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The Official President Trump Thread - Second Term Edition

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Scarface281, Jan 25, 2025.

  1. astros123

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    This dumbass @Space Ghost keeps gas lighting everyone. Spirit testified under oath their company was well funded and it wasn't at risk for bankruptcy. If it had testified to the Biden Doj they would be at risk to bankruptcy the merger would've happened.

    The only thing yall have is disinformation. Dumb group of people
     
  2. Amiga

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    Your facts are wrong.

    GM and the banks were bailed out under Bush during the Great Recession, and Obama continued those efforts. There was at least a sensible rationale for those bailouts.

    What this admin is doing is different. It’s not bailing out an entire industry during a great recession, but a single company. This isn’t about “Democrats did it before.” That kind of targeted bailout is relatively rare.

    I asked a simple question, and instead you went on a tangent attacking Democrats with a couple of incorrect claims.

    The question still stands: why is this admin bailing out a single airline?

    p.s. The bailout is being considered because Spirit Airlines can’t absorb the huge spike in fuel costs tied to the elective Iran war.
     
  3. juicystream

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    Did you read my response about 2 wrongs? I am saying Biden administration was wrong. The merger would have been bad, but not for the reasons it was blocked.

    JetBlue just had no business attempting to buy Spirit. It would have exacerbated their own problems. But that was their stupid business decision to make.
     
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  4. JuanValdez

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    He just wants to associate his name with the most beloved brands. :p
     
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  5. Space Ghost

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    I already said the government should let them go bankrupt. just like they should have let GM go bankrupt.

    I have less issue with the banks.

    The point is there is plenty of competition in the mass movers market and the biden administration should have let the merger go through. This is a key reason why the Democrats lost the election. They were simply preventing key M&A's that have always happened in the past. Lena Khan was garbage.
     
  6. Space Ghost

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    I forgot. You can't think for yourself. You need someone else to tell you what to think, even if its blatantly obvious. Everyone knows Spirit was going bankrupt just like we all knew Biden was absent in his last couple years.
     
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    you can't possibly be this ignorant.

    Trump didn't know. else he would have bailed out Spirit way before 22 Aug 2025, when he used taxpayer $ to buy 10 interest in Intel
     
  8. Amiga

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    Maybe a gov takeover, remodel it with faux gold-plated seats, rename it Trump Air, and have taxpayers finance it.

    But seriously, Spirit’s business model just doesn’t work when other airlines are offering cheap fares too. Why bail out a single airline that’s had a failing model since COVID? And traditional Republicans oppose bailing out companies, so it doesn’t make much sense.
     
  9. CCorn

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    Trumps 2nd term has convinced me that we are living in a simulation. This level of stupidity can’t be genuine.
     
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  10. No Worries

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    Donald Trump has a net approval rating of *negative 75* among Independents ...


     
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    Yes. There were so many polls about airline mergers that the Harris team just ignored and the public outcry wanting more corporate consolidation was overwhelming.

    Wait, what?
     
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  14. Amiga

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    Some people are just so invested in hate, they can't think straight.
     
  15. Amiga

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    n/m, I can't do math lol
     
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  16. Space Ghost

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    Here you go thinking we have a democracy.

    Hint: Democrats turned all the venture capitalist billionaires against them.
     
  17. Agent94

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    Are Trump aides using AI to create his posts now? This feels off. There are way too many multi-syllabic words, commas and long sentences in the statement.
     
  18. DaDakota

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    Why do Fox News Polls hate trump?


     

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