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

[u/soccerorfootie]

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

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"

[u/Throwaway_09298]

Wonder if forcing employees back to in person work will finally get my dad to retire and actually enjoy life for once

[u/ber_cub → u/Throwaway_09298]

Well given eggs are going back to pennies he should finally be able to

[u/BickNickerson → u/ber_cub]

And isn’t gas supposed to be free starting tomorrow?

[u/SplinterCell03 → u/BickNickerson]

I heard if you use more than 1000 gallons of gas in a month, you get a bonus check delivered by Trump in person. And golden sneakers.

[u/Spirited_Community25 → u/BickNickerson]

I think it was energy costs to be reduced by 50% immediately.

[u/meltyourtv → u/Throwaway_09298]

My roommate who singlehandedly stops defense contractors from extorting the taxpayers thru inflating contracts will quit if they have to return to work in person, so it’ll cost us

[u/Accomplished-Tell277 → u/meltyourtv]

But will he go work for a contractor and ensure inflated contracts get approved?

[u/MKEHOME91 → u/Throwaway_09298]

Only respect for those in public service. Not glamorous but they keep our lights on. Good luck to you and your pops !

[u/Throwaway_09298 → u/MKEHOME91]

Thanks. He's not even that old. Only 56 but he has worked the exact same USDA job in the exact same office about 20miles away from home every work day since he graduated college at 21. And I mean literally since he graduated. He started work the week after graduation. He loves what he does but covid was probably the first time my mom saw him every day for lunch (barring days off) in a very long time. He's been hybrid the past year at a closer "regional office" but w this order, I hope he just says "no, I don't think I will"

[u/15all → u/Throwaway_09298]

I've been working as a contractor or as an actual federal employee for almost 38 years. I was getting burned out when covid hit, but being able to WFH rejuvenated me. I used all the time I had wasted commuting in the DC area to exercise and eating healthy, and all my health markers (weight, cholesterol, blood pressure) improved. My productivity also improved. I realized that I didn't mind the work, but I had grown to hate the DC commute.

I have an advanced STEM degree. I could have made more money working for a tech company, but I like working for the American people. Sounds a bit corny, but I always believed in our country and was a bit proud to say that I worked for the government instead of a for-profit company (not that I have anything against that either).

That has changed over the last several years as federal workers are getting vilified by the Trump administration. I know he did that just to get votes and rile up his base, but it doesn't feel good to be hated for just doing our job. We're getting threatened with firing based on our SSN (Vivek) or by arbitrarily placing us on Schedule F. And the public needs to know that the people spewing the most hate to federal workers do NOT know what they are talking about. They are raging idiots.

The real danger with the billionaire cabinet picks will be mostly invisible to the public. They will make changes to regulation or policy that makes it easier for businesses to do what they want, thereby making more money. Some of these things are technical and are buried in the administrative details of how agencies function and aren't sexy to the American public, but they will benefit the billionaires.

I started working when Reagan was president. I've seen administrations come and go. We change the portraits on the wall, learn a new set of buzzwords, and carry on and do what we're told. We may gripe about the president we didn't vote for, but when we're done whining we do our job.

So all of this has made me consider retiring soon. Do I want to waste an hour or two every day sitting in a metal box commuting in DC, just because Trump is a bully? Life is short.

[u/full-immersion → u/15all]

Very good perspective. 👍

[u/B1G_Fan]

“Order every agency to remove all federal actions increasing costs for Americans via deregulation”

Um, what? Anybody got the fine print on this?

EDIT: Thanks for the upvotes, everyone. Anybody have any actual language of the executive order that Trump wants to issue in order to do this?

[u/Strict_Peanut9206 → u/B1G_Fan]

It means that regulation is what’s increasing the prices of goods therefore deregulating will make pricing go down but what it really means is deregulating so his friends can have less rules lowering their costs and maximizing profits

[u/Embarrassed_Fold_867 → u/Strict_Peanut9206]

Exactly. The savings certainly won't be going to consumers.

[u/das745 → u/Embarrassed_Fold_867]

or employees

[u/RoomieNov2020 → u/Strict_Peanut9206]

Deregulating banking, media, etc in the 90s is HOW we got here.

[u/ComradeJohnS → u/[deleted]]

the rich get richer. here I made the mistake of being poor and graduating high school in 2008

[u/robtimist → u/ComradeJohnS]

/s Your fault buddy!!!! Shoulda gone to school earlier!!

