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Yes in a way Pres Biden did not do. He is advertising how many people he is deporting .... Pres Biden did not do that in spite of the fact he also deported people. The only EO which made a real difference is, he stopped legal immigration, and that is something Pres Biden did not do.

Yep ... and it doesn't matter if the rate of inflation slows down to acceptable levels. The effect of prices increases from inflation are and will continue to be felt, until the market adjusts to increased supplies and outstripping demands. There remains the question of how will producers feel the effect? If increased production means lower wholesale prices, don't expect the producers to continue losing money to appease Trump. I don't know where inflation is heading but I don't expect it to be lower than FED expectations and certainly not lower than voter expectations.

Not sure that has any meaning for the average voter. They're not affected and otherwise it is an abstraction dealt with by those who think of the political and philosophical ramifications.


They have begun the deconstruction of the administrative state and apparently weaponization of government has become de facto reality. At this moment I do not believe Democracy will survive.

If I dig out my old crystal ball, 2026 should be a banner year for the democrats with a big depends in front of that banner year. MAGA makes up approximately 25% of the electorate, they’re not going to change their votes. You do have another quarter of the electorate who voted for Trump who aren’t MAGA Trumpers. The read I’m getting is Trump is governing only for the MAGA portion of the country. If he continues doing that, look for the democrats to regain the house in 2026 by a large margin. Trump is getting high marks on his job approval so far, but that is because he’s tackling the illegal immigration problem which was the second most important issue in last years election. Trump has issued a couple of EO’s on the illegal immigration problem, but he didn’t really need to do that, all he needed to do was enforce the laws already on the books.

Inflation was the top issue, rising prices. No EO is going to solve this issue. I don’t think there’s much the government can do about inflation other than let it run its course. Inflation is currently at 2.9% and falling. Trump took office at the right time. Give it another 6 months or so, inflation should tame itself. If Biden had six more months to go on his presidency, he would have gotten the credit.

But Trump is a vindictive man with revenge in his heart. Even if Trump is successful on illegal immigration and rising prices, him taking his revenge out on his political opponents will doom the GOP. Most Americans don’t like radical change, they don’t like being taken out of their comfort zone which is what Trump is doing so far.

My wife thinks that everybody who voted for Trump will vote the other way in two years. I am not convinced that is going to happen. My own thought is that those who voted for Trump in the first place are not the brightest minds in the nation and I doubt that anybody knows what they are going to do. Now add in that the Democrats are going to have to do something. So far, I fear, that has been an ongoing disaster. I thought I would add this and see who agrees with what in this instance. I also wonder if it will make any difference, one way or the other.

Just a thought............