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Buy your stuff at a yard sale and drive a little less -- we can do this!!

I'm a gas station oil purchaser and we just got the call on prices expecting to rise significantly Tuesday. Get ready everyone, this won't be good.\n\nStock up on food and gas if possible now. It's going to keep getting worse as other countries join in on retaliation. Remember these countries are only fighting against us while we're fighting against all of them. USA has very little natural resources quickly available (California water situation)

Trump’s tariffs (/geo-economic warfare)—and his desire to annex Canada and Greenland and seize back control of the Panama Canal—has got little to do with immigration or drugs coming into the US (whatever happened to Build the Wall?) especially in the case of Canada. It’s about debt and power, the former growing, the latter fading. Trump himself has said tariffs are a means to make America wealthy and to abolish income tax. It’s got to do with America living outside its means with massive deficits and ballooning debt, and rather than take responsibility for that, the US thinks others should pay (when US consumers will) for it to continue to live outside its means, while it cuts taxes largely to the benefit of the wealthy... \nRemember when Iraq invaded Kuwait, how it said it was because Kuwait (and the United Arab Emirates) caused a drop in oil prices with the overproduction of crude oil, thus impacting Iraq’s ability to pay its debts and recover from the Iran-Iraq war, but really it was about seizing Kuwait’s large oil reserves, canceling the debt it owed Kuwait, and expanding its power in the region… Sound similar?

The study of psychology I enjoyed it.... A little sociology..... I wish more people would enjoy these curriculums.... Maybe Donald Trump should take a peek at it .....besides those Nazi books

At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. They're allowed to take only a rucksack and a little cash with them, and even then, they're robbed of these possessions on the way. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return from shopping to find their houses sealed, their families gone.

Maybe we should start acting a little bit more like North Korea. The audacity of this invasion disgusts me. Try that in ANY other country and see what happens. America is too soft.

So many hard-hearted Christians in the comments. I hear so very little compassion.

Trump do your f****** job and get this under f****** control you said you was going to secure the border these little short motherfuking patrol officer ain't doing s***

ATTEMPTED ?????? you are seeing this right now cause they just can't help themselves using these people as pawns to make Trumps policies look bad. Hoping for some front page pictures of poor little Migrants getting pepper sprayed.. when they are trying to enter illegally ! It's disgusting. When are you left braindead fools gonna wake up and see what they are doing?

If you have watched for the past 4 years this is how they did it. They let all the thugs and military style men and the prisoners from other country's in . Not to many family's came usual singles in groups dragging children through the gap.few women they rated and tortured the girls and little boys. Now these people are coming in massive amounts. 1 million was on back log already approved just had to get an appointment date. It was cut off from these ppl and they are mad because they gave up or sold everything based on Joe Biden And Kamala lies and treason selling out our country to the UN. The UN gave these ppl thousands to come .single men were told they were going to be soldiers when they got here. But UN stop reloading their visa cards with so much money. It gives on and on. Trust they will continue to take over. American best wake up and stop letting the communist Marxist Democrat devide us. Jeffries said today they will take the fight to the street. AOCdid too last week in a post on X. Do you think any of those rich democrats going to help.DjT gave 24 million to help hurricane victims on the coast. Nancy P has 300million do you think she would give 25.million to Cali. Heck no. Her and Newsom ripped billions off. Only Jesus Christ ?.

We each have our little flickers of time here... No one else will ever know much, if any, of what it is like to be who we are, and for the most part no one will ever really care. Our life is ultimately our life, and so long as we are not harming others in the process we must create a life of our own meaning, determining our own objects of importance and committing to their pursuance. Throughout our life we are faced with serious decisions about what we believe, who we are, and what we do, and mostly none of it is self evident. If we look we can always find a reason to regret any decision we make, move or stay, agree or disagree, take the job or quit, marry or divorce, live one path or another... In all cases whatever the choice may be, we will only know the outcome of the one we take, and none we take will ever ultimately resolve the uncertainty of life. However, perhaps it is less about getting a potential course of life right, and more about attempting to do so with an effort of self honesty and virtue. To live a life that can be looked back on with the knowledge that some of our decisions were wrong in their effects, but right in their intention of not selling ourselves short. Ultimately no matter what we do or say or believe, there will always be a great many who disagree, or judge, or become upset by our decisions. It is of essential importance that we ensure that among those people, we are not one of them.

