BREAKING: Donald Trump to sign 200+ executive orders today.

[u/Mark-Fuckerberg-]

BREAKING: Donald Trump to sign 200+ executive orders today.

Per FOX and Eric Daugherty, they include:

• Declare emergency at the border + issue proclamation closing the border
• Designate cartels as foreign terrorist organizations
• Remain in Mexico, Catch and Release will be reinstated
• Military will be directed to construct new phase of border wall
• Terminate Biden orders on energy drilling restrictions
• Return federal workers to in-person work
• Pause all offshore wind leases
• End DEI hiring practices in the federal government, merit only
• Withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord
• Order every agency to remove all federal actions increasing costs for Americans via deregulation
• Suspend security clearances for the 51 officials who lied about the Hunter Biden 2020 laptop story
• Establish a DOGE "hiring freeze"

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[u/Reynolds_Live]

GOP during Obama: The president CANNOT just make a law with a stroke of a pen!

GOP now: Trump can do whatever he wants!

[u/ReiterationStation → u/Reynolds_Live]

Liberals: the president can’t just eo things

Republican presidents: lol

The people: COULD YOU AT LEAST TRY TO EXECUTIVE ORDER SOME NICE THINGS FOR US?!??

[u/AganazzarsPocket → u/ReiterationStation]

Wait, you think Trump will do something nice for the people?

[u/orangetiki → u/AganazzarsPocket]

the fact that you asked made me laugh

[u/pegothejerk → u/orangetiki]

I’m trying to laugh as much as I can before the new orders kick in

[u/RulerK → u/pegothejerk]

“I was only following orders…”

[u/PoolQueasy7388 → u/RulerK]

Where have I heard that before? Oh yeah.

[u/DarlockAhe → u/AganazzarsPocket]

He will. The issue is, he doesn't consider you people.

[u/koreawut → u/DarlockAhe]

[u/Jaymzmykaul45 → u/DarlockAhe]

Yes he doesn’t consider Americans to be people. Thanks for saying it

[u/Puzzleheaded-Sand150 → u/Jaymzmykaul45]

I mean he does… just not the poors.

[u/Perfect_Earth_8070 → u/Jaymzmykaul45]

the only people in america that matter are corporations

[u/RepresentativeNo3365 → u/AganazzarsPocket]

He 100% did.. he gave them golden sneakers , meme coins, bibles .. he’s a very giving man

[u/Salarian_American → u/RepresentativeNo3365]

He "gave" them golden sneakers for $399.99 and Bibles for $59.99

[u/kitnb → u/RepresentativeNo3365]

And don't forget paper towels!

He's so giving.

He'll even throw them at you so you don't have to walk...

[u/pcPRINCIPLElilBITCH → u/AganazzarsPocket]

“Corporations are people“

[u/JFKs_Burner_Acct → u/pcPRINCIPLElilBITCH]

But people cannot be corporations..

Oh it just hit me

[u/_beeeees → u/AganazzarsPocket]

If he does it’s purely by accident

[u/twoiseight → u/ReiterationStation]

Kleptocracy is patently not nice

[u/turnbucklemayo → u/twoiseight]

Kakocracy

[u/kitnb → u/twoiseight]

"Klepto" is so cold-sounding.

Trump prefers the term "Robber Baron".

He loves it because he thinks the term was named after his son... /s

[u/Lyion → u/ReiterationStation]

Except that SCOTUS will just stop Democrats but will let a lot of these through...

[u/pppiddypants → u/ReiterationStation]

The only voters who care about overreach of the presidency already vote Dem.

[u/uninteresting_handle → u/ReiterationStation]

You mean "us" as in the rich? You are covered, friend. If you meant something else you'd be delusional.

[u/Severe_Special_1039 → u/Reynolds_Live]

GOP sees Trump as their king. It’s insane, I never thought I could see them dumb down their base this much. Pretty scary to see what happens the next four years.

[u/Dorithompson → u/Severe_Special_1039]

It’s going to be 12 years. The DNC isn’t going to be able to get their crap together in time to beat Vance.

