“I demand you give us X, Y and Z! If you don’t, we’re going to get really tough!”
“No.”
“Okay, I quit. (turns around to address followers) I’ve won!”
Also something people surely have noticed* is that they can agree to something and then… just not do it. Trump won’t follow up because he already got credit for the victory and it would make him seem weak to acknowledge it’s not happening. E.g. the trade deal he had with China in his first term to buy an extra $200 billion worth of soybeans, planes, etc. from the US - they not only didn’t do it, they ended up reducing their purchases of those things instead. Trump never mentioned it again.
*I’m really hoping this is part of Ukraine’s strategy, for instance.
have you-all read what they call a trump-addressing strategy on the stock market floor? (i hadn’t): “TACO” or “trump always chickens out”. That is, anyone espousing this method of betting (hell, the stock market is really just a different sort of casino) that any market affecting trump maneuver will be reversed before long. …would trump get grumpy if they started wearing red hats with ‘TACO’ on it?
I’ve been a federal grand juror. It’s a lottery. Everyone who gets called has to show up and then they pull random names and assign them to a panel. There is no vetting and if your name is randomly pulled, you will be assigned to a panel. There are no exemptions for ANY professions, including lawyers, judges, and law enforcement from federal, state or local government. We even had a DEA agent serving on our panel.
And if Donald ever calls back to ask why they didn’t do it:
Hey - you didn’t do the thing you said you would. Oh - that - well of course we didn’t. I mean, you don’t do the things you say, do you. We said we’d do it to help you with your PR, that was the deal, wasn’t it?
The bill creates a new tax-preferred savings account for children called a “money account for growth and advancement,” or MAGA account. Parents would be able to invest $5,000 per year, and earnings on the investments could be used to pay for school or job training expenses, buy a home, or start a small business. Those born in 2025 to 2028 would receive $1,000.
