Donald Trump..a president of action..

[Bob Riebe]

“ As of early 2026, reports have indicated that Trump has continued to face criticism for bypassing Congress and the judiciary in his second term, with some observers labeling his actions as "authoritarian" or "spin dictatorship". ”

           Well then:
          Franklin D. Roosevelt frequently pushed through transformative New Deal legislation with immense speed, particularly during his first 100 days, often leveraging a compliant Congress and massive public support to overcome opposition
. While not technically bypassing constitutional, process, he utilized executive power, fast-tracked voting, and public pressure to force action, notes The Wilson Quartely. -- I guess he is following Democratic Party modes.

         

[Casull]

“ As of early 2026, reports have indicated that Trump has continued to face criticism for bypassing Congress and the judiciary in his second term, with some observers labeling his actions as "authoritarian" or "spin dictatorship". ”

Haven't seen Congress or the judiciary seeking Trump's approval to do their jobs either.   

[ironglowz]

From DG;

   “ As of early 2026, reports have indicated that Trump has continued to face criticism for bypassing Congress and the judiciary in his second term, with some observers labeling his actions as "authoritarian" or "spin dictatorship".
  ...


   Quoting Gomer Pyle.. Surprise...surprise !  Now that is simply amazing !   ...That Pres Trump should ever face criticism for any reason ! 

  President Trump doesn't accept his $400,000 paycheck, builds a monumental, new "United States Reception Room" at the cost of $200 million, yet costs the taxpayers
   nothing.  He stops several wars already in progress..
   
  With seemingly no assistance from EU or NATO, he has tried to bring to an end, just one more prosperity defeating, perhaps yet another 20 year war in Ukraine.

   To these endless two decade long wars, Pres Trump has let's them know we are not playing that game as done by previous presidents.

   All those wars do, is provide more billions for the world's globalists, while draining away the nation's treasure, autonomy and slay or disable much of it's current generation!

     ....And still, the spendthrifts and chicken-hawks berate him !
 

[Mule 11]

Seen where the US Govt has gotten rid of 386,826 govt workers in President Trumps first year. That’s a whole lot of swamp leaches no longer sucking the life blood out of America.
    How many millions of illegals have been exported again?

[Darkgael0]

“Seen where the US Govt has gotten rid of 386,826 govt workers in President Trumps first year. That’s a whole lot of swamp leaches no longer sucking the life blood out of America.
    How many millions of illegals have been exported again?”
Well….gotten rid of 386,326 people NO…he just made them unemployed. Now they are on unemployment or welfare.   Millions of illegals….how does one deport a million people?” I am curious about the mechanics of the idea. How was that accomplished? How do they all get rounded up? And shipped off?

[ironglowz]

“Seen where the US Govt has gotten rid of 386,826 govt workers in President Trumps first year. That’s a whole lot of swamp leaches no longer sucking the life blood out of America.
    How many millions of illegals have been exported again?”
Well….gotten rid of 386,326 people NO…he just made them unemployed. Now they are on unemployment or welfare.   Millions of illegals….how does one deport a million people?” I am curious about the mechanics of the idea. How was that accomplished? How do they all get rounded up? And shipped off?

  Obviously, ICE is doing their job, despite the freakos who are trying to stop them.  ..And don't discount the voluntary deportees !

[Bob Riebe]

“Seen where the US Govt has gotten rid of 386,826 govt workers in President Trumps first year. That’s a whole lot of swamp leaches no longer sucking the life blood out of America.
    How many millions of illegals have been exported again?”
Well….gotten rid of 386,326 people NO…he just made them unemployed. Now they are on unemployment or welfare.   Millions of illegals….how does one deport a million people?” I am curious about the mechanics of the idea. How was that accomplished? How do they all get rounded up? And shipped off?

                           https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/12/10/thanks-president-trump-and-secretary-noem-more-25-million-illegal-aliens-left-us

         DHS is shattering records with more than 605,000 deportations and 1.9 self-deportations

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced historic progress in securing the homeland, highlighting a year of record-breaking achievement of more than 2.5 million illegal aliens leaving the U.S.

Since January 20, 2025, DHS enforcement operations have resulted in more than 605,000 deportations. DHS has prioritized removing the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens as part of the Trump Administration’s efforts to return law and order to the United States.