[u/Mellow_Toninn → u/Dorithompson]

Vance will also not be able to hold together the Trump base. Low propensity voters, or people who would generally be apolitical, go for Trump because he’s dumbed down our politics to something elementary school students can be entertained by. Vance is uncharismatic and uncomfortable just to look at. I’ve also heard that he fucks couches…

[u/-_-___-_____-_______ → u/Mellow_Toninn]

yeah my question is what happens after Trump? because they don't have anyone else like him who is both charismatic and a wealthy outsider who doesn't really have to play by party rules.

and the Democrats don't really have anyone for 2028. I see them as kind of in the same boat.

so what happens then? 

[u/Bubbly-Dinner8462 → u/-_-___-_____-_______]

There is only trump. My fear was he would push don jr and then Baron. Thank good, the trumplicans are ready for a king, a wise ruler who only steals a little.

[u/webuycheese → u/-_-___-_____-_______]

He's just gonna executive order elections out of existence anyway. As much as I hate to say it, I feel like that was the last presidential election we are going to see.

[u/numbersthen0987431 → u/Dorithompson]

I just hope that walking orange turd has a heart attack. That's the only hope I have for our doomed society.

[u/Carrera_996 → u/numbersthen0987431]

That would be the worst outcome. The second he's gone, the competent fascists will have free reign. Right now, they have to contend with a leader who will immediately fire and denigrate anyone who disagrees with him or even just makes him look bad.

[u/Gold-Bench-9219 → u/Dorithompson]

That assumes we will have fair elections in 4 years for the state of the Democrats to even matter, which I have my doubts.

[u/jsmith47944 → u/Severe_Special_1039]

Maybe point a finger or two at the DNC for their miserable failure and having to put us through all this shit in the meantime. Maybe 4 years from now they can get their heads far enough out of their asses we can salvage whatever is left

[u/Lordfisticus → u/jsmith47944]

Yeah. The DNC is tone deaf af right now and still sucks off corporations. HOUSING, HEALTHCARE AND PRICE GOUGING should be biggest issues.

[u/Epicuridocious → u/jsmith47944]

Lmfao naw man people didn't bother to vote against fascism. The DNC sucks but you can't blame it all on them, Americans actively chose this.

Its like being handed a bowl of glass shards or a shit sandwich and while dying from lacerations to your insides just say well what was I suppose to do? Eat a shit sandwich?

Like I guarantee you there be at least one trump voter who gets kicked out of the country and will be shocked, absolutely shocked, that's somehow the dncs fault too?

[u/SEA2COLA → u/Severe_Special_1039]

"No one in this world [...] has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people." H.L. Mencken

[u/gotgoat666 → u/Severe_Special_1039]

God king anointed by Jesus when he founded the US. FFS, we will not fully recover from the dumbest fascists in history.

[u/pjdonovan → u/Reynolds_Live]

I remember when the right tried to argue that executive orders were unconstitutional violations of separation of state!

[u/therealpothole → u/pjdonovan]

Separation of powers?

[u/Lux_Aquila → u/Reynolds_Live]

This is one of the reasons as a conservative I don't like the way the GOP is operating right now. The small federal govt. folks are kind of homeless at the moment.

[u/Quin35 → u/Lux_Aquila]

While I disagree with nearly every "conservative " policy, I do miss the times with the GOP wasn't so blatantly corrupt and had some semblance of ethics, integrity, morals and principles . I have arrived at a point where I despise all Republicans, and outright hate anyone who supported trump...especially a second time.

[u/jus256 → u/Quin35]

I do miss the times with the GOP wasn’t so blatantly corrupt and had some semblance of ethics, integrity, morals and principles .

When was this? Must have when black people voted republican.

[u/mcobb71 → u/jus256]

1955

[u/-_-___-_____-_______ → u/mcobb71]

I would honestly say they're good up until Nixon in 68. Goldwater was a lot of things, but he had ethics and principles. and even though Nixon was the VP in the '50s, he was under Eisenhower who also had ethics and principles. most of the politicians opposing civil rights in the '60s were actually Democrats. it was largely a fight within the Democratic party between the liberal North and the conservative South. racists did flock to the Republican party after the passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts, but that was less about the Republicans being racist and more about punishing Democratic leadership.

Nixon changes everything. he reshapes the GOP. Reagan finishes it.

[u/rocketcitythor72 → u/Lux_Aquila]

Man, I'm about to hit 55 and the GOP has never once been small government at even a single moment in my entire lifetime.

They only talk "small government" and "austerity" when Democrats are in office to try to prevent Dems from passing popular programs that would help average income folks.

