Doogos
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Hello all! I just wanted to get a gauge on how people are feeling about Trump's second term. I'm okay with this being a long-term discussion about the (almost) daily actions taken by his administration and if you agree or not.
I guess I'll start with some of the more up-front actions that have been in motion for a while:
1. ICE - I agree that illegal immigrants should be removed form the US, but I don't agree with how it's being done. It seems like they're purposely escalating situations to either make content for the White House twitter page, which we have seen plenty of.
2. Ending of Birthright Citizenship - This I have a huge problem with, because if they remove this right, where does the claim of being a birthright citizen end? I haven't seen anything from the administration that described exactly what the end-game of this action looks like. Is it just the first generation birthright citizen? Or third generation? Or fifth? Will it matter?
3. Foreign Policy - I'm not sure why Trump is so adamant about trying to expand the United States. Just today there was something that came out that showed his plans for the US, which included having Canada, Greenland, and Venezuela as territories. While I know that many Venezuelans were happy about their leader being arrested, I'm sure they would like their independence. The people of Greenland don't seem to want to be part of the United States, and Canada doesn't seem very excited about it either. All this on top of Trump demolishing the East wing of the White House and building a new nuclear bunker to replace the one made many years ago. It just seems like he's pushing for war instead of peace.
4. Tariffs - These have caused many goods and raw materials to go up in price. Things are not getting cheaper, they're getting more expensive. I work at a place that used to import a lot of steel, but we had to lay off a good portion of the company because it just wasn't profitable to continue making our products with the tariff margins. We had to forgo our annual raises because of this as well, which many of us are not happy about, even the ones who primarily support Trump and his administration.
5. Self-enrichment - It's becoming fairly apparent that criminals are getting pardons if they bend the knee to the president and potentially promise a huge donation to his administration. He was given a luxury Boeing 747 from Qatar which was not a gift to the United States, it was a gift to Trump that would eventually go into his presidential library for his own personal use.
There have been a few things that I agree with Trump on, I heard he recently signed something that was to discourage companies from buying single family homes, and I do agree that illegal immigrants should be removed from the US, although it's being done poorly.
I'm interested in what people have to say about any of these topics or others. I'm always looking forward to hearing other opinions.
I guess I'll start with some of the more up-front actions that have been in motion for a while:
1. ICE - I agree that illegal immigrants should be removed form the US, but I don't agree with how it's being done. It seems like they're purposely escalating situations to either make content for the White House twitter page, which we have seen plenty of.
2. Ending of Birthright Citizenship - This I have a huge problem with, because if they remove this right, where does the claim of being a birthright citizen end? I haven't seen anything from the administration that described exactly what the end-game of this action looks like. Is it just the first generation birthright citizen? Or third generation? Or fifth? Will it matter?
3. Foreign Policy - I'm not sure why Trump is so adamant about trying to expand the United States. Just today there was something that came out that showed his plans for the US, which included having Canada, Greenland, and Venezuela as territories. While I know that many Venezuelans were happy about their leader being arrested, I'm sure they would like their independence. The people of Greenland don't seem to want to be part of the United States, and Canada doesn't seem very excited about it either. All this on top of Trump demolishing the East wing of the White House and building a new nuclear bunker to replace the one made many years ago. It just seems like he's pushing for war instead of peace.
4. Tariffs - These have caused many goods and raw materials to go up in price. Things are not getting cheaper, they're getting more expensive. I work at a place that used to import a lot of steel, but we had to lay off a good portion of the company because it just wasn't profitable to continue making our products with the tariff margins. We had to forgo our annual raises because of this as well, which many of us are not happy about, even the ones who primarily support Trump and his administration.
5. Self-enrichment - It's becoming fairly apparent that criminals are getting pardons if they bend the knee to the president and potentially promise a huge donation to his administration. He was given a luxury Boeing 747 from Qatar which was not a gift to the United States, it was a gift to Trump that would eventually go into his presidential library for his own personal use.
There have been a few things that I agree with Trump on, I heard he recently signed something that was to discourage companies from buying single family homes, and I do agree that illegal immigrants should be removed from the US, although it's being done poorly.
I'm interested in what people have to say about any of these topics or others. I'm always looking forward to hearing other opinions.
