President Donald Trump - J.D. Vance Administration

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Improper Comments? NOOOOOOOOOO!

OMG. Cancel Christmas.

Can you say "meaningless distraction"?

Meanwhile under Bondi's reign of toadie stupidity... Zero arrests of pedophiles.

Release the Epstein files, Bondi. Oh what's that... You can't because it implicates your boss?

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Awesome! We get to pay an additional 17% TAX on tomatoes. HURRAH!!! What great news, indeed. Let's pop some champagne, shall we @W.TN.Orange Blood ?

Here's drinking to higher prices. Fine work, Donald, you stable genius.

Remember back in the day when Donald Trump was a registered Democrat and the Republican Party was a staunch advocate of free trade?

Mmhhhmmm.

MAGA... Dumber than a sack of bricks.

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Awesome! We get to pay an additional 17% TAX on tomatoes. HURRAH!!! What great news, indeed. Let's pop some champagne, shall we @W.TN.Orange Blood ?

Here's drinking to higher prices. Fine work, Donald, you stable genius.

Remember back in the day when Donald Trump was a registered Democrat and the Republican Party was a staunch advocate of free trade?

Mmhhhmmm.

MAGA... Dumber than a sack of bricks.

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do you and the other Trump haters spend all day finding thing to beach about? I’ve never seen so many on the left be so obsessed with a person.

Love him or hate him, Trump has done a lot of good in a short period of time. Even Maher commented on it. The tariffs are working and the economy is booming. Be happy!
 
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Judge Indira Talwani Expands Order, Mandates Medicaid Funding for All Planned Parenthood Clinics​


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A federal judge on Monday completely blocked a provision of the Big, Beautiful Bill defunding abortion giant Planned Parenthood of taxpayer dollars through Medicaid.

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, a President Obama appointee, granted a preliminary injunction, blocking the provision and essentially mandating Medicaid funding for all Planned Parenthood clinics as litigation continues. Talwani released the expanded order after issuing an order last week only partially blocking the provision for a subset of clinics that did not independently meet the provision’s “prohibited entity” definition: [Planned Parenthood Federation] members that do not provide abortions because of state law or those who received less than $800,000 in Medicaid reimbursements in 2023.

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Judge Mandates Medicaid Funding for All Planned Parenthood Clinics

A federal judge on Monday completely blocked a provision of the Big, Beautiful Bill that defunds abortion giant Planned Parenthood of taxpayer dollars through Medicaid.
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do you and the other Trump haters spend all day finding thing to beach about? I’ve never seen so many on the left be so obsessed with a person.

Love him or hate him, Trump has done a lot of good in a short period of time. Even Maher commented on it. The tariffs are working and the economy is booming. Be happy!
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Economy is booming eh? So then we *don't* need Powell to lower interest rates then. Got it.
 
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Because they are finding new evidence that was not available to them before. It was hidden. This is what we have been trying to tell you but you are not looking at the current evidence. Just today, I am reading where Bolton hid important information (read above post). The whole swamp was against this man’s administration and was going to do whatever they had to to destroy it.

Why? Because they knew two things, 1) he would find the truth and bring it to lite and 2) they know his policies are going to work for the American people and the Democrats cannot afford to be seen for what they are - a vote pandering, do nothing party for the working class.
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Economy is booming eh? So then we *don't* need Powell to lower interest rates then. Got it.
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You truly don’t understand economics. The economy it is booming. Lower interest rates would increase home sales. It’s a simple concept. Trump doesn’t settle. He always thinks things can be better, hence wanting lower interest rates.


Edit - it was recently announced that his tariffs brought in a record of $150 Billion! And, many experts said the economy would collapse by June or July. And, many have admitted they were wrong!
 
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You truly don’t understand economics. The economy it is booming. Lower interest rates would increase home sales. It’s a simple concept. Trump doesn’t settle. He always thinks things can be better, hence wanting lower interest rates.


Edit - it was recently announced that his tariffs brought in a record of $150 Billion! And, many experts said the economy would collapse by June or July. And, many have admitted they were wrong!
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Hm...
 
