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Well, Trump is still fucking up
So this tariff shit is actually going into effect
And this shit is going to be bad, it's going to be bad
I ain't going to lie
Canada has responded, Mexico has responded
They had the president of Ukraine came to the old office to sit down with Trump
And JD Vance, that's your ever since dance for some reason
It was super unprofessional, it was suckin'
Despicable to watch
They just have no sense, no respect, no coof
You know what I mean? The niggas just, they niggas
You know what I mean?
That's what people gotta understand, right?
You got niggas and you got niggas
They're white motherfuckers, niggas with the ER
Ignorant as they can be
Like, this niggas not politicians
They're trying to critique him because he was wearing a suit
And his explanation was, well, I don't wear a suit because, you know
The people in my country is going through it, so I dress how they dress
So they can identify with me and I can identify with them
I don't want to put myself in a position to feel like I'm above them because they're still all people
Which is commendable
Trumbidism is just, there's a certain attitude you gotta get the fuck out of it
Anyways
Said his tariff shit is now in effect
The price of everything is about the fucking skyrocket
Now, this nigga Trump said
He was like, his plan is to get rid of all federal taxes
And to get rid of, like, I think the Department of Education
Even though they just sworn in Lyndon McMahon as like the director of the Department of Education
It doesn't make sense, but anyways
So he's like, he's trying to get rid of all school loans
And if there's pre-existent school loans, he'll wipe him clean
Which seems great, but if you're a person who hasn't been to school yet and you're trying to go to school
There'll be no funding for you
Same with the federal taxes
Yo, I'm gonna eliminate federal taxes
So you'll get your entire check basically
Yeah, I mean, and if you owe taxes
You're gonna wipe those clean, give your first thought
What sounds great in theory, especially wiping pre-existent tax debt out, that sounds great
But that sounds great if you should cite it
In the long run, the taxes that come out of your check
Although they go towards like, you know, civil things like
Rural work and fire department, salaries, all that type of shit
It also goes until you're so security so when you retire
So it'll seem fun at first like, oh shit, I got my entire paycheck
Which is great, but if you're not a person who knows how to say
You're fucking yourself in the long run
And secondly, with these tariffs and shit, everything is way more expensive
So yeah, if you have more money, but the normal day-to-day shit that's used to purchase at an
Ad quote reasonable price, it's down two to three times more
So you're not really saving money, it's just gonna balance yourself out
So aesthetically, when you look at your carry go, oh shit
I got a fucking $4,000 paycheck, damn ballin'
But utilities, what used to be like, let's say your electric bill was $175,000
And actually this man was $450,000
That little extra money and all that, he caught in the eggs
What used to be, I don't know, $4,000, it's now 11
It's not that great, you know what I mean?
This has to protect, well not even the potential, this shit is gonna go bad
For sure, it's gonna for sure go bad
And I mean, bro, it's just no respect
So it just, basically they're trying to eliminate the middle class
It's really gonna come down to the haves and the have nots
Like this nigga is, like I live in Maryland, I live in Baltimore more specifically
But I live in the state of Maryland
So I wanna say this is like a week ago, the richest county in Maryland
Actually it might be the richest county in the country, there's an area called Montgomery County
And he just got rid of a thousand
I think the exact number was like a thousand and seven federal jobs in Montgomery County alone
And then in Prince George's County or PG County as we call it in, Baltimore, Maryland, D.C. area and shit
He eliminated an additional 275 jobs, socially good
So close to 1300 jobs got eliminated for the benefit of what?
Is it trying to shut down the fucking feds?
And don't get me wrong, I'm not pro feds, but you know, when it's something of this magnitude
You gotta remove yourself from it, you gotta be able to step outside of the situation and you know
Encompass it as a whole, and as a whole this shit is detrimental to everybody
Again, having a school loan wiped out, sounds cool
But said nigga was trying to go to school, it's just like, I wanna go to college, I can't afford it
And if he's cutting funding for the Department of Education
These schools aren't gonna fit the Bill W.S. scholarships
These niggas gonna start losing scholarships, like, man, it's fucking wicked
And then, you know, wiping pre-existing tax debt
I ain't mad at that, I ain't a lot, I ain't mad at that
You know, it's giving people a fresh start
You can't even really compare to bankruptcy because we're bankruptcy, like it eliminates, I think, unsecured debt
So things like child support and taxes are inclusive from bankruptcies
But you'll get rid of shit like credit card debtors, you took out personal loans and shit like that, so
It's bad, man, it's all bad, but...
