If your argument is that they want to rule over the burnt ashes of civilization, fine, but it doesn't really seem like desirable outcome.

Almost like they don't think like us and don't have the same values as we do, weird. Who would have thought.

Dems have already abandoned them

Dem politicians are absolutely still under control even if they aren't as loud as the republicans about it. You're probably right about the voter base though. It's only a matter of time.

If you count the fact that China and Israel have silently been waging war on us for decades, we have.

They just aren't "hot" wars with many direct military conflicts and we aren't fighting back.

If the war itself were of value to us, it may not be irrational to take in a small number - maybe a couple hundred - of Iranians who provided legitimate work and service to the United States military. We wouldn't have to worry about the cultural dilution of 200 people compared to the tens of millions that flow in.

However, since the war itself is not really in our interests and just another drain on our money, it just feels like more America last policy to be letting these people in. The Iranian regime is not great, but is a diplomat who works for and then betrays that government in an attempt to install a controlled western + Israeli puppet government in place actually a good person who we want here?

As you said, the twitter post is misleading and what Trump said isn't that bad, but it does feel like a continual slap in the face that we continue to bend and prioritize America last policy.

I really think he's just a fucking boomer.

Your average boomer doesn't know that Israel is responsible for Epstein's pedo-blackmail operation and participate in covering it up, along with all of the other operations to corrupt our government and control our population that are backed by Israel.

So I don't think that's really a sufficient excuse.

(You should have afforded it before havin kids.)

1. Government taxes all your money.

2. People wait to have kids "when they can afford it."

3. Actual taxpaying and productive groups fall below population replacement rate.

4. Certain immigrant and welfare exploiting groups have kids anyway regardless of finances and drain money out of the system, making #1 and #2 even more of a vicious loop for responsible people.

Your strategy may be flawed. It would make sense in normal circumstances but not when the government is trying to rob us and destroy the country as fast as humanly possible.

"White people commit crime too."

Do the words "per capita" mean anything to you?

Your comment is not false, but it is irrelevant.

The entire reason Trump asked him to be AG was to remove him from congress.

It was either that or a huge oversight which Trump's Israeli handlers quickly corrected. Either way, Trump betrayed him.

I'm sure the reason Gaetz didn't stick around and fight for the position is because Trump himself told him to give it up and step down.

Yes, the most obvious here is the most likely answer. People here think they'd rather appoint a thomas massie type and try to threaten him into compliance or just appoint a liar without morals to begin with?

I'm sure they would threaten people if needed but most of the people at the highest parts of our government would need at most a reminder. Maybe a black eye or an ankle injury if they start getting a little too "independent." There aren't many exceptions.

Europe: "We are investigating you for the presence of holocaust denial materials."

Musk: "This violation of free speech is exactly what Hitler would have done."

Guess we need to get out the spiderman pointing at each other meme again.

Literally nobody here is mad at this particular cop.

That's part of it but the main reason is so they could destroy and remake it, get rid of all the old characters and insert their own narratives.

They had money to get the rights easily if they really wanted, unless some of the authors were incredibly stubborn.

"if you believe in the Epstein conspiracy, you're saying Kash Patel, Dan Bongino, and Pam Bondi are lying!"

More wise words from Ben "Just trust the government, you voted for it" Shapiro.

But yes, that's correct, they are clearly lying. Bongino and Patel would lose a debate to a version of themselves from 2024. They know they're lying, they're terrible liars.

I don't think anyone really ever expected anything from Bondi though aside from a vague hope that maybe Trump could pick someone good without any other reason behind it.

It's 1:40

Yeah I can spare 100 seconds to see what these assholes are up to... oh, never mind

and then slapped Megyn and asked her, "how are you not challenging any of this, you credulous sycophant?"

Megyn is pure sycophantic grifter. She tried to "get" Trump on Fox during the 2016 debates (when the establishment right was still anti-Trump), thought she could use that as credibility for the left after she ran over to MSNBC, and then weaseled her way back to the right again after the left rejected her.

YOU FUCKING RETARDED BOOMERS ARE GOING TO BE THE DEATH OF US ALL.

Did you forget to take your crazy pills and lose track of what the conversation is even about? Are you arguing that we should keep giving them those benefits?

The will just take even more under the table jobs and undercut Whites EVEN MORE.

Maybe you actually are. You're too off your meds to actually tell.

All I said was,

1. The ones who would commit crimes are likely already doing so anyway so the increase may not be as large as you think.

2. Some will go back, some won't.

3. It's definitely worth cutting the benefits.

I never said that those were the only things that we should do, and I never said that alone would be sufficient to solve the problem.

You can argue that some going back in #2 is optimistic, but they still have allegiance/ties to their countries and some places in latin america are much more livable than others.

Majority of violent crime is done by men, majority of welfare abuse by women. If you take away the welfare, the women aren't going to pick up a knife and start mugging people on the streets. I'm sure more will try to shoplift from the nearby walmart.

