Jan 20, 2025 · Copernicus said: Trump's tariffs will not preserve jobs in the US. They will destroy jobs in the US, Canada, and Mexico, all of which have heavy manufacturing industries that depend on tariff-free trade across their borders.

Dec 20, 2024 · Copernicus said: Nobody elected Elon Musk, but Donald Trump did eke out a slim popular victory over Kamala Harris. So Trump now begins to hand out high level government jobs to family members, sycophants, cronies, and especially …

Jan 21, 2025 · Copernicus said: Historian Timothy Snyder wrote a popular book entitled On Tyranny , which explores the process by which democracies in other countries have given rise to authoritarian rule. An important one is the formation of paramilitary organizations like Proud Boys and Oathkeepers, which can assume greater power in a functioning democracy ...

Dec 12, 2024 · Copernicus said: Well, you haven't actually studied much history. I suggest that you start with President Andrew Johnson's pardon of to thousands of former Confederate officials and soldiers after the American Civil War officially ended on April 9, 1865.

Dec 22, 2024 · Copernicus said: Trump can threaten to primary those who upset him, but Musk has the means to actually carry out that threat. After all, he spent only a quarter of a billion dollars on Trump--chump change from the perspective of someone worth almost half a trillion dollars (actually, $431 billion}.

Dec 22, 2024 · Copernicus said: Trump has known exactly what H-1B visas were for years , and his first administration actually suspended them by executive order. Ramaswamy also opposed them historically, but is now pretending to like them.

Oct 24, 2024 · Copernicus said: Your statement is bizarre, since it seems to suggest that opposition to fascism is a recent phenomenon. Historically, both were antidemocratic and anti-American.

Dec 26, 2024 · Copernicus said: “What Trump wants is a win,” Farnsworth said. “And even if the American flag doesn’t raise over Greenland, Europeans may be more willing to say yes to something else because of the pressure.”

Feb 3, 2025 · Copernicus said: We have a 4.1% unemployment rate (at least while Biden was still president), but inflation is still higher than it needs to be. The economy is very healthy and robust (at least before these idiotic tariffs).

Jan 20, 2025 · Copernicus said: George Washington decreed that “neither negroes, boys unable to bear arms, nor old men” could join the Continental Army. By way of contrast, the British did offer freedom to those who fled and joined the fight against the American rebels.