TheWiseOldFart

The Truth: Tariffs are Import Taxes which go into the national Treasury. However, Consumers pay that tax when prices are raised for commodities as importers pay more for their raw goods. Trump Obviously Failed ‘Economics’ in Military Boarding School. I was aware of this fact and knew that his promise to end inflation, or more accurately, “Greedflation,” on “day one,” was a blatant lie. Trump jokingly referred to yesterday, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, and “Liberation Day,” when his ill-advised tariffs would become a reality. [The new tariffs introduced by Mr. Trump on Wednesday include a 10% universal tariff, as well as so-called reciprocal tariffs on more than 60 countries that are trade partners with the U.S. The tariffs will be additive, meaning that imports will face both the universal tariff of 10% plus the specific reciprocal import levies targeting each nation.] Trump lied and said that “eventually prices will be lowered.” The facts and opinions of qualified economists claim the op...

Trump will always be the biggest joke played on our nation. The slogan he adopted is a major part of that joke. MAGA has proven to be an anagram for “Make America Garbage Again.” This is a reference to the time before Franklin Delano Roosevelt when the United States government was completely controlled by the wealthiest men in America. That is exactly what is happening today: the destruction of every accomplishment over the last 60-70 years. Over my 78 years, Republicans were known as the “party of regression,” and it is even worse today. It has moved so far away from the Party of Lincoln, it has become an organization composed of fascist philosophy. It is Trump and his party who ignore the needs of all Americans. They and the oligarchs who own them, are responsible for Greedflation, why America is the only nation without universal healthcare for all, allowing the cost of higher education to rise to a level unreachable for most of our country’s people, and denial of the fact that all p...

Trump 2.0 is a continuation of 2017-2021, he is doing nothing for our country and its people. Trump, “the Dictator Destroyer,” is dismantling important agencies, while he ignores inflation, and the fears of millions of our nation’s people. To damage our country further, the Destroyer selected the worst of the worst to fuck up everything which functioned, including Musk, Rubio, Hegseth, RFK Jr., and the rest. The inmates are running the asylum. Some of the “very important” efforts by your mentally challenged president are forcing Greenland to be part of the U.S., making Canada our 51 st state, ending federal funding for education in the inner cities, dismantling law firms associated with many investigations into Trump’s never ending criminal life, and to sum it all up, “taking revenge on anyone and anything which exposed the real Donald Trump.” Hillary Clinton has the courage to tell the absolute truth. Clinton wrote: “Top Trump administration officials put our troops in jeopardy by sh...

It’s obvious that Trump and his co-conspirator, Musk, don’t care, but a revolution is beginning across America. The policies of these old, white men are so vile and offensive, a ground swell of angry protesters are filling town halls across America directing their anger at Republican politicians. At the same time, Vermont Senator, Bernie Sanders and New York Representative, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are holding rallies in opposition to the current plutocracy and the fact that Trump is surrendering America to his 813 oligarchs, and drawing huge crowds of supporters. Facts: Trump, Musk, and their party are Nazis forcing their fascist agenda on the American people. A plutocracy, rule by the super-rich, cannot exist when a democratic government is in control. Trump’s plan is to end democracy, and establish a fascist regime, with himself as its Fuhrer. Don’t believe me? Read the Republican Party’s fascist manifesto, Project 2025, and you will quickly learn the truth. Very few Democrats and I...

Trump has been making promises he never intended to keep since 2015. I write a lot about his complete failure to keep his promise to end inflation on day one. He has ignored the situation for nearly three months. Another of his biggest promises in 2024 involved “ending surprise medical bills.” His co-president, oligarch Elon Musk, just fired most of the men and women whose purpose was to protect patients from being “ripped off” with unnecessary treatment costs from medical professionals. By my count, this is his 522 nd broken promise over the last 10 years. Trump lacks the knowledge and will to accomplish anything for all 340 American people. Everything he does is focused on increasing his personal wealth and power. He is without a doubt Putin’s Puppet: he owes the Russian president his very existence and has been indebted to him since 1987. Trump is not my president and never has been. He is totally incompetent, but his unwillingness to do the right thing for all of America’s people ...