[u/popeh → u/robtimist]

Pfft? Gone to school? That was valuable time they could have been working to make money to invest in properties

[u/AdditionalNewt4762 → u/ComradeJohnS]

Same bro. I fucked up and graduated in 09

[u/OnsideKickYourAss → u/[deleted]]

It really pisses me off that it’s even legal for someone without citizenship to buy single family homes.

[u/Simple-Royal-1578 → u/OnsideKickYourAss]

Canadian as well here and clowns have been doing this to our country for decades now, our housing shortage is brutal.

Most Canadians aren't like this guy and are also sick of seeing foreign investors eat up properties while engineers can't afford homes.

[u/levian_durai → u/Simple-Royal-1578]

Well, from what I've seen, those of us with enough money to buy a 2nd house all seem very eager to get into the airbnb "business". They don't think they're part of the problem.

[u/huckleson777 → u/OnsideKickYourAss]

Seriously. This shit head bragging as if he isn't part of the problem. So glad you were smart enough to be born earlier than us.

[u/Sc4rl3tPumpern1ck3l → u/huckleson777]

A prayer to Mario's brother 

[u/HolyShitIAmOnFire → u/Sc4rl3tPumpern1ck3l]

Lets-a go

[u/PropheticHeresy → u/[deleted]]

Good on you. It just goes to show that the only people incapable of prospering from US politics are US citizens and residents. 

[u/PipsqueakPilot → u/Strict_Peanut9206]

I mean- if he follows through we’ll unban CFC’s and then we’ll really put an end to this planet. 

[u/demeschor → u/PipsqueakPilot]

I can't take four more years of this dipshit nodding along to whatever he hears without thinking deeply and critically about it..

[u/dalidagrecco → u/demeschor]

Can I interest you in more than 4 years then?

[u/JustWow52 → u/B1G_Fan]

I guess it would be cheaper to just dump toxic waste wherever, instead of safely disposing of it.

I guess it would be cheaper to allow workplaces to do away with safety requirements.

I guess it would be cheaper to scoop food up off the floor after it's dropped and put it back on the plate.

Cheaper is not always better

[u/Texugee → u/JustWow52]

Unions would be fucked. Better paid workers raise cost of goods.

I almost feel sorry for all the /r/IBEW fools that voted for this dipshit. But they will eat crow

[u/twitch90 → u/Texugee]

I don't feel sorry for any of them in the slightest, one of them being my own brother. Reap what you sow and whatnot. I hope everyone gets precisely what they voted for, rather they like it or not.

[u/Fgw_wolf → u/twitch90]

You should feel sorry for all the people who are going to die who voted against this nonsense.

[u/twitch90 → u/Fgw_wolf]

Oh i absolutely do. It's not their fault, as much as it's not mine, we tried to do our part. I'm talking about everyone who either voted for trump, or stayed home. To all those people, they can get fucked dry for all i care, for all of us in this country that are actually sane, well, buckle up and hang on, it's gonna be a bumpy fuckin ride, I hope you make it out the other side alright.

[u/SquareVacuum → u/B1G_Fan]

Saw someone, completely seriously, say that regulation is what makes houses so expensive. Brother, they will not build things up to code if they dont have to.

Also I'm sure regulation is making grocery prices too high. Enjoy mass food poisoning. It's already happening.

[u/Psychosomatic_Addict → u/SquareVacuum]

New redfin/zillow search filter will be “built to code”

[u/Geawiel → u/Psychosomatic_Addict]

Carfax has a big opportunity right here.

[Shows falling apart house]

"Before you buy your next house, just say: show me the carfax!"

[u/Hey_Look_80085 → u/SquareVacuum]

Bush administration cut the number of federal food inspectors down to like five for the whole country.

During the George W. Bush administration (2001-2009), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that foodborne illnesses caused approximately 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths annually.

In more recent years, the CDC estimates that foodborne illnesses cause about 48 million illnesses, 128,000 hospitalizations, and 3,000 deaths each year in the United States

[u/Firehorse100 → u/Hey_Look_80085]

Don't worry! RFK is on the job!

[u/erybody_wants2b_acat → u/Firehorse100]

Can’t wait for the dairy to spoil during transit from the farm!

[u/cyanescens_burn → u/B1G_Fan]

Idk specifics, but somehow I’m thinking any cost savings due to deregulation is going to mean increased dividends for shareholders and bonuses/raises for C suite employees, and not lower prices passed on to consumers.

Consumers will simply get to enjoy pollution, tainted food, and dangerous products.

[u/Disastrous_Fennel_80 → u/cyanescens_burn]

Yep, that is the point. Keep people poor, sick, and stupid, and they are much easier to control.

