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    I think this question’s a tad premature, as it’s only been two weeks, but in the short-term I imagine the major beneficiaries are the border cities along the southern and northern borders. I think there’s also an argument to be made that it’s objectively a good thing that Trump is making other countries commit to their own security in a bigger way, rather than depending on US resources. It was also pretty cool to see some actual positive news out of Palestine in recent weeks.

    Other than that, it’s the same culty shit we see no matter who’s elected. Dems pretend their guy is a good president. Republicans pretend their guy is a good president, even when they’re doing objectively atrocious things or demonstrate that they’re not functioning well cognitively anymore.

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        Lesser numbers of illegal immigrants entering the country, both as a result of the tariff deal and increased enforcement.

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      But what are illegal immigrants doing that is bad? They pay taxes (sales tax, property tax via rent, and income tax if they have a stolen ID), they buy things, they contribute labor. We’re spending money to deport and hold them. It’s all a net negative.

      If the problem is that they are undocumented, then document them. Give them work visas. They don’t get the right to vote or have access to welfare systems with a work visa.

      How many children of immigrants speak really good English? They usually translate for their parents in my experience. Which means they are assimilating to the culture. It also seems most time the first child might have a more ethnic name, the first grandchildren usually have more American names.

      Illegal immigrants commit less crime per capita, which makes sense because if you are here illegally and do crime, you get deported after your sentence. They have a bigger incentive to not do crime.

      America was built by immigrants, we’re known as the cultural melting pot. When did it become such a big deal and so restricted to enter the country? Our birth rates arent high enough to sustain us forever, we need immigration. It just seems like we artificially made immigrating here harder so that people would inevitably sneak in so the capital owners had access to a cheaper workforce who won’t speak out about injustices for fear of being deported.

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      Along the northern border

      Look, while most of the southern border rheroric is rooted in racism, I would say there is probably a bit of an issue there, just not nearly as terrible as these racist assholes keep pushing.

      But Canada?

      Are we pushing that Canada has a border issue now?

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      It was also pretty cool to see some actual positive news out of Palestine in recent weeks.

      The fact that you think that has anything to do with Trump shows how disingenuous or ignorant you are being. The ceasefire was reached while Biden was president, and the only thing Trump has done is reauthorize even bigger bombs for Israel.

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        The ceasefire was reached while Biden was president

        No reasonable person thinks Biden was the reason the ceasefire was reached, as the genocide continued until the literal final day of his presidency, with his full support. There’s a very good reason why he had the nickname Genocide Joe, and that reason is that he did everything to earn it.

        I do like seeing that Democrats are pretending they oppose genocide now, though, even if they’re only doing so out of political convenience.