Trump holds national address in rally style speech blaming Biden for the state of his nation

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-address-nation-speech-economy-biden-b2886685.html

Rally-style series of boasts does not include much in the way of plans to address affordability crisis

Donald Trump on Wednesday used a nationally-televised address to deliver a campaign-style rant in which he blamed his predecessor for the economic woes Americans are feeling a year into his presidency while offering little in the way of proposals to address the higher prices caused in large part by the massive tariffs he has placed on almost all American imports.

Speaking from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Trump opened by claiming to have “inherited a mess” that he was now “fixing.”

What followed was a partisan rant indistinguishable from the signature rallies that have been the centerpiece of his political movement, in which he rattled off a list of grievances while blaming his predecessor for the state of the country nearly a full year after he took the oath of office.

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Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 113 pts · 237d (12 replies)

Without having listened to his speech...did he happen to mention anything that he's done to "fix" the nation? Because from out here, it kind of looks like everything he's doing, is just making things worse.

Almacca@aussie.zone · 27 pts · 237d (1 reply)

Just bear in mind that whenever Trump refers to 'America' or 'the nation' he's only referring to himself. Everything makes much more sense when you remember that.

notwhoyouthink@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 235d

I have felt this for a long time, going back to his first term when he kept saying/nearly saying ‘company’ instead of ‘country’. This and every other disconnected pile of shit out of his mouth is so clearly him bragging about himself and his self perceived accomplishments. Sure, yeah life is great and the economy is booming if you’re a white cis hetero billionaire.

LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 237d (1 reply)

From his perspective things look better because he added gold ornamentations & embellishments to the walls in his office, and he renovated the historic Lincoln restroom in the White House and he fired everyone who would've told him he's not allowed to hire a demolition crew to tear down the east wing of the White House.

phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 237d

I hope he blows a gasket while straining on one of his gold-plated shitters.

phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 237d

That's why he was put in: to sabotage the economy, US soft power, and alliances. And who benefits? Putin, who'd be in even more rapidly accelerating free-fall without all of Trump's help.

jj4211@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 237d

He claimed that all these tariffs will cause just a ton of companies to build big factories all of a sudden next year.

He claimed that getting all those Hispanics out will mean more jobs and houses for the rest.

Basically that everything they've done is right, and depending on which minute he is speaking the economy is already great and everyone is lying about it or it's bad but only because of Biden but in 2026 everything he did will finally work.

They've evidently already made the call that millions of people losing healthcare is a small enough percentage to not worry about. I've been presuming that they would pull off a seemingly better circumstance by temporarily unwinding their worst policies, but they may be actually true believers...

tidderuuf@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 237d (2 replies)

He banned food coloring... I think. And got more Americans to stop blindly following the DNC. Besides that.... Not much.

arrow74@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 237d

Let's now downplay the food coloring thing. We've allowed food dyes that have been banned in the rest of the developed world because of how bad they are to human health.

Doesn't really fix any of the other horrible things going on, but it's good.it finally happened

MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 236d

The DNC did nothing wrong and Bernie told you to vote for Harris.

The problem is you and every other dumbass voter "sticking it to the man" instead of doing what needed to be done.

You think you're demonstrating loyalty to Bernie sinking the Democrats. Bernie fucking hates you. You set back the policies he care about by decades.

Zombie@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 237d (1 reply)

Haven't you seen? He's rounding up all the foreigners, anyone else he deems "other", and picking a fight with Venezuela. What more could you possibly want him to do?

Gut international aid?

Shut down the education department?

Remove science from the centre for disease control?

Use the media regulator to pressure and shut down dissenting voices?

Threaten universities?

Deploy troops on the streets?

He's doing these things already. America will be great again™ in no time!

/s

oftenawake@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 237d
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Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 237d

He made like 3 things less expensive [to the corporations importing them] by removing the tariffs he added.

So... progress?

NaibofTabr@infosec.pub · 82 pts · 237d (1 reply)

That didn't happen.
And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
And if it was, that's not a big deal.
And if it is, that's not my fault. <-- you are here
And if it was, I didn't mean it.
And if I did, you deserved it.

A Narcissist's Prayer

Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 237d

It would definitely be believable to have Pedonald blame the kids he raped for making them doing it. Or Biden/Obama/Clinton.

LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe · 67 pts · 237d (4 replies)

Glad he didn't announce anything heinous, just the usual BS. Biden must be rolling over in his grave.

Gates9@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 237d (1 reply)

You got me there I was like “woah did Biden die and I completely missed it?”

WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 237d

You and him both

givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 237d (1 reply)

I think he's gonna start making a lot of noise...

Hell keep doing this "big announcement coming" stuff, and then just not have anything. The goal to fatigue everyone from the news. Get them excited and let down over and over

Like if instead of a boy who cried a wolf, it was a wolf crying wolf till no one believes anyone else.

matdave@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 237d

The President who cried infrastructure week

GrindingGears@lemmy.ca · 65 pts · 237d (11 replies)

That was...interesting. I'm Canadian, it's not my place to comment as it has to do with American internal politics. I will say it was an absolute assault on the senses anyways. I've never heard a politician lay claim to so many feats, like I think this guy just claimed he's gone more than all the presidents combined, solved every war and completely solved the economy. That's quite a bold claim!

BassTurd@lemmy.world · 60 pts · 237d (1 reply)

As an outsider, you have a different perspective and your comment absolutely has a place regarding US politics. You don't have to live here to hear the dumb shit that he says and to know how fucking absurd and stupid it is. I would argue that an outside perspective, if taken with and is accurate to current context, carries more weight than 35+% of US opinions. Especially being geographically near by, which seems less and less relevant as this dumb mother fucker keeps talking and bombing Venezuelans, I think the state of US politics is significant in the state of your country.

Best of luck Canada. Fight the fascism. Fuck this turd.

Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 31 pts · 237d

Yeah, as an American, every other country has a right to speak their mind on our politics. The bullshit that the US constantly pulls affects every single person on the planet via knock on effects. The countries closest to us are being deeply affected by the insanity that US leadership is currently undertaking, and their opinions deserve to be heard.

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jj4211@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 237d

It's funny how many super common phrases and words are "invented" just now according to him.. like the word affordability...

Zier@fedia.io · 15 pts · 237d (2 replies)

As one of our nice neighbors (Canada & Mexico), you have every right to weigh in, as his actions effect you as well.

n0respect@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 237d (1 reply)

Do we have any non-nice neighbors? Before he pissed off Venezuela, I mean.

I think basically everyone out to the russian and chinese borders were, if not cool with us, at least happy to be non-aggressive and accommodating. And this was the plan all along, to have a big "friendly border zone" around us. It was working pretty good!

Zier@fedia.io · 6 pts · 237d

I meant as "next door neighbors" and we only have two. But at this point our horrid criminal "president" has alienated every global neighbor we could ever have.

Gates9@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 237d

I America has outsized influence, particularly on its direct neighbors, so you commenting on American politics is totally appropriate. In fact, we need all the criticism we can get in order to make the stupid half realize what fuck ups the Republicans are, and what the worldwide consequences are. They only really understand the most caustic and mean language, so feel free to pile it on.

Furbag@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 236d

No, please, do feel free to comment on American politics as a foreigner. We nonstop cram this shit down your throat whether you want to listen to it or not, so you deserve to have an opinion on how batshit crazy this all looks from the outside looking in.

raef@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 237d (1 reply)

He might have gone more than any other president

GrindingGears@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 236d

I think my phone autocorrected that from done to gone, but yeah it's strangely apt at the same time.

Sunflier@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 237d (2 replies)

Tl;dr of everything:

Bakkoda@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 236d (1 reply)

Hands... So small...

REDACTED@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 236d

He likes them undeveloped

Almacca@aussie.zone · 33 pts · 237d

I thought he was going to fix the economy on 'day one'. [looks at watch]

roofTophopper@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 237d (4 replies)

Juiced up President rather vent on TV than truth social because shit hits the fan in two days, like the world has never seen before.

That's basically what I got from this.

baronvonj@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 237d (3 replies)

What's happening in two days?

gdog05@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 237d (2 replies)

Epstein files are slated to be released

jj4211@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 237d (1 reply)

I know that's the deadline, but are they actually doing it? I've been assuming they'll declare some bs on why it's not viable to do so, hoping that somehow everyone has gotten over it after the bill passed.

gdog05@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 237d

Who fucking knows at this point. I'm not certain what the Trump admin can do exactly to stop it. And with the very anxiety-driven ranting last night it seems like they don't have a plan in hand.

marv99@feddit.org · 28 pts · 237d

Did he release the Epstein files?