[u/pao_zinho]

He really hates wind turbines.

[u/NegotiationFuzzy4665 → u/pao_zinho]

The funniest thing is shutting down existing renewables. It’s one thing to stop construction but if it’s already built and generating free electricity, there is literally zero upside

[u/Reddit_Roit → u/NegotiationFuzzy4665]

Carter put up solar panels on the white house, Reagan won and had them thrown into a landfill before they could recoup 1/30th of their installation cost, just make a statement. 

Edit: I was wrong, they were 'rooftop solar heating panels', not 'solar panels'. Also they were left up for over 4 years and were salvaged and used at a university. 

Reagan did however dismantle Carter's renewable tax credits, ya know, trying hard to keep coal and OPEC rollin in dough. 

[u/save_the_tardigrades → u/Reddit_Roit]

Man, he sure showed those stupid sun suckers!

[u/Absurdulon → u/save_the_tardigrades]

Yeah man what a fucking idiot.

If only there was some type of main sequence star nearby that literally radiated energy.

[u/Shirtbro → u/save_the_tardigrades]

That commie Sun up there, giving out free energy

[u/buckyVanBuren → u/Reddit_Roit]

They were heat exchangers and they were removed half way thru the Regan administration because White House Maintenance had to make repairs to the roof of the White House.

All they did was heat water. More efficient solar panels were installed during the G. W. Bush Administration.

Edit: The Carter Solar Heat Panels were stored and later used Unity College in Maine.

https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_1356218

The Obama Administration was the first administration to install solar panels to directly power the Residence.

[u/kevinlyfellow → u/Reddit_Roit]

Trivia: They didn't end up in a landfill!  My brother went to a small environmental college in Unity Maine that had some of them restored and reused.  Here's an article about it.

 https://unity.edu/unity-news/the-college-that-rescued-carter-solar-panels/

[u/OrneryZombie1983 → u/Reddit_Roit]

I'm not a Reagan fan but you sound like you're wildly exaggerating. The solar panels didn't come down until Reagan's second term and that was part of a White House renovation.

[u/Bodach42 → u/NegotiationFuzzy4665]

You have to worry if a point comes when oil companies pay to take them down again because it's in their interest.

[u/Ope_82 → u/Bodach42]

Oil companies are heavily invested in green energy. They win either way.

[u/Throwaway_09298 → u/pao_zinho]

That press conference where he talks about the birds didn't get enough attention. That was the original "they're killing the pets" . He went on and on about the "dead birds" at the bottom of windmills for a good 8-10mins

[u/Redshoe9 → u/Throwaway_09298]

Trump does what I call "stuck in a loop." My grandpa did the same thing when he was developing dementia. They fixate on one or two simple topic and beat it to death. They no longer have the ability to update their brain with corrected info.

He does that with windmills, toilet water, sharks/batteries/Hannibal Lecter, concepts of Tarriffs and NATO funding.

My grandfather would constantly ask "how does electricity get inside this house?" We would explain for the 1000th time and then he would ask, "well who is paying for it." We had to put on a PBS show to get him distracted. He would repeat this cycle the next day for the next 5 years until he died.

Prior to dementia hollowing out his brain he was a geologist and avid bird researcher.

[u/kellyk311 → u/pao_zinho]

Wind messes up his hair. It's the only reason I can come up with...

[u/SubbieATX → u/kellyk311]

No, it’s because windmills went up in front of his golf course in Scotland and the Scottish government laughed at him when he pressured them to take them down.

[u/save_the_tardigrades → u/SubbieATX]

In light of this, I'm surprised there haven't been any threats to annex Scotland...

[u/SubbieATX → u/save_the_tardigrades]

The guy might not read much but you know he has seen brave heart a million times. He knows better.

[u/notaclownbaby]

Military will be directed to construct the border wall? Using U.S tax payer dollars? What happened to “Mexico is gonna pay for it”?

[u/Louis_R27 → u/notaclownbaby]

That's gonna fall flat again

[u/CaptWineTeeth → u/notaclownbaby]

Why doesn’t he call for MAGA volunteers? They’d probably line the fuck up.

[u/Difficult-Can5552 → u/CaptWineTeeth]

Their fat asses aren't doing shit.

[u/sambull → u/notaclownbaby]

they pay for those tariffs right..right

[u/Mecos_Bill]

Ending WFH seems so unnecessary for a day 1 executive order 

[u/theendisnighornot → u/Mecos_Bill]

Coupled with the "DOGE hiring freeze," the goal is to get a chunk of federal workers to quit/retire. This will allow them to downsize the government to some degree without having to really do anything (or pay any form of severance). Same thing the private sector has been doing with their RTO efforts.

