Trump administration 2024-2028

[brihard]

And I missed this how??

“Truth Social”. Trump’s personal competitor to Twitter. It is of course trash.

 

[RangerRay]

Forgetting that JFK was Catholic. Perhaps she never knew.

According to some, that’s exactly why JFK was in league with Satan.

 

[OldSolduer]

“Truth Social”. Trump’s personal competitor to Twitter. It is of course trash.

And why I’ll never use either

 

[Edward Campbell]

Forgetting that JFK was Catholic. Perhaps she never kne

According to some, that’s exactly why JFK was in league with Satan.

I am old enough to recall that JFK's Catholicism was an issue when he ran for president. He was the first Catholic ever elected to that office.

 

[OldSolduer]

It’s dreadful to see how far the USA has gone downhill in the last 10 years. And we will get caught in the suction if we’re not careful.

 

[HavokFour]

Ouch, that slip of the tongue has gotta hurt.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1914679105947083074

 

[OldSolduer]

So the US has a dunce as SecDef and a very unstable Secretary of Health.
I’m questioning the sanity of POTUS as well

 

[daftandbarmy]

Well, that was too tough so on to the next shiny thing....

High-profile Ukraine peace talks collapse after Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff pull out​

The setback comes during a week in which the Trump administration has doubled down its efforts to push Kyiv and Moscow toward a truce.

High-profile Ukraine peace talks collapse after Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff pull out

The setback comes during a week in which the Trump administration has doubled down its efforts to push Kyiv and Moscow toward a truce.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[mariomike]

I’m questioning the sanity of POTUS as well

You would not be the first.

Allegations of mental illness by medical and mental health professionals​

Age and health concerns about Donald Trump - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[PrairieFella]

I’m questioning the sanity of POTUS as well

Just starting now haha?

 

[Czech_pivo]

Well, that was too tough so on to the next shiny thing....

High-profile Ukraine peace talks collapse after Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff pull out​

The setback comes during a week in which the Trump administration has doubled down its efforts to push Kyiv and Moscow toward a truce.

High-profile Ukraine peace talks collapse after Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff pull out

The setback comes during a week in which the Trump administration has doubled down its efforts to push Kyiv and Moscow toward a truce.

www.nbcnews.com

Now if only we could go back in time and have both of their fathers 'pull out' when things were getting intense, the world might just be a little bit different than it is today.....

 

[OldSolduer]

Just starting now haha?

Slow learner lol

 

[Quirky]

It’s dreadful to see how far the USA has gone downhill in the last 10 years. And we will get caught in the suction if we’re not careful.

We're in the same position. Runaway crime, inflation, national debt, poverty, list goes on. Canada isn't exactly a model for others to follow.

 

[mariomike]

Regarding Close Protection.

Kristi has a Secret Service detail.

She was in a burger joint.

Dude swiped her Gucci bag, and absconded with it.

According to a former Secret Service agent,

This is a security breach that actually has high consequences, and it needs immediate and further review by the Secret Service and DHS and other law enforcement partners.

 

[PrairieFella]

We're in the same position. Runaway crime, inflation, national debt, poverty, list goes on. Canada isn't exactly a model for others to follow.

Runaway crime is being lower than it was in the 90s and roughly equivalent to the early 2000s? There's work to be done but hyperbole isn't needed. Inflation? 2.3%, right around target. Debt? Too high in my opinion but amongst the lowest as a percentage of GDP amongst the G20. The only thing on your list which is out of control compared to our peers is poverty, despite some objective gains in childhood poverty. I agree there and the scourge needs to be eradicated.

On the whole, it's not as doom and gloom as you seem to believe.

 

[Quirky]

On the whole, it's not as doom and gloom as you seem to believe.

I agree, everything is fine. Lets keep the good times going.

 

[PrairieFella]

I agree, everything is fine. Lets keep the good times going.

If you want to operate in a binary, that's your prerogative.

 

[Brad Sallows]

Runaway crime is being lower than it was in the 90s and roughly equivalent to the early 2000s? There's work to be done but hyperbole isn't needed. Inflation? 2.3%, right around target. Debt? Too high in my opinion but amongst the lowest as a percentage of GDP amongst the G20. The only thing on your list which is out of control compared to our peers is poverty, despite some objective gains in childhood poverty. I agree there and the scourge needs to be eradicated.

On the whole, it's not as doom and gloom as you seem to believe.

It is if we're in the shallow part of a "knee" just before the curve really starts to dive. It's a lot easier to arrest decline now than it will be later. Is there nothing that suggests a storm coming - real estate prices and rents, health care shortages (closures, absences, wait lists), incessant demands from almost every public service for more employees and compensation, desperate people living on the streets and the attendant filth and crime? What are the thresholds for "We're in trouble; start corrective measures now"?

 

[Quirky]

What are the thresholds for "We're in trouble; start corrective measures now"?

"We're not as bad as our southern neighbors, so keep everything the same and double down on what's not working".

 

[PrairieFella]

It is if we're in the shallow part of a "knee" just before the curve really starts to dive. It's a lot easier to arrest decline now than it will be later. Is there nothing that suggests a storm coming - real estate prices and rents, health care shortages (closures, absences, wait lists), incessant demands from almost every public service for more employees and compensation, desperate people living on the streets and the attendant filth and crime? What are the thresholds for "We're in trouble; start corrective measures now"?

I never said there's no problem. I said it's not doom and gloom. What's ironic is I imagine your line is usually that this is on the Liberals, which is partly true but it's never accompanied by any tangible ideas to actually fix the issue. The same-old Trudeau stuff will not work. Maybe Carney's positions won't work either but I know for a fact if we want poverty reduction, mental health treatment and improved healthcare outcomes then tax cuts (and the second order service cuts those will cause) on the scale the Conservatives are proposing probably won't fix the problem either. That said, is there room for efficiency? Certainly.

I'll shift gears a bit in terms of federal matters to keep it on the national level of this discussion, since most of what you commented are provincial or municipal jurisdiction, so let's take an industrial carbon tax since it's adjacent to some of your concerns. Perhaps instead of redirecting it to general revenue it should be used to actually fund Green infrastructure, dams, reactors, mass transit, etc. Eventually that would pay dividends locally and regionally. Perhaps OAS needs to be eliminated for senior earning above $70,000 a year to lessen some strain on federal funds. Perhaps EI reform is needed to keep it solvent. It's intellectually lazy to proclaim the end is nigh but then to propose no solution.