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#insanity

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My parents bought their house in 1989 before my brother was born. They paid $88k. In 2025 dollars, that would be ~$227k today.

Just to set the context.

Current estimated value? ~$590k.

The dollars for a 1989 purchase, if instead put into an interest-bearing account matching inflation, would not be able to cover the down payment on the same property in 2025.

Trump Keeps Backing Down, Exempts Phones & Computers from Tariffs

I think we need to get some sane person to be the last one to talk to felon Trump each day & maybe we can stop some of this havoc. Unfortunately, it's difficult to find a sane person in Trump's advisors. There may not be any at all.

#felontrump #corruption #tariffs #insanity #uspolitics

gizmodo.com/trump-keeps-backin

Gizmodo · Trump Keeps Backing Down, Exempts Phones and Computers from TariffsIt's the Art of the Deal.

Well, the secret police are ramping up; The Trump administration has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying “anti-Christian bias” as part of its effort to implement a sweeping new executive order on supporting employees of Christian faith working in the federal government.

The department, according to a copy of an internal cable obtained by POLITICO, will work with an administration-wide task force to collect information “involving anti-religious bias during the last presidential administration” and will collect examples of anti-Christian bias through anonymous employee report forms.

So, that’s fun!

politico.com/news/2025/04/11/s

Replied to Nonilex

@Nonilex Trump has no ideology beyond satisfying his own personal needs. He is a raging bull in a china shop. I don’t know what insanity means, exactly, but there are a large number of people who like the way he thinks. Beyond the immediate need to stop Trump, his supporters, benefactors and enablers constitute the larger threat.
#Trump #USPOL #insanity #economy #Tariffs #inflation #democracy #kakistocracy #Fascism #Christofascist #Maga #project2 #billionaires

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“In the last few days, we have had many conversations with macro #fund managers,” wrote Tom Lee, the head of research at the #financial analysis firm FSInsights.

“And their concern is that the White House is not acting rationally, but rather on ideology. And some even fear that this may not even be ideology,” Lee continued. “A few have quietly wondered if the President might be #insane.”