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It was interesting to watch the mainline news broadcasters this week tell of the stock market falling while they had smiles on their faces and a gleams in their eyes! I think they’re rooting for bad to happen because they hate president Trump so much. It’s not very nice..
Then in Alameda County you have congressman Eric Swalwell chanting new profanities everyday! That guy’s become unhinged just like our own Mark DeSaulnier. These Dems must smoke weed when they’re not in Washington.
Imagine if a President wore a tan suit, how would the media react?
Your “media” or the news?
Who is my media?
Who is yours?
Nice try.You’re NOT hilarious..fail fail fail…you watch CNN while on Facebook,your 2″souces of truth”.Any other truths you just get from Wikipedia.These are all opinion sites.Class dismissed.
You deflected again.
Maybe look up Obama Tan Suit 2014.
What about tan Suit?
Seriously?
At least try to stay relevant.
If it was something to do with Obama ,nobody knows what youre talking about,he wasn’t really Potus,and anything about him online or TV. people looked away,like a bloody car crash.
IA think they smoke more when they are there,and i bet they were smoking at the Whitehouse for the last 4 years with Kamel-AH-arris
Oh dear. My my. Eric Swalwell using profanities.
Quite precious given that Donald Trump is the most crude, crass and publicly profane president in our nation’s history.
MAGA pearl clutching at its finest.
@concord Guy
Bob Woodward might just disagree with you about the most profane president in our nation’s history. Referring to the creepy, child-sniffing POS, Bob said he swears like a sailor. Hot mics have him using f bombs all over the place. Remember this quote: “No one f*cks with a Biden.”
I said “publicly profane”. Hot mics, Nixon tapes/private interviews aren’t/weren’t meant to be in public.
@concord Guy
I stand corrected; however, the child-sniffing creep did call Peter Doocy a stupid son-of-a-b in front of a lot of folks and not on a hot mic.
Only using “publicly profane” would eliminate most of the media’s ah-ha Trump moments. But it’s (D)ifferent for you.
Has Eric partnered up with a new Chinese spy girlfriend yet?
Having a regular all night girl could help him mellow out & stop cussing so much.
I’ll bet the late Dianne Feinstein’s team could get him set up with someone.
Her chauffeur was a great hire, lasted 20 years with her.
Swalwell would have made Pete Stark proud !
California High Speed Rail is coming along nicely
https://shorturl.at/RrjBe
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Pres. Trump to Investigate California’s High-Speed Rail Scheme:
‘Worst Managed Project I’ve Seen’
https://shorturl.at/Qsbmn
Funny OG … but so true – that “project” should be audited and ultimately stopped. Newscum campaign promised to stop it to save taxpayer $$ but as usual he did a 180 as he usually does… what really surprises me is his 2x election and beat the recall despite not following through on his promises
The democrats running CA are only interested in retention of power.
BIG money and unions keep them in power. Choo-choo to nowhere should
have been shut down many years ago, then again why should democrats
care, it’s not like it’s their money they’re squandering.
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‘How eight elite San Francisco families funded
Gavin Newsom’s political ascent’
https://shorturl.at/jBdco
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CA is cursed with low information voters with the attention span
of a fungus gnat.
Trump’s mantra: Make America Great Again
Democrat’s Mantra: Make America the new El Salvador (or Venezuela)
Nothing good comes from unvetted immigration.
Now, “Let’s Make California Law Abiding Again”
Illegal immigration has been a condemnation for our nation.
All of these gang members (some would call them dreamers) are Hispanic. Good job SJP!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcTrMhWSY08
There’s no doubt that Summer is here and we need lots of ICE in our area.
I’ll give Trump this much: at least he destroyed our economy at the beginning of his presidency vs waiting till the end like last time.
Sure – and the economy was in superb shape when Joe left office.
As of 11/7/24
– Inflation 2.1%
– Unemployment is 4%
– GDP is 3%
– Manufacturing is booming, and only getting better
Thank you for the Joes’ democrat controlled propaganda TV media report.
