Thursday, May 29, 2025. Donnie Dementia doesn't like the phrase "TACO" or the verdict a court just delivered on tariffs, he does like deporting a five-year-old girl who will likely die if she's deported and he likes deporting an evangelical pastor and he likes deporting the daughter of a US veteran born overseas while her father was serving in another country because Chump isn't just a Convicted Felon, he's a cruel and corrupt human being.
President
Donald Trump bristled at suggestions that Wall Street believes he’s
ultimately unwilling to follow through on extreme tariff threats, saying
his repeated retreats are instead part of a strategy to exert trade
concessions.
“It’s called negotiation,” Trump
said on Wednesday, adding that he intentionally would “set a number at a
ridiculous high number” and then “go down a little bit” as part of
talks.
Trump was asked during an Oval Office event
to respond to reports of a so-called “TACO” trade, in which investors
seize on market tumbles after the president makes tariff threats,
predicting he will ultimately relent and equities will rebound.
The
acronym -- which stands for Trump Always Chickens Out -- was coined by a
Financial Times columnist and has since been adopted by traders
attempting to navigate the dozens of changes to tariff policy Trump has
announced over the early months of his presidency.
Trump Always Chickens Out. Neither the markets nor business people respect Chump. Alison Durkee (FORBES) adds:
Feb.
7 Trump made his first public comments about imposing sweeping tariffs
on foreign imports—after already announcing separate tariffs on goods
from China, Canada and Mexico—telling reporters he wanted reciprocal
tariffs that match the duties countries levy on American goods, saying
he wants to make sure “we’re treated evenly” and that “we don’t want any
more, any less.”
Feb. 13 Trump
signed a memorandum directing his administration to fix its
“non-reciprocal trade arrangements” with other countries by “determining
the equivalent of a reciprocal tariff with respect to each foreign
trading partner,” taking into account what tariffs a country levies on
American goods, but also related costs like value-added taxes and
nontariff trade barriers like regulations that make it harder for the
U.S. to import their goods.
March 26 The Trump
administration announced 25% tariffs on imported cars to be imposed
starting April 3, with an extension to imported auto parts starting May
3, as Trump suggested the levies would accelerate “tremendous growth in
the automobile industry” as automakers build more U.S.-based plants.
March 27 Trump indicated his auto tariffs would be “permanent” throughout his second term.
March
31 White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters there
would be “no exemptions at this time” to Trump’s impending tariffs on
foreign goods.
April 2
Trump rolled out his tariff policy at a “Liberation Day” event at the
White House, releasing details of the plan that showed nearly all
countries (even uninhabited ones) facing tariffs ranging from 10% and
50%—but the Trump administration appeared to calculate by just dividing a
country’s trade surplus with the U.S. by its export value, rather than
the more sophisticated formula the administration claimed (flip-flop
No.1 ).
Contrary to Leavitt’s March 31
comments, the executive order imposing the tariffs exempted “copper,
pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, lumber articles, certain critical
minerals, and energy and energy products” (flip-flop No. 2).
Trump
also backtracked on his previous commitment for the U.S. to charge
reciprocal tariffs matching the ones other countries impose on American
goods, saying in his speech the administration would instead “charge
them approximately half of what … [other countries] have been charging
us, so the tariffs will be not a full reciprocal,” adding, “I could have
done that, I guess, but it would have been tough for a lot of countries
and we didn’t want to do that” (flip-flop No. 3).
We
will stop with flip-flop number three but, please note, Alison Durkee
goes on to compile 21 Chump flip-flops on tariffs since the start of the
year.
Trump Always Chickens Out.
The American people agree with that.
Tuesday
on CNN (video above), Harry Enten looked at the polling data and explained, "Trump: a
clear plan for tariffs and trade? The majority answer here is 'no.'
'No, Donald Trump does not have a clear plan for tariffs and trades.'
This is the one thing that perturbs voters and the markets more than
anything else. It’s not whether or not you put tariffs on or not. It’s
whether you’re going to actually do it and stick to your guns. The
American public does not believe that Donald Trump sticks to his guns.
55% say 'No, he does not have a clear plan for trades and tariffs.'
And, I will note, of course, the center of the electorate -- the
all-important independent vote? 64% of independents say "No, Donald
Trump does not have a clear plan for trade and tariffs'."
And the topic only got worse for him late yesterday with a court ruling declaring that Chump doesn't get to override the Constitution and steal the power of tariffs from the US Congress. Lawrence O'Donnell explains it in the video below.
Rather than reporting, “Trump imposes 50% tariff on EU,” the major media should have reported, “Trump imposes illegal tariffs on EU.”.. the media has failed to report on the truth of Trump's illegal efforts to sidestep the Constitution.
