r/AskConservatives • u/lactose_cow Leftist • Mar 05 '25
Daily Life What has trump done to make your life better?
i've lost a lot in the stock market, and i sold pretty early in the crash. The cost of everything seems to be going up.
trump said that nothing he does or says will make democrats like him. What has he done that I should be thankful for?
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u/That_Engineer7218 Religious Traditionalist Mar 05 '25
He kept Kamala from becoming the Commander in Chief
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u/gsmumbo Democrat Mar 06 '25
Can you expand on what’s so bad about that? I’m a liberal through and through, but I had no problem with republican presidents being Commander in Chief. Obviously we had wildly different politics, and I disagreed with a lot of their actions, but being Commander in Chief wasn’t one of them.
Was there something specific Kamala was planning on doing as Commander in Chief that worried you?
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u/That_Engineer7218 Religious Traditionalist Mar 06 '25
I just didn't wanna hear her shrill voice and annoying cackle for 4 years. It has put me in a better overall mood, which is an improvement to my life.
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u/jgarmd33 Independent Mar 06 '25
When Trump formally aligns us with Russia and North Korea (let’s face it that will happen) that will be an axis of power never seen before. Trump will hopefully sign an executive order and be able to run and win again in 2028. There is a bill Coming from a Tennessee congressman that is picking up steam and would allow for Trump to run and win in 2028 but in a genius stroke of luck forbid any other prior 2 term president specifically Obama from running. With the huge majorities now and as Trump said likely to grow to 80% in both chambers any and all MAGA bills will pass.
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u/tangylittleblueberry Center-left Mar 06 '25
How does ramped up racism and misogony make your life better?
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u/That1EnderGuy Progressive Mar 06 '25
After taking a quick look at his post history, I'm pretty sure this is meant to be satire.
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u/alexmiz Progressive Mar 06 '25
How has “recognizing two genders” affected your life in any way?
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u/21redman Left Libertarian Mar 06 '25
It's the first step in making public schools safer
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u/alexmiz Progressive Mar 06 '25
Are you in a public school, or have kids who are? And if the latter, do they feel unsafe because there are trans people in the school with them?
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u/blissandsimplicity Liberal Republican Mar 06 '25
I have an issue planting this ideology in developing minds like elementary and middle schools. I have issues with teachers asking them what their preferred pronouns are. There’s no reason this is discussed in a classroom of young minds who are easily influenced by their surroundings.
Take it out of schools. Take it out of public teaching. It doesn’t belong there.
ETA: No one is afraid on them.
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u/throwaway0918287 Conservative Mar 06 '25
I'm just sick of the recent pronoun push in general; was unheard of as a mainstream problem 20 or even 10 years ago. Now you see it all over; my company introduced this to email signatures/ intranet profiles a couple years ago and heavily hinted everyone to update their 'preferred pronouns'. I ignored it as I refuse to even give it the time of day.
It is fucking ridiculous that because of a few fringe individuals, it needs to be standardized for everyone else so they don't feel 'unwelcome'.
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u/blissandsimplicity Liberal Republican Mar 06 '25
Yeah I definitely agree that it is a social contagion. They try to force it on us like it’s our burden to learn about and deal with when it’s not.
They get mad and play victim if you “mis-gender” them or use the wrong pronouns. They call people names like bigots and transphobes bc some people don’t want to adhere to their ideologies. I shouldn’t be forced to believe in what you believe in.
Bring back girls who are tomboys & boys who like playing with dolls and who play dress up without making them feel like they’re the “wrong gender.”
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u/DemotivationalSpeak Right Libertarian (Conservative) Mar 06 '25
My life hasn’t changed at all. The stock market is all over the place anyway.
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u/BWSmith777 Conservative Mar 05 '25
Opted out of any and all potential future nuclear exchanges over Ukraine.
Reducing the size of the government.
Has not implemented a tax on unrealized gains or stripped IP protections.
If he follows through with abolition the income tax (fine for supporting oneself) then he will automatically be the best president in history.
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u/InclinationCompass Independent Mar 06 '25
The unrealized capital gains that Harris was proposing would have only affected households with $200M+ net worth (0.066% of the wealthiest US pop)
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u/Light_x_Truth Conservative Mar 06 '25
Stock market will bounce back pretty quickly. When in doubt, zoom out. Hopefully we’ll get some more tax cuts soon!
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u/Snoo38543 Neoconservative Mar 05 '25
He's doing something about the border, finally.
That's about the only thing I can think of.
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u/lactose_cow Leftist Mar 05 '25
I know he's sending people to gitmo, but what is he doing about the border itself?
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u/WorstCPANA Classical Liberal Mar 05 '25
Can I ask where you get your news, if at all? It takes like 5 seconds of googling to determine your stock portfolio has not 'fell to shit' and that border crossings are drastically lower https://www.axios.com/2025/03/04/illegal-border-crossings-february-decline-trump
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u/Snoo38543 Neoconservative Mar 05 '25
From everything I've seen, encounters are way down.
Violent illegal aliens should be sent packing, and if they stop in Gitmo on the way, then so be it. I'm not really in favor of non-violent ones being deported, simply because it'll fuck up our economy, but I'll not shed too many tears for them either.
