President Trump 2.0

[thenry]

Trump on the attack. FAA push for diversity is being knocked back. People with disabilities and mental health don't have a place in the position of aviation control. He said something about the previous transport head being bullshit. Sorry I don't remember I can't stop laughing

Another fact-free statement from Trump…

https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-ne...ttee-34584857#

The Trump White House stated, "Safety and competence should be the only job criteria for FAA employees, yet the Biden Administration violated the public trust-as well as the law-by prioritising illegal DEI hiring."

It went on to allege that Biden "specifically recruited and hired individuals with 'severe intellectual' disabilities, psychiatric issues and complete paralysis over other individuals who sought to work for the FAA."

The White House announced just over a week ago, on January 22 via its website, that President Trump "ended DEI madness and restored excellence and safety within the FAA."

Only 14k out of the 45k FAA employees are Air Traffic Controllers - why shouldn’t people with disabilities do the other jobs, or paraplegics or ex-military with a missing arm be Air Traffic Controllers?

[Stephen]

Wow him and his team really are a disgusting bunch. Spout allsprts of embarrassing nonsense.

[thenry]

Originally Posted by thenry

Trump on the attack. FAA push for diversity is being knocked back. People with disabilities and mental health don't have a place in the position of aviation control. He said something about the previous transport head being bullshit. Sorry I don't remember I can't stop laughing

Here's a link

https://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...i-plane-crash/

And the main takeaway..

President Trump claims he knows diversity hires had to do with the DC crash ‘because I have common sense’

https://nypost.com/video/president-t...-common-sense/

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by thenry

Here's a link

https://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...i-plane-crash/

And the main takeaway..

Trump has common sense that's certainly another false statement from humpty.

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by ianch99

Welcome to MAGA America:

Trump's Treasury nominee just said "extending" Trump's tax handouts for billionaires is their TOP priority: "This is the single most important economic issue of the day."

That’s not what he says, and if you’re reduced to using a one minute TikTok video on Reddit, you’ve lost the point before you’ve made it.


Try harder.

Originally Posted by Pierre

That’s not what he says, and if you’re reduced to using a one minute TikTok video on Reddit, you’ve lost the point before you’ve made it.


Try harder.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...ty-2025-01-16/

Jan 16 (Reuters) - Scott Bessent, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Treasury Department, on Thursday said that extending Trump's 2017 tax cuts that are set to expire at the end of this year is "the single most important economic issue of the day."

"If we do not renew and extend, then we will be facing an economic calamity," Bessent told the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. "We will see a gigantic middle class tax increase."

https://donnellonlaw.com/blog/which-...trump-tax-cut/

Which Tax Bracket Benefited Most from the Trump Tax Cut?

Justin Fox wrote in February 2021 for Bloomberg about recent data he obtained concerning the year 2018 in federal taxes.

This data refers specifically to the Alternative Minimum Tax, and changes that the Trump administration made to the Alternative Minimum Tax. These tax cuts were included in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

These cuts were advertised as gifts to the middle class. Who gained from these cuts, and by how much?

Two particular tax brackets gained the most from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The slivers of the population whose adjusted gross income was between $200,000 and $1,000,000 gained the most from their 2018 federal taxes.

Another data set from the I.R.S. splits taxpayers into percentiles. To be specific, it slices U.S. taxpayers into 100 groups. The percentile group that benefited the most? The 98th. In 2018, the 98th percentile referred to households that had an adjusted gross income between $359,000 and $540,000.

According to Jim Tankersley of the New York Times, that 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will be difficult for the Biden administration to roll back.

That Act was estimated to cost the U.S. government coffers nearly $2 trillion over ten years.

[Pierre]

was between $200,000 and $1,000,000 gained the most from their 2018 federal taxes.

Billionaires?

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Pierre

Billionaires?

Maybe it's a mere rounding up error

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Pierre

Billionaires?

The term 'billionaire' describes someone's assets not their income.

[thenry]

“This is a tragedy that occurred above DCA airport. Lives have been lost. Families have been devastated. People are suffering, and the leader of this country decides to go out and pedal lies, conspiracy theories, and attack people of color and women without any basis whatsoever,” said House of Representatives Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., in a video posted on X. “Have you no decency? Have you no respect for families whose lives have been turned upside down?”

https://thegrio.com/2025/01/30/black...icopter-crash/

Congressional Black Caucus chairwoman Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, D-N.Y., wrote on X, “While families grieve and our nation mourns the 67 victims of last night’s heartbreaking crash, Donald Trump and his cronies are already abusing this tragedy to further their racist, repugnant agenda.”

