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Dulcinea

(7,591 posts)
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 07:39 AM Wednesday

Opinion - Trump 2.0: How many days before he loses momentum?

(The Hill) The Wall Street Journal recently featured a line from the “Karate Kid” movie to describe President-elect Trump’s agenda for his first 100 days in the White House: “Strike Hard, Strike First, No Mercy.”

That means on day one, Trump wants GOP majorities in the House and Senate voting to lower taxes, cut spending, increase border security and end subsidies to promote clean energy.

But as boxer Mike Tyson once put it, “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.” The punch that is already rattling the Trump agenda is the jolting fear of immediate failure.

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Opinion - Trump 2.0: How many days before he loses momentum? (Original Post) Dulcinea Wednesday OP
By Jan 30th he will be the oldest buffoon balloon in office. bucolic_frolic Wednesday #1
Can djt pronouce this work,... magicarpet Wednesday #26
It will all start falling apart for Trump right after his inauguration address. sop Wednesday #2
...."all the people who slighted him"..... SergeStorms Wednesday #12
Inflation & the stock market performance will be a big indicator. Callie1979 Wednesday #3
Tariffs. His 50 year long obsession with Tariffs. bronxiteforever Wednesday #8
I dont think he will. At least not nearly to the extent he SAID he'd do Callie1979 Wednesday #13
Hope you are right! Bluff is not the word I would use bronxiteforever Wednesday #15
A lot of what is later called "bluffs" is him changing direction once he realizes it'll make him look bad JHB Wednesday #16
Six scarramuccis Ray Bruns Wednesday #4
I give him a week before the real president, the apartheid kid, takes over and runs things. Javaman Wednesday #5
+1. 10 billion can buy a lot of congressmen and senators, let alone 400 billion dalton99a Wednesday #7
If the media doesn't cover it it doesn't happen. Autumn Wednesday #6
People are going to find out really quickly how terrible his policies this time around are. Initech Wednesday #9
He hasn't lost momentum DENVERPOPS Wednesday #10
He's already lost quite a bit of momentum.Picking stupid little fights he can't win. Martin68 Wednesday #11
He's just gonna golf Quanto Magnus Wednesday #14
It's kind of a shame that he hasn't fucking died already. Orrex Wednesday #17
The preservatives all the fast food he has eaten in the past Aussie105 Wednesday #19
He gets off on tormenting people,... magicarpet Wednesday #27
Trump talks big but can he deliver? Aussie105 Wednesday #18
41% bmichaelh Wednesday #20
He'll go on a golf vacation Diraven Wednesday #21
Evrything Trump touches dies. NameAlreadyTaken Wednesday #22
Democrats had better become THE opposition party. Frank D. Lincoln Wednesday #23
rump is now focused on Elon azureblue Wednesday #24
This bromance won't last. Dulcinea Wednesday #25
The way it is going before he is inaugurated. doc03 Wednesday #28
He made a huge mistake today. lees1975 Wednesday #29
he already has. the apartheid kid is in charge now. nt Javaman Thursday #30

bucolic_frolic

(47,531 posts)
1. By Jan 30th he will be the oldest buffoon balloon in office.
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 08:04 AM
Wednesday

do the world a favor, blow that gasket.

sop

(11,544 posts)
2. It will all start falling apart for Trump right after his inauguration address.
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 08:40 AM
Wednesday

This inaugural address will be Trump's long-awaited thumb in the eye to all the people he feels slighted him over the last four years. His 2017 "Carnage" speech will seem like a bouquet of roses compared to the dark, violent threats he'll make this time around. Trump's advisers won't be be able to contain him.

SergeStorms

(19,335 posts)
12. ...."all the people who slighted him".....
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 03:45 PM
Wednesday

In the demented Turd's mind that includes just about everyone, doesn't it? I'm not at all sure some of his family members could escape his evil gaze on that count.

He is, without question, the most thin skinned and immature being I've ever encountered. Omitting the "human" before "being" was NOT an omission by accident. I've seen no empirical evidence he's a human being. 😉

Callie1979

(229 posts)
3. Inflation & the stock market performance will be a big indicator.
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 09:23 AM
Wednesday

How far he bends over for Putin
How much foreign allies are willing to put up with.
Will the deportations REALLY focus on the criminals? Will they have ANY actual success with it?
How will the business community react to the next 6 months?
Will he really be stupid enough to try to charge people like Schiff & Cheney??

