The Political Thread

[Grim]

 

[Wolverine]

Tuberville's a fucking embarrassment in the state of Alabama. He doesn't speak for us.

 

[Chris]

Elon Musk’s team has gotten access to the Treasury Department’s payments system.

www.nytimes.com

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency full access to the federal payment system late on Friday, according to three people familiar with the change, handing Elon Musk and the team he is leading a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.

The new authority follows a standoff this week with a top Treasury official who had resisted allowing Mr. Musk’s lieutenants into the department’s payment system, which sends out money on behalf of the entire federal government. The official, a career civil servant named David Lebryk, was put on leave and then suddenly retired on Friday after the dispute, according to people familiar with his exit.

The system could give the Trump administration another mechanism to attempt to unilaterally restrict disbursement of money approved for specific purposes by Congress, a push that has faced legal roadblocks.

 

[Chris]

Elon Musk’s team has gotten access to the Treasury Department’s payments system.

www.nytimes.com

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency full access to the federal payment system late on Friday, according to three people familiar with the change, handing Elon Musk and the team he is leading a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.

The new authority follows a standoff this week with a top Treasury official who had resisted allowing Mr. Musk’s lieutenants into the department’s payment system, which sends out money on behalf of the entire federal government. The official, a career civil servant named David Lebryk, was put on leave and then suddenly retired on Friday after the dispute, according to people familiar with his exit.

The system could give the Trump administration another mechanism to attempt to unilaterally restrict disbursement of money approved for specific purposes by Congress, a push that has faced legal roadblocks.

 

[Grim]

 

[Comrade Khan]

non elected official btw

lol

lmao in fact

 

[Comrade Khan]

pin drop still from the moderates huh? guess they not paying attention or dont care

 

[Grim]

pin drop still from the moderates huh? guess they not paying attention or dont care

Why would they? People who stay on the fence only vote on single issues, so since "illegals" are being taken care of, they don't give a rat's ass what the orange fascist does.

 

[Chris]

Trump Imposes Steep Tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China: Live Updates

www.nytimes.com

President Trump on Saturday followed through with his threat to impose stiff tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, setting the stage for a destabilizing trade war with the United States’ largest commercial partners.

From Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla., Mr. Trump signed three executive orders placing tariffs of 25 percent on all goods from Canada and Mexico, with a slightly lower 10 percent tariff on Canadian oil exports. Mr. Trump also placed a 10 percent tariff on Chinese goods.

A White House official told reporters on Saturday that the executive orders would also contain a retaliation clause, so that if a country tried to retaliate with tariffs on U.S. products, it would face tariffs.

 

[OsBlaze]

And the only fucking person that hurts is Americans.

Like does this fucking idiot know what he’s doing?

 

[Grim]

And the only fucking person that hurts is Americans.

Like does this fucking idiot know what he’s doing?

No, no he doesn't.

 

[Comrade Khan]

And the only fucking person that hurts is Americans.

Like does this fucking idiot know what he’s doing?

Nope , peppers n us produce already Sky rocketed here making our life harder too
Thanks America, our longest ally. Ur so cool. Goof

 

[Comrade Khan]

Trump goof not Blaze

 

[Samoa Looch]

I disagree.

Blaze is a goof.

Spoiler

He's the good kind of goof though.

 

[Chris]

Trump Imposes Steep Tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China: Live Updates

www.nytimes.com

President Trump on Saturday followed through with his threat to impose stiff tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, setting the stage for a destabilizing trade war with the United States’ largest commercial partners.

From Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla., Mr. Trump signed three executive orders placing tariffs of 25 percent on all goods from Canada and Mexico, with a slightly lower 10 percent tariff on Canadian oil exports. Mr. Trump also placed a 10 percent tariff on Chinese goods.

A White House official told reporters on Saturday that the executive orders would also contain a retaliation clause, so that if a country tried to retaliate with tariffs on U.S. products, it would face tariffs.

Two of the United States’ largest trading partners, Mexico and Canada, immediately vowed to impose tariffs of their own. The Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, announced retaliatory tariffs starting with 25 percent tariffs on approximately $20 billion worth of U.S. goods on Tuesday, with $85 billion more to follow within three weeks.