US Tariffs, Sigh!

[TarrifBoy123]

According to Wikipedia:

Five presidents had never been elected to public office before becoming president: Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, Herbert Hoover, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Donald Trump. Most of these had, however, been appointed to several prominent offices. Hoover's contributions toward the Treaty of Versailles preceded his appointment as United States Secretary of Commerce. Taylor, Grant, and Eisenhower led U.S. forces to victory in the Mexican–American War, American Civil War, and World War II, respectively – each occupying the highest-ranking command post of their time. Trump is the group's sole exception, having never held any public office nor any military position.

Trump and Hoover are similar in that both of them declined their presidential salaries.

 

[MikePro]

a "career politician" and their lack of efficacy is especially highlighted by the likes of Joe Biden.
fifty years in politics and office, increasing our debt-to-gdp ratio from 33% to 125%

 

[MikePro]

According to Wikipedia:

Five presidents had never been elected to public office before becoming president: Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, Herbert Hoover, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Donald Trump. Most of these had, however, been appointed to several prominent offices. Hoover's contributions toward the Treaty of Versailles preceded his appointment as United States Secretary of Commerce. Taylor, Grant, and Eisenhower led U.S. forces to victory in the Mexican–American War, American Civil War, and World War II, respectively – each occupying the highest-ranking command post of their time. Trump is the group's sole exception, having never held any public office nor any military position.

you're from Washington and you forgot WASHINGTON?!?
rofl

 

[ikarasu]

more than 10 percent. google is free ya know.
Names such as taylor, grant, hoover, taft, & eisenhower come to mind.
oh and that pesky George Washington. ...but of course someone living under the thumb of a monarchy wouldn't think much of him.

ALEXA! What is the definition of a politician?
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sooooo a decade in politics, AND holding the highest elected office in the country TWICE, doesn't make you a politician? got it.

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I know google is free - but just like I don't want to be pasted chatgpt answers, I don't want to just paste answers for every question either.

10% is 4.7 presidents - There were 5... 4 of which were in the army / high ranking officials.... They werent politicians per say, but they still knew how the political game went.

Trumps first 5 years count - but he didn't seem to learn anything from them - If he werent doing stuff thats not in his purview, such as tariffing countries via tweet, he wouldn't be getting sued to stop, and before the supreme court so much. You can say poeople are trying to be obstructionist and hold everything he does up in courts... but theres a reason most of the time it's ruled illegal and theres a stop on it... and it ends up before a supreme court.


Trump works for the people - So yes..even he has a boss. Now how would you feel if you hired someone, and they ignored all other departments and job descriptions, said they had a better way and wanted to "Fix" your company? You may be happy with what trumps doing... But according to recent polls, he's at a 39% approval rating... So a bulk majority of Americans dont.

 

[ikarasu]

you're from Washington and you forgot WASHINGTON?!?
rofl

Wikipedia considers him as previously holding office... "Virginia House of Burgesses" I'm not brushed up on my American politics enough to know what that is in relation to congress/senate, or how political it was.

 

[MikePro]

math is hard, i know
what is 7 of 45?

 

[ikarasu]

a "career politician" and their lack of efficacy is especially highlighted by the likes of Joe Biden.
fifty years in politics and office, increasing our debt-to-gdp ratio from 33% to 125%

I'm not going to argue what his debt to GDP ratio was - but I don't think it was high because he was a politician... And just because someone is a politician, doesnt mean theyre a good politician. But doesnt the new budget increase the US debt by quite a bit? They raised the debt ceiling by a lot... I think the situation has got so bad that one president in one term wont be able to fix it, but I also don't think Trump is the debt savior people think he'll be.

 

[ikarasu]

math is hard, i know
what is 7 of 45?

Again, I dont care enough to research it and see if wikipedia is wrong, or if you're wrong, and its a reason I didn't just post the google result, because it makes no difference. 5 presidents or 7 presidents... 10%, 15%, over an almost 300 year period, thats not that many, and doesn't change the fact that he doesn't know the legal steps to get shit done, and why you'll be owing me $100 in a few weeks!

