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JA's avatar

I think he’s an ass-kissing pedophile supporter and protector who knows the American people are getting ripped off and doesn’t give a damn.

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Larry's avatar

Bingo. tRumpervert loves Maxwell and loathes the Epstein victims.

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Brenda Doherty's avatar

It appears Bessent has forgotten the primary reason for the Revolutionary War! George was an actual king. Trump is just an equally stupid duplication without a crown!

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JazzPaw's avatar

It was and is Taxation without Representation! Congress had been exclusively granted the power over tariffs by the US constitution. There have been no votes on these blanket tariffs.

This Supreme Court will probably vote to allow most if not all of his tariffs because they are bought and corrupt.

They ruled that Biden couldn’t forgive some student loans, and he actually had a law that provided some power to do that. Trump has no law that allows him to seize this power from Congress.

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Larry's avatar

If there is an election in 2026 and Democrats win back the house. DEFUND THE ROBERTS COURT OF PERVERT PROTECTORS!

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Martha Kenne's avatar

Heavy on the stupid!

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Larry's avatar

Bingo.

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Tired Nana's avatar

Trump will continue to do whatever he wants. When one of his actions is ruled illegal, he just ignores it. He has realized that there is no way to stop him if he refuses to comply. I'm sure that most of the tariff $$$ are going right into Trump's bank account. Nothing that the Trump regime does is for the benefit of the American people. This is the Trump Show, with the help of the oligarchy.

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Bluesmurf's avatar

They are all getting richer off the backs of the rest of us. Tariffs are nothing to them when it gives them carte blanche to raise prices on everything regardless. How will we all know if it is an imported item or not? If we want it, we will pay more for it.

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Larry's avatar

Harris tried to warn every body in 2024.

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Claire's avatar

Absolutely disgusting-who does Bessent think he is🤔

They are not “gods”

They “will only give back half of the tariffs” -what planet do they live on???

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Larry's avatar

Ah! But the billionaires DO think they are gods.

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Kathryn Wigner's avatar

Isn't the interest rates on bonds increased because we are a poorer credit risk? And have to pay more to keep borrowing money to pay on national debt?

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Bluesmurf's avatar

Yes... interest rates always go up the poorer your credit rating. That would incentivize investors in buying more bonds because they are going to get a better return on their investment. So, of course the bond market is doing well. If drumpf destroys our economy and our credit rating, then he can and is buying bonds, probably with the money he gets from selling crypto - a piece of air!

While none of us like interest rates to go up on other things, like homes, cars, credit cards, etc., there is a benefit to people who have a little bit of savings. When interest rates are cut to zero so that big corps can borrow money for nothing, we, the attempted savers get like 0.01% return on our money in banks and credit unions. When the fed raises rates, we get rates like 5% on our attempted savings. It's a big rip off no matter how you look at it.

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Thomas Buzzi's avatar

Like George Carlin has said, the people we elect reflect the life they lived among us. We are not kind to anyone we do not know personally so politicians treat all of us the same way.

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Cheryl Zook's avatar

Filthy crooks all of them. Bessent’s condescending manner is on pare with Leavit’s or Bondi’s. The whole administration is raping and pillaging our country while the mass media act like it’s normal.

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Larry's avatar

"Let the peasants eat cake."

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Thomas Meek's avatar

The outcome, with these people, is that all the money goes in Trump's pockets, and none of it goes back to the American people.

Scott Bessent thinks he picked the winning side, but Trump will discard him as soon as he stops being useful.

Meanwhile, Trump is using the private army the Republican Congressional Caucus and a corrupt Supreme Court have given him, to attack and invade our Great Cities to kidnap anyone they choose.

We are All Chicagoans.

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Karen Lauzon's avatar

Who do the supreme courts justices think they are? Bessent is already predicting there cooperation in the takeover of our country, and it does look like they are willing partners!

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Julia Morrell's avatar

Just like Congress. They don't worry about getting authorization because the Congress does whatever he wants. Same with Supreme Court. Trump can do whatever he wants because he already has immunity from them and he has justifiable reliance that the SC will allow him to do whatever he wants. They will rubber stamp it. Occasionally they won't just to avoid labels.

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Martha Kenne's avatar

Sigh.

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Larry's avatar

We the People take back the HOUSE and enforce ethics on the Roberts court then pack the court in 2029 with four progressive judges to undo this crap.

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Karen Lauzon's avatar

I hope you're right, I'm terrified he's going to declare martial law, cancel the midterms and take over the country.

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alexa roche's avatar

They are robbing the middle class so they can make trillions. Its disgusting.

This country and its citizens who are not billionaires is being fleeced by the Trump and his friends.

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Larry's avatar

When the Billionaires of France in the 1700's were overthrown then be-headed it was because the Military and Guards refused to protect them; they had starving family members too.

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Pasqualino's avatar

If anything in the Trump Regime was a “hoax”, it was the notion that tariffs would bring back manufacturing and jobs to America…

Hoax…

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Eric Perro's avatar

The Commander-in-Thief fleecing the American public. As usual.

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Denise Faith's avatar

THE ORANGE FREAK HAS ALREADY SPENT ALL THE STOLEN mONEY ON CRypTO

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Bluesmurf's avatar

Of course drumpf is going to keep the money. His MO is to have people do work for him and not pay them. He hires people at way less than the prevailing wage for whatever they do for him. We are going to continue to get fleeced by all of these richy rich bros as long as these people run our government (bessent, vought, drumpf, etc.)

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Ellen Berman's avatar

Bessent another crooked corrupt incompetent individual

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Rosanna DeVere's avatar

Well duh, the supposed money coming in was never going to us even if it did. It was still going to only go the top 2% no matter what he said. He isn't about to pull money out of any of his cronies' pockets to reimburse us regular old other 98%.

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Carol Dallesandro's avatar

He’s a Class A Ball of SNOT!!

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