The Elon Musk Thread…

[Smitty]

Yep I took a break until I finally got tired of seeing you guys falling all over yourselves to praise the shitshow that Trump has wrought.

There's no shitshow. He's doing way better than the last 4-5 Presidents at anything you profess to care about.

 

[Smitty]

Greatest individual liberty? Can you seriously say that with a straight face? You're talking about Trump, the guy who wants to have the FCC rescind the license of CBS because of the way they edited an interview with Harris? Trump, who said that protestors should be shot in the fucking leg? Are you fucking kidding me?

He doesn't want to do any of those things.

You're lying.

Again.

His bombastic claims aren't what he actually wants to do. He talks tough but that's meaningless.

 

[Irving Cowboy]

He doesn't want to do any of those things.

You're lying.

Again.

His bombastic claims aren't what he actually wants to do. He talks tough but that's meaningless.

I can't tell if your head is in the sand or up your ass.

 

[Smitty]

Reagan called them the evil empire, and Trump refuses to acknowledge that Russia even invaded Ukraine, or that Putin is in fact the dictator.

I can see what you're saying.

Fucking kidding me?

Reagan called the Soviet Union the evil Empire. It's not the Soviet Union anymore.

Russia is run by mobsters but they don't pose the same threat to us anymore. Factually.

Trump doesn't "refuse," to acknowledge that Russia invaded Ukraine. More lies.

To end this war you can't just shit on Russia. It's either massage the situation or start WW3.

Reagan wouldn't choose WW3.

 

[Smitty]

I can't tell if your head is in the sand or up your ass.

Facts are facts, doofus. He hasn't tried to do any of the things you claim he "wants."

He spouts off like he has a big ego.

The difference is we know the difference between tough talk and reality and you apparently don't.

The difference also is, we see the results and you can't get over your little feelings when he offends you with mean speech.

You're like a little baby. Grow up, sunshine. Sticks and stones may break your bones but Orange Man's words won't hurt you.

 

[Cotton]

Reagan wouldn't choose WW3.

Neither would Trump. There are a lot of similarities between Reagan and Trump. They just presented themselves differently.

 

[bbgun]

 

[Irving Cowboy]

Facts are facts, doofus. He hasn't tried to do any of the things you claim he "wants."

Here's just one example:

Trump calls for CBS to lose license, ‘60 Minutes’ to be ‘terminated’

NPR receives about 1% of its funding from the federal government each year and PBS receives about 16%.

ny1.com

 

[Irving Cowboy]

So when he continues to spread the bullshit about people who are 150+ years old still collecting Social Security, is that just talking tough or an outright lie?

 

[Smitty]

Here's just one example:

Trump calls for CBS to lose license, ‘60 Minutes’ to be ‘terminated’

NPR receives about 1% of its funding from the federal government each year and PBS receives about 16%.

ny1.com

That's not an example of him pulling CBS's license. He doesn't actually want to do it.

Again, he also said he'd lock up Hillary Clinton. He didn't.

 

[Smitty]

So when he continues to spread the bullshit about people who are 150+ years old still collecting Social Security, is that just talking tough or an outright lie?

US recovers $31 million in federal payments to dead people

Ever since the U.S. Social Security Administration opened its books to the Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of Fiscal Service, it has been able to stop and recover more than $31 million in improper federal payments to dead people.

apnews.com

 

[Smitty]

Also, here's what he actually said (so more lies from Irv)... he didn't say any specific number of dead people were receiving social security.

At a Feb. 18 press briefing, Trump said that “we have millions and millions of people over 100 years old. Everybody knows that’s not so. We have a very corrupt country, very corrupt country, and it’s a sad thing to say, but we’re figuring it out. … If you take all those numbers off, because they’re obviously fraudulent or incompetent, but if you take all of those millions of people off of Social Security, all of a sudden we have a very powerful Social Security with people that are 80 and 70 and 90 but not 200.”


Trump also said the administration was looking into how many people actually got checks and said “maybe millions” of people were being fraudulently paid. “How many of them were getting paid Social Security, because if that’s the case, it’s a massive fraud. … I mean, maybe millions of them,” he said.

He said "maybe."

We don't know (that's the problem).

And neither does Irv or the AP "fact checkers."

 

[Smitty]

And again - if you were at all intellectually honest, you'd welcome the investigation.

Even if they end up being wrong about how much they can save, at least they are trying.

 

[Irving Cowboy]

US recovers $31 million in federal payments to dead people

Ever since the U.S. Social Security Administration opened its books to the Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of Fiscal Service, it has been able to stop and recover more than $31 million in improper federal payments to dead people.

apnews.com

$31M, over 5 months? That's much less than if several thousand people who were +100 years old but dead were collecting, so yes, Trump is a liar, something you cannot admit.

 

[Irving Cowboy]

That's not an example of him pulling CBS's license. He doesn't actually want to do it.

So he says he wants to do it, but he doesn't actually want to do it. Makes perfect sense. To you.

Again, he also said he'd lock up Hillary Clinton. He didn't.

For what? Emails?

 

[Irving Cowboy]

Also, here's what he actually said (so more lies from Irv)... he didn't say any specific number of dead people were receiving social security.

At a Feb. 18 press briefing, Trump said that “we have millions and millions of people over 100 years old. Everybody knows that’s not so. We have a very corrupt country, very corrupt country, and it’s a sad thing to say, but we’re figuring it out. … If you take all those numbers off, because they’re obviously fraudulent or incompetent, but if you take all of those millions of people off of Social Security, all of a sudden we have a very powerful Social Security with people that are 80 and 70 and 90 but not 200.”


Trump also said the administration was looking into how many people actually got checks and said “maybe millions” of people were being fraudulently paid. “How many of them were getting paid Social Security, because if that’s the case, it’s a massive fraud. … I mean, maybe millions of them,” he said.

He said "maybe."

We don't know (that's the problem).

And neither does Irv or the AP "fact checkers."

Do you even comprehend the bullshit you're putting out? Now I can see why you love Trump so much.

 

[Irving Cowboy]

And again - if you were at all intellectually honest, you'd welcome the investigation.

Even if they end up being wrong about how much they can save, at least they are trying.

I welcome the investigation, I just can't stand when they falsify the numbers. Sort of like the "We gave $350B to Ukraine" when it is actually less than half that, which is still a lot, but he can't help himself from exaggerating.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Yeah, I wish Mitt Romney were president. I bet he's never told a lie. Actually he reminds me a lot of George Washington.

 

[roughneck266]

I welcome the investigation, I just can't stand when they falsify the numbers. Sort of like the "We gave $350B to Ukraine" when it is actually less than half that, which is still a lot, but he can't help himself from exaggerating.

The thing is, Irv, NONE of them tell the truth. We are all well aware of that. The reason we are happy is that we are finally seeing something get done about what we all knew was going to be the end of our country if it kept being ignored. All of the presidential candidates always SAY they are going to do something about all the wasteful spending, then they get in office and do fuckall about it. I know you can't give any credit to Trump, I get it, but at least acknowledge they are bring a light to some of the problems.

 

[Smitty]

So he says he wants to do it, but he doesn't actually want to do it. Makes perfect sense. To you.

It's fucking weird but it's just how he talks.

Again, same with "lock Hillary up."

If you can't see through the bluster that's your own ignorant problem.

It's bluster.

If you don't like his rhetoric and you think it makes him sound like a douche then just say so (we all have).

The rest of your bullshit is lies.