The Trump Presidency - Part 2

berbatrick said:
1. if the no-tax-on-tips thing becomes real, is there a way for everyone to be paid in tips?

2. do non-citizens have 2nd amendment rights?
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Silly question, but how do they know how much people were getting in tips anyway?
Unless it's all via card payments these days, rather than just cash in hand?
 
2mufc0 said:
2 of his biggest election mandates was to take action on immigration and stop sending money to Ukraine, so I think we will see concrete actions on those issues. Gaza will be more of the same I feel. The rest are up in the air.
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Trump has got his second term. He won’t be interested in enacting anything he promised to get into power. He’s transactional and his need for people to vote for him has ceased.

All he will do from now on is things that benefit him directly and things that benefit people that will pay him
 
Sandikan said:
Silly question, but how do they know how much people were getting in tips anyway?
Unless it's all via card payments these days, rather than just cash in hand?
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in most US states, the "tipped minimum wage" is something like 2-4$/hr, while state minimum wages are usually around $10. the difference between the two is supposed to be legally filled with tips (and with the owner's cash, if tips don't cover it). so i'm guessing they have to keep track, pool them, etc. though of course under-payment is rampant.

e - and yeah overwhelmingly by card, at least among people i know.
 
berbatrick said:
in most US states, the "tipped minimum wage" is something like 2-4$/hr, while state minimum wages are usually around $10. the difference between the two is supposed to be legally filled with tips (and with the owner's cash, if tips don't cover it). so i'm guessing they have to keep track, pool them, etc.
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when i delivered pizza they just asked you at the end of your shift and made up the difference if you were short.
 
Eboue said:
when i delivered pizza they just asked you at the end of your shift and made up the difference if you were short.
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probably before online/card tipping became widespread, right?
 
1988 said:
Can someone explain why Musk is so involved in this? What's he gaining?
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Something to do with his "ex-" son and "woke virus"(his words). I don't want to go into detail but keyword is "trans"
He also says Dems are against him now, despite of him being a Dems donator in the past. So he supports Trump in this election.
Trump being one of the most popular user on his social media platform does also help.

Annnnnnnd finally, check his companies stock price since this morning.
 
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TheGame said:
Do Cabinet members have to be elected Governors or can they be anyone?
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Anyone but they gotta be confirmed by the senate. I genuinely doubt Trump can make a majority of the senate confirm RFK on an important portfolio. He’d probably have to settle for something insignificant.
 
Can't believe people here truly think he will tank the economy. Just look how Wall Street reacted today. There is no shot.

He will surely tank the German economy though. Mercedes, Volkswagen, BMW all -6 % today. Vassals who bet on Democrats in shambles.
 
20 days from now is going to be very interesting, Judge Juan Merchan has got an almost impossible choice to make
 
Just a PSA:

  • If you are not a U.S. citizen and an immigration agent requests your papers, you must show them if you have them with you. If you are over 18, carry your immigration documents with you at all times. If you do not have immigration papers, say you want to remain silent.
https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/immigrants-rights

time to take the passport out of storage!
 
The Boy said:
Let chaos reign..

Will we see some of his promises come to fruition:

Economically crippling 19th century tariffs
RFK in charge of healthcare, removing flouride from the water
A day of violence to stop all crime
Mass deportations
Ending the war in Ukraine (by giving Russia large chunks of Ukraine)
What happens in Gaza and Lebanon?
What will Musk run?

It's going to be a mad and dangerous 4 years
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And he says that is going to happen on his first day in office.
 
Stadjer said:
I wonder when the first reports about the deportation of people who voted for Trump will be in the news.
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There won't be any, he's deporting illegal's and felons, despite the scaremongering there's very little evidence of people voting illegally
 
Does anyone know which world leaders he's spoken to yet? I saw he spoke with Netanyahu and Modi, but doesn't look like he's spoken to Starrmer yet. UK will be very keen to be high on his list, not a good sign if not.
 
Back with a vengeance and with no second period to account for this time - afraid what he might have planned.

Hopefully, it will be boring and uneventful and we will mostly be laughing at him for being a (harmless) clown. However, if he decides to go rogue and crazy, I hope it will only affect the people who actually elected him and not the rest of the world and especially Ukraine and Palestine.
 
Cait Sith said:
Can't believe people here truly think he will tank the economy. Just look how Wall Street reacted today. There is no shot.

He will surely tank the German economy though. Mercedes, Volkswagen, BMW all -6 % today. Vassals who bet on Democrats in shambles.
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Economy isn’t really strictly about S&P500.
 
Chip said:
Back with a vengeance and with no second period to account for this time - afraid what he might have planned.

Hopefully, it will be boring and uneventful and we will mostly be laughing at him for being a (harmless) clown. However, if he decides to go rogue and crazy, I hope it will only affect the people who actually elected him and not the rest of the world and especially Ukraine and Palestine.
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Trump doesn't let stuff go, he's out for revenge, it certainly will not be boring and uneventful, in pratice though he might not be the one to worry about, the people he appoints are likely to be the ones to worry about, especially the ones that are related to Project 25
 
Sarni said:
Economy isn’t really strictly about S&P500.
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No it isn't but the stock market is a very big deal to a lot of American's, it directly affects their later years
 
Red in STL said:
No it isn't but the stock market is a very big deal to a lot of American's, it directly affects their later years
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I know, it’s a short term reaction though and what happens over the next 4 years isn’t clear. I actually own it’s index so will happily cash in any profits from today but I’m not sure it will keep up with its pace of last decade in the next 4 years (though it wouldn’t have under any other administration either).

I don’t think he’s going to tank economy though because he’s very unlikely to follow through on too many of his promises (and he didn’t even commit to that much in the first place this time, it was all very vague).
 
1988 said:
Can someone explain why Musk is so involved in this? What's he gaining?
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Can only speculate really, It seemed to start in 2022 after Putin got pissed off about Starlink and had a word.

Musk has pretty much spent all his time since acting like a Russian bot, repeating Kremlin propaganda non-stop, buying twitter to turn it into a political weapon and spending every minute of his time since working to get Putin's man elected in the US.

I'm sure that's just a co-incidence though and he does this as some kind of hobby? Owning minor companies like Space-X, Tesla, Starlink, etc and having actual unlimited cash to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, must be pretty boring, he needed something to do?
 
Sarni said:
I know, it’s a short term reaction though and what happens over the next 4 years isn’t clear. I actually own it’s index so will happily cash in any profits from today but I’m not sure it will keep up with its pace of last decade in the next 4 years (though it wouldn’t have under any other administration either).

I don’t think he’s going to tank economy though because he’s very unlikely to follow through on too many of his promises (and he didn’t even commit to that much in the first place this time, it was all very vague).
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re: economy, probably not, neither did Biden despite his claims, the tariffs might be fun, if he does start bunging more on China then a lot of his supporters are in for a shock
 
Trump's brain is so cooked that this is basically the Vance presidency isn't it?
 
Hearing Department of Education will be abolished.
 
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