In a separate statement on behalf of the CBC, Clarke said, “Not only are the President’s claims untrue, they also speak to the Republican Party’s desire to divide us as a country.” The congresswoman said diversity policies “work to benefit all Americans who have traditionally been kept out of opportunities, including white women, veterans, and aging Americans.”

She continued, “Not just the Black and minority communities that Trump and Republicans want to scapegoat and villainize for political gain.” Clarke declared, “We are not going back!”

https://thegrio.com/2025/01/30/black...icopter-crash/

U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, said in a statement to theGrio, “While human bodies are still being pulled from the Potomac, Donald Trump is blaming white women and minorities for the deadly crash under the guise of DEI.”

“We should all expect our President to lead us with sympathy and compassion during a monumental tragedy such as a fatal airline crash that claimed 67 lives,” the congresswoman continued. “Instead, he is lambasting armed services personnel, pilots and air traffic controllers for a crash that is unprecedented and is still under investigation. The response from the White House lacks leadership; it’s abysmal and sickening.”

https://thegrio.com/2025/01/30/black...icopter-crash/

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., similarly called Trump’s remarks “disgusting, racist and sexist.” She added, “Their reckless actions have consequences and they should be held accountable.”

https://thegrio.com/2025/01/30/black...icopter-crash/

It's beyond me how these people live out in the real world. Outside their bubble is a world which is very unforgiving.

We don't know the reasons for the crash yet if it was even the fault of air traffic control or, if it was, how those people were hired.

Let's all calm down rather than use the death of dozens of people to score political points or wind people up.

Originally Posted by Pierre

Billionaires?

Originally Posted by papa smurf

Maybe it's a mere rounding up error

Billionaires…

https://www.theguardian.com/business...aires-pay-less

They were billed as a “middle-class miracle” but according to a new book Donald Trump’s $1.5tn tax cuts have helped billionaires pay a lower rate than the working class for the first time in history.

In 2018 the richest 400 families in the US paid an average effective tax rate of 23% while the bottom half of American households paid a rate of 24.2%…

… Taxes on the rich have been falling for decades. In 1960 the 400 richest families paid as much as 56% in taxes, by 1980 the rate had fallen to 40%. But Trump’s tax cuts – his most significant legislative victory – proved a tipping point.

Thanks to the controversial tax package the top 0.1% of US households were granted a 2.5% tax cut that pushed their rate below that of the lower 50% of US earners…

… The calculations of Saez and Zucman, who have previously worked with the French economist Thomas Piketty, take into account not just federal income taxes but also state, local and corporate taxes.

https://www.propublica.org/article/s...utiful-tax-cut

The Trump administration championed the pass-through provision as tax relief for “small businesses.”

Confidential tax records, however, reveal that Johnson’s last-minute maneuver benefited two families more than almost any others in the country — both worth billions and both among the senator’s biggest donors.

The Inside Story of How We Reported the Secret IRS Files
Dick and Liz Uihlein of packaging giant Uline, along with roofing magnate Diane Hendricks, together had contributed around $20 million to groups backing Johnson’s 2016 reelection campaign.

The expanded tax break Johnson muscled through netted them $215 million in deductions in 2018 alone, drastically reducing the income they owed taxes on. At that rate, the cut could deliver more than half a billion in tax savings for Hendricks and the Uihleins over its eight-year life.

But the tax break did more than just give a lucrative, and legal, perk to Johnson’s donors. In the first year after Trump signed the legislation, just 82 ultrawealthy households collectively walked away with more than $1 billion in total savings, an analysis of confidential tax records shows. Republican and Democratic tycoons alike saw their tax bills chopped by tens of millions, among them: media magnate and former Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg; the Bechtel family, owners of the engineering firm that bears their name; and the heirs of the late Houston pipeline billionaire Dan Duncan.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by thenry

It's beyond me how these people live out in the real world. Outside their bubble is a world which is very unforgiving.

They have a point though.
Donnie should have made a simple statement expressing his and the nations condolences to the families of those lost and trying to bring the nation together after a horrible and tragic accident.

Instead choosing to divide and sling political nonsense around. It really isn't very presidential to utter quite what he did. Deciding what happened is up to the NTSB and no one else. Let them investigate and then report their findings. At present there is no blame as we do not know what happened.