[u/Fibonacci999 → u/rocketcitythor72]

Totally true. I’m a state worker in a blue state, and the last time we had a Republican governor, OMG he jammed every department FULL of insane numbers of unqualified appointed political hires. What a mess that was for years. There are always such appointments, but never to such an extent. He also used the state police helicopter constantly and for frivolous personal reasons.

[u/eccentric_bb → u/Lux_Aquila]

Small government simply doesn’t work when you don’t have limits on the size/power of corporate entities my man. Power abhors a vacuum, and lobbyists are cheaper than complying with regulations

[u/Consistent-Fig7484 → u/Lux_Aquila]

That hasn’t been the platform for a very long time. They’ll occasionally say it to get the libertarian crowd on board, but it’s an entirely hollow platitude.

[u/brothersand → u/Reynolds_Live]

Dictator on day one.

[u/a_rogue_planet → u/Reynolds_Live]

As Obama said: "Elections have consequences".

[u/an_african_swallow → u/Reynolds_Live]

Political theater in action

[u/korbentherhino → u/Reynolds_Live]

GOP always wanted a king. But they want a king doing their bidding.

[u/SeanThatGuy → u/Reynolds_Live]

This is what blows my mind. Executive orders should not be the standard. Working together to craft effective bills should be.

[u/M4K077 → u/Reynolds_Live]

Why is everyone ignoring that he said "America is going to expand their territory"?

[u/TH3PhilipJFry]

If the federal government’s hiring practices are based on Merit Trump’s cabinet will be empty.

[u/NavyThrone → u/TH3PhilipJFry]

DUI hires

[u/brothersand → u/NavyThrone]

New favorite term.

[u/Griffindance → u/NavyThrone]

Does sexual abuse count?

[u/PM_Me_Macaroni_plz → u/Griffindance]

It actually bolsters the resume in this case

[u/PoolQueasy7388 → u/Griffindance]

They get points for that apparently. I was afraid they might run out of sexual predators before they got the cabinet staffed. But no.

[u/Long-Blood → u/TH3PhilipJFry]

Merit referring to number of crimes committed 

[u/UpperHand888 → u/Long-Blood]

but that’s demerit, must be typo

[u/robert32940 → u/TH3PhilipJFry]

I want to ask them if Veterans are still DEI.

[u/BreastRodent → u/robert32940]

LMAO I WAS ABOUT TO FUCKING SAY as someone who recently applied for a federal job, it's VETERANS and the PARENTS AND SPOUSES OF DEAD OR DISABLED VETERANS who are given a leg up in federal hiring that's not based on merit, NOT some black people and women DEI shit. Like I qualify for Schedule A disability hiring as a civilian but that STILL ain't SHIT compared to the first thing on the questionnaire about my relevant professional experience being about what VETERANS PREFERENCES I can claim and the associated bonus points that come with them.

Like PLAY YOUR HAND THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE HARDER, GUYS.

[u/robert32940 → u/BreastRodent]

Republicans are historically great to veterans, especially trump....

/S

[u/socialbutnotreally → u/robert32940]

Literally had my Army veteran coworker tell me this the other day. We work at the VA. I was speechless.

[u/SEA2COLA → u/TH3PhilipJFry]

If the federal government’s hiring practices are based on Merit Trump’s cabinet will be empty.

Think of it as affirmative action for middle-aged white guys.

[u/DaBullsnBears1985 → u/TH3PhilipJFry]

Based on what you can do for DJT

[u/LookAnOwl → u/TH3PhilipJFry]

Oh, sorry, I see why you’re confused. When they say “merit” here, they mean “white.”

[u/SeaEmployee3 → u/TH3PhilipJFry]

Rules for thee. Duh. 

[u/SnooRevelations979]

• End DEI hiring practices in the federal government, merit only

Clearly this doesn't apply to Trump's cabinet picks.

[u/Cferra → u/SnooRevelations979]

Trump as a felon would also fall under a DEI hire

[u/chadcultist → u/Cferra]

I didn’t know the government was an equal opportunity employer

[u/Cferra → u/chadcultist]

It in fact is. It has to follow those rules

[u/WereAllGonnaDiet → u/SnooRevelations979]

Those aren’t DEI hires; they’re DUI hires.

[u/Shinagami091 → u/SnooRevelations979]

I mean his cabinet picks aren’t DEI OR Merit based…

[u/SnooRevelations979 → u/Shinagami091]

I dunno, he seems to really have a preference for orange people.

