@spruce112358 saidSend him to Russia... he can live out what's left of his pathetic life being Putin's bottom boy.
So given that Trump is no longer coherent, what’s next for America? 😆
Donnie the Gimp.
@spruce112358 saidHe babbles stream of consciousness. He's been doing that for years. Forget cognitive dissonance; he evokes, and thrives on evoking, visceral emotions--that's his whole schtick. Remember, he's not a politician, he's a tv 'personality'; that is why he appoints people from Fox 'News' to government positions. Show is all he knows; the presidency for him is nothing but a big popularity contest. He's gunning for the Nobel Peace Prize, you know; that's the only reason he's pleading VLADIMIR, STOP! He doesn't give a damn about Ukraine or NATO.
This is his speech in Dubai, showing signs of signifcant mental deterioriation. I would have said he was drunk as a skunk, but apparently he doesn't drink. So this is organic. 😆
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"When you look at what's happening with Russia and Ukraine the drone is killing tremendous numbers of people," Trump said during a press conference in Doha, Qatar. "You hide behind a tree ...[text shortened]... n. But he's doing a fantastic job at Transportation. But this has been a very, uh, historic trip." 😆
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@moonbus saidHe also hates Bruce Springsteen. And needs to communicate this to us - as if we cared.
He babbles stream of consciousness. He's been doing that for years. Forget cognitive dissonance; he evokes, and thrives on evoking, visceral emotions--that's his whole schtick. Remember, he's not a politician, he's a tv 'personality'; that is why he appoints people from Fox 'News' to government positions. Show is all he knows; the presidency for him is nothing but a bi ...[text shortened]... ; that's the only reason he's pleading VLADIMIR, STOP! He doesn't give a damn about Ukraine or NATO.
Weird! 😆
EDIT: And he hates Taylor Swift, apparently. Not that we care about that... maybe someone finds it relevant?
"Worse than Biden ever sounded..."
'The magazine asked the president about border security, and he said this about the border wall: “I built hundreds of miles of wall, and then (Biden) didn't want to, and we had another, an extra hundred miles that I could have put up because I ordered it as extra. I completed the wall, what I was doing, but we have, I wanted to build additional because it was working so well.
So [Trump] completed the wall but still had more to build. The reality is that during his first term, Trump “built” 458 miles of wall along the nearly 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border, but most of that involved repairing existing barriers.'
Trump: "If this were Biden, well, first of all, he wouldn't do an interview because he was grossly incompetent.”
Time: “We spoke to him last year, Mr. President.”
Trump: “Huh?”
Time: “We spoke to him a year ago.”
Trump: “How did he do?”
Time: “You can read the interview yourself.”
Trump: “Not too good. I did read the interview. He didn't do well.”
Clearly, Trump didn’t read the interview. And even more clearly, Trump isn’t making much sense these days.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/04/trump-interview-abc-time-mental-decline/83391080007/ 😆
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@spruce112358 saidSpringsteen is very much more in touch with the quiet desperation of the working class than Trump ever will be. "Darkness On The Edge of Town," "Stolen Car," and many others are anthems to the American Dream gone bad. The albums of ballads, "Nebraska" and "Tom Joad", are gut-wrenching glimpses into the soul of the America which the likes of Mark Z'berg and Larry Paige abandoned in the great rush to make profit out of click bait.
He also hates Bruce Springsteen. And needs to communicate this to us - as if we cared.
Weird! 😆
EDIT: And he hates Taylor Swift, apparently. Not that we care about that... maybe someone finds it relevant?
According to the U.S. census, there are nearly 40 million Americans living in poverty. This reflects only the breadwinners of the families; if one calculates the family members dependent upon them, the figure is more like 60 million. That is roughly the population of England.
https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2024/demo/p60-283.html
Many of these people not unemployed and living on the dole; many are working poor, kept in perpetual semi-slavery by deliberately-kept low wages while their bosses are gifted multi-million-dollar bonuses.
Now listen to Trump on why the rich should not be taxed: 'because they'll move away, to foreign countries, and take their billions with them.' Believe it or leave it, that is actually his excuse for not taxing the rich. It's a lie. The IRS taxes American citizens everywhere in the world, even if they no longer have a legal residence in the U.S.A. It is one of a very few countries in the world which does this, and it does this only because it can. Nearly every other country in the world taxes only legal and registered residents; once people leave the jurisdiction, they are no longer taxed.