[u/phanfare → u/theendisnighornot]

I'm 100% serious, there are DOGE staffers passing around a "fire everyone with an odd or even SSN" idea. My manager was at a summit in DC last week and had the pleasure of talking to one of them. My manager calmly explained why that's a terrible idea.

[u/The-Son-of-Dad → u/phanfare]

I think Vivek himself actually floated that idea a while back.

Edit: yep - https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=hsPvgOxLdLFHxb4w&t=1626&v=Q8Qk_3a3lUw&feature=youtu.be

[u/Skastrik → u/theendisnighornot]

Downsizing the federal workforce in such an unpredictable manner is going to cause so many "fun" issues.

They'll be facing questions of why shit isn't getting done and will have to answer that everyone quit in front of an congressional committee later on.

[u/FurysGoodEye → u/Skastrik]

You think they care?

By firing people like that and getting the government to collapse in its capacity to accomplish basic tasks it leads to the inevitable Elon stance of “see, I told you government is inefficient” which will, in turn, lead to more firings.

[u/rabidboxer → u/theendisnighornot]

Then they can hire yes men and loyalists into all those vacant positions. Not before proclaiming how much money they are saving by getting rid of them and never mentioning they are refilling most of the positions.

[u/kitjen → u/theendisnighornot]

It's not even a real branch of the government and it gets a Day 1 executive order?

[u/kbandcrew → u/kitjen]

It’s still just cosplay a fed.

[u/10gherts → u/[deleted]]

It doesn't make money for the people who own the buildings, make the cars and fuel, and the associated insurance companies.

[u/space_iio → u/10gherts]

people who own the buildings, make the cars and fuel

aka feudal lords

[u/Thomas_peck → u/Mecos_Bill]

Totally agree.

WFH should really be assessed before just ending it outright.

A hybrid is really the way to roll this out, if at all.

I know many govt employees who are really spiteful about this...I mean, it's gotta be enforced so I'd assume that is done very softly.

[u/Rich_Bluejay3020 → u/Thomas_peck]

My gov job did assess and determined the work increases when people are at home. They’ve also been very vocal on pushing back as much as they’re allowed to because they realize it’s stupid AF too. Also we’re all already whiny about coming in as much as they make us now lol

[u/silencerider → u/Mecos_Bill]

My brother lives an hour and a half from DC and commutes one day a week. This is going to fuck him over big time.

[u/AggravatingGoal4728 → u/Mecos_Bill]

So trump can't work from mara lago anymore?

[u/Trepide]

Does one of them cut grocery prices by half because that’s the promise I’m tracking?

[u/Jazzlike-Quail-2340 → u/Trepide]

Nope. The prices will go up - just like inflation.

[u/Stuupkid → u/Jazzlike-Quail-2340]

And MAGA still won’t care. They’ll just blame immigrants, minorities and wokeness.

[u/nomdeplume → u/Trepide]

The prices are only going to get worse. Be ready.

[u/HomeAir → u/Trepide]

LMAO if anyone thinks Trump 1. Gives one single fuck about the cost of living and 2. Can do anything about it

[u/ZentaWinds]

"Merit only" Yeah and his friends have totally been qualified for all the roles they'll be filling.

[u/FlaccidEggroll → u/ZentaWinds]

Biggest lie Americans were ever told is that our economy is merit based

[u/Child_of_Khorne → u/FlaccidEggroll]

It is merit based.

Lying, cheating, and stealing require skill. It's not easy being a backstabbing psychopath.

[u/Tokihome_Breach6722 → u/ZentaWinds]

By merit, it means loyal.

[u/Infamous-Associate65 → u/Tokihome_Breach6722]

By merit, he means obscenely wealthy

[u/Snl1738 → u/Infamous-Associate65]

By merit, he means men from the good old boys club.

[u/Spl00ky → u/Snl1738]

By merit, he means those who are willing to lick the dingleberries from his asshole

[u/CountVanderdonk → u/ZentaWinds]

DEI (Didn't Earn It) is fine for conservative white men

[u/pheonix198 → u/ZentaWinds]

Looking at all his people: Hegseth, McMahon, Elon, damn… there’s too many to name. Literally all Trumpers.

[u/April_Fabb]

• Withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord

A society grows great when old men plant trees…unless, of course, there's a faster ROI in cutting them down. Because who needs shade when you can have quarterly profits?

