Your focus is to narrow. What about all his accomplices, the other ICE agents that were there and didn’t immediately arrest him?

Maybe if we try more tax cuts for the rich?

There are so many problems in this article.

But the expansion - driven by steady consumer spending and a growth in exports

With a 4.3% increase in GDP and growing exports, the consumer spending should not be steady but increasing.

just 49,000 roles per month in 2025, down from an estimated gain of 168,000 a month the year before.

OK that sounds pretty bad for a job market of around 171 million workers. That’s only 1/3‰ And only 600,000 new jobs for the year with an estimated population growth of 1.6 million!

Employers added 50,000 jobs in the final month of 2025

Now this is REALLY bad!! December is normally the highest job creation month of the year due to the holidays.
December being only average, and only a third of the average the previous year, and job creation being only a third the population growth indicates an actually declining economy of workers per capita!

Despite this we know the GDP rose 4.3%, but that is very much inflated by AI which may be a bubble and has signs of trickling out, as major companies have difficulties monetizing AI.

But the unemployment rate dipped to 4.4%.

Unfortunately we also know that many people are currently leaving the job market as people give up on finding a job, so instead they try to create a better work/life balance:
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/08/economy/us-jobs-report-preview-december

I’ve mentioned this before, but I expect job numbers for January and February to be horrible. And the idea that the Trump is good, will probably be shown to be clearly false.

repost

Sounds like both seriously lacked the necessary health care.

So “necessary” because living in a shit country.

Goddam as a European I wish so too.

Unless you are a MAGA white supremacist.

Idiot.

That is not how spaghetti breaks:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fNtzwdFR1EY

And walk with that in your pocket or purse?
Yeah amazing idea.
/s

A win for almost every other living creature on earth.
Personally I like to be alive, even if humanity destroys itself.

I don’t think they will, I have also written many posts that reflect that, I use the same numbers to say two thirds either voted for Trump, or were OK with him winning.
If they weren’t OK with it they would have voted.
So I think a very large portion of the population is actually OK with all the shit that is going on, or they don’t care.
I also think the risk of American democracy ending with Trump is very high.
How high IDK, maybe 20-30% or maybe higher. Certainly not below 20% And that’s an insanely high number for a country that has had democracy since 1789, although it was a very limited democracy, and it is still a deeply flawed democracy.
But still many Americans have trusted the checks and balances, but Trump has shown several times that they don’t work.
And the American population hasn’t shown nearly enough will to do anything to prevent it. And now we are at a point that even if they do, they may be playing directly into Trumps hands.

I heard not long ago they were not considered stable enough by EU to participate, but they are in the list, which I have to admit I’m quite happy about, UK should be a significant part of the European defense.

It’s very significant that Canada joined IMO, they have a lot of good tech that can benefit us all if we make agreements on production. I really hope the SAAB Gripen deal goes though with Canada, it could be a major boost to SAAB, and it’s such a cool deal for both parties.

Countries not in EU that have joined SAFE:

Albania, Canada, Japan, Moldova, North Macedonia, Norway, South Korea, and the United Kingdom.

https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-defence-industry/safe-security-action-europe_en

Interesting that South Korea and Japan are in tit too. 👍

That could absolutely be the smarter way to do it. But I think it would have to be rigged HARD, and that could be a problem, because that could make it to obvious.
Where a declaration of Martial Law could seem more plausible to the average American. Just create a lie big enough as they say.

you’re conflating their dubious federal powers of immigration enforcement

Not at all, I’m looking at the overall behavior of Trump, and hes disregard for the law. The kidnapping of Maduro was also illegal, both by international and American law. Even if USA doesn’t give a shit about international law, he was required to ask permission from congress.

You can’t let them do the same to the clearly written, fundamental legal structure of the country.

What?? But he is already doing that left and right!!! He already attempted a coup! Completely against the constitution. Something he should be in jail for, and undetectable for any public office for the rest of his life. Why are you arguing so hard against obvious evidence?

He has also used his presidential powers to go after people that were against him! And interfered in investigations where he has clear personal interests.
Trump breaks the law constantly, he is a pattern criminal. Why would you think that with the power to make USA a totalitarian nation he wouldn’t do so?
And who do you imagine will stop him, if he has the control of the entire federal system?

They may have other ways, under martial law they can do whatever the fuck they want, especially when you don’t give a crap about the law, and only twist it to serve your own agenda.
They don’t give a crap about justification, they are so far gone now, they often don’t even give a shit about plausible justification. They just use whatever paragraph suits their purpose.

Of course if try to hold an election when Trump under martial law has said not to. And those are labeled terrorists or enemies of the state, then those officials will be jailed. And jails to keep them are being built as we speak.

Considering the feds have taking the case, and is keeping the evidence away from local authorities, I think not.

What makes you think Trump needs a real reason to declare martial law?

He doesn’t. Just something that gives a shred of plausibility.

Under Martial law Trump can prevent that, and even use the military to prevent it!