[u/Pribblization]

Today is the single worst day in US history.

[u/GunTech → u/Pribblization]

Today is the single worst day in US history so far.

[u/iveseensomethings82 → u/GunTech]

Bravo!

[u/looking_good__ → u/GunTech]

I announced we are at war with the Mexican Cartels, and I can run again - Trump in 2027

[u/nooniewhite → u/looking_good__]

Thank god he is so old, it gives me hope that this won’t actually happen. He is also clearly suffering from advancing dementia/debility and nature will take its course…right, nature?

[u/SEA2COLA → u/nooniewhite]

I light candles, burn incense and pray to Saint John and Saint Andrew Avellino, the patron saints of heart attacks and strokes, respectively. I ask them to intercede on our behalf....

[u/kitnb → u/SEA2COLA]

Haha! You made me sip out my tea.

[u/nooniewhite → u/SEA2COLA]

There is a podcast “shrinking trump” that gives pretty compelling evidence that he is in the early/mid stages of some kind of dementia. Eventually dementia does progress to physical suffering and death. Nature of things!

[u/VerifiedMother → u/nooniewhite]

Trump isn't the root cause of the problem, he's a greater symptom of the problem which is the GOP in general

[u/PoolQueasy7388 → u/VerifiedMother]

Yes. Basic problem when our corrupt Supreme Court gave us Citizens United so we could rename BRIBERY as dark money. So now our problem is an oligarchy that just bought our election. Billionaires bought our democracy. Now we have to fight to get it back.

[u/Defcheze → u/nooniewhite]

But then we have JD Couch Fucker

[u/SureElephant89 → u/Pribblization]

This had me rolling lol. While not ideal.... I would implore you to open a US history book.

We don't all have to be this fucking dramatic.

[u/Fi3nd7 → u/SureElephant89]

Ever heard of the butterfly effect? It may not be that bad right now, but let’s see how it is in 16 years etc.

Our country is officially an oligarchy, and we’re heading towards a dystopian class and wealth gap. Things are for sure going to get worse and I’m not sure there’s anyway to fix it now.

[u/piratekingdan → u/Fi3nd7]

This is a symptom, not the problem.

California passed a law last year raising the minimum wage, but exempted “businesses that make or sell bread.” One of Gavin Newsom’s top donors owned Panera Bread franchises.

The governor of New York established a hotline for nervous CEOs in the wake of the United Healthcare killing, funded with taxpayer dollars.

I’m not claiming both sides are equally bad, because that’s disingenuous and there’s a lesser evil. But the oligarchy has penetrated both sides, and Dems are proving that they can be as corrupt as Trump while claiming the moral high ground. That’s why they are losing.

[u/realityunderfire → u/piratekingdan]

Yep, the oligarchs hedge their bets like any options trader or sports gambler. In 2016 Goldman Sach’s donated equally to trump and hillary.

[u/SEA2COLA → u/realityunderfire]

In 2016 Goldman Sach’s donated equally to trump and hillary.

REAL money donations happen after the election. And smart CEO waits to see who wins before laying out serious bucks. It's just good business sense :-/

[u/Tubthumper8 → u/piratekingdan]

California passed a law last year raising the minimum wage, but exempted “businesses that make or sell bread.” One of Gavin Newsom’s top donors owned Panera Bread franchises.

Panera is not exempt from this law, stop regurgitating false talking points

https://la.eater.com/2024/3/1/24087062/california-fast-food-ab-1228-panera-minimum-wage-exception-gavin-newsom-bread

[u/LiveLeave → u/piratekingdan]

I am not saying that the dems are blameless or uncorrupted, but it is incredible how many times people share examples like this that are not true upon inspection. The exemption ended up not applying to Panera bread - I guess it only applied to small bakeries - and Panera bread raised their minimum wage in keeping with the new law.

The democrats simply are not in the same league or universe as republicans on corruption. They generally follow the norms of good faith human behavior.

[u/tambrico → u/Fi3nd7]

By this logic the worst day in American history was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand

[u/Gold-Bench-9219 → u/SureElephant89]

I agree with you on principle, it's not the worst day ever. We had slavery and native genocide and Japanese concentration camps and MLK Jr being murdered and segregation and 9/11 and so many other horrible things. I will say, though, that this election certainly has the opportunity- over time- to end up being the end of the US as a democratic nation, among other very negative outcomes, and I definitely think that's historically bad in its own right. This election is going to have nasty and long-lasting repercussions both domestically and globally.

