Rand Paul expressed his initial reluctance to endorse Donald Trump during the election but now praises Trump's cabinet and policies, particularly his stance on Ukraine and the DOGE initiative. Paul acknowledges his previous hesitation and offers his enthusiastic endorsement, despite still opposing tariffs. He emphasizes the courage and tenacity he sees in Trump. In response, another participant noted that the DOGE initiative is causing a significant reaction among certain groups, describing it as a positive development.
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@RandPaul - Rand Paul
A few people may have noticed that I resisted an enthusiastic endorsement of Donald Trump during the election.
But now, Iβm amazed by the Trump cabinet (many of whom I would have picked).
I love his message to the Ukrainian warmongers, and along with his DOGE initiative shows I was wrong to withhold my endorsement.
So today, admittedly a little tardy, I give Donald Trump my enthusiastic endorsement!
(Too little too late some will say, but, you know, it is sincere, there is that.)
Donβt expect this endorsement to be fawning.
I still think tariffs are a terrible idea, but Dios Mio, what courage, what tenacity.
Go @realDonaldTrump Go!
@dbenner83 - Dave Benner, Nemesis of Neocons
@RandPaul DOGE is driving all the right people mad, and it really is a sight to behold. A huge white pill.
https://t.co/HtSVsLGgtC
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The reaction to the idea of opening the books on government spending is telling. People are freaking out about the possibility of seeing where our money is going and maybe even rolling back some of it. It's enjoyable to watch them spaz out over it and see what they're reduced to arguing.
The US Federal Government spends more money and has more debt than anyone else in history. The moment someone suggests modest cuts or opening the books, everyone loses their mind, claiming it's the end of the world. They act like opening the books or cutting spending is corruption. Think about how backward that is.
Speaker 0: The reaction to Doge in many ways says it all. Like, the fact that everyone's freaking out so much about the fact that what, like, these books might be opened? We might actually be able to look and see what you're spending our money on, and then maybe even roll some of it back. And you see the freak out from people. I really enjoy watching the people spaz out over it.
Because just look at, like, what they're reduced to arguing. But if you just really zoom out, and think about Doge and the reaction to it, The US Federal Government, biggest organization in the history of the world, spends more money than anybody else in the history of the world, and has accumulated more debt than any other organization in the history of the world. And as soon as anybody even suggests modest cuts or even just opening the books, everyone in this town loses their freaking mind and says it's gonna be the end of the world. And that in fact, this is the corruption. The corruption is opening the books.
The corruption is cutting any government spending. Think about for a second how fucking ass backward that is.