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senseandsensibility

(21,878 posts)
Wed Apr 30, 2025, 02:52 PM Wednesday

"Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls.

and maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more."

trump babbling just now at his "press conference" and showing how he has his finger on the pulse of America's economic concerns.

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"Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls. (Original Post) senseandsensibility Wednesday OP
Is he dead yet? Hekate Wednesday #1
No, but apparently senseandsensibility Wednesday #6
Stenographers make lousy journalists. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday #10
True, but in the case of Biden senseandsensibility Wednesday #13
Only from the neck up. FSogol Wednesday #11
Dying slowly...Brain for now... MiHale Wednesday #15
To me, yes. mwooldri Wednesday #32
i never bought my daughter or grand daughters any dolls... samnsara Wednesday #2
Oh...good for you. Every Xmas my mother dragged me down to a dept store to see allegorical oracle Wednesday #31
I just want one doll. roamer65 Wednesday #3
* snerk * Hugin Wednesday #7
I had a W voodoo doll. roamer65 Wednesday #16
I can hook you up. nolabear Wednesday #23
👍👍 roamer65 Wednesday #43
Translation: He's giving the middle finger to America's economic concerns. patphil Wednesday #4
Ugh. Minus any pleasure. Hekate Wednesday #20
You spelled Diaper wrong IbogaProject Wednesday #24
And, then the kids could trade them for food and other luxuries. Ping Tung Wednesday #5
Yeah, that's the ticket senseandsensibility Wednesday #9
So we'll get 1/15 of what we want for twice the dough . . . Journeyman Wednesday #8
Basically senseandsensibility Wednesday #12
American is better off when America is worse off, apparently. unblock Wednesday #14
Two out of thirty dolls is the same as two out of thirty breakfasts, or books, or dollars in your pocket. taxi Wednesday #17
Exactly, it means your real income just drop by 28/30 or 94%. nt SunSeeker Wednesday #37
If Kamala, Joe, Hillary, or Obama said that newdeal2 Wednesday #18
Absolutely senseandsensibility Wednesday #21
Ah, the whole popularism of fuck the kids Johonny Wednesday #19
B-but Donald.... hadEnuf Wednesday #22
Do his cult members even listen to/remember what he says? senseandsensibility Wednesday #28
Motherfucker really fucking said that Aviation Pro Wednesday #25
Sounds like his children and grandchildren are spoiled rotten. Irish_Dem Wednesday #26
Perhaps we should start saying he fired Santa Claus... pandr32 Wednesday #27
Does anyone believe this guy chelsea0011 Wednesday #29
He's so out of touch womanofthehills Wednesday #30
This coming from the guy who started his first business with a "small loan of a million dollars" from fucking Daddy. Karasu Wednesday #33
He clearly wants to be impeached and convicted. Put him out of his misery GOP. nt Blasphemer Wednesday #34
How the grinch stole Christmas xuplate Wednesday #35
As that Aussie economist Justin Wolfer just said on MSNBC about that... SunSeeker Wednesday #36
Love him senseandsensibility Wednesday #38
This just in. Abolishinist Wednesday #39
Anyone bdamomma Wednesday #40
This message was self-deleted by its author Abolishinist Wednesday #41
He's such an economist. Abolishinist Wednesday #42

senseandsensibility

(21,878 posts)
6. No, but apparently
Wed Apr 30, 2025, 03:01 PM
Wednesday

irony is since the WH press corps just accepted this as a normal answer to concerns about the supply chain. Remember when they were so concerned about Biden's mental capacity?

senseandsensibility

(21,878 posts)
13. True, but in the case of Biden
Wed Apr 30, 2025, 03:16 PM
Wednesday

they seemed to find their own voices and opined about his mental capacity all the time. Weird how that works, isn't it?

mwooldri

(10,625 posts)
32. To me, yes.
Wed Apr 30, 2025, 05:08 PM
Wednesday

I dunno if his heart was ever alive. Reality though is he still exists.

allegorical oracle

(4,767 posts)
31. Oh...good for you. Every Xmas my mother dragged me down to a dept store to see
Wed Apr 30, 2025, 05:03 PM
Wednesday

what doll appealed to me. None. She'd get really frustrated (she didn't know I'd figured out who delivers stuff). I wanted horses, not dolls.