Also, many who would potentially commit crime already were doing so anyway.

So yeah, if this did happen, I'm sure a few would resort to crime. Some would just stay but at least we aren't wasting tax dollars. Some would go back.

Definitely worth it if the government actually wanted to do something to benefit Americans, which they don't appear to.

But who will teach our kids to hate Western society and their families now??

Looks like the answer to OP's question is clearly Palantr itself:

fellowship, which includes a four-week seminar on Western Civilization.

They'll still teach that white people are bad, just from a "conservative" pro Israel perspective. In other words, the only difference is they'll teach that Muslims are bad instead of good and cut down the LGBT messaging.

They will teach the Ben Shapiro argument that it doesn't matter who made the culture as long as the people who come here assimilate. The same argument will not be made about Israel.

The normal, but oblivious liberals do have their limit even if at times it doesn't seem that way, plus there's everyone in the middle.

The moderate left has been pretty demotivated and moving more towards "I don't want to talk about politics" because they know everyone is pretty sick of the left, and even they don't agree with a lot of "progressive" left beliefs.

Yet we're still probably going to lose midterms because of how Trump has handled Epstein, Israel, and h1b visas so we just threw all that political momentum away.

Yes, that's true, which is why I never agreed with the "stay home and don't vote" people. He's the best president we've had in decades. But we can still call out his betrayal.

the cities he sent the national guard to are actually being cleaned up, and public support for safety has increased dramatically because of this

I'm pretty sure the calls for public safety would have increased pretty dramatically if those cities were on fire as well, possibly even moreso. I think it's more the crime and destruction that lead to the support rather than the response, hence why some people around here were wondering if we really should save them from themselves.

You're definitely right about USAID though, that's a good thing even if there's far more left to clean up.

Immigration is more mixed, yeah he's done more than the democrats and most of the republicans as well to secure the border and fix the situation but then he ruins it by coming out and saying "maybe we really should have illegal worker programs though." He also doesn't seem to be actually serious about sending 10 million+ people back despite his recent posts.

Yeah this statement seems to contradict everything he's done the last 6 months or so. H1-b visas, work permits for illegals, flood failing colleges with foreigners so they can stay open. Constantly talking about how we lack talented Americans so we need foreigners.

So now, he claims he intends to not only be going to the neutral stance, but the complete other direction. And waited almost a year into his first term to do it despite the obvious hurdles that will be thrown up.

It's hard to believe this is a serious policy intention. The only way I could see it being legitimate is if Israel starts thinking the non-white population in America is getting a little too angry with them and wants to walk things back, since we know he certainly listens to them. That seems doubtful though, I'm pretty sure they want to continue the status quo.

It's also about the political blackmail though which is very significant and affects those other issues.

It's hard to get the average person to care much about those issues but everyone gets angry about children being abused.

This situation is definitely not a win in any form for Trump, but conservatives are getting screwed on both sides of the situation. We get screwed on Epstein as Trump runs cover and fractures the conservative base and gives wins to the Democrats by managing the Epstein situation as stupidly as possible, while we also get screwed on all the campaign policies Trump has completely turned his back on.

But, again, why? If it's Israel, they want a compliant America; I don't really see how an America in flames, hopeless, and angry at them plays into their hands.

Israel thinks if America falls they can just move on to Asia. Not going to work, but that's what they think. Running along to the next country after the current one gets angry or collapses is what they've always done. Tough to break a pattern of behavior going on for hundreds of years. They sometimes get caught up believing their own lies so they may actually think they can survive in the middle east without America.

Israeli interests are probably over half the reason Trump has acted this way. The other parts are selling out to business interests, wanting the stock market to keep going up, and being surrounded by traitors 100% of the time.

Trump isn't exactly the kind of guy to sit around surfing the internet, if he can't figure out something himself and no one around him tells him, it takes about 6 months of his supporters booing him for him to get the hint (like the covid shot.)

At the beginning of the loan, what you're paying off is almost purely just the interest. You're only making a tiny dent in the principal.

So hypothetically, if 95% of your monthly payment is interest (and only 5% to the principal), making an additional month's worth of payment early would shave nearly 20 months off the loan.

Try looking up some mortgage or loan calculators online and playing with the numbers. Check how much different the monthly payment is with 20 year versus 30 year (might not be as different as you would think). If the calculator allows, try checking how much shorter the loan will be if you keep the monthly payment the same but reduce the principal loan amount by a few payments.

Some people are saying that going from a 30 year to a 50 year mortgage only saves around 5% on monthly payments, probably a bad idea.

They have a couple billion in debt, that's why no one can make money by just selling off their IP.

They apparently transferred control of their 3 biggest IP's to a subsidiary tencent has an additional 25% ownership stake in (presumably in addition to the 10% or so they already had), so that makes it even more difficult for someone to sell out the IPs. There probably isn't even much value left in the "main" part of the company.