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CTyankee

(68,282 posts) Sun Aug 10, 2025, 10:31 AM Aug 2025

I wonder what our handyman, Mike, thinks about Trump now... [View all]

Nice guy, has a beautiful wife and sweet little boy, been doing work on our vintage colonial house for years now. We never talked politics but right after the DNC convention I was so excited about Kamala being our next president, when Mike came over to do some work I told him how excited I was that we'd have a woman president for the first time!

Dead silence.

I immediately regretted even mentioning my excitement to him but was stupefied that he would have that reaction.

Now I wonder how he's making out with his small business and all his hard work. The lumber he bought to build us a handicap ramp for my husband has gone up a lot, due to the tariff situation his president brought upon him. Not Biden, not the Dems in Congress. Trump did it and it is hurting Mike's livelihood.

I wonder what Mike is thinking now.

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I wonder what our handyman, Mike, thinks about Trump now... [View all] CTyankee Aug 2025 OP

He's thinking whatever they want him to think probably Blues Heron Aug 2025 #1

Hard to think straight when half of your business is wiped out that you worked so hard to build. CTyankee Aug 2025 #2

That will be the last thing he thinks, most con victims will do anything but admit they were conned Blues Heron Aug 2025 #3

Or will he twist it around to make it all the Dems fault? CTyankee Aug 2025 #5

He'll just blame Biden, immigrants, Democrats - like Fox tells him to. MrsCheaplaugh Aug 2025 #13

I'm beginning to think it is his church. I had never heard of it but my guess is it is Evangelical. CTyankee Aug 2025 #14

He won't care WmChris Aug 2025 #40

Of course, but he is a local guy and works locally so he knows what people can/can't afford. He's not a faceless CTyankee Aug 2025 #41

I'll tell you what he's thinking: "THANKS, OBAMA!!!" hatrack Aug 2025 #4

Then he is living in a hell of his own making. How long can you make a living when you are totally irrational? CTyankee Aug 2025 #9

Mike doesn't think or he would've shared your excitement about kamala SheltieLover Aug 2025 #6

Was he silent because he's a Trump voter or silent because he doesn't get personal with clients? WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #7

My guess it was because he was never gonna vote for a Dem, much less a woman Dem. Maybe it was religious, I dunno. CTyankee Aug 2025 #10

yeah I know it was a guess, I was just providing a different guess for his reaction WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #11

We have a Steve at our house cyclonefence Aug 2025 #8

I wonder how Mike is making out in solid blue Connecticut. CTyankee Aug 2025 #12

You have far more patience than I. paleotn Aug 2025 #24

How can somebody be a Q-Anon devotee? hadEnuf Aug 2025 #31

She is schizophrenic cyclonefence Aug 2025 #42

I was going to replace all of my interior doors last year but didn't & now they're 25% more. CrispyQ Aug 2025 #15

He will raise prices accordingly. dalton99a Aug 2025 #16

I think you are right but with an additional thought that I had. CTyankee Aug 2025 #17

Actually the tariff on Canadian soft-wood lumber is 14.54%... the same as it's been since 2024. WarGamer Aug 2025 #18

I don't know what "soft wood lumber" is? If it is what you'd build a ramp with, then I do know what it is. CTyankee Aug 2025 #20

softwood trees include conifers... pine, fir, cedar, redwood... WarGamer Aug 2025 #21

"Softwoods" generically means conifers, as noted above. . . hatrack Aug 2025 #43

It's a cult, bet he still loves trmp. spanone Aug 2025 #19

All the way to bankruptcy and unemployment. paleotn Aug 2025 #23

...nor mine. spanone Aug 2025 #39

Mike made his bed. Let him wallow in it. paleotn Aug 2025 #22

Guys like Mike are why I never talk politics Warpy Aug 2025 #25

We are both nice to him and have had him work for us for years. He is reliable and his work is excellent. CTyankee Aug 2025 #38

He's thinking that all of his problems are caused by impoverished brown people. Orrex Aug 2025 #26

"I wonder what Mike is thinking now." J_William_Ryan Aug 2025 #27

That's a possibility. He might have gotten so screwed over by Trump's policies that he is now in deep regret. CTyankee Aug 2025 #34

He's thinking about joining ICE Bobstandard Aug 2025 #28

I went to Walmart this morning. StarryNite Aug 2025 #29

Nice guys cannot vote for this man. He's not a nice guy. Like attract like. jrthin Aug 2025 #30

He thinking whatever fox news tells him to think. nt ImNotGod Aug 2025 #32

Many, living and learning, now. republianmushroom Aug 2025 #33

Mike is thinking mgardener Aug 2025 #35

Good jobs are opening up. usonian Aug 2025 #36

The power of the Magic R is telling him anything Emile Aug 2025 #37