MAGA supporters regretting their endorsement of Trump

Discussion in 'Politics' started by gwb-trading, Jan 22, 2025.

  1. With all due respect, if you are retiring in 5+ years, a bad week in the market cannot be focused on for long term traders, that is ridiculous. I been long term in my retirement plan for years during COVID crash and housing market crash and bought in over time and my account (it is a retirement account so buy and hold) has grown over time.

    All of this talk that trump tanked retirement accounts for 40 year old who will not access their money for 20 more years and will keep dollar cost averaging in is ridiculous. You cannot be so trump focused to bitch about a stock market drop so that if in a year or two the market is higher you give trump all the ammunition to say how wonderful his policies were because the market i higher. (p.s. I am in the camp that despite short term manipulation the president has not control over stock returns).

    Like if the market is up tomorrow are you gonna say look how trump lifted the markets? please stop the bullshit about trump tanking retirement accounts like the millions of people in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s are accessing those funds anytime soon or not loading up on good stocks at low prices. I went shopping yesterday adding Exxon, Apple, Nike, Nvidia, Copa and Shell to sit on for the next 5 years.
     
    #281     Apr 10, 2025
  2. ph1l

    ph1l

    #282     Apr 10, 2025
  3. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    #283     Apr 10, 2025
  4. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    #284     Apr 13, 2025
  5. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Let's see how the Republican town halls are going...

    MAGA Star Jeered for Trying to Defend DOGE at Wild Town Hall
    The crowd shouted down a Florida congressman who tried to defend Elon Musk’s secretive cost-cutting task force.
    https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-reps-town-hall-turns-chaotic-with-furious-anti-doge-backlash/

    A town hall audience erupted in angry boos and jeers as a Republican congressman tried to defend Elon Musk and his government-slashing DOGE initiative.

    Florida Rep. Byron Donalds was the latest member of the GOP to face pointed questions from constituents who are angry about President Donald Trump’s billionaire adviser and his efforts to dismantle key parts of the federal government.

    “As a member of the oversight committee, what oversights are you imposing on Elon Musk and DOGE?” an audience member asked Donalds to sustained cheering.

    “What DOGE is doing is they are going through every agency and they are examining any contracts or any lack of efficiencies in spending federal dollars,” Donalds tried to explain, as the audience began yelling “No! No! No!”

    The three-term congressman is running to succeed Ron DeSantis as the governor of Florida after the term-limited incumbent’s tenure ends next year. Donalds earned the coveted Donald Trump endorsement in February.

    After the crowd quieted down, Donalds continued, “If you’re going to talk about what Oversight is doing, we have to let the DOGE committee actually finish its work,” and the audience tenor began to rise again.

    Donalds then tried to compared DOGE’s work to that of former President Barack Obama—who also wanted to look at government inefficiency, he said—prompting the audience to burst into loud “boos” and jeers.

    Republicans have largely stopped holding town halls and public events following widespread backlash to the billionaire Musk, a temporary special government employee who has not disclosed or renounced his business interests.

    His secretive cost-cutting operation has been unilaterally trying to dismantle federal agencies, cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in government contracts, purge the civil service, and access Americans’ sensitive personal and financial data. The administration is facing dozens of lawsuits over DOGE’s actions.

    Soon after the first DOGE exchange, another audience member asked Donalds, “Do you approve of Elon and DOGE invading our Social Security files?”

    The crowd roared with applause.

    “Elon Musk and DOGE have been authorized by the president of the United States—” Donalds began before being cut off by more loud booing.

    (More at above url)