‘The View’ Cohosts Slam Trump’s ‘Un-American’ Military Parade Plans
The U.S. Army is planning a military parade in Washington D.C. to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the military on June 14, and some have speculated that Donald Trump will use the occasion to mark his 79th birthday. A massive armed forces extravaganza is something he’s reportedly wanted to happen for years — in his first term, he tried to order the Pentagon to plan a parade after he saw one in Paris didn’t pan out after receiving backlash. The price tag is estimated at $100 million and will include tanks, jets, and members of the various branches of the military.
On Wednesday’s (April 9) episode of The View, the cohosts reacted to the possibility of the parade with disdain.
“We’ve been talking about fear and uncertainty and these sweeping tariffs, but the guy who imposed them thinks it is the perfect time to throw a multi-million dollar birthday parade with the U.S. military in our nation’s capital. This is not going over well in the court of public opinion or from the mayor of D.C.,” Whoopi Goldberg explained.
“We are so past wasteful spending, it’s not even funny,” she said after rolling footage of Charlamagne Tha God calling it “wasteful spending.” Goldberg then wondered if Trump supporters would be on board with the expense, saying, “The question is, will his base be on board with him throwing an extravagant party right now? He did promise to lower the price of groceries. I have not seen an egg fall one cent since this man got in.”
Sunny Hostin was the first one to answer, saying, “I don’t think people are going to be supportive of this… I think it’s a distasteful display for our armed services because [they] aren’t about pomp and circumstance. They’re about discipline, pride, service, things like that.” After some audience applause, she continued, “To see him trot our soldiers out like that reminds me of what you see in China. You see it in North Korea. You see it in Russia.” She also noted that the design of D.C. is meant to protect the Capitol, which means it’s not conducive to rolling tanks across the streets.
For Sara Haines, having a military parade while “laying off veterans” through Elon Musk’s DOGE slashes is hugely problematic. “Honestly, it’s not just wasteful spending. I think it’s optically such a bad look. People are really hurting right now, and if he even said — or Elon — ‘I’ll pay for it,’ it’s a bad look. You don’t do it right now.”
Joy Behar said it was “chutzpah” to order up a parade right now, explaining, “The guy calls veterans and people have been the armed service ‘suckers’ and ‘losers,’ and he expects everybody to march in a parade… I mean, that is chutzpah.”
Even Alyssa Farah Griffin, who is more sympathetic to Trump’s perspective than the other panelists, vehemently disagreed with it: “The U.S. armed forces are the greatest fighting force in the history of mankind. The entire world knows that, and we don’t need to parade them down Constitution Avenue to prove it. We’re not North Korea. You do that when you’re trying to prove something … It feels un-American. And listen, I love a good military flyover at a baseball game. People like that kind of thing, but to do it around a political leader?”
“Just go have a party at Mar-a-Lago, it’s easy!” Hostin suggested.
Goldberg, for one, said she didn’t want to pay for his parade: “Are you still taking my tax money? …. I’m not interested in throwing a parade for you. If you’re gonna take my tax money, send it to the kids in the schools where you cut their afternoons… or throw my money towards the veterans, rehiring them, I don’t want to pay for your birthday party.”
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June 14th IS Flag Day! A Perfevt Day to Honor Our Military...Flag Day has been around since 1916, so Trump was Lucky enough to have a Memorable Birthday
Sooooo Proof The Spew Will twist anything and everything to fit Their Agendas, lies snd All
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Bravo !! Amen !! Totally Agree !! As a Veteran I think it’s long overdue that we Commemorate and Celebrate our Military !! USA !! USA !! USA !!
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I Think It's A Great Idea! I love a Parade, And think it's about time We Appreciated our Military...Only the VIEW Spew would Find Fault...
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They are So AntiAmerican !! They Anything and Everything that made our country the greatest nation on the globe !! Fear & Hate is All they have !!
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Those millions of chickens did not Yet have the bird flu. Most Sane people would destroy them After the bird flu was detected. But Sanity is a very rare commodity among Lib Dems !!
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Lib Dems screaming about having a Military Parade. But Crickets on the 20 Million Plus Illegal Immigrants that Joe Deliberately Let In and All the Mega Money being spent on them !! $150 Billion in Interest Monthly on our Ntl. Debt but Lib Dems are screaming over spending considerably less than to show Honor and Appreciation of our Military !! Not to mention it’s good for recruiting !! But that’s how it goes Lib Dems have Much More appreciation for Illegal Immigrants than our Military. Sad but so.