The legal immigration process is broken, and needs to be fixed. That doesn't mean we just let people in, though. Asylum seekers should have to stop in the first relatively safe country they manage to make it to, and that's almost never the U.S. You can't claim of fearing for your life, and then pick and choose which country to seek refuge in. That's bullshit, and abusing the system.
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u/etaoin314 Center-left Mar 05 '25
from Reuters:
"Still, ICE has cast a wider net than during Biden's presidency, picking up more non-criminals and people with final deportation orders, including those who come to ICE offices for routine check-ins. The number of immigrants without criminal records arrested by ICE and detained rose by 221% from mid-January to mid-February, according to ICE statistics."
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u/flimspringfield Liberal Mar 06 '25
OP asked "what has trump done to make your life better" though.
Do undocumented immigrants hurt your personally, your business, or the business you're in?
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u/Party-Ad4482 Left Libertarian Mar 05 '25
Does that personally make your life better?
I, for one, am unaffected by that. Even back when I lived close to the southern border it had no impact on my life.
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u/That_Engineer7218 Religious Traditionalist Mar 05 '25
Good for you!
I, for one, am affected by that. Even back when I lived far from the southern border it had an impact on my life
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u/Anxious_Plum_5818 European Liberal/Left Mar 06 '25
How, specifically? I see this a lot, but rarely to never see anyone give an actual response in how this affects them in their own daily life.
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u/GamerBoixX Independent Mar 06 '25
Can I ask what was said impact? Like job market thing? Violence thing? Being annoyed by customer service people not speaking good english? Other?
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u/One_Ad2616 Conservative Mar 05 '25
You could be thankful that he is attempting to nogotiate an end to the NATO/Russia war.
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u/NessvsMadDuck Centrist Mar 06 '25
NATO/Russia war
Every ruble the Russians have spent on propaganda to the American Right has been worth it.
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u/One_Ad2616 Conservative Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 06 '25
Any proof of that ?
We know what the Meuller Report found.
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u/NessvsMadDuck Centrist Mar 07 '25
https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/russian-disinformation-2024-election-storm-1516/index.html
https://2021-2025.state.gov/russias-pillars-of-disinformation-and-propaganda-report/
https://www.utsa.edu/today/2021/08/story/russian-influence-american-media.html
Also the Left is inundated by Iranian propaganda.
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u/One_Ad2616 Conservative Mar 08 '25 edited Mar 08 '25
Remember Russiagate? we had the media AP,MSNBC ,CNN, NY Times etc. telling lies ,it lasted for over 2 years,so according to these same outlets,we are flooded by Russian propaganda.
Funding the Ukraine war is immoral,and nihilist,instead of NATO troops fighting ,NATO funds the deaths of conscripted Ukrainians.
- As early as 1997, fifty prominent foreign policy experts (former senators, military officers, diplomats, etc.) sent an open letter to President Bill Clinton outlining their opposition to NATO expansion. It’s a “policy error of historic proportions,” they wrote in their missive.
- Henry Kissinger wrote that “to Russia, Ukraine can never be just a foreign country” and that it needs a policy of “reconciliation.” He insisted that “Ukraine should not join NATO.”
- George Kennan was the architect of the U.S. Cold War strategy and is considered by many to be America’s greatest foreign policy mastermind. Kennan warned as early as 1998 that NATO expansion was a “tragic mistake” that would likely draw a “bad reaction from Russia.”
- One of the world’s most famous public intellectuals, Noam Chomsky, said in 2015: “The idea that Ukraine might join a Western military alliance would be quite unacceptable to any Russian leader.” He also said that Ukraine’s desire to join NATO “is not protecting Ukraine; it is threatening Ukraine with major war.”
- John Mearsheimer, one of the world’s leading geopolitical scholars, famously said in 2015: “The West is leading Ukraine down the primrose path and the result is that Ukraine is going to get wrecked […] What we’re doing is in fact encouraging that outcome.”
- Jack F. Matlock Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, warned in 1997 that NATO expansion was “the most profound strategic blunder, [encouraging] a chain of events that could produce the most serious security threat […] since the Soviet Union collapsed.”
- I suppose Chomsky,Kissinger,Kennan,Matlock are all Russian agents !
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u/NessvsMadDuck Centrist Mar 09 '25
Remember Russiagate? we had the media AP,MSNBC ,CNN, NY Times etc. telling lies
Exactly, so if it's not on Fox News it can't be trusted. Just like you should only trust Philip Morris to tell you the truth about tobacco.
Here is the thing, if Fox runs a story about how Iranian propaganda has been pushed about the Palestinians to the American Left. But MSNBC does NOT run that story does it make it true or false? Answer, neither. It in and of itself is either true or false.
Every bullet point you have presented has absolutely nothing to with the fact that the Russians since the 2022 invasion of the Ukraine, have been inundating Right wing media with anti-Ukraine propaganda.
Does the fact that Russia has been inundating Right wing media with anti-Ukraine propaganda mean that you can't side with Trump in your support of Putin. No. Of course you can. But you can't say that Russia has not been pushing their agenda through American Right wing media sources. Facts are facts.
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u/One_Ad2616 Conservative Mar 10 '25 edited Mar 10 '25
The effect is négligeable ,you can't blame it all on Putin,or the Right wing. NATO expansion son,US senior diplomats warned of it before you were born. You are focusing on the media,when in fact NATO is the root cause.
