Donald Trump: B  (I'm with him on 80% of what he's doing/wants to do, still don't like him though)
JD Vance: Lets be honest, VPs don't really do much.  No grade.
Karoline Leavitt : A ( Doing excellent job, and she's shockingly young. ) 
Tom Homan: A+ (excellent job.  Can't understand him when he speaks though)
Marco Rubio: A+ (I"m seeing 'Rubio 2028' in the future)
Scott Bessent: A (Saving the world from an economic meltdown)
Pete Hegseth: B (Right attitude, right ideas, not enough experience to make it happen)
Dan Bongino: No information on what he's doing so no grade.  Smart guy though.
Tulsi Gabbard: B
Robert Kennedy Jr: A (shocking me that I'm approving of what he's doing.  Not a fan of his)
Kash Patel: C  (Earns a C for starting to get partisan corruption out but needs to do a lot more)
Pam Bondi: C (Seems in over her head)
Susie Wiles: C (Holding it together but how involved is she really?)
Elon Musk:  B (would have gotten an A but he's whining, used to being 'The Man' and now he's not)
Doug Burgum: Not much information on what he's doing so no grade.
Sean Duffy: A (good pick)
Lee Zeldin: B (good pick)
Kristi Noem: C (and that's generous.  She really is such a Barbie.  Kill the makeup and hairdos)
Mike Waltz: F
Peter Navarro: F

(04-25-2025, 08:18 PM)xpert11 Wrote: Rubio is a Trump lackey, so he doesn't question his boss's lunatic Gaza Plan.

I don't think that's a real plan.

When I first heard it I was pissed off.  I don't want to spend a single penny on that shit hole.  And anything we did there would just get blown up by the Muslims anyways and be ruined.

What I think happened with the 'Gaza Plan' .... Trump had been trying and trying to get Jordan and Egypt to step up and take responsibility for rebuilding and taking care of Gaza.   Those people in Gaza are all really Egyptians and Jordanians anyways.   Egypt and Jordan refused, and refused to step up.  So ... being Trump .. he said the one thing that he knew they would panic on .. that America would step in and take it over and that all the so called 'palestinians' (Egyptians and Jordanians really) would be pushed out and have to go to Egypt and Jordan.   Within two days of him saying this, Egypt stepped up and said that they would take over the rebuilding and administration of Gaza when the war was over.  Then you never heard another word out of Trump about America taking over.   He got what he had wanted.   I think this was a giant TROLLING of Jordan and Egypt on Trumps part.   It worked.

(04-27-2025, 02:04 PM)FlyersFan Wrote: I don't think that's a real plan.

When I first heard it I was pissed off.  I don't want to spend a single penny on that shit hole.  And anything we did there would just get blown up by the Muslims anyways and be ruined.

What I think happened with the 'Gaza Plan' .... Trump had been trying and trying to get Jordan and Egypt to step up and take responsibility for rebuilding and taking care of Gaza.   Those people in Gaza are all really Egyptians and Jordanians anyways.   Egypt and Jordan refused, and refused to step up.  So ... being Trump .. he said the one thing that he knew they would panic on .. that America would step in and take it over and that all the so called 'palestinians' (Egyptians and Jordanians really) would be pushed out and have to go to Egypt and Jordan.   Within two days of him saying this, Egypt stepped up and said that they would take over the rebuilding and administration of Gaza when the war was over.  Then you never heard another word out of Trump about America taking over.   He got what he had wanted.   I think this was a giant TROLLING of Jordan and Egypt on Trumps part.   It worked.

This has been explained backwards and forwards, but it's a negotiation tactic that some have a hard time grasping

(04-27-2025, 02:04 PM)FlyersFan Wrote: I don't think that's a real plan.

The issue with Trump was applying pressure to gain concessions; the school of thought is that there were no meaningful concessions. A regional approach to Gaza, including Jordan and Egypt, was or is likely all along. However, what that approach resembles is where Trump's potential desire for concessions would come unglued.

The Palestinians alienated their "friends", so they have nowhere to turn to in a crisis. For instance, Jordan expelled the Palestinians in the 1970s. Jordan has no reason to admit people into their country, as it perceives them as posing an existential threat.

Other issues aside, one is left with the idea that Trump, who regards GST/VAT as a trade tariff on U.S. exports, is a genius negotiator in the Middle East.

(04-28-2025, 02:16 AM)xpert11 Wrote:  A regional approach to Gaza, including Jordan and Egypt, was or is likely all along. 

Egypt and Jordan were dug in and saying 'no' to that.   And I don't blame them.  The people of Gaza tried to screw those countries over.   Egypt and Jordan flat out said 'no way'.   Then Trump made his outrageous statement about America taking it over and within two days Egypt said they'd do it and for us to stay out.   Trump trolled those countries and they caved ...

When he first said it I was pissed off.  I thought it was ignorant and reckless with our money.  There is ZERO chance that the people of Gaza are going to act civilized and stop murdering and blowing things up.   But then when Egypt said they'd take it over I saw that Trump was trolling them to get them to take it, and it worked.   

Side note - As for your statement on the tariffs ... yeah ... I understand what he's trying to do and why he is doing it .. he's right about the trade imbalance and us being screwed by all our 'allies' ... but the tariff thing is probably NOT the smartest way to go about fixing it.   I'm Not a fan of his tariff approach.   He is costing us money!!!

https://x.com/JohnFawcettNY/status/1916988040838361397

 

"Karl Rove sounds the alarm on Trump’s plummeting poll numbers: ‘He’s in very bad shape’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world...41007.html

https://www.foxnews.com/official-polls/f...econd-term

"Voters remain gloomy about the economy, as 71% rate economic conditions negatively and 55% say it is getting worse for their family. Both of those numbers are slight improvements compared to where they stood in December. Still, only 28% say it feels like things are getting better and by a 22-point margin more think Trump’s policies are hurting rather than helping the economy. Trump is underwater by a narrower 11-point margin when voters are asked what they expect from his policies in the long run (40% help vs. 51% hurt)."

If Trump can't get some wins under his belt very soon, it looks like Republicans will lose the House during midterm voting.

(04-28-2025, 06:00 PM)putnam6 Wrote: https://x.com/JohnFawcettNY/status/1916988040838361397

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Hmmm....Quantum AI is an unregulated scam using Deepfake 'celebrity" endorsements....so, be careful.

(04-28-2025, 06:37 PM)quintessentone Wrote: "Karl Rove sounds the alarm on Trump’s plummeting poll numbers: ‘He’s in very bad shape’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world...41007.html

Pardon me, but Rove is an old guard ass....not surprised to hear him say that.
Just because someone is a republican, doesn't mean they are speaking truth about the current administration.

Just because it is on Fox doesn't make it truth.  We listen to Fox and a few times we have to double check to make sure it wasn't MSNBC.
The media's report card is about 97% anti-Trump regardless of the story.

So, the US economy shrinks in Trump's first 100 days and it's all Biden's fault?

Hmmmmm......