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uponit7771

(93,494 posts)
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 02:52 PM 10 hrs ago

JD Vance in regards to the economy. "... you don't turn the Titanic around in one night"

JD Vance in regards to the economy. "... you don't turn the Titanic around in one night"

Maybe there's some human still left inside him tryna get out/


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JD Vance in regards to the economy. "... you don't turn the Titanic around in one night" (Original Post) uponit7771 10 hrs ago OP
You can sink it in one night Johonny 10 hrs ago #1
Ugh..... Lovie777 10 hrs ago #2
"The Envy of the World" Kid Berwyn 10 hrs ago #3
I thought "Affordability" was made up. Hoax! leftstreet 10 hrs ago #4
Poor dope is turning in circles C_U_L8R 10 hrs ago #5
... greatauntoftriplets 10 hrs ago #6
Um, The Titanic COULDN'T Turn Around ProfessorGAC 10 hrs ago #7
J Vance: We can sink this ship the easy way or the hard way. delisen 9 hrs ago #8
Especially When the "Captain" is Out Searching for His Next 13-year-old Trick The Roux Comes First 9 hrs ago #9
Then explain how your boss said he would lower prices on Day One Diamond_Dog 9 hrs ago #10
"No one took him seriously" is MAGAs go to excuse uponit7771 9 hrs ago #17
Keep rearranging the deck chairs , V D dweller 9 hrs ago #11
Wouldn't surprise me if JD fucked a deck chair Blue Owl 9 hrs ago #19
So if the economy doesn't turn around soon... Omnipresent 9 hrs ago #12
probably Retrograde 3 hrs ago #24
Occasionally, and this is one such occasion, I get the sense that these people are actually fucking stupid Prairie Gates 9 hrs ago #13
We would all be... 2naSalit 9 hrs ago #14
I hate that man get the red out 9 hrs ago #15
Trump turned a Guided Missile Cruiser into the Titanic Emile 9 hrs ago #16
Since Trump put the economy directly in the path of the ice berg, JD's comment is irrelevant Raven123 9 hrs ago #18
What a stupid, poor analogy Blue Owl 9 hrs ago #20
is he calling the US economy the titantic? samsingh 9 hrs ago #21
Yes, the antecedent to "the Titanic" was ... the ... economy under Biden uponit7771 5 hrs ago #22
Up yours, JD Iris 5 hrs ago #23

delisen

(7,257 posts)
8. J Vance: We can sink this ship the easy way or the hard way.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:09 PM
9 hrs ago

but it is going to sink. You are all screwed, Soon you will be eating your cats and dogs, but I have a billionaire with a life preserver.

The Roux Comes First

(2,193 posts)
9. Especially When the "Captain" is Out Searching for His Next 13-year-old Trick
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:11 PM
9 hrs ago

Or, as soon as he cheats his way through another 18 holes.

Diamond_Dog

(39,923 posts)
10. Then explain how your boss said he would lower prices on Day One
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:11 PM
9 hrs ago

And why so many ignorant fools believed it, Vance

dweller

(27,944 posts)
11. Keep rearranging the deck chairs , V D
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:12 PM
9 hrs ago

Look there’s a pull out couch !
Where was that when you needed it ?


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Prairie Gates

(7,336 posts)
13. Occasionally, and this is one such occasion, I get the sense that these people are actually fucking stupid
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:23 PM
9 hrs ago

Raven123

(7,593 posts)
18. Since Trump put the economy directly in the path of the ice berg, JD's comment is irrelevant
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:46 PM
9 hrs ago

Blue Owl

(58,319 posts)
20. What a stupid, poor analogy
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:54 PM
9 hrs ago

You could turn an ocean liner around in a couple minutes out on the open water -- it's not that laborious.

Then again, JD's never been known for his brightness....

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