Comments by "Aaron Okeanos" (@AaronOkeanos) on "MSNBC" channel.

  1. Trump cannot continue to play with the tariffs like a little kid with a lightswitch. Everytime he uses it the stock exchange loses points and it doesn't return to the old level after a reversal.
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  2. I could understand America trying to pull back a little more to deal with American problems (America 1st). But unfortunatly this is not the case the potentially freed up money is only redirected to tax-cuts for the superich and to prop up stuff the billionaires get rich on. The normal American gains nothing from that and even lose money as more and more federal programs are stopped.
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  3. Please be aware that the "help" America provided was giving Ukraine old military equipment so the Pentagon could buy new stuff for America. The Pentagon had done that anyway but they would have just destroyed this stuff.
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  4. What people forget is these federal workers got reliable decent income which was coming externally from Washington into local communities. Federal workers spend this money in local shops, venues, supermarkets, etc. This is gone now. So even bussinesses who were not related to the government are indirectly affected by the federal cuts. And to make matters worse these workers now look for jobs themselves reducing the already limited numbers of decent jobs.
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  5. Just 20 years ago Trump would be called a traitor. Supporting and abetting an adversary of America.
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  6. Question: Why is Trump negotiating on behalf of Putin?
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  7. 1) Guess how angry Republican voters feel being called "paid troublemakers". It doubles their anger. 2) Who would pay them? And I think it's easy to check just ask people randomly. 3) Even if true: What does it matter? These representatives represent everybody even those who not voted them and townhalls are for everyone in the constituancy. 4) It does not explain why they leave prematurely.
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  8.  @newenglandgreenman  Or in other words they profit twice from the fall by shortselling and the increase by the reversal announcements.
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  9. The GOP clapped at Trumps address like a bunch of mutated seals.
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  10. Europe should not waste time trying to fix things between Zelenskyy and Trump, yesterday showed that very clearly. The first step tomorrow is to accept that noone can count on America as long as Trump is in office. And even if Trump would agree to that he cannot be trusted not when he breaks even Americas own laws. All plans and strategies tomorrow should be done with that in mind.
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  11. As mentioned above during martial law there are no elections in Ukraine. Absolutely normal. And they asked the official oppossition in Ukraine even they say they don't want elections right now.
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  12. Europe combined payed for 60% of Ukrainian support.
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  13. Invitations can be revoked.
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  14. I was shocked to hear Russian misinformation from JD Vance and Trump in the Whitehouse. Russia is actually the country who is sending conscripts directly to the frontlines although there is a rule that should not be. Because Putin is out of troops. Even the North-Koreans have enough. Putin wants to somehow prevent Ukraine to enter further into Russia for a while longer until Trump can pressure a ceasfire out of Zelenski. Trump is activly helping Putin! Period.
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  15. It really was the best economy of the Top 7 countries. All others had even higher inflations, less growth, more unemployment. Frankly the world cannot understand how Americans could be so stupid to elect Trump. The real problem is times of high inflation can only be offset by higher wages in the long term so people can pay the higher prices again. But wages always grow much slower than prices. In America since the 70ties.
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  16. China and Russia are close allies. They tripled their trade with each other in the last year. They share intelligence, media, propaganda and they are best buddies with each other. And China and Russia are the C and R in BRICS whos goal is to end the American dominance on the planet and end the dollar as the leading currency. And Trump is intentionally or nor helping them with that goal.
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  17. Aiding and abetting the enemy in war times is treason. And stopping the delivery is active help for Putin to help him win.
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  18. Watch the video again in full and tell me who insulted who.
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  19. 1) America signed a deal with Ukraine: Nuclear weapons for protection. And they did dismantle them. 2) Of course Ukraine is at war with Russia. When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014 and in 2022 again that's war.
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  20. Don't be ridiculous 36,000 bn in debt. Ukraine got 118 bn in 3 years. The military budget is 860 bn per year. The total yearly budget is 6,700 bn. But this money was not given to Ukraine. Biden gave it the US industrial complex to buy new stuff for America and send the replaced equipment to Ukraine. It was a modernization for the most part something the Pentagon had done anyway.
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  21.  @AmericanCitizen-j6k  Or english is just not my native language. In any case your effing account is not even 5 months old you are the bot.
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  22. Misinformation. It was a grant.
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  23. NATO should take Starlink from Musk away without compensation.
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  24. America was obligated to provide the help. America signed a deal with Ukraine. In exchange for them destroying their nuclear arsenal the US would protect them. And they did. A bad idea in retrospect. Ukraine had the 3rd largest nuclear arsenal in those days. Putin had never invaded with them intact.