Surprised djt even knows about Christmas gifts/kids. Am sure his wives took care of that business.

roamer65

(37,576 posts)
16. I had a W voodoo doll.
Wed Apr 30, 2025, 03:44 PM
Wednesday

But Shrub is like a Rhodes scholar compared to Dotard Donnie.

patphil

(7,744 posts)
4. Translation: He's giving the middle finger to America's economic concerns.
Wed Apr 30, 2025, 02:59 PM
Wednesday

What a dildo that guy is.

taxi

(2,188 posts)
17. Two out of thirty dolls is the same as two out of thirty breakfasts, or books, or dollars in your pocket.
Wed Apr 30, 2025, 03:45 PM
Wednesday

Lessons learned tell us that when someone is having trouble with paying an electric bill, they are having trouble paying other bills too. It's just the electric bill at this time. Things are being juggled, choosing which bills to pay on time, trying to avoid cutoff dates. It's not as simple as having less toys. He is totally unaware of the most simple things.

newdeal2

(2,413 posts)
18. If Kamala, Joe, Hillary, or Obama said that
Wed Apr 30, 2025, 03:47 PM
Wednesday

FOX news would be going crazy about how out of touch they are, how they are communists who hate Christmas, etc.

senseandsensibility

(21,878 posts)
21. Absolutely
Wed Apr 30, 2025, 04:01 PM
Wednesday

And the Dems need to start calling this out. Can you imagine R's remaining silent if the positions were reversed? Work the refs, people.

Johonny

(23,493 posts)
19. Ah, the whole popularism of fuck the kids
Wed Apr 30, 2025, 03:54 PM
Wednesday

Weird that they want more of them, because they seem to really hate them. If my kids were Eric and Jr. I might hate kids too.

hadEnuf

(3,162 posts)
22. B-but Donald....
Wed Apr 30, 2025, 04:25 PM
Wednesday

you said children were gonna have 60 dolls when you took over and they'd be cheaper.

I guess you forgot to mention that you were going to drive the country into a ditch in 3 months?

senseandsensibility

(21,878 posts)
28. Do his cult members even listen to/remember what he says?
Wed Apr 30, 2025, 04:38 PM
Wednesday

Guess not. But it sounds like some are starting to wake up.

Aviation Pro

(14,249 posts)
25. Motherfucker really fucking said that
Wed Apr 30, 2025, 04:32 PM
Wednesday

And nobody asked about his fixation on a toy normally associated with little girls?

Where are the Epstein files, AG Blondie?

Irish_Dem

(69,132 posts)
26. Sounds like his children and grandchildren are spoiled rotten.
Wed Apr 30, 2025, 04:34 PM
Wednesday

He assumes everyone else is like Trump crime family.

pandr32

(12,915 posts)
27. Perhaps we should start saying he fired Santa Claus...
Wed Apr 30, 2025, 04:35 PM
Wednesday

and the whole toy making elf community at the North Pole.
Stick it on him.

womanofthehills

(9,704 posts)
30. He's so out of touch
Wed Apr 30, 2025, 05:03 PM
Wednesday

All the little girls want iPhones.

My friend just bought her 4 yr old granddaughter an iPhone for her birthday.

Karasu

(1,036 posts)
33. This coming from the guy who started his first business with a "small loan of a million dollars" from fucking Daddy.
Wed Apr 30, 2025, 05:18 PM
Wednesday

No American needs fucking disingenuous lectures on "frugality" from an administration full of billionaires and their bootlickers.

Fuck austerity, fuck your crime syndicate of a party, and fuck you, Krasnov.

SunSeeker

(55,641 posts)
36. As that Aussie economist Justin Wolfer just said on MSNBC about that...
Wed Apr 30, 2025, 05:55 PM
Wednesday

If suddenly you can only afford 2 dolls instead of 30, that means your real income has fallen by 94%, which means we are in a DEPRESSION.

BTW, I am crushing HARD on Justin Wolfer.

Abolishinist

(2,472 posts)
39. This just in.
Wed Apr 30, 2025, 10:09 PM
Wednesday

Lawrence O'Donnell, wondering what fRump's name would be were he on the Sopranos...

Donny "2 Dolls"

Response to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Abolishinist

(2,472 posts)
42. He's such an economist.
Wed Apr 30, 2025, 10:44 PM
Wednesday

The locally owned gift store that normally sells $150,000 worth of dolls over the holiday season will now rack up sales of $10,000. Assuming a 50% markup, they've cut their contribution toward fixed costs/overhead/profits by $70,000.

What a pathway to a Going out of Business Sale!

And of course, the tariff 'income' would be up in smoke as well.

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