Additionally, thanks to the comprehensive efforts of DHS law enforcement, 1.9 million illegal aliens have voluntarily self-deported since January 2025. We encourage all illegal aliens to use the CBP Home app to get a free flight home for Christmas and $1,000.

“The Trump Administration is shattering historic records with more than 2.5 million illegal aliens leaving the U.S. DHS has deported more than 605,000 illegal aliens and another 1.9 million have self-deported. Since January 20, DHS has arrested more than 595,000 illegal aliens,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “Illegal aliens are hearing our message to leave now. They know if they don’t, we will find them, we will arrest them, and they will never return.”

[Mule 11]

“Seen where the US Govt has gotten rid of 386,826 govt workers in President Trumps first year. That’s a whole lot of swamp leaches no longer sucking the life blood out of America.
    How many millions of illegals have been exported again?”
Well….gotten rid of 386,326 people NO…he just made them unemployed. Now they are on unemployment or welfare.   Millions of illegals….how does one deport a million people?” I am curious about the mechanics of the idea. How was that accomplished? How do they all get rounded up? And shipped off?

The ex govt employees were useless and got paid while doing nothing and now they get paid less and are just as useless. The illegals? Who cares as long as they’re deported…

[ironglowz]

 Pres Trump says.....   their Air Force is obliterated, their air defense is about gone, to be finished soon. Their 32 ship Navy is at the bottom of the sea...

  Their Army is incapable of responding, and their third or fourth round of choices for Supreme Leadership will soon be neutralized.   

  Their Army headquarters is totally destroyed and their Navy control center is vaporized.

     .....Other than that, they are doing OK !   

[Darkgael0]

Bob: I appreciate your response. Those are, however, just numbers. I am curious about how it is done…. the rounding up, the actual shipping out.

[Bob Riebe]

Bob: I appreciate your response. Those are, however, just numbers. I am curious about how it is done…. the rounding up, the actual shipping out.

            Current deportation numbers are primarily derived from administrative data published by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), specifically U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
. These figures, often reported by fiscal year, include formal removals, voluntary departures, and, controversially, self-deportations.
Key elements in determining these numbers include:

    ICE and CBP Data: ICE reports on removals of individuals from the interior, while CBP reports on encounters and removals at the border.
    Voluntary Departures: Reports often include individuals who agree to leave voluntarily, sometimes with assistance, which has been a major component of recent figures.
    Targeted Operations: Data reflects arrests made by ICE during enforcement actions aimed at specific individuals, including those with criminal records.
    Court Records: The TRAC (Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse) uses data from immigration courts to track removal orders.
    Contested Data: Some reported figures, particularly those involving "self-deportations," are contested by research centers for being overestimations.
    Fiscal Year Tracking: Removals are tracked from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, with data released in annual and sometimes monthly reports.

The figures, therefore, are a combination of formal, documented removals at borders, internal apprehensions, and, depending on the source, estimated voluntary departures, often aggregated in official DHS press releases or ICE annual reports.
]

[ironglowz]

Bob: I appreciate your response. Those are, however, just numbers. I am curious about how it is done…. the rounding up, the actual shipping out.

  I fail to see the import as to how these illegals are eliminated from our shores. The most important point is that they are gone, or in jail where they belong.

  It is time long overdue, that those who hinder the official ICE officers from performing their tasks, would join their illegal pals ..in the slammer !

  No surprise that so many of those troublesome types dye their hair in unnatural colors, since studies show that they often have mental health issues to start with !

 https://emilkirkegaard.dk/en/2022/06/unnatural-hair-color-really-is-a-danger-zone-marker-new-study-out/

    https://healthtimes.co.zw/2026/01/26/people-who-dye-hair-in-unnatural-shades-show-higher-rates-of-depression/

[Darkgael0]

Bob: Thank you. That is a lot of data. Did you write that? If so that is a remarkable amount of info
You are to be commended for assembling it.

[Darkgael0]

IG: “  fail to see the import as to how these illegals are eliminated from our shores. The most important point is that they are gone, or in jail where they belong.”

How often we distrust government data when it runs contrary to our beliefs and yet accept it when it supports our notions.