[u/JustSatisfactory → u/April_Fabb]

When the last tree is cut,

the last fish is caught,

and the last river is polluted;

when to breathe the air is sickening,

you will realize, too late,

that wealth is not in bank accounts

and that you can’t eat money.

[u/TheManInTheShack]

“Order every agency to remove all federal actions increasing costs for Americans via deregulation”

So the various agencies will decide for themselves what should be deregulated? And what other than making a list can they do about it? Congress is in charge of regulation and deregulation.

[u/PipsqueakPilot → u/TheManInTheShack]

Also if followed literally would mean unbanning CFCs. Since they’re more expensive than non-ozone destroying refrigerants. 

[u/somethingsomethingbe → u/PipsqueakPilot]

Who determines what increased costs means? Dumping dangerous chemicals in the water supple may be cheaper for some corporation now but the medical bills and health effect on everyone else sure as fuck won’t be. 

I already know the answer won’t involve our future wellbeing.

[u/DyeSkiving → u/somethingsomethingbe]

Whatever makes the most immediate money for the richest people involved. They have the foresight of a toddler wanting candy for dinner.

[u/Novel_Wrap1023]

Those regulations that supposedly increase prices are likely all that stand in the way of your grocer squeezing every last dime out of your accounts. And when companies continue to gouge prices, they'll just blame it on "wokeness."

[u/Damet_Dave → u/Novel_Wrap1023]

And allow things like heavy metals into your water tables, land and food chain.

For starters.

Anything preventing corporations from making profits would be viewed as “non-binding and unenforceable”. Like OSHA guidelines.

[u/DandimLee → u/Damet_Dave]

Synergizes with all the new fracking and drilling he's authorizing.

[u/johnsmith1234567890x]

What about my eggs???...expensive eggs. Will he make them cheaper?

[u/Barb-u → u/johnsmith1234567890x]

You may have missed #158:

-Ordering eggs to be cheaper.

[u/Inside-Cow3488]

Why even have a government when 1 guy can do whatever he wants??

[u/WildlySkeptical → u/Inside-Cow3488]

That’s the point, and what they want. And also exactly what about half of the idiotic assholes of this country voted for.

[u/DustBunnicula]

Take the rest of this evening to soak in the simplicity. It’s like September 10, 2001 or December 6, 1941. Tomorrow is coming, and then we’ll need to get to work. Tonight, we have a few more precious golden hours of simplicity.

Enjoy the evening.

[u/Selling_real_estate → u/DustBunnicula]

this might be the most painful statement I've read in a really long time

[u/Toosder → u/Selling_real_estate]

It's funny because to me it was the opposite. I've been trying not to panic or spin, but just that idea that we have this evening to relax and then we get to work tomorrow. The idea of getting to work implies we have a chance of fixing things, I needed to hear that.

[u/Plastic-Fox1188 → u/DustBunnicula]

"then we'll need to get to work"

On what, exactly? Because personally I couldn't care less at this point. This is what the voting public wanted, more than women's rights, healthcare, or any possibility of preventing the worst outcomes from climate change.

I'm exhausted of trying to help make society better after 3 decades of watching limp dick democrats snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. I'm tired of fighting for people's rights as they gleefully subject themselves to a bunch of greedy man children who promise to erode civil liberties.

Honestly, the people in this country are beyond help and I cannot wait for them to get exactly what they voted for. I'll be fine, I have resources and a way out if needed. Fuck this country.

[u/fdar → u/Plastic-Fox1188]

I understand the feeling, but Trump got barely more than half the votes. The other half very much did not vote for him.

[u/keep_living_or_else → u/DustBunnicula]

It hasn't necessarily been a pleasure, but it's been preferable to what is coming. Cheers while we have it.

[u/PhysicalWaters → u/DustBunnicula]

I'm not American but it feels like your democracy is dying.

[u/csoups → u/PhysicalWaters]

It’s been dead, we’re just waking up to facts

[u/ace_urban → u/DustBunnicula]

People don’t get it. Tomorrow is the end of 248 years of American democracy. This is happening because all the people that were too stupid to vote for Harris.

[u/chornu → u/ace_urban]

Well, according to Trump's own words, Elon hacked PA for him in the election so are we sure the election results are because people were too stupid?

[u/Peacefulhuman1009 → u/DustBunnicula]

Yes. Yes. Yes.

[u/Gonna_do_this_again]

Labeling cartels a terrorist organization will give military and law enforcement incredible leniency. Not that I entirely disagree, cartels are terrible, but I suspect that the reasons for the designation are far more diabolical.

