{"id":6329,"date":"2026-01-14T00:21:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balkingpoints.com\/balk\/?p=6329"},"modified":"2026-01-14T01:26:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:26:41","slug":"actions-speak-loudest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balkingpoints.com\/balk\/archives\/6329","title":{"rendered":"Actions Speak Loudest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ex1\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size:20px ;\"><em>If you reached this Balkingpoints article by direct external link, stop by the front page for a <a href=\"http:\/\/Balkingpoints.com\"  target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>rotating satellite view<\/strong><\/a> of the earth at night<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/balkingpoints.com\/balk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/div.png\"\/><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-api.sharethis.com\/js\/sharethis.js#property=6005a7edc6ae2f001213eb1d&amp;product=inline-share-buttons\" async=\"async\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\np{font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; color: black;}<br \/>\n<\/style>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<p class=\"ex1\">\nDonald Trump called Senator Warren on Monday, unscheduled. What?\n<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0V0lvKzOf-g?si=zNi-gsOVJl-_FyDO\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<p class=\"ex1\">\nWell, a couple of answers to what. With a premise that Warren is on Trump&#8217;s hate list and also, Trump cares about Trump and not the plight of US consumers. He&#8217;s not interested in bi-partisan progress on <em>anything<\/em>, nor <strong>any<\/strong> of her very good ideas to make things easier for regular Americans. Her flagship political accomplishment, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_Financial_Protection_Bureau\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CFPB<\/a>, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-administration-cutting-nearly-90-percent-consumer-financial-protection-bureau\/?utm_source=copilot.com\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">gutted by his disciples<\/a> who <em>also are not interested<\/em> in helping consumers nor stopping rip off operators.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"ex1\">\na) Trump has almost certainly seen the numbers where he is at historic low approval, because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.staradvertiser.com\/2026\/01\/13\/breaking-news\/u-s-consumer-prices-rise-in-december-as-food-rent-costs-jump\/\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">inflation<\/a> and his disregard of the matter. Independents &#8211; where elections are won and lost &#8211; have jumped ship from Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/balkingpoints.com\/balk\/archives\/6300\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in a monster way.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"ex1\">\nThis after Trump had declared he would &#8220;stop&#8221; inflation on Day One, provided no plan or details for how, <em>and then lots of independents fell for that&#8230;<\/em> \ud83d\ude04   <\/p>\n<p>Let me sell you some Bitcoin&#8230;\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"ex1\">\nTrump also &#8211; in addition to not caring about inflation &#8211; decided that tariffs which are causing consumers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/11\/02\/trump-trade-holiday-shopping-lending-tree-tariffs.html\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to pay even more<\/a>, would be <em>a good idea&#8230;   <\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"ex1\">\nb) Trump is presumably worried about the midterm elections and what they could potentially do, to dismiss himself and his chaos act from office. Impeachment at blinding speed, should Dems win both houses of Congress. That would still require some GOP Senators (2\/3 majority), <em>but that might be achievable<\/em> with a landslide midterms result &#038; a new electoral reality, whereby Trump is toxic to be associated with for 2028. Voting yes to fire him, would be a quick way for Republicans to offset their (many) years of rubberstamping Trump and looking the other way on his endless corruptions. And they still get right-wing extremist J.D. Vance in replacement.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<p class=\"ex1\">\n<strong>Good Sign ><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"ex1\">\nThat first sentence of b). Trump will want to rig, tamper with or cancel the 2026 midterms as he <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/January_6th_Committee\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">attempted to do in\u00a02020<\/a>, but does not appear to believe there is anything he can pull that will be successful. (<em>Each part<\/em> of a multi-prong 2020 plan to steal that election, failed. See the link.) <\/p>\n<p class=\"ex1\">\nHe\u00a0may now realize he has to start sounding like a Dem about helping consumers, so as to mitigate the loss of seats of his inept, owned-by-oligarchs party in November. So he calls up Senator Warren, something he would never otherwise do. Actions speak loudest.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"ex1\">\nAnd suddenly has a brand new proposal as well ;\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"ex1\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/money\/other\/trump-floats-1-year-10-credit-card-interest-rate-cap-what-that-could-mean-for-your-money\/ar-AA1U4Vd1\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump floats 1-year, 10% credit card interest rate cap<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <em>&#8220;The president did not provide details on how his plan would come to fruition or how he planned to make credit card issuers comply.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude04 \/ seen this movie?\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"ex1\">\nIt likewise has no chance of success but there you have it. Obama signed the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Credit_CARD_Act_of_2009\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CARD Act<\/a> into law in 2009, that ushered in much needed regulation for out-of-control credit card banks. If he wants 10% interest caps, Trump should turn to a proper legislative process to get that done. Not act like he can just do it by fiat and order around entire industries.\n<\/p>\n<p><code><\/code><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/@Balkingpoints\" >Roy@Balkingpoints<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/balkingpoints.com\/balk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/div.png\"\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size:18px ;\">Published 2026 \/ all rights reserved<\/span><\/center><\/p>\n<p><code><\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you reached this Balkingpoints article by direct external link, stop by the front page for a rotating satellite view of the earth at night Donald Trump called Senator Warren on Monday, unscheduled. What? Well, a couple of answers to what. 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