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It's not just 'un-patriotic,' it's downright dictatorial. Obviously tRump admires Putin and Kim Jong-whichever-one-we're-up-to-now. He wants all that splendor and strength to be on display for his behalf. (Can you say 'com-pen-sa-ting'???)
The spectacle of such a parade is repulsive. The expense... outrageous. If the higher-ups at the pentagon have any spine they'll say no to this, the way they 'discouraged' it in tRump's first term. After all, if tRump can't tear himself away from the golf course long enough to show respect for fallen soldiers, he doesn't deserve any military honors. Respect is something that has to be earned, and he doesn't have a clue about how to do that.
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It’s Not for President Trump. I realize your reading comprehension is very poor so I’ll help. It’s to celebrate 250 years of our military. Of Course he’ll be there as whether You like it or not he’s the Commander-In-Chief.
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If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you. And stop spamming the comments.
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I absolutely believe it. I don’t buy into liberal main stream media Lies. And I can post all the comments I so desire. It’s a free country and I haven’t violated any of this site’s policies. So if You don’t like it either stick your fingers up to the knuckles in your eyes or go else where. Repeating the same info. is the only way to Try to reach Lib leftists they are pretty dense.
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I’d Much rather as a taxpayer foot This expense than all the $$ Billions DOGE has found in lib Dems slush funds Oops meant waste, fraud, and abuse ( that even Sounds Lib Dem). And I’d rather Honor & Celebrate our military than pay for some Man’s surgeries and hormone treatment in the military !! Fortunately our Commander-In-Chief is getting rid of them Fast !! President Trump putting America first and working hard to MAGA !!
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Hey, you want the Brooklyn Bridge? I'll sell it to you!
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You’re probably stupid enough to think you own it To sell it. Lib Dems are ignorant that way. 🤣🤣😀
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I feel that the public should BOYCOTT any attempt at holding a parade of this nature. Also that it should not be broadcast live.. show footage on the evening news only. Don't allow Trump the adulation he craves and seeks from the public. Ignoring him will hurt his ego so much that he may even FINALLY break somehow.
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No footage should be shown on TV. It shouldn't even be mentioned on TV.
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I love this idea. I've often thought similar things, such as news reporters calling him either Mr. Trump or 'the president,' but not both words together. None of those things will ever happen though.
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It’s Not for President Trump. I realize your reading comprehension is very poor so I’ll help. It’s to celebrate 250 years of our military. Of Course he’ll be there as whether You like it or not he’s the Commander-In-Chief.
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Trump has also noted that this event coincides with his birthday, so let's not be too saccharine about the motives.
When we consider all the jobs and fundings cut in the last 80 days, it is hard to reconcile spending $90M- $150million on a "military" spectacle that the planners estimated last time (during 45) would cost millions to repair WashingtonDC roads afterwards. Trump still wants that French experience, regardless the costs or the spin he has to put out to justify it all.
That isn't efficient, necessary, or helpful to citizens feeling the finsncial and emotional impact of so much chaos.
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DOGE has cut $Billions with a big B. And cutting all the DEI crap and booting trans MEN out of our military will More than make up for Honoring our military which is Long Overdue. And we Certainly couldn’t afford during the Disaster that the Biden ( and his handlers) was !! Oh and DOGE is not done yet !! Also when the Big Beautiful Bill becomes Law the GOP Congress will cut $1.5 Trillion with a big T from the budget. And NO their Not going to cut Soc. Sec. Medicare or Medicaid although there are Some ( not President Trump) that do want to cut Medicaid. Our country could not just keep going and going like the EverReady Bunny with the things in place !! We are $37 Trillion Plus in debt !! We’re paying $150 Billion Monthly just in interest !! So having a Military Parade will equal Less than what we’re paying for Just One Month of Interest !! Plus there’s a good chance it’ll help with recruiting !!
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So Trump just happen to pick June 14th for this parade; the same date as his birthday??? Don’t ever think we would believe it’s not All about him , because IT IS ALWAYS all about him.
With all the Chaos tru mp and musky have created with firings, is it really appropriate to spend about 100 Million Dollars on this bogus parade? He is such a disgrace to our country!
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No Biden was the Real disgrace !! And it was Always about Jill !! 🤣 Read my reply to Guest below if you care to. I’m not gonna retype it.
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Maybe NO ONE who volunteered to serve in the Military should be denied or kicked out.
donCON dodged 5 times with bone spurs, but “healed” in 2 weeks from the ALLEGED gunshot.