There is no gentle or kind way to offer you the truth: our government is fucked up, and I’m afraid many of the problems are irreparable. Musk and Trump have no understanding about how the American economy functions. If we move right to the core of the problem, the one group to blame for the destruction of America is the mainstream media. The once respected Fourth Estate has failed its purpose. Every journalist appearing on the boob tube is a coward and a liar by omission. Not a single “news service” is doing the right thing, calling Musk and Trump what they are: Nazis. Their fascist agenda is contained in Project 2025. Trump lied, claiming that he knew nothing about it although every word, every idea, comes from his speeches at his infamous hate rallies. It is an undeniable fact that Trump nor Musk know absolutely nothing about economics at any level. Right-wing extremists exist because millions of American voters chose ignorance and believe their lies. For example: when the stock mark...

I read excerpts of Trump’s very long and very boring speech on Tuesday evening. Above all, he failed to tell us anything he has accomplished which would improve our nation’s future. Once again, most of his time has been spent chasing a little white ball through the grass and sand. It is 100 percent clear that Musk is making all of the big decisions. In 78 years, Trump has never worked a single day in his pitiful life. I was slightly surprised when he openly attacked Democrats and Independents for disagreeing with his vile and fascist agenda. What the fuck did he expect? Is he that stupid? He is a Russian agent, and Russia remains our greatest enemy 77-year-old congressman Al Green refused to cease his verbal attacks against the wannabe Fuhrer, and was escorted out of the building. Of course when bitch Marjorie Taylor Green harassed President Biden incessantly, nothing happened. Now pretend Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson says Mr. Green will be censured. The word is “HYPOCRISY” What ...

I am not a religious man. However, I try every day to be more spiritual. Although I reject religions created by men, I cherish and trust the teachings of Jesus Christ and Mohammad. If you read the New Testament of the Bible or the Quran, Jesus and Mohammad offered a clear and perfect way to live our lives. Whether they were Gods or Prophets, does not matter. The basic principle both of these great men taught their followers was simple, and contained in only five words: “always do the right thing.” It is a sad fact that very few men and women who call themselves “Christians” believe and follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. It is sad that many of the men who call themselves Muslims take the words of Mohammad and twist them, becoming violent extremists; ignoring his instructions about love, understanding, and compassion. America has an illegitimate president in 2025. He claims to be a Christian, but in truth is the Antichrist. His words, actions, and ambitions are in direct opposition to...

On Tuesday evening your illegitimate president will offer his “State of the Disunited Union.” I will not be watching, and I encourage you to ignore this farce as well. It is he who intentionally divided our nation over the last 10 years. I refuse to be lied to, and because Trump has never told the truth once in his pitiful 78 years, I will not be wasting my time. In fact, I hate liars more than anything in the world and this is the reason I have refused to watch any television news broadcast since November 9, 2016. Half truths and lies of omission are more dangerous than blatant falsehoods. Every newscast in America supported Trump five-times more than all other candidates combined during the 2016 campaign. When he and his staff were asked direct questions, television’s fake journalists allowed them to answer questions they chose to make campaign speeches and ignore the interviewer. Trump’s entire life is filled with “alternative facts.” He creates his own “reality” and tells the same ...

Trump and his gestapo must be stopped. The stories coming from illegally fired federal employees are reminiscent of what happened in 1930’s Germany under the horrific rule of Adolf Hitler. The truth is, Trump and Musk are following Hitler’s Mein Kampf and his own Project 2025 to the letter. Trump is following, his Project 2025 exactly, and acting like the dictator he promised to be. I read about a great deal of unrest from Democrats, the military, and voters, both Democrats and Republicans. Words are just hot air and will accomplish nothing. It’s time to drag Trump out of the White House by his cheap toupee and put him in a federal holding cell. He has been allowed to begin the destruction of our country while violating the Constitution and abusing his presidential powers long enough. Your illegitimate president should never have been allowed to take the oath of office. First and foremost, he has no intention of keeping that oath. Secondly, he is unfit to be our nation’s president if y...