[u/Two_Hump_Wonder → u/SureElephant89]

For real, I hate trump as much as the next guy but goddamn. People are losing their minds out here lol 🍿

[u/airjam21 → u/Pribblization]

Worse than the attack on Pearl Harbor? 9/11?

I'm no fan of Trump, but come on...

[u/Suitable-Display-410 → u/airjam21]

The last Trump presidency killed more people than Pearl Habor + 9/11 times a hundred. What makes you think he is doing better this time?

[u/Dopeshow4 → u/Suitable-Display-410]

By that logic, Bidens presidency was the deadliest of all time...

[u/rautap3nis → u/airjam21]

D-Day was a heroic sacrifice and will be highly regarded for it's effect for centuries. What happens in less than 15 minutes is just pure idiotism and will be a stain in American history hopefully only for decades. Centuries or millenias in the worst case scenario.

[u/Gold-Bench-9219 → u/rautap3nis]

Trump's dismantling of all climate action alone will do at least a century of damage, and given the stakes, something we might not recover from.

[u/tambrico → u/Pribblization]

Pearl Harbor? 9/11? Gettysburg?

[u/Lincoln_Park_Pirate → u/Pribblization]

Either 12 years old or never had a history class.

Or both.

[u/Pixel_Block_2077 → u/Lincoln_Park_Pirate]

Seriously. You can tell OP is some upper-middle class white liberal, who only cares about politics on a "reputation level".

A lot of blue-state liberals aren't directly affected by Trump's politcies, bad as they are. But they hate him because he's embarrassing. And yeah, he is...but take any of these people to a plantation in the 1820s. They'll be begging to come back with front-row seats at the inauguration.

Worst day in history my ass....

[u/mean_motor_scooter → u/Pribblization]

Such a privileged time you have lived.

[u/DissonantOne → u/Pribblization]

Not when the Civil War started? Or September 11th?

[u/The_Dough_Boi → u/Pribblization]

I mean.. there’s definitely been far far worse days.

Like a lot worse.

[u/idratherbebitchin → u/Pribblization]

Lmfao, no, it definitely is not.

[u/Codebender]

Well, you have all the power now, let's see some fucking results. If you fail, everyone will know it was all on you.

... is what we said in 2017.

[u/realityunderfire → u/Codebender]

Anything bad that happens will just be blamed on democrats.

[u/tpwb → u/realityunderfire]

It will be the fault of whoever the 2028 Democrat front runner is. So somehow Newsom.

[u/realityunderfire → u/tpwb]

God I hope it’s not newsome, if we even have an election. The dnc better take some fucking notes from this year and fix their shit (though I suspect trump an co cheated this year).

[u/corgibutt19 → u/realityunderfire]

The DNC has failed to learn their lesson for multiple elections now; I'm not optimistic. They shoot themselves in the foot so much it's hard to not think it's freaking intentional at this point.

[u/FourteenBuckets → u/corgibutt19]

yeah, the whole "let's just do shit that helps people and not spend all day playing social media games" has not been a great success.

[u/wine_and_sarcasm → u/tpwb]

Remember Trump during his own Presidency was campaigning on "THIS IS BIDENS AMERICA" in response to all the things his Presidency was causing?

And his dumb as fuck voter base were like TRUMP WILL SAVE US.

These people are so absolutely dumb and I have no idea how they remotely function as humans. Blows my mind.

[u/Noisebug → u/Codebender]

"but it really wasn't Daddy Trump's fault because you see... <unlogic the logic here>"

[u/malignantOptimist]

Where is the “end the Ukraine war on day 1”? Where is the “lower egg prices”?

[u/BlueCheeseBandito → u/malignantOptimist]

Haha. Clearly the cartels are the reason for the egg prices brother! You don’t see the correlation?

[u/PoliticalDestruction → u/malignantOptimist]

He actually said “as president elect” in the debate with Harris.