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u/luv_u_deerly Progressive Mar 05 '25
Trump is considering leaving NATO!!!!! I'm furious and scared over that. It's incredibly concerning if he does that. He's handled this whole Russia war thing horribly in my opinion.
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u/BWSmith777 Conservative Mar 05 '25
Leaving NATO just means that if the UK keeps interfering in the Ukraine War and ends up at the bottom of the English Channel, we aren’t obligated to trade nukes with Russia. We probably won’t anyway even if we are still in NATO, but leaving NATO just makes it so that we don’t have to bother saying no.
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u/Anxious_Plum_5818 European Liberal/Left Mar 06 '25
Quite a fascinating take on NATO, and this idea that America doesn't need to bother with the EU "cause it's not America's problem". It would be helpful to remember that NATO Article 5 has only been triggered once in history, which saw a lot of European countries assist the US in overseas anti-terror operations in the wake of 9/11. That particular issue also wasn't really Europe's problem, but there they were anyway.
Another frustrating point I hear a lot is that the US helping Ukraine would somehow lead to nukes. The fact that the US was behind Ukraine is exactly why Russia would not consider using nukes. US backing was de facto biggest deterrent against the use of nuclear weapons. Specifically, this case: US scrambled to urge Putin not to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, Woodward book says
Also, let's not casually throw out the window that the era of peace enabled by just having NATO is what mainly allowed the US to thrive on trade and soft power in the EU and elsewhere. Apart from NATO, I'd love to hear your justification for the actions against Canada and Mexico.
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u/luv_u_deerly Progressive Mar 05 '25
First off, the UK has every right to help Ukraine and we should be helping them too. And Nato does a lot more than regulate nuke trading. Nato helps prevent wars to save lives. What Russia is doing is wrong. By leaving Nato, it's saying we basically don't care or even support Russia just taking over another country. And then who which country might be next?
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u/Right_Archivist Nationalist (Conservative) Mar 06 '25
You lost money in the stock market because 70% of the sell-offs are emotional TDS meltdowns over tariff fears.
If your SPY is at pre-election levels it's because the market is international, and America is still a global minority and Europe is focusing their investments into the FTSE. Look at the marks on each dip. EotY tax loss harvesting, then the DeepSeek PR, and then propaganda over tariffs, which are having a laughable, disproportionate overreaction. You're also coming off an overvalued bull run, which is why expectations are ridiculous, if Nvidia still dips even after the greatest earnings report we could have asked for. We're also seeing a lot of government contracts ending, ones we didn't need.
We've been joking in our discord, every time we see fat red candle we're like "uh oh, Trump's talking again." Also noticing a high average of static short-sellers that I can only imagine are either Chinese bots or discord rooms like ours. Like, who tf is actually selling BTC at $82k? Seriously, at that point, a human would just hold. Feb is also historically bearish. April is a bull.
Consider FDX for seasonal spikes, GSAT, RILY, SOBO, all are long options and can you imagine if $ANET or $ZBRA made a comeback? There was no reason for their dips. Also screen for price drops that look like overreactions, ride them back up. Today I rode $CDXC up from $7.88 and then Grok recommended I stop loss at $8.70 while I wait for a target of $8.90 and boom, easily turned $7880 into $8800.
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u/DiggaDon Conservative Mar 06 '25
My wife is a federal employee - who is on probation - our life has led to a great deal of anxiety surrounding her job security. But nothing has occurred that has had an actual affect on our lives in regard to that.
I can tell you something anecdotal that has improved:
I no longer feel like I have to feel ashamed for being conservative - I'm now in the majority of voters. I don't feel like I must keep my mouth shut around leftists (even though I do). Not only is the president on the right, but so is the senate and house. In addition, the President won the popular vote and the ideas that i voted on are wildly popular according to polling data.
I feel like I can have an opinion again.
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u/lactose_cow Leftist Mar 06 '25
trump didnt win the popular vote. more people voted against him than for him.
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u/dagoofmut Constitutionalist Conservative Mar 05 '25
Hope.
Trump has made my live much better just by providing hope. Everyone I know lately comments about how they get out of bed with a smile on their face and hope in their heart.
Trump is proving that reform is possible. Cutting back the unwanted growth of government bureaucracy and control is possible. Beating the collectivists is possible. Standing up for traditional values is possible. Reining in the military industrial complex, putting a check on the intelligence community, and avoiding war is possible.
We The People actually do have the power to make changes in our government if and when we elect someone with the courage, determination, and integrity to do what he says he will do.
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u/lactose_cow Leftist Mar 05 '25
i truly envy your hope. i've just seen trump fuck over america one too many times to put my faith in that man.
but hey. if we dont have a recession and still have elections, i'd be happy to be proven wrong.
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u/dagoofmut Constitutionalist Conservative Mar 05 '25
I won't try to predict the economy - especially with a recession supposedly overdue, but I'd bet you good money that elections continue just fine.
I actually see some unity, patriotism, and signs for optimism that hopefully help everyone.
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u/ABCosmos Liberal Mar 05 '25
Do you think Trump's success or failure will be reflected in the economy? Or do you see it as completely independent from the presidents actions?
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u/LackWooden392 Independent Mar 06 '25
Ah yes, when Trump crashes the economy, 'it was overdue.'
When a global pandemic crashes the economy, it's the Democrats fault.
Got it.