And I'm sure with some people coming across the border. There may be a sense of entitlement, but I would think for the majority, it's a sense of hope.\n I wish we could embrace every person. That is good coming across that border with open arms and tell them Hey, it's gonna be all right. It's gonna be okay for you and your family. But unfortunately we can't. It's a hard pill to swallow and it's a final thing to watch. People have to struggle that world is a very cruel place for some. And for others it could be very easy in a sense. I think sometimes we have to have empathy for other people. And if we don't have that we're never gonna grow as a human race. Color should never, ever be a barrier. Language should never be a barrier. The only barrier that we have is hatred and just evil people and good. That is, the barrier that we should be looking at if we ever want to grow into what God created us to be eyes need to be opened. These people aren't coming over here and take what we have. You're coming over here because they want something better for their lives. They have struggled most other lives. I'm sure they have seen death. Famine pestilence, things that we have never seen in this country. Our generation.\n S are spoiled when it comes to things like that. We have to open our eyes a little further broaden. Our horizons and take a look at the situation at hand and not be objective. Be like the men of old and what they were put on this Earth to do is solve problems. That's what men are good for solving problems. And that's what the men of this manner should solve the problems. Use your heads think we can find a solution.

I feel sorry for the little kids they dont know anything ,just like me when my mom took me on a boat to the ocean for freedom at midnight during chinese New Year.

Why does she sound little manly I wonder??

Trump is dumb. He has to learn to move a little quiter. There was a time the promised to close Gitmo fully as a human rights violation. Then folks forgot, and now, with this, they'll remember again, and everyone is going to start screaming terrorists rights again.

Canada has been recruiting for the armed forces here trying to entice more woman to its ranks. This includes air force. Perhaps we might do a little head hunting south of the border as the removal of transgender DEI (woman) pilots( jet trained) in military already trained seasoned and having see combat in many cases would be an amazing addition to encourage even more woman here to enlist in our Military as a life career! JUST A THOUGHT! Saves money!

While I don’t agree with anyone entering the US illegally, those that are saying “fix your own country” is easier said than done, my response to that is “why don’t you fix the things you hate or complain about throughout your life”? Don’t worry I’ll wait ?\n\nA lot of these people are broke, have little to no education (partly because they were broke), and can barely make money to feed themselves. None of us get to write a wishlist as to where we are born or who our parents are. This is just part of an unfortunate circumstance. \n\nNow if you’re a criminal and want to commit crimes in the US, you don’t deserve anything in life.

We don't need or want a little mexico int the midwest.

Knee surgery comparison is a poor comparison. You chose self inflicted medical down time. The individual requiring knee surgery did not. You took down time because changing your gender identity was something you felt you needed, which isn't putting the service of your country first. I don't choose myself over my people - period. I don't believe that is the merit of a good leader. I don't believe the excellence in your skill set comes from an inability to establish personally what gender you want to be. Results in combat and protecting what's right in the air and on the battlefield have little to do with wanting to be a woman or a man. Get the job done, be a silent operator. It seems to me, that you care more about your gender than you do about your service to your country. I hope in the end, you get everything your heart desires. I truly do. But I hope you recognise that the world isn't fair. I don't think this piece by CNN is more important than covering what's going on in the lives of those suffering that need the air time more than this individual. Further more, the reporter - she just looks like an angry woman who isn't getting what she wants. She doesn't appear to be unbiased at all. It's not a good reflection for the CNN. I think fair reporting is fair, I also believe one should come across as unbiased when reporting fairly, here the reporter has failed to do so in my opinion. Out

As an Asian, I was a little surprised that there were transgender soldiers. in my country there are only male and female soldiers.\n\nWhy did Trump end this show so quickly? Let transgender people rule the army and all aspects of America.\n\n At least America has high military technology, but not its soldiers. to create world military balance.

