X/Twitter
Note to Readers: In context, X/Tw4itter had regularly summarized both original tweets and reply tweets under my profile reply tweet category, with a separate original tweet summary. Sometime this month, this changed: the reply category became more restricted, and I think, as a result, some original tweets were missing from last week's summary. so I went back and picked up some of those older originals. I'll present FIFO with originals, then replies, without trying to recombine them in date sequence.
The issue with Trump is his economic illiteracy and lunacy. He has misunderstood trade deficits for decades. Picking winners and losers in the domestic economy has spillover effects: concentrated (political) benefit and diffuse costs. His steel and aluminum tariffs hit groceries.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 9, 2026
I strongly suspect that if Trump thinks his family is vulnerable, he'll pardon them, like Hunter Biden.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 9, 2026
I've lost weight under the Trump economy diet.I can't eat out, and eating at home is less affordable. https://t.co/NL6c8LlSve
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 9, 2026
Why is my feed getting flooded with repetitive, cheap-ass, partisan memes?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 9, 2026
Trump's xenophobic policies are morally bankrupt and economically illiterate. https://t.co/Lr4p3mJeYc
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 10, 2026
This is Soft Rock America. Time for an Everly Brothera classic: https://t.co/CsRo2xFUvs https://t.co/rrelSRcymz
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 10, 2026
Fascinating account of how corrupt unions lace contracts with stipulations making elevators harder/more costly to install or maintain, including unnecessary make-work schemes like re-drilling factory holes.https://t.co/mLDhnoOSzs
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 10, 2026
Trump is a corrupt, anti-consumer. power-grabbing bastard. We Americans have a right to choose our shopping options. The Swiss have earned a quality-driven reputation for engineering excellence. Trump's protectionist interventions in the global economy are counterproductive. pic.twitter.com/uKy1ffbmZE
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 10, 2026
Corporations invest based on intrinsic profit-oriented reasons, for their products and services, not because of some incompetent political whore like Trump trying to manipulate them. Just a reminder that net manufacturing jobs have declined under Trump's tenure. https://t.co/7dHQJ5mbIO
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 10, 2026
All Presidents in my lifetime sucked, and I'm an older American. Trump is just the latest, and his misconduct annoys us daily. The reason he is so unbearable is because of the growth of the imperial Presidency. It's like waste in government. Th real solution is to cut spending. pic.twitter.com/OM5S2uuaX0
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 10, 2026
Nopr. This is in denial. They hope that if they repeat lies about an economy that Americans rate below 40% approval, some Trumpkins will be convinced that their economic woes are part of some TDS plot. https://t.co/bNHXWRh41Y
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 11, 2026
This is Soft Rock America. The Main Ingredient has something to say about diingenuous White House propagandists... https://t.co/ynkTda4MWm https://t.co/sLmEW10AaR
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 11, 2026
Every time American democracy lets us down, you see some promising signs like the Trumpkin pillow guy losing in MN and the WI Dem socialist gubernatorial candidate also losing
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 12, 2026
It's embarrassing having Trumpkin relatives on FB. I just ran into a BIL's post that Muslim women voters are politically suicidal, tapping into a FNC mindset of certain repressive theocracies. I've met only a few Muslim Americans (one was a client manager at Booz Allen), but.. pic.twitter.com/gbDab4HadI
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 13, 2026
While Trump, with his unnecessary war with Iran, bottlenecked the global oil market and insisted on imminent gasoline price relief, the latest stats from Yahoo Finance: pic.twitter.com/8dvbwIi4qm
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 13, 2026
This is a fake tweet allegedly from Trump. https://t.co/qcgJKnvdCE pic.twitter.com/UWt33vYeyG
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 13, 2026
Trump's latest, grossly incompetent, ,orally outrageous vaccine skeptic executive order poses high risks to families and children at risk. The blood of dying and hospitalized children will be on Trump's hands. https://t.co/SuOo3uFvoP
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 14, 2026
This is Soft Rock America. Trump is looking from SCOTUS for help on his ballroom obsession. Time for a Sweet classic: https://t.co/rMKt0hF1Cd
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 15, 2026
Lindell, who earned less than a third of a closed GOP primary vote for the GOP gubernatorial nomination in MN, is in a state of denial over losing the plurality by over 10% of the vote. He thought all it took was Trump's endorsement. His "qualifications" for public office?
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 15, 2026
I don't know about Iranian intelligence, but the first place I would look for his fat ass is in a catering truck.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 15, 2026
Not the worst but Trump is easily the most mediocre in my lifetime. But he is a disaster in both international and domestic policy https://t.co/pCsT2xbeOw
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 17, 2026
Trump's political desperation over a likely disastrous midterm election does not justify his unconstitutional election power grab https://t.co/2aeqUBYxjn
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 17, 2026
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— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 17, 2026
I had been unable to contact IRS by phone. I reached out to an ombudsman via Congress. Long story short, the IRS reversed course on its decision and now are claiming I owe them the refund check amount plus an interest charge. You can't make up this stupidity.