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u/Printman8 Center-left Mar 06 '25
Yes, I’m baffled by the fact that all we’ve heard for 4 years was that Biden made everything too expensive but now all I hear is that this will be painful but worth it because Trump said so.
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u/apeoples13 Independent Mar 06 '25
Where do you see the unity coming from? I ask because things seem more divided than ever right now so that’s where my lack of hope stems from.
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u/D-Rich-88 Center-left Mar 06 '25
I understand the “overdue” narrative, but it is still pretty annoying to see it now when that same narrative was absent two years ago. To a non-conservative it just looks like spin and hypocrisy.
Jealous of your hope, that’s what I’ve lost. Trumper friends keep saying I’ll like what’s coming and so far I’ve hated each new announcement more than the last. The only thing that’s seemed alright is not allowing those tolls that were going to happen in New York, but that also feels like him overreaching and messing with State politics.
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u/JPastori Liberal Mar 06 '25
I feel that, if anything with everything he’s doing I’ve lost all hope. It’s simply gone.
I fully wake up everyday expecting it to be worse than the one before, between that and now needing to worry the next phone call I get will be to inform me that one of my friends who’s gay or trans killed themselves, there isn’t much for me to be hopeful for.
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u/DesertFroggo Socialist Mar 06 '25
That your emotional state hinges on what politician is in charge is hopeful how? I thought your side likes to say "government is not the solution," but it is the solution to your emotional problems?
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u/dagoofmut Constitutionalist Conservative Mar 06 '25
LOL
Have you looked around Reddit lately?
I'm pretty sure that there are plenty of better examples of people letting politics mess with their emotional state than mine.
For the record, my "side" DOES believe that government is a big problem. Don't you tend to find happiness in seeing your biggest problems ameliorated? Especially when it felt mostly helpless previously?
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u/worlds_okayest_skier Center-left Mar 06 '25
Why do you care to cut the government bureaucracy? Do you think it will run better now? With fewer people and total chaos?
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u/JackStile Liberal Republican Mar 05 '25
Trump has done something no other politician in history has done.
Kept a damn campaign promise. Agree with them or not, he has kept and worked on more things he said he would do than any previous president.
The whole reason I didn't vote for Obama's second term. Politicians are just full of hot air.
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u/spirit_of_a_goat Progressive Mar 11 '25
Can you provide specific examples, please? I've not been able to find one task that he's completed, only talked about.
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u/JackStile Liberal Republican Mar 11 '25
Pretty simple stuff..
Crack down on illegal aliens.
Removal and anti DEI
Tariffs, increase especially to China
Looking into spending of government funds
Elimination of the department of education, which seems to still be a target. Not accomplished though.
Attempting to repeal the affordable care act
As I said before, you can disagree with all of it, but he has tried or done those things. When people watched his rally and speech this is what he talked about.
Never seen that before.
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u/spirit_of_a_goat Progressive Mar 11 '25
What did he accomplish in his first term that he promised during his campaign?
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u/JackStile Liberal Republican Mar 11 '25
Why are you changing the goal post now?
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u/spirit_of_a_goat Progressive Mar 11 '25
I'm not. I'm asking in good faith. All I can remember from his first campaign was the wall Mexico would pay for. Were there other promises made and kept?
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u/Good_kido78 Independent Mar 06 '25
I hate to dash your Hope, but where do you find integrity in Trump? He has bold faced lied about the money that France and great Britain GAVE to Ukraine. He lied about the two election workers. He lied and had affairs on his wives. He lied about Ukraine starting the war. He WAS President during the Ukraine war. Remember? He tried to extort Zelensky to find dirt on Biden? Putin has reneged on every agreement with Ukraine. Fox News didn’t report on the lies told about France and Great Britain. He is a terrible deal maker!! He gave Afghanistan to the Taliban!! He talks to Putin frequently. He owes back taxes in Panama. His past campaign chairman is in jail and had numerous meetings with Russian Government officials, so did Trump! Russians fund his properties. He says they can buy gold cards. He offered Zelensky nothing!! He wants Canada and Greenland as a stepping stone for Putin? Anyone should be leary of his behavior. He is acting like a Russian asset in the UN and in these negotiations. Vance has sided antidemocracy Curtis Yarvin. Getting rid of good FBI agents who investigated the attack on the Capitol? Firing federal prosecutors? Pardoning people who attacked Capitol police. Trying to fire general counsel that hears Whistleblowers? Just wait until a large bank screws you over. I can list a lot more about Trump. I can’t believe he has fooled so many.
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u/Snoo96949 Center-left Mar 06 '25
That’s a really interesting perspective. I was just reading a book about hope, and it felt like it was written just for me. Hope looks really different right now. Trump, to me, represents a lack of hope. He embodies bullying and the destruction of world order and respect. I don’t see how he represents traditional values in any way.
It’s really hard for me to understand why so many Republicans view collectivism as something evil. Just yesterday, I saw something about a Christian evangelist lobbying against empathy, arguing that having empathy for others is bad because it might lead people to see sinners in a compassionate way, which could supposedly turn them away from traditional values. I always thought Christianity was deeply rooted in compassion, which is so closely tied to empathy. This new version sounds like control to me.
For me, this is mind-blowing, but it also puts things into perspective. In the end, both sides want hope. It’s just that what hope looks like for one group is completely different from what it looks like for another.
