Germany’s Chancellor slams Trump in first remarks following the election, more federal agencies rebuke Musk, and the Trump Administration conducted mass layoffs at USAID.
Germany gives us hope. And, boy, do we need hope right now! Aaron, you give the best updates available and you don't ramble and rant doing it. Right to the point which is so helpful. Thank you!
I was sent a map from a German friend of how the country voted. The entire eastern bloc voted AfD. These are the people who didn’t thrive after reunification and are ripe for radicalization because of their poor economic conditions, the same as before WWII. Germany has some internal problems to fix as much as we do. I’m glad about who won but they have a threat brewing too.
President Zelenskyy has From day 1 only ever been about his country and people. This statement from him just shows how much he actually cares about them. We’re over here having constitutional crisis
I don’t blame Germany or Europe and we are sorry for the two a**ho**s causing chaos not only here but around the world. Us Americans do not care for what is going on and hope to rid us and the world of them soon. Americans are fed up.
I sent an email to Elon Musk with 5 bullet points.. I am not a federal employee, nor did my points have any relevance. It would be a shame if their email was flooded with bogus emails like that!
I did the same thing and sent them as five different emails yesterday and today. My pettiness has gone to depths I didn’t think possible since the election.
Mine too lol ... I submitted a ferpa complaint against him, emailed complaints to the Treasury department about him and my privacy being violated per the privacy act, and apparently the heritage foundation is looking for interns. I might apply 😂 they have to review all applications manually
Yes I did that as well. Can't get through on the phone though. Ohio senators, Governor's office or AG office aren't answering phones. And I'm pretty sure the AG office disabled their online complaints form.
My daughter was asked by AWS to list her main jobs. She was then, in a third round, part of tens of thousands they (&Salesforce, Amazon, MS, Meta, etc)laid off. Why should federal employees not have to prove they're working, and why can't they be let go, just like private sector employees are every day?
I’m not arguing they can’t be laid off. Do I think there should be sweeping layoffs? No! Doing so has the potential to tank our economy. It also has the potential of making people dependent on social programs such as Medicaid and SNAP. They will also be collecting unemployment which the federal government will be paying to federal employees. There is nothing wrong with employers asking for productivity proof but that is what quarterly reviews are for. Elon is NOT their employer so yes I do believe he stepped far out of bounds demanding weekly productivity emails. Asking every federal employee to send weekly emails will be on federal time so they will be getting paid to prove productivity by doing something that is not productive. We are also paying federal employees to read all the emails proving productivity which is also not productive.
This whole email distraction is a shell game. Don’t look over there, look over here. Then the cabinet picks look like they’re doing something for the people, but it was all a con anyway. This administration is a joke.
When I spoke to my parents in Ukraine this morning, my dad explained some things about the whole rare minerals deal to me. My question was, of course, about the whole 50% thing - which is basically highway robbery. However, what my father pointed out to me are three things: 1) while we know Ukraine has rare minerals, nobody really knows how much there is; 2) they are very deep underground. While there have been plans to try and get to them, what with the war and all, there is actually no existing mining operation. 3) A lot of them are in the territories occupied by Russia. So, Trump is welcome to try and take 50% of something with uncertain quantity, no existing access, and located in the area Putin wants to keep.
Mark Cuban had a good take on it as well on blue sky. Namely that this isn't something that Trump has just going to be able to run in and grab tomorrow. And so really it helps out Ukraine right now and basically isn't exactly the win that Trump thinks is going to come from this.
I think it kills Zelensky to see what his people continue to go through and I just hope one day we might have later that cares even one quarter as much about us.
1) Is there a chance that Trump’s appointees are telling people not to respond and then tomorrow as justification to let people go from their jobs? 2) It scares me to think of Europe aligning and leaving us behind. I understand why they are doing it though. 3) Zelensky has always put country first. If only our leaders here would do the same!
I'm hoping that this is a sign of infighting and breakdown. With each appointee wanting control over their own area. And they don't want to give it to Musk. I really hope the house of cards comes crashing down soon.
I had the same thought about Trump‘s appointees telling their staff not to respond. Is this just a ploy to now justify all being let go because of their so-called resignation?
Not surprised at all. Germany learned from WWII and have since have strict laws against this garbage. It’s only in recent times where a faction has risen up. Not sure what/how they’re circumventing to do it, but they’re connected somehow to the groups in other EU countries, Bannon and his cabal. It’s all connected internationally, including the US. Germany as a whole is against, all just like here. This has been a years/decades long plan, lots of cultivating, brainwashing, and surgically tapping into anger.
Except not all of them are agreeing. The former eastern bloc failed to thrive after reunification and is suffering from economic crisis and is now doing what happened right before the war. They are being radicalized against the government because they haven’t achieved success and want to blame someone else. Their infrastructure isn’t as advanced so they don’t have the big businesses that bring prosperity and now are being convinced it’s the government’s fault. That part of their country is a danger.
I AM SO PROUD that Germany is seeing, absorbing, understanding and acting appropriately
Germany gives us hope. And, boy, do we need hope right now! Aaron, you give the best updates available and you don't ramble and rant doing it. Right to the point which is so helpful. Thank you!
In what way does Germany gives us hope? Germany was built on cheep russian gas and now that is gone and Germany is failing.
I AM SO RELIEVED ... I was quite frightened.
Afraid of what?
They are supporting us as citizens enduring this they know this is not what we as Americans want.
I was sent a map from a German friend of how the country voted. The entire eastern bloc voted AfD. These are the people who didn’t thrive after reunification and are ripe for radicalization because of their poor economic conditions, the same as before WWII. Germany has some internal problems to fix as much as we do. I’m glad about who won but they have a threat brewing too.
President Zelenskyy is a true leader! Cares about his country and people.
