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@ericschurchnst8 This must be why everything is so perfect in the United States of America right now.

Read Charles Krauthammer's take on Trump when he wrote this column in March 2018 Trump Is Not A Liberal or Conservative, He's a Pragmatist I neither view nor do I believe Trump views himself as a conservative. I stated it was my opinion that Trump is a pragmatist. He sees a problem and understands it must be fixed. He doesn't see the problem as liberal or conservative, he sees it only as a problem. That is a quality that should be admired and applauded, not condemned. But I get ahead of myself. Viewing problems from a Liberal perspective has resulted in the creation of more problems, more entitlement programs, more victims, more government, more political correctness, and more attacks on the working class in all economic strata. Viewing things according to the so-called Republican conservative perspective has brought continued spending and globalism to the detriment of American interests and well being, denial of what the real problems are, weak, ineffective, milquetoast, leadership that amounts to Barney Fife Deputy Sheriff, appeasement oriented and afraid of its own shadow. In brief, it has brought liberal ideology with a pachyderm as a mascot juxtaposed to the ass of the Democrat Party. Immigration isn't a Republican problem, it isn't a Liberal problem, it is a problem that threatens the very fabric and infrastructure of America. It demands a pragmatic approach not an approach that is intended to appease one group or another. The impending collapse of the economy wasn't a Liberal or Conservative problem, it is an American problem. That said, until it is viewed as a problem that demands a common sense approach to resolution, it will never be fixed because the Democrats and Republicans know only one way to fix things and the longevity of their impracticality has proven to have no lasting effect. Successful businessmen like Donald Trump find ways to make things work, they do not promise to accommodate. Trump uniquely understands that China's manipulation of currency is not a Republican problem or a Democrat problem. It is a problem that threatens our financial stability and he understands the proper balance needed to fix it. Here again, successful businessmen, like Trump, who have weathered the changing tides of economic reality understand what is necessary to make business work, and they, unlike both sides of the political aisle, know that if something doesn't work, you don't continue trying to make it work hoping that at some point it will. As a pragmatist, Donald Trump hasn't made wild pie-in-the-sky promises of a cell phone in every pocket, free college tuition, and a $15 hour minimum wage for working the drive-through at Carl's Hamburgers. I argue that America needs pragmatists because pragmatists see a problem and find ways to fix them. They do not see a problem and compound it by creating more problems. You may not like Donald Trump, but I suspect that the reason some people do not like him is because: (1) he is antithetical to the "good old boy" method of brokering back room deals that fatten the coffers of politicians; (2) they are unaccustomed to hearing a president speak who is unencumbered by the financial shackles of those who he owes vis-a-vis donations; (3) he is someone who is free of idiomatic political ideology; (4) he says what he is thinking, is unapologetic for his outspoken thoughts, speaks very straightforward using everyday language that can be understood by all (and is offensive to some who dislike him anyway) making him a great communicator, for the most part, does what he says he will do and; (5) he is someone who understands that it takes more than hollow promises and political correctness to make America great again. (continued)

Off duty police pulls over Hispanic woman driving—while wearing his "Trump 45" shirt. Cut the woman off in traffic with his gun drawn—then pulled her out of car and handcuffed her. He never identified himself. Cop is so MAGA—his truck has personalized license plate "Prez 45." 18-year-old Breanna Pantoja said she felt like she was being profiled—and was not involved in any accident like the cop accused her. "At first I thought I was getting robbed or something cause I didn't know it was a police officer or anything. All I saw was a gun pointed at me." The officer has been identified as Lt. Dan Miller—who was previously involved in an on-duty shooting of a Hispanic man in 2017. That shooting left the unarmed man dead—and led to a lawsuit filed by the Gomez family that was settled for $599,000. This current incident occurred in the North Riverside suburb of Chicago, Illinois.

@highbrow_nobrow JD Vance continues to gaslight the American people although Gas is Higher than Trump’s popularity! Immigrants are not the enemies!!! Rich corrupted people are! They’re the ones oppressing us!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@highbrow_nobrow Everyone has the right to get emergency treatment at a hospital in America.

J.D. Vance: "If you're an American citizen and you've been to the hospital in the last few years, very often somebody who's there … is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?" (2025)

@Breaking911 More blah blah blah

TRUMP: "The stock market is hitting record numbers. We have more people working in the USA today than we've ever had working... now, when this war ends, gasoline, and oil, and everything — it's going to come tumbling down."

@cbsheppard58 @mmm_lemonheads @RealMartyT7 @marceelias At that time democrats were far right racists. Fact.

@mmm_lemonheads @RealMartyT7 @marceelias You are the one that needs to learn history. I stated facts.

🚨BREAKING: In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court kneecapped the Voting Rights Act (VRA), the landmark civil rights law that restricted racial gerrymandering and racial discrimination in voting for more than fifty years. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/sc…

This was a very KKK friendly ruling. Now Southern States can discriminate without worry. Black representation will cease to exist in states like Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. The Klansmen of the South finally get what they wanted all along, a KKK SCOTUS and no black representation in Congress. Sad day for America

@allenanalysis There is nothing about being a president that requires a ballroom. In fact a president should not have a ballroom nor should a ball be hosted by the elected head of state of a democratic republic government in “the people’s house”. It’s just wrong. Too frivolous.

