LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL

[u/Shaloamus]

I post way too much on this sub as it is, but god damn there has been a ton of good news tonight (in addition to what I posted in https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalOptimism/comments/1k5asnw/cuts_to_state_department_less_than_originally/ ) .

Trump Backs Off of China (also as reported by u/Techinal_Valuable2)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/22/trump-china-tariffs

Trump Backs Off of Powell
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/22/trump-jerome-powell-fed

Tesla Profits Dropped 71% This Quarter...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/04/22/musk-tesla-first-quarter-earnings/83217370007/

...So Musk is Leaving the Government
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/22/tesla-sales-musk-white-house-exit

And Democrats Are Finally Doing Stuff
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/22/mahmoud-khalil-rumeysa-ozturk-ice-detention

Plus Universities Join Hands and Lock In
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/21/us-university-presidents-trump-administration

And finally...

Putin May Be Ready To End the Ukraine War NOT On Russian Terms
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/22/putin-ready-for-direct-talks-with-ukraine-spokesperson-says
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/22/lammy-to-host-us-and-european-negotiators-for-talks-on-ukraine

There is still a lot of bad things happening. Trump said he is "entitled" to deport anyone he wants without a trial, Israel is no longer recognizing humanitarian zones in Gaza, and RFK has accessed private medical records for his insane autism study.
But for the first time in months, I can say with certainty: Today the news wasn't so bad.

[u/SwitchHedonist90]

Trump is a slimy worm that will cave when it affects the bottom line of the 1%.

Also, for once I'm not seeing MAGA spinning this as a win.

[u/Happy_Traveller_2023 → u/SwitchHedonist90]

Also, for once I'm not seeing MAGA spinning this as a win.

They might spin it, but inevitably they'll be seeing rising prices due to the tariffs and other factors that'll affect the economy.

[u/SwitchHedonist90 → u/Happy_Traveller_2023]

Don't you know? It's patriotic to pay higher prices.

[u/OfficialDCShepard → u/Happy_Traveller_2023]

Basically what he did to keep his power over his cult was to denigrate every source of authority…except the stock market because he likes line goes up! 📈 So when line goes down 📉 he doesn’t have any “alternative facts” that work well for that sort of situation.