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  25. Brexiteers in Britain said the same. It never happened.
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  26. Who is checking for insider-trading at the stock exchange? Do they still have staff or did Doge fire everyone already? I wonder why.
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  27. "The Doge-Committee only exists to make MTG look important." ... great comment!
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  28. Wrong. Whoever stepped over the border first started it. And that was Russia ... twice.
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  29. Russian misinformation.
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  30. Follow the money. The only way to make money with this is insider trading and shortselling. Who is watching the stockmarket? Or did Elon Musk dissolved the SEC by now?
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  31. Just to state the problem: Putin is the enemy of Ukraine. Putin is the enemy of Europe he wants not only Ukraine but the Baltic states and Poland and even Finland and if he could all of Europe. He wants to remake the Sovjet Union. If America sides with Putin there can be no alliance with Europe anymore.
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  32. The real stuff never happens before cameras. What you saw yesterday was a show. Trump was even so stupid to admit it.
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  33. Perception is everything in politics. Unfortunatly perception is less and less reality.
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  34. Trump is waking people up again ^^ Trump makes people woke (being aware of social injustice and being against it).
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  35. Oh half of the Brits were very proud after voting for Brexit and everyone still believed the lies and had hope. Now 9 years later the conservatives had the worst election in their history because the conservatives brought Brexit and told all the lies.
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  36. Let's be honest the only reason why Trump wants it gone is because Bidens name is on a really good piece of legislation. He cannot stand this his ego cannot stand this. He is petty little b*tch who cares more about himself than America.
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  37. There is a law in place that noone over 115 years gets social security. So what Trump was reading there was just the list of dead people who received it at one time not active receipients. Besides everyone who had parents or grandparents receiving social security know from experience that once the death is declared social security ends payments without you even notifying them.
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  38. What people not know so much is the war is not running well for Putin. He lost refineries, industries, laboratories to Ukrainian attacks. The economy is out of steam and the currency is dropping fast in value the central bank has given up and frozen accounts to prevent bankruns. He increased the bonus payments for military enlisting and lowered conditions for conscriptions. And he is sending conscripts straight to the border although this is illegal in Russia. Putin is desperate he needs a pause (notice a pause not a peace because he wants to continue this one day).
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  39. You know this 100% conflict of interest here. It couldn't me more textbook than that. All these cases touched their bussiness or actions in the past. This has nothing to do with efficiency or fighting corruption this is just revenge and potentially do more corruption by trying again when these people are replaced by Maga supporters who turn a blind eye on their actions.
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  40. That's pityfull. You really believe that!? Trump and Musk making the swamp so deep right now you have no idea. It would even make the american eagle blush.
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  41.  @81OH4Z4RD  Unfortunatly I have seen that already in Britain in 2019/2020. When announcements about Brexit by the government coincided with intense changes at the stock exchange and in the value of the pound £. And I wonder if this idea was copied here.
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  42. Not anytime soon. The Brits are not quite ready for that and perhaps it isn't that bad to be outside while Trump is in office.
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  43. Such a line should not exist. What are the primaries for?
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  44. So was Trump.
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  45. Zelensky's main problem was the lack of security guarantees for any deal. Meaning he needs an insurance in case Putin breaks the deal. Putin already broken 3 deals with Ukraine Budapest-agreement, Minsk I and Minsk II. If someone broken 3 deals with you already you need an invasion insurance. NATO would be one but Trump is unwilling to support that because Putin don't want that. If Ukraine is in NATO an invasion would cause a war with all NATO members.
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  46. Trump was asked again today by a reporter if he realizes that tariffs are paid by the importer. But he still insisted that tariffs are payed by the exporter. If you have a leader who is making decissions on false assumptions how can you ever expect something good is coming from it? Trump tries to go back to the gilded age between 1890 and 1920 but this doesn't work the world is totally different today. To make matter worse Elon Musk has equally strange opinions how inflations happens. The same rubbish I constantly hear from ignorant people who still think "printing money" and spending is increasing inflation. One of the biggest right-wing lies of the last 80 years invented to discourage people from asking for spending by the government. And they making decissions based on these assumption. Of course everything goes badly wrong.
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  47. What would be the bluff? And what would he win?
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  48. There is a simple test to check if you have a problem: Can you avoid to look on your mobile phone for more than 48h?
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  49. In the absence of trust or knowledge people believe what they like and don't believe what they don't like. Unfortunatly reality (truth) tends to be something you don't like.
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  50. Not happening. Next tuesday Trump will introduce the tariffs to Mexico and Canada. This will make everything more expensive.
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