 

[MikePro]

again
more than 10percent

thanks for taking the long way to talk about nothing.

 

[ikarasu]

again
more than 10percent

thanks for taking the long way to talk about nothing.

here, I'll just start chatgpting for you. you're right, 11.1%. lets change it to significant political experience... Thatd be 1 president.


What percent of presidents had no political experience?

ChatGPT said:​

Out of the 45 individuals who have served as U.S. President, 5 had no prior elected public office experience. Wikipedia+1
That works out to about 11.1% (5 ÷ 45 × 100).
If you meant “no significant political experience whatsoever” (including no appointed office or military service), the number drops further (only Donald Trump fits) which would be 1 / 45 ≈ 2.2%

 

[MikePro]

omg, the Canadian is broken
he's copy&pasting ChatGPT now...

just wait until he finds out about Grokipedia and he'll officially melt down.

 

[TarrifBoy123]

You can say poeople are trying to be obstructionist and hold everything he does up in courts...

In June 2025, the Supreme Court severely curtailed the ability of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions, ruling that injunctions should typically only apply to plaintiffs in a case rather than blocking presidential actions nationwide. https://natlawreview.com/article/sc...junctions-trump-v-casa-and-its-impact-federal --- So actually yes, the supreme court even agreed that these political activist judges were acting our of their bounds and put a stop to it.

So yes..even he has a boss

In the U.S.A. we aren't just the presidents boss, we are all of the "politicians" bosses. They are called REPRESENTATIVES here in the U.S.A. as we elect them to represent us.

But according to recent polls, he's at a 39% approval rating... So a bulk majority of Americans dont.

American citizens overwhelmingly voted Trump into office. These polls are so fake. Trump has the most support out of any president ever from USA legal citizens.

 

[XtremeXccessories]

In June 2025, the Supreme Court severely curtailed the ability of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions, ruling that injunctions should typically only apply to plaintiffs in a case rather than blocking presidential actions nationwide. https://natlawreview.com/article/sc...junctions-trump-v-casa-and-its-impact-federal --- So actually yes, the supreme court even agreed that these political activist judges were acting our of their bounds and put a stop to it.


In the U.S.A. we aren't just the presidents boss, we are all of the "politicians" bosses. They are called REPRESENTATIVES here in the U.S.A. as we elect them to represent us.


American citizens overwhelmingly voted Trump into office. These polls are so fake. Trump has the most support out of any president ever from USA legal citizens.
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Such a pretty red map, if only land could vote.

Overwhelmingly voted him into office, you say?

o·ver·whelm·ing·ly
/ˌōvərˈ(h)welmiNGlē/
https://www.google.com/search?sca_e...2ahUKEwjpjrP1z-2QAxVVIjQIHfMeKAUQ3eEDegQIKBAN
adverb

1. to a very great degree or with a great majority.

Trump received 49.8%

Harris received 48.34%

If polls are "so fake", then why does Trump post every single positive poll he can find? Odd that every bad/critical news artical and poll is just fake and every good one is real. I'm starting to see a pattern here...

Edit: Wait, do you think land can vote? That would explain a lot..

 

[TarrifBoy123]

Such a pretty red map, if only land could vote.

Overwhelmingly voted him into office, you say?

o·ver·whelm·ing·ly
/ˌōvərˈ(h)welmiNGlē/
https://www.google.com/search?sca_e...2ahUKEwjpjrP1z-2QAxVVIjQIHfMeKAUQ3eEDegQIKBAN
adverb

1. to a very great degree or with a great majority.

Trump received 49.8%

Harris received 48.34%

If polls are "so fake", then why does Trump post every single positive poll he can find? Odd that every bad/critical news artical and poll is just fake and every good one is real. I'm starting to see a pattern here...

Edit: Wait, do you think land can vote? That would explain a lot..

If you deduct all of the illegal votes, duplicates, dead people, mail drop box, and other shenanigans, YES, he won overwhelmingly. Even with all that he won by 2.5 million votes in the popular vote. Trump won in 2020 too, lol

Trump posts his positive polls to troll the left.

Wait, is Trump your president?