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This is an insane lie even for him. (Original Post) Celerity Thursday OP
The more desperate they are, the bigger the lies. . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Thursday #1
Put it on a billboard Raven123 Thursday #2
absofuckinglutely Celerity Thursday #5
Where is this world he lives in? Karadeniz Thursday #3
This is a very sick person..... Butterflylady Thursday #12
Most have the same inhumane brain he does. Hopefully a few will recognize Karadeniz Thursday #16
He's being used. Joinfortmill Thursday #36
Htrae: Earth backwards, Bizarro Superman's home planet of backward logic William Seger Thursday #27
Just the INTEREST INCOME from that account... dchill Thursday #4
Weird. Was just shopping for those "groceries" ALBliberal Thursday #6
Dude, Coronas?! LuvLoogie Thursday #33
I like corona premier. Guess I can afford for ALBliberal Thursday #34
Cheers! LuvLoogie Thursday #37
Anyone who "believes" this senseandsensibility Thursday #7
This, the lying, is ongoing brainwashing Dave says Thursday #25
How the fuck would he know? MarineCombatEngineer Thursday #8
he has never once in his entire life gone grocery shopping or pumped his own gas Skittles Thursday #14
Recommended. H2O Man Thursday #9
Me or your lying reality malaise Thursday #10
If he's "taking in Record Numbers" from tariffs, we are the ones it's being taken from. surfered Thursday #11
He means the US Government collecting the tariffs. He insanely thinks that tariff collection can 100% replace income tax Celerity Thursday #15
He really should cut down on the antibiotic bleach consumption. Ping Tung Thursday #13
Lies Iamscrewed Thursday #17
Ah cmon Picaro Thursday #18
Madman mountain grammy Thursday #19
At some point they are less lies and just a brain that is completely broken Bluetus Thursday #23
Geez, just like when him and steven miller Figarosmom Thursday #20
Well what do you expect from an insane demented man who is evil ? kimbutgar Thursday #21
Is he dead yet? red dog 1 Thursday #22
TSF: "Who ya gonna believe, Wednesdays Thursday #24
Well, inflation is lower than it was a couple months ago. Nothing like a recession to bring down inflation.... unblock Thursday #26
National gas prices are down slightly this week compared to last week Wiz Imp Thursday #28
He's fucking delirious ZDU Thursday #29
"It's not a lie if you believe it." czarjak Thursday #30
While overall inflation cooled in March (due entirely to energy prices) Wiz Imp Thursday #31
As for tariffs - of course he's lying. Here's a fact check. Wiz Imp Thursday #32
He's insane. Impeach him and 25th him Joinfortmill Thursday #35
I truly despise MorbidButterflyTat Thursday #38
Pretty blatant. It's not like his appointees would release phony "official" statistics to back up his claims. Midnight Writer Thursday #39
A record number of new taxes imposed and collected by Trump. Norrrm Thursday #40
So there......he said it so, so it must be true zorbasd Thursday #41
He's a grifter, what do you expect? William769 Thursday #42
He forgot, "Up is down and down is up." sinkingfeeling Yesterday #43

Butterflylady

(4,370 posts)
12. This is a very sick person.....
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 09:11 PM
Thursday

What I can't understand are the people that are around him are encouraging this. Republicans that are in the senate and the house have got to see the damages he is causing but yet they don't do anything.

Don't they realize that if they don't do something the Republican party is doomed?

Karadeniz

(24,191 posts)
16. Most have the same inhumane brain he does. Hopefully a few will recognize
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 09:34 PM
Thursday

how unamerican, ungodly and inhumane he is and start turning on him. I hope they bring evidence.

dchill

(42,010 posts)
4. Just the INTEREST INCOME from that account...
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 08:52 PM
Thursday

...will pay for ALL OUR HEALTH CARE FOR YEARS TO COME!!!

ALBliberal

(3,011 posts)
6. Weird. Was just shopping for those "groceries"
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 08:53 PM
Thursday

He keeps referring to. Don’t see any prices going down. Cheapest eggs $5 a dozen. Farm raised $8-$10 a dozen. Thank goodness Coronas are only $14 for a 12 pack (maybe New Mexico made a deal with Mexico?) because someone said a 12 pack was super expensive somewhere else in the country.

Be well DU community.

LuvLoogie

(7,964 posts)
33. Dude, Coronas?!
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 10:56 PM
Thursday

Get Miller High Life. $8 for a twelve pack. Hits better than a Corona in my book.

senseandsensibility

(21,663 posts)
7. Anyone who "believes" this
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 08:54 PM
Thursday

is brainwashed. Unfortunately, there are way too many people who would rather accept this than the evidence right in front of them.

