Trump fans, what are your thoughts now please?

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Just wondering.

Did he promise to crawl up Putin's rectum? I don't remember him campaigning on that.

So your view is that all those USAID programs are essential? Every penny essential?
1% … 1%. …. You think that even 1% “savings” would be crippling ???

Interesting that you would be happy to just leave the spending unchecked.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-19/doge-says-it-s-saved-55-billion-itemized-data-show-far-less

DOGE Says It’s Saved $55 Billion; Data Show Much Less

Cost-cutting effort itemizes about $8.6 billion in savings

Data includes error that inflates value of DOGE savings so far

Still alright.

That’s absolutely not what they said and either you can’t comprehend what someone writes, or you’re being deliberately obtuse.

slashing spend willy nilly with no regard to the consequences is not “making savings”. It may be, but it may also turn out to be counter productive and/or stupid (as some of the actions taken have already proven to be).

saying that does not mean there are no savings to be found, or that they should not be looked for. It’s just that care should be taken to ensure the benefit outweighs the cost. I see no such care being taken

You would think if something was so serious and vital that it wouldn't have been allowed to descend into the abject clownshow that it has in many areas

Quickly peddling your bike backwards ..

Previously … ascend to obscene spending on pet projects.
previous admin not so much clown show as Grandpa is senile and will agree to anything

I suggest you read and respond to what I actually wrote rather than your made-up nonsense about what you imagine my views are.

DOGE has been operational for a few weeks. They are not yet in a position to declare any "savings". Their numbers are meaningless at the minute. So why are they putting out numbers at all?🤔

The whir of the wheels spinning backward continues, more frantically.

As Musk said, not everything he says is correct. The same applies to doge.

What are you on about? That poster made perfect sense, you didn’t understand it, or just tried to be argumentative, they haven’t changed anything about their statement, you are not engaging with what was actually written

Your continuing inability to accurately comprehend what others have written is a "you" problem, not a "them" problem.

Because some people will believe anything without bothering to check.

Although I doubt the numbers are going to cut through much when voters find themselves unemployed and the services to help the unemployed have been eradicated.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/doge-accounting-errors_n_67b6538ce4b0be61010d7653?d_id=8752042&ref=bffbbuzzfeed&utm_source=dynamic&utm_campaign=bffbbuzzfeed&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0E7_gOFj9f-6w1rGZW3iNMQDVesTjM1cmtkNDZABd5fC6eUDcIFPsIEHQ_aem__0Kc7ZhWfNMnUSem3mXS-A

He doesn't care

If you backpedal far enough, you will find that you and your “them” problems, are 100% your “inability” problem. Looking forward to another of your attempts at having a triumphant last word.

DOGE is all a lie.
Their numbers and links are lies.

USAID paid US farmers to grow crops
those farmers will now not get paid

How do you propose that free and fair elections should be held given that Ukraine is at war after Russia's invasion; parts of the country are under foreign occupation; and many Ukrainian citizens have been forced into exile. I'm interested in knowing how people think the logistics of this would work.

I don't propose (detailed in my subsequent posts).

Do the farmers sell their crops?

"I'd desperately love for a DOGE type of audit in this country, "

What audit? They haven't audited anything - they've just started randomly firing people. All so simplistic people would cheer and rave at fucking over civil servants. Civil servants being just average citizens who do the day to day work of running the country.

Fair enough, I hadn't connected that you were the same poster.

I don't agree with your assessment though that Trump is simply doing what needs to be done. Of course, we all want the killing to stop, but not in a way that encourages and rewards aggression. I can't see how that will lead to a sustainable peace at all.

Of course, we all want the killing to stop

What do you see the realistic options are for this?

The US Rice farmers have to find other customers for a crop that is already in the ground.
The USA does not need that rice - that is why they sold it to the Government for overseas aid.
Those farmers will suffer massive financial losses
due to Trump