Topic: Trump Shoots the Messenger
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Sun 08/03/25 10:42 PM

Trump defends firing labor statistics chief after weak jobs report
thehill.com/homenews/administration/5434438-trump-defends-firing-labor-statistics-chief/
Trump fired the head of Bureau of Labor Statistics because they reported employment numbers he didn't like. He basically shot the messenger. The BLS head doesn't just come up with the numbers on their own. She has a whole department of researchers and economists to come up with the best numbers they can in real time, while most of the data hasn't even come in, yet. But Trump thinks he knows better, and fired Dr. Erika McEntarfer, claiming she deliberately "rigged" the numbers to make him look bad and make Kamala Harris look better.

Meanwhile, Trump is confused at how percentages and prices work.

Trump makes laughable claim about drug prices
www.nj.com/politics/2025/07/trump-makes-laughable-claim-about-drug-pricesand-is-immediately-ridiculed.html
On Tuesday, Trump claimed that he could lower drug prices by 1500%—a mathematically impossible number since it suggests drug companies would be paying the consumer to take the drug. Many critics immediately roasted the president on social media platform X, explaining that Trump’s math was not adding up.

“This is something that nobody else can do. We’re going to get the drug prices down, not 30 or 40%, which would be great, not 50 or 60,” Trump said on Tuesday. “No, we’re going to get them down 1000%, 600%, 500%, 1500%.”

“Numbers that are not even thought to be achievable because I’ve used a certain talent that I have and convinced the drug companies that have no choice,” he added.

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Mon 08/04/25 06:52 AM
:thumbsup: laugh The MAGA folks with their rose colored glasses will believe this.

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Mon 08/04/25 08:04 AM
Trump, without offering any evidence, insinuated the downward revisions were a politically motivated attack. He promptly told his team to fire Commissioner McEntarfer, much to the dismay of many economists. Her predecessor, Trump-appointee William Beach, called the decision "totally groundless." He also said it "sets a dangerous precedent and undermines the statistical mission of the Bureau."

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Mon 08/04/25 09:02 AM
This IS SPARTAAAAAA!!!!!!

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Wed 08/06/25 12:29 AM

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Wed 08/06/25 12:40 PM



After years of getting the numbers wrong. Someone finally took accountability and fired the inept person in charge of giving correct reports. If someone can’t do their job , you fire them and replace with someone that can. DUHHH…

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Wed 08/06/25 02:53 PM




Trump is still ahead in a positive way compared to all the incompetence of J Biden while he was in office!
















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Wed 08/06/25 02:56 PM




https://www.newsmax.com/us/labor-department-commissioner-of-labor-statistics-fired/2025/08/01/id/1220991/

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Wed 08/06/25 02:56 PM
Edited by Toodygirl5 on Wed 08/06/25 03:01 PM




J Biden is a Criminal not Yet charged of all his crimes while in office.

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Wed 08/06/25 02:58 PM
Edited by Toodygirl5 on Wed 08/06/25 02:59 PM


Wake up Dems. you still in the Dark.

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Wed 08/06/25 03:32 PM
J Biden is a Criminal not Yet charged of all his crimes while in office.


If Biden is such a criminal, then why did the Congressional Republicans and Trump's DOJ fail to even come up with charges against him? Instead, he's got Tulsi Gabbard to pretend Barack Obama committed treason (he didn't).

Gabbard’s Misleading ‘Coup’ Claim
www.factcheck.org/2025/07/gabbards-misleading-coup-claim/

And even the sycophant Gabbard has nothing on Biden.

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Thu 08/07/25 06:31 PM
It's not stopping at the BLS. Trump is getting his Energy Secretary to revise climate reports.

Energy secretary says Trump administration may alter past National Climate Assessments
www.yahoo.com/news/articles/energy-secretary-says-trump-administration-213814206.html
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said this week the Trump administration plans to review and potentially alter the nation's climate science reports.

In a Tuesday appearance on CNN's The Source, Wright told CNN host Kaitlan Collins the National Climate Assessments have been removed from government websites "because we're reviewing them."

"We will come out with updated reports on those and with comments on those," Wright said.


No surprise. Trump showed he didn't care about government data when he marked up that hurricane map with his Sharpie.


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Sat 08/23/25 10:29 AM

Hegseth fires general whose agency's intel assessment of damage from Iran strikes angered Trump
www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/hegseth-fires-general-whose-agency-s-intel-assessment-of-damage-from-iran-strikes-angered-trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of U.S. damage to Iranian nuclear sites angered President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the decision and a White House official.

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse will no longer serve as head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, according to the people, who spoke Friday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly.

Hegseth also fired Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore, who is chief of the Navy Reserve, as well as Rear Adm. Milton Sands, a Navy SEAL officer who oversees Naval Special Warfare Command, another U.S. official said.

No reasons were given for their firings, the latest in a series of steps targeting military leaders, intelligence officials and other perceived critics of Trump, who has demanded loyalty across the government. The administration also stripped security clearances this week from additional current and former national security officials.


Here we go again: Trump cannot tolerate any dissent, anywhere in the country, that might imply he's not perfect.