It all started with Biden sniffing little girls …

Surprise surprise for the enemy. Our female troops come with a little something extra.

Actually to tell you the truth, the cost of housing is about equivalent or a little cheaper when you do the currency conversion, in Canada and the United States. Toronto and Vancouver (which seems to be the primary examples here) are significantly cheaper than New York but the most expensive in Canada. This post is way over the top, exaggerating the situation in Canada.

totally bizarre: dream ever since little...little what? BOY

Thank you for your service, bro. Now GTFO. Let the adults do the heavy lifting concerning the defense of this great country. If you must participate, go to San Francisco and tell your friends to leave the little kids TF alone.

You guys just don't get it. You wanna know why the morale is down and why the recruitment levels are low? Because you don't have a bunch of little boys at home, playing with their little green Army man or GI Joe's, or looking at the news and seeing this big muscled dude with a 5 o'clock shadow, lipstick, and the big pair of boobs...\nNot an inspirational figure.

To think they used to lock people up for thinking they were God, JC or Napoleon. What's wrong with a man thinking he's a woman, or a kangaroo for that matter.\nAll it takes is a wig, some fake boobs and a little lipstick, and bingo. Wallace Berry is suddenly Marilyn Monroe.\nNow all you hafta do is re convince yourself after that wakeup call every time you go to the can.

You spend too much time on issues of such little concern. This is one of the reasons that so many people have turned on CNN and why many have voted for Republicans in the last election. Frankly if I was transgender, treated the way they are by Republicans, I would quit the military.

Trump is an evil, spiteful and also stupid little man.

That’s funny, the trans guest looks a little like a woman, but has a voice of a dude, and the host has a voice of a woman, but looks like a dude.\nGo Figure, imagine that ???

Thank you for advocating for our community. I’m 71, transgender, and this administration’s rhetoric is deeply troubling to me. I can only imagine how a young transgender person or those who are serving our nation must be feeling. I have a YouTube channel, and up to now I receive very little attention about who I am. I’ve been growing my channel and enjoy making videos about “what’s next” None of them have to do with my gender. My subscribers /viewers seem to like my content despite my being transgender my comments are very respectful and supportive of my content. I hope that trend continues. People fear what they don’t know.

All the scared little men in the comments are so pathetic. Almost 20 years... 2 tours and 60 combat missions but all you care about is genitalia. Its sooo creepy.

I have a lot of sympathy for these people, especially considering many gave up everything they had to pay smugglers to get this far while our government was effectively letting everyone in while offering additional incentives such as money and temporary housing. That said, if we don't have borders we don't have a country. Add on the massive welfare state that they will all become burdens on, either immediately or eventually, and it becomes clear to anyone with a little bit knowledge and common sense that the policies of the Biden administration that allowed things to get this bad, if not stopped immediately, would mean the end of the middle class, the further impoverishment of the lower class and massive benefits for the wealthiest among us. And when I say wealthy I'm not talking about the guy making 7 figures. I mean those who control billions, either directly or indirectly. You know, the same people who have the power to influence political parties to enact such policies and push narratives by the corporate media that state anyone who questions the policy is racist, greedy, heartless, or xenophobic.

Serves y'all well, that's what you all parochially voted for under the arrogance and delusion that the world needs USA, but ISA does not need the world. One day alone, the stock market has lost nearly $1 trillion...if you're among the little investors sell or be ready to lose because the economy has moved to the global south since post covid. More to come.