Number don’t lie.
You never said that once during Biden,everyone was wrong and” Joe’s as middle of the road as you”.Is zero even a number?That’s the amount of good he did for the country.
I was often critical of Biden. Sorry, if I neglected to keep you posted.
True, but the so-called news media does.
p.s. Don’t believe everything you hear and read.
In both administrations he started with his destruction early, just this time around he was more efficient. But last time his tax cuts added huge sums to the deficit. I know that there is a saying that tax cuts pay for themselves, which migh be true if you put more money into the pockets of the middleclass but they don’t pay for themselves if you put more money into the pockets of the super rich. None of them was ever constrained by taxes from spending, unless the middle class.
Get some rest youre confused..programmed.
Man up Greg. We’re in a trade war. President Xi Jinping recently complained to the EU about the US’s economic bullying. Has anyone ever complained about bullying when they were winning?
You think we are winning a trade war with China? Bwahahah Maga Magical Thinking. Show me how the infrastructure and scale work, please? Foxconn has entire cities dedicated to the fabrication of th se items, and pay pennies on the dollar for labor. Or is that the great golden plan for Americans? Build toys for the Jared Kushnwers of the world at slave wages?
I don’t know what conservatives are less educated on, economics or the constitution.
You’re arguing against your own position. That there are whole cities in China dedicated to menial labor and low wages is what makes their position more tenuous. What happens to these cities when the demand for these items sharply decreases? What will happen to the dedicated infrastructure?
By trying to compete with these conditions we make our society more similar. No thanks. Better dead than red.
People pointing out the tremendeous harm Trump has done the US economy don’t think that China is a good and fair trading partner, the same way that people who point out that burning down the house when you have termites as being stupid, don’t think that having termites is a good thing.
And?whats it mean.. that if you could vote you would have voted giggling smoker?
Dude, you need to work on your syllogisms. You’re saying the Chinese are insects?
Yes actually. Who is constantly talking about how they are the worst targeted president ever? Who complains about witch hunts? Or feels the need to have Tesla car commercials from the White House? And that is just to name a few.
Greg, How come some people only mention a downward stock market, but not the upward? The stock market had hit over 40.000 for the 1 st time ever, last Wednesday, and has been close to that or over, ever since. No mention? And you are gleeful at the downward! This is America, our country, everyone should want this country to be GREAT!!
Trump spent $28 billion in his first term helping farmers hurt by tariffs
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/12/g-s1-59682/trump-tariffs-farmers-china
when will they learn that tariffs doesn’t work and trump use it to try to intimidate other countries at the expense of the taxpayers?
You would think the lefties would have learned something from the election in November but apparently not…. looks like they are lining up to be wrong en masse all over again.
How much humiliation can one party take?
Hence the need to fight against voter id.
So, here we are 10 days after “liberation day”. Trump was telling us that America was never wealther than when we had huge tariffs. MAGA kept repeating it. It will be the foreign governments paying for these tariffs. These tariffs will bring jobs back to the US and on and on.
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Now where are we today we got a basic 10% tariff on all imports which is basically a national sales tax. All his big talk about huge tariffs on the world who is ripping us off, he needed to walk back. The world is ripping us off but funny enough the US is wealther than it ever was. He angered our allies. Bessent now wants the Pacific rim countries to unite against China on trade. Funny enough that was the Trans Pacific Parnership Trump killed during his first term.
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There is a huge loss of credibility and uncertainty in the market. Our allies do no longer see us as a reliable partner. This whole thing has been a incredible bad idea from the start and the only thing we got is a huge tariff in cheap plastic products his MAGA folks are buying in Wamart. Computer, cell phones, semiconductors from China all are exempt from tariff.
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This guy is neither stable, nor a genius.
Riddle me thiwit,h you guys “anything and everything bad is about to happen,just wait” but “anything and anything good (that can and will happen) ,will never happen.” How is this possible?,i mean, mathematically,and if true,you guys should be millionaires betting on high odds stuff because it’s such a sure thing.