The OP's claim is false. https://t.co/OsGjgBpqhj pic.twitter.com/VFJahB1lEI
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 17, 2026
It's like Trump has gone full r-word. Threatening to start another Gulf region war, this one with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz. As if starting one illegal, unconstitutional war with a Gulf region country not posing a military threat to the US wasn't enough.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 17, 2026
It's like Trump has gone full r-word. Threatening to start another Gulf region war, this one with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz. As if starting one illegal, unconstitutional war with a Gulf region country not posing a military threat to the US wasn't enough.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 17, 2026
As a libertarian, I don't mind the US withdrawing from entangling joint military exercises. My issue is the motivation of the SOB-in-Chief. Trump is pissed over South Korea's unwillingness to support Trump's illegal, unconstitutional war against Iran.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 17, 2026
For most senior social security recipients, it's the principal form of income. The Alabama Trumpkin is correct in the sense the LFPR is not enough to sustain PAYGO disbursements given a dwindling reserve base of low-earning Treasury reserves. https://t.co/0betkNVVae pic.twitter.com/aJU0bkL2QB
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 18, 2026
Talk is cheap. The LFPR is the lowest since the early pandemic. The job market is increasingly tough, and inflation is up, exacerbated by Trump's tariffs and other protectionist manipulations (like quotas) and Trump's other lilegal, unconstitutional actions like his war on Iran. https://t.co/5HxGxHAFpE
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 18, 2026
The Trump Administration is exaggerating its role in a modest 3% decline of prescription spending. (For example, my prescriptions were already generics and did not benefit. in fact, Trump slapped tariffs on imported generics.) Real policy would lower barriers to entry. https://t.co/oj0iIF0MBA pic.twitter.com/EfnnRqV77V
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 18, 2026
It figures that the 6-Bankruptcies Narcissist-in-Chief wants to mark the declining greenback as his territory A weak currency is not good for the economy. https://t.co/bhMdwymRMx pic.twitter.com/HW9e5vV2Wz
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 19, 2026
Once again: fist, domestic crime is a state, not federal responsibility. Second. there's been a decades-long trend of declining violent crime. https://t.co/MrDhmAAwUN pic.twitter.com/Ya3b03sX1p
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 19, 2026
Trump's reported flirtation with claiming the Strait of Hormuz as US territory is beyond illegal US imperialist fantasy. Trump is no longer mentally fit enough to continue his Presidency., now that servicing the national debt exceeds the already bloated defense budget.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 19, 2026
Graham's surviving sister, a SC Senate candidate, just pulled a McCain-like gaffe. in this case on national security. Recall McCain famously admitted that he needed to be educated on the economy.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 19, 2026
Trump has just presided over crossing an unprecedented $40T in national debt. It has nearly doubled since Trump first took office in 2017.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 19, 2026
Wheeler/dealer Trump' intervention to support the Japanese yen was more motivated by protecting exports to Japan and heading off Japan dumping US bonds to buy yen , Dumping bonds would weaken bond prices/hike interest rates. pic.twitter.com/IZ1EwwJyqM
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 20, 2026
I'm not crazy about a Dem politician trying to spread gossip over an attractive Trump aide, even though I know Trump has a history of sexist comments on his own part. I'm amused O'Reilly, whose chivalry got him dropped from Fox, is defending Harp's honor. pic.twitter.com/nmlBsYu1sG
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 20, 2026
When I hear Trump talking about grass, I cringe. Dude, I spent my youth behind a push mower in 95-degree south Texas heat. The closest Trump ever got to mowing the lawn, he was likely sitting on his ass or hired a Latino to do it for him.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 20, 2026
Nope, "Rich Girl" was not originally about rich brat Donald Trump, although he did rely on his old man's money. Via Songfacts: pic.twitter.com/apdTT7OUpb
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 20, 2026
I never thought I would be fact-checking a late-night monologue, but Fallon recently referenced Graham's sister as appointed by Trump to replace her late brother. It is true the political whore endorsed her, but he's not the empowered SC governor who can appoint a temp.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 21, 2026
This is Soft Rock America. The Hollies have announced their retirement from touring, remembering a golden oldie: https://t.co/4LH7zJfinP
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 22, 2026
Trump has resurrected one of Hoover's biggest Depression-era blunders, the Smoot-Hawley Act, even using clauses that Hoover and others never invoked. Protectionism never cured the US economy, and Trump has blundered the US into the double-edged sword of tariffs. pic.twitter.com/HfY0yhPpzO
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 22, 2026
Trump likes to tweak letties by suggesting a third Presidential term, but even if he could, he underestimates his 39% approval rating, Trump fatigue, and innumerable captured moments of the octogenarian falling asleep on the job. More (10) Trump-endorsed candidates failed. pic.twitter.com/JtdPxpZrvS
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 22, 2026
Donald Trump's gross narcissism is morally repulsive. The report that Trumpkins are aiming to rename a carrier currently named after a black WWII hero to Trump is an abomination. pic.twitter.com/PkC7k4rc09
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 22, 2026
You don't have a right to other people's property and work. You do have You do have a right to an unfettered competitive health market, including private charitable institutions.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 17, 2026
No. Both Trump and Harris are failed political whores.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) August 19, 2026