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,071 posts)
8. How the fuck would he know?
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 08:54 PM
Thursday

Last edited Thu Apr 17, 2025, 10:34 PM - Edit history (1)

When was the last time Been A Dick Donald actually went shopping?
Filled his gas tank?
I can say with absolute certainty that prices ARE NOT GOING DOWN, diesel fuel alone has risen by .50 cents a gallon in the last 3 weeks.

The criminal just can't stop lying.

Skittles

(163,413 posts)
14. he has never once in his entire life gone grocery shopping or pumped his own gas
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 09:14 PM
Thursday

he is one of the ELITES they are always going on about.......

H2O Man

(76,631 posts)
9. Recommended.
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 08:56 PM
Thursday

The response I'd like to give isn't proper for a site that youngsters may read.

surfered

(6,207 posts)
11. If he's "taking in Record Numbers" from tariffs, we are the ones it's being taken from.
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 09:00 PM
Thursday

Foreign governments or exporters do not pay the tariffs, the American importer, then American consumer does.

Celerity

(49,340 posts)
15. He means the US Government collecting the tariffs. He insanely thinks that tariff collection can 100% replace income tax
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 09:15 PM
Thursday

Ping Tung

(2,093 posts)
13. He really should cut down on the antibiotic bleach consumption.
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 09:11 PM
Thursday

It's forked his tongue and reduced the number of his remaining brain cells to single digits.

Figarosmom

(5,212 posts)
20. Geez, just like when him and steven miller
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 09:45 PM
Thursday

Sat right there in the oval office and told reporters that the Supreme Court said in a 9-0 ruling that judges can't tell him what to do. They really think that if they tell people the opposite of the truth they will just go with it.

Well some do just go with it but not all.

unblock

(54,991 posts)
26. Well, inflation is lower than it was a couple months ago. Nothing like a recession to bring down inflation....
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 10:10 PM
Thursday

*prices* are still going up, but *inflation* -- the rate at which prices are going up -- is lower, at least depending on which month you compare it to.

Again, though, that's due to him causing a completely avoidable recession, not remotely worth slowing inflation by a fraction of a percent.

Wiz Imp

(4,733 posts)
28. National gas prices are down slightly this week compared to last week
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 10:34 PM
Thursday

but are up from 2 weeks ago and up even more over the month and since Trump's inauguration

https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_gas_price

https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/

Wiz Imp

(4,733 posts)
31. While overall inflation cooled in March (due entirely to energy prices)
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 10:44 PM
Thursday

The monthly increase in food prices in March was the highest monthly increase since January 2023. Not good news or anything to brag about.

Wiz Imp

(4,733 posts)
32. As for tariffs - of course he's lying. Here's a fact check.
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 10:56 PM
Thursday
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/04/trump-expands-on-dubious-daily-tariff-revenue-claim/

Trump’s claim of $2 billion or more a day in tariff revenue is contradicted by figures released by multiple federal departments or agencies.

Also, as of April 15, the U.S. had received more than $2.3 billion in customs duties and certain excise taxes for the month, according to a Treasury Department daily financial statement. If that total included just tariffs, since excise taxes are different from customs duties, it still would be roughly $156 million per day in revenue. (Treasury data for only custom duties paid in April won’t be available until May. In February, there was about $259 million a day in customs duties paid, and the March per-day total was roughly $264 million.) Economists we consulted were also skeptical of the president’s claim of billions of dollars in daily tariff collections to date. “No, there is absolutely no way we are collecting $2b per day in tariff revenue,” Gene M. Grossman, an economics and international affairs professor at Princeton University, told us.

As for Trump’s claim that the U.S. lost “$2 billion a day” or “$3 billion a day” during the Biden administration, Grossman and Johnson both said that the president’s statement appears to be based on the U.S. international trade deficit – not revenue from tariffs.

In 2024, Biden’s final year as president, the U.S. trade deficit in goods and services was more than $918 billion, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The trade deficit in goods alone was about $1.2 trillion. Divide either by 365 days, and you get an average per-day deficit of between $2.5 billion and $3.3 billion. “My guess is that’s what Trump is mentally doing — since trade deficits mean you’re ‘losing’ in his vocabulary,” Johnson said. However, Grossman said “it’s ridiculous to think of that as a loss,” since the U.S. got the goods. He also said it’s ridiculous “to equate [the average daily trade deficit] in some way to tariff revenue.”

Midnight Writer

(23,702 posts)
39. Pretty blatant. It's not like his appointees would release phony "official" statistics to back up his claims.
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 11:34 PM
Thursday

Would they?

Norrrm

(1,208 posts)
40. A record number of new taxes imposed and collected by Trump.
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 11:36 PM
Thursday

A tariff is a tax, paid by the American consumer.

zorbasd

(383 posts)
41. So there......he said it so, so it must be true
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 11:38 PM
Thursday

The fascist propaganda machinery is so set and complete locking up the media narative in this country, that his cult base will believe it with all their hearts.

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