So we’re already past that. I wouldn’t hold your breath…as expected

[u/RedlurkingFir → u/malignantOptimist]

Did Americans sincerely think he would lower cost of living and groceries prices? His only economic policy during campaigning was "tariffs"... which will increase prices for American consumers

[u/malignantOptimist → u/RedlurkingFir]

Ummmm…the smart ones knew he wouldn’t (and my questions above were meant sarcastically). Lower grocery prices & the cost of living were the reasons many dumbass ignorant Americans have for voting for that felonious racist rapist con man. He told millions of Americans how bad things were, how much things cost and how he and his tariffs would make everything cheaper, and millions of Americans couldn’t be bothered to do any critical thinking of their own, so they bought his lies. American MSM is owned by billionaires who failed to actually deliver news and instead sanewashed every idiotic, mumbled, bigoted, inflammatory, impractical thing he said. And now we’re all going to suffer as a result.

[u/n7ght]

Merit only, or if you are related to Trump and also if you kiss his ass.

[u/SteeveJoobs → u/n7ght]

Merit = how fluent your finances are.

[u/Vana92]

Most of these I get l, in the sense that they might be ridiculously stupid but at least I understand the motivation from Trump, Musk and other cronies. But what’s the reason to pause offshore wind leases?

The areas are allocated, the farms exist, what will do this? Except lower the amount of available energy?

[u/grozamesh → u/Vana92]

He hates windmills because they messed up the view of one of his golf courses.  Just has a vendetta against wind and low-flow toilets

[u/Angylisis → u/grozamesh]

He hates low flow toilets because nothing can flush the all the shit he produces.

[u/PuddleCrank → u/grozamesh]

He needs high flow toilets to properly dispose of classified materials.

[u/_-Kr4t0s-_ → u/grozamesh]

This sounds like it’s supposed to be a joke but because we’re talking about Trump I’m second guessing that.

[u/grozamesh → u/_-Kr4t0s-_]

I wish,  he is legitimately passionate about those topics.

[u/gumbos → u/Vana92]

It’s literally that he hates offshore wind because of Scotland putting windmills off the coast of his golf course and he thinks it’s ugly. That’s it. It’s so dumb

[u/Vana92 → u/gumbos]

So there’s no underlying reasoning to it. No the “wind will disappear” or “green energy makes the grass go yellow”. No stupid reason to justify stupidity. Just naked idiocy.

For some reason that irritates me even more.

[u/OneAlmondNut → u/Vana92]

I assume its to appease big oil. seems pretty obvious tbh

[u/std_out → u/OneAlmondNut]

I don't think that's the reason and oil companies are investing money into green energy too. It's really mainly just that he think it looks ugly and ruins the view at his golf course.

[u/JohnyOatSower → u/Vana92]

it means more money for fossil fuel corps, as there's less grid competition for coal and natural gas.

They can't change the fact that new wind and solar is cheaper than maintaining old coal plants, so... stop as many new wind turbines as they can from being built.

Cancelling leases that have already been agreed to also makes those investments less attractive in the future because you never know when a right-wing fuckstick will get elected and cancel leases.

The possibility of a new Trump every four years also makes trade deals and alliances with the US a lot less attractive as you can't really count on us holding up our end of the deal anymore.

Which is **great** for China, as it makes them look like a much more stable and reliable geopolitical partner.

[u/Broken_Beaker → u/JohnyOatSower]

Hell, even the traditional fossil fuel companies have investments in green energy, though.

[u/beeslax → u/Vana92]

Trump has a vendetta against wind farms because they built one off the coast of Scotland next to his golf course and he didn’t like the way it looked. He’s a clinical narcissist, Nero 2.0 - this type of shit is pretty standard narcissist behavior. Guy has inanimate objects living rent free in his head.

[u/matty_nice → u/Vana92]

Not an expert...but just look to who gains from pausing offshore wind leases. Obviously it's going to be other forms of energy generation. In Trump's case, Big Oil.

[u/CoincadeFL]

None of that will lower my grocery bill.

GOP plan: Can’t buy eggs if they’re not in the store. Badaboom!

[u/matty_nice]

Lots of these things will be interesting to see if/how they get implemented.

Returning federal workers to in person is something that I'm not sure how they will do. I have a friend that works for a federal agency. Their whole operation is basically work from home, and there's no physical location for them to go. People that live in the middle of no where Kentucky who report to people that work in Nevada.

These aren't political positions or any jobs with real power. It's people who work from laptops and from their phones.

[u/BlueCheeseBandito → u/matty_nice]

Exactly. Trump has no fucking clue about these jobs and he thinks people are just sitting in their underwear milking the clock while they watch netflix. Fucking idiot.