Robert Hubbell May 29
5/28: "The court BLOCKED ALL TARIFFS [REPUB pres] Trump imposed under [emergency] IEEPA-ENDING Trump’s tariff spree-the [T REPUB] admin. will appeal.
“CONGRESS manifestly is not permitted to abdicate OR to transfer to other the essential legislative functions with which it is thus VESTED.'"
HCR
Pope
Leo XIV has subtly made a plea to President Donald Trump to hurry up
and do something about Vladimir Putin, after Russia launched a huge
drone strike on Ukraine.
In his latest
tweet-posting spree, the man once known as Robert Prevost doubled down
on his appeals for the U.S. president to fulfill his promise to end the
Russia-Ukraine war.
“The people of Ukraine have been struck by fresh, serious attacks,” the Chicago-born pontiff wrote on X Wednesday.
Earlier
this week, Russia hit Ukraine with the biggest drone and missile
attacks since Putin launched a full-scale invasion in early 2022. The
aerial assault of 367 drones and missiles killed at least 12
people—including three children.
Remember Chump's campaign promise to end that war on day one?
Day one.
Check
my math but I believe this is day 139. So he couldn't pull it off on
day one. And 138 days extra and he still can't pull it off.
“Before
I even arrive at the Oval Office, shortly after we all together win the
presidency, we will have the horrible war between Russia and Ukraine
settled. It will be settled. The war is going to be settled. I’ll get
them both. I know Zelensky, I know Putin. It’ll be done within 24 hours,
you watch.”
“Russia
and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations toward a Ceasefire and,
more importantly, an END to the War. The conditions for that will be
negotiated between the two parties, as it can only be, because they know
details of a negotiation that nobody else would be aware of.”
— President Trump, in a social media post, May 19
Over
and over during the presidential campaign, Trump pledged to end the
three-year war between Russia and Ukraine — which began when Russia
invaded its neighbor. He made it seem easy — “within 24 hours” — and
repeated that claim in campaign rally after campaign rally. As shown
above, he sometimes suggested he could cut a deal before he even took
the oath of office, citing the relations he forged with Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin during
his first term.
Emotional. That's what Putin calls Chump now. Emotional.
As the intersection of the
Trump administration’s offensive against immigrants and higher
education rests a misguided new policy. As NBC News reported, the
president’s team this week “stopped scheduling new interviews for
international students seeking visas to study in the United States,” as
the State Department prepares a new effort to screen students’ social
media accounts.
Evidently, students found to have expressed the “wrong” ideas will be excluded from American colleges and universities.
A
day after his administration advanced this policy, Donald Trump was
pressed for an explanation. It went badly — not because the president
offered a weak defense, but because he didn’t seem to know what the
reporter was talking about.
Asked specifically
when his administration might resume interviews for foreign student
visas, Trump responded, “On what?” Reminded that she was asking about
foreign student visas, Trump asked, “For the French?” possibly in
reference to the reporter’s accent.
When he
eventually figured out what the question was about, he offered an
evasive “we’re gonna see,” before changing the subject and whining anew
about Harvard.
Watching the exchange, it was
hard not to get the impression that he simply didn’t know about his
administration’s new policy on foreign student visas — which has proven
to be a familiar problem in this White House.
However,
according to several polling results following the election, the
then-Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris secured the vote
among younger age groups. Trump, though, did gain ground, especially among the youth male vote, which they both targeted while on the campaign trail.
A CBS News poll
compiling exit poll results found that voters between the ages of 18 to
29 picked Harris by 54% to 43%, while those aged 30 to 44 chose Harris
by 51% to 47%.
And a Navigator Research analysis,
which compiled data from 5,000 self-reported general election voters,
detailed that Americans under the age of 30 voted for Harris by four
more percentage points.
President Donald Trump's immigration enforcers have reportedly arrested the daughter of a U.S. veteran.
Alma
Bowman, 58, was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) in March during a scheduled check-in at its Atlanta
field office, according to Atlanta News First. She has been living in
the country since she was 10 years old.
"She is an
American citizen, and to lock her up in immigration detention is deeply
offensive to her humanity, to the Constitution, and is just plain
wrong," family attorney Samantha Hamilton, of Asian Americans Advancing
Justice, told Newsweek.
[. . .]
Family
attorney Samantha Hamilton told Newsweek: "Alma is one of thousands of
people across the world who have been born to U.S. citizens in countries
where the U.S. has erected military outposts, but whom have not been
recognized as U.S. citizens. The plight of 'Amerasians' has been widely
studied. But in Alma's case, her father legitimated her, brought her to
the U.S., and she has lived in Macon, Georgia since she was 10 years
old."