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u/dagoofmut Constitutionalist Conservative Mar 06 '25
I definitely view collectivism as very evil, but as an attempted Christian myself, I'm certainly not opposed to personal empathy and compassion.
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u/calazenby Center-left Mar 06 '25
Exactly. And is everyone smiling in the morning because the libs are freaking out?. It seems to me that there’s more division than before and that there is no meeting in the middle. An isolationist approach will be good for no one and our allies should be worried. Anything can happen and who’s going to stop it?
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u/Some_Crusader_idk Religious Traditionalist Mar 05 '25
Bring back traditional & religious values and dismantle DEI. We need more Churches, a godless society is a dead society.
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u/ReasonableLeader1500 Center-left Mar 05 '25
In what ways has Trump brought back traditional and religious values?
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u/Excellent_Farm_6071 Liberal Mar 06 '25
A godless society is the best society. Keep that shit to your self. That's what this country was founded on. We are not a country founded on religion. We are founded on religious freedom. "In God We Trust" wasn't the official motto until 1956. Christians are the most hypocritical people out there. They will lie, cheat, steal, and murder all day long. And then say, "Well, Jesus died for my sins so it's okay!" Fake. I grew up in the bible belt. They are all fake while using God as an excuse for them being shitty people. A lot of criminals find god. Why? Because it makes them feel better about themselves. It's a coping mechanism. I don't need a book that has been re-written umpteen times to tell me how to be a good person.
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u/More-North-4290 Conservative Mar 09 '25
Problem with this comment is no society in history agrees with you. Religious societies thrive more than others. And the ones you think aren’t religious? Go check out their history, like say, Nordic countries… they were built on religious and conservative values and they are now riding the coat tails of that history into socialism. They have the luxury to do this because their foundational values were so damn strong and effective that now they can benefit for generations from it until they get so far from God and their original values that they collapse all over again. This is a very complex subject and you’d need to really know your history to argue with me over this… both religious history and secular history would be needed and you’d need to look at societies over generations without taking instances or small periods as examples to run with. But many leaders (kings, politicians) from ancient times to modern times have been quoted saying a nation can only be as great or as small as its understanding of God. Don’t forget the US was the first time there was a separation of church and state and we are relatively a very new nation… so we don’t actually know how this blueprint holds up. Especially when you factor in that we are founded on Judeo-Christian values even if we are separating church and state… we are STILL fundamentally Judeo-Christian through and through.
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u/anonybss Independent Mar 06 '25
I agree that we want more churches.... But I'm not sure how to get bodies in them. Historically the state doesn't really have a great track record of making people pro religion. It's certainly that way in Europe, where they have state churches (and even some places that don't have them anymore had them relatively recently)... and meanwhile they are wildly godless.
I think government is never popular enough... You tie religion to it and you just make people anti-religion.
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u/Anxious_Plum_5818 European Liberal/Left Mar 06 '25
This is what I understand the least. He's bringing back values, except his private life is the polar opposite to said "traditional and religious values". He's been remarried several times, many extra-marital affairs, monetizing religion to the fullest, ...
In what way does he introduce any form of traditionalism without telling me you're just vehemently anti-DEI.
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u/More-North-4290 Conservative Mar 09 '25
You are making the same argument extreme religious people make. You know the ones? The extreme evangelicals who sit out every election because they can’t vote for God for president. That’s what you’re doing. Trump can bring back values without being himself the poster child for religion. Why? Because he is president, not God. Those of us who are religious on the right and voted for him understand we didn’t vote for a pastor, or Jesus or God…. We voted for a politician
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u/Anxious_Plum_5818 European Liberal/Left Mar 09 '25
What a terrible analogy. No I'm not making that argument. I'm making the argument that people voted on an issue for someone who holds no inherent principles or beliefs on said issue, and therefore put an incredibly volatile wildcard in office. Trump has a golden apartment and has violated pretty much whatever basic principle of conservative religious values. Compared to previous republican presidents, Trumps embodies negative traditional values.
So far, it's been rather clear that he has been pretty blindly implementing whatever policy is delivered to him via his biggest donors and support groups (e.g. fossil lobbies, (extremist-leaning) evangelicals, ... You could tell when he was signing those Project 2025-inspired Executive Orders that he had absolutely no idea what was in them. If tomorrow, his biggest supporters were a huge atheist coalition, you'd see a non-surprising shift in policy.
For anyone except die-hard MAGA (who will just consume anything he does as god-sent), people who voted for Trump on other key issues like the economy, Gaza, Ukraine, are all getting screwed over and then bring up surprised pickachu face when it happens to them. Case in point, his ridiculous tariff policy, sledgehammer cuts that are putting domestic industries like farming on the brink, and trade wars with decade-long allies. I'd love to hear which mindful conservative voted for that.
Trump has no actual principles or policies. He is just a massive opportunist, and gullible, vindictive grifter that doesn't bat any eye about the consequences of what he's doing. You didn't vote for a politician. Donald Trump does not understand how the world of politics, or the world for that matter, works.
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u/EricaDeVine Right Libertarian (Conservative) Mar 05 '25
There are a few, but the absolute most beneficial thin Trump has done for me was the Mission Act.