You guys are so lopsided your party walks like the hunchback of Noter Dame(look it up ,lefties).
The party of fakeness.melting into the ground forever.
The stock market lost $ 8 TRILLION in one week.
Congress is on the verge of taking away Trump’s power over tariffs.
The bond market is collapsing.
Trump’s only move is to fold his losing hand.
Trump blinked first and folded.
Trump is on the edge of collapsing the U.S. economy.
The sky is falling!!!
The sky is falling!!!
The stock market’s value is based on the public’s confidence in its value. The more that people like you repeat doomer propaganda, the bleaker the economy will get. And then they can say – Look what Trump did.
The reality is that if US doesn’t buy Chinese goods, it’s going to get shipped back to China. Their markets will be flooded and they’ll have to buy to their own junk, causing the value to decrease.
The CCP has started circulating propaganda posters telling their citizens to work harder and expect less. They have begun showing old footage of Mao Zedong talking tough towards the US – the dictator speaking with his weird, little Mickey Mouse voice. Not many people understand that he killed more than Hitler and Stalin combined.
This trade war is far from over. Trump ain’t blinked or folded, no matter what the news tells you. What kind of person routes against his own country?
At least Trump kept his promise to stop the the Russia-Ukraine war on day one, and quickly reduced the price of eggs. Um, he did, didn’t he? I’m sure Trump wouldn’t BS us.
After 80 days federal spending this year is $154B higher compared to the same time last year. Good job DOGE all this commotion for no real savings. Even DOGE has now revised their alleged savings to $150B throgh 2026 down from the intial $2T savings.
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Another complete failure.
And you were deaf,dumb and mute over Biden for 4 years?I want to believe that,so Is your mom typing this for you?
Everything, especially the economy, was good under Biden. And it was even better under Obama!
Trump is playing poker with ours saving by imposing tariffs on and off; too bad he doesn’t have the cards and fold faster than a lawn chair. Xi and his people are winning and we about to loose ours shirts.
Indeed it was – for criminals, illegal aliens, welfare lifers, Wokesters, corrupt politicians, those that need a mommy government…
Yeah…. that Afghanistan withdrawal was an “extraordinary success” according to Joe.
Paul is a liar, a troll, or both!
most likely a bot.His comments are purely reactionary and opposite of reality.
Thinking the same thing. Paul thinking that 13 service members being killed in Afghanistan is great, makes him a bot or a lying, evil pos.
what country were you in? enjoy the $2 they paid you to say that btw.Buy some soap maybe.
Only a moron would think that $150B in savings is “no real savings”. Stupid is, as stupid does. It almost seems like JWB is upset that DOGE isn’t cutting deeper. Maybe he’s a closet MAGA? Nah, just another conflicted lib.
Let’s change the subject mid-post. Some goofball started off by saying DOGE is a joke because they have only found $150B in savings. I thought I commented that only an idiot would think $150B wasn’t much money. Then some doofus decided to NOT explain this weird way of thinking and instead changed the subject to Trump. No explanation of why $150B is a small amount to him. Maybe he’s rich. Or maybe he just can’t defend his position while in a TDS fog.
I wonder what he’ll try to change the subject to now.
As usual,he’s just flailing wildly,he and they need to vent knowing the rest of their (short) lives are ruined.They try,try,to convince people to be a miserable and negative as they are.
The liberal progressive democrat supporters are showing their need of instant gratification.
WHO LET THE TROLLS OUT AGAIN??
Thought the same thing.Scary to know they are allowed to breed and vote.
Just so I am clear.
Daniel Penny – Hero.
George Floyd – Deserved to die
BLM people who caused destruction – rot in prison
People who stormed inside the Capitol on Jan. 6 – Heroes, deserved to be pardoned.
Cross border illegally, get a traffic violation – rot in an El Salvadorian prison
You can read at least.Are you their leader?