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There are many ways to overthrow a nation. Over regulation is one of the easiest ways without firing a shot.
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yes..that Net Zero, The Mother of All Regulations, is gonna decimate every economy..fine by me, just more worldwide investment for us.
 
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vol94 said:
You truly don’t understand economics. The economy it is booming. Lower interest rates would increase home sales. It’s a simple concept. Trump doesn’t settle. He always thinks things can be better, hence wanting lower interest rates.


Edit - it was recently announced that his tariffs brought in a record of $150 Billion! And, many experts said the economy would collapse by June or July. And, many have admitted they were wrong!
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Heh. Mkay Junior.

The economy is not ‘booming’ as you suggest… right now it’s far from it at 2.4% for the last quarter which is run of the mill. In fact, it contracted 0.5% in Q4.

You also need a basic understanding of economics 101. When the economy is in fact, booming, interest rates don’t go down, they go up. Why? To prevent inflation. It particularly hurts our senior citizens and those on fixed incomes.

Lowering interest rates is far from some panacea holy grail. But, hey, maybe you know more than the chairman of the federal reserve Powell, right?

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The following data provides the United States' real GDP growth rates (seasonally adjusted annual rate, in percent) by quarter for the past 10 years, from Q1 2015 to Q1 2025, based on available information from reliable sources. Real GDP growth is the inflation-adjusted measure of economic output, expressed as the annualized percentage change from the previous quarter. Where exact data for recent quarters is unavailable, I’ve noted estimates or gaps based on the provided references. For a comprehensive view, I’ve compiled the data primarily from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED), and other sources like Statista and Trading Economics, cross-referencing for accuracy.

