Quotable Quotes

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"I'm using that as a figure. I'll say 100(%), 200, I'll say 500, I don't care." ~ Trump, describing how big his tariffs will be #1,060

Trump seems to think the percentage of tariff imposed determines the amount of revenue derived.

"If I run this country, if I'm gunna be president of this country I'm gunna put a 100, 200, 2,000% tariff ...
To me the most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariff, and it's my favorite word." former President Trump at The Economic Club of Chicago 24/10/15 courtesy Bloomberg, broadcast C-SPAN 11:50AM/CT

A 2,000% tariff ?
Perhaps the Donold should google Smoot - Hawley.

Tariffs are ineffective as well as counterproductive​

A new study finds that they fail to reduce trade deficits​

Tariffs are ineffective as well as counterproductive

A new study finds that they fail to reduce trade deficits

www.economist.com

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What are tariffs, and why are they rising?

The Hutchins Center explains what tariffs are, how they work, and what's happened with them during the Trump and Biden administrations.

www.brookings.edu

Trump seems to think China would pay the tariff, provide the additional revenue to the U.S. government.
The counter-argument is the consumer pays it.
The reality is, it's not that simple. Shifts in supply results in shifts in consumption, a fundamental of "supply & demand" economics.

 

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Trump seems to believe that tariffs are paid by "the other guy" (China or whoever). In fact he bragged about how much China had paid in tariffs - UPenn wants their degree back.

 

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" - UPenn wants their degree back." #1,062

- ha -
I don't mind revoking the diploma, provided the hospital revokes the birth certificate first.

United States Constitution
ARTICLE 2. SECTION 1. - 4
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President ...

Dump Trump !

 

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"I don't comment on that but I'll tell you, if I did it was a smart thing." ~ Trump, asked if he and Putin have talked numerous times since Biden became president, as reported by Bob Woodward

 

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"I don't comment on that but I'll tell you, if I did it was a smart thing." ~ Trump, asked if he and Putin have talked numerous times since Biden became president, as reported by Bob Woodward

Known as "argument in the alternative".

5 Ancient Chinese Virtues / Confucian Fundamentals:
Benevolence, Righteousness, Propriety, Wisdom, Trustworthiness

 

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"If I were running a country, any country, and I heard that the U.S. had an open border policy, the first thing I'd do is open my jails, take all my prisoners and let them out, murderers and everyone else." ~ Trump

 

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"If I were running a country, any country, and I heard that the U.S. had an open border policy, the first thing I'd do is open my jails, take all my prisoners and let them out, murderers and everyone else." ~ Trump

"any country"? You ran the United States of America for a while. That's a country. Why didn't you do this then?
Former President Trump: " jails " confine those convicted of misdemeanors *. The U.S. president has Constitutionally enumerated authority to "pardon", but scholarly opinion says only for federal convictions. Just which federal misdemeanors do you intend to pardon?

"If I were running a country, any country, and I heard that the U.S. had an open border policy, the first thing I'd do is open my jails, take all my prisoners and let them out, murderers and everyone else." ~ Trump #1,066

Finally, grudging admission the U.S. / Mexico border is not open, contrary to prior Trump claims?

* Prisons confine those convicted of felony.

 

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"So did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election? Not by the words that I would use." ~ JD Vance

 

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"So did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election? Not by the words that I would use." ~ JD Vance

"Impervious to disgrace".

shame·less (shāmlĭs) adj. 1. Feeling no shame; impervious to disgrace. 2. Marked by a lack of shame: a shameless lie. shameless·ly adv. shameless·ness n. Synonyms: shameless, brazen, barefaced, brash1, impudent, unblushing These adjectives apply to that which defies social or moral proprieties and is marked by a bold lack of shame. Shameless implies a lack of modesty, sense of decency, or regard for others' rights or feelings: a shameless liar; a shameless accusation. Brazen suggests flagrant, insolent audacity: a brazen impostor; brazen arrogance. Barefaced specifies undisguised brazenness: a barefaced hypocrite; a barefaced lie. Brash stresses impetuousness, lack of tact, and often crass indifference to consequences or to considerations of decency: a brash newcomer; brash demands. Impudent suggests offensive boldness or effrontery: an impudent student; an impudent misrepresentation. Unblushing implies an inappropriate lack of shame or embarrassment: an unblushing apologist; unblushing obsequiousness. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2022 by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved.

For those that haven't reached saturation on the crisis-fatigue spectrum:
- Biden was Obama's VP, ran for president, won election.
- Harris is Biden's VP, is running for president. If she loses, that puts JD Vance in the VP slot. And with a number one like Trump ... uh oh ...

 

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Harris is Biden's VP, is running for president. If she loses, that puts JD Vance in the VP slot. And with a number one like Trump ..

And given the obvious state of Trump's health, a vote for him is a vote for President Vance.

 

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"There were no guns down there. We didn't have guns. The others had guns, but we didn't have guns. That was a day of love." ~ Trump on J6

 

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"And given the obvious state of Trump's health, a vote for him is a vote for President Vance." #1,070

- grim -
Not clear whether 2nd term President Trump would more likely leave office for ill-health, or consequences from prior Trump crime.
President JDV ?!
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BUT !!

The good news is, we're careening toward election day at celestial speed, the third Tuesday from today.

note:
Is there a "December Surprise" in our (Trump's) future?