  Trump spends more taxpayer dollars in one month then all social programs need for our nation’s people. Every time he travels to Mar-a-Lago, his business makes a profit while he wasted nearly $3,400,000 on each trip. During his first illegitimate presidency, Trump Corp. made 1.7 billion dollars while he violated the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause. In the first month of his second illegitimate presidency, he spent 10.7 million dollars of taxpayer money playing golf. That’s just one situation in which he throws your money away. Between 2017 and 2021, Trump wasted more than six million dollars each month of your money. That adds up to at least $288,000,000 during his first term. His failed fiscal policy of trickle-down economics added 7.8 trillion dollars to the national debt. Who in their right mind would have voted for this lifetime failure in 2024? The answer is simple: uninformed voters and those who chose ignorance over fact. Trump wanted to win the...

“The Bully President.” This is certain to be the title applied to Donald John Trump. He has earned it. His threats have become famous, or better yet, infamous. His policies are founded on “quid pro quo.” He is not an intelligent communicator, and has proven that his book, “The Art of the Deal,” was 100 percent a fraud: a fairy tale. Being a bully is the only way he knows how to get anything done, with the exception of simple bribery. With no talent, and no knowledge of anything, he is undoubtedly the worst illegitimate president in history. Recently Trump sent his extremely unqualified Vice-President, J.D. Vance to Western Europe. After making a vile and demanding speech in Munich, German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, responded to the arrogant and unwelcome outsider. [Scholz spoke at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, slamming “outsiders intervening in our democracy, in our elections, in the democratic formation of opinion in favour of this party,” especially from “friends and alli...

“I will lower inflation on day one.” Donald John Trump. Another big lie. Trump admitted that he doesn’t know how to lower inflation. In fact, after day one he never mentioned the subject. His time was well-spent, signing unconstitutional executive orders and playing with Musk and his other laughing oligarchs. His focus was on more important issues, including renaming the Gulf of Mexico, stealing Greenland, turning Gaza into a “Middle East Mar-a-Lago,” and making Canada our 51 st state. I have questions and concerns about the validity of the 2024 election. Regardless, exit polls revealed that Trump’s controversial victory was the result of a single issue: inflation. Inflation has actually risen by three percent over the last few weeks. The effects of Trump’s foolhardy tariffs will result in additional costs to consumers in the near future. The facts prove that over his 78 and ½ years, he is a failure when economics are involved. Trump was forced to file bankruptcy on two Atlantic City ...

13 disastrous days. In 2017 Trump began his illegitimate presidency by destroying or attempting to destroy the many accomplishments of Barack Obama. The orange liar, the con man, is not a “doer,” someone who accomplishes anything. Trump is an old, obese Nazi with a brain the size of a fruit fly, without a heart or a soul. His goal is to destroy America from within. Over the last 13 days, he revoked hundreds of positive actions by a real President, Joe Biden. If you think that Trump gives a damn about anyone, any man, woman, or child in America, you literally must have your head examined. Trump accomplishes nothing of importance. He prefers to undo the successes of his predecessors who did care about our nation’s people. Trump doesn’t have the slightest idea what a positive accomplishment might look like. He is THE DESTROYER. Trump lives in the past. When he was a child in the 1950’s and 1960’s, his father, Fred Trump, taught him to be a racist and a bigot, and a womanizer. He also lear...