MuskyMelon@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 237d (1 reply)

Trump the Unaccountable.

Blaming everyone for his failures brought upon by his executive decisions.

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 236d

Brave Sir Taco.

Jaysyn@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 237d

"Who shit my pants!?!"

  • some orange tinted pedophile
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 22 pts · 237d (4 replies)

The rot sent in when Trump got into office. The data shows that clearly. The Dems should be highlighting all his weak excuses and low-effort attempts at blame-shifting. Hang this crap economy right around Trump's neck where it belongs.

And remember that, excluding the AI bubble, there has been essentially no economic growth at all lately. Well, 0.1%.

MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 236d

They are doing that, all the time. You choose not to listen.

thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works · -1 pts · 236d (2 replies)

Most corporatist/centrist Dems stand to benefit from the current status-quo and aren’t incentivised to support any radical shakeups.

This is causing the increasingly nihilistic populace (younger millennials and Gen Z) to flock to the extremes of the political spectrum. They rushed to Trump because he promised to improve their lot in life, and now they’re realising it was all a lie. They’re the cause for the 10+ point swings we’ve seen in the special and off-year elections thus far.

However, unless progressives are able to challenge and unseat existing Dems in sufficient numbers to be able to put forward a strong change in policy - we are only going to witness yet another exodus of support from the party towards the next GOP firebrand making false promises.

It takes longer to mend something than it does to break it, and I fear it will take 3-4 strong Dem presidential terms to undo the damage of the two Trump presidencies, let alone set the nation on a path towards prosperity.

MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 236d (1 reply)

Fucking bullshit buzzwords...exactly why we have Trump.

Needlessly dividing the party ensuring the issue you pretend to care about will continue to worsen.

Support among those younger voters for Trump has plummeted, maybe you shouldn't have put so much effort in pushing your "both sides" propaganda, encouraging their nihilism.

thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 236d

Stop carrying water for the DNC, they don’t deserve it.

You have Trump (both times) because the vast majority of the population were unhappy with their circumstances, and the trajectory it was on.

How is it dividing the party to propose they follow their own bylaws and face a suits or primary challenge? Why is it their divine right to run unopposed, what - just because they’re incumbent septuagenarians who’ve gotten ungodly wealthy off insider trading and kick-backs from corporate lobbyists?

Make no mistake, the Dems are on track to win big in the mid-terms and in the 2028 election. But with feckless figures like Schumer and Jefferies at the helm, they are all but guaranteed to squander this once in a generation opportunity to make a fundamental change in the direction of the nation.

And when they inevitably drop the ball, young voters will seesaw back away from the Dems just as quickly as they did from Trump, and Biden before him.

Without a strong, progressive solution towards income, healthcare and housing affordability for the bottom 80%, and soon - America will not be able to pull itself out of the death-spiral it currently finds itself in.

More of the same failed Liberal policies simply won’t suffice in this day and age, and you are a gullible fool if you still think that it is.

etherphon@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 237d

Well I can't even listen to the motherfucker so thank you for the sum up, about what I figured. I can't believe he made a national address to say that he wasn't the one who farted and trying to blame it on the dog. Fucking hell.

anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 237d

That's a 10/10 headline, no notes

melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 237d

His last chance to address his national underlings with more lies until tomorrow when the Epstein files are either released or hidden by the DOJ. I fear for what kind of distraction he will use once the compost finally hits the Cuisinart.

UnspecificGravity@piefed.social · 12 pts · 237d

I thought everything was great and the affordability issue was a democratic hoax?

Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 237d (2 replies)

Did he say anything of actual consequence or was it just an old man venting?

not_that_guy05@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 237d

Think about all the bingo "buzz words" and then say bingo. He said everything from Biden to the fuckin kitchen sink.

Oh and he said Bitcoin for the troops or something like that, as known as a "bribe".

fizzle@quokk.au · 4 pts · 237d

He said he's freaking out a bit about being exposed as a pedo, the constant moaning about bankrupting America is really irritating him, that he doesn't understand how Americans can be so stupid but still somehow understand that he's doing a shit job.