Callie1979

(229 posts)
13. I dont think he will. At least not nearly to the extent he SAID he'd do
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 04:02 PM
Wednesday

Too many of these business people who have been giving him money are going to tell him not to
Plus, he bluffs a LOT in EVERYTHING

JHB

(37,463 posts)
16. A lot of what is later called "bluffs" is him changing direction once he realizes it'll make him look bad
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 05:43 PM
Wednesday

It's as consistent as "barely knew the guy", "he delivered coffee, I think", etc.

Javaman

(63,189 posts)
5. I give him a week before the real president, the apartheid kid, takes over and runs things.
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 10:22 AM
Wednesday

we will see weird shit going down in Washington with the orange assholes scrall on it, but mysteriously, he will be golfing somewhere, miles and miles away from DC.

Autumn

(46,643 posts)
6. If the media doesn't cover it it doesn't happen.
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 10:57 AM
Wednesday

He had lost momentum before he was elected.

Initech

(102,472 posts)
9. People are going to find out really quickly how terrible his policies this time around are.
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 12:40 PM
Wednesday

And fuck Fox News and Elon Musk for propping him up like this.

DENVERPOPS

(10,127 posts)
10. He hasn't lost momentum
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 03:07 PM
Wednesday

and has been in the news everyday for the past 8+ years. Now, he is really on a roll.......

The only thing that will stop him from going Hyper-Trump is if, the day after inauguration if the house does the 25th amendment thing, and the Senate joins in..........

Otherwise it will be mayhem with every RepubliCON Politician and every corporation going into warp speed to try and engage WarpDrive for their particular agenda.......

There has never been a time like this before...............The RepubliCONs have worked long and hard for this moment and will not back away in the slightest, this time around.............

Orrex

(64,284 posts)
17. It's kind of a shame that he hasn't fucking died already.
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 06:20 PM
Wednesday

What the fuck is he waiting for?

Aussie105

(6,452 posts)
19. The preservatives all the fast food he has eaten in the past
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 06:30 PM
Wednesday

have kept him alive so far.

Plus his hatred for the rest of the human race. Hate can be a great energizer.

magicarpet

(16,893 posts)
27. He gets off on tormenting people,...
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 10:54 PM
Wednesday

..... he can't die. Just so many more people to be royally screwed by djt.

Aussie105

(6,452 posts)
18. Trump talks big but can he deliver?
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 06:28 PM
Wednesday

He will find out once at the oval office desk, that governments move slowly and his planned instant takeover and destruction of Democracy isn't a smooth process.

All it needs is some Trump appointees to show how incompetent and unprepared for their jobs they really are, and Dems to fold their arms and say 'No you can't!'


bmichaelh

(639 posts)
20. 41%
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 06:44 PM
Wednesday

Tonight, On Ari Melber's The Beat, Trump's favorability rating is 41%.

That compares to George Bush's 49% in December before his second term and Obama's 57% in December before his second term.

Diraven

(1,086 posts)
21. He'll go on a golf vacation
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 07:35 PM
Wednesday

By the second week. Elon Musk and JD Vance will be left running things.

Frank D. Lincoln

(644 posts)
23. Democrats had better become THE opposition party.
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 07:36 PM
Wednesday

They better vote in lock-step against Trump's destructive agenda. No reaching-across-the aisle bullshit. Absolutely NO compromising.

If Hakeem Jeffries attempts to appease Republicans and help Trump force his toxic agenda on us, then Democrats in the House should revolt against him.

Now we're going to find out for sure if we live in an oligarchy that controls both Republicans and Democrats.

Democrats had better not make nice with fascism or the Democratic Party will be completely finished.

azureblue

(2,322 posts)
24. rump is now focused on Elon
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 07:39 PM
Wednesday

He originally thought of Elon as a rich rube, but Elon is buying his way into the government, and pushing his own ideas, most of which agree with Trump's. But Trump will not let Elon steal the limelight, so Trump is going to forget all the promises he made and forget his agenda. Trump will get nothing done, and the GOP is already a mess.

Dulcinea

(7,591 posts)
25. This bromance won't last.
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 10:16 PM
Wednesday

The Oval Office isn't big enough for these two colossal egos.

lees1975

(6,090 posts)
29. He made a huge mistake today.
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 11:32 PM
Wednesday

So I think the wheels will come off before he is inaugurated.

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