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Discussion Thread: President-Elect Trump's First Day in Office, Part 2
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  2. I’m sure Hakeem Jeffries cares a lot for his fucking pen

  3. Hakeem standing there like “they don’t pay me enough for this bullshit”

  4. Did this fucker just sign an executive order to have flags always fly at full staff during inaugurations?

    What a fragile little bitch!

  5. A proclamation that the flags are at full mast for future inaugurations, including this one.
    What a pathetic little man he is. Zero empathy. Zero respect.

  8. I’m curious to see how you guys are doing? I just can’t imagine spending the past 8 years having a guy live rent free in my head just to see him get elected president, AGAIN, lol.

  9. Democrats still playing the decorum game. Why even attend the signing?

  10. Chuck Schumer standing there gurning like a fucking moron.

  11. The full mast proclamation in full violation of the flag code.

  12. that flag at full mast one is extremely petty and a slight to the saint of a human that was fucking jimmy carter

  13. I’m certain they made Melania wear that cartoonish hat so she wouldn’t be caught giving Trump a scowl, lmao.

  14. It doesn’t matter who is in charge. The average citizen’s quality of life is never at the top of their list of concerns. Chances are this administration will come and go and your life change very little because of it. So let’s all just relax and be kind to each other.

  15. According to the [whitehouse.gov](http://whitehouse.gov) page, Trump is going to be using the Alien Enemies Act:

    >President Trump will begin the process of designating cartels, including the dangerous Tren de Aragua, as foreign terrorist organizations and use the Alien Enemies Act to remove them.

  16. Get the fucking undertaker outta there already, she despises him and hates being there

  17. Is Trump bringing back tiktok going to turn liberal media into China fear mongers? I wouldn’t like to see that

  20. Signing an official presidential proclamation to fly flags at full staff on all future inauguration days, is the most disgusting thing a president could do. A insult to Carter and his legacy, and an insult to any future president who may die around a future inauguration day.

  21. Here’s what on the menu of the luncheon:

    The rich discussing ways to fleece the poor people

  22. Hey eggs are more expensive now! I was told Trump would make them cheaper!

  24. I still can’t believe he signed a fucking order about flying flags at half vs full staff. Who the fuck even thinks of that??

  25. So how long before he announces the ban on immigrants and then the stock market crashes?

  26. Any UK people watching Sky News? Why do they only have fawning extreme Trump supporters for comment?
    This guy just said “DEI is racist against white Europeans…I can’t go to England and become English”. None of this is true. He’s just said immigration is destroying European nations. He’s just a racist. Why are they giving him airtime?

  27. I feel like the outfits are cosplaying and we are in for a ride. They’re gonna do whatever tf they want and we’re all going to take it and shut up.

  28. The impending corporate ransacking of this country will be a sight to behold. Congrats America!

  29. What’s their lunch? Big Mac, fries, and a coke?

  30. Now that it’s done, I’m compiling a list of what to expect in the next 4 years. Much of the media has begun to look at what good may come of this presidency, and the incoming president’s PR teams have done a great job of making him seem more normal and helping people forget all of his previous blunders.

    I am trying to recall and document what I am afraid of in the coming years, **does anyone have a link to other similar lists?**

    My running list:

    * Codification and encroachment of religious ideology
    * Erosion of empathy and civility, replaced by support only for one party’s perspective
    * Further increase in economic disparity
    * Erosion of civil liberty. Ex. Weaponization of the department of justice
    * Increase in cronyism, reduction in oversight, and use of the office of president for personal enrichment
    * Project 2025 policy implementation
    * Degradation of civil protections (environmental, consumer, etc) for short-sighted economic gain
    * Alignment with authoritarian ideals and the leaders of authoritarian nations

  31. I hope the inevitable shit show that is the coming four years accelerates the chances of what has been needed for forty years: a general strike. Nothing will change without it. Nothing.

  32. So I distinctly remember being told that on day one there would be over a million deportations of illegal immigrants, and that he would end the war in Ukraine.

    Unless they’re going to start telling me that tomorrow is actually the *real* first day…

  33. Pretty on brand for Trump, American Angus beef is the worst Angus in the world.

  34. Is this what it felt like when the robber barons took hold in the 19th century?

  35. Fox News literally saying that the Fauci pardon was bad because Fauci was somehow responsible for Covid. What the actual fuck is this world?

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