[DDZ]

As Nancy Mace says both sides protect the other. And now we have moved from deporting illegals to just deporting criminal illegals, as Trump states at the end of the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rog0PkSbrGs

[gypsyman]

Voted for Trump 3 times, he's done a lot of good. Thing he better get back to, is helping America. Week ago today, 2nd of March, did my Monday morning shopping run. Gassed up at $2.49/gal. 20 minute's later, was $3.19 at the same station. Now I see $3.49 and up. You know food prices will follow shortly, if not already. He keeps this war going much longer, any politicians associated with him, Vance, Rubio, etc., will have a hard time winning any office at midterms. We put boots on the ground, after what has happened in the last 25 years, this country will be divided even more. Best thing Trump could do, within a few days to a week, pull all military back, tell Israel to finish it. We got enough problems to fix back here, without spending billions more and losing any more service people.

[DDZ]

Voted for Trump 3 times, he's done a lot of good. Thing he better get back to, is helping America. Week ago today, 2nd of March, did my Monday morning shopping run. Gassed up at $2.49/gal. 20 minute's later, was $3.19 at the same station. Now I see $3.49 and up. You know food prices will follow shortly, if not already. He keeps this war going much longer, any politicians associated with him, Vance, Rubio, etc., will have a hard time winning any office at midterms. We put boots on the ground, after what has happened in the last 25 years, this country will be divided even more. Best thing Trump could do, within a few days to a week, pull all military back, tell Israel to finish it. We got enough problems to fix back here, without spending billions more and losing any more service people.

Certainly we don't need this war. Its started out as them saying just 3 or 4 days. Now its 4 or 5 weeks. Many are expecting it to last much longer, even into September. Iran will not surrender. They have been preparing for 20 years for this, and they will make it an ugly war. To many neocons like Lindsey Graham making big money from the war machine. And Trump backing them for re-election. Trump has done a lot of good things, but he has changed his tune now. He went from boasting about him being the only president to not start any wars to potentially just starting WW3. All of a sudden he has become a bombing neocon. He went from saying they will get to the bottom of the Epstein case, to completely covering it up to protect his wealthy friends.  Also not one political criminal in jail yet. What happened to all that? Trump is becoming the Trump I didn't vote for.  I don't look for midterms to be good for republicans, and Trump. I'm beginning to wonder if they even care. 

[ironglowz]

Voted for Trump 3 times, he's done a lot of good. Thing he better get back to, is helping America. Week ago today, 2nd of March, did my Monday morning shopping run. Gassed up at $2.49/gal. 20 minute's later, was $3.19 at the same station. Now I see $3.49 and up. You know food prices will follow shortly, if not already. He keeps this war going much longer, any politicians associated with him, Vance, Rubio, etc., will have a hard time winning any office at midterms. We put boots on the ground, after what has happened in the last 25 years, this country will be divided even more. Best thing Trump could do, within a few days to a week, pull all military back, tell Israel to finish it. We got enough problems to fix back here, without spending billions more and losing any more service people.

Certainly we don't need this war. Its started out as them saying just 3 or 4 days. Now its 4 or 5 weeks. Many are expecting it to last much longer, even into September. Iran will not surrender. They have been preparing for 20 years for this, and they will make it an ugly war. To many neocons like Lindsey Graham making big money from the war machine. And Trump backing them for re-election. Trump has done a lot of good things, but he has changed his tune now. He went from boasting about him being the only president to not start any wars to potentially just starting WW3. All of a sudden he has become a bombing neocon. He went from saying they will get to the bottom of the Epstein case, to completely covering it up to protect his wealthy friends.  Also not one political criminal in jail yet. What happened to all that? Trump is becoming the Trump I didn't vote for.  I don't look for midterms to be good for republicans, and Trump. I'm beginning to wonder if they even care.

  I don't recall the Dept of War saying anything about a 3-4 day war, and I sure didn't expect it to finish anywhere near that quickly.  Considering past wars, this Iranian venture puts all others to shame, for it's timely efficiency and smooth operations.

  In several days we confronted one of the leading militaries of the world, destroyed their Air force, Army, Navy..  In fact, the backbone of their Navy, some 52 capital ships are now sprouting coral.

   Their Air Force was eliminated in just about the first day, and their Army is apparently just waiting to be mopped up   I don't expect miracles either, although he has appointed the finest cabinet assembled since WW2.

   Obviously, Trump's cabinet was not chosen for political or fund raising reasons, but for their professionalism and competence.