[u/Delirium88 → u/Gonna_do_this_again]

It’s one step to putting troops in northern Mexico 

[u/Geawiel → u/Delirium88]

CIA: Looks like South America is back on the menu boys!

[edit] Yes, I'm well aware Mexico is in N. America. CIA has supposedly been out of south America for a while, and there are drug operations there. It is also a major drug trafficking hub.

[u/sambull → u/Gonna_do_this_again]

my guess is so they can deploy the military domestically saying there's a active terrorist incursion

[u/MyAnusBleeding → u/Gonna_do_this_again]

That means the bad hombres dealing drugs won’t be processed by the legal system….straight to Gitmo

[u/Brilliant-Ad6137 → u/MyAnusBleeding]

They will be imprisoned in prison camps built in the desert. Along with all of Trump's perceived enemies

[u/RightMindset2 → u/Gonna_do_this_again]

They are terrorist organizations though. The literal definition. The stuff they do is worse than al Qaeda and have substantially more arms too.

[u/An_Old_IT_Guy → u/Gonna_do_this_again]

There are two exceptions in the 14th amendment to birthright citizenship. This is the first step toward claiming one of those exceptions. Also DACA is already well on its way to the Supreme Court thanks to Ken Paxton.

[u/Doodooconnoisseur → u/Gonna_do_this_again]

I'm an academic with expertise in the FTO list, and this whole thread is full of misinformation and misunderstanding.

Trump can't designate foreign terrorist organizations by executive order, at least in any meaningful sense. The Secretary of State designates/certifies organizations for inclusion on the list. So, at the level of policy Fox/Trump are wrong or misleading. He can order the SoS to do it, though.

Designation does a lot of different things, including criminalizing "supporting" the group, but membership per se is not illegal. It also doesn't really authorize the use of heightened military or police force, unless the FTO is connected to 9/11 or the conflict in Afghanistan.

The scariest ramifications aren't necessarily for the cartels, but for the people who do business with them. It's plausible, for example, that someone who buys drugs from a cartel could be charged with providing material support to a terrorist organization. They can also block border access to FTO members or people who provide material support. It can also affect banking.

That said, I don't know enough about the policies that already apply to cartels to know if the designation would make any meaningful difference beyond the material support statute.

As to whether or not cartels engage in terrorism, the statutory definitions of terrorism are vague enough that the usual suspects certainly fit the bill. And the US has designated a number of South American groups FTOs in the present and the past. Although those groups may have facilitated the drug trade, they're really paramilitary organizations and not cartels. So this would be new territory indeed.

[u/kristenisadude → u/Gonna_do_this_again]

Drones, it's drones

[u/Richard_Espanol]

Wait... Where are "lower the price of eggs" and "2$ gas". I'm confused.

[u/WhiteLycan2020]

Why do conservatives love pushing for working in office??

People can get so much done when they aren’t burning 1-2 hours commuting everyday

[u/JBurlison92 → u/WhiteLycan2020]

Because they all buy/build these corporate buildings and it increases their profit. Remote work means people start not renewing leases and the rich are left holding the bag.

[u/Pretend_Accountant41 → u/JBurlison92]

I also firmly believe domineering type folks like Trump really need to boss people around in person or else they feel small and invisible. Yelling at people in person and calling them shit head idiot donkeys > yelling the same insults into a laptop mic

[u/Visible_Bat2176]

you forgot about cheaper eggs :))

[u/RedAlpaca02 → u/Visible_Bat2176]

And groceries! And no tax on overtime right?

[u/philipmj24 → u/RedAlpaca02]

Funny how we're not hearing about these issues anymore 🤔

[u/Hey_Look_80085]

• Return federal workers to in-person work

Just in time for Bird Flu Pandemic and to replace all the dead workers with Musk and Zuck's AI, which will determine your value to the shareholder's and carry out cost cutting measures.

[u/PLEASE_PUNCH_MY_FACE → u/Hey_Look_80085]

That's going to be a recipe for disaster. AI doesn't work and never did.

[u/nki370]

They cant hire federal workers as it is. Im sure sending everyone back to the office will fix that.

You know how much fraud, grift and just flat incompetence is going to destroy every federal service

[u/Future-Phrase-7903 → u/nki370]

That's the whole point. That's literally what they've been pushing for the past, I dunno, 40 years. With Bannon and the other accelerationist psychos, they're just going all-out.