Yes
C’mon now…. the worst thing George ever did was press a pistol barrel against a pregnant woman’s belly and threaten to murder her unborn child while he burglarized her apartment. Pretty bad but I don’t think it warrants anything more than say…50 years in prison?
Maybe add 5 years for passing counterfeit twentie$.
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As for the people who stormed the capital I don’t think the FBI assets who actually started the riot were even arrested… no pardons required.
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People here illegally should be deported. The rest of that “traffic ticket = Prison” is BS
Every week you post about the FBI assets and every week I prove you wrong at what point do admit you were wrong?
@concord Resident
You cannot prove any such thing.
@concord Resident – The only person you’ve proven wrong every week is yourself. Maybe it’s time for you to admit you’re wrong.
“The FBI had at least 26 confidential informants on the ground in Washington, DC, during the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the Capitol — most of whom engaged in illegal activity during the chaos, the Justice Department’s watchdog confirmed in a bombshell report”
https://nypost.com/2024/12/12/us-news/doj-watchdog-says-fbi-had-26-confidential-sources-in-dc-for-jan-6-riot-but-no-evidence-of-undercover-agents/
When did you prove anything?
I don’t even recall any response from you at all.
Read this and tell me all about how you proved me wrong.
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https://tinyurl.com/5n934hyj
Besides not knowing how tariffs work (consumers pay them) Trump doesn’t understand how manufacturing works. The American manufacturers sent their manufacturing overseas because the labor was so much cheaper. Why won’t his staff inform him?
Uh yea,ok.the POTUS doesnt understand tariffs but a 3rd grade drop out that failed 1st and 2nd grade does….take a reading class and study the history of tariffs.And please.put the pipe down.It just isn’t serving you well.
doh,
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Who pays the costs of tariffs is negotiated between the exporter and the importer. As we’ve seen countless times before, many exporters, importers, or both will absorb the costs of tariffs, with minor or no cost increases to the consumer.
According to Tom Sullivan, talk show host, who is a conservative, and generally supportive of Trump (although not on everything) and has a background most of the cost of the tariffs are passed on to the consurmer.
“Who pays the costs of tariffs is negotiated between the exporter and the importer.” No it isn’t. Just the split. The cost is always passed on to the consumer. I don’t know why conservatives are bothering to lie when prices are already going up.
Really? Minor or no cost increases to the consumer?
It always falls to the consumer. Legally the importer is responsible. In this case that would be US importers. You think another country is beholden to Trump? Or do you think the importers magically absorb those fees? No, they tack it onto the price of what the business makes money from. Meaning the consumer. That is how businesses make money, by charging for a product.
This is business 101. Trump doesn’t get it cause he buys from duty-free shops like rich people do all the time. Thank God the PX’s are affected.
Suddenly The People Who Can’t Pay Their Student Loans Back Are Experts on Tariffs And The Stock Market
And you are? You can’t seem to form an argument without using ad hominid. Maybe 1am is not the best time for you to be typing?
Someone who has made enough money to live comfortably and laugh at clowns who don’t understand how anything works.
Sell me your house, the sky is falling
the intention is to rile up all the poor people,so they can act up,get shot,and we clean up the country. Thier own people have this all planned out as the ignorance and lashing out hilariously happens.
Why should America support Chinese criminals and slave labor, or American companies that do business with them?
American consumers can buy products made in America, no tariffs involved.
That didn’t even occur to you did it?
There are alot of countries who do offer fair trade with the USA ….. what can’t we buy without doing biz with China?
Trump has pointed these things out, I think maybe it’s you who doesn’t understand.
