Some thoughts that have been percolating since yesterday’s POTUS presser, in no particular order of importance:
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POTUS’ plan to defer payroll taxes is a win-win for his re-election efforts. If the DS do nothing to challenge him, Trump owns one of the biggest aid packages to the American people since this scamdemic began. There’s no way Nervous Nancy or Cryin’ Chuck can spin it any other way to damage the President or make him look like he doesn’t care about the American people. If they do decide to challenge him by taking him to court for whatever the reason is, Trump has a big hammer to bludgeon them with leading up to the election: “They only care about scoring political points. That’s why they couldn’t pass a relief package. I, President Trump, can’t sit idly by and let Americans continue to suffer. That’s why they’re trying to stop me from giving you back your money!” You get the point.
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There is one caveat to the above plan. After the election, Trump needs to make the deferral permanent or Americans are going to be rudely awaken come tax day 2021. Deferral doesn’t mean you don’t pay altogether. It means you don’t pay now (see the deferral of the 2019 tax day from April to July of this year). I hope Trump knows this, and is counting on winning back the House and keeping the Senate to get a tax package passed early 2021 to make the deferral permanent. Otherwise, come tax day 2021, Americans are going to find that they owe hundreds or thousands of dollars instead of getting a tax return.
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Backdating the referral to July 1, 2020 may be laying the groundwork for a future EO. This is speculation, but I wouldn’t be surprised if closer to the election, Trump used this as precedent to issue another EO deferring payroll taxes all the way back to the beginning of 2020. Again, it would be a win-win strategy for Trump. Give people back their money, giving them a shot in the arm and a boost in the economy before Nov. 3. Or, force the DS to challenge it in court and show how they don’t care about the welfare of Americans, only money and power.
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I’ve said in the past that I do not expect any arrests before the election (Yes, I know arrests have occurred of low- to mid-level scum. I’m referring to high level arrests like Clinton, Obama, Soros, etc.) I really hope I’m wrong. To secure the election, POTUS needs to drop the hammer on at least the Soros group, to include social media. Take their money and influence off the table leading into the election to ensure vote manipulation is tamp down below any danger level. Bonus if they snag the Clintons and Obamas, but at the very least, Soros needs to go before the election. If not to stop the vote manipulation, to stop the Antifa insurrection after the election (ala what happened in Nov 2017 when the Left’s “Day of Rage” fizzled out when the Saudi Royal Family was suddenly arrested).
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Finally, speaking of Antifa and its subsidiaries, I suspect the reason why things appear to be quieting down with this front before the election is two-fold. First, the Left is realizing their scare tactics aren’t working like they thought. Public opinion is swinging against the Left because of their support of the violence, destruction, and defunding/handcuffing the police. Second, with the surprise arrests we’ve seen where Federal agents swoop in unmarked vans to snatch an Antifa bastard/bitch off the street, I think the group is hurting for street leadership. I would suspect those nabbed were more of the street level organizers that received training. So, now Antifa is quieting down to a) conserve what leadership they have left, and b) train up a new batch in preparation for what is sure to come after Trump wins re-election on Nov. 3. Hopefully Trump has a plan for this, and hopefully it involves arresting Soros before the election to stop the money flow into Antifa.
That’s just my two cents.