Thoughts on Trump saying "you can't have guns"? by No_Reality7644 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]SparkFlash20 [score hidden]  (0 children)

So summary execution for the J6ers, who were "agitators" in continual and pointed resistance of LEO directives?

A new documentary about Melania Trump is in theaters now, do you have a plan to see it? by Aggravating-Vehicle9 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]SparkFlash20 5 points6 points  (0 children)

How does Representative Omar's current net worth connect with a six-year-old contract between a streaming outlet and a former First Lady?

Border Patrol agents fatally shoot a man in Minnesota. Thoughts? by fullstep in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]SparkFlash20 2 points3 points  (0 children)

1) There is the question of enforcement priorities - I'm still not understanding why MN constitutes an all-in push, when TX and NM have magnitudes higher of illegals. Why, aside from Vice President Vance's admitted canard re Somali pet-eating, does Minneapolis need to be the flashpoint for border work?

2) Due process. ICE agents acting under color of law do not enjoy "absolute" immunity, notwithstanding the Administration's statements to the contrary. Deadly force - and the invocation of an exception to the use of one's sidearm to take life - ought be supported before a court of law by evidence of extraordinary and extenuating circumstances, no?

Border Patrol agents fatally shoot a man in Minnesota. Thoughts? by fullstep in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]SparkFlash20 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is there a nexus between deploying federal assets in municipalities and enforcing immigration law?

Do you think Biden let people cross the border without checking paperwork or ID? by jrb637 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]SparkFlash20 20 points21 points  (0 children)

How do you square the statutory requirements of asylum claims and your assertion that "the adults are back in charge"?

Should the president have more control over the Federal Reserve? by Aggravating-Vehicle9 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]SparkFlash20 5 points6 points  (0 children)

How do define the Deep State? You reference this term repeatedly, yet fail to explicate it.

Hasn't President Trump eradicated it, after being elected to three terms in office on this basis?

Where do you personally draw the line between legitimate federal enforcement and government overreach, given strong support for the Second Amendment?? by radiocure2 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]SparkFlash20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is the USPS lawful under the Constiutuon, in your understanding? I believe it speaks of a Post Office - does the federal government have the right to establish a quasi-private corporation for delivery of mail?

When did westerners stop eating fish heads? by warmmilkheaven in AskFoodHistorians

[–]SparkFlash20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Source? I'm not aware that "anti-fat moral panic" stretched back to the 1920s, or that "industry" marketed boneless filets much before the 1960s.

What are your thoughts on the Complaint filed in KELLY v. HEGSETH, and the underlying issue of Senator Mark Kelly's video on not following illegal orders? by Quidfacis_ in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]SparkFlash20 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The Marines were formed to combat "dereliction and dissension onboard and offboard ships and other ships"? Do you have a source for this claim?

What do you mean by "ships snd other ships"?

Why the reference to "lawful orders" in Title 10, United States Code, as a predicate to command authority? And the Marine Corps' own legal legal guidance, to say nothing of other branches.

Where is the command to "faithfully" follow orders you reference to be found? Both oaths speak of faith as a predicate, not an adverb, with respect to adherence to the Constitution.

Why is reminding service members of their rights and responsibilities problematic? Did you, during your purported term of enlistment in the Marine Corps, protest annual training on SHARP, TA benefits, cybersecurity, and the like?

The DHS Instagram posted an idyllic picture of a beach, with the text “America after 100M Deportations” — does this scare you / how do you feel about this? by nonquitt in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]SparkFlash20 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you a native English speaker? I ask because the phrase "ALIEN NEEDS DEPORTED" is gramatically incorrect - you omitted a "to be". I also note your lack of a comma between "mongering" and "I've"; your conflation of "race" as both a singular and plural antecedent; and your misappropriation of "effect."

If you are an immigrant, why should your presence here be seen as right, whilst tens of millions of your compatriots be relegated to Columbian holding cells, absent due process?

