average Canadian in 1970 vs 2025 in percentage of GDP ? Or bottom 50 % ? Or bottom 90% ?

Is or was the market of manipulated by the top 1% for the top 1% as much in 1975 as it is now ?

Keep in mind that Westwoody was specific about the average person vs the financial market .

When did the average person in the developed world enriched themselves at the same pace as the market in the last century ? Hint.... post war to oil crisis in the 1970s .... 22 to 23 years and the crack down and demonizing of the unions started to full blown dismantlement or erosion from the 80s to now .

What? You didn’t blame Trump for this?

Slipping…

 

[carvesg]

What? You didn’t blame Trump for this?

Slipping…

It didn't originate with trump . It allowed him to get elected though and exacerbate the problem even more despite promising to go after the establishment. Historical facts are what they are sadly for our economy

 

[PuntMeister]

It didn't originate with trump . It allowed him to get elected though and exacerbate the problem even more despite promising to go after the establishment. Historical facts are what they are sadly for our economy

So wait wait wait wait wait, did I just hear you say that Trump was not the root of this evil? He just exacerbated it? (great vocab and spelling btw!).

Maybe too much Bernie coolaid in the repertoire? Ya, this anti-Wall Street crap has Bernie’s BS initials on them for a prophetic reason. Socialist denial of shared prosperity through economic strength. Historical facts correlate with strong economy = $$$ for social programs and average person well-being.

You want to live in Russia or China, or any other gloriously corrupt state? Go. Now. Please. No-one is holding you back.

You think you can fix what’s wrong with the West? Hahahahaha. You suck on the teat of the great capitalist conspiracy every day dude. No solutions, no plan worthy of shitting on. Just ongoing socialist rhetoric.

And since when when does Westwoody need somebody to stick up for him? Shit, Y’all just woke-wanked a bro.

 

[westwoody]

Stock market health enables companies to hire people and pay decent wages

Last week Amazon let an employee die on the floor and wouldn’t let any other employee help them.
But Amazon’s stock is worth a lot so it’s ok.

 

[carvesg]

So wait wait wait wait wait, did I just hear you say that Trump was not the root of this evil? He just exacerbated it? (great vocab and spelling btw!).

Maybe too much Bernie coolaid in the repertoire? Ya, this anti-Wall Street crap has Bernie’s BS initials on them for a prophetic reason. Socialist denial of shared prosperity through economic strength. Historical facts correlate with strong economy = $$$ for social programs and average person well-being.

You want to live in Russia or China, or any other gloriously corrupt state? Go. Now. Please. No-one is holding you back.

You think you can fix what’s wrong with the West? Hahahahaha. You suck on the teat of the great capitalist conspiracy every day dude. No solutions, no plan worthy of shitting on. Just ongoing socialist rhetoric.

And since when when does Westwoody need somebody to stick up for him? Shit, Y’all just woke-wanked a bro.

Yep my spelling can be out of wack at times and the grammar as my schooling was in french and my English is self taught...which is not great at times.

As for the rest ... how's the trickle economic theory working out since 79 ?

The only time it gave the illusion to work is when Thatcher had the North Sea oil boom that she was riding allowing her to give a tax break in the UK ...remove that and things in the UK would have turned out like the US with Reagan's deficits and increased debt while riding an economy on the rise by 84 sustained by low oil prices ....because of the new North Sea oil supply coming online in early 80s (UK becoming a net exporter of oil in 81 for the first time and Norway fast increasing production and export in the early 80s ) and influencing OPEC production and price setting for the first time in over a decade.

That gave birth to that trickle economic so praised by the new capitalism since the 80s that you seem to fancy without naming it.

Capitalism is the best system but needs boundaries and rules as we all know that once left unchecked the financial forces take over for their own self interest as we are experiencing. Unless you think that the things are great and quasi perfect ?

Pssst ...Russia has not been a socialist country for over 3 decades and China economic system is as jungle capitalism as most fast developing countries with the corruption that goes with it .

Westwoody didn't need support ... I simply pointed out that you assumed something that he had not stated .

 

[steverino]

PuntMeister said:
Stock market health enables companies to hire people and pay decent wages

Amazon Share price is doing well, however, Amazon is laying off 14,000 corporate employees. The company said it's cutting roles to help make the company leaner and less bureaucratic, while it looks to invest in generative artificial intelligence. The layoffs are expected to ultimately be the largest corporate job cuts in Amazon's history.

 

[Ray]

Wal-Mart employees make minimum wage without benefits.

 

[carvesg]

Wal-Mart employees make minimum wage without benefits.

👍 And you could add that Walmart has the envious bragging right among big employers to have the highest percentage of employees on Snap and Medicaid.

 

[dare.devil]

Anyone who sees themselves like this is completely insane. View attachment 161372

For followers, its a picture of doctor in red cape 🤡.
Tomorrow if New Jesus says to the followers that their mom's are witches, they will prepare to burn them all.

 

[dare.devil]

Gotta say….Wrong-O!

Great Depression affected pretty much everybody in US and Canada.
Finincial crisis of 2008 caused people’s retirement plans to drop in value and a lot of folks had to postpone retirement or live one less.
Financial markets are like a barometer for overall economic health, and the ability of governments to tax and spend, fund important programs, build infrastructure, and squander money on stupid things too.

Stock market health enables companies to hire people and pay decent wages. It is also important for pension funds, and numerous programs that average citizens count on.

First of all its naive to think that the changes US is going through are temporary and will go away with current admin .
Financial market is manipulated and causing a balloon to brust very soon. Do you see that trillion seems like a small number, US debt is at exploding point. Countries are drifting away from doing business with US. Dollar is being replaced with different currencies in other part of the world.
Allies are leaning towards China.
The change was slow but now it got THE catalyst.
Its not related to left or right but world is facing a lier, manipulator egoistic maniac with 70 million direct supporters, who is tearing US piece by piece and somebody telling it out loud is a fake news for these people.

 

[westwoody]

For those who don't understand how rigged the stock market is.
Yes you can make money.
But you will never have the inside info that someone with a direct connection to the president will have.
"I'm attacking Iran tomorrow" > buy defense and oil now.
These guys can win every single bet, they aren't risking anything.
Note how the asshole doesn't even answer the obvious question...

 

[sexpanther69]

For those who don't understand how rigged the stock market is.
Yes you can make money.
But you will never have the inside info that someone with a direct connection to the president will have.
"I'm attacking Iran tomorrow" > buy defense and oil now.
These guys can win every single bet, they aren't risking anything.
Note how the asshole doesn't even answer the obvious question...

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Feels like FTX 2.0 well this stuff.... Wudnt be surprised if this guy and SBF related

 

[westwoody]

There’s a BBC article tracking hugely profitable trades hours or even minutes before certain T announcements.
It sure looks like T family and associates have made billions.

 

[se7landrover97]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/explosive-report-claims-trump-tried-152804924.html

If this is true. Everybody should be worried.

 

[dare.devil]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/explosive-report-claims-trump-tried-152804924.html

If this is true. Everybody should be worried.

This is exactly what Rand Paul called out in 2015 debate.