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 236d (1 reply)

Oh, FFS, Donvict is such a limpdick.

This economy had all the right indicators last year and this stooge inherited one of the best situations a President has ever been handed. Then, he and all his morons completely fucked it all up.

And still: about 30-some percent of this country cannot see what is plain as the nose on your face...and still support this complete dumbass.

MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 236d

Yet Americans will continue to believe the baseless stereotype that Republicans are better for the economy

Bonesince1997@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 237d

From the guy who just heard the word "affordability" for the first time in his life the other week. Sure.

hopesdead@startrek.website · 11 pts · 237d

Thanks Obama

DaMummy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 237d (6 replies)

At least a little party never hurt anybody. You always have your precious Epstein Ballroom to look forward to.

Arghblarg@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 237d (5 replies)

Did you hear? The Ballroom Is A Lie

whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 237d (4 replies)

can I get a TLDW?

Arghblarg@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 236d (1 reply)

She says that the original architect and contractors who do ballroom-type projects were quietly replaced after the initial announcement by ones who have a long history of designing military datacenters, far underground, for governments such as the US and Israel. Also no contractors for things like chandeliers, gold-trim etc. are on the project, which seems strange if the main point is the ballroom. The budget quoted is almost, dollar-for-dollar, the same amount as for a recent underground datacenter project recently completed elsewehere in the US.

As well, the East Wing was blocking access to add onto a pre-existing underground bunker complex beneath the West Wing, so demolishing it would allow for additions to that...

Oh, and some emergency orders for huge modifications to the DC water supply in order to increase availability to the WH property. Data centers need lots and lots of water.

_stranger_@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 235d

He's literally installing his own AI data center. Maybe he'll use if the same way Hitler used his bunker.

Better theory! HE actually thinks it's going to be a ballroom and this is a pet project from one of his Goebbels worshipers essentially embezzling funds... honestly probably directly for whatever peter thiel wants built there.

Sunforged@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 237d
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Zorg@lemmy.blahaj.zone · -1 pts · 237d

What would we do without AI! /s No actually, the YouTube ai is actually decent at summarizing videos, although I couldn't get it to make a less lengthy version.

The video presents a theory that Trump is not building a ballroom at the White House, but rather an underground data center (0:45-0:51). The speaker supports this theory with several points:

Inspiration from Oracle's Underground Data Centers: The idea originated from research into Larry Ellison's Oracle building nine-story deep, missile-proof underground data centers in Jerusalem for Israel's data sovereignty (1:30-2:10). The speaker notes the striking similarities in scale and cost between Trump's "ballroom" and Oracle's data centers (2:33-2:47). Project Stargate Context: The video connects the "ballroom" to Project Stargate, a $500 billion AI infrastructure initiative for government operations, defense intelligence, and federal data consolidation, announced by Larry Ellison and Sam Altman with Trump (3:15-3:23). This initiative requires significant infrastructure like servers, power, cooling, and security (3:24-3:29). Contractor's Expertise: The lead contractor, Clark Construction, specializes in building critical government facilities and has six redacted contracts for confidential client data centers (3:52-5:09). They also hold a NAVFAC contract that allows them to hide the true scope and cost of projects (5:29-5:59). Architectural Changes: Trump replaced the classical architect with Shalom Bares, who designed the post-9/11 hardening project for the Pentagon, including secure wedges, skiffs (sensitive compartmentalized information facilities), and bomb-resistant architecture (6:20-7:00). Physical Evidence at the Site: Satellite imagery showed massive steel caissons for deep underground construction and a heavy-lift crane permanently anchored for long-duration, deep excavation (7:21-7:55). Infrastructure Upgrades: Pepco filed emergency requests for massive power infrastructure work near the East Wing, including substation modernization, despite declining commercial real estate demand in downtown DC (8:00-8:54). DC Water increased capital spending and the Washington Aqueduct warned about data centers using Potomac River water for cooling (8:54-9:10). Donor Analysis (Supply Chain for a Data Center): Carrier Corporation is donating an HVAC system, and their website lists "Carrier Quantum Leap" for data center thermal management, suggesting they might be donating this more expensive system rather than a standard ballroom AC (9:41-10:32). Boxable (Paulo Timani), known for prefab buildings, has contracts for Class 5 military installations and their units come with Faraday caging (electromagnetic shielding) for skiffs, similar to the modular construction used in Oracle's data centers (10:50-11:56). Caterpillar (heavy machinery, excavators, industrial generators) and Union Pacific (classified fiber optic cables used by the DoD) are also listed as donors (11:57-12:29). Major cloud computing and AI infrastructure companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Palantir, along with Booz Allen Hamilton (classified networks for CIA/NSA) and Blackstone (backup power infrastructure), are also on the donor list, while luxury brands typically associated with ballrooms are absent (12:30-13:03). The speaker concludes this donor list is a supply chain for a data center (13:06-13:11). Military Involvement: Trump himself stated that "the military is very much involved in this" ballroom project (13:16-13:26). Location Significance: The East Wing sits directly above the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) bunker, which is five stories deep and staffed 24/7 by military officers. Demolishing the East Wing provides access for expansion and integration of new infrastructure (15:28-15:45). Being at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue allows executive privilege to cover the project, exempting it from oversight (15:47-16:04).

