Who?mikejones! said:

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Got more important things to do...like aggie baseball

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Concur - I'm done watching these sellout, sycophant, populist politicians stretch the truth. The cards will fall where they will.

If anything he needs to put those currently in charge of the house and senate on check, and remind them that the American people have things they expect to see done.

I would laugh if the Chagos folks declare independence from Britain and the US recognizes them.

The right will see it as the greatest in the history of history.
The left will see it as the worst in the history of history.

Do I win?

literally hitler will probably tout border security, crime statistics, illegal alien criminal deportation numbers, cartels in disarray, ayatollahs scrambling and the Persians rising up, inflation not rampant, non-gov employment on the rise, foreign investment commitments, child investment accounts, and the gold medal winning hockey team. He'll push congress to codify the save act, tariffs, doge cuts.

dem response will incite more assassination attempts against literally hitler.

Edit.

The best thing about the SoU is the chance for some awesome memes the following few days.

Dims show up in El Mencho tshirts
"I can't breathe"

I expect some saber rattling

Law-Apt_3G said:

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Democrats sitting on their hands booing a kid with cancer.

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They're booing the use of a cancer kid as a prop while the administration actively cuts funding to cancer research.

Trump is apparently going to double down on tariffs tonight. Regardless of whether you think his broad-based tariff strategy is good for the country, I don't think it's a winner politically and will undermine his desire to retain Congress in the upcoming midterms. Most folks don't think the eventual gain from tariffs -- if it ever materializes -- is worth the pain here and now.

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When President Trump heads to Capitol Hill tonight to make the case for his new approach to tariffs, he will face an audience growing skeptical of his trade policy.

Among voters, some polls show Americans opposed to Trump's tariffs by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. Just this week, a new ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll found that 64% of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of tariffs, while only 34% approve.

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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-prepares-to-make-new-case-for-tariffs-at-state-of-the-union-even-some-republicans-are-skeptical-141559760.html

Incredible!

javajaws said:

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I expect lots of booing and Democrats packing the balcony with invited guests from south of the border here illegally.

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Sounds like ICE needs to be invited as a guest of the president

I thought it was last week.

MemphisAg1 said:

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Trump is apparently going to double down on tariffs tonight. Regardless of whether you think his broad-based tariff strategy is good for the country, I don't think it's a winner politically and will undermine his desire to retain Congress in the upcoming midterms. Most folks don't think the eventual gain from tariffs -- if it ever materializes -- is worth the pain here and now.

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When President Trump heads to Capitol Hill tonight to make the case for his new approach to tariffs, he will face an audience growing skeptical of his trade policy.

Among voters, some polls show Americans opposed to Trump's tariffs by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. Just this week, a new ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll found that 64% of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of tariffs, while only 34% approve.

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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-prepares-to-make-new-case-for-tariffs-at-state-of-the-union-even-some-republicans-are-skeptical-141559760.html

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People don't like paying more for good and services. Film at 11:00.

Science Denier said:

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Trump is apparently going to double down on tariffs tonight. Regardless of whether you think his broad-based tariff strategy is good for the country, I don't think it's a winner politically and will undermine his desire to retain Congress in the upcoming midterms. Most folks don't think the eventual gain from tariffs -- if it ever materializes -- is worth the pain here and now.

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Inflation is down
Wages are up
GDP is growing
Trade deficit is declining

What pain is being caused now by tariffs?

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The disconnect is he is loudly proclaiming tariffs as good for America, but people aren't feeling it. Inflation is down from the Biden years, but it's also stubbornly hanging around 3%. PCE inflation for December just printed at 3% and economists expect it to potentially move up a bit in January due to tariffs. Their words, not mine.

The "trade deficit" doesn't mean anything to everyday Americans. And as a practical matter, we continue running annual deficits of 6% to 7%, adding to the outrageous national debt. We kept taxes low but did nothing to reduce spending that moves the needle.

The key concern today is "affordability." He would do much better to focus on that topic and what he is doing to improve things for Americans than his obsession with tariffs. He comes across like he's a wearing tin foil hat, ignoring what people really care about. And that will absolutely nail you in the voting booth.

He's done a lot of good work to eliminate excessive regulations, promote the availability of low cost energy (gas prices!), and many other things. The body of work is there, but his public messaging is not.

MemphisAg1 said:

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Science Denier said:

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Trump is apparently going to double down on tariffs tonight. Regardless of whether you think his broad-based tariff strategy is good for the country, I don't think it's a winner politically and will undermine his desire to retain Congress in the upcoming midterms. Most folks don't think the eventual gain from tariffs -- if it ever materializes -- is worth the pain here and now.

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Inflation is down
Wages are up
GDP is growing
Trade deficit is declining

What pain is being caused now by tariffs?

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The disconnect is he is loudly proclaiming tariffs as good for America, but people aren't feeling it. Inflation is down from the Biden years, but it's also stubbornly hanging around 3%. PCE inflation for December just printed at 3% and economists expect it to potentially move up a bit in January due to tariffs. Their words, not mine.

The "trade deficit" doesn't mean anything to everyday Americans. And as a practical matter, we continue running annual deficits of 6% to 7%, adding to the outrageous national debt. We kept taxes low but did nothing to reduce spending that moves the needle.

The key concern today is "affordability." He would do much better to focus on that topic and what he is doing to improve things for Americans than his obsession with tariffs. He comes across like he's a wearing tin foil hat, ignoring what people really care about. And that will absolutely nail you in the voting booth.

He's done a lot of good work to eliminate excessive regulations, promote the availability of low cost energy (gas prices!), and many other things. The body of work is there, but his public messaging is not.

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None of that has anything to do with tariffs.

I will be watching Aggie baseball

Hullabaloonatic said:

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Law-Apt_3G said:

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Democrats sitting on their hands booing a kid with cancer.

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They're booing the use of a cancer kid as a prop while the administration actively cuts funding to cancer research.

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You mean Biden didn't cure it?