Trump's "Day One" test

[oyarde]

Still have a DOE, and Trump appointed someone to make it better. Still have a war in Ukraine. 1 out of 3 ain't bad...

Tomorrow would be a good day to freeze forign aid

 

[wizardwatson]

Still have a DOE, and Trump appointed someone to make it better. Still have a war in Ukraine. 1 out of 3 ain't bad...

I don't want to spit on it, it is great that 1500 people + Ross get the boot off their necks.

But yeah, I worry it's "peak liberty" for Trump 2.0. We will see.

Yes, war in Ukraine, Middle East is a shitshow, but in terms of Trump victims, what about the multitudes of families whose lives were destroyed by mRNA poison? Were they not also railroaded by a corrupt machine? Plus, this poison has emergency auth for another 5 years.

People like McCardle want to shame people for not being optimistic. Well, all this shit Trump did barely takes us to the beginning of Biden's term. Trump could've pardoned all these people before he left office. Oh, but then where's the leverage for next run? It's 10 steps back and 1 step forward and we're supposed to be grateful?

It's a silly game of teeter-totter where every new President issues orders countering the last four years while the Uniparty war pigs, big pharma, and big tech march forward unabated.

"Grassroots" is replaced by how sentimental and hopeful you are about the next populist influencer with the greatest chance to be the one who unlocks the "golden age".

 

[ClaytonB]

Test passed:

 

[Matt Collins]

I'm reading he didn't get access to the full case file until some time after the inauguration. After reviewing the full case file, he upgraded it to a full pardon, not just commutation.

Do you have a source for this? I would love to read more!

 

[TheTexan]

I'm reading he didn't get access to the full case file until some time after the inauguration. After reviewing the full case file, he upgraded it to a full pardon, not just commutation.

If true, pretty much confirms that the murder for hire allegations were entirely fabricated and Trump has proof of that

 

[Occam's Banana]

Did he pass the test? Some would argue it wasn't his first day.

As I suggested in the thread OP, it was entirely possible that the "Day One" thing was just rhetorical:

If you think he will commute Ulbricht's sentence, do you think he'll literally do it on "Day One", or was that just hyperbole?

As it turns out, it was close enough that it makes no difference.

And on top of that, the promise was just to commute Ulbricht's sentence - but instead, Trump went "above and beyond" keeping that promise, and issued a full and unconditional pardon.

Still have a DOE, and Trump appointed someone to make it better. Still have a war in Ukraine. 1 out of 3 ain't bad...

Not bad at all.

And as I also noted earlier in this thread:

That's why the Ulbricht question is so important now. It will be a significant indicator.

If Trump doesn't keep a brain-dead-easy-to-accomplish promise like that, then there will be no reason at all to think he'll put much if any effort into following through on any of his other much more difficult promises.

The Ulbricht promise was one he could keep "unilaterally", without the need for cooperation from anyone else.

That's not the case with the DOE and Ukraine things, which (for that very reason) won't be nearly as easy to accomplish.

So I could cut him some slack if he fails on those, as long as it's not for lack of trying - and the Ulbricht commutation pardon can be taken as a positive sign in that regard.

 

[Origanalist]

Is he perfect? No, but then nobody is. So far I'm enjoying the shit out of his first day, he fired a stupid DEI Coast Guard Admiral, he took away Bolton's security detail again (woohoo!) and there will be more for the commie MSN and such to wail and gnash their teeth over. He pardoned Ross, which many were in doubt of. Will there be things to be thoroughly trashed here as completely against liberty? Of course. He's no Milei. In my insignificant opinion, he's a step in the right direction and I'm going to enjoy the shit out of the meltdown of the Orwellian left. I also find the anti- AIPAC sentiment of the MAGA folks/base encouraging even though at the moment it has no impact.

Flame away.

 

[Occam's Banana]

Is he perfect? No, but then nobody is. So far I'm enjoying the shit out of his first day, he fired a stupid DEI Coast Guard Admiral, he took away Bolton's security detail again (woohoo!) and there will be more for the commie MSN and such to wail and gnash their teeth over. He pardoned Ross, which many were in doubt of. Will there be things to be thoroughly trashed here as completely against liberty? Of course. He's no Milei. In my insignificant opinion, he's a step in the right direction and I'm going to enjoy the shit out of the meltdown of the Orwellian left. I also find the anti- AIPAC sentiment of the MAGA folks/base encouraging even though at the moment it has no impact.

Flame away.

Ditto for me.

The things you mention (and numerous other similar things) are why I don't buy into the "Trump is controlled opposition" narrative. Trump is just an "open" narcissist who has no principles - which puts him well ahead of most of his political enemies, who are "closeted" narcissists with bad principles.