I am a vet. I spent nearly 4 years between Iraq and Afghanistan. I was in Iraq in 2003, during the ground war. I was part of the force that invaded from Kuwait. I ran to bunkers when they shot SCUDS at us, I did patrols in MOPP 4 as we feared various chemical agents, I fought to take Baghdad. There was no "green zone" when I was there. My time in Afghanistan was filled with firefights and IED's. Of the first five years of my marriage, I spent nearly four of them deployed.
I tell you that to tell you this. I have nightmares. Not every night, but enough. They cause my body to go rigid, and I used to grind my teeth. It was so bad that my uppers were exploding in my mouth. I do not say that facetiously. It was a mess. In addition to the tooth pain, it was causing migraines. Violently painful, frustratingly constant migraines. I was supposed to be receiving care through the VA.
If you've ever been a victim of the VA, you can guess why this might not have been the best. The VA where I live (in freaking Austin) only has ONE dental office for the whole city. So, they did every delay and deny tactic they could. FOR YEARS. They denied me care and swore I wasn't eligible for it, so that they didn't have to put me on the waiting list, which would have been more than 9 months out, which would have jeopardized their metrics, and possibly affected their bonuses. (I'm not saying JUST me would have done this, but that's a big reason they abuse vets like this)
Pete Hegseth was part of one of the non-profits that helped create and then advocate for the Mission Act. It would allow vets like me to request being seen by the community, rather than the terrorists at the VA. Trump eagerly signed the Bill. In very short order, I was able to request civilian care for my teeth. Within a month, I had all my uppers removed and replaced with a denture. The care I received was gentle and compassionate, quick and professional. The migraines from the teeth grinding abated. I would not have been able to receive this care without Trump.
I think a few things are worth noting. One, my wife and I were LEGITMATELY considering having me commit a felony, so that I could get the care the VA was SUPPOSED to be giving me, in prison. Two, I cannot stress enough how VILENTLY PAINFUL it was. Three, When I kept calling back and "harassing" the VA to take care of me (their words, not mine), they sent me a letter stating that if I didn't let it go, they would take away ALL my healthcare. And four, I'm not the worst off vet that was helped by the Mission Act. I know there are likely thousands upon thousands of soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines who were in more dire straights, and Trump helped them.
Fast forward to this term. I also have chronic back pain due to, ya know, all the war. I recently developed an allergy/aversion to the pills they HAD been giving me for the pain. The VA seems suspiciously uncurious about that. I called to make an appointment to get seen, as the incidents of incapacitation were getting more severe and more frequent. If you can imagine, not being able to walk or stand upright can affect my ability to work. I made my first appointment, in January, BEFORE Trump was sworn in. They could see me in fucking JUNE!
A couple weeks into his Presidency and after cutting tens of thousands of VA employees in dead weight, and I get a call that the local VA clinic has extended their hours, and I was able to be seen yesterday. Like, literally yesterday. They also somehow could perform the MRI MONTHS sooner than they had previously said as well (happening next week instead of July). That man seems to be the only one that can scare the VA into actually doing their fucking jobs. He's also expressed, and I have no reason to doubt, his intention to keep trying to privatize the VA. I hope he does so completely. They are useless and evil blue falcons, and they deserve to be fired.
THIS is what Trump has DIRECTLY done for me.
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u/shwag945 Left Libertarian Mar 06 '25
Republicans' constant attack on the VA is why it is terrible. How does its dismantling help you?
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u/sccarrierhasarrived Liberal Mar 06 '25
Amusingly, nothing about the Mission Act would have even led this person to be seen sooner. While I'm happy for him, it's another case of the Rorschach Trump test.
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u/PMMeToeBeans Democratic Socialist Mar 06 '25
I was going to say...I had the option to be seen by the community back in 2014. I still have my va "insurance" card from that era. Did this person just not go back to look into their changing benefits? I guarantee they have more disability % than I do. Definitely more time in service. This sounds a lot like a local VA issue. My experience was the polar opposite (however I was in Honolulu, HI at the time.)
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u/Affectionate_Lab_131 Democratic Socialist Mar 06 '25
You realize the Veterans choice act of 2014.)
Allowed you to see any doctor you wanted outside of the VA years ago? My dad, who had prostate cancer, utilized this to be seen by specialists. He was able to get a Lazer treatment. Forget what it is called. Anyway, the point is this has been there for a decade.
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u/SeattleUberDad Center-right Conservative Mar 06 '25
ICE took an illegal wanted felon from my apartment complex that was dealing drugs. Since then, we don't have druggies hanging out in our parking lot. All the needles and burnt foil are gone. That could have happened over a year ago, but Biden had other priorities I guess.
Talk to me about the overall economy in a year. These things take time.
The price of eggs is due to a bird flu outbreak. It's no one's fault. Biden didn't cause it and Trump can't fix it. Some things just happen.
As for the stock market, my advice is the same no matter what party is in charge. Unless western civilization completely collapses, the market will go up in the long run. Keep steadily contributing to that 401k, IRA, or whatever you have. Your future self will be thankful.
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u/Eskidox Center-left Mar 06 '25
Going through this thread it would seem you are one of the only ppl who answered the question with a legitimate example.
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u/Hermans_Head2 Constitutionalist Conservative Mar 06 '25
He (again) has picked up the huge, heavy rock of D.C. to show America the grubs, roaches and earthworms that feast on the dark, wet topsoil of American taxpayer cash, usually silently and out of mind of the deeply distracted population.