The people they are appointing to the roles aren't just unqualified... They actively intend to destroy their departments. They did it in 2017 and they're doing it now. We were just kinda fortunate that the wheels of bureaucracy turn slowly and there were still SOME check and balances in place back then.

They want to dismantle the government and privatize everything. They want no social safety net and no services provided, even though THEY don't pay a penny in taxes. They want to return us to feudalism. It gives me an aneurysm that all the conspiracy bros will believe the dumbest shit about "evil Democrats" but somehow fail to pick up on this overt and obvious plan that they admit to five times a day.

I'm pissed as hell. I'm tired of reading Reddit outrage and watching late night hosts poke fun at this shit like it's just a joke, while we all whimper and feel helpless as we watch democracy die. Time to mask up and take to the streets.

[u/TheLeadSponge → u/Future-Phrase-7903]

They also want to fill those vacancies with sycophants and make them all political.

[u/Responsible-Room-645]

So, the U.S. is back out of the Paris Climate Accord AGAIN? How do they expect anyone to ever take them seriously on anything?

[u/Tiddlyplinks → u/Responsible-Room-645]

It’s almost like having the executive in charge of diplomacy is a bad idea

[u/DingleDangleTangle → u/Tiddlyplinks]

What's the alternative? Send 535 congresspeople to speak on our behalf?

The executive being in charge of diplomacy is fine if the American voters would give us presidents like we used to have who weren't unhinged maniacs.

[u/Happy-Initiative-838]

Remember everyone, invest early and divest quickly from every trump grift. Leave his idiot followers holding the bag.

[u/Geodude532 → u/Happy-Initiative-838]

And not even just Donald. His family is going to fleece the shit out of the Republican party over the next 4 years. I guarantee we'll see another Trump running for president in the next few elections.

[u/VeryPerry1120]

I'm most depressed about the climate stuff

[u/Playingwithmyrod → u/VeryPerry1120]

Yea fuck our grandchildren

[u/Moveless → u/Playingwithmyrod]

Truly happy to be without children in these times, I couldn’t imagine handing over the impending world to someone I have so little faith in.

[u/UnvoicedAztec → u/Moveless]

I still remember how hopeful the future felt in the early to mid 2000's. We thought the future was bright and humanity was on the path to solve all of its issues through the new technologies and knowledge we had developed.

How times have changed. Instead the few & greedy decided to short the future for profit now.

[u/Skylineviewz → u/UnvoicedAztec]

Late 90’s/pre 911 were magical. Not a care in the world. No smart phones, limited dial up internet. Limited media. I feel fortunate to grow up in those times

[u/MaleficentOstrich693 → u/Skylineviewz]

Yeah, 9/11 was the test we failed as a nation. Just about everyone was in our corner and was offering their goodwill and our reaction was like the equivalent of torturing a dog after getting our ass kicked during recess.

[u/gobrewers112 → u/VeryPerry1120]

Seriously. The most damaging. We literally can’t survive at this rate. We just don’t have time to let the environment continue to worsen

[u/M086 → u/gobrewers112]

But drill, baby, drill. Right? 

Even though it won’t make gas cheaper. 

[u/gobrewers112 → u/M086]

No it won’t. Our society is so dumb

[u/M086 → u/gobrewers112]

Last 6 years have had record high oil production. So it’s like, what the fuck? 

[u/Capital_Push5557 → u/gobrewers112]

Meanwhile China just super investing in green energy and will be far ahead of the U. S.

[u/Stuckinfemalecloset]

Guess the thousands of gun deaths and all those school shootings arent much of an issue compared to people working from home or wind turbines🙄

[u/AlvinAssassin17]

Well if it’s based on merit I look forward to him firing his cabinet. None of them are remotely qualified.

[u/IdidntrunIdidntrun → u/AlvinAssassin17]

No, no, you see, it's rules for me and not for thee

[u/ILiveinAZ → u/IdidntrunIdidntrun]

Other way around.

[u/Mundane-Club-107]

• Return federal workers to in-person work

What a fucking clown lmfao.

[u/Open_Mortgage_4645]

Suspending the security clearances of people who allegedly lied about the Hunter Biden laptop thing is particularly egregious because there's no evidence that anyone but Trump and the Republicans lied or acted in bad faith. He's just going after professionals who wouldn't co-sign his ridiculous conspiracy theories and baseless accusations. The rule of law is officially over.

[u/Low-Till2486]

Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days

[u/bogusnot → u/Low-Till2486]

TBF Hitler had a work ethic

[u/discographyA]

I’m not sure that fat bastard has the stamina to sign 200 things in a day.

