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To: koan who wrote (1522014)	2/12/2025 10:21:11 AM
From: IC720	1 Recommendation Recommended By longz Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570913

Less than a month into his presidency, Donald Trump has received excellent feedback from the American people. YouGov, ActiVote, Emerson College, Quantus Insights, TIPP insights, Gallup and others have found that nearly half of the public sees the new Trump Administration in a favorable light, with certain polls showing up to a 53% favorability rating. Executive Director of Emerson Polling Spencer Kimball said. “Earlier this month, 70% of Republicans felt the country was on the wrong track, now 87% feel it is headed in the right direction. The share of independents who say the country is on the wrong track decreased from 69% to 53%, while Democrats’ perception that the country is on the wrong track intensified from 62% to 79%.” Joe Biden was polling at all-time lows before leaving office. The American people had no confidence in government or progressive policies that drastically derailed the average man’s quality of life in the past four years. The “progressive” woke agenda shoved down our throats FAILED. Bidenomics coupled with soaring inflation, a multiplying public sector, and reckless government spending did not go unnoticed. America was forced to openly fund a proxy war abroad as our own borders were left unprotected. Globalist AMERICA LAST policies failed. The people were not certain if we even had a president with Biden’s barefaced mental decline. Trump hit the ground running to undo countless policies implemented by Joe and his handlers. During his first term, he signed a total of 220 executive orders. In the past two and a half weeks, Donald Trump pushed through 54 executive orders and revoked 91 of Biden’s issued orders. No president since Truman has signed so many orders in their first 100 days. Emerson College Polling, for example, found that 52% of Americans believe the US is now on the right track. It is nearly unheard of for over half of the population to be in agreement. “The shift is rooted in a flip of Republican perception and lessening of independents who say the country is on the wrong track,” Executive Director of Emerson Polling Spencer Kimball said. “Earlier this month, 70% of Republicans felt the country was on the wrong track, now 87% feel it is headed in the right direction. The share of independents who say the country is on the wrong track decreased from 69% to 53%, while Democrats’ perception that the country is on the wrong track intensified from 62% to 79%.” The silent MAJORITY feels seen and has a voice. The economy is and will always be the biggest factor in government approval.

To: koan who wrote (1522014)	2/12/2025 10:41:54 AM
From: Bonefish	1 Recommendation Recommended By longz Respond to of 1570913

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To: koan who wrote (1522014)	2/12/2025 2:11:54 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Recommended By Fiscally Conservative Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1570913

Koan, In two years the Democrats will be back in power in a landslide as Trump will have put us into severe deflation, and maybe depression!! This is probably the reason why Trump is spending his political capital like a madman. He knows his time to demolish federal government and remake it in his image is very limited. Tenchusatsu

To: koan who wrote (1522014)	2/13/2025 8:45:12 AM
From: IC720	3 Recommendations Recommended By longz Maple MAGA Thomas M. Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570913

One benefit of having billionaires in this administration is that they do not need the money and likely cannot be bought out. Elon Musk is stepping on the toes of the likes of Lockheed Martin and Boeing and calling for massive reform. The government has been willing to pay any price for the most basic of services. Boeing overcharged the Air Force by 8,000% for soap dispensers, for example. A 2018 audit found that the Audit was also paying $1,300 per disposable K-cup on its KC-10 aircraft. Of course, that isn’t where the money is actually going. That is merely the paper trail they are leaving in the open. The US Defense Department quietly admitted to the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) that it simply misplaced $824 billion during the last major audit. Do not forget that when a whistleblower admitted the Pentagon has $2.3 trillion in unaccounted funds, a few major buildings in New York fell and started a contagion of events. The agency has never explained the whereabouts of those funds nor has it explained the trillions that have gone missing since then. ... article DOGE Turns Attention to the DoD Video Player 00:00 01:14 The Pentagon has never passed an audit nor has been expected to pass one. The government has spent hundreds of millions on conducting audits that they knew the Pentagon would not pass. DOGE has set its focus on eliminating waste from one of America’s untouchable branches – the Department of Defense. The DoD currently has 1.3 million active duty troops and 1,014,000 contractors. The Defense Business Board told the agency five years ago that it could save $125 billion over a five-year period by renegotiating these contracts. In fact, half of the Pentagon’s Imaginate budget is spent on contractors. The agency outsources everything including basic administration roles to companies who then charge the agency top dollar. Hence, the Pentagon is the bureaucrats’ favorite money laundering service. No one wanted to step on the toes of the military industrial complex. It’s no conspiracy to believe that the majority of legislators were being paid out in one way or another. One benefit of having billionaires in this administration is that they do not need the money and likely cannot be bought out. Elon Musk is stepping on the toes of the likes of Lockheed Martin and Boeing and calling for massive reform. Musk wants to discontinue the F-35 stealth fighter jet program, which he deemed “the worst military value for money in history,” and the jet itself “an expensive & complex jack of all trades, master of none” and added that “manned fighter jets are obsolete in the age of drones anyway.” Yet, Congress has refused to pass such a bill because of the heavy lobbying efforts. DOGE estimates that eliminating this program could save the government $12 billion annually and allow funds to flow into new endeavors. But lawmakers insist this will eliminate American jobs provided by Lockheed, so US taxpayers should simply continue paying. Not so coincidentally, the department is consistently misplacing funds for its F-35 program. In May 2023, the Pentagon admitted that it misplaced thousands of F-35 jet parts to the tune of $1.6 trillion. One month later and they admitted to misplacing another $6.2 billion in funds that were destined for Ukraine. The agency shrugged as millions in Ukraine aid went missing each year. “We have confirmed that for FY23, the final calculation is $3.6 billion, and for FY22 it is $2.6 billion, for a combined total of $6.2 billion,” the Pentagon press secretary said. “These valuation errors in no way limit or restricted the size of any of our PDAs or impacted the provision of support to Ukraine.” The government has been willing to pay any price for the most basic of services. Boeing overcharged the Air Force by 8,000% for soap dispensers, for example. A 2018 audit found that the Audit was also paying $1,300 per disposable K-cup on its KC-10 aircraft. Of course, that isn’t where the money is actually going. That is merely the paper trail they are leaving in the open. DOGE is looking into cutting down the number of American military bases. The department is looking at foreign grants, such as the $40 million provided to Chinese researchers to develop AI technology. The Defense Department inspector general revealed that EcoHealth Alliance received $46.7 million in defense funds from 2014 to 2023. EcoHealth then aided in funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab where the coronavirus was created. The widespread misuse of taxpayer funds is astounding. The US Defense Department quietly admitted to the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) that it simply misplaced $824 billion during the last major audit. Do not forget that when a whistleblower admitted the Pentagon has $2.3 trillion in unaccounted funds, a few major buildings in New York fell and started a contagion of events. The agency has never explained the whereabouts of those funds nor has it explained the trillions that have gone missing since then.