      All that accomplished, with just 8 casualties so far.  Never wanting to take casualties casual, since each is a tragedy for their loved ones, but we must compare this list to other battles of only 1 days duration..

  A) The second battle of Manassas/Bull Run... 25,000 American  casualties..

  B) The WW! first day of the Battle of the Somme..  57,000 British casualties alone.

  C) The Battle of the Wabash, 11/04/1791  Facing combined Indian tribes, Gen St Clair's 2nd infantry division suffered 896 casualties out of a force of 900.

    I cannot recall a time in the last 1&1/4 century, when any nation has had it's entire military..Army, Navy, Air Force and all their headquarters defeated, while inflicting only 8 casualties on the attacking force.

  (..And don't forget the Battle of Gettysburg..3 days, 57,000 casualties on both sides)

  Quite remarkable, I would say...

[Bob Riebe]

       I fear more Pres. Trump will pull a Johnson or Nixon and quit the offense before the enemy is defeated.
       The North Vienamese leaders admitted had Johnson or Nixon kept up the heavy bombings they would have been defeated, but both quit
before they had the enemy finished.

[ironglowz]

       I fear more Pres. Trump will pull a Johnson or Nixon and quit the offense before the enemy is defeated.
       The North Vienamese leaders admitted had Johnson or Nixon kept up the heavy bombings they would have been defeated, but both quit
before they had the enemy finished.

   In some ways, that concerns me also.  Hopefully, we have learned our lessons concerning putting in place, people of our choosing to completely replace the ones we vanquish.

  Perhaps we are seeing this in action in Venezuela, when the VP to Maduro was left in place, until the people of Venezuela can elect their choices. I'm suspect she has
   been informed just how she is expected to perform in office until such elections are held.

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  Now guys, back to the OP.. "Donald Trump.. a president of action..

   Just over a year ago, Pres Trump took office, following what I see as 4 years of stupid moves and buffoonery.Here are some of his ACTIONS..

  1) He appointed a positively stellar cabinet and heads of other agencies.

  2) He took our military from one of low morale, men in skirts and DEI.. to being greatly respected by all friendly nations, and greatly feared by adversarial nations.

  3) From a military that greatly failed to meet enlistment needs, to one young people are proud to join, and do so in sufficient numbers..and more.

  4) He has gained exactly what he wanted from the Greenland game.

  5) He has slammed the gates shut on our borders.

  6) He has cut the drug traffic from greatly, from South and  Central America

  7) He took out the corrupt leader of Venezuela and his henchmen in about a half an hour, with no casualties on our side.

  He is working to unite the entire western hemisphere into one group, by reviving the "Don-roe doctrine".

  9) Argentina and now Chile has MAGA style leadership.

  10) By his actions in Venezuela and Iran, our hands rest heavily upon the spigot that controls the flow of petroleum to the People's republic of China.

  11) By his actions in Venezuela, it is highly likely that the Cuban nation, will soon slip out of the iron grasp of Communism.

  12) Looking north, there is the distinct possibility that the USA could be enlarged in land mass and mineral/agricultural riches, with from 1 to 4 provinces transferring.

  13) The Donald has poked the sleeping giant of western Europe out of it's self-imposed lethargy. Let's hope it is not too late.

  14) He has reopened much of our growth, by freeing up oil and mineral rights closed by other, less aware political leaders.

  15) ..And on the lighter side.  He has installed in the White house, undoubtedly the most attractive first lady ever to grace it's precincts !   

   How's that for starters ? 

  Which president can you recall, who has been a more action oriented leader ?
 

 

[Darkgael0]

There is a lot to be said about that list of accomplishments. So i ask myself why do I feel uneasy about the Trump presidency. Why do I, after all, still not trust him? Part of it is his tendency to self-aggrandizement.!
Trump is a man who decides ahead of time that he deserves a memorial - no waiting for the judgement of history..There he was waving about a model memorial arch, a memorial to himself larger than all of the other memorials along the Potomac.
It is not for him to decide that.
Remember that Trump referred to the more than 1,800 marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood as “suckers” for getting killed.

[Bob Riebe]

There is a lot to be said about that list of accomplishments. So i ask myself why do I feel uneasy about the Trump presidency. Why do I, after all, still not trust him? Part of it is his tendency to self-aggrandizement.!

Bingo!