Here’s a link that might help:
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https://www.amazon.com/s?k=made+in+usa+products&i=hpc&ref=nb_sb_noss
You either don’t understand how tariffs work or hope the people you talk to don’t. If you sincerely believe this results in products being made here you either support Americans working for slave wages in sweatshops or you believe people will buy $5000 iPhones. Neither will ever happen. And say you had Americans in red states desperate enough to take slave wages in sweatshops, you still would never be able to scale as china has due to a number of social and historical reasons.
finally: for the cheap seats: we are not the only consumer of China’s cheap crap. The entire globe is. Entire international supply chains depend on china. The world *does not* need the U.S. economically. Decades of right wing economics have off shored manufacturing, have made it okay to off shore hundreds of thousands of good middle class jobs like call centers. Telling all manufacturers that only off shore in china wil allow you to compete might not have been the best long term strategy.
You can keep pretending to your heart’s content, but you won’t be able to convince folks they have money they don’t have or jobs that aren’t here
“The world *does not* need the U.S. economically”
(The world sure is rushing to us to make deals like they do)
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“Decades of right wing economics have off shored manufacturing”???
Such a stupid quote… it isn’t worthy of response.
Buy “Made In America” products…support our own as much as we can.
“There are alot of countries who do offer fair trade with the USA ….. what can’t we buy without doing biz with China?”
If you want to imagine some fat chance disasters go ahead, but don’t expect me to waste my time arguing your deranged sweatshop scenarios and nightmares of unemployment.
Get a grip on reality Greg.
Why should Amerian support American companies that do business with China?
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China’s dominance in rare earth production is rooted in its rich deposits near Longnan in Jiangxi Province. The region hosts mines that extract heavy rare earths through chemical-intensive processes known to cause severe pollution – a practice temporarily halted but seemingly resumed recently.
Refineries near Longnan process these ores before sending them to magnet factories in Ganzhou, including JL Mag Rare-Earth Company, which supplies leading electric vehicle manufacturers like Tesla and BYD.
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That is just one example of an American company doing business with China.
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American consumers can buy products made in America, no tariffs involved.
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The world is not that simple even products made in America need raw materials and equipment often made outside America. So tariffs hit these products as well.
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There are alot of countries who do offer fair trade with the USA
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True, so why engage in a trade war with these countries? There is still a blanket 10% tariff on all countries except Russia, Belarus and North Korea. And a 90 day pause on huge tariffs on many of these countries simply because we import more from them that they import from us.
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Conclusion Trump has no clue what he is doing, and he has created a big mess.
Tell us all about all the money you lost..ever heard of Don Quixote?You’re running out of windmills.
even your gnats are abandoning you?
Ok jwb – since you have all of the “answers”, why don’t you volunteer expertise in DC and not hide nothing a keyboard?
He’s like Katy Perry,he just needs people to notice him no matter how pointless and trivial the circumstances.And like K. Perry,he wouldn’t dare lift a finger for the cause he says he cares so much about,but they don’t care about what they say they do,the true cause is the downfall of the guy theyve been programmed to throw hate at in a public forum and have been told that if they do this enough time for a long time eventually they might even annoy someone.Being a blind disciple doesn’t pay very well it seems.None of these people work. Their career is acting up and getting no results.When you live with your parents you have no real responsibilities but you need to belong ..much like gang members.They feel loved being around like minded people.
Ireland Updates Tariffs,
https://shorturl.at/0pVaf
Like I said recently, Trump is playing poker. He woke up a lot of countries at the poker table over tariffs and now they are negotiating. The cheap goods from abroad may be over but then maybe not. Maybe just fair trade instead.
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Americans are going to soon realize that all these years that cheap goods, some being produced a prisons in other countries may be over. Some things like tech products may start to be building here again, but largely by robots. Why? Do you really want your next TV or phone be built by Jason down the street who goes to work with a pot hangover? Cultures apply.
You think they are going to lower the price because a robot built it?
‘High School Calls Cops on Student for Asking
Why There Aren’t American Flags in Classrooms’
https://shorturl.at/RVl4g
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‘Marine hopeful sues Baltimore County Schools
over suspension for flag inquiry’
https://shorturl.at/QF2DP
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How much money should kid ask in damages ? ?
He should ask for $64,000,000 in damages. $1,000,000 for each star and stripe on Old Glory. The extra $Milliion represents Canada.