What???! True leader? Yikes.
President Zelenskyy has From day 1 only ever been about his country and people. This statement from him just shows how much he actually cares about them. We’re over here having constitutional crisis
I don’t blame Germany or Europe and we are sorry for the two a**ho**s causing chaos not only here but around the world. Us Americans do not care for what is going on and hope to rid us and the world of them soon. Americans are fed up.
I sent an email to Elon Musk with 5 bullet points.. I am not a federal employee, nor did my points have any relevance. It would be a shame if their email was flooded with bogus emails like that!
I did the same thing and sent them as five different emails yesterday and today. My pettiness has gone to depths I didn’t think possible since the election.
Mine too lol ... I submitted a ferpa complaint against him, emailed complaints to the Treasury department about him and my privacy being violated per the privacy act, and apparently the heritage foundation is looking for interns. I might apply 😂 they have to review all applications manually
Contactes the attorney general and filed a complaint
Yes I did that as well. Can't get through on the phone though. Ohio senators, Governor's office or AG office aren't answering phones. And I'm pretty sure the AG office disabled their online complaints form.
But why isn't it ok for fed workers, while private sector employees have to prove their worth or get fired?
Haha! I like the way your mind works 😂
Everyone of you is absolutely brilliant! I love it!
Where did you send it? I've emailed DT a long letter. I've not found an email for Musk. I even wondered if he even reads them, I doubt it. Thank you
My daughter heard that you need to put a number 1 through 17 after opening. They are splitting the responses into 17 groups.
*OPM ( Not opening) damn auto correct!
My daughter was asked by AWS to list her main jobs. She was then, in a third round, part of tens of thousands they (&Salesforce, Amazon, MS, Meta, etc)laid off. Why should federal employees not have to prove they're working, and why can't they be let go, just like private sector employees are every day?
I’m not arguing they can’t be laid off. Do I think there should be sweeping layoffs? No! Doing so has the potential to tank our economy. It also has the potential of making people dependent on social programs such as Medicaid and SNAP. They will also be collecting unemployment which the federal government will be paying to federal employees. There is nothing wrong with employers asking for productivity proof but that is what quarterly reviews are for. Elon is NOT their employer so yes I do believe he stepped far out of bounds demanding weekly productivity emails. Asking every federal employee to send weekly emails will be on federal time so they will be getting paid to prove productivity by doing something that is not productive. We are also paying federal employees to read all the emails proving productivity which is also not productive.
Ps. ZALENSKYY is my hero
He's my kind of President. Not the 🤡 we've got.
Thank you Aaron for working so hard to keep us updated.
Thank u again, Aaron, for giving us the true news.
This whole email distraction is a shell game. Don’t look over there, look over here. Then the cabinet picks look like they’re doing something for the people, but it was all a con anyway. This administration is a joke.
You have to wonder if the new cabinet picks are just doing that as the part of a bigger plan.
If they have all gotten tired of Musk, it would be smart to use him to make themselves look better.
Excellent news about Germany’s election results!
When I spoke to my parents in Ukraine this morning, my dad explained some things about the whole rare minerals deal to me. My question was, of course, about the whole 50% thing - which is basically highway robbery. However, what my father pointed out to me are three things: 1) while we know Ukraine has rare minerals, nobody really knows how much there is; 2) they are very deep underground. While there have been plans to try and get to them, what with the war and all, there is actually no existing mining operation. 3) A lot of them are in the territories occupied by Russia. So, Trump is welcome to try and take 50% of something with uncertain quantity, no existing access, and located in the area Putin wants to keep.
Mark Cuban had a good take on it as well on blue sky. Namely that this isn't something that Trump has just going to be able to run in and grab tomorrow. And so really it helps out Ukraine right now and basically isn't exactly the win that Trump thinks is going to come from this.
I think it kills Zelensky to see what his people continue to go through and I just hope one day we might have later that cares even one quarter as much about us.
1) Is there a chance that Trump’s appointees are telling people not to respond and then tomorrow as justification to let people go from their jobs? 2) It scares me to think of Europe aligning and leaving us behind. I understand why they are doing it though. 3) Zelensky has always put country first. If only our leaders here would do the same!
I'm hoping that this is a sign of infighting and breakdown. With each appointee wanting control over their own area. And they don't want to give it to Musk. I really hope the house of cards comes crashing down soon.
You and me both!
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I had the same thought about Trump‘s appointees telling their staff not to respond. Is this just a ploy to now justify all being let go because of their so-called resignation?
Didn't judges also tell their employees not to complete it?
He's MY President! We should all post that to support him and to piss off tRump.
Who would've thought Germany with the moral high ground...
Not surprised at all. Germany learned from WWII and have since have strict laws against this garbage. It’s only in recent times where a faction has risen up. Not sure what/how they’re circumventing to do it, but they’re connected somehow to the groups in other EU countries, Bannon and his cabal. It’s all connected internationally, including the US. Germany as a whole is against, all just like here. This has been a years/decades long plan, lots of cultivating, brainwashing, and surgically tapping into anger.
Except not all of them are agreeing. The former eastern bloc failed to thrive after reunification and is suffering from economic crisis and is now doing what happened right before the war. They are being radicalized against the government because they haven’t achieved success and want to blame someone else. Their infrastructure isn’t as advanced so they don’t have the big businesses that bring prosperity and now are being convinced it’s the government’s fault. That part of their country is a danger.
The got the assignment in 1945.
Ja, seeds still there, yes? When some/many slipped away to South America.
…AND TO SOUTH AFRICA! 🤔🧐‼️
Finally, some good news! This evening's news update brought to you by: hope and reasonable human beings. 👏🏻💪🏻
Great to hear some sensible comments coming out from Germany. Thank you
I love this for Trump