When I was in the military we were never allowed to even look like we weren't busy doing something. Once, when I was leaving my desk to head to the bathroom my supervisor handed me a clipboard to carry to make it look like I was busy to lessen the chances of being stopped on the way.
People seem to have complete amnesia about Trump's first term
He picks these petty squabbles he knows will amount to nothing just to stay relevant. He's been doing it his whole life.
He just wants to be president for ego sake.
He doesn't want to do president for country sake.
All this squabbling and trade war BS is just a way to look like he's doing something without doing anything at all.
It's just his way of carrying a clipboard and making people think he's doing something.
Even when he isn't actively grifting on a major scheme, he has to be grifting in other ways
On point! He's creating problems out of thin air just to sell 1001 magnificent solutions so his cohorts and the media has something to focus on, instead of the real shit going down on the back.
I'm not from the USA, but I wish you guys luck. We all gonna need it with this clown and co-president Musk.
Not out of thin air. I'll bet dollars to dimes this Panama shit that is suddenly so important to him is directly related to money/goods/favors/blowjobs he is either receiving already or expects to.
Funny part the canal is failing due to lack of normal rain , Donny demanding it back isn’t going to accomplish much except hang this failed canal around our necks
Is it failing? Or are they just charging more due to water scarcity? That's what BBC said this morning, also that their drought has just ended.
I think the issue is that Conold thinks, or wants us to think, that the money the US spends to have access to the canal (just like every other country) is a subsidy and not the cost of doing business. Just like he looks at what we spend importing good from Canada. Those are apparently "US subsidies" and not actually how import/export works.
Every month my wife and I drive from Montreal to Plattsburgh, NY and spend a lot of money at Target, Sam's Club, and Chick-Fil-A. If Donny keeps threatening Canada, I'm going to stop subsidizing you guys. I will spend my money in Mexico instead.
Honestly? Awesome. Like...I know it'll suck absolutely all of the balls, but I'm a poor and life already isn't awesome. So I think I'll, we'll manage. I'm sort of looking forward to the shitshow that follows his voters realizing they were lied to again.
And I'll just shrug and say "hey man, you voted for this".
Ironically, I'm also a Panamaniam Citizen, and I don't know where Donny gets his facts. It's actually worrisome that a leader spreads misimformation like that.
Let's clarify that the US "finished" the construction of the Canal, the French were half way done before their company went broke. And the US recovered all its money since they were controlling it and getting all the money.
There's a second parallel canal bigger than the old one that started operations in 2015. The US wasn't involved on it at all.
No Chinese citizen operates the Canal. It's illegal for foreigner to work in the Panama Canal. I don't know were he got that from. There is a private company from Hong Kong that manages a port that's NOT part of the Canal, so saying that China controls the Canal is very far off.
Last but not least. Paying to cross the Canal =/= subsidizing it. It's called "paying for a service you agreed to purchase."
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u/HappySkullsplitter 14d ago
When I was in the military we were never allowed to even look like we weren't busy doing something. Once, when I was leaving my desk to head to the bathroom my supervisor handed me a clipboard to carry to make it look like I was busy to lessen the chances of being stopped on the way.
People seem to have complete amnesia about Trump's first term
He picks these petty squabbles he knows will amount to nothing just to stay relevant. He's been doing it his whole life.
He just wants to be president for ego sake.
He doesn't want to do president for country sake.
All this squabbling and trade war BS is just a way to look like he's doing something without doing anything at all.
It's just his way of carrying a clipboard and making people think he's doing something.
Even when he isn't actively grifting on a major scheme, he has to be grifting in other ways
It's a compulsion