THE TRUMP EFFECT,
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“Artificial Intelligence and supercomputer company NVIDIA announced
Monday it is opening up new factories in the United States for the first time.”
https://shorturl.at/zEDdw
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note. Factories will NOT be built in California,
thank you democrat politicians and unelected bureaucrats.
I wonder what else Trump has up his sleeve?
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https://themedialine.org/headlines/afghanistans-bagram-air-base-reportedly-handed-over-to-us/
And what’s up Trump’s other sleeve?
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https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/diego-garcia-map-island-military-base-b2-bombers-m56npgphh
Yet another stellar example of, mental stability,
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‘Far-left queer extremist charged by DOJ over Albuquerque
arson attacks on Republican headquarters, Tesla’
https://shorturl.at/mI8Gm
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‘Tesla terrorist unmasked as lipstick-wearing arsonist
who left key clues at crime scenes’ …
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“We will arrest you, we will prosecute you,
and we will not negotiate.
Crimes have consequences.”
— United States Attorney General Pamela Bondi
https://shorturl.at/mY023
Rumor has it Gavin Newsom has doubled down on completing his high speed rail project.
In fact he vows to expand the project and make history by connecting Bakersfield with Lake Shastina.
Naturally Erik Estrada will be on hand for ribbon cutting.
Or at the very least his great grandson.
‘ ‘Waste of taxpayer funds’:
Feds pull funding for Texas high-speed rail project’
https://www.kbtx.com/2025/04/14/waste-taxpayer-funds-feds-pull-funding-texas-high-speed-rail-project/
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Feds have already started review of CA high speed rail.
Also known as the Choo-Choo to nowhere.
Bill Maher wrote on a piece of paper every name Trump ever called him for talking crap about him,and had Trump autograph it during his latest visit with him and will most likely have it framed.
Just when I thought Gavin Newsom couldn’t possibly be a bigger A##H**E than he already is….he’s suing Trump over tariffs while begging for billions to recover from wildfires and borrowing billions to pay for illegal aliens healthcare.
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https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/04/16/gavin-newsom-sues-trump-over-tariffs/
California is the “world’s 5th largest economy.” Newsom can pay those billions for wildfires himself.
Bite the hand that feeds ya?
Ole obesity fanTish James is busted today….ah,the sweet smell of success.
Johnson & Johnson to spend more than $55 billion in the U.S. over the next four years.
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SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago and announced a $100 billion investment over the next four years with a promise to create 100,000 jobs.
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After a meeting with Trump, the United Arab Emirates committed to a 10-year, $1.4 trillion agreement with the U.S. that will sustain existing investments in AI infrastructure, semiconductors, energy, and American manufacturing.
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Semiconductor giant TSMC will invest another $100 billion into its U.S. operations. The anticipated new chip fabrication plants, two advanced packaging facilities, and a new research and design center will increase the company’s total investment in Phoenix to $165 billion—the largest foreign direct investment in U.S. history.
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In January, Trump announced a $500 billion private investment in AI infrastructure led by OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank.
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Tech giant Apple announced a $500 billion investment.
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Chipmaker Nvidia will invest hundreds of billions of dollars over the next four years in U.S.-based manufacturing operations.
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https://www.newsweek.com/business-trump-biden-investments-manufacturing-recession-2048775
it wont help,they cant do math and only complain about what they are ordered to complain about,they dont question it or need an explanation or definition,it;s just all hate,even if cancer was cured,there would be something wrong about that.It would be racist probably because they just put people out of work and none of them are caucasian.Look at the make up of a hospital.Little to no white folk.
Champagne Socialists! LOL!
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/champagne-socialists-sanders-and-aoc-spotted-boarding-private-jet-on-fighting-oligarchy-tour/ar-AA1D7khC
For democrats to resort to trotting out sanders and aoc, pathetic examples
of desperation. Party is but a frothing shell of what it once was.