Trump Administration Updates

[dpic73]

• The X post exaggerates a US trade deficit drop to $29.4 billion in October 2025 as a $100+ billion crash from $136 billion in one month, but BEA data shows it fell from a revised $48.1 billion in September, marking the lowest level since June 2009 amid Trump's tariffs.
• Attached CNBC video shows an anchor discussing falling initial jobless claims to 208k and productivity trends, not trade data, indicating the clip does not support the post's claim of stunned anchors reacting to deficit numbers.
• Economists attribute the October narrowing mainly to temporary swings in gold, pharmaceuticals, and imports, while noting the year-to-date deficit rose 7.7% and later figures like June 2026's $73.3 billion reflect ongoing monthly volatility rather than a sustained "Reagan-level" shift.

https://x.com/i/grok/share/3f9718293d774a8bbd67920f4a3fe54d

 

[TigerGrowls]

• The X post exaggerates a US trade deficit drop to $29.4 billion in October 2025 as a $100+ billion crash from $136 billion in one month, but BEA data shows it fell from a revised $48.1 billion in September, marking the lowest level since June 2009 amid Trump's tariffs.
• Attached CNBC video shows an anchor discussing falling initial jobless claims to 208k and productivity trends, not trade data, indicating the clip does not support the post's claim of stunned anchors reacting to deficit numbers.
• Economists attribute the October narrowing mainly to temporary swings in gold, pharmaceuticals, and imports, while noting the year-to-date deficit rose 7.7% and later figures like June 2026's $73.3 billion reflect ongoing monthly volatility rather than a sustained "Reagan-level" shift.

https://x.com/i/grok/share/3f9718293d774a8bbd67920f4a3fe54d

Lib excuses.

 

[dpic73]

Lib excuses.

Not only was it a lie, it was a lie from last year. Damn Gomer, do you ever vet anything at all?

Gomer see tweet, Gomer post tweet.

 

[TigerGrowls]

Not only was it a lie, it was a lie from last year. Damn Gomer, do you ever vet anything at all?

Gomer see tweet, Gomer post tweet.

Curly was talented.

 

[baltimorened]

I would have to spend an hour writing a treatise to respond to all these questions and I'm not interested in investing that much time right now but if tens of millions of Americans are unable to pay for or obtain health insurance, then we have a problem that only the government can fix. A government of the people would try to find a solution to that problem, a selfish, incompetent government would not. Only one side is interested in making things better for those that can't afford healthcare coverage, the other side is only interested in hoarding wealth for themselves. I'll let you figure out who's who.

didn't we pass something called the affordable care act?

Look, I'm not some heartless soul who wants people to die or go bankrupt because of an illness. And I'm all for the Medicaid program for those that truly can't afford medical coverage, and we all know that there are some in that category.

But you make it sound as if the government is the solution to the problem. If that were the case, wouldn't the affordable care act have solved it? yea, I know, republicans "dismantled" it....

Like I said yesterday, you have a tendency to look through "blue colored glasses" on your resolution of issues. Only one party seems to be interested in caring for the people....but I don't think that's an accurate statement. Both parties have had the opportunity to fix the problems and haven't....and I'm not giving you a "but" anybody, but you're telling me that "but" for trump and republicans we'd all be in healthcare utopia. It's not that simple.

Sometimes I think you overlook, or forget the baseline goal for the ACA - provide affordable healthcare for 41 million uninsured Americans. Are you suggesting that before 2017 when Trump became president all 41 million had health insurance....why not? All 41 million uninsured had 6 years to sign up prior to "Darth Vader" becoming president.....

So, I'm all for fixing healthcare that we fixed in 2010.....we tried the "one party" plan in 2010, and we're complaining that healthcare is broken?? I have posted before that republicans "sh*t the bed" by not participating in developing the ACA, and they're not being extremely helpful now, but healthcare problems are not all on them.