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Trump can make deals with almost anyone in the world — except the extreme left. Schumer has completely lost it. As usual, the last few posts have DDD: dismissed, denied, and downplayed what’s happening in the US and around the world. Trump has signed over $20 trillion in deals and helped broker more peace agreements globally — all in less than a year. Scientists are still working on a cure for TDS.
Corruption: Lately, it's like peeling back layers of an onion—except this one's rotten to the core. We're uncovering a mountain of evidence that the so-called "allegations" against Trump weren't just baseless; they were cooked up by a corrupt cabal in the FBI, CIA, and state-level Dem operatives. The party? It's veered hard into extreme-left territory, ditching pragmatic governance for radical stunts that tanked the border under Biden (while Obama, credit where due, kept things tighter). And now, the Biden autopen scandal? Most of those "signatures" on executive orders, pardons, and bills can't even be traced back to the man himself—staffers pulling strings in the shadows. Biden DOJ's "Arctic Frost" probe the personal cell phones of eight Republican senators and one House GOP rep.
So much fictitious pap. I borrow from Orange supporter James Woods in "True Crime" when he told uncle Clint: "I can't fart loud enough to tell you what I think of that."
The red carpet is rolling out for Trump across the world — and there’s a reason. It’s about respect and a desire to do business with America again.
U.S. Image Declines in Many Nations Amid Low Confidence in Trump
"U.S. President Donald Trump receives mostly negative ratings in a new Pew Research Center survey of 24 nations. More than half in 19 of these countries say they lack confidence in Trump’s leadership of world affairs.
Majorities in most countries also express little or no confidence in Trump’s ability to handle specific issues, including immigration, the Russia-Ukraine war, U.S.-China relations, global economic problems, conflicts between Israel and its neighbors, and climate change"
The red carpet is rolling out for Trump across the world — and there’s a reason. It’s about respect and a desire to do business with America again.
You are misinterpreting events once again! President Trump is emotionally insecure and he reacts favorably to pomp and circumstance and fawning praise. Foreign leaders are taking advantage of Trump's weakness.
Speaking of red carpets, the one Dump rolled out for Putin in Anchorage was in sharp contrast to his half-hearted greetings for the E.U. leaders who visited in D.C. Dictators of a feather stick together.
// Today is the twenty-ninth day of the government shutdown, and the House of Representatives is still on break as House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) continues to try to force the Senate to pass the House measure to fund the government without negotiating over the Democrats’ demand for the extension of the premium tax credit without which healthcare premiums will skyrocket.
Yesterday air traffic controllers received their first “zero” paycheck. For weeks, flights have been delayed across the country as air traffic controllers call in sick. Also across the country, states are bracing for food insecurity among the 42 million Americans who depend on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits when those payments don’t go out on time on November 1. The administration maintains it cannot distribute the $6 billion the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) holds in reserve to cover for November 1.
Meredith Lee Hill of Politico reported on Monday that even some Senate Republicans want to fund SNAP in a stand-alone bill, but yesterday House speaker Johnson dismissed Democrats’ attempts to pass stand-alone measures to fund federal workers and SNAP, calling them a waste of time. Also yesterday, governors and attorneys general from 25 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia sued the USDA and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, the Office of Management and Budget along with its director Russell Vought, and the United States itself over the government’s refusal to use the USDA’s reserves to fund SNAP.
The lawsuit argues that Congress has mandated SNAP payments and has made appropriations for them, including the $6 billion the USDA holds in reserve. Another USDA fund has more than $23 billion in it. The USDA took money from it earlier in the shutdown to fund another nutrition program, the Women, Infants & Children (WIC) program. The lawsuit notes that the USDA itself initially said it could use reserve funds; the decision saying it cannot is recent.
The lawsuit notes that the “USDA’s claim that the SNAP contingency funds cannot be used to fund SNAP benefits during an appropriation lapse is contrary to the plain text of the congressional appropriations law, which states that the reserves are for use ‘in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations’ under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.”
