since Chinatowns around the world are made up of immigrants from China and has more to do with culture, restaurants, shops, parades, etc.

turning the USA into China would be a more accurate comment.

but it is supposedly referencing the thing the GOP LOVED to taunt against anyone not them - supporters of the "Chinese Communist Party".

And what 45 is doing is what the CCP does (the "socialistic" concept of state-ownership of what would be "private companies" in capitalistic countries.

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Referring to the Nicholson movie where he uncovers corruption in the Los Angeles water commission.

But I don't think that analogy would apply here (although I suppose the quip might be a throwaway line).

It could be a throwaway quip, but if so, not a very good one unless you miss the good old euphemisms.

that I had seen the movie a long time ago. But the analogy of using that throwaway line from the movie, the storyline of which had almost ZERO circumstances that could describe what is going on with this situation, means that some of "y'all" need to think a little less superficially and instead, go deeper.

As the shallow might say, this is "not a good look" for a party asserting the other guys are socialists and commies.

They just want a cut of the action. Preferably directly to their PACs and not to the federal budget.

The were due to be opened this year with 3000 new jobs, but Intel has run into problems. Funny they never explicitly say it was due to Trump trying to undo the Biden Chips Act program that was bringing chip manufacturing back to the US.

https://www.wosu.org/politics-government/2025-07-30/this-cant-be-more-disappointing-licking-county-officials-frustrated-with-intel-setbacks

Better watch out, Wall Street Journal---the rest of the trump-sucking mainstream media will be displeased with you...