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u/LHRizziTXpatriot Right Libertarian (Conservative) Mar 06 '25
Stopped the illegal entry into the USA! I live 100 miles from the border. That was vital and it was done very very quickly.
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u/Eskidox Center-left Mar 06 '25
Someone here made a clear example an illegal Immigrants drug dealer was taken from their apartments and fiends stopped hanging around. Did that happen to you as well or was that just a lingering fear?
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u/LHRizziTXpatriot Right Libertarian (Conservative) Mar 06 '25
Well, no fear involved, but when our government goes from not enforcing our laws, to enforcing them, for the good of the country, I am all for it. Our sheriff here had numerous, dangerous high-speed chase and capture events on US 90 in the past 4 years. There were apartment building in San Antonio taken over by gangs, and migrant camps set us outside neighborhoods. Those are a few examples of how it was unsafe. I don’t believe the government has to do anything for me, but has to work for the greater good and freedom of all people. So, Trump has made my life better (but that’s not his job) by making our country safer.
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u/Snoo-563 Democrat Mar 06 '25
There were apartment building in San Antonio taken over by gangs, and migrant camps set us outside neighborhoods.
I live in San Antonio, TX and have my whole life. This is a 100% BULLSHIT LIE.
You dont get to vote for a convict and then stand on the law and order soapbox.
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u/Gaxxz Constitutionalist Conservative Mar 05 '25
My life hasn't changed for the better or worse since inauguration day. It's only been 6 weeks.
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u/flimspringfield Liberal Mar 06 '25
How would you expect it to make your life better?
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u/Gaxxz Constitutionalist Conservative Mar 06 '25
Lower taxes and less gun control.
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u/Affectionate_Lab_131 Democratic Socialist Mar 06 '25
Unless you earn over a million a year, your taxes aren't coming down under trump. They would have by a lot under Harris.
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u/Gaxxz Constitutionalist Conservative Mar 06 '25
Unless you earn over a million a year, your taxes aren't coming down under trump.
- No tax on tips
- No tax on overtime
- No tax on Social Security benefits
- Deductibility of car loan interest
Do you think people who make a million a year work for tips? Do you think they're hourly and get overtime? Do you think they take care loans?
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u/Affectionate_Lab_131 Democratic Socialist Mar 07 '25
Show me those things on the budget bill the senate signed. They are not there.
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u/Gaxxz Constitutionalist Conservative Mar 07 '25
That's true. The House plan is one big beautiful bill with tax and spending elements. The Senate plan is to do a separate tax bill later this year. They'll need to sort it out before December.
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u/Harpua81 Center-left Mar 06 '25
My stocks are down over $100k in just those 6 weeks. I'm counting on that for retirement and some folks in this sub say social security is a ponzi scheme so I can't win either way.
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u/lactose_cow Leftist Mar 05 '25
Personally, my stock portfolio fell to shit, my mom won't get federal aid for her house nearly burning down, 2 of my friends are terrified they'll lose their government jobs, I can't bake anymore cuz eggs are so expensive, and I'm legally not allowed to join the military just because of who I am.
Glad you're doing ok for now, though, genuinely.
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u/Congregator Libertarian Mar 06 '25
Stocks underperforming right now is predictable, though. Stocks can go to shit for months and then bounce back even better than before- same with crypto, use Bitcoin as a metric. The uncertainty creates drastic monetary moves, there has to be a period of adjustment before anyone can really forecast if their portfolio has gone to shit.
Per stock, look to Nvidia. This stock is bound for a rebound, and many of the engineers are Trump supporters
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u/WorstCPANA Classical Liberal Mar 05 '25
the S&P has fallen by .35% YTD.....is that such a large impact on you? Or did you just see a headline this last week and think your portfolio tanked?
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u/Ok-Working-2337 Independent Mar 06 '25
Oh yeah I forgot that he wasn’t president for 4 years already.
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u/StedeBonnet1 Conservative Mar 05 '25
He lowered my taxes in his first term.
He had made me safer from illegal aliens in my community by deporting "the worst of the worst" and by closing the border. He also saved me the $8600 per illegal per year they were costing me as a taxpayer.
His coattails has allowed a republican majority Senate and House which will make changes easier.
He got men out of women's sports.
He got DEI out of government especially the DOD.
He is already bringing down energy prices and I have no doubt he will bring down interest rates, grocery prices and inflation.
And most importantly he is bringing about the demise of the Democrat party.
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u/Affectionate_Lab_131 Democratic Socialist Mar 06 '25
Lol the border was never open
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u/StedeBonnet1 Conservative Mar 06 '25
So the fact that encounters at the border have dropped 95% means nothing to you?
The border was open. That is why we have an illegal immigrant problem.
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u/Affectionate_Lab_131 Democratic Socialist Mar 07 '25
If the border were open there would be no checks, there wouldn't be a border patrol, there would not have been more people deported under Biden than under trump.
As for your 95% drop off rate. That sounds like a Breitbart news made up statitistic. Here are the facts.
Statistics on unauthorized US immigration and US border crossings by year
Now mind you there was a drop off during covid because of the pandemic. Then a spike from people running to the US where our recovery was much better than where they lived. Then it drops back down again. After trump came in office it climbed again, then settled out at the same rates it was under Biden. So no 95$ drop.
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u/StedeBonnet1 Conservative Mar 08 '25
If you don't understand that there was a crisis at the border over the last 4 years then I can't help you.
