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ICU 812 · 10-28-2025, 05:29 AM

My retirement investments have exploded (in a good way).

We are sending home about as many foreign nationals who shouldn't be here as we can round up, despite the best efforts of progressives, the Democrats in Congress and the complicit media.

Looks like Japan will import pick ups from Ford for the first time ever.

Our society is shifting towards an AI driven future.

Space, both near Earth and beyond is opening up to private industry.

Cherry pick for the policies that are "failing" . . .that can work, but I prefer to look for the positives.

Many economic effects are not instantaneous, but develop over time. Wges and so on for instance.

Why_Yes_I_Do · 10-28-2025, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by VitaMan

...Trump campaigned on lower grocery prices starting day 1. It's not happening.

Guess it needs to be stated again:

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USDA Launches Plan to Boost Cattle Producers, Cut Red Tape Latest
By Michael Katz | Friday, 24 October 2025...

Plus we already know eggs are way down, this year's turkey basket price is below where it was prior to when the pResdident AutoPen regime horked it all up and gas is diving towards $2.00 p/gal.

It should go without saying that in the past 10-ish months, Trump's been very busy and his overall scorecard is looking rather impressive - IMMO.

From the TL/DR files:

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Immigration, Woke/DEI, Trade, and National Security: Trump Scorecard After Ten Months
by Antonio Graceffo Oct. 27, 2025

...For now, the scorecard reads: A–, with a possible upgrade in 2026.

Border security and immigration are among President Trump’s greatest domestic achievements. Illegal crossings have fallen by 95 percent, with monthly apprehensions dropping to roughly 8,000 in early 2025, the lowest level recorded since the late 1960s.

He also declared a national emergency, ended catch-and-release, suspended refugee admissions, and signed the Laken Riley Act.

As of late October 2025, his administration has carried out more than 515,000 deportations and 485,000 arrests, while an estimated 1.6 million people have self-deported voluntarily. Trump also signed an executive order on birthright citizenship on his first day in office.

On “woke” issues, President Trump has dismantled nearly all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs across the federal government.

On January 20, 2025, he signed an executive order ending what he called “radical and wasteful DEI programs,” overturning Biden’s Executive Order 13985, which had embedded DEI requirements in all federal agencies.

The order placed all DEI employees on paid leave and removed DEI language from agency regulations, contracts, grants, and legislation.

In the military, Trump banned transgender service members and eliminated DEI positions, training, and offices across the Department of Defense.

His executive order directed the Defense Secretary to end pronoun-based identifiers and stated that false gender identity expressions “conflict with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle.”

Trump also extended his DEI rollback abroad by signing a memorandum removing all DEI policies from the State Department and the U.S. Foreign Service.

In education, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights warned K–12 schools, colleges, and universities that they risk losing federal funding if they use race in admissions, hiring, or training.

The administration accused institutions of “toxically indoctrinating students” with systemic racism narratives and ordered them to dismantle DEI programs.

Harvard and Columbia were given additional directives requiring external audits for “viewpoint diversity,” restrictions on student groups, protest mask bans, and full cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security.

Columbia complied after $400 million in funding was suspended, while Harvard refused and had $2.2 billion in grants frozen.

Vice President Harris later praised universities that resisted what she called “unconstitutional demands.”

On trade, President Trump has continued his “America First” strategy using tariffs and tough negotiations.

In July 2025, the EU accepted a 15 percent tariff, half the threatened rate, while agreeing to end tariffs on U.S. industrial goods, buy $750 billion in American energy by 2028, and invest $600 billion in the U.S.

Japan made a similar deal, accepting a 15 percent tariff, investing $550 billion in the U.S., and pledging major purchases of U.S. farm and energy products.

Additional trade agreements were reached with the UK, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, and South Korea, all following the same 15 percent tariff framework tied to new U.S. investments and imports.

The world is safer today because of President Trump, who has brought an end to between six and eight conflicts, depending on how they are defined. His administration’s diplomacy, combined with decisive military action, has produced one of the most stable global landscapes in decades.

In early August 2025, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a peace agreement at the White House, formally ending hostilities that had persisted since the late 1980s.

In June, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda also signed a peace deal in Washington, though sporadic violence has continued.

That same month, Trump ordered airstrikes on Iran during a 12-day war before brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.

In May 2025, Trump announced a “full and immediate ceasefire” between India and Pakistan following a brief flare-up over Kashmir.

Two months later, in July, Cambodia and Thailand agreed to an unconditional ceasefire after a five-day border conflict, mediated with U.S. support.

Trump has also claimed credit for preventing renewed fighting between Serbia and Kosovo, though experts note that tensions had not yet escalated into open conflict.

The most remarkable act of statesmanship came in October 2025, when Trump brokered a historic Israel-Palestine peace agreement that ended the Gaza war.

The deal secured the release of all remaining Israeli hostages and was finalized at a summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, where Trump personally met with Israeli and Egyptian leaders.

World leaders, including UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, praised Trump’s achievement as a “diplomatic triumph” and a “game-changing geopolitical success.”

Negotiations between Egypt and Ethiopia, still ongoing, have reportedly made progress under U.S. mediation.

President Trump declared that the United States is in an “armed conflict” with international drug cartels, designating them as terrorist organizations and authorizing U.S. military strikes against suspected drug-trafficking vessels.

Since that declaration, the military has conducted at least three operations in the Caribbean, killing a total of 17 cartel members.

The first strike, carried out on September 2, 2025, targeted the Venezuelan-based Tren de Aragua gang and resulted in 11 deaths. Trump formally directed the Pentagon in August to begin using military force against Latin American cartels, marking a major escalation in America’s counternarcotics strategy.

Domestically, Trump deployed National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., and Memphis, Tennessee, as part of a broader anti-crime initiative.

The administration reports that over 8,000 people have been arrested for violent crimes during the three-month operation. In Washington, D.C., homicides are down 25 percent compared to last year, with declines across all major crime categories as of mid-October 2025.

In Memphis, overall crime is down 13 percent and murders have dropped 28 percent. Nationally, violent crime between January and July 2025 fell by 10.7 percent, while homicides declined by 20 percent.

Critics argue that many of Trump’s executive actions have yet to fully deliver results, as some face court challenges or await congressional approval.

However, Trump’s defenders point out that he has kept his promises by taking decisive action on these issues, fulfilling his commitment to act, even when obstructed by legal or political opposition.

From the good news files: Hopefully, we are blessed to have him at the helm for another 3 years and 2 months, maybe more. Doubtful the opposition will have gleaned even a hint of introspection by them.

Yssup Rider · 10-28-2025, 12:29 PM

Grocery prices were not/are not down, which I believe is the topic of this discussion.

Until we can read the sources of your evidence, I'll assume it's bullshit. Perhaps we can all just eat bullshit, because that's flowing freely from His Assholiness King Trumpf.

Why_Yes_I_Do · 10-28-2025, 03:27 PM

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