Representative
Hank Johnson said: "She's an American citizen. That has been clearly
established. The fact that one of her parents was an American means that
she is an American."
Gabriela USA and Malaya
Movement USA said in a joint statement issued in March: "Her detainment
is a major cause of concern due to her ongoing medical issues, even
being hospitalized just last week which has resulted in her needing to
use a wheelchair."
A
critically ill Mexican girl who could die within days if her treatment
is paused has been ordered by the Trump administration to leave the
U.S., according to her family and doctor.
Deysi
Vargas’s 4-year-old daughter, named only as Sofia in a GoFundMe page,
urgently required better medical care for a life-threatening condition
and was granted temporary humanitarian permission to enter the U.S. from
her home country of Mexico in 2023, The Los Angeles Times reports.
Sofia
has short bowel syndrome, a rare condition that stops her from
absorbing nutrients in food. When she was born in Playa del Carmen,
Mexico, she had to be attached to feeding tubes 24 hours a day. Since
moving to the U.S., her condition has significantly improved, but she
still requires treatment every day.
Now the
Trump administration has ordered Sofia’s deportation, leaving her at
risk of death, an attorney representing the family said.
“This
is a textbook example of medical need,” Rebecca Brown of the pro bono
firm Public Counsel told the paper. “This child will die and there’s no
sense for that to happen. It would just be a cruel sacrifice.”
The family is currently living in Bakersfield, California, just over 100 miles north of Los Angeles.
The
threat to Sofia’s life was confirmed by Dr. John Arsenault of the
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, where she receives regular treatment
every six weeks.
But
Chump's willing to kill her. Not even a two-dolls for Christmas miser
sentiment offered for this young girl. If you wonder why so many
people hate Chump around the world -- or even just in this country --
look no further than his efforts to deport this little four year old
girl who has done nothing to hurt anyone and who will most likely die if
she's tossed out of the country.
JASMINE GARSD, BYLINE: If you live out by the Little Manatee River in
the swamplands south of Tampa, you probably know the name Maurilio
Ambrocio. He's an evangelical pastor at a local church. He's lived here
for 20 years. Ambrocio also owns a landscaping business. And a few weeks
ago, news about him spread fast.
GREG JOHNS: We were
helping a neighbor, and he said, did you hear? I was like, hear what? He
said, he heard that Maurilio got deported. I was like, what? What did
you just say?
GARSD: This is Maurilio Ambrocio's neighbor,
Greg Johns. His eyes water as he recalls when Hurricane Milton hit last
year. Ambrocio called to ask if he was OK.
JOHNS: Do you
need propane? Do you need water? What do you need? That's the type of
neighbor - you know, this man is a part of the neighborhood.
GARSD:
Johns says he voted for President Trump last November. In fact, he did
so at Ambrocio's church, which doubles as a polling booth.
JOHNS: I did. I did because I was not happy with, you know, some of the direction that the country was going.
GARSD: He was hoping migrants with criminal records would be targeted, but this, he said, this is not what he expected.
JOHNS: You're going to take, you know, a community leader, a pastor, a hardworking man. What, did you need a number that day?
GARSD:
That day was April 18. Ambrocio had gone in for one of his mandatory
check-ins with immigration agents. Pastor Ambrocio has a form of legal
protection called a stay, and that means although he entered the U.S.
unlawfully, he's allowed to stay as long as he meets with immigration
officials who ask him if he's still employed and hasn't committed any
crimes. But on April 18, that didn't matter. He was detained. NPR
reached out to ICE to ask why Ambrocio was detained this time around. In
an email, they said, because he was in the U.S. illegally. They didn't
clarify why now. Here's Ambrocio's wife, Marleny.
MARLENY AMBROCIO: (Speaking Spanish).
GARSD: "For my five children," she says, "it's like the world ended."
(SOUNDBITE OF EGG FRYING)
GARSD:
While she fries an egg for breakfast, she tells me she dreams about her
husband every night. Last night, she says, he knocked on the door of
their trailer home. "In the dream, he bought me perfume."
M AMBROCIO: (Speaking Spanish).
GARSD: "And he started spraying it on me. I giggled, and I said, Maurilio, when did they release you?"
M AMBROCIO: (Speaking Spanish).
GARSD:
"But he didn't respond. He just looked at me silently." And then she
woke up to the very real problems her husband's detention has left them
with.
M AMBROCIO: (Speaking Spanish).
GARSD:
"How are we going to eat?" she asks, "to pay the bills?" Maurilio was
the breadwinner. All of his children are American citizens. The four
youngest are still in school. Nineteen-year-old Ashley is now the only
one with a job - several jobs, in fact.