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Sun 08/24/25 12:26 AM
The story I linked earlier was apparently taken offline, so this updates the link, but reiterates the story. Trump is a crybaby and has his lapdog Pete Hegseth fire anybody who doesn't truly believe the fantasy that The Donald sputters during his "weave"
Three-star general Jeffrey Kruse ousted as Defense Intelligence Agency director
www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/three-star-general-jeffrey-kruse-ousted-as-defense-intelligence-agency-director/ar-AA1L2Pxe?ocid=BingNewsVerp
"The firing of yet another senior national security official underscores the Trump administration's dangerous habit of treating intelligence as a loyalty test rather than a safeguard for our country."


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Sun 08/24/25 09:27 AM
Three years and four months to go.

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Mon 08/25/25 09:23 AM

Three years and four months to go.

Hell yea.. unless he decides to run again and at the rate you dems are making yourselves unelectable, my man Trump will win again.:flag_us::flag_us::flag_us:

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Mon 08/25/25 11:10 AM
Three years and four months to go.

Hell yea.. unless he decides to run again and at the rate you dems are making yourselves unelectable, my man Trump will win again.:flag_us::flag_us::flag_us:


Trump can barely face the media, he's so feeble. At this rate he'll be out of office in a few months. He's losing his mind like his dad, and showing signs of serious health issues.

Psychologists Warn Donald Trump Is ‘Slipping’ Into Dementia – Point to Clear Signs He’s ‘Losing It’
www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/psychologists-warn-donald-trump-is-slipping-into-dementia-point-to-clear-signs-he-s-losing-it/ar-AA1KYCiD
Dr. Segal shared a brief clip from an August press briefing where Trump, who is talking to the press, mixes up details and even fabricates them, which is reportedly a behaviour often associated with early-stage dementia. It is called confabulation, a psychological term for someone unintentionally mixing fact with fiction, often seen in dementia.

For example, Trump recently gave a long, inaccurate account of taking action to protect statues in Washington, D.C. He claimed he passed a law that imposed 10-year prison sentences on anyone who tried to damage a statue, referencing Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson.

However, Dr. Segal said what Trump spoke about was instead fabricated or distorted: Trump had issued an executive order, not a new law passed by Congress, and the events he described never happened or were exaggerated.

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Tue 08/26/25 07:41 AM

Three years and four months to go.

Hell yea.. unless he decides to run again and at the rate you dems are making yourselves unelectable, my man Trump will win again.:flag_us::flag_us::flag_us:


Trump can barely face the media, he's so feeble. At this rate he'll be out of office in a few months. He's losing his mind like his dad, and showing signs of serious health issues.

Psychologists Warn Donald Trump Is ‘Slipping’ Into Dementia – Point to Clear Signs He’s ‘Losing It’
www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/psychologists-warn-donald-trump-is-slipping-into-dementia-point-to-clear-signs-he-s-losing-it/ar-AA1KYCiD
Dr. Segal shared a brief clip from an August press briefing where Trump, who is talking to the press, mixes up details and even fabricates them, which is reportedly a behaviour often associated with early-stage dementia. It is called confabulation, a psychological term for someone unintentionally mixing fact with fiction, often seen in dementia.

For example, Trump recently gave a long, inaccurate account of taking action to protect statues in Washington, D.C. He claimed he passed a law that imposed 10-year prison sentences on anyone who tried to damage a statue, referencing Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson.

However, Dr. Segal said what Trump spoke about was instead fabricated or distorted: Trump had issued an executive order, not a new law passed by Congress, and the events he described never happened or were exaggerated.


Do you try to post the most ridiculous thoughts that ramble around in your mind.. the president was on live tv 4 different times yesterday . He is 100 times more open and transparent than Biden or any other president . Apparently your media choice is only providing you with half the news.. the fake half.. lol..

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Tue 08/26/25 07:06 PM
Do you try to post the most ridiculous thoughts that ramble around in your mind.. the president was on live tv 4 different times yesterday . He is 100 times more open and transparent than Biden or any other president . Apparently your media choice is only providing you with half the news.. the fake half.. lol..

OK, so Trump is on TV all the time, but it's not like he's always taking questions from anyone he doesn't like. Lately, he's let cameras in on cabinet meetings where everyone around the table takes turns complementing Trump. Now that's ridiculous.

Trump's Cabinet Meeting Was Stuffed With Flattery for Dear Leader
www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trumps-cabinet-meeting-was-stuffed-with-flattery-for-dear-leader/ar-AA1LhnbK?ocid=BingNewsSerp
Trump held another Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. It was no different, with the table full of lackeys dutifully praising Trump for rescuing the United States from the brink of destruction. The spectacle lasted over three hours
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"This is just such a great opportunity, really, to recognize your leadership as a true champion for working people. … I know we'll hear, as we go around the table here, how your focus singularly on putting the well being and interests of the American people first is that common thread that we're seeing your policies being implemented across your administration."


So, about transparency. If the Trump Administration is so transparent, then:
1. Why hasn't he released the Epstein Files?
2. Why hasn't he released his tax returns?
3. Why hasn't he released his actual medical records?
4. Why hasn't he released transcripts of meetings and phone calls with Putin?
5. Why has the White House taken down all his speech transcripts?
6. Why hasn't he released White House visitor logs?
7. Why hasn't he released Mar A Lago visitor logs?
8. Why hasn't he released his school transcripts from Wharton?
I could go on...