Trump thinks that only money moves the world. Everything he does has a pecuniary objective. Even when he claims to be making peace, he is bullying the warring parties with economic threats and/or bribing them with lower tariffs. There are no principles in his mind to guide his relationships; only Mafia methods like extortion, threats, embezzlement, kickbacks...move his world.
Now, in one of his latest "purchases" of humans, he is trying to buy up the loyalty of the US Armed Forces with a pathetic payment of $1,776 to each soldier. But these are the soldiers he thinks of as "suckers and "losers", which in his mind means they can easily be bribed.
Meanwhile his universe continues to break apart: His own MAGA morons are sick and tired of him, and peeling off the MAGA tatoo as they anticipate the looming disaster of November 2026. The economy is tanking, and just as promised with lies during his campaign in which he fooled millions of dumb Americans to vote for him, he continues to lie by claiming non-existing victories, a booming economy and major accomplishments that no one believes anymore.
His MAGA morons continue to support him NOT because they believe he's right. They know he's wrong. But they stick to him like stink on a monkey because they refuse to face reality and accept they were wrong; or because they know that the America he's promising them is a mirage, a long gone illusion, and are mentally suicidal with a Samson complex. Just as cult followers commit mass suicide because their leader tells them to; just like Muslim fanatics who choose death because some jerk tells them they're going to heaven.
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Trump in White House speech announces $1,776 bonus for US troops, as he says economy is strong
Associated Press
Thu, December 18, 2025
President Donald Trump said in a White House speech Wednesday night that he was sending a $1,776 bonus check to U.S. troops for Christmas, indicating that tariffs were funding the payments as he tried to reassure a worried public about the health of the economy.
Trump said 1.45 million military service members would get the “warrior dividend before Christmas.”
“The checks are already on the way,” he said.
Yet his bonus payments for the troops come as millions of Americans are fretting about the costs of groceries, housing, utilities and their holiday gifts as inflation remains elevated and the labor market has meaningfully weakened in recent months.
Flanked by two Christmas trees with a portrait of George Washington behind him in the White House’s Diplomatic Reception Room, Trump sought to pin any worries about high inflation on his predecessor, Joe Biden.
“Eleven months ago, I inherited a mess, and I’m fixing it,” Trump said.
His remarks came at a crucial time as he tries to rebuild his steadily eroding popularity. Public polling shows most U.S. adults are frustrated with his handling of the economy as inflation picked up after his tariffs raised prices and hiring slowed.
In 2026, Trump and his party face a referendum on their leadership as the nation heads into the midterm elections that will decide control of the House and the Senate.
The White House remarks were a chance for Trump to try to regain some momentum after Republican losses in this year’s elections raised questions about the durability of his coalition.
Trump brought charts with him to make the case that the economy is on an upward trajectory.
But the hard math internalized by the public paints a more complicated picture of an economy that has some stability but few reasons to inspire much public confidence.
The stock market is up, gasoline prices are down and tech companies are placing large bets on the development of artificial intelligence.
But inflation that had been descending after spiking to a four-decade high in 2022 under Biden has reaccelerated after Trump announced his tariffs in April.
The consumer price index is increasing at an annual rate of 3%, up from 2.3% in April.
The affordability squeeze is also coming from a softening job market. Monthly job gains have averaged a paltry 17,000 since April’s “Liberation Day” in which Trump announced import taxes that he later suspended and then readjusted several months later.
The unemployment rate has climbed from 4% in January to 4.6%.
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