Are YOU going to sign up to serve???
DOGE is a guise to shut down agencies who were investigating (F)elon muskrat.
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Oh and the Stock Market closed the week on a strong high. But I have enough Common Sense to know that Yes there Will be lows and then highs until the Tariffs stabilize things. Course I Know that none of the Lib Dems would Ever give Any credit to President Trump when his tariffs work. That would be counter to their Fear, Doom, Gloom, and Disaster narrative they play on an endless loop. Fear is a control tactic that Lib Dems have used for years !! I’m 68 and I’ve heard and read the Lib Dems screaming GOP is gonna take your Soc. Sec. and Medicare away !! Better vote for us !! We’ll spend it on drag queen shows in Peru, and pottery making classes in Morocco and Sesame St. TV in Iraq and other neat projects like Planned Parenthood etc. etc. Well Thank God the majority of Registered American Voters saw though all that !! Course we Know that Biden and the Lib Dems were trying to get as many Illegal Immigrants in so they could take their political magic wand and Poof !! Turn 20 Million Plus Illegals into Voters !! And their Still at it !! That’s Why their fighting the Voter ID law so hard !! We’re not as Naive & Stupid as they are !! We See it !!
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The problem with the GOP is they Try to fight fair and square against Lib Dems who don’t have a To Low !! These people use every type of dirty stunt possible. They are devoid of any decency and honor. They showed that Very clearly on how they turned on Ole Joe like a lot of rattlesnakes !! They will use any filthy tactic to get their way !! I sure hope that the GOP folks are taking good notes on these Rogue Fed Judges !! Time to pull off the gloves and use Their tactics on Them !! Proud to see that the Supreme Court is shooting down most of their Garbage. Now GOP Congress needs enact new laws and amend existing ones to put these DISTRICT Fed Court Judges back in their rightful positions !! I feel sorry for the people on the dockets waiting to have their cases heard while these judges conduct Lawfare !!
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I’m getting a laugh out of Lib Dems on here telling me how Bad things are under President Trump and his team and how Great things were under Biden and his Handlers ( course Biden never was Really in charge that would be Jill, Hunter, and a Big team of handlers). They make out like we didn’t Live here ( was very hard to do) during Biden’s disastrous tenure Lol !! But on a serious note Sleepy Joe came very close to destroying this country !! He set us back for many years in many aspects of our country. So No President Trump won’t be able to Fix all the monumental damage Biden did in a year less alone 90 days. But he and his team are on the right track and he and they Will fix things. In spite of Lib Dem Fed Judges totally ignoring their docket calendar and coming after President Trump on every single issue. Trying as hard as they can to usurp the powers and authority of our Executive branch of govt. Now the Lib Dems will quickly say Well that’s because he’s doing unlawful things, UnConstitutional things. NO !! All these things are written and reviewed by a team of lawyers. All these so called judges are doing is trying to stall his agenda. President Trump and his admin have Already had close to 70 injunctions from these Lib Judges vs only 14 filed against Sleepy Joe and his admin. So just as the Lib Dems conducted Personal Lawfare against President Trump before he was reelected, they are now conducting Lawfare against the agenda 77 Million Plus voting Americans voted him in for
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I’d rather my tax $$ be spent on this parade Honoring and Commemorating our Great Military. Than our $$ wasted on surgeries and hormones on some warped brain Man that wears dresses and lipstick and wants to be called Her and She. Sick !! We’d have had a Cure for that kind back in my time in the military.
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Tronald Dump!
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Just saw on Fox the Real News that Inflation dropped significantly for the month of March. Also that over all and so far there haven’t been any price increases on products. That’s over all there might be a few specific items that went up. Yes it’s quite possible that products from China will increase significantly in the near future. BUT those increases will be offset by the Savings of greatly reduced or even No tariffs from other countries. 15 countries have inked deals with the USA more will come. As of Monday 75 countries reached out to the USA to have discussions about making tariff deals. I Believe President Trump’s plan Will work and we as a country will at long last be free from the economic bondage we’ve been in all these many years. NO President before President Trump has had the political courage to do what he’s doing !! And Yes it’s not popular Now with some people and Of Course the Lib Dems drum up as much fear and hysteria as they can. But ultimately we Will be better off. Long over due !!
