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307 points MBCook | 2 comments | 15 Nov 24 20:15 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Koala_ice ◴[15 Nov 24 20:56 UTC] No.42150928[source]▶
I thoroughyl expect the Deparment of Government Efficiency to recommend U.S. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) be shut down to save previous taxpayer dollars.
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notyourwork ◴[15 Nov 24 21:33 UTC] No.42151375[source]▶
Am I the only one that is not excited about the next four years being constant banter of this nature? I loathe it. Nothing personal against your comment but the new administration hasn't even gone into office and I cannot get away from this.
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seanmcdirmid ◴[15 Nov 24 21:36 UTC] No.42151411[source]▶
They have already announced what they are going to do, with the pro-Trump side saying he's not serious or will mellow out the plan before he takes office, and the anti-Trump side saying he will do exactly what he says he's going to do.

Basically a repeat of 2016.

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giantg2 ◴[15 Nov 24 22:45 UTC] No.42152130[source]▶
It always falls in the middle. There's a reason politicians are known as liars. Of course they won't do everything they claim on the campaign trail.
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seanmcdirmid ◴[16 Nov 24 00:52 UTC] No.42153135[source]▶
Politicians bend the truth or promise what they are later unable to deliver (and often had no chance of delivering). But I think Trump usually tries to deliver on whatever he said in the campaign (like in 2016), like you can expect wide reaching tariffs in January or February (especially since half-way competent advisors, congress, and the courts are probably not going to moderate him as much this time).

Maybe make any computer purchases in December just to be safe.

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giantg2 ◴[16 Nov 24 02:56 UTC] No.42153738[source]▶
That would be pretty ironic if Trump is able to deliver more on his promises than other politicians.
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1. collingreen ◴[16 Nov 24 04:38 UTC] No.42154297[source]▶
Why would it be ironic? He has less regard for the political group and general stability than a more run of the mill politician and now there is explicit immunity for anything he wants to do, like when he sold classified documents but "declassified them in his mind" right before once he got caught.

We watched four years of this already, including a rally with gallows being built in the crowd being told to march on the Capitol (he claims figuratively, and everyone just misunderstood, despite all the posts and planning and travel and tour groups). Last time it was absurd news headline after headline just to distract from the other things going on. We saw some bonkers stuff that would have disqualified other candidates in the past (or at least most candidates probably thought it would).

At this point I think his promises are easier to deliver on and he doesn't care about (and has been made immune from) the consequences that usually temper a politician's ability to deliver. Tariffs, no health plan, another wall (remember when he pardoned bannon for stealing the money they raised for the wall?), "stopping the war in Ukraine" but without a free Ukraine at the end, and decimating government regulatory agencies.

The weirdest part of this narrative for me is how the supporters say he wont do what he promises and the detractors fear he will. I don't know enough history to know if that is common but it sure feels backwards to me.

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2. giantg2 ◴[16 Nov 24 11:56 UTC] No.42155949[source]▶
"The weirdest part of this narrative for me is how the supporters say he wont do what he promises and the detractors fear he will. I don't know enough history to know if that is common but it sure feels backwards to me."

That's pretty common on all highly polarized topics. Happens all the time with stuff like democrat candidates and firearms seizures - supporters walking it back and detractors believing ever word.