'What if American billionaires leave the country and abjure their citizenship...?' They are still liable to taxation by the IRS for up to TEN years! I speak from experience. If the IRS suspects that someone has changed his citizenship expressly for the purpose of avoiding the IRS, he can still be fined and taxed, both. The U.S. govt. pressures foreign countries to enforce this by compelling foreign banks to automatically withhold potential tax payments from Americans' and former-Americans' foreign bank accounts without their consent. If a foreign bank refuses to comply, the U.S. govt. denies them access to American financial markets. Even the famously secret Swiss bankers were not able to circumvent these draconian regulations. No Swiss bank would have anything to do with me, so long as there was any possibility I might be a U.S. person as defined by the IRS (not, note, a citizen as defined by the U.S. Dept. of State).
@moonbus saidI can see paying taxes in any country where I own property because that country is actively protecting my rights. But if I sell my house and move overseas...? 😆
Springsteen is very much more in touch with the quiet desperation of the working class than Trump ever will be. "Darkness On The Edge of Town," "Stolen Car," and many others are anthems to the American Dream gone bad. The albums of ballads, "Nebraska" and "Tom Joad", are gut-wrenching glimpses into the soul of the America which the likes of Mark Z'berg and Larry Paige abandon ...[text shortened]... erson[/i] as defined by the IRS (not, note, a citizen as defined by the U.S. Dept. of State).
We can have a long discussion about whether/which gummint(s) protect(s) my rights when I own stocks or bonds. Bank accounts get some protection.
But overall, if someone is out-of-country, their tax rate should be greatly reduced since their rights protection is also reduced. 😆
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@spruce112358 saidThe general principle is: you pay taxes where you draw benefits, regardless where you hold assets or earn income. This avoids double taxation, which is held to be unfair. This principle applies across the EU / Schengen Region, including Switzerland & Lichtenstein (which have bi-lateral double-taxation treaties with EU members). Paying property taxes in the country where the real estate is, makes sense. Capital gains tax is another matter, since hedgefunds typically invest in multiple companies with HQs in several countries, complicating the taxation issue.
I can see paying taxes in any country where I own property because that country is actively protecting my rights. But if I sell my house and move overseas...? 😆
We can have a long discussion about whether/which gummint(s) protect(s) my rights when I own stocks or bonds. Bank accounts get some protection.
But overall, if someone is out-of-country, their tax rate should be greatly reduced since their rights protection is also reduced. 😆
@moonbus saidForeign income can be excluded up to an amount about twice average US income.https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/foreign-earned-income-exclusion
Springsteen is very much more in touch with the quiet desperation of the working class than Trump ever will be. "Darkness On The Edge of Town," "Stolen Car," and many others are anthems to the American Dream gone bad. The albums of ballads, "Nebraska" and "Tom Joad", are gut-wrenching glimpses into the soul of the America which the likes of Mark Z'berg and Larry Paige abandon ...[text shortened]... erson[/i] as defined by the IRS (not, note, a citizen as defined by the U.S. Dept. of State).
@Mott-The-Hoople saidYou mean THAT is your defense of the obvious deterioration of Trump's brain?
Being a sexual pervert skews your thinking doesnt it? 😂
I don't suppose you could mount a defense on say TRUMP's BRAIN.
@moonbus saidAs no1m noted, US filers can exclude foreign earned income on US tax returns, to a point, which prevents some double-taxation.
The general principle is: you pay taxes where you draw benefits, regardless where you hold assets or earn income. This avoids double taxation, which is held to be unfair. This principle applies across the EU / Schengen Region, including Switzerland & Lichtenstein (which have bi-lateral double-taxation treaties with EU members). Paying property taxes in the country where the r ...[text shortened]... pically invest in multiple companies with HQs in several countries, complicating the taxation issue.
BUT if a US citizen holds US stocks and gets dividends or capital gains, that is reported and they must declare that on their US tax return.
However, let's say they are resident in Europe (and drawing benefits like healthcare). European tax experts will tell them must declare worldwide income in their European country - even if proceeds remain overseas.
So it is hard to see how double taxation can be completely avoided if one plays by all the rules. 😆
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@spruce112358 saidNo. He was showing signs of dementia a year before he ran for president. His own sister said so.
Biden started his Presidency mentally sharp. When he started to get tired/decline isn’t known - after he had made most of the important decisions of his term, that’s for sure.
This joker turns out to have dementia in his first 100 days.
Read ‘em and weep. 😆
@Cliff-Mashburn saidYou know that it only takes seconds to prove that statement wrong, right? Why bother? 😆
No. He was showing signs of dementia a year before he ran for president. His own sister said so.
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@spruce112358 saidhttps://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/19/joe-biden-losing-mental-abilities-2020-election-re/
You know that it only takes seconds to prove that statement wrong, right? Why bother? 😆