How soon before demands a Master's Jacket? Can we start a pool?

@skutfarcus :
Don't give him any ideas. Next, he'll want to drive an Indy car for a lap.

@CCubs :
Sending him up in a Blue Origin capsule would be cheaper than him playing golf for whole weekend in Florida. Perhaps. But he'd have to be accompanied by 3 Secret Service, a Space Force soldier, and a physician. In case of alien attack. /Sarcasm My opinion and I'm sticking to it.

Um, yeah. I'm going to have to take a pass.Trump administration says banks will soon begin distributing 'Trump cards'
www.msn.com/en-us/ne ws/politics/trump-ad ministration-says-ba nks-will-soon-b
A "Trump card" with an interest rate of 10 percent could be coming to Americans through banks that want to join President Donald Trump in lowering credit card rates.

 

Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council, said the concept of a one-year cap of 10 percent could be implemented voluntarily without needing to go through Congress.

 

"Our expectation is that it won't necessarily require legislation, because there will be really great new Trump cards presented for folks that are voluntarily provided by the banks," Hassett said on Fox Business.

 

"We've been in conversations with the big banks, with CEOs of many of the big banks who think that the president is on to something, that he's got a great idea," he said.

 

Banks "could potentially voluntarily provide for people who are in that sort of sweet spot -- not having financial leverage very much because they don't have access to credit, but they have enough income and stability in their lives that they're worthy of credit," Hassett said.

 

Trump kicked off the idea in a social media post earlier this month.

 

"Please be informed that we will no longer let the American Public be 'ripped off' by Credit Card Companies that are charging Interest Rates of 20 to 30%, and even more, which festered unimpeded during the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration," Trump posted on Truth Social, adding "AFFORDABILITY!"

You tell them, Thom!apnews.com/article/t illis-senate-trump-g reenland-powell-mill er-fd1a1123b199Republican Senator Thom Tillis is not running for re-election this year, so it's no skin off his nose to speak out against the current administration. And he is targeting the White House advisor/administration, not the President.
Article excerpt:
"He's targeting much of his criticism at senior White House aides, sometimes raising questions about whether Trump is receiving the best advice at a consequential moment in his presidency as the GOP enters a challenging election year."I really want this president to be very, very successful," Tillis said this week. "And a part of his legacy is going to be based on picking and choosing the right advice from people in his administration."
Does this mean that DJT has no clue on some of the decisions he makes, and relies on advisors to recommend or tell him what to do? Sounds just like critics from the Right about Biden between 2021 and 2025. Or, misinformation being given to him about what's going on? Plus, how many staff/advisors were part of Project 2025, most which has been implemented, even though #47 claimed during 2024 campaign he knew nothing about it? But basically put it into action via EO and bypass Congress?The preceding is my opinion and mine alone and definitely not my employer's.

www.realitytea.com/2 026/01/16/melania-tr ump-documentary-flop -box-office-sal
"The upcoming Melania Trump documentary, a $40 million project from Amazon and MGM, is allegedly going to flop at the box office. The "Melania" film, which covers the three weeks the first lady experienced before Donald Trump was inaugurated as the president for a second term, is set to premiere at various locations across America on January 29, including the renamed Trump-Kennedy Center. It will then release in theaters nationwide the following day on January 30. But sales for the upcoming movie are apparently dismal, according to several insiders."

Yep!

As he speaks about his 1st anniversary in office, he showed many pics of illegal criminals caught in Minnesota. Except he flashed them so fast, couldn't see the name. Wife said there were no names. And allegedly media weren't getting names. So they can't fact check. Now, I agree illegal criminals need caught and deported. But there's not 21 million illegal criminals in the US. There's many trying to get legal, but immigration courts are so backed up, it's taking years. But that doesn't matter to ICE. If you don't have a valid visa or green card, your a** is being hauled out. If you've applied for asylum, waiting for approval, nope, you're heading to a detention center. An irony is as he's talking about record high stock markets, there's graphics in corner showing how much Dow Jones and NASDAQ has dropped. He again detailed the "18 billion" in investments by corporations without any details of who and where this is happening. As of 1:30, hasn't said one word about Greenland yet. But wife and I need to get to store while weather is decent. Oh, and all alleged liberal MSM except for MSNow (he's on screen, but anchor talking to journalists on split screen) is still carrying his speech live, despite his going back and forth on same issues.My opinion and mine alone and not my employer's.

Trump is focusing on the (supposedly) 120,000 illegal immigrants in Minneapolis, while Texas and Florida (supposedly) have over 4 million illegal immigrants. That is Trump logic for you. Blue? --- Red?