Today, ignoring Johnson’s insistence that he would not recall the House to debate stand-alone funding for SNAP and WIC, Democrats led by Senator Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico introduced a measure to fund both.
The loss of SNAP benefits will hit not only the 42 million Americans who depend on them but also the stores that accept Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards. At the same time, the cost of healthcare insurance premiums is soaring because of the expiration of the premium tax credits. Medical debt is central to throwing families into bankruptcy. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which under President Joe Biden tried to remove medical debt from credit reports, yesterday published a rule to make sure states cannot stop companies from including such debt on credit reports. The acting director of the CFPB is Russell Vought.
So, just as the government stops addressing food insecurity and as healthcare costs skyrocket, the administration permits credit-reporting agencies to put medical debt back onto people’s credit scores even if state laws say they can’t.
This is happening as higher costs, economic uncertainty, and increased use of AI mean hiring is slow and jobs are disappearing across the economy. Lindsay Ellis, Owen Tucker-Smith, and Allison Pohle of the Wall Street Journal reported last night on layoffs at Amazon, UPS, Target, Rivian, Molson Coors, Booz Allen Hamilton, and General Motors that together mean the loss of tens of thousands of white-collar jobs.
The Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill of July, the law they call the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” cut more than $1 trillion from Medicaid and made dramatic changes to SNAP, including cuts of $187 billion from SNAP over ten years. Crucially, the Republicans designed those cuts to go into effect after the 2026 midterm elections.
But their refusal to extend the premium tax credits and end the government shutdown has given Americans an early taste of what those changes will mean. …
We are probably about to learn that our devout Christians on the Supreme Court don't get a rats about whether Americans eat much less get to have a say in how their tax money and tariffs are spent.
On the campaign trail last year, then candidate Donald Trump repeatedly vowed to “bring prices down” and “end inflation” starting “on day one” of his presidency.
Trump went on to trounce then-Vice President Kamala Harris among voters who said the economy was their top issue, winning back the White House as a result.
But one year later, a new Yahoo/YouGov poll shows that 60% of Americans now disapprove of how Trump is handling the economy.
"MAGA idiots have been trained that it's 'us vs. them'. Fully Duped took the bait 100%. Everything Dems EVER did or will do is supposedly bad."
This is a classic authoritarian divide-and-conquer strategy. FD1000 is fully indoctrinated into the MAGA world. It seems like FD1000 doesn't even realize he is but a mere pawn in this treacherous scheme. I believe that like-minded MAGA idiots are largely responsible for the current state of affairs.
Just look at exactly who wants over 100 million Americans to go hungry. Dems are having to sue to get people fed!
How exactly is making Americans go hungry, Making America Great Again?
These people have full control of Congress, WH & SCOTUS for almost a year now. No excuses. They have managed, by the 3rd quarter 2025, to have added more debt and outspent all of 2024. While claiming to "cut costs" by firing hundreds of thousands of people. Many of whom will simply settle into the wrong side of the Labor Participation Rate.
A complete failure of an administration and political movement.
I suspect that 60% disapproval rating is going to go higher as tariff-induced inflation continues to destroy buying power. 3% plus inflation is a 10% loss of purchasing power in only 3 years. With FED tightening, we might now be well under 2% without tariffs. A far different situation.
People are going to be feeling this more and more.
The red carpet is rolling out for Trump across the world — and there’s a reason. It’s about respect and a desire to do business with America again.
You are misinterpreting events once again! President Trump is emotionally insecure and he reacts favorably to pomp and circumstance and fawning praise. Foreign leaders are taking advantage of Trump's weakness.
Nailed it! Is it possible that he really believes his own BS? Or simply lies fluently?
Speaking of pomp and circumstance - his birthday military parade! What sort of individual even thinks that setting up something like that, in his own honor, doesn't make him look weak?
And what sort of leader uses the citizens money to "gild" the entire WH? And thinks it doesn't look gaudy?
