Posted on 01/23/2025 8:59:29 AM PST by SeekAndFind
I did not start taking notes until about 10 minutes in, sorry, but here's what I gathered so far:
He will get rid of 10 regulations for each new regulation
Tariffs, whose amounts are not yet established, will be imposed on foreign goods
Federal tax breaks will be given for companies that make products within the US: he will lower it from 21% to 15% if products are produced in the USA.
He will reduce interest rates and inflation
The US is becoming a merit-based country
He (of course) talked about the border
There are only 2 genders. Transgender surgeries will be rare. Transgender athletes will not compete with women.
The United States is a sovereign country
We are returning to freedom of speech, no misinformation/disinformation labels to suffocate Americans’ free speech
Asks nations to increase their defense spending to 5% from 2% (this was a US request to NATO nations under Biden last fall)
It is time to end the Ukraine war, it is a carnage. He said millions are dying. He wants to talk to Putin soon about this. Hopefully this is an exaggeration.
There will be no support for electric cars. People can buy whatever car they want.
Prolonged delays for project approvals will end
With AI, we will need twice the energy in the US as we use now. (!). He suggests electricity generating plants be built next to AI plants, avoiding need to use the grid.
President Trump spoke about the use of “clean coal.” Does this mean we will use better scrubbers? RF Kennedy sued coal-burning plants for releasing large amounts of mercury into the air, generally harming low income communities where they were located.
President Trump said “debanking” is wrong and told the big banks to stop doing it.
President Trump said we don’t need Canada for wood, for making our cars, etc. He pointed out that essentially everything Canada has, the US has. This presages some tough negotiations on tariffs.
The President said President Xi called him. We have a 1.1 trillion dollar deficit with China that needs to be corrected. Hopefully China can help stop the Ukraine war. We’d like to see denuclearization of our two countries (Russia and the US) and China could come along. President Putin really liked the idea of reducing our nuclear capability. Xi did too.
The Ukraine war should never ever have been started. A lot of stupidity all around. “Far more people have died than is being reported.”
“You are a den of vipers and thieves!”
RE: “You are a den of vipers and thieves!”
Well, he didn’t go that far. LOL
“he will lower it from 21% to 15% if products are produced in the USA”
Perhaps allowing companies to deduct 120% of annual pay between $30,000 and $100,000 might be better idea.
Perhaps allowing companies to deduct only 80% of annual pay under $18,000 might be better idea.
he said it. just in a nicer way than we would.
......President Trump spoke to Davos by video........
Good! He didn’t have to go to Davos!
He has a lot on his plate.
“President Trump said we don’t need Canada for wood, for making our cars, etc. He pointed out that essentially everything Canada has, the US has. This presages some tough negotiations on tariffs.”
I don’t favor antagonizing Canada. The Canadians have comparable pay and regulations I believe.
“President Trump spoke about the use of ‘clean coal.’”
Fossil fuel power plants can be placed upwind of forests.
Trees love to eat CO2.
Redwoods could lock up CO2 for centuries.
Canada has lost it’s way. Trump’s aggressive stance will help Canada become great again. Right now it’s a mess.
“Prolonged delays for project approvals will end”
My paycheck seems 20% short!
Your permit review work is behind schedule, it should have been done in two months.
You’ll get the 20% when you are caught up.
Yikes! Trump is fully Big Tech/Deep State bought and owned!
Using emergency declarations to let the builders of AI facilities build their own, dedicated electricity generating plants right next door—so they don’t have to worry about our old and unreliable electric grid.
Says we’re going to need to double our electric generation—just for the increased need for AI.
What the h#)@ is he doing? CIA’r US?
“Canada has lost it’s way. Trump’s aggressive stance will help Canada become great again. Right now it’s a mess.”
I don’t favor hurting Canadian businesses and ordinary workers because of True Foe’s follies.
Hopefully a little laugh at the Germans about gas and winter heating.
You really are an Ass!
Hopefully it was a prerecorded message
Are you going to put the power plants in the Pacific Ocean?
The redwoods ONLY grow right along the Pacific coast.
I understand the concerns, but I think Trump sees it, as the modern-day version of “The Space Race”. If we don’t get in front of it, the Chinese will.
“Using emergency declarations to let the builders of AI facilities build their own, dedicated electricity generating plants right next door—so they don’t have to worry about our old and unreliable electric grid.”
Our old, unreliable electric grids are likely to have to be used to charge slowly increasing numbers of EVs.
The AI companies should be able to see to their power needs in a manner the vast majority of us would hold to be reasonable.
I think AI is misnamed. It’s more like computer assisted information gathering and computer assisted decision making.
I think AI is misnamed. It’s more like computer assisted information gathering and computer assisted decision making.
“A just machine to make big decisions”
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