And entirely apart from being deeply gratifying to witness just for its own sake, the phenomenon of "'sploding libtard heads" goes a long way to fostering yet more (and yet bolder) anit-Establishment sentiment, which is not at all a bad thing (and that's another reason I don't buy the "controlled opposition" angle).

 

[Occam's Banana]

THREAD: Thomas Massie discusses Ross Ulbricht on Timcast

 

[ClaytonB]

As I suggested in the thread OP, it was entirely possible that the "Day One" thing was just rhetorical:

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As it turns out, it was close enough that it makes no difference.

And on top of that, the promise was just to commute Ulbricht's sentence - but instead, Trump went "above and beyond" keeping that promise, and issued a full and unconditional pardon.



Not bad at all.

And as I also noted earlier in this thread:

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The Ulbricht promise was one he could keep "unilaterally", without the need for cooperation from anyone else.

That's not the case with the DOE and Ukraine things, which (for that very reason) won't be nearly as easy to accomplish.

So I could cut him some slack if he fails on those, as long as it's not for lack of trying - and the Ulbricht commutation pardon can be taken as a positive sign in that regard.

Outta +rep...

 

[Matt Collins]

For the first time that I can recall, the Libertarian Party leveraged their position of potential power effectively by striking a deal with Trump to get a commutation/pardon of Russ Ulbricht.

The LP has always had this type of potential but unfortunately they have never put it into play until this cycle. They had power but never understood it or were unwilling to exercise it.

The strategic playbook for the LP, on a national level, should always have been to run a solid Presidential candidate hard in the swing states and force both Republican and Democrat parties to make concessions on policy matters. That is the LP's most direct path to power on the federal level.

Hopefully this lesson is well learned and the LP continues down this strategic political path of gaining more power over the decades to gain more and more pro-liberty actions and policies from the Republicans and Democrats.

I do think they went a little overboard in their execution by hosting Trump and saying favorable things about him prior to the action he took (he does some liberty things, but cannot be confused for a pro-liberty President). But overall I commend them for making the pardon happen.

Also, to add... I think having a Presidential candidate who has been a victim of the deep state and weaponization of the DOJ themselves, made him much more sympathetic to the cause of justice here. Thankfully I think Trump will now be a lot more skeptical of people charged and convicted of "crimes" in the future which should help limit the government's actions in some areas. His skepticism of the federal government should lead to greater restrain I'm hoping.

 

[ClaytonB]

For the first time that I can recall, the Libertarian Party leveraged their position of potential power effectively by striking a deal with Trump to get a commutation/pardon of Russ Ulbricht.

The LP has always had this type of potential but unfortunately they have never put it into play until this cycle. They had power but never understood it or were unwilling to exercise it.

Credit where due: No, the LP has not always had this potential because the uni-party has been marching in lock-step for many decades now, and both wings of the uni-party have been stone-deaf to the demands of Americans who still believe in outdated stuff like, I don't know, the Constitution and American freedom. For all his (many) flaws, Trump is the rusty wrecking-ball that is bashing down the uni-party, blow after blow. Ulbricht's release is a result of the combination of skillful LPMC political maneuvering and Trump's political TNT, coming together against the Beltway uni-party Establishment. That is why it is in the LP's interests to promote (hopefully non-tyrannical) populists. Ron Paul was the ideal, but how likely are we to ever see an RP '08 again? Not likely, at least, not without major changes in our socio-political landscape. So, my question is, "Who's the next Donald Trump?" and how do we make sure the Marxist Left doesn't clobber us with another counterfeit populist like Obama?

 

[Swordsmyth]

Credit where due: No, the LP has not always had this potential because the uni-party has been marching in lock-step for many decades now, and both wings of the uni-party have been stone-deaf to the demands of Americans who still believe in outdated stuff like, I don't know, the Constitution and American freedom. For all his (many) flaws, Trump is the rusty wrecking-ball that is bashing down the uni-party, blow after blow. Ulbricht's release is a result of the combination of skillful LPMC political maneuvering and Trump's political TNT, coming together against the Beltway uni-party Establishment. That is why it is in the LP's interests to promote (hopefully non-tyrannical) populists. Ron Paul was the ideal, but how likely are we to ever see an RP '08 again? Not likely, at least, not without major changes in our socio-political landscape. So, my question is, "Who's the next Donald Trump?" and how do we make sure the Marxist Left doesn't clobber us with another counterfeit populist like Obama?

So far Bannon 2028 looks best to me.