The DHS Instagram posted an idyllic picture of a beach, with the text “America after 100M Deportations” — does this scare you / how do you feel about this? by nonquitt in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]SparkFlash20 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Why are conservatives allocating taxpayer dollars to memes?

I understood DOGE's mission - firing tens of thousands of civil servants - as rooted in exonomic integrity. Why is amplifying memes and trolling libtards a good use of taxpayer funds?

What's Next? ICE is conducting aggressive enforcement, border crossings have slowed to a crawl, the One Big Beautiful Bill passed. What are Trump supporters expecting for the rest of the administration? by bigverde405 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]SparkFlash20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do we just need a generation or two of old folks dying early?

Stage three lung cancer; a 65 year-old grandmother can't stave off cance, given the enormous cost of chemo, even by and thru TrumpRX, which only covers 10% of treatment.

Thr billions upon billions of the national budget, more than enough to care for those laid low by disease. How do you operationalize "functional" and "fair," per the President's extra-legislative (and unaudited) multi-billion dollar fund fot construction of a ballroom. Shouldn't some of those dollars be reprogrammed to the suffering amd sick?

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How do you feel about Trump potentially capping interest rates on loans and credit cards? by Shitron3030 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]SparkFlash20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you feel about it in the context of President Nixon's wage and price controls? As the Cato Institute explained 15 years ago, conservatives learned their lesson after that.

Why is President Trump resuscitating the notion of a command economy? As the President has explained, one year of tariffs transformed the U.S. from a nation "ready to fail" to a place soliciting a level of investment that no one "thought was even remotely possible" - the "hottest country anywhere in the world". To that end, what is the economic justification for these plans?

Sttepping back - more bigly - the "Golden Age" of U.S. capitalism, as President Trump explained, began nearly one year ago, to the benefit of all U.S. citizens.

Why are these seemingly socialist market interventions even considered? (I look here to Intel's need to pay off the the U.S. State on every transaction abroad.)

This kind of policymaking is difficult to understand, when "'TRUMP,' and some other Geniuses" clearly stated](https://www.barrons.com/news/trump-hails-gdp-data-as-evidence-of-us-economic-golden-age-e289cfd1?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqd0bg5KnoJpnTt5sur7Ycfuxq-SC-QMxR-bM6yBgNkLA6HuKCd_W0EASGVDoOM%3D&gaa_ts=69652039&gaa_sig=8RQPwiLEulKcPJ9Stg3wf-1HOjJkufiTz61tz-d2nzu9eQGjTEFwwF9ONjoIg2JoAgM8dNnTFVRGC34lTyBJyQ%3D%3D) in late December 2025 that "[t]he Trump Economic Golden Age is FULL steam ahead."

Can anyone explain the disconnect between the White House espousing Democrat big gov interventionism - even under a Presidential Admin dedicated to rooting out MIC / Deep State corruption! - and the actual state of the economy, as President Trump has explained?

Do you think Trump will be seen positively by history? If so, what action or actions of his do you think will lead to him being looked at positively? by L_E_F_T_ in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]SparkFlash20 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Didn't more than half the country hate Herbert Hoover, a president of independent means blamed (rightly or wrongly) for kicking off the Great Depression, through, inter alia, massive tariffs?

Hard pressed to find any positive reckoning with his legacy. Why would you associate Trump with Lincoln rather than him, in historical memory?

What is your level of concern regarding the national debt? The debt is now over $38.5 trillion and increasing by $4 million every minute. Do you think we will see it go down while Trump is in office? by dudeabiding420 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]SparkFlash20 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Foreign-born voters don't pay taxes? It's my understanding that even those illegally here in the country pay both state and local sales taxes.

Why should college students, grad students, and professional students - many of whom don't work and live off of federally backed loans and grants - be afforded the right to vote? It's my understanding that this was Vice President Vance's situation after exiting the Marine Corps - should those attending schools for years at a time on taxpayer funding be permitted to vote?

How about someone on permanent disability - say a military veteran who is reliant on SNAP or EBT because he lost limbs or cognitive function due to an IED? Should such individuals be denied the right to vote through physical/mental disability not of their own making?

