He’s [Jerome Powell] a terrible, he’s a terrible fed chair. I’m surprised he was appointed, I was surprised frankly that Biden put him in and extended him.
— President Donald Trump, as reported by The New Republic
Jerome Powell was appointed by Trump during his first term — not Joe Biden.
Bruce Gerencser, 68, lives in rural Northwest Ohio with his wife of 47 years. He and his wife have six grown children and sixteen grandchildren. Bruce pastored Evangelical churches for twenty-five years in Ohio, Texas, and Michigan. Bruce left the ministry in 2005, and in 2008 he left Christianity. Bruce is now a humanist and an atheist.
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At this point it’s hard to tell if it’s congnitive decline or intentional disinformation. He tried to say Biden was in office when Epstein was arrested, convicted, sentenced, imprisoned, and died. Trump was in office when all that happened, Bill Barr was US AG, Pam Bondi was FL AG, and DeathSantis was FL Governor. And the Epstein investigation was closed while Trump was in office.
He has a history of intentionally lying to mislead his followers. Dementia or deception, we need to call hkm out and present the corrext information EVERY TIME. Whether it’s him or one of his supporters/cult members.
Exactly right Sally. Trump knows what he’s doing and the disinformation is deliberate. When and if it ever dawns on a seeming majority of Americans that nothing he says has ANY informative value, and is NOT worth reporting or repeating, that will mark the beginning of the end of his “schtick” and the end of his gaslighting. Best case scenario is some viable part of our democracy survives him.
Even if he dropped dead today (and there’s no downside to that) he’s f*cked things up so badly it’s going to take generations to recover decency in this country.
I saw “Clots and Prayers” and am hopeful of that. But our country is screwed. His administration has done so much damage that will affect us for a generation.
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I always imagine “hope” as the last demon to emerge from Pandora’s box, BUT I do have a bit of hope about the Trump 47 legacy. #1 the vast majority of his policy is enacted by executive order. That means that poof a Democratic or other future administration could eliminate them completely. #2 Even his policy from the “Big Buttugly Bill” can be reversed. #3 While I thought it was a given that Thomas and Alito would retire, I’ve heard they they are afraid of being replace by hack justices that are appointed based on their loyalty to Trump. Even though they are very MAGA, there is a limit. So while we can’t completely hit Ctrl-Z on Trump, much of it can be fixed.
I hope you are right. I want something done about executive orders and pardons. Honorable men don’t abuse these powers. A psychopath like Trump💩 knows nothing about honor and propriety.
I fear he and Steven Miller are planning to fuck over the American people as early as 2026. God, I hope I’m wrong, but my weary, aged “gut” tells me storms are ahead. 😢😢
I fear for my children and grandchildren. I’ll be dead in a few years, but, God willing, 🤣 they have decades of life ahead. Imagine how the world will be in 10-20 years if Trumpism and the MAGA movements are not stopped. That’s why I fear, and why I continue to write.