Saw this on Reddit. You can agree, disagree, roll eyes, whatever, doesn't matter to me. I just see that this is why no staff or advisors will rein him in on a lot of his actions. As usual, my opinion and mine alone and no one else "This is how he always was.
After his first term, all those career civil servants that worked for him, in the military, 3 letter orgs, and even his own hand-picked cabinet, all came out ringing the alarm bells and basically saying they regularly had to constantly jingle keys infront of him to prevent him from pursuing various insane ideas on a whim, many of which would've started ww3.They also said he would regularly go off-script and completely change plans on a whim, and would develop the positions of the last person he spoke with, so they'd regularly have to scramble to make sure a sane person and not a Stephen miller type or random CEO wasn't the last person he talked to.(Dems got him to briefly endorse pro-renewable bill briefly with this "talk to him before a speech" method)Keep in mind, all those people who came out ringing the alarm bells were those who worked with and talked with him the most, life-long Republicans and statesmen type dudes.That aggravated him beyond belief (to which those same people also warned us about and said a term 2 would be a revenge tour).This time around, the first thing he did was purge the FBI, CIA, DHS, Military lawyers, DOD leadership/personnel, He has purged literally 10s of thousands of people, most of which were life-long Republicans, because they weren't loyal enough.This time it was all based on loyalty. He actively chose the worst and least-qualified people, because they wouldn't be anywhere near these positions if it weren't for Trump. They all owe him their full loyalty, and most of them are hyper-aggressive white-nationalist losers, who have unironically based their entire political ideologies around being angry about getting bullied in high-school and being professional failures all their lives. That's why we have a "Trump is the is the king" children's book writer and podcast grifter as our FBI head, and a sub-80IQ alcoholic as our Sec of war, and various nepo-babies who have literally never worked (period) in their lives, let alone having experience in their positions, filling the most powerful cabinet spots.He unhinged on untethered this time, and his rage knows no bounds. All those people who used to hold him back have been fired this time. The crazies are completely ruling the country. And the purges of the remaining sane people are still happening to this day, and each day he's held back less and less.For example, a week or so ago, in his rage he ordered the DOJ to investigate the wife of the woman who was shot by ICE. No sane person would do it. So it got assigned to someone, they resigned, re-assigned, that person resigns, etc etc until 6 people had quit, and eventually another crazy loyalist was in the position and willing to investigated. This sort of thing happens constantly under Trump at the moment across different departments too.I actually think he's gonna go for Greenland. Other times when he has tried talking about his various invasion plans including Greenland, his base always said "It's just a negotiation tactic", "He'd never actually do that, he's bluffing", or "You libs all have TDS and take everything out of context, he's just joking he would never do that". But now? They all support it. You can watch the support for it skyrocketing in data among republicans. They're largely people who are told what to think and are submissive and obey, and this is what they're being told to think currently by the American media apparatus.... not good.I know people don't like appeasement, and I know it's painful to do, But the honest truth is, there's a fairly solid chance you can get Trump to back off his decision to COLLAPSE NATO AND START WW3 BASED ON NOT GETTING A NOBEL PRIZE, and all you'd have to do is wine and dine him, tell him what a big strong boy he is, and give him a gold participation trophy. That's all he wants, and that's what his base views as strength. Their picture of strength is literally a spoiled toddler flailing and crying until eventually nearby adults give him a toy to shut him up, then they say "He wanted the toy all along, masterful negotiation sir, 5d chess sir, etc"Sorry for the random essay my dude, the followers of this guy have just been blowing my mind lately. Absolute 0 critical thought, 0 principles, just an angry cult of personality who are convinced they're on the winning side as billionaires are being handed trillions, their country is being bankrupted and turned into a pariah state, and they destroy their own childrens futures to "own the libs" who regularly attempt to make their lives better and disproportionately benefit red states when they get power."

We are definitely in a space in time that is U N B E L I E V A B L E ! ! ! !

"Many of us are befuddled at friends and family and politicians who keep supporting all this. Shrewd assessment here by Mary Geddry:
"The question keeps circling back: why do voters still support this, and why does the Republican Party continue to stand behind him?
For voters, the answer is emotional, not rational. Trump offers grievance validation, not solutions. He tells people they were cheated, mocked, erased, and that he will punish the people they blame. That feels more immediate and satisfying than the slow, technocratic work of governance. Healthcare premiums are abstract, while humiliation is visceral. Trump never asks his supporters to sacrifice anything except reality itself, and that bargain has proven seductive.
For the Republican Party, the answer is colder. Trump is not a leader they follow; he is a weapon they deploy. For years, he delivered voters, enforced discipline, and generated just enough chaos to make accountability impossible. He punished defectors ruthlessly and rewarded obedience lavishly. As long as his poll numbers held, this arrangement felt cynical but manageable.
Then the numbers started to tank, and instead of recalculating, the party doubled down. By the time Trump became more liability than asset, the GOP had already reorganized itself around fear, loyalty tests, and grievance management. Breaking with him no longer meant losing an election cycle; it meant excommunication.
Over time, this transformed the party into something less like a political organization and more like what my daughter aptly described it as: a cult. In cults, the leader's weakness doesn't loosen control, it tightens it. Decline triggers escalation, and doubt becomes treason. Followers cling even harder, not because the leader is strong, but because leaving would require admitting how much they surrendered along the way.
The signs are all there. Total loyalty demanded, and independent institutions framed as enemies. Fear is used as enforcement, while moral inversions are normalized. In a cult, rules are provisional, truth is whatever the leader says it is, and responsibility drains upward until no one below feels authorized to act at all. That's why Republicans who privately know this is dangerous remain silent. Acting independently would mean breaking the spell.
Europe sees this clearly. And that's why European leaders are no longer waiting for the GOP to save the alliance."