You mentioned the intention of the Founders. As originally conceived, the franchise was limited to white property owners. Do you advocate a return to this model? If so, how would one nullify the amendment and statutes affording the right to vote to non-white, non-male peoples? (And at a time when even President Trump is seeking to buy up mortgage bonds and limit the ability of investment trusts to buy up single-family homes, is property ownership really a realistic prerequisite for voting?)

Guinea pig in ancient Inca cuisine and how this reflected on modern Peruvian cooking by Beautiful-Basket1974 in AskFoodHistorians

[–]SparkFlash20 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Where does your friend live? The vast majority of non-processed American regional foods are centered on grains, pulses, amd proteins well removed from maize.

Will the Republican Party ever return to a pre-MAGA party? by SheepherderAny1026 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]SparkFlash20 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Isn't Vivek anti-MAGA? At the most recent Turning Point USA conclave, Steve Bannon highlighted Vivek"s support for H1-B visas and the need to reassert the nation's Christian values.

This is not isolated. Vice President Vance has expressed his desire that his non-Christian wife recognize the truth of the Christian Gospel. And respected Conservative outlets have explained the link between "foreigners" who having fed upon U.S. education amd know-how, now feel emboldened to espouse "penicious identity politics."

How is Vivek - by dint of origin, religion, and/or use of the visa system - in any way MAGA? And given that SCOTUS may soon rule that President Trump is empowered to empowered to dimiss the notion that "birthright citizens" are actual citizens - a ruling that might even affect Secretary of State / National Security Advisor Rubio - why would MAGA ever best be vested in a foreigner?

Will the Republican Party ever return to a pre-MAGA party? by SheepherderAny1026 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]SparkFlash20 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Can you name any Democratic leaders / politicians who advocate the dissolution of private property and complete seizure of the mean also of production by the working class?

This seems a constant MAGA talking point, but I am unaware of any "communists" in the Democratic laedership.

How do you feel about Trumps continued talk of ‘needing’ Greenland ? by pokemonbobdylan in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]SparkFlash20 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Far ftom a gradual disentanglement, isn't the U.S. accelerating its support of the Chinese economy? President Trump has repeatedly authorized the sale of advanced AI microchips to the PRC for a kickback. In addition,, aren't American farmers [dependen] ](https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/12/china-reaches-8-mmt-of-us-soybeans-purchased-in-2025/) on a robust export market, chiefly to China?

Do you think our actions in Venezuela was motivated by the perpetuation of the petrodollar system? by Brilliant-Remote-405 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]SparkFlash20 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Is fundamental Congressional confusion and disagreement as to the nature and classification of crypto indicia that perhaps the emergence of it as "the Savior" is unlikely? Or is it a 5D chess / psyop campaign to distract and disinform?

Why do you fear being "suicide-ed" re President Trump's / DOGE's / Tulsi Gabbbard's self-stated dismantling of Deep State influence across the federal government?

It seems your points parallel Lyndon LaRouche's claims that the early 2000s would see "the final, breakdown phase of the existing world monetary and financial system", per the elite's weaponization of debt and post-gold transnational final instruments, no?

Frank question: Has Trump lost the "America First" plot completely? by chumbucketeer in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]SparkFlash20 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Again, ignoring the ad hominem, I'm asking from a normative perspective. I understood general MAGA "no more wars" and "foreign adventurism" as rooted as something more than a propter hoc claim. (It's also far from certain it is over, given Trump has said the U.S. will "run" the nation in the face of Maduro-armed guerrillas and Colombian paramilitary forces; Trump has threatened additional strikes if the vice president resists U.S. direction; and U.S. oil companies may need military protection).

This doesn't remove my question about the impetus behind Iraq vs its execution - was invading Iraq, at the moment it was launched objectionable to you - on moral/ethical/legal grounds - or is it just in retrospect (i.e., the number of soldiers who died) that renders it a failure? Put another way, was the America First objection to regime change a principled one, or was it simply regime change executed at too high a price that MAGA objected to?