The video concludes that while a ballroom might be built on top, it serves as a "lid" for the true project: a classified, protected, and unauditable underground data center for AI warfare infrastructure and continuity of government (16:06-16:18).*

oftenawake@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 237d (2 replies)
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NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 237d (1 reply)

I put this in a post elsewhere about his Golden Age comment.

It actually is a Golden Age. For billionaires and corporations.

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 236d

And grifting pieces of shit like Donvict, who is able to rig the game. I'd love to see his family and his corporatist cronies imprisoned. Him, too, but I doubt he'll live long enough to see any consequences if they ever come at all...

FatVegan@leminal.space · 8 pts · 236d (1 reply)

Joe Biden just shat in my pants.

Americans: fuck that biden guy.

RagingRobot@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 235d

Gross if true

Pacattack57@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 235d

He’s been president just under a year and still blames Biden. That is crazy work and the fact people eat it up is a serious problem. Single issue voters are single handedly destroying our country. You can’t even blame MAGA because they represent only about 25% of voters which is still sad but typical.

It’s the other 28% of voters, the anti Israel, anti abortion, anti immigration that don’t care about ANYTHING except that one issue. It also doesn’t help that democrats platform does not represent anyone because their policy is all over place. The reason educated people tend to vote democrat is because they understand policy as a whole and don’t really have a choice but to vote blue thanks to the two party system.

bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 235d (1 reply)

Yeah, no. Biden came in and (somewhat) fixed your first shitshow, then your pettiness drove you to tear it down even faster this time. I hope the approval rating continues to fall, even among the MAGA faithful. I hope no one gives a fuck about him by the time he's out of office.

_stranger_@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 235d

I hope he's dragged kicking and screaming from that office by people wearing his name on their forehead.

borQue@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 236d

Yes, It finally happened: I'm done with this.

From now on I'm going to be amused by our country and its tolerance (...or even respect!) for lying fascists. buys popcorn and waits for recolonisation

SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 236d

An ignorant, egotistical, emotionally stunted dotard rambles incoherently for 20 minutes. He controls the nuclear codes.

The media sticks their finger in their collective ear and goes "La La La."

altphoto@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 237d

Ha! I totally missed it. Well no one would miss it. I just played music instead of news. So talk to the hand!

Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 236d (2 replies)

About 15 years ago I used to work in Murcia with in a very rural area. I remember this old man talking about how Obama is a terrible leader and real leadership is not talking about the previous guy in charge. I wonder if he is rolling in his grave or of he will support this bs.

MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 236d (1 reply)

I can't remember Obama even doing that. He took responsibility for the absolute mess Bush left him.

Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 235d

Who knows. I didnt follow politics at the time but this was also same crowd that got upset over Obama "baggy pants" and tan suit. Guy seemed senile.

Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 236d

They had to have something to fallback to after they talked him out of going to war with south america. Don't kid yourself the rest of latin american countries will not sit still for it.

RedRibbonArmy@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 236d

The crazy thing is he's doing this because Biden can't defend himself and thus he gets away with it. It has the added bonus of proving Trump "right" because what other reason could Biden have for remaining silent?

Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 237d

I'm very much reminded of the "show and tell" meme.