Damn, I don't wanna get on here and sound like a fucking psychopath, but it's kinda hard not to
I think everything's really gonna come down to some survivalist shit, like, you know
Oh, be fired, German for that, no, it kinda peaking back off of it
So, what most people aren't aware of is Niagara Falls, right?
The large amount of water, but they use that, what, like, for energy efficiency
So Canada owns Niagara Falls
Even though there's a Niagara Falls, like New York, but Canada owns Niagara Falls
So they have systems set up where you use the current of the water consistently moving to generate electricity
That supplies electricity to the state of New York, to the state of Michigan
And there's a few more states, but I don't wanna start quoting the wrong thing
I feel like Maine or Vermont or something, but New York and Michigan for sure
So, because, you know, our countries are so close to each other, like, you know, we...
Like some neighborly shit, like some ally type of shit, it's how it's supposed to be, or how it was at this point
But now, the president, a prime minister, whatever that structure is in Canada
He came out this big as six, and he gave a warning to, like, America
But he didn't do it in, like, a shitty way, but it was mostly, like, I'm sorry I have to do this, but this is your government's fault
Like, they did this, we're responsible for what they did to us, but in turn, it'll affect you
These niggas have the power to kill, no pun intended, they have the power to kill the power in the entire state of New York, the entire state of Michigan
And don't disrespect the Michigan, but New York more specifically, it's so much financial infrastructure
Just shit that affects the country as a whole, runs through places like New York, D.C., Los Angeles, specifically New York
You know what I mean? It's the commerce capital of the world, potentially, but the country for sure
So, he said he's gonna impose the tariff shit on the utilities
So, I mean, people's bills are gonna jump a nationality amount, like a shit ton of money
But even with that, like fucking, like I said, with Canada and Mexico and America, this is what people should have realized
Yes, I gotta stop referring to America as the country, because that's not the case
The country is the United States, America is the country specifically North America, which includes Mexico, the United States, Canada
That's how our country is the United States of America
Our country is not America, it's the United States
You know what I mean? But anyways, a lot of the businesses shit
As far as like, you know, constructionalized shit, a lot of our woodwork, a lot of our fucking carpentry related fields and shit
The equipment, the tools, shit, the lumber itself is said through Canada
So now, for a person who wanna like go to home, gotta make a major home repair, like, you know, get a deck installed, get a wood fence installed
Bro, I got a vinyl fence, and that fence, it's a privacy fence, six feet
That shit was about $10,000 parts and labor, and that's so viable, not wood
Now, if a person go to get like, a fence, that shit could be 20 grand
You know what I mean? And let's say it's not 20 grand, 15,000, 16,000
So it's some shit that you typically would have got for 7, 8, 9
That's a big fucking deal
But, man, I don't wanna see it on a public platform, but fuck it, I'ma say it
And, again, this is not a rally pry, this is not a fucking manifesto, this is not me planning what I would do or wanna do, that ain't the case
I'm stepping back again, stepping outside the situation, looking at it as a whole
There's a bunch of these MAGA supporters who almost look at Trump and like, I wanna say almost like a God type of lover
These are the people that's crying online, saying they're gonna lose their family fund that's been in their family for centuries
Small businesses getting shut down, major businesses getting shut down, he's killing healthcare, he's fucking killing government assistance
As far as like, you know, food stamps or snap or whatever the fuck y'all call it, I don't know what it's called
I don't have shit, I wish I did, full of expensive shit
But, he's shut down on the benefits down, these people are crying, they're believing in him
I'll say this
When a group of Americans, especially a specific group of Americans, feel like they're losing their country, those ad quotes
Lincoln died
When the country felt like Kennedy wasn't doing what he was supposed to do just at the third
Kennedy died
Shit, during the campaign run it was two attempts, supposedly
I wouldn't be surprised, I'll just say that, I wouldn't be surprised
I'm not wishing it on him, I would much rather let my fucker go to jail
But, you know what, not even go to jail
Even though he's done some agreed to shit, just get him out of the position of being able to fucking affect our day to day lives