"There were no guns down there. We didn't have guns. The others had guns, but we didn't have guns. That was a day of love." ~ Trump on J6

POLITIFACT

PolitiFact: Tucker Carlson is wrong. Firearms, other weapons at Capitol on Jan. 6​

Samantha Putterman / PolitiFact.com

Tucker Carlson: “Not a single person in the crowd on January 6 was found to be carrying a firearm. Not one.”
PolitiFact's ruling: False

Here's why: As the first House hearing dedicated to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol aired, Fox News host Tucker Carlson repeated the debunked claim that no one in the crowd was found with a gun.
"Just to be clear on terms, an insurrection is when people with guns try to overthrow the government," Carlson said during his June 10 segment. "Not a single person in the crowd on January 6 was found to be carrying a firearm. Not one," he said.
That’s wrong. Court documents, video evidence and news coverage directly contradict this characterization. Several rioters had firearms and dozens more wielded knives, bats and other real and makeshift weapons.
We reached out to Carlson for comment but did not hear back.

PolitiFact: Tucker Carlson is wrong. Firearms, other weapons at Capitol on Jan. 6

Tucker Carlson is wrong. Firearms, other weapons were found at the Capitol on Jan. 6

www.statesman.com

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Oath Keeper describes group’s large weapons cache ahead of Jan. 6​

The group’s founder, Stewart Rhodes, and several regional leaders are charged with conspiring to disrupt the transfer of power and preparing for violence to enforce their will.

In a Dec. 20, 2020, message to the same Signal chat, Georgia Oath Keeper Brian Ulrich — who has since pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy — said only action by Trump would prevent mass violence and death.
By Kyle Cheney / 10/12/2022 12:23 PM EDT
A member of the Oath Keepers who traveled with the group to Washington D.C. ahead of the Jan. 6 riot described a massive stockpile of firearms and other weaponry that allies had stashed in an Arlington, Va. hotel.
“I had not seen that many weapons in one location since I was in the military,” recalled Terry Cummings, a Florida resident who said he joined the Oath Keepers in 2020 amid concerns about left-wing violence in Portland, Ore. and joined the group leaders’ private chats in advance of their Jan. 6 trip to D.C.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/12/oath-keeper-weapons-firearms-jan-6-hotel-00061449

"There were no guns down there. We didn't have guns. The others had guns, but we didn't have guns. That was a day of love." ~ Trump on J6

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"It doesn't cost 60,000 bucks to bury a f***ing Mexican! Don't pay it!" ~ Trump, reneging on his promise to pay the funeral expenses of Vanessa Guillén, a murdered Army private

 

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"It doesn't cost 60,000 bucks to bury a f***ing Mexican! Don't pay it!" ~ Trump, reneging on his promise to pay the funeral expenses of Vanessa Guillén, a murdered Army private #1,073

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When did Trump say this? Since Biden dropped out? If Trump said this years ago it doesn't make it any more morally / ethically redeeming. But
if Trump said it late in the race it demonstrates an attitude toward the electorate that voters may wish to consider. Or perhaps they have, thus Trump's popularity? Xenophobia: worth its weight in Gold?

 

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"Lincoln was probably a great president, but I've always wondered -- why wasn't that settled?" ~ Trump, on the Civil War

 

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"Lincoln was probably a great president, but ..." #1,075

The Top 10 People Books Have Been Written About​

1. Jesus Christ (109,000,000)
2. George Washington ( 58,400,000)
3. Plato (27,800,000)
4. Aristotle (21,000,000)
5. John Milton (20,800,000)
6. 6. William Shakespeare (18,700,000)
7. Charles Dickens (16,200,000)
8. Buddha (13,300,000/Martin Luther (13,300,000)
9. Gandhi (12,600,000)
10. Abraham Lincoln (9,340,000)

Guess Who Leads The Top 10 People Books Have Been Written About - HillFaith

More books by far have been written about Jesus Christ than any other figure in the entire history of mankind, according to a Google Books.

www.hillfaith.org

There are two Americans on this list.

I've always wondered -- why wasn't that settled?" ~ Trump, on the Civil War

Appomattox Court House ...
Ulysses S. Grant, the commander of the union troops was a West Point grad.
Robert E. Lee, the commander of the confederate troops was also a West Point grad.

More Americans died in the U.S. Civil War than in any other U.S. war.

 

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"What we're doing is we're going to subpoena their records. '60 Minutes' -- I think it should be taken off the air, frankly." ~ Trump

"The failing New York Times is a true threat to democracy... Wait until you see what I'm going to do with them." ~ Trump

 

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"I would have made a deal with them, and they wouldn't have done October 7th." ~ Trump, on Hamas

 

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"We're like a garbage can for the rest of the world to dump the people that they don't want." ~ Trump

People like his mother, his paternal grandfather, and his wives??

 

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Don,
Hamas was in politics long before you were.
You were POTUS for 48 months. You can't make such a deal in FOUR YEARS?
It seems you're not much of a businessman Mr. Trump.

"I would have made a deal with them, and they wouldn't have done October 7th." ~ Trump, on Hamas

Remember while debating VP Harris, Trump informed America while he doesn't have a healthcare plan,
he has a concept of a plan?

Perhaps this helps explains why the Biden economy is thriving. It's all this Trump merch. MAGA bling.

https://www.etsy.com/market/concept_of_a_plan?ref=lp_queries_external_top-1