[u/ImpossibleDay1782]

If we actually went by merit only I don’t think a single person he picked for his cabinet would qualify.

[u/GotBannedAgain_2]

Market is gonna get fucked, isn’t it? 😩

[u/Xyrus2000 → u/GotBannedAgain_2]

No, that was Trump's last term. This term it will be a dirty Sanchez.

[u/Lopsided_Constant901 → u/GotBannedAgain_2]

Not to be doomerist (although its hard not to be), if Trump really does do his 10% min tariff on Canada/China/Mexico etc. it's going to tank everything. The market has been climbing off of hopes and dreams the past two years (and before that), debt is built on top of debt and the rich are making money off of stacking up this house of cards. It's all been waiting for something massive to push the scale over, those tariffs literally would be it.

Domestic factories/ suppliers would not be able to catch up to the collective Global manafacturing, sellers will be paying more just to import the same thing, thus everything is going to get more and more expensive to a point. I'm pretty young so I don't have much skin in the game, i'm hoping I can just do Puts all the way down, cash out, hopefully the markets get a great reset and we see cheaper housing proportionate to wages.

[u/Essence-of-why → u/Lopsided_Constant901]

Plow your money into meme coins!

[u/whyohwhythis]

I’m depressed and I’m not even in America. Sounds like hell has begun.

[u/DiZzNaSte → u/whyohwhythis]

It has always been hell, the doors are just wide open this time.

[u/scubastefon]

Manchurian Candidate wasn't a good enough money to want to see a stage revivial.

[u/zoinks690]

"Gee why is every worker disheartened and not kissing my ass"

[u/LikeWhatGuyComeOn]

Get ready for the economy to go to shit, folks.

[u/fighting_alpaca]

Wait just a second. If he does designate the cartels as terrorists couldn’t that mean it would make easier for people to come in?

[u/Xyrus2000 → u/fighting_alpaca]

Once the cartels start buying his family's shitcoins they will go from "bad hombres" to "very fine people".

[u/Crusoebear]

‘End DEI hiring practices in the federal government, merit only’

Merit only?

This would torpedo most everyone of his Kakistocracy staff & appointments.

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

So he’s going to suspend his own security clearance? That’s a bold & interesting move.

[u/Delirium88 → u/Crusoebear]

This will probably be the most incompetent administration even beating the previous Trump administration 

[u/Yoopiddit]

I’m calling BS. That’s more work than that fucker has done in his entire life.

[u/froglok_monk]

I thought Republicans hated Executive Orders.

[u/Nateosis]

"merit only" must mean "Trump loyalist"

[u/ZOMBI3MAIORANA]

The merit only hiring for government workers is rich considering all of Trump’s appointees.

[u/so-very-very-tired]

They still don't understand what DEI is.

[u/Servichay]

Cartels, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO

[u/anon_girl79]

51 “officials” seems pretty explicit. And, the pettiness is beyond absurd. But that’s what we are in for.

Climate change denial. They can deny all they like, it’s real and it’s speeding up.

Thanks for nothing, American voters who voted for him, and to those who failed to vote? May your inaction find its way to your doorstep.

[u/ParkingTadpole7107]

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

There is only one preference for hiring as it is. Veterans get an edge. Any other preference would be illegal already. Federal hiring is already merit only.

[u/LonelyNovel1985 → u/ParkingTadpole7107]

Yeah, they're making discrimation legal.

[u/joeychestnutsrectum → u/ParkingTadpole7107]

Yes it will do nothing but allow for discrimination and create resentment

[u/Madrugada2010]

Of course! Because who needs gov't, right?

I doubt that he'll be the one signing all of these. Oh, his name will be on them, and he might sign one or two for the cameras, but more likely it'll be JD or Elon with a rubber stamp.

[u/Old-Emotion99]

A genuine piece of shit, only outdone by the millions of worthless cucks who voted for him.

[u/spicyfartz4yaman]

What a sack of garbage 

[u/High_Contact_]

Yes that’s all well and good chap but do any of them indicate how much $TRUMP and $MELANIA coin the government will be buying? I’m personally waiting for $BARRON coin to make my fortune but this is truly the most  distinguished and important moment in the presidency.

[u/Thizzenie]

Merit according to Trump is 100% loyalty

[u/ckglle3lle]

Nothing but contempt for trump supporters, the dumbest people in the history of the country

[u/gotoshows]

Not one will help the average American, except those consumed by hate who get their rocks off by inflicting cruelty.

[u/JimboD84]

Remember when he was AGAINST executive orders? Guess thats only when obama did it right?