c/news · by throws_lemy@reddthat.com · 102d

Trump brushes off Iran war’s cost at home: ‘I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-iran-war-cost-economy-nuclear-weapons-b2975285.html

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partial_accumen@lemmy.world · 61 pts · 102d

‘I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation’

We know, trump. Unless its wrapped in gold or a bribe he doesn't care.

treehugger6@lemmy.world · 54 pts · 102d (4 replies)

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sepi@piefed.social · 15 pts · 102d (3 replies)

They're in a cult. They won't say anything.

Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 102d (1 reply)

Many of them are, but most are afraid of the cult. They'll put their own future electability ahead of any amount of damage to the country or its institutions.

rayyy@piefed.social · 2 pts · 102d

Republicans are scared shit-less of the orange felon/pedophile because they know he is relentlessly spiteful and will go after them multiple ways, including the use of stochastic rhetoric suggesting they be harmed. MTG and her children have received death threats. The Epstein victims affirm that death threats are standard procedure for him.

rayyy@piefed.social · 1 pts · 102d

The cult is a poison personality mixture of Jim Jones, David Koresh, Ted Bundy and Charles Mansion, with a bit of P.T.Barnum tossed in - maybe a bit of Al Capone too, truth be told.

tanisnikana@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 102d (7 replies)

One day that man will drift off at the Resolute Desk, never to wake up again, and it will be live on camera.

Ghyste@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 102d (1 reply)

We can only hope.

village604@adultswim.fan · 2 pts · 101d

I hope it's a stroke that gives him locked in syndrome.

Let him experience hell on earth in case there isn't a real one.

Syndication@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 102d

I really hope so. I'm so tired of these evil people constantly getting away with this shit. Not just Trump, but the whole Epstein class as well. What a sick joke of a country. I wish karma and religions were true after all because these people should be considered reincarnated forms of Satan and tossed in a cell forever.

Malyca@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 102d

You paint a lovely picture friend

Mirshe@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 102d

The issue is then we get Vance, who's nakedly for sale to whomever gets him more power. Yes, he's got the charisma of a used napkin, but he doesn't need it by now - the SCOTUS has decided that the President can simply rule by decree, and any approvals will simply be nodded along because the GOP is opposed to TRUMP, not to fascism at large.

GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 102d

Could he at least drift off walking down the steps of Air Force One? I need at least a LITTLE comeuppance.

Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 102d

Poor old Resolute suffering one last indignity under him.

comrade_twisty@feddit.org · 27 pts · 102d (1 reply)

He doesn't care about anything that is in the job description of the president of the US. Every private company would fire him if he would be performing the way he is.

krashmo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 102d

You say that but Elon Musk is out there running like 46 companies right now so... I'm not sure I buy it

nocturne@slrpnk.net · 25 pts · 102d (3 replies)

Wasn't lower the cost of groceries part of his platform on 2024?

Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 102d (1 reply)

He was very open in interviews during/after his first term about how he didn't actually care about his campaign promises, but went with whatever got the best response from the crowds. IIRC he directly stated this about the whole "lock her up" movement he spearheaded. Somehow those confessions never made headlines.

I don't know why the Democrats didn't simply run ads showing all the times he crapped on his own movement and supporters. There's easily enough content for an entire series of ads and it'd be way more effective than anything they actually ran (aside from Waltz pointing out how weird they are, which the party made him stop doing despite it being the single most effective part of the 2024 Democratic campaign).

Malyca@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 102d

I now why, because they're controlled opposition and complicit.

couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 102d

Platform?

ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 24 pts · 102d

The real idiot in this scenario are the people listening to an orange painted clown talk to them about politics and war.

tal@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 102d (4 replies)

“Anybody that wants them to have a nuclear weapon is a stupid person. So we said we're going to take the greatest stock market in history and we're going to go down a little bit. And actually that turned out to be incorrect, because our stock market is now at the highest point in history, which frankly, surprised a lot of people,” he said.

The stock market is up because of the AI boom. Trump didn't have much to do with the AI boom.

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/ai-stocks-drive-nearly-p-094305210.html

AI Stocks Drive Nearly All of S&P 500’s Gains, Data Reveals

The S&P 500 has surged to fresh record highs in 2026, powering through milestone after milestone as Wall Street toasts another banner year.

Strip out the artificial intelligence stocks, though, and the rally all but disappears, leaving a market that has gone essentially nowhere since February.

S&P 500 ex-AI Index Flat Since February as Benchmark Climbs 8%

BeInCrypto recently reported that AI-linked stocks now account for a record 45% of the S&P 500’s market capitalization. Strong rallies in hyperscalers and AI-related stocks have helped push the index higher, as investors continue betting on the sector’s long-term growth potential.

The S&P 500 has climbed nearly 7% since early February. While the war-driven volatility caused notable losses in March, the rally accelerated in April, with the index gaining 15.5% since March 30.

However, the gains have not been evenly distributed across the market. According to Google Finance data, the US 500 Excluding Artificial Intelligence Enablers Price Return Index (SPXXAI) has fallen 1.84% since its February launch.

For Trump, that was luck --- he happened to be in the right place at the right time to benefit from that.

SilverCode@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 102d (2 replies)

Well, I also don't think the average American who is struggling to buy food doesn't care about the stock market. It isn't like they have any liquidity to trade or benefit from rich people getting richer.

tal@lemmy.today · -4 pts · 102d (1 reply)

I also don’t think the average American who is struggling to buy food

While I do take your point that what Trump's talking about may or may not matter to a given individual, I'd also point out that the average American isn't struggling to buy food.

https://ourworldindata.org/food-prices

https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/42c81299-bad4-4140-a849-c79a4515e402.png

The US has about the lowest percentage of expenditure going to food in the world, and that's been true for a long time.

gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 102d

That data might be useful for food industry and agricultural industry regulators, but it really doesn't tell us anything about hunger. Like, just because Americans are making most of their expenditures on other things (probably healthcare, childcare, transportation, etc.) doesn't mean they can afford food, probably the opposite if anything.

Meanwhile,

the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its Household Food Security in the United States report, assessing that 13.7 percent of U.S. households were food insecure in 2024, marking the highest prevalence of U.S. food insecurity in nearly a decade. According to the USDA, this household food security report will be its last. In September, the USDA announced the “termination” of future reports with the claim that reports were “redundant, costly, politicized, and extraneous” and did “nothing more than fear monger.”

[bolding added]

https://www.csis.org/analysis/last-us-hunger-data-what-we-lose-termination-usdas-household-food-security-united-states (arc)

Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 102d

Hey now, Trump appointed Musk and DOGE to hollow out all the regulatory agencies that could have prevented the AI bubble from getting so big, so he at least deserves the credit for how bad things will become once it finally collapses.

NutWrench@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 102d

Believe people when they tell you what they really are.

Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 102d

I don't think about Americans ~~ financial situation ~~

Fixed.

Edit: I can't get the fucking strike thru to work. You get my point.

ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com · 4 pts · 102d

Practical solution, take from his family and associates the difference in costs since he came into office to reimburse the public for their losses.

zd9@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 102d

Can we just get him the fuck out of here already?

Suavevillain@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 102d

Rare honest Trump statement. You can tell via his policy.