On July 31, 2025, the White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that the new White House ballroom would be "fully funded by President Trump and other private donors — not taxpayers." The same day, the official Trump administration social media account posted the same words. "Fully funded by President Trump and other private donors — not taxpayers." On October 22, the President himself posted on Truth Social: "I am honored to be the first President to finally get this much-needed project underway — with zero cost to the American Taxpayer!" Yesterday, six months later, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham announced he is introducing legislation to authorize 400 million dollars of taxpayer money for the same ballroom. What changed? 🧵 Let me walk you through this.

The lie was the entry. The demolition was the commitment. The lawsuit was the wakeup. The bill is the bailout. This is what it looks like when an executive creates a fait accompli, then asks Congress to clean it up. The President said it would cost taxpayers nothing. It is now going to cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. The press secretary said it would be privately funded. It is now being publicly funded. The donors said they were giving generously. We now know they were paying for access through a contract that protects their anonymity and exempts the White House from conflict-of-interest rules. I was reliably told this was going to be privately funded. I was reliably told a lot of things. Never stop connecting the dots.

The donors who paid for "private access" still get the access. The companies who paid for "regulatory favor" still get the influence. The Trust still gets its 9 million dollar fee. And taxpayers now also get the bill. This is what corruption looks like when it is operating in plain sight. A lie is told in July to clear public objection. A demolition is started in October before legal authority is secured. A federal judge intervenes in March. A Senate ally introduces a bill in April to retroactively authorize what was promised to be free. A bill that, according to Graham's own admission today, may be attached to the DHS funding shutdown that has kept TSA officers from being paid for 73 days.

@MrAndyNgo @bungarsargon Have a conversation with Trump.

Whenever I had rare opportunity to go on liberal media to discuss violent extremism by Antifa & the far-left, liberals would cite fatally flawed research that says right-wing violence is the real problem. @bungarsargon explains the flaws in that research:

@ScottJenningsKY Kind of like the stuff Trump says that Karoline tells us is just a joke.

Can someone explain to me what the joke is? Are grieving widows jokes to people on the Left? What is the joke, exactly?

New research from North Carolina finds body-worn cameras reduced black incarceration rates by 10.5%. When prosecutors see what actually happened instead of relying solely on police reports, racial disparities in convictions and sentencing shrink, explains Cato’s @jeffreyamiron. ow.ly/GO3y50YR4Z1

Breaking: Ken Paxton's office reduces a felony sexual assault of a child case to a misdemeanor and receives 60 days in jail with no sex offender registration. The defendant was a prominent Waco attorney. Republicans still the party of pedophilia. kwtx.com/2026/04/27/dis…

@Acyn Maybe the investigation wasn’t simple, but the people doing the investigation are.

FBI Director Kash Patel explains how the criminal investigation into James Comey’s seashell post wasn’t a simple one: This has been a case that's been investigated over the past 9, 10, 11 months. These cases take time. Our investigators work methodically

@ScottJenningsKY @jimmykimmel Please. You don’t mind it when it comes out of Trump’s mouth.

No amount of denial can change what we all saw after Charlie Kirk, or what we see repeatedly with President Trump. Leftists like @jimmykimmel know exactly what they're doing. You can call it a "joke," but it doesn't absolve you of your vile and putrid nature.

@Jules31415 A good deal for the American people or for Trump? He’s in charge of all the money. Not America.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent embarrasses MS NOW's Jonathan Lemire by absolutely shredding the fake news host's Argentina bailout gotcha: Lemire: "How does a $20 billion bailout of Argentina help Americans?" Bessent: "Do you know what a swap line is?" Lemire: "It's a currency swap, yes." Bessent: "Yes, but what is that?" Lemire: "That's-, you're the Treasury Secretary, sir." Bessent: "Yes, but why would you call it a bailout?" Lemire: "That is how..." Bessent: "In most bailouts, you don't make money. The US government made money...So by stabilizing the economy there and making a profit, then that's a very good deal for the American people. And there's a lot we could've been doing for American farmers, but Democrats closed the government." An absolute masterclass in responding to a biased question from the fake news media—Bessent doesn't miss a beat. 🫳🎤

@EricLDaugh What he’s doing is no doubt lying. Like always.

🚨 HOLY CRAP! President Trump just revealed that after he canceled the Pakistan-Iran trip, they SENT HIM A BETTER DEAL Art of the Deal, in motion. "They gave us a paper that should have been better. And INTERESTINGLY, immediately when I canceled it, within 10 MINUTES, we got a new paper that was much better!" "I'll deal with whoever runs the show...but there's no reason to wait 2 days, have people traveling for 16, 17 hours...When they want, they can call me, we have all the cards!" "That whole deal is not complicated: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon." @RapidResponse47 🔥 The man knows what he's doing.

@_Qstormrider He’s a fascist dictator.

🚨 BREAKING: In a stunning turnaround, the founder of HOME DEPOT, who did not want to vote for President Trump, is shocking the business world. He also opposed tariffs. Now? "I am SOLD on Trump." "I think he's got a good shot at going down in history as one of our best presidents ever," Ken Langone said HOST: "That is a REAL turnaround, because you didn't want to vote for him!" LANGONE: "I'll tell you the reason...I'm a believer. What I'm seeing happening is absolutely nothing short of a great thing. And there's a beat. People are walking with more bounce...I think this guy is turning out to be a [great] president."