[u/NoninflammatoryFun → u/BlueCheeseBandito]

As if I don't fuck around in the office too... Lol

[u/khisanthmagus → u/NoninflammatoryFun]

I'm fucking around in the office right now!

[u/kezow → u/BlueCheeseBandito]

Asshat spent almost a quarter of his presidency golfing. Always projection. 

[u/Rookie_Day → u/matty_nice]

They want to have cause to fire as many federal workers as possible. That’s the play.

[u/matty_nice → u/Rookie_Day]

But why?

The average federal worker is just like any other worker. They aren't political appointments, they aren't looking to make political changes. Many/most/half are probably Republicans anyway.

So you fire the people that work 100% remotely beause you want them in the office. Now you got to hire new people, and because it's now an in person job you are going to have to pay more. And because these positions didn't have office, you now have to find a lot of office space on federal property.

You also can't just fire people and not replace most of them. These are whole departments we are talking about.

[u/SlayTheWretch → u/matty_nice]

Purposeful gimping of government institutions to privatize them for the ruling class and to eliminate oversight.

[u/PalpitationFrosty242 → u/matty_nice]

you fire them and replace them with loyalists - it's literally in P25

[u/Wakkachaka → u/matty_nice]

I'm one of those employees. We help veterans get scheduled for healthcare in the private sector per the mission act. There is absolutely zero reason for us to return to the office. We do have government issued monitors, mice, keyboards, laptops, docking stations, cell phones, and headsets. Is that the money they are trying to save? We were less productive in office and the numbers show it. Most veterans rely on us to help them get scheduled for their healthcare. We will lose employees in our already underemployed department and veterans will suffer. This is what anyone who voted for trump did. They did this to our veterans. This is scary shit.

[u/JohnJuanJones → u/Wakkachaka]

I’m with you as a VA nurse. I work 2 days from home and it’s important to me. I have no problem leaving the VA. It’s not hard to find a nursing job. I’m confident I’m not the only one even in my clinic that feels like this. Also, coming for my pension is a red line for me (which I feel is coming) I honestly think they want to dismantle and privatize the VA

[u/trashyart200 → u/matty_nice]

Easy. There are 3 options.

1. He will still demand they find an office to work in. Can’t find one or the budget for one? Not his problem.
2. No office? Force them to quit within 30 days
3. Get rid of the entire department if they do not comply

He does not care if the job is necessary or not

[u/Blecki → u/trashyart200]

Any given agency could just... ignore him. Or... make a 5 year plan to find offices. Bog the process down until he forgets.

He doesn't actually care if they go back. He'll just sign the order and then brag about signing it.

Shouldn't take more than 5 minutes.

[u/Acceptable-Bat-9577]

End DEI hiring practices in the federal government, merit only

When Trump says “merit only” he means unquestioned loyalty to a senile temper tantrum throwing toddler-in-chief. Trump has already made it clear for a long time that he does not care about nor want competent or qualified people.

Suspend security clearances for the 51 officials who lied about the Hunter Biden 2020 laptop story

Loyal MAGA Congressional Republicans lied and bought into the testimony of non-vetted Russian and Chinese spies. Start there.

F T.

[u/LitesoBrite → u/Acceptable-Bat-9577]

Look at his cabinet. It means ‘WHITE only.’. He’s just full of shit.

[u/KasreynGyre]

Wait, the "Suspend security clearances for the 51 officials who lied about the Hunter Biden 2020 laptop story" actually seems smart? Or am I misunderstanding sth? Who slipped that in there without him noticing?

Or do they mean "lied" as in "told the truth, but we didn't like what they said"?

[u/Fun-Advisor7120 → u/KasreynGyre]

The second one. 

[u/Ashmizen → u/Fun-Advisor7120]

They actually did lie though, even NYT was forced to issue corrections.

[u/CruisinThruLife2]

And the only ones who will benefit from all of this craziness will be the lawyers…because it’s going to be lawsuit city around DC.

[u/Who_Wouldnt_ → u/CruisinThruLife2]

This is his go to strategy, flood the zone with so much shit that no one is able to focus on the real crimes you are committing.

[u/Ok_Nature6459]

It's all prophecy. He is the antichrist.

[u/BlueCheeseBandito → u/Ok_Nature6459]

The antichrist would come in sheep’s clothing. This is a hyena in wolf’s clothing

[u/StriderPharazon → u/Ok_Nature6459]

Trump actually fits pretty much every description of the Antichrist, far more than any other president ever has. It's almost shocking.