### United States Real GDP Growth by Quarter (Q1 2015 – Q1 2025)

- **2015**
- Q1: 3.3%
- Q2: 3.3%
- Q3: 1.0%
- Q4: 0.4%
- **2016**
- Q1: 1.5%
- Q2: 2.3%
- Q3: 1.9%
- Q4: 1.8%
- **2017**
- Q1: 1.8%
- Q2: 3.0%
- Q3: 2.8%
- Q4: 2.3%
- **2018**
- Q1: 2.2%
- Q2: 4.1%
- Q3: 3.4%[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_States)
- Q4: 2.2%[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_States)
- **2019**
- Q1: 3.1% (BEA data, sourced from historical FRED releases)[](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPC1)
- Q2: 2.0% (BEA data, sourced from historical FRED releases)[](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPC1)
- Q3: 2.1% (BEA data, sourced from historical FRED releases)[](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPC1)
- Q4: 2.3% (BEA data, sourced from historical FRED releases)[](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPC1)
- **2020**
- Q1: -5.0%[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_States)
- Q2: -32.9%[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_States)
- Q3: 33.4% (BEA data, reflecting post-COVID rebound)[](https://www.statista.com/statistics/188185/percent-change-from-preceding-period-in-real-gdp-in-the-us/)
- Q4: 4.3% (BEA data, sourced from historical FRED releases)[](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPC1)
- **2021**
- Q1: 6.4% (BEA data, strong recovery post-COVID)[](https://www.statista.com/statistics/188185/percent-change-from-preceding-period-in-real-gdp-in-the-us/)
- Q2: 6.7% (BEA data, sourced from historical FRED releases)[](https://www.statista.com/statistics/188185/percent-change-from-preceding-period-in-real-gdp-in-the-us/)
- Q3: 2.3% (BEA data, sourced from historical FRED releases)[](https://www.statista.com/statistics/188185/percent-change-from-preceding-period-in-real-gdp-in-the-us/)
- Q4: 6.9% (BEA data, sourced from historical FRED releases)[](https://www.statista.com/statistics/188185/percent-change-from-preceding-period-in-real-gdp-in-the-us/)
- **2022**
- Q1: -1.6% (BEA data, reflecting economic slowdown)[](https://www.statista.com/statistics/188185/percent-change-from-preceding-period-in-real-gdp-in-the-us/)
- Q2: -0.6% (BEA data, technical recession)[](https://www.statista.com/statistics/188185/percent-change-from-preceding-period-in-real-gdp-in-the-us/)
- Q3: 3.2% (BEA data, sourced from historical FRED releases)[](https://www.statista.com/statistics/188185/percent-change-from-preceding-period-in-real-gdp-in-the-us/)
- Q4: 2.6% (BEA data, sourced from historical FRED releases)[](https://www.statista.com/statistics/188185/percent-change-from-preceding-period-in-real-gdp-in-the-us/)
- **2023**
- Q1: 2.1% (BEA data, sourced from Statista)[](https://www.statista.com/statistics/188185/percent-change-from-preceding-period-in-real-gdp-in-the-us/)
- Q2: 2.1% (BEA data, sourced from Statista)[](https://www.statista.com/statistics/188185/percent-change-from-preceding-period-in-real-gdp-in-the-us/)
- Q3: 4.9% (BEA data, sourced from Statista)[](https://www.statista.com/statistics/188185/percent-change-from-preceding-period-in-real-gdp-in-the-us/)
- Q4: 3.4% (BEA data, sourced from Statista)[](https://www.statista.com/statistics/188185/percent-change-from-preceding-period-in-real-gdp-in-the-us/)
- **2024**
- Q1: 1.4% (BEA data, sourced from Statista)[](https://www.statista.com/statistics/188185/percent-change-from-preceding-period-in-real-gdp-in-the-us/)
- Q2: 3.0% (BEA data, sourced from Statista)[](https://www.statista.com/statistics/188185/percent-change-from-preceding-period-in-real-gdp-in-the-us/)
- Q3: 1.1% (BEA data, sourced from Statista)[](https://www.statista.com/statistics/188185/percent-change-from-preceding-period-in-real-gdp-in-the-us/)
- Q4: 2.4% (BEA data, reported as prior quarter to Q1 2025)[](https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gross-domestic-product)
- **2025**
- Q1: -0.5% (BEA third estimate, reflecting a contraction)[](https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gross-domestic-product)[](https://www.bea.gov/news/glance)
- Q2: 2.4% (Atlanta Fed GDPNow estimate, as of July 25, 2025)[](https://www.atlantafed.org/cqer/research/gdpnow)

### Notes:
- **Data Sources**: The figures are primarily drawn from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) via FRED and Statista, with additional context from Trading Economics and X posts for earlier years. The Q2 2025 figure is an estimate from the Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow model, as official BEA data is not yet available.
- **Real GDP**: These are inflation-adjusted (chained dollars) growth rates, expressed as annualized percentages, which reflect the quarter-to-quarter change if sustained for a full year. This can amplify short-term fluctuations (e.g., Q2 2020’s -32.9% does not mean GDP fell by a third in one quarter but reflects the annualized rate of decline).[](https://www.statista.com/statistics/188185/percent-change-from-preceding-period-in-real-gdp-in-the-us/)
- **Gaps and Estimates**: For recent quarters (e.g., Q2 2025), only model-based estimates like GDPNow are available. Historical data is subject to revisions by the BEA, and earlier quarters (2015–2018) rely on X posts and web sources due to limited direct access to recent BEA revisions.[](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPC1)
- **Context**: Significant fluctuations, such as the -32.9% in Q2 2020, reflect the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact, followed by a sharp rebound in Q3 2020 (+33.4%). Recent contraction in Q1 2025 (-0.5%) was driven by increased imports and reduced government spending, offset partially by investment and consumer spending.[](https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gross-domestic-product)[](https://www.bea.gov/news/glance)

If you’d like a chart to visualize this data, I can generate one using the quarterly growth rates (please confirm). Alternatively, I can provide nominal GDP values or break down the data by specific years or sectors if needed. For the most detailed historical data, you can access BEA’s Interactive Data Tables (1.1.6 for real GDP) at www.bea.gov.[](https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gross-domestic-product)
 
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