I can't speak to what Trump's financial is cause he's such a fucking liar, so he could be as rich as he says he is
Or richer, or much poorer than he says
But there's two things for sure, two things for certain, the people he aligned themselves with, the Elon Musk world, the Jeff Bezos of the world, the fucking Mark Zuckerbergs of the world
These niggas got that shit, they really did
Them three names I just named alone is close to a trillion dollars, if they don't exceed that
That's cartoon level shit
And because Trump is so money hungry, he don't give a fuck about people, day to day lives, powers and nothing that shit
If these niggas is lying in his pocket so they can get dead devils through without even kickback
But see this all goes back to, and I hate to be a fucking broken record, but this shit really goes back to just understanding infrastructure
Especially in the political field, like
The presidency is the super boy of politics
It's the big game, it's the big day
It's for all the mongrels, but what niggas fail to realize is, voting government at a local level, to a state level
That's the season, that's you building chemistry, all that shit
So when the Republicans win the fucking Senate, when they win the fucking House, all that type of shit
These are the people that typically, when the president want to do some wild shit, like go to war or anything else
Want to fucking veto some shit, these are the niggas that step in, they do a vote on it, right, it's about like
You know budgetary shit, like bailouts and all that shit, they all get in their vote on it
So let's say it's a hundred seats
And if you got fucking fifty one Republican seats to forty nine Democratic seats
Republicans don't win
So you got the Supreme Court on that side, you got like all three branches of government right now is currently being represented by the Republican public
Now let's be clear
I ain't no fucking super Democratic fan even because these niggas, the Democrats and the Republicans have more similarities than they do differences as a whole
Not really speaking so much to Trump because that niggas, he's not a politician
He's a fucking failed businessman who's been given a job that's not qualified for
He lied on his resume and everybody know, but nobody cares because they like him, the personality
It's the same with hip hop, you have people that's super talented, I mean fucking geniuses
Literal poets
But I ain't never see this nigga hold a gun on Instagram, I ain't never see him do the money phone, I ain't never see this nigga
You know what I mean, do some ratchet shit I can relate to so
He ain't real
But then you have a young nigga, young snot nose from the six or whatever the fuck, whatever
But this nigga's a well known criminal, shooter, drug addict, dead beat dad, beat up his girlfriend, sliding on the ops, pissing on people's graves
Them niggas gonna get major, major record deals, they gonna get all their attention, they gonna get their music dissected
That's why the Kendrick shit was so important, it's like a chance to like, actually artistry to have a spotlight on it again
Cause for too long, like, music is not about talent anymore
And it hasn't been for a long time, but especially in the past five years, it hasn't been
Like, the top dogs is still the top dogs, but that comes from having built-in fan bases, but all the new shit that's coming along
That shit is based on like, clicks and views
You know what I mean, what's the word for it?
Not interaction, it's kinda like interaction, but that's not what I'm looking for
Engage me
They have a fucking social media fingerprint
Well like, alright, if I put this person's name into the title of some shit, it's gonna get clicked because of this name
People know this person's personality, they know that willingness to do crash out shit or whatever
And people attract to it, like flies the shit
I draw a parallel between that and the Trump shit
He's a sack of shit, most people are flies, so they're gonna attract to the shit
It's the, you know what it is? I think it'd be the slap in the face where like, you know, you know that these people are intelligent enough
Or you would assume they're intelligent enough to see through his bullshit, but they'll find ways to justify it
Like, with fucking Elon during this fucking Hitler salute
And then everybody goes, oh no, no, no, no, that's not that, no, he's socially awkward, he might be artistic, that's not what he meant
No, no, he pat his heart and then do his hand out to the crowd, he's giving his heart to the crowd
What he's saying is from the heart, no nigga, that's a Nazi salute
And typically, they won't even do physical shit, they'll say small phrases or some dog whistle shit
Like, make America great again
Okay, when was it great?
I won't even say that, when was it great for everybody?