If the word “tariffs” enters the conversation, most people have no idea what that involves, and no idea about how it might affect them and their families. I am going to make it simple and clear for everyone. I will warn you, this is the ultimate scam by a professional politician. Tomorrow, February 1, 2025, Trump will impose an additional tariff of 25 percent on imports from China, Canada, and Mexico. Tariffs is just another word for “tax.” American companies which import raw materials or finished goods from these three countries will be forced to pay a 25 percent increase for their purchases: the same percentage attached to the items exported from China, Canada, and Mexico. This is known as a tariff. Here's where Trump is playing tricks on the American people. The extra 25 percent increase goes directly to the national treasury. Because American businesses are forced to pay more for the imports they purchase, the cost is passed onto consumers. This is where Trump is once again pro...

In America, a president’s primary function is to improve the lives of all of his or her nation’s people, and guarantee their safety and security. Trump is not an American president. During the last five days the Antichrist has destroyed all of the good accomplished by President Biden over the last four years. His choices to be his closest advisers are a gang of unqualified billionaires, criminals, alcoholics, sexual predators, and Neo-Nazi supporters. Not a single man or woman in the Trump administration will be qualified to hold the position and the department they will be leading, including Trump. The White House will be staffed with clowns and pretenders. We were fully aware that the Antichrist had no heart, and with his most recent actions, we know he has no soul. He has become “Trump the Destroyer.” Every action he claims as an accomplishment is in reality harmful to our nation’s people and the future of our country. By biblical definition, Donald John Trump is the Antichrist. Man...

On Monday, the Right Reverand Mariann Edgar Budde, a Bishop in the Episcopal Church, looked straight into the sleepy eyes of Donald Trump, and knew that she was without a doubt speaking directly to the “Antichrist.” The prophecy of the Antichrist is revealed in the New Testament in the First and Second Epistle of John.[2] Antichrist is announced as one "who denies the Father and the Son.” He has been called many other names, but the one that defines the Anti-Christ most perfectly is the “Great Pretender.” Trump claims to be a “Christian.” However by his own words and actions it is clear that he is the opposite of what a real Christian believes and stands for. The text of Bishop Budde’s plea to Trump was intended to ask him to act like a good Christian. She begged him to be kind and show compassion for transgender Americans and undocumented immigrants. She could have called him what he is, an evil and vengeful old man, and even a “fake Christian,” but she did not. Trump has demande...

It’s “déjà vu all over again.” What Trump has done to our nation in just three days is far worse than his initial actions in 2017. He has undone many of the positive accomplishments of real presidents Obama and Biden. All of his actions support the current plutocracy and his 756 oligarchs. There is no doubt that his decision to pardon the traitors who violently stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021 is an act of pure fascism and revenge. Trump is not concerned about the brave capitol police who lost their lives or the more than 150 who were injured. These Neo-Nazis were tried for their crimes in a court of law and deserved to be punished more severely than they were. Treason is the most egregious crime possible in America. He is not interested in the fact that trying these men and women who hate my America cost taxpayers millions of dollars and law enforcement thousands of hours. More than 1500 anti-Americans who sought to overthrow our democratic government are back among those of us ...

  What is the role of a U.S. President? Until 2017, this was what was expected from our nation’s leader. [The authors of the U.S. Constitution only sketched a loose outline of the presidency when they defined the federal government in 1787. They expected the first presidents to work out the details of the job with Congress and the Supreme Court. As a result, the first officeholders helped shape the way presidents make decisions, fight wars, work with Congress, add territory to the country, and even entertain.] Let’s begin with his personal life. Trump is a man without morals or principles. He is a registered serial philanderer, having cheated on all three of his trophy wives. It was recently revealed and confirmed that he attended parties with his “best friend,” Jeffrey Epstein, for 10 years. This proves that Trump is one of the most disgusting sexual predators of all time. Trump operated his businesses in the same manner as his marriages. He lied, cheated, and stole among ot...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The Truth Lives Here If Trump and Putin rig another election, America will lose and our nation’s future is in serious jeopardy. However, if the election is just and fair, and most voters realize that Trump’s tactics filled with lies, his horrific record between 2017 and 2021, and his billionaire supporter loses his bid to buy votes, our country will have its first woman president, and America will move proudly forward into the 21 st century. Kamala Harris in 2024. Op-ed by James Turnage