JUST NOW: President Trump says the federal government needs to get TOTALLY OUT of the welfare business, and make the STATES fund it
He says it'd cut down on fraud by 75%!
"The LEARING centers... The federal government runs this stuff! We should be running our military and running our country, but the states have to run all of that stuff and you'll cut it down by 75%! And it will be run better!"
ABSOLUTELY! States need SKIN in the game!
Investors like Paul want the immigration debate to be strictly polar because it is the only way their traitorous ideas might seem reasonable.
They paint one side as racist, backwards, economically illiterate absolutists and the other as enlightened, growth-minded cosmopolitian realists. Support for laws that protect American citizens can be dismissed as uneducated, anyone who hires immigrants or foreigners in any capacity a hypocrite.
American law should, and does, advantage American citizens. We should not have to compete on an even playing field with billions of people who almost universally don't share our values or respect our institutions, even if they are "the most qualified" or willing to work double the hours for the same wages. The men running Operation Paperclip did not think Americans should have to compete with the entire Third World, they understood that a carefully controlled amount of highly-skilled expert immigration is net good for America even when allegience is in question.
It is worth noting that even on a purely economic level, ignoring all burdens of loyalty or allegiance to your countrymen and treating America as nothing but an economic activity zone, it still doesn't make sense to say without qualification that foreigners should get any job where they are more qualified than their American counterpart.
As just one easy example out of dozens, about 20% of immigrants return home after less than five years, taking all their savings and vested shares with them. Another 20% will leave within ten years, doing the same. All the while, they will wire, on average, ~15% of their wages out of the United States economy every month. Some occupations and origins average 30%! The idea that this should be completely ignored with regard to employment and immigration policy is rampant among the same people who tell you with a straight face that limits on immigrants will destroy the American economy, that the dumb rednecks need to be saved.
I lean very libertarian and have strongly supported immigration to America for many years with countless public examples. That doesn't put me on the same side as the men who want to sell out America, and no amount of long-past accomplishment obliges any of us to listen to their lectures from the other side of the Atlantic.
Under what premise are you assuming that the EU expected to win the Ukraine war? Even with Biden and the WEF controlling most of the US government there was never a serious effort put into backstopping them enough for them to have a chance of winning either economically or militarily.
There is zero chance the US allows Canada to just pack its bags and go anywhere else, regardless if that’s MAGA or the Libs. Both require the IS economic engine to control the world for their continued theft of wealth and power.
Vice President J.D. Vance told the story of Kevin Flanagan: a computer programmer forced to train his foreign replacement just to collect severance. He did it.
On his last day, he packed up, walked to the parking lot, got in his truck, and shot himself.
“The blood of those people pulls at the feet of those who would sell out their country for a cheap bottom line.”
That’s not free markets or even close to being humane. It's the very kind of policy that wrecked the heartland.
@ThePlero I suspected this, but I think there is something true in their perspective and they seem to explain what Trump is doing. There needs to be more discussion of it, even if it is just another active measure
Fine. I made the list. It's still growing.
Trump 2.0 Accomplishments (as of mid-July 2026):
* Negative net migration for the first time in 50 years
* 2.6 million+ illegal aliens removed (including 650,000 arrests and 400,000 convicted criminals) + 2 million self-deportations induced by ending incentives
* Fentanyl trafficking crushed 56%+; overdose deaths down 21% monthly since inauguration
* Laken Riley Act signed and aggressively enforced
* Catch-and-release ended (99.9% drop); zero releases into the U.S. for eight straight months
* Record-low border encounters; Darién Gap migration cut 99%
* Largest one-year homicide drop in U.S. history; violent crime (rapes, robberies, assaults) down significantly
* Targeted crime operations in major blue cities delivering record-low murders in several metros
* Law enforcement officer deaths down 25%
* Tren de Aragua, MS-13, and other cartels dismantled; international drug cartels designated as foreign terrorist organizations
* Antifa designated a domestic terrorist organization
* Gas under $3/gallon in 43 states; record U.S. energy production and exports at all-time highs