We walk out to the
field, away from the trailer and her mother. A thunderstorm is coming.
The cicadas scream and a hot breeze runs through the Spanish moss. Like
many young Americans whose migrant parents have been detained, the
burden to provide for her family now falls on her. She's had to take
over her dad's landscaping business, learning payroll, coordinating job
assignments and speaking to his clients. She's also taken on a lot of
his pastoral duties at church, and she's a hostess at a restaurant.
It's cruel, it's inhumane. And there are thousands of reported examples and many more examples that aren't reported. This is not what people thought they were voting for.
As
we noted yesterday, he's also trying to toss Dylan out of the country.
This is the young man who worked so hard in the last year to get an
apartment for his family and pay rent so that they could leave the
homeless shelter. This is the hard working, focused young person that
America needs. Unless you're Donald Chump. Taylor Odisho (LATIN TIMES) reports:
A
Venezuelan high school student who arrived in the U.S. seeking asylum
in April 2024, during President Joe Biden's term, was detained by
federal immigration authorities following an immigration court hearing
on May 21.
Dylan is a 20-year-old student at
Ellis Prep High School who entered the States with permission to seek
asylum under policies enacted during then-President Biden's
administration, CBS News reported. Through the program, Dylan was
granted protected status, meaning he could apply for work and driver's
learn permits, while he awaited his court date.
Dylan
enrolled in a high school program for older newcomers, despite
graduating in Venezuela, because he wanted to attend college in the U.S.
He saved enough money as a delivery driver while attending English and
preparatory classes to move his mother and his two younger siblings out
of a homeless shelter and into their own apartment.
However,
everything changed when asylum-seeking Dylan was detained last week. A
spokesperson for New York Legal Assistance Group stated the young man's
detention "robs him of the opportunity to pursue that relief with the
full protections afforded to him under the law."
New
York City's corrupt mayor Eric Adams refuses to intercede. But then,
Chump kept Adams from going to prison so why would Eric Adams do
anything that would cross Sugar Daddy Chump?
We've
been noting Chump's pay-for-play pardons this week. Ann noted three more
of them last night in "Grifters Chump, the Chrisleys, Walczak." Another one to add to the list: Michael Grimm. Remember him?
President Trump has signed off on a full pardon for former Rep. Michael Grimm of New York, according to a White House official.
Grimm,
a Republican, was convicted in November 2014 of tax fraud and related
charges stemming from his ownership of a Manhattan restaurant before
joining Congress. Prosecutors said he underreported wages and revenue to
the government, and that he filed false tax documents. Grimm was
sentenced to eight months in prison.
Prior
to being paralyzed last November, Grimm was a NEWS MAX personality who
regularly and repeatedly attacked Kamala Harris while singing the
praises of Donald Chump. Quid pro quo. Payback for such 'valuable'
'insights' as saying Kamala wants to "destroy the country" and being a
bobblehead gas bag in the unintentionally hilarious film THE PERSECUTION
OF DONALD TRUMP. It's always pay-for-play with Chump.
Let's wind down with this from Senator Elizabeth Warren's office:
Trump, DOGE service cuts will
require people to make nearly 2 million additional trips to
understaffed Social Security field offices each year
In 31 states, over 25% of seniors must travel over an hour to access nearest Social Security field office
Washington, D.C. – A new analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities revealed that recent cuts to Social Security phone services are forcing long, unnecessary travel burdens on seniors and other beneficiaries.
The Trump Administration and Elon Musk’s DOGE made cuts to Social Security Administration (SSA) phone service, including removing the ability to
change direct deposit and other banking information over the phone.
These changes will require Americans to make nearly 2 million additional
trips to already-understaffed Social Security field offices each year —
resulting in hours of wasted time, money spent on gas, and more.
The new analysis found that half of all seniors must drive at least
33 minutes to visit a field office, and nearly a quarter of seniors
(13.5 million) live more than an hour round trip from their nearest
office. Further, an estimated over 6 million seniors do not drive, and
nearly 8 million seniors report a medical condition or disability that
makes it hard to travel.
Earlier this year, DOGE identified dozens
of Social Security Administration offices across the country it
proposed to close — which would make accessing offices even more
difficult and time-consuming for Americans.
Senate Dems’ Social Security War Room is
a coordinated effort to fight back against the Trump administration’s
attack on Americans’ Social Security. The War Room coordinates messaging
across the Senate Democratic Caucus and external stakeholders;
encourages grassroots engagement by providing opportunities for
Americans to share what Social Security means to them; and educates
Senate staff, the American public, and stakeholders about Republicans’
agenda and their continued cuts to Americans’ Social Security services
and benefits.
