The Second Term of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States of America

If in doubt ....

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Even Sundays aren't exempt from shakeups. The US stopped cyberops against Russia, sidelined a senior USAID voice warning that aid cuts cost lives, and ordered agencies to sidestep environmental and transparency laws. Military aid and crypto moves added fuel to today's chaos. Review & share with your people. #resist #GovBriefToday

Your links are below.

1 - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/tr...rs-halt-offensive-cyber-operations-rcna194435

2 - https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/mar/02/senior-usaid-official-ousted-after-detailing-probl/

3 - https://www.reuters.com/world/rubio...ery-4-billion-military-aid-israel-2025-03-02/

4 - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scott-bessent-treasury-secretary-ukraine-economic-deal-face-the-nation/

5 - https://apnews.com/article/trudeau-canada-king-charles-trump-5140e841c40e394bba21c2619534aa7c

6 - https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/02/tru...ve-including-bitcoin-solana-xrp-and-more.html

7 - https://www.straitstimes.com/world/now-its-log-baby-log-as-trump-eyes-us-national-forests

8 - https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0038

9 - https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/02/johnson-stopgap-funding-bill-doge-cuts-00206881

Fighting Back - https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/01/m...it-that-was-cut-in-the-middle-of-the-night/?g

Archive - https://govbrief.today
 
Shiftless2 said:
By David Frum for The Atlantic:

“At least the Oval Office meeting ... was held in front of the cameras.
False friendliness in public by Trump and Vance, followed by behind-the-scenes treachery, would have been much more dangerous to the Ukrainian cause." #239
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If Putin can trust Trump, the U.S. $taxpayer cannot.

Shiftless2 said:
"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States.

The Trump administration’s elimination of PEPFAR, the American program to combat HIV infection in Africa, symbolizes the path ahead. President George W. Bush created the program because it would do immense good at low cost, and thereby demonstrate to the world the moral basis of American power. His successors continued it, and Congresses of both parties funded it, because they saw that the program advanced both U.S. values and U.S. interests. Trump and Vance don’t want the United States to be that kind of country anymore." #239
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The character, the reputation of hundreds of millions, rendered savage by a single tyrant.
 
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Brutal shakeups ripple through the federal government: Trump pulls Ukraine aid, sparks a trade war, top officials resign or are forced out, and protests erupt over deep cuts. Review & share with your people. #resist #GovBriefToday

LINKS1 -

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-pauses-u-s-military-aid-to-ukraine/

2 - https://www.reuters.com/world/trade...a-mexico-china-with-steep-tariffs-2025-03-04/

3 - https://www.npr.org/2025/03/03/nx-s1-5307078/trump-cabinet-linda-mcmahon-confirmed-education

4 - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/co...transgender-athletes-womens-sports-rcna194623

5 - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...e-southern-africa-office-after-trump-aid-cuts

6 - https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5172937-top-hhs-spokesperson-corry-resigns/

7 - https://www.nbcnewyork.com/new-york...ice-out-criticize-trump-agents-jan-6/6171197/

8 - https://www.theverge.com/news/622990/trump-doge-government-layoffs-doge-weather-forecasts-noaa

9 - https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/03/politics/doge-wants-to-charge-opm-millions/index.html

Fighting Back - https://www.denver7.com/news/local-...-noaa-campus-in-protest-of-cuts-to-the-agency

Archive - https://govbrief.today
 

Provinces respond to Trump tariffs by pulling U.S. liquor from shelves​

Ont., B.C., N.L. , Que., N.S., P.E.I. and Man. announce measure in retaliation to levies​

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has ordered the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) to strip its shelves of American products in response to the U.S. imposing 25 per cent tariffs on most Canadian imports starting Tuesday.

"Every year, LCBO sells nearly $1 billion worth of American wine, beer, spirits and seltzers. Not anymore," Ford said in a statement Sunday morning.

He said American liquor will be removed from LCBO shelves "starting Tuesday."

The premier said the LCBO, as the only wholesaler of alcohol in the province, will also remove American products from its catalogue so that Ontario-based restaurants and retailers can't order or restock U.S. products.

"There's never been a better time to ...

