Trump Thread 2.0

[MrBurgundy]

we need more illegal aliens for cheap labor to pick my fruits

[Northern]

I agree with sleeve on the egg thing. Avian flu is an ongoing/accelerating issue. Will they decrease testing or safety margins to reduce the culling? who knows.
Fresh produce and labour are going to be hit hard. Time will tell with the rest.

The Tariffs are hilarious so far. Not a single one of his arguments makes even a lick of sense.
I know Trudeau isn't popular, but I appreciated the speech... It is wild that Cheeto-inC wants to grenade the most successful trade relationship in history.

https://youtu.be/xiaACQpFUfE

[mrsleeve]

Your right fruits and vegies are definitely manual, and there is a long long history of lots of migratory farm workers coming in every season with a farm /employer sponsored worker program with the H2-A visa program. I agree some areas/farms might see a labor shortage and that might cause some price fluctuation, but give the ease with which it is for those workers to get an H2-A visa it might be minimal

[2mAn]

Good to see you back Mr Sleeve.

Today egg prices are up, and with the ICE issue's fruit prices are next. Those aren’t automated, that’s manual labor.

[mrsleeve]

Come on man, you know the real answer to this, and its been a long running deal going back 24+/- months and more recently a repercussion of the Biden Dept of AG's order to euthanize around 100m chickens in the US flock. Remember 2 years ago with the tainted eggs, that affected supplies for most of the main grocers in the country? Or again this last fall when it got them again and this time Costco's suppliers? Those events destroyed lots of eggs and supplies haven't really caught back up. Now we are killing off big swaths of the flock to stymie (or flatten the curve if you will) the spread of the Avian Flu in the national flock. This removes them from both egg production and from the general food supply.

Simple economics, less chickens in the food supply suddenly to lay the eggs, less eggs to sell to market, and you know supply and demand rules apply. High production egg producers have been nearly 100% automated since at least the early 60's (my grand parents ran a couple hundred thousand laying hens form the mid 60s till the early 80's and they were about 95% automation back then. There's not thousands of people (migrants of questionable immigration status) walking though the hen houses manually collecting millions of eggs every day not showing up for work now hindering your supply at your local Ralph's. The only people manually collecting eggs now a days are your common folk or small "homesteaders" a few laying hens for personal use or the Amish.

[2mAn]

Already had an interesting event happening. A basic carton of eggs was priced at just shy of $10/dozen.

In the same speech he speaks of deporting all the Illegal aliens he also speaks of lowering food prices.

Guess what though, the cheap, manual labor that does the back breaking work didnt show up for work, for fear of deportation... soooo supply of said cheap food has gone down and prices gooooo not down...

[Northern]

Waiting for these tariffs to launch and fuck every country involved.

The memes of nazi elon and the inauguration ceremony in general are almost worth how fucked we're all going to get.

I think with #1, there was an EO that puts anyone "in a DEI position" on leave, with pending layoffs/reorganization.

[roguetoaster]

You know Simon, I'm still waiting for R3V to be great again too, and it's been four years.

I'm somewhat encouraged that the machine behind the man didn't get more ducks in a row for day one, and failed to corral congressional support for high value items to boot. Paper tiger this administration isn't, but it's early days, and there's plenty of time to cook up insidious ways to subvert the vital functions of our government while also maintaining the outrage people have become addicted to.

[2mAn]

Alright, first 24 is done. I know that ALL Presidents have a long list of things they want to get done immediately, and this time Trump was ready but it looks like he will sadly fail on his claim to end the Russia/ Ukraine War in the first 24. He was questioned about this and has flip-flopped on it and started claiming the rigged 2020 election again...

But in the interest of fairness (and available free time at work) I decided to compare the list to what he signed on Day1.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/

1. Massive Federal Layoffs and Rehiring of "Loyalists"
- Not done, but this is definitely not a quick one. There were several EOs, including a Hiring Freeze and a "return to work" ... but no layoffs, besides Vivek getting booted from DOGE

2. Nationwide Tariffs on All Imports
-Not done, also not a quick one.

3. Largest Deportation Operation in U.S. History
-Not an EO, but this reportedly has begun. Lots of reports about ICE raids

4. Building a "Freedom Cities" Initiative
-Not done, but come on... this is total BS that only an idiot would've believed was going to happen.

5. Implementing the Death Penalty for Drug Dealers
-Looks like this was done under this EO
https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...public-safety/

6. Withdrawing from NATO and Other International Alliances
-Trump announced it, but looks like the House voted against it. He did sign an EO for leaving the WHO
https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...-organization/

7. Establishing Strict Term Limits for Congress
-This is one I want to happen, not likely to happen

8. Nationalizing Industries in Strategic Sectors
-Looks like he is trying this, but nothing yet

9. Reviving the Border Wall with More Robust Additions
-Lots of talk around Border, but nothing about the wall from what I saw

10. Launching an “American Energy” Initiative
-Drill baby, drill. He signed a few EOs related to this
https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...erican-energy/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...rce-potential/

11. Ending the Russia-Ukraine War in 24 Hours
-Not done, and not looking like it will happen quickly

[2mAn]

“ After Trump’s Project 2025 denials, he is tapping its authors and influencers for key roles”

https://apnews.com/article/trump-project-2025-administration-nominees-843f5ff20131ccba5f056e7ccc5baf23

shocker

[Northern]

I'm taking this as a good sign that a lot of the campaign promises that were rather unhinged were solely to motivate various voting groups:

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2024/11/129_385877.html

Only for R&O work, not production, but who knows. Would be happy to see some pressure on certain mil alliance members to spend their share, and this is at least leaning in that direction.

[MrBurgundy]

Oh yea, Dems shoving her up there was arrogance and once again, screwed themselves.

So glad the Russia Ukraine War is going to end on January 21st.

We'll see how that goes lool.

Very curious to see how the next 4 years go since it looks like the red wave finally hit.

Maybe everything will continue to get shittier and shittier like usual, no matter who we vote or don't vote for.

[2mAn]

Oh yea, Dems shoving her up there was arrogance and once again, screwed themselves.

So glad the Russia Ukraine War is going to end on January 21st.

[MrBurgundy]

At this point the dems lost all credibility. Their shit stinks and the majority of people smell it.

Hoping for a better 4 years.. Shouldn't be hard to top.

Kamala is literally retarded, but they threw her on the ballot anyways.. Shoot yourself in the foot, eh?

[2mAn]

If he's smart, he'll do as little of that as possible. There's no way half of that list ends well.

Maybe focus on the wall because its easy and high visibility, and his loudest supporters love the wall and it will keep them happy.

The Wall that he said Mexico would build the last go-round?