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Trump's vow to 'drain the swamp' is now the 'punchline to a sad joke'

Started by Denny26 REPLIES584 VIEWS· 24 Dec 2025, 08:59
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DbDraad
Captain26,388 posts
27 Dec 2025, 09:20#21
"Trump Invited White South Africans to America. One Ended Up in Detention.

An Afrikaner flew to the United States expecting protection. Instead, he has spent months locked up in Georgia alongside hundreds of other immigrants."


Play silly games, win stupid prizes...regardless, there's quite a few factual errors and slanting in that article.


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DbDraad
Captain26,388 posts
27 Dec 2025, 10:11#22

I see murders are down 20% in the USA for 2025.

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Stavanger1
Pro4,532 posts
27 Dec 2025, 11:52#23

Covid caused a spike in the number of murders, but its been dropping year on year since. Fell 15% last year.

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DbDraad
Captain26,388 posts
27 Dec 2025, 16:32#24

Still a significant improvement.

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Mozart
Captain49,914 posts
27 Dec 2025, 19:22#25


Kids are sometimes smarter than Woke adults

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Mozart
Captain49,914 posts
27 Dec 2025, 19:37#26

Actually no…..violent crime started increasing dramatically in 2014, was trending down in the Trump first term before Covid restored the up trend. Then it dropped dramatically as the massive Biden welfare payments took effect, which helped reduce violent crime but left the country with a persistent inflation challenge.

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sharkbok
Captain20,097 posts
27 Dec 2025, 23:49#27
Year - - Violent Crime Rate - - Homicide Rate - Notes2014 - --- 3614.5Pre-pandemic low2015 - --- 3514.9Continued decline2016 - --- 3865.4Slight uptick2017 - --- 3825.3Stable2018 - --- 3685.0Declining2019 - --- 3575.0Pre-COVID baseline2020 - --- 3986.5Pandemic surge2021 - --- 3876.8Peak homicide2022 - --- 3806.3Beginning recovery2023 - --- 3635.5Sharp drop2024 - --- 359.15.17Down 4% YoY ?2025 - --- ~350 (proj.)~4.8 (mid-yr)14% below 2019 in cities


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