The eyelined VP, getting a little confused on shutdown/SNAP talking points, per NYT:
“The American people are already suffering, and the suffering is going to get a lot worse,” Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday, insisting that Mr. Trump had “tried to do everything” in his power to make the shutdown as “unpainless as possible.”
Donald Trump's Key Achievements (October 24–31, 2025)
Brokered the Kuala Lumpur Peace Accords: Trump facilitated a multilateral agreement in Malaysia aimed at resolving regional tensions in Southeast Asia, marking a significant step toward stability in the region. This builds on his ongoing efforts to end conflicts globally. Japan: President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday signed a framework agreement for securing the supply of critical minerals and rare earths. President Trump and Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi are developing a trade framework involving $550 billion of Japanese investment in the U.S. Signed Historic Trade Deals with Malaysia and Cambodia: These agreements expand U.S. market access, boost exports of American agricultural and manufactured goods, and include commitments to counter Chinese economic influence. Inked Reciprocal Trade Frameworks with Thailand and Vietnam: New bilateral pacts ensure fairer trade terms, reducing U.S. trade deficits and protecting American workers from unfair competition. Secured Critical Minerals Deal with Thailand: This pact guarantees U.S. access to rare earth elements essential for technology and defense manufacturing, enhancing supply chain security. Met with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung: South Korea commits $350 billion in US investments over the next decade, focused on infrastructure, manufacturing, energy, and shipbuilding. Of this, $200 billion will be in cash installments (capped at $20 billion annually to stabilize forex markets), funded via foreign asset income (e.g., dividends and interest). The remaining $150 billion includes guarantees, direct investments by Korean firms, and ship financing. Trump will select priority projects. Engaged with Chinese President Xi Jinping: Previewed a framework for a broader trade agreement, including China's commitments to delay rare earth export controls, increase U.S. soybean purchases, and crack down on fentanyl exports. In return, potential U.S. concessions include tariff reductions on Chinese imports, a TikTok ownership resolution, and eased semiconductor export controls.
Domestic and Economic Actions
Issued Executive Order on Regulatory Relief for Mineral Security (October 24): Signed "Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources to Promote American Mineral Security," easing environmental regulations on mining operations to accelerate domestic production of critical minerals like lithium and cobalt. This supports U.S. energy independence and reduces reliance on foreign suppliers. Ongoing Border and Economic Impacts: Continued enforcement policies contributed to a sustained 96% drop in illegal border crossings (from peaks in prior years) and record job growth (+671,000 jobs since January), with core inflation at its lowest since 2017. These trends were highlighted in weekly updates.
Turning Point USA had an explosion of new chapters and sign-ups around the country. DEI is dying.
Why has Trump been doing great? Let's see how many TDS posts and how much foul language the above will generate.
Trump announced that breathing air is good for you. So who’s against it now?
Look at the guy who came here from another country to take a "real" American's job, spouting "paste and copy" talking points. Unaware (or maybe not) that his own wife and any female relatives fall under the "DEI" umbrella. And pretending that people "like him" cannot be untalented or simply lousy employees. They can. They are. He use to brag on M* that he was at work while posting all day on the forums. A complete waste of a hired position.
And he seems utterly unaware that looking for vulnerable populations to demonize was exactly how the Nazis exterminated millions of his "kind". Zero comprehension of how the worst of humanity seeks to eliminate anyone that they deem different. That he is personally supporting that very initiative.
So we get a list of spurious "accomplishments" that are utterly meaningless, like wildly exaggerated bullet points on a BS resume. Even if a single point had merit it would not begin to reverse attempting to halt food subsidies for 42 MILLION citizens.Trying to starve people, while he stuffs his bloated carcass with cheeseburgers! And trying to portray a massive import tax as "winning"!
A disgusting human, supported by disgusting humans. Basically, less than average people, believing that they are special.
Let's see how many TDS posts and how much foul language the above will generate.
Not from me.