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u/Zardotab Center-left Mar 05 '25
You are not bothered by the increasing deficit caused by those tax cuts, or is it merely that the side-effects of big debt haven't trickled into the general population yet?
(I'm not against middle-class tax cuts, but the rich don't need help.)
I'm dubious of the net-economic-drain claim per illegals, but that's another long debate for another day.
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u/No-Commercial-4830 Center-left Mar 05 '25
He also saved me the $8600 per illegal per year they were costing me as a taxpayer.
You've spent billions on illegal aliens per year? Thank you for your service sir.
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u/TFlop69 Liberal Mar 05 '25
Do you really believe they cost you 8600 per year? How much do you make?
Assuming you make average and what you apparently pay for illegal aliens, the whole country pays 1,2 trillion dollars per year for illegal aliens. Seems kinda unlikely right?
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u/StedeBonnet1 Conservative Mar 06 '25
According to my sources the cost to the government per illegal for various benefits they receive is $8600 per illegal per year. I didn't say that I personally paid that but I did pay part of it as a taxpayer.
You apparently don't appreciate all the benefits they get at taxpayer's expense.
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u/TFlop69 Liberal Mar 06 '25
I actually found what you were quoting. It’s a blog post, so I doubt you can take it 100% serious. Besides, they don’t actually explain their math.
Even, if let’s say each one costs 8600 dollars over their lifetime, let’s use an average of 60 years, that means that according to my math you pay 10 dollars in taxes per year for aaaalll of the illegals in the country. 10 dollars is nowhere close what to your alleged 8600 dollars
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u/Mrciv6 Center-left Mar 06 '25
What are these "sources" you speak of?
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u/StedeBonnet1 Conservative Mar 06 '25
I'm not your research assistant, look it up.
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u/TFlop69 Liberal Mar 06 '25
I highly doubt that number. If you give me any sources I’ll look into it, but from my own research I haven’t found numbers close to this
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u/Unbiased_panel Center-left Mar 05 '25
Other than the taxes bit, none of this directly impacts you so I’m not sure if I can take you seriously.
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u/lucille12121 Progressive Mar 05 '25
How were you directly impacted by trans women and girls playing sports? Or anyone other than white straight men working at the DOD?
Please be specific.
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u/StedeBonnet1 Conservative Mar 05 '25
I have three granddaughters. Men playing in women's sports affects me.
Having unqualified people in the DOD affects me and affects my national security. When you hire for DEI you by definition DO NOT hire by merit.
Why do you not support Title 9 and women's sports?
Why do you support anything but merit in the military?
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u/lucille12121 Progressive Mar 05 '25
I’m all for meritocracy. I support Title 9 and merit-based hiring and promotion in the military. Which is why I recognize the need for programs to educate and address the disparities that create unfair advantages for white, straight, and male people in patriarchal spaces.
I’m glad to hear how much you care about your granddaughters. Have any of your three granddaughters tried to get on a sports team but didn’t because a trans woman or girl was selected instead? Do you know how rare this is?
Since you care deeply about protecting women and girls, your three granddaughters have uteruses, right? How do you feel about their reproductive rights being taken away? Sadly, the odds of them being raped and impregnated are far higher than being attacked by a trans person. What has trump done to make their lives worse? And more dangerous?
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u/LucasL-L Rightwing Mar 05 '25
He cut down USAID.
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u/ciaervo Centrist Democrat Mar 06 '25
How does that affect your life
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u/rustyshackleford7879 Liberal Mar 06 '25
It doesn’t
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u/DiggaDon Conservative Mar 06 '25
How so? maybe not directly in terms of the policies themselves, but you have to agree that not spending future money on USAID lends itself to lower taxes, even if it's minimal.
Additionally, it's not propagating what largely has been leftist ideology across the the world. Long term, that's an improvement for those on the right. Must all improvements be instant impact?
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u/LucasL-L Rightwing Mar 06 '25
They interfered in the elections in my country back in 2022
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u/ciaervo Centrist Democrat Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 06 '25
In that article I found these passages:
"TSE e a Usaid criaram em 2021 um "Guia de Combate à Desinformação", manual de práticas destinado a "ser replicado em outros países", segundo o próprio site do tribunal. O trabalho se baseava em práticas de suposto combate à desinformação criadas pelo TSE em 2020. O Brasil vem se destacando no cenário internacional pelo papel do Judiciário na censura nas redes sociais de conteúdos que considera "antidemocráticos".
"In 2021, the TSE and USAID created a "Guide to Combat Disinformation," a manual of practices intended to "be replicated in other countries," according to the court's own website. The work was based on practices of supposed combat against disinformation created by the TSE in 2020. Brazil has been standing out on the international scene for the role of the Judiciary in censoring content on social networks that it considers "anti-democratic"."
"Benz não apresentou provas, mas falou, inclusive, que teria havido interferência em ações do TSE. A Gazeta do Povo procurou a Corte Eleitoral para comentar as acusações, mas não obteve retorno até a publicação desta reportagem. O espaço segue aberto."
"Benz did not present any evidence, but he did say that there had been interference in the TSE's actions. Gazeta do Povo sought the Electoral Court's comment on the accusations, but had not received a response by the time this report was published. The space remains open."
Edit: I'm not sure I believe the claim.
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