 
Shiftless2 said:
What was the price even last December - probably about 20 percent lower
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Eggs US - Price - Chart - Historical Data - News

Eggs US increased 2.35 USD/DOZEN or 40.40% since the beginning of 2025, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. This page includes a chart with historical data for Eggs US.
tradingeconomics.com tradingeconomics.com

Some reports indicate there are some federal plans to address this shortage.
Will Musk knee-cap those plans?
 
sear said:
Some reports indicate there are some federal plans to address this shortage.
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Two words: Avian Flu

Of course there is this

www.theguardian.com

$5 a dozen: major egg companies may be using avian flu to hike US prices, new report finds

The highly concentrated egg market may be contributing to soaring consumer prices – and the spread of the virus, data shared exclusively with the Guardian shows
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And there are umpteen articles on bird flu and whether or not the US (or anyplace) is ready for it

 
ref:
Media Alert: Presidential Address to Joint Session of Congress - Tuesday March 4, 2025 9PM / ET

"We are draining the swamp. It's very simple. And the days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over." President Trump addressing congress 25/03/04

note: Elon Musk attended this Trump media event.
Musk is not merely unelected, but is party to reckless mass firings of U.S. federal employees, some of whom have been urgently sought for rehire when Musk / Trump realized how essential their employment is.
Reports on the success of this rehiring are few, and vague.
“I'm gunna be workin' for you. I'm not gunna have time to go play golf.” GOP pres. cand. Trump “8/2/16”
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- question -
How long does it take to drain a swamp? Trump had 4 years to accomplish this. He needs another 4?
 
Re #245

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One thing to remember - people will find something else to drink while Jack isn't available and many (most?) of them won't go back if/when it's returned to the shelves.

www.marketscreener.com

Jack Daniel's maker says Canada pulling US alcohol off stores 'worse than tariff'

Jack Daniel's maker Brown Forman's CEO Lawson Whiting said on Wednesday Canadian provinces taking American liquor off store shelves was worse than a tariff and a disproportionate response to levies...
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Shiftless2 said:
Re #245
Jack
"One thing to remember - people will find something else to drink while Jack isn't available and many (most?) of them won't go back if/when it's returned to the shelves." S2 #252
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From your post to god's snifter! Bottoms up big G !

Trump has demonstrated his childish, amateurish ignorance, acutely demonstrated in this case. The white house claims Trump tariffs are intended to benefit the U.S. economy
for example by returning manufacturing to the U.S.

But this self-proclaimed "extremely stable genius" doesn't seem to understand international automobile manufacturing involves both technically and contractually complicated cross-border transactions.
This industrial strength presidential ignorance is corroborated not merely by Trump's ill-conceived tariffs, but also Trump's capricious one month exemption.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tariffs-exemption-automakers-month-ford-gm-stellantis/
Major heavy industry simply cannot respond to accommodate such unpredictable vacillations in international trade policy at the pace Trump inflicts them.
 
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Trump's reckless maneuvers push the nation to the brink: cutting Ukraine intel, closing schools, firing thousands, and issuing deadly ultimatums while courts and protests rise in defiance. Pass it on. #resist #GovBriefToday

LINKS1 -

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/05/us-ukraine-intelligence-sharing-00213100

2 - https://www.npr.org/2025/03/05/nx-s1-5316227/trump-order-dismantling-education-department

3 - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/05/va-layoff-federal-employees/81624579007/

4 - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politi...istration-to-release-2-billion-in-foreign-aid

5 - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mwln4p87do

6 - https://www.reuters.com/world/ameri...ent-wednesday-commerce-chief-says-2025-03-05/

7 - https://federalnewsnetwork.com/work...mporarily-reinstated-following-mspb-decision/

8 - https://www.voanews.com/a/vance-visits-mexico-border-says-us-won-t-invade-mexico-/8000678.html

9 - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/co...t-cutting-medicare-medicaid-budget-rcna195042

10 - https://www.usnews.com/news/top-new...inistration-from-cutting-nih-research-funding

11 - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/t...ts-and-warns-he-may-do-it-for-her/ar-AA1AkIvW

12 - https://apnews.com/article/fema-ruling-migrant-shelters-new-york-7438c39d5ae66fdb06240d0080020b29

13 - https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...trump-defense-attorney-todd-blanche-119489726

14 - https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/05/app...ration-to-remove-federal-ethics-watchdog.html

FIGHTING BACK - https://www.conwaydailysun.com/news...cle_ad29c75e-f9bd-11ef-83fe-9be3af001552.html

Archive - https://govbrief.today
 
Shiftless2 said:
"Let that sink in!" O.D. #257
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It's in!
It's in!

reality / sanity check:
This should not be happening.
Our system is designed to block such excesses, via "checks & balances".

For example, if the entire nation had not violated the Constitution, and prevented Trump from appearing on the ballot for a second term.
No need for speculation. A month into Trump II, we see what destruction Trump is determined to do to:
- U.S. government
- the U.S. $economy
- U.S. military alliances and allegiances

In the news churn / maelstrom, Trump's numerous flagrant excursions include numerous violations of law, including Constitutional law.
Example, Trump has declared the U.S. would abrogate its NATO treaty obligations if other NATO members don't satisfy Trump's personal threshold prerequisites.
U.S. presidents have broad executive authority, but cannot legally unilaterally renegotiate ratified international treaties.

Trump will continue this flagrant lawless executive rampage until the laws he violates are enforced, or his criminal binge is terminated "some other way".
 
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