@BurgesBen10@FT I believe in free trade. Canada subsidies its industries. That is not free trade. We need to enact proportionate import taxes to enable our industries to compete on a level playing field.
'We don't need anything that Canada has, we don't need anything that Mexico has, but they need everything that we have, and they have to treat us better,' the US president said of the trilateral agreement signed in 2020. ft.trib.al/4b1kara
@FT Trying to think of anything I use that comes from Mexico or Canada. Can't think of a single thing. Yet all those crying Canadians are on X everyday.
@FT Oh yeah, that lumber Canada imports to us. Do you know the Canadian Socialist government subsidies the wood products industry? This allows the importers to bring products into the country below indigenous lumber producers cost. When our businesses fail, the price will go up.
@SenJeffMerkley Senator, when Iran bombed our embassy in Beruit it was a war crime. My friends and fellow service men died in droves there. We owe those Marines a follow up. I was in Lebanon in the 1980's. Where was your outrage after that event.
President Trump's profanity-laden Easter threat to attack Iran's civilian infrastructure—power plants and bridges—are the words of a frustrated and immoral madman. Many experts agree that such attacks would be war crimes under international law.
To our military leaders, remember this: You are legally required to refuse orders to commit war crimes.
@RepGoodlander You know exactly what you did with that commercial. You were forming dissent among the members of our military. You are a disgrace to our country.
I’ve sworn an oath to protect and defend our Constitution many times throughout my life – as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve, as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, and now as New Hampshire’s Congresswoman.
It is sad and telling that simply stating a bedrock principle of American law caused the President of the United States to threaten violence against me, and it is downright dangerous that the Justice Department is targeting me for doing my job.
These threats will not deter, distract, intimidate, or silence me. I will continue doing my job and upholding my oath to our Constitution. And I will never give up the ship.
@volcanoblast@DHSgov@ICEgov Where are they you ask. They're in mommy's basement shoving twinkies in their maw and playing video games. It's time to flush out the slackers and go back to work again.
@DHSgov@ICEgov And how are you going to replace these drivers because I sure as hell don't want to be a truck driver, just like I don't want to go in a field in the summer and pick fruit. Where are the Americans you want to do these jobs?!
On October 16, @ICEgov and our partners in the Indiana State Police, arrested Ahmed Nenni, an illegal alien from Mauritania. The illegal had a commercial drivers license issued by the state of Michigan and said he is employed by Zain Express, a trucking company in Dearborn.
He illegally entered the US on September 15, 2023, in San Diego and was RELEASED by the Biden administration. He remains in ICE custody at the Joe Corley Processing Center in Conroe, Texas, pending immigration proceedings.
Thanks to President Trump and Secretary Noem, Operation Midway Blitz has resulted in ICE’s arrest of more than 140 illegal alien truck drivers in Indiana. The brave men and women of ICE and the Indiana State Police are working nonstop to get illegal aliens out of our communities and off our roads.
@JOKAQARMY1 I don't do the conspiracy theory thing. I believe "the truth is self-evident." For 25-30 years the people of this country have been played like a fiddle. Now, the truth is present we must relearn how to handle it.
@DOGE Awesome work thank you @elonmusk and also, soon, we look forward to hearing about the IRS, who, incidentally was also not elected and who, incidentally ALSO has all our SSNs. 👀
Today, 78 contracts were terminated for convenience across DEI, Non-Performing, Media, and Consulting categories, including one for “groundwater exploration and assessment in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.”
Approximately $110mm of total savings.
@KeatingWorld@DOGE Let the Mauritanians figure that out. What about our Veterans living in the streets of the United States? I wish you cared more for them than you do Mauritania.
@DOGE I was just in Mauritania and they need that assessment. Those people have no water. They have trucks that have to drive out to the remote areas and fill up large bags for the locals to drink from.
@xdNiBoR@DOGE Let the Mauritanians figure that out. What about our Veterans living in the streets of the United States? I wish you cared more for them than you do Mauritania.
This morning, 20 consulting contracts, mostly focused on “strategic communication” and “executive coaching,” were terminated for immediate savings of $26mm.
@NickGoulart1@DOGE When assessing waste in an organization, the low hanging fruit is first. It has a tendency to open insights to other waste. So yes, while it may seem petty, it is not.
Ok that's cool, but isn't this kinda like a normal working person digging six pennies out of their center console and putting it in their coin jar?
Is the real point of this program reducing waste...or eliminating things that align with a DEI agenda or anything else counter to the objectives of the current administration?
This is a question, not a statement. I guess time will tell 🤷🏻♂️
@andresaidthat@libsoftiktok When the Treasury Department is finally repaired after decades of Democrat political games, if there is an income tax it will be quite a bit less than it is today. If there isn't an income tax then there will be a national sales tax. Either way we pay our bills.
Pure fire from new acting director of USAID Marco Rubio:
"Every dollar we spend will be aligned with the national interest of the United States. USAID has a history of ignoring that and deciding that they're a global charity. These are not donor dollars, these are taxpayer dollars. We owe the American people assurances that every dollar we are spending abroad is being spent on something that furthers our national interest."
@realDonaldTrump Negotiations from a position of power will always work. Look to Ronald Reagan and the collapse of the Soviet Union as a perfect example.
@MarioNawfal Mexico conceded to the tariffs and is stationing 10,000 troops to it's northern border. Read it and weep. Maybe all the Trump haters should get on board and help make America the preeminent country on the planet. Trump haters=obstructionism.
🚨🇨🇦ONTARIO CANCELS $100M STARLINK DEAL AS TRUMP’S 25% TARIFFS LOOM
Premier Doug Ford announced Ontario is scrapping its $100 million contract with Starlink ahead of Trump’s incoming tariffs on US goods.
Ford’s government is also banning other American companies from provincial contracts in response to the trade measures.
Source: CTV News
@simonateba It's up to the lending institution to do their due diligence. If the lender thinks that the loan matches no less than about 80% of the value of the property, they will lend up to that amount.
Since there is no complaint from the lender, there is no crime.
Good morning, everyone! He told his CNN audience on Monday that Trump is a fraudster who deserves Letitia James' punishment for a victimless crime, accusing him of inflating his assets to get better loans and deflating them to pay fewer taxes. But in 2014, he sold his 6,280-square-foot Tribeca duplex to financier Parag Pande for $17.5 million. At that time, the property had an estimated market value of only $1.882 million, meaning he overvalued it by 829%. Ordinary people call that 'scamming' the buyer. In one word, kindly describe 61-year-old Daily Show host Jon Stewart (@jonstewart).