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Just because tru mp says everything is Going Well, don’t believe it. He Creates and throws numbers around with no evidence all the time. You forgot to mention how he single handily tanked the Stock Market this week! Turning everything around the world into , wait for it : CHAOS! It cost many retirees big losses in their retirement accounts which will take time to recoup. He called it a “small disturbance “. He then said Everything is going Well. He has no idea what he is doing !
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Biden cost over 10,000 oil workers their jobs in his very first day in Office !! You talk like We weren’t in this country during Biden and his Handlers !! He came Very close to destroying this country !! President Trump can’t Fix all the Terrible Damage that Biden did in only 90 days. NO President could. Stock Markets bounce up and down allot. You didn’t mention how the Stock Market rebounded to the highest it’s been since 2001 on Wed. !! The numbers are public. Besides the Lib Dems are the worlds worse at skewing numbers and cherry picking info. The Biden term was an Utter Disaster !! HE ruined thousands of small businesses and cost many more thousands their jobs with his vaccine mandates and forced shutins. And worse of all his War on oil !! Sorry but my family and I live here in the USA we Saw it all !! Thank God Harris didn’t get in we would cease to exist as a nation in less than a year !!
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Lib Dems fighting as hard as they can against the Voter ID bill. In Spite of the fact that polls show 84% of Americans are For it. Now even if that poll is waaaay off, say by 20% that would mean that 64% of Americans are For Voter ID. So that’s Still a very large margin.Why are the Lib Dems fighting it so hard ?? Very simple. They Want to let the 20 Million Plus ILLEGAL Immigrants that Biden Deliberately let in our country be able to Vote !! And to top it all off Lib Dems think Americans are to stupid to see it !! In This country you Have to have photo ID for so many things it’s hard to count them all. It’s NOT voter suppression as they scream. It’s Election Integrity !! Just one example you have to have Photo ID to get your prescriptions in Particular controlled pain medications. It’s merely Another excuse by Lib Dems to CHEAT on Elections and Cheat the American people. Nothing more !!
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The very first line of this article reads the U.S. Army is planning a military parade in Washington D.C. to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the military. OF COURSE President Trump will be there he’s the Commander-In-Chief. Just like if Biden were still in office he’d be there or if ( Thank God she didn’t) Kamala had won I suppose she’d be there. All this “we should protest it or we should boycott it “ is the usual fare of the socialist communist “ladies” of The View. They Hate the Duly Elected President SO Much that their More than willing to disrespect and not support our military service members. THEY are the ones that are AntiAmerican !! And reading some of the comments here they have some AntiAmerican support. As a Veteran though I’m just glad that the vast Majority of Americans are very proud of our military and will gladly honor and support them. If the witches of The View hats our country so much why don’t they leave ? Because they want All the privileges of our country and None of the sacrifice. President Trump living in their idiotic heads rent free !!
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yes I want a massive parade with the view having giant balloons of their faces floating by. to show who doesn't want to be free and who happily put on burkas
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Lol !! Bravo !! Well said !!
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Go to Hell!
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If we did You could be the Tour Guide as you know all about the place with your father satan !!
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As much as I despise agreeing with Whoopi on Anything eggs probably haven’t come down in NYC. That’s because Everything is high in NYC. But then it’s a Blue Sanctuary City so there’s that. But here where we live eggs have came down $1 per dozen. It didn’t help that Biden had Millions of chickens destroyed in a senseless move of Fear. There were several alternatives but No he had the U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture and the FDA order the destruction of Millions of poultry !! Funny how Whoopi and the other Witches Never bring up such tidbits on their show !! But saw this morning where in 2024 they had countless Liberal guests and Not One Conservative minded guest. Not just one !! That’s because they don’t want to be Seen as the idiots they are !! 🤣
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FYI, Biden took the advice Of advisors to destroy the infected chickens. If he had not done that the media and of Republicans would have screamed bloody murder that he was letting the virus spread out of control.