It wasn't, because when it was great for like white people, we were going through Jim Crow
We were going through just the worst of the worst, like just fucking atrocity after atrocity
Redlining, people complain about the black neighborhood, the banking system and the government created the black neighborhood with redlining
We had soldiers returning from World War I, World War II
Then you had like actual black communities that got built up and then when the interstates and shit was like created
Well, you know what, now we're going to move all the blacks over here because we need this area, we need this freeway, we need this highway to run through here
And black communities was like torn apart, even here in Baltimore, there's an area called Moravia and it has a reservoir
And if you do the research on it, that was a prominent black community in the 1920s, 30s, 40s
And then, you know, so white people were not too far from there, it was like, yo, we need that area
They killed some black people, other black people, they like spooked them for us to move out
They fucking boiled those, that entire community, dug a fucking hole in the ground and spilled a little water
And nowadays, you can just go take a little jog around, oh damn, this reservoir is nice and everything
No, that was somebody's fucking home
But, ah man, you know
It's a mess, so all fruits and vegetables and shit is about to be through the fucking roof because as Trump is trying to initiate this curve shit on Mexico and Canada
They're doing the same, so as far as like lumber and infrastructure and shit, Canada going by sound here, so that's really super expensive
And then, as at least, from what I read, as at least, like, I think they said like 5,000 companies, American based companies
That depend on Canada, that are going to go out of business, all the people are going to lose their fucking jobs
Because Trump want to charge them niggas 25% to send shit here, additionally
And then as far as like, you know, groceries, farming, other type of shit, tobacco, a lot of that shit comes from, magically
So now they're going to charge a fucking shit ton, so if you want to have Taco Tuesday, it will now cost as much as a fucking roof crisp dinner for your whole family
Like, that shit is crazy
And it doesn't have to be this way, these are conscious decisions that are big, these are conscious decisions that's being made
It's just like, it only can last but for so long because you're going to get some motherfucking who think they're vigilante
Who's going to say, enough is enough, and it's going to be bad
And they can go two ways after that, one or two ways
Where everybody like, you know, more than go, you know, sad, but this is kind of what the country needed
And on the flip side, you got your motherfucking diehards, you're like, oh, y'all think it's just kicked off the silverwood 2025
So, ah man
Everybody do the best you can with what you got
I'll say this, stack up as much water as you can, get batteries, get flashlights, get fucking
Get non-perishable foods, canned goods, get fucking peanut butter because it doesn't go bad, get honey because it doesn't go bad
Get some shit you can survive on, learn how to start a fire, if you don't know how to swim, learn how to swim, learn how to drive sticks, learn how to shoot a gun
This shit is about to be on some walking dead apocalyptic shit soon
And there's so much beautiful shit going on right now, like there's been multiple research centers around the world from Canada to even here in America
Where like, niggas might have legitimately found the cure for cancer
And that's not dominating the headlines at all
Because of this fucking circus, debacle, political landscape that we're surviving through
But, ah, who the fuck am I, I'm just some random ass dude
But I'm preparing, believe that
So, I hope everybody else does the same, I just, I don't know
We as a whole make life harder than it has to be, we make relationships tougher than they have to be
Friendships, life-long friendships can get ruined over just fucking lack of communication, misunderstanding, just whatever
But you know, some shit you can't unhear, some shit you can't unsee, some actions can't be undone, so you level with what you're left with
And at that point you either let it consume you or you adapt and grow on them, so
With that being said, I'll try to make like the next part of cancer fun next week or something, but anyways
I'm here for a good time, not a long time, so
Whoever's here next to help you stay safe, stay healthy, stay positive, stay productive
You know, keep chasing your goals, whatever they may be, work towards getting one step closer if not achieving it all together
Once you do achieve that goal, don't rest on your laurels, set a new goal, make a path towards that new goal
If anything I said today, you don't agree with it or you want to continue the conversation
Or, you know, maybe I misspoke or gave misinformation
You can always hit me up on Instagram at QGMusic, that's QGMUSIC on Instagram
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Also, the podcast will be coming to YouTube very soon
I'm still trying to decide if I want to do it on camera or not, because I know a lot of people like
A visually, you know, they're visual people, so
I ain't big on being on camera, not a lot of times, but, you know, I don't have to do as best for like the brand, so
We'll see. Oh, I'll just keep it strictly audio, podcast, maybe like AI video
You know, in the background, why my audio, we kind of can jade what I'm saying, so
Because I feel like if I try to put up all the statistics and all that shit myself, it'll probably be a shit ton of work, so
Excuse me
Yeah, but with that being said, man, I wish everybody the best
Try your best as long as you can
I love each other, we need each other
Peace