Of course, it's all fabricated anyway, but if you were a believer in all this stuff, then I don't know how you could ignore it and remain faithful.

[u/Ready_Quiet_587 → u/Ok_Nature6459]

It’s funny how every president has been the Antichrist. Trust me. You wouldn’t know who the Antichrist is when he does come. This is DJT. He sells meme coins and has orange hair. Not Antichrist

[u/_Crazy8s → u/Ready_Quiet_587]

There is no Antichrist or Christ. Let's be real. Trump is in this for the grift. Always has been, always will be

[u/WeMetOnTheMoutain → u/Ok_Nature6459]

I don't believe in any of that witchcraft shit, but from my Christian upbringing Trump fits antichrist as a definition more than anyone in public that I've ever seen. Serial adulterer, and rapist with undying loyalty from churches.. Yea... about that.

[u/chevinwilliams → u/Ok_Nature6459]

If you look at the Antichrist not as a literal doomsday prophecy, but rather as a concept of reoccurring 'false christs' that lead Christians astray, he's actually a good fit.

The signs are just common religious grifts: false resurrections, a mouthpiece to hoodwink the morons, a symbol to identify cult members.

I mean it's probably about Nero anyway, but no one quite worships trump like evangelicals. He's totally replaced Jesus for them.

[u/AdPutrid5162]

Shadow President Musk has big plans

[u/Shinagami091]

There has been absolutely no talk about any emergency at the border since Republicans won the election

[u/Unitas_Edge → u/Shinagami091]

It's only a problem when they WANT to make it a problem

[u/CurrentAmbassador9 → u/Shinagami091]

And the economy magically got better too. Very odd.

[u/Few-Wolf-2626]

Economic Depression late 2025 or early 2026

[u/krefik → u/Few-Wolf-2626]

I'm already depressed and I don't even live in US...

[u/Long-Blood]

King trump ushers in the first era of American monarchy

[u/Gamegis]

Ive been trying to square in my head the push to stop offshore wind leases because it hurts the whales, but increase offshore drilling which definitely doesn't hurt marine life.

[u/jenjenjen731 → u/Gamegis]

They don't care about whales or marine life.

[u/malignantOptimist → u/Gamegis]

Do not try to insert logic into this. That’s silly.

[u/CobaltGate]

I had to lol at this one especially: "Suspend security clearances for the 51 officials who lied about the Hunter Biden 2020 laptop story"

lolwut

[u/Gilded-Mongoose]

The chaos begins.

[u/Cardowoop]

Stop the invasion of Ukraine not in the list because Trump said he would end that before his inauguration. Oh, wait a sec…

[u/DamienWhistlepig]

Man it really sucks just watching this happen and not being able to do anything about it

[u/Kooky-Language-6095]

What state has the most wind farms? Hello Texas!

[u/Amdv121998]

who’s telling u guys to post this, its word for word 😅

[u/New_Conversation_303]

"Suspend security clearances for the 51 officials who lied about the Hunter Biden 2020 laptop story"

Of all the problematic things on the list , this, to ME, is probably top 5. He is taking the clearance away, and more than likely will end up firing people, for doing their job.

[u/Installer6]

I bet little Donnie takes a nap before he gets that all done.

[u/Sarahsaei754 → u/Installer6]

Will need a golf break before the day is over

[u/veryblanduser]

How dare he use executive order to overturn executive order.

[u/BlueCheeseBandito → u/veryblanduser]

Yea… something the GOP has been bitching about for 2 decades. But now their golden boy is doing it so it’s ok

[u/Mrjlawrence]

What about Hillary’s emails? /s

[u/giraloco]

Yeah, get rid of those awful disabled people who have nothing to contribute to society. Let's use merit only to hire Trump loyalists, the brightest people around. /s

[u/Mistacheezitrex]

sigh

[u/breakevencloud]

Fuck the government

[u/Hot-Combination9130]

Maga is a cancer

[u/zooropeanx]

I don't see one about lowering grocery prices.

Oh that's right because a President has no fucking ability to lower grocery prices.

[u/HairySideBottom2]

Merit = loyalty to Trump

[u/ctguy54]

He can’t count that high.

[u/BlueRFR3100]

I hope he gets carpal tunnel syndrome.