Trump Effect

[Reagan]

17 minutes ago, DCT said:

TACO just like he did North Korea.  They are now a nuclear power.  Iran controls the strait and we are in a forever war. Iran has stated, and they will not give up there chemicals and they have the support of Russia and China.

Man -- you gonna have to explain this one!

[Porter]

14 minutes ago, Reagan said:

Man -- you gonna have to explain this one!

I believe Irans leadership told Trump he can go pound sand and that our military will end up at the bottom of their waters. 

[baddog]

18 minutes ago, Reagan said:

Man -- you gonna have to explain this one!

Some people can’t see the highlights.

[Reagan]

26 minutes ago, Porter said:

I believe Irans leadership told Trump he can go pound sand and that our military will end up at the bottom of their waters. 

The bold part, my friend!

[DCT]

3 hours ago, Reagan said:

Man -- you gonna have to explain this one!

🌊🌊🌊

[DCT]

3 hours ago, Reagan said:

Man -- you gonna have to explain this one!

Yea, North Korea supports them also.

[DCT]

3 hours ago, baddog said:

North Korea has been a nuclear weapons power for quite a while now.

Not too long after Trump was calling him rocket man.

[DCT]

10 hours ago, thetragichippy said:

Really......?

Why are you concerned about Israel first? I could care less what their markets are doing. 

S&P 500 heads for it's best monthly gain in 5 years....

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As of late April 2026, the NASDAQ Composite (^IXIC) has been trading near its 52-week highs, closing around 24,673.24 as of April 29, 2026, after experiencing strong performance over the past year.

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Just 34% approve.

[thetragichippy]

4 hours ago, DCT said:

TACO just like he did North Korea.  They are now a nuclear power.  Iran controls the strait and we are in a forever war. Iran has stated, and they will not give up there chemicals and they have the support of Russia and China.

Trump had nothing to do with NK and nuclear weapons….they got it built under clintons 2 terms and tested it underground during Bush’s term….. 

[thetragichippy]

4 hours ago, baddog said:

Totally agree. Hippy, should that happen, would it be WWXII?

It could be bad

[baddog]

11 minutes ago, thetragichippy said:

It could be bad

That wasn’t a typo……WW 12. Lol

[Porter]

38 minutes ago, baddog said:

That wasn’t a typo……WW 12. Lol

Welcome back Bruh! 

[DCT]

9 hours ago, thetragichippy said:

Trump had nothing to do with NK and nuclear weapons….they got it built under clintons 2 terms and tested it underground during Bush’s term….. 

What about the 34% approval?

[OlDawg]

18 hours ago, TheMissingBand said:

All stocks are making huge gains as they recover from Trump’s “Liberation Day” abortion of a tariff program and start of Operation Epstein’s Fury. 
 

Insurance is up because the costs that they pay to repair or replace products has risen tremendously.  Utility cost increases also fall squarely on the Trump administration for disrupting global supply chains with the Operation in Iran. Property taxes are decreased for homeowners in Texas, not increased.  That part is just not true. 

I won’t get into the Trump partisan issues. I’ll leave those to the two sides. But, stocks rise and fall due to many more reasons than tariffs. Insurance costs are also affected by multiple things. If you wanted to find a common denominator, the common denominator would be labor costs. That would cover all forms of insurance—medical included.

Property taxes did not decrease in Texas. Voters approved a larger exemption amount for some. Big difference. If property taxes were actually decreased, people could possibly negotiate a lower rate for home/flood insurance due to a decreased value, and save more money—or, at least, minimize increases. That isn’t the case.

Facts matter.

[Porter]

Yep

 

[Porter]

The Golden Era is Here!

U.S. national debt surpasses size of the entire United States GDP for first time since World War II. 

 

[OlDawg]

33 minutes ago, Porter said:

The Golden Era is Here!

U.S. national debt surpasses size of the entire United States GDP for first time since World War II. 

 

Makes one wonder where we’d be if we were still on the gold standard. Really interesting article for those interested in the history of our fiscal policy, and some of how we got to this point.

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[thetragichippy]

3 hours ago, DCT said:

What about the 34% approval?

Has Trump ever been over 50% approval in anything other than immigration? 

34% and he is gaining black and minority support.... 

Do I need to remind you Trump won in 2024 (including popular vote) against all odds and everything that was thrown at him. 

If you base anything off his approval rating, you're likely going to be disappointed. 

I have no idea what is going to happen at mid-terms or 2028, but what I do know is Democrats have no message, no leader, and their approval rating (if we want to go by that) is lower than Trumps......

[TheMissingBand]

2 hours ago, OlDawg said:

 

Property taxes did not decrease in Texas. Voters approved a larger exemption amount for some. Big difference. If property taxes were actually decreased, people could possibly negotiate a lower rate for home/flood insurance due to a decreased value, and save more money—or, at least, minimize increases. That isn’t the case.

Facts matter.

You stated that the crunch families are feeling is due to increased increases in taxes, utilities, and insurance, not the cost of gas or groceries. 
 

To which I pointed out that you’re mistaken… the fact is that property taxes for homeowners have gone down. People aren’t upset about their taxes going up when they’ve actually gone down. 
 

Homeowners get excited every spring when they get a notice of appraised value that shows an increase in their taxable value without reconciling that with the fact that their taxes have actually decreased.  
 

But you’re right… facts do matter. 
 

 

[TheMissingBand]

3 minutes ago, thetragichippy said:

Has Trump ever been over 50% approval in anything other than immigration? 

34% and he is gaining black and minority support.... 

Do I need to remind you Trump won in 2024 (including popular vote) against all odds and everything that was thrown at him. 

If you base anything off his approval rating, you're likely going to be disappointed. 

I have no idea what is going to happen at mid-terms or 2028, but what I do know is Democrats have no message, no leader, and their approval rating (if we want to go by that) is lower than Trumps......

Dude. It’s not hard to gain support when you didn’t have any to start with. 
 

Statistics say whatever you want them to.  Thats the delusional part of MAGA. The only reason Trump got elected is becuse the Dems hand-selected Kamala to be their candidate in 2024 when she was polling at 1% among democrats before she dropped out in 2020.  There is no “MAGA Mandate” for anything.  Mist people still hate Trump. They just hated Kamala more.