The Trump Presidency

[Jaw]

I disagree with this.

[thethe]

Clearly in 2009 wall street knew Trump would become president so it started going up preemptively.

Free money is great!

[57Brave]

is this the woman the "party of family values" man newt was cheating on his dying wife with? or is this another woman?

I'm not sure which wife. It might have been the first one he told on her cancer bed he wanted a divorce. To marry his them secretary

I think his 2nd was at least on her feet when he let her in on the fact Callista became an "item"

[Jaw]

You think a recovery from a Recession is impressive? Do you know history?

A very slow recovery, with the lowest growth rates we have seen after a recession, despite historically low interest rates and historically high deficit growth.

[thethe]

A very slow recovery, with the lowest growth rates we have seen after a recession, despite historically low interest rates and historically high deficit growth.

It's incredible how financially illiterate people are.

[Super]

You think a recovery from a Recession is impressive? Do you know history?

it's more impressive than inheriting an economy with a market that was hitting all-time highs and had a bajillion straight months of job growth and doing nothing special with it, for sure.

[thethe]

it's more impressive than inheriting an economy with a market that was hitting all-time highs and had a bajillion straight months of job growth and doing nothing special with it, for sure.

No...it's not.

[Super]

It's incredible how financially illiterate people are.

yes, it certainly is.
trump doing things Obama already did is touted as great; but under Obama, it was..bad?

[Super]

No...it's not.

...how?
Obama's market was hitting all-time highs. Why is it impressive that it's simply continued? trump isn't a top job creator - why is that impressive?

[Super]

A very slow recovery, with the lowest growth rates we have seen after a recession, despite historically low interest rates and historically high deficit growth.

oh don't forget with a republican congress whose stated intent was to stall Obama's progress so as to not make him look good. and he STILL succeeded.

but the fact is, trump is doing nothing new or special.

[thethe]

...how?
Obama's market was hitting all-time highs. Why is it impressive that it's simply continued? trump isn't a top job creator - why is that impressive?

If you have a dollar how easy is it to triple your money? Is it harder to triple your money when you start at 1000?

[Jaw]

oh don't forget with a republican congress whose stated intent was to stall Obama's progress so as to not make him look good. and he STILL succeeded.

but the fact is, trump is doing nothing new or special.

Fortunately for those who share his ideology he was able to pass most of his big deficit spending agenda while he had a filibuster proof majority in Congress though, right?

[Jaw]

This CNN headline from last week is amazing:

[thethe]

This CNN headline from last week is amazing:

Priceless

[sturg33]

...how?
Obama's market was hitting all-time highs. Why is it impressive that it's simply continued? trump isn't a top job creator - why is that impressive?

As I've explained dozens of times on here... it's very quite simple.

1. Obama inherrited a terrible recession, leaving nowhere to go but up

2. Obama was handed 0% interest rates for his entire term, allowing business to borrow free money for years and basically buy growth (by the way, this is also the why the wealth gap has expanded)

3. The Fed pumped trillions of dollars of QE into the economy to artificially boost it (by the way, this is also why the wealth gap has expanded)

4. Obama's market had completely stalled out by the end of 2014... his last two years was basically flat until Trump was elected


Now, the fed has already increased interest rates under Trump and the QE has stopped. This is a headwind that Obama didn't have to deal with.

[Hawk]

Watching all y’all Clinton apologists scramble almost makes me wish she had won.

[mqt]

To break it down step by step:

I *think* I've been pretty consistent on saying the Trump/Russia campaign stuff doesn't really appeal to me beyond the approach the Administation has taken with it. I'm willing