Tony, Pretty MuchApr 20

I know I'm like a broken record on this, but any negative news on the economy (even mildly negative) like this was CONSTANTLY used by the media to justify their relentlessly negative coverage of the economy and approval rating under Biden but isn't getting nearly the level of attention under Trump.

There should be weeks long stories and headlines about this, as well as endless coverage on news shows.

Trump's approval rating on economy at lowest of presidential career:
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/19/trumps-approval-rating-on-economy-drops-to-lowest-of-his-presidential-careerat-.html

Trump's approval rating on the economy drops to lowest of his presidential career, CNBC Survey finds

President Donald Trump is registering the worst economic approval numbers of his presidential career, according to the latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey.

CNBC
Show threadBarbara MonacoApr 20
@TonyStark I've read that trump fans actually believe that that financial pain will be necessary before the " golden age" finally arrives. They are willing, as always, to make excuses for him. Utopia is right around the corner. Commercial media, by underplaying dire financial news, is keeping their hopes alive for now. The charade may not be sustainable when recession arrives.
Show threadTony, Pretty MuchApr 20

@Barbramon1 A guy that works at a plant that’s a customer of mine for work told me in January that everything was going to close, including banks, and that we should all stock up on what we need and then once DOGE was done, everything would reopen and all the money would be deposited into Trump voters’ bank accounts.

That was supposed to take 3 months. 🤔

Show threadBarbara MonacoApr 20
@TonyStark The delusion is mind boggling. Some people are expecting a $5,000 "dividend" check from DOGE.
Trump mentioned it in March. It was in the news for a minute and spread all over the internet. He has said nothing about it since then.
Show threadBamApr 20

@Barbramon1 @TonyStark

What’s amazing to me about this is they are cutting 1) things that don’t cost taxpayers a dime (eg FDIC) and 2) things that SAVE tax dollars (eg IRS). The cognitive dissonance is truly flabbergasting.

Show threadcognitively accessible mathApr 20
@Bam @Barbramon1 @TonyStark Once we understand that it's what PUtin wants, it is no longer flabbergasting.
That the rest of the folks in governmnet are fine with it is appalling but I"m not going to let them gast my flabbers.
Show threadJ H LibbyApr 20

@geonz @Bam @Barbramon1 @TonyStark Here, let me fix that for you:

"That the rest of the GOP in Congress are fine with it is appalling...."

(Most congressional Dems are actually quite sane, but they're hopelessly outnumbered.

Show threadTony, Pretty MuchApr 21
@jhlibby @geonz @Bam @Barbramon1 Yeah- the pro-Putin stuff is GOP only.
Show threadcognitively accessible mathApr 21
@TonyStark @jhlibby @Bam @Barbramon1
Really?
Show threadTony, Pretty MuchApr 21

@geonz @jhlibby @Bam @Barbramon1 Feel free to name a pro-Putin Democrat. Yes, REALLY.

How Putin Co-Opted the Republican Party | TIME
https://time.com/6757904/trump-russia-republican-party/

How Putin Co-Opted the Republican Party

Trump’s Putin adoration and the GOP's position are now indistinguishable. The signs are clear at CPAC, where Navalny's death may be largely dismissed

Time
Show threadcognitively accessible mathApr 21
@TonyStark @jhlibby @Bam @Barbramon1 Think hard about this.
Plato says: "Silence gives consent."
Show threadArbres
@geonz @TonyStark @jhlibby @Bam @Barbramon1 Dude. You're illiterate. Quoting Plato doesn't hide how illiterate you are.
Begone with your "both are the same" bullshit.
Apr 21 at 11:18amMastodon for Android
Show threadcognitively accessible mathApr 21
@arbres @TonyStark @jhlibby @Bam @Barbramon1 That's not what I said, at all, but you do you.
Show threadTony, Pretty MuchApr 21

@geonz

@arbres @jhlibby @Bam @Barbramon1