* 654,000+ new private-sector jobs (all net gains to native-born Americans); 671,000+ jobs added since January 2025
* 4.3% GDP growth in Q3 2025; largest blue-collar wage growth in 60 years; real earnings up ~$1,100 annually
* Inflation tamed to ~2.4% core CPI (down ~70% from Biden peak)
* One Big Beautiful Bill passed (July 2025) — making 2017 tax cuts permanent, No Tax on Tips, Trump Accounts for newborns, senior deductions
* $5T+ in deregulation savings + $215 billion in government efficiency cuts ($1,335 per taxpayer)
* $10T+ in reshored/domestic investments secured
* Trade deficit at lowest level since 2009; $300 billion+ in tariff revenues collected; Predatory global tariffs shifted in the US’s favor for the first time in modern history
* Stock market record highs
* Gaza ceasefire + hostage release secured; 12-Day War (Israel-Iran) ended; multiple additional peace deals/accords (Armenia-Azerbaijan, India-Pakistan, DRC-Rwanda, Cambodia-Thailand, Kosovo-Serbia, Egypt-Ethiopia)
Iran’s nuclear capability destroyed + maximum pressure campaign (450+ sanctions designations)
* NATO allies leaping toward 5% GDP defense spending
* 85+ detained Americans released; Abraham Accords expanded
* Strikes on Houthis, Iranian assets, and narcoterrorist vessels; Nicolás Maduro captured
* Record military recruitment goals met; largest military investment in decades with AI integration; F-47 sixth-generation fighter unveiled
* VA backlog reduced 60%; 3 million disability claims processed; 51,936 homeless veterans housed; benefits restored for vaccine-mandate discharges
* Transgender enlistment barred; DEI eliminated across military and federal agencies
* Over 269 executive orders signed in the term (230 in first year alone — highest first-year total since FDR); 81 memoranda + 158 proclamations
* DOGE-driven bureaucracy cuts; IRS IT budget savings of $2B; wasteful contracts eliminated
* DEI discrimination banned in federal contracting and agencies; race-based hiring ended
* Gender ideology extremism curbed in schools, medicine, and government (minors protected from chemical/surgical procedures)
* MAHA reforms launched: Presidential Commission established; Most Favored Nation drug pricing with 16+ major pharma companies; 8 artificial food dyes phased out (40%+ industry compliance); Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act; marijuana reclassified to Schedule III; childhood vaccine schedule revised from 72 to 11 consensus shots; expanded IVF access; $50M autism initiative; new whole-foods dietary guidelines
* Withdrew from WHO
* Crypto regulatory framework via GENIUS Act; Strategic Bitcoin Reserve created; Operation Choke Point 2.0 ended
* Sanctuary city funding cuts implemented
* Election integrity and citizenship verification measures expanded nationwide; USPS program pending; SAVE Act drafted and run at Congress several times now
* Energy dominance unleashed: National Energy Emergency declared; 6,000+ drilling permits approved (55% increase); 13.1 million acres opened for coal leasing; record LNG exports (>100 million tons); nuclear projects advancing toward online status; major energy export deals ($100B South Korea, $200B Japan); Paris Agreement withdrawal
* US becomes net oil exporter for the first time in history.
* Trump Accounts launched for newborns with federal seed funding + corporate matching
* Farmer aid secured; skilled trades and domestic manufacturing (semiconductors, autos, heavy equipment) expanded
* Over 100,000 fraudulent visas revoked; 275,000 illegal aliens removed from Social Security rolls; benefits terminated for 1.4 million illegal aliens; H1-B crackdowns and $100,000 application fees
* 62,000+ missing migrant children rescued; Alien Enemies Act invoked against gangs
* $2B sent to rebuild Western North Carolina
* John Bolton arrested and pleaded. James Comey arrested. John Brennan under investigation (probably facing a grand jury).
* RussiaGate grand jury set up and running in Florida.
* DOJ/ODNI seized Fulton County 2020 ballots. Trump is still working on Plans B, C, D, etc, with a ‘new’ integrity announcement scheduled as soon as tomorrow night.
@ShineDoggyDog@mobbs_mentality@AdamKinzinger If Putin's plan is to end mass illegal immigration into America, reshore our industry, cause less Americans to be murdered and more to be born, then thank God for Putin.
I fear(wildly speculate) Trump’s actions are resulting in a weaker NATO and a stronger EU which might dispense with such self-destructive policies, but not completely and, in either case, will become a rival power bloc which may just eventually include Russia in one way or another.
@johnkonrad@AckTeacher If you think they hate us now, how much of a problem do you think they will be if they start standing up for themselves, as they are starting to do because Trump is appearing to be friendly with the regime invading in their direction?
I’m noticing a lot of foreigners who seem to not understand why we’d risk hundreds of lives, spend millions of dollars, and sacrifice several aircraft to rescue one guy. And the reason they don’t understand is also the reason people can’t be made American by a piece of paper.