Venezuela shows socialism they chose it straight out and you can watch all the biographies and the video of female biographies and all that kind of stuff that will show you how the last 15 years they went little by little next thing they did was took their guns that's a that's a red flag right there when they start taking your guns you know you on your way to socialism and communism and then of course now the vene owns and runs businesses they didn't build the people who did well they're just broke and that's how corrupt government is and for anybody in this day and age after having the 20th century just the 20th century itself and show what communism and socialism and fascism does I don't care how nice it sounds in 2025 to you it's the same point if it sounds nice to you today it sounded and it sounded nice to the Venezuelan people you know 20 years ago when they started it it sounded nice to it always sounds nice to everybody because it's giving away Something Free and there is nothing free except for the grace of God on this planet and when people get that through their thick skull that every time somebody wants to run as a politician starts talking about giving you stuff that's the red flag get him out of there

Every nation should little by little build social structures,\nWith the help of other nations, if needed, or just become another state of USA ??, then equal opportunity

No one made the social net in Canada for us, we made it for each other. That's democracy. Having said, that, I use the healthcare system as little as possible while others are breaking its back with minor colds, especially since Covid. Fear of lack of healthcare was not the Canadian norm, but seems to have become that way resulting in people destroying a good thing and getting lazier about personal responsibility! So much talk about politics everywhere now and not much talk about responsibility for ourselves let alone our neighbours. Politicians are not gods!

It has been mentioned that India has taken the top spot globally for scams, ranging from fake education credentials to unethical business practices, making Nigerians seem like saints in comparison within the world of scamming. Furthermore, Indians often resist integrating into and accepting the culture of host countries, which ultimately contributes little value to the global community.

Gullible Gomers. Trump didn't invent deportations.Obama had more deportations than Trump. Biden sent planes of immigrants back to Colombia every couple of days. But they were in passenger planes, not military planes. That's all the Colombian president was complaining about. He wasn't refusing the deportees. \nBut then Trump does his little roleplay for you guys and threatens with tariffs, and you think he's some tough guy forcing Colombia to accept deportees. It's all PR stunts and propaganda to make the dear leader look tough.

Look how little they respect our laws.

None of these migrant evacuating nations would allow millions of Americans to get benefits for anchor babies. Cant stand Rump but Phoenix has become little mexico...and not in a good way

Oh absolutely not..years or not the answer is fk no go home little girls and boys this is no invasion

Its hard to see the little kids on their shoulders ? US gotta have a system this is crazy

And so China wins another key partner in Latin America . Seeing how the US is an unreliable economic partner, that threatens tarriffs over every little dispute, Columbia will most probably start seriously looking into establishing more reliable economic outlets, like China or even Europe for that matter. The only thing clown Trump succeeded in , was to push a crucial regional ally into the hands of a geopolitical rival of the US, sacrificing its long term geopolitical and economic influence over a single issue, not a very major one at that. Stupid, stupid , stupid. But boy is it sweet, to see the US self destructing.

Go Little Rock star

He is going to alienate America to the world because he's like a little child that doesn't get the lollipop

Petty little man???l!!!!

Donald Trump acts like a little Hitler. Go ahead Donald You just goes for those tariffs on everybody and see our exports drop like a rock seriously sunny and the price of everything in the stores quadrupling. I actually hope so I actually hope eggs go to $30 for 12 eggs I hope tomatoes are 15 bucks of tomato and avocados or $30 an avocado and a t-bone steak is 100 because American people just we have it too good in this country for so long now we get a president that's acting like a dictator and violating law after law in the first week he tried to get rid of the inspector generals The ID inspector general and they just told Donald well we're not going to quit You can't make us quit You're vitally in the law Mr Trump we're showing up to work Monday. I hope mos The people in the garment to tell Donald to shove it up his backside that were coming into work and only have allegiance to the Constitution not a want to be Hitler or dictator or king we only pledge our allegiance to the Constitution and since you don't you didn't put your hand on the Bible I don't see you as president Donald what your left hand can't put your hand on the Bible and swear it oath to the Constitution is it that hard or are you swearing at nose to Vladimir Putin I bet that's what you're doing I mean you act like you you're butt off by some big billionaire Elon the ketamine snorter

Hmmm, coffee from one country costing a little more or criminal “migrants” staying in America?

Cry baby little ? ?, fool thinks he is king of the world