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Two “ deep state” traitors from the first Trump admin. appear to be facing charges in the near future. Will be interesting to see all the names and info. they drop as they squeal for a plea deal !! The American people didn’t vote for an alternate govt. hidden behind those that Were duly elected be they GOP, Democrat, or Independent. Any and All such people seeking to undermine our govt. should receive the harshest penalties that the law can afford. Amazing what all you DONT hear about on The View and most other Liberal main stream media. Yet they smile a clever smile and say Oh you can Trust us. Rrrright !! 🙄
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PRESIDENT Trump IS the duly elected PRESIDENT of the United States Of America. President Trump is also the duly elected Chief Executive of our Executive Branch of government. President Trump is also the Commander-In-Chief of All our Armed Forces. Don’t like it ?? Go pound sand and/or swing by Dollar General and buy yourselves a crying towel !! Get used to these Great American policies because JD Vance will be President in 2028 !! MAGA !! 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
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I post the info. you’ll Never see or hear on The View or the Liberal main stream media. ALL they have Every day is the same ole tired and stale narratives, Orangeman bad, Musk bad, GOP bad. ALL they have to offer is FEAR, Doom, Gloom, Despair etc. They gladly take things out of context and harp relentlessly on them. And cherry pick things they think will help them. And even out and out Lie. The Truth is they are like a ship with no rudder. They have no real leadership. No real plans or agenda. Since many of them helped stab Biden in the back they don’t trust each other. They Still have Zero clue of Why they lost the elections so badly. So they just snap and bite at people even their own. That’s the reality of Lib Dems. They are gonna see Again in the Midterms that their Fear & Hate narrative is Still a Losing proposition.
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The Witches of The Brew Oops The View will have Allot to bellyache, whine, and groan about after the One Big Beautiful Bill becomes Law !! Much of which is permanent !! Big Tax Cuts !! And govt. cuts to, hope planned parenthood is near the top of the list !! My tax dollars shouldn’t be used to support murder.
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Oh I get it, you’re one of those rich folks that get those big tax cuts! It’s all very clear now why he’s your boy. Lol!
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Big LOL !!! Forty Five years in the work force my wife only about four years less than me. We are Very, Very Thankful and Grateful for what we have. And we Do make more than Allot of people but less than Allot of people to. So our If our Combined income of $70K is rich then I guess we are. My Son and Daughter-In-Law Both of whom I’m extremely proud of make nearly double that. I’m Not gonna apologize for working most of my life and Earning what I have. Including eight years in the military. So if an apology is what you’re waiting for don’t hold your breath !! 😀
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The View and Lib Dems. These are the Same people who fully support a District Lib Dem Fed Judge Demanding that Tren De Agua and MS-13 Gang Members be Brought Back to the U.S. !! And are Completely OK with Men playing in Women’s sports !! And More than willing to Murder the Most Innocent of our society, the unborn !! Now on that last they’ll quickly But But the Mother’s life was at stake !! Just like we don’t know that that is very rare. Most of these abortions are of convenience Not necessity. So Of Course they don’t want us to Recognize and Celebrate our Military !! Why doing that would be American !! And they despise that !!
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You talk too much!
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Stock market soared back to the highest it’s been since 2001 today !! President Trump put a 90 day pause on his tariffs on Most countries. He has Not lifted it on China. There are now Seventy Five countries willing to discuss a tariff deal with President Trump !! His Tariff Shock worked and is working !! But will the Witches Of The View bring up That positive news ?? No Way !!
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You might want to look at some actual data about the stock market, not the outrageous lies you are repeating.
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Nah all I had to do was watch Fox News. The only Lies are coming from the Liberal Left main stream media that You probably feed on. Temporary small dip today. But 15 countries have already signed agreements, More will come and the stock market will begin to rise yet again. President Trump’s plans are working and you and people like you that Hate him So much just can’t stand it. Well he’s the duly elected President so America will keep moving Forward whether You like it or not. Have a Nice Day !! 😀
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FYI tru mp tanked the Stock Market and it still is Not where it was before his Tariff deals were put in place. The One Day rally Did Not overtake the LOSSES HE Created! Let’s Not celebrate thetariff deals as it has a long way to go to see What deals will actually be made. He boasts that he has such a great relationship with China, so why didn’t he pick up the phone and call his best buddy and make the deal ?
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Why don’t you just take this opportunity to be quiet since most of what you are saying is untrue or you clearly don’t understand? Yeah, stocks went up for one day, and your buddy, and his friends pocketed an enormous amount of money. Then the next it went right back in the tanker.!
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We have three places you AntiAmericans can choose from to start swimming. The Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, or the Gulf Of America!! If the USA is So bad and you Hate it that much please do the rest of us a favor pick one of those and start swimming !! Be assured you Won’t be missed !!
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It's the Gulf of Mexico and it will always be the Gulf of Mexico whether Trump likes it or not!
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No HE’s the President your merely some loud mouth. So it’s the reverse Gulf of America whether You like it or not Loser !! 🤣🤣🤣
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I think you’ve made it very clear who’s the loudmouth, and it’s not all the rest of us - it’s YOU!
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