@FD1000, I was so impressed by your eight point manifesto on another site about why you shower when you do, that I just had to repost it here. FD, thank you for another one of your quality posts.
In our case, we always showered at night.
After running all day, you can’t help but sweat—even in the cold. It just makes sense to go to bed clean rather than dirty your sheets.
I always slept better after a nighttime shower.
When working, I could take my time and enjoy a proper shower instead of rushing through it.
As an IT developer, I learned to stop forcing problems I couldn’t solve in 15–30 minutes. Most of my best solutions came to me in the shower within a couple of minutes.
Mornings were simple—I could be ready for work in just 20–30 minutes, leaving more time to sleep. I never had trouble waking up after washing my face and shaving.
Most times after I sweat, I would take a shower after that and another before bed.
@FD1000, you will be well served if you listen to right-wing nut Tucker Carlson interview right wing nut and anti-Semite Nick Fuentes the other day. This is the same Nick Fuentes that right wing nut Donald Trump brought to Mar-a-Lago in 2022 for fine dining.
But apparently aspirational for the trailer trash and "uneducated" supporters that are seemingly unable to compete with illegals who barely speak English and have no education at all. People who will never show up for the jobs that these illegals leave behind.
What will these people do when they realize that their lives are worse, not better after sustained +3% inflation eats up their meager savings? After ACA is destroyed. After their Medicaid stops showing up in their accounts. Who will they blame when there is no more "DEI" or illegals" to blame their failures upon? They will find new excuses for certain, because personal responsibility is not possible for them.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/cnn-data-guru-stunned-polls-184112485.html
Trump can make deals with almost anyone in the world — except the extreme left.
Schumer has completely lost it.
As usual, the last few posts have DDD: dismissed, denied, and downplayed what’s happening in the US and around the world. Trump has signed over $20 trillion in deals and helped broker more peace agreements globally — all in less than a year.
Scientists are still working on a cure for TDS.
Corruption:
Lately, it's like peeling back layers of an onion—except this one's rotten to the core. We're uncovering a mountain of evidence that the so-called "allegations" against Trump weren't just baseless; they were cooked up by a corrupt cabal in the FBI, CIA, and state-level Dem operatives. The party? It's veered hard into extreme-left territory, ditching pragmatic governance for radical stunts that tanked the border under Biden (while Obama, credit where due, kept things tighter). And now, the Biden autopen scandal? Most of those "signatures" on executive orders, pardons, and bills can't even be traced back to the man himself—staffers pulling strings in the shadows.
Biden DOJ's "Arctic Frost" probe the personal cell phones of eight Republican senators and one House GOP rep.
Did Biden get that treatment? Of course not. Would Kamala? Let’s be honest — that would be a joke.
"U.S. President Donald Trump receives mostly negative ratings in a new Pew Research Center survey of 24 nations. More than half in 19 of these countries say they lack confidence in Trump’s leadership of world affairs.
Majorities in most countries also express little or no confidence in Trump’s ability to handle specific issues, including immigration, the Russia-Ukraine war, U.S.-China relations, global economic problems, conflicts between Israel and its neighbors, and climate change"
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/06/11/us-image-declines-in-many-nations-amid-low-confidence-in-trump/
President Trump is emotionally insecure and he reacts
favorably to pomp and circumstance and fawning praise.
Foreign leaders are taking advantage of Trump's weakness.
Trump is taking advantage of sycophants like Fully Delusional1000%
//
Today is the twenty-ninth day of the government shutdown, and the House of Representatives is still on break as House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) continues to try to force the Senate to pass the House measure to fund the government without negotiating over the Democrats’ demand for the extension of the premium tax credit without which healthcare premiums will skyrocket.
Yesterday air traffic controllers received their first “zero” paycheck. For weeks, flights have been delayed across the country as air traffic controllers call in sick. Also across the country, states are bracing for food insecurity among the 42 million Americans who depend on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits when those payments don’t go out on time on November 1. The administration maintains it cannot distribute the $6 billion the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) holds in reserve to cover for November 1.
Meredith Lee Hill of Politico reported on Monday that even some Senate Republicans want to fund SNAP in a stand-alone bill, but yesterday House speaker Johnson dismissed Democrats’ attempts to pass stand-alone measures to fund federal workers and SNAP, calling them a waste of time. Also yesterday, governors and attorneys general from 25 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia sued the USDA and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, the Office of Management and Budget along with its director Russell Vought, and the United States itself over the government’s refusal to use the USDA’s reserves to fund SNAP.
The lawsuit argues that Congress has mandated SNAP payments and has made appropriations for them, including the $6 billion the USDA holds in reserve. Another USDA fund has more than $23 billion in it. The USDA took money from it earlier in the shutdown to fund another nutrition program, the Women, Infants & Children (WIC) program. The lawsuit notes that the USDA itself initially said it could use reserve funds; the decision saying it cannot is recent.
The lawsuit notes that the “USDA’s claim that the SNAP contingency funds cannot be used to fund SNAP benefits during an appropriation lapse is contrary to the plain text of the congressional appropriations law, which states that the reserves are for use ‘in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations’ under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.”
Today, ignoring Johnson’s insistence that he would not recall the House to debate stand-alone funding for SNAP and WIC, Democrats led by Senator Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico introduced a measure to fund both.
The loss of SNAP benefits will hit not only the 42 million Americans who depend on them but also the stores that accept Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards. At the same time, the cost of healthcare insurance premiums is soaring because of the expiration of the premium tax credits. Medical debt is central to throwing families into bankruptcy. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which under President Joe Biden tried to remove medical debt from credit reports, yesterday published a rule to make sure states cannot stop companies from including such debt on credit reports. The acting director of the CFPB is Russell Vought.
So, just as the government stops addressing food insecurity and as healthcare costs skyrocket, the administration permits credit-reporting agencies to put medical debt back onto people’s credit scores even if state laws say they can’t.
This is happening as higher costs, economic uncertainty, and increased use of AI mean hiring is slow and jobs are disappearing across the economy. Lindsay Ellis, Owen Tucker-Smith, and Allison Pohle of the Wall Street Journal reported last night on layoffs at Amazon, UPS, Target, Rivian, Molson Coors, Booz Allen Hamilton, and General Motors that together mean the loss of tens of thousands of white-collar jobs.
The Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill of July, the law they call the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” cut more than $1 trillion from Medicaid and made dramatic changes to SNAP, including cuts of $187 billion from SNAP over ten years. Crucially, the Republicans designed those cuts to go into effect after the 2026 midterm elections.
But their refusal to extend the premium tax credits and end the government shutdown has given Americans an early taste of what those changes will mean. …
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5580711-mark-warner-democrats-trump-administration-drug-boat-attacks/
Nice poll.
On the campaign trail last year, then candidate Donald Trump repeatedly vowed to “bring prices down” and “end inflation” starting “on day one” of his presidency.
Trump went on to trounce then-Vice President Kamala Harris among voters who said the economy was their top issue, winning back the White House as a result.
But one year later, a new Yahoo/YouGov poll shows that 60% of Americans now disapprove of how Trump is handling the economy.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/article/poll-60-of-americans-disapprove-of-how-trump-is-handling-the-economy--a-new-high-191434761.html
How exactly is making Americans go hungry, Making America Great Again?
These people have full control of Congress, WH & SCOTUS for almost a year now. No excuses. They have managed, by the 3rd quarter 2025, to have added more debt and outspent all of 2024. While claiming to "cut costs" by firing hundreds of thousands of people. Many of whom will simply settle into the wrong side of the Labor Participation Rate.
A complete failure of an administration and political movement.
People are going to be feeling this more and more.
Speaking of pomp and circumstance - his birthday military parade! What sort of individual even thinks that setting up something like that, in his own honor, doesn't make him look weak?
And what sort of leader uses the citizens money to "gild" the entire WH? And thinks it doesn't look gaudy?
to make the shutdown as “unpainless as possible.”
JD Vance speaks the truth for once!
Brokered the Kuala Lumpur Peace Accords: Trump facilitated a multilateral agreement in Malaysia aimed at resolving regional tensions in Southeast Asia, marking a significant step toward stability in the region. This builds on his ongoing efforts to end conflicts globally.
Japan: President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday signed a framework agreement for securing the supply of critical minerals and rare earths. President Trump and Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi are developing a trade framework involving $550 billion of Japanese investment in the U.S.
Signed Historic Trade Deals with Malaysia and Cambodia: These agreements expand U.S. market access, boost exports of American agricultural and manufactured goods, and include commitments to counter Chinese economic influence.
Inked Reciprocal Trade Frameworks with Thailand and Vietnam: New bilateral pacts ensure fairer trade terms, reducing U.S. trade deficits and protecting American workers from unfair competition.
Secured Critical Minerals Deal with Thailand: This pact guarantees U.S. access to rare earth elements essential for technology and defense manufacturing, enhancing supply chain security.
Met with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung: South Korea commits $350 billion in US investments over the next decade, focused on infrastructure, manufacturing, energy, and shipbuilding. Of this, $200 billion will be in cash installments (capped at $20 billion annually to stabilize forex markets), funded via foreign asset income (e.g., dividends and interest). The remaining $150 billion includes guarantees, direct investments by Korean firms, and ship financing. Trump will select priority projects.
Engaged with Chinese President Xi Jinping: Previewed a framework for a broader trade agreement, including China's commitments to delay rare earth export controls, increase U.S. soybean purchases, and crack down on fentanyl exports. In return, potential U.S. concessions include tariff reductions on Chinese imports, a TikTok ownership resolution, and eased semiconductor export controls.
Domestic and Economic Actions
Issued Executive Order on Regulatory Relief for Mineral Security (October 24): Signed "Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources to Promote American Mineral Security," easing environmental regulations on mining operations to accelerate domestic production of critical minerals like lithium and cobalt. This supports U.S. energy independence and reduces reliance on foreign suppliers.
Ongoing Border and Economic Impacts: Continued enforcement policies contributed to a sustained 96% drop in illegal border crossings (from peaks in prior years) and record job growth (+671,000 jobs since January), with core inflation at its lowest since 2017. These trends were highlighted in weekly updates.
Turning Point USA had an explosion of new chapters and sign-ups around the country. DEI is dying.
Why has Trump been doing great?
Let's see how many TDS posts and how much foul language the above will generate.
Trump announced that breathing air is good for you. So who’s against it now?
Mining and burning coal like there's no tomorrow, along with "drill baby drill" might not make for the cleanest air quality.
Plus the guy lies with every breath.
You trying to score a job with the "regime" with all this bum-kissing, Fully Delusional?
And he seems utterly unaware that looking for vulnerable populations to demonize was exactly how the Nazis exterminated millions of his "kind". Zero comprehension of how the worst of humanity seeks to eliminate anyone that they deem different. That he is personally supporting that very initiative.
So we get a list of spurious "accomplishments" that are utterly meaningless, like wildly exaggerated bullet points on a BS resume. Even if a single point had merit it would not begin to reverse attempting to halt food subsidies for 42 MILLION citizens. Trying to starve people, while he stuffs his bloated carcass with cheeseburgers! And trying to portray a massive import tax as "winning"!
A disgusting human, supported by disgusting humans. Basically, less than average people, believing that they are special.
@FD1000, I was so impressed by your eight point manifesto on another site about why you shower when you do, that I just had to repost it here. FD, thank you for another one of your quality posts.
"Nice" work so far.
What will these people do when they realize that their lives are worse, not better after sustained +3% inflation eats up their meager savings? After ACA is destroyed. After their Medicaid stops showing up in their accounts. Who will they blame when there is no more "DEI" or illegals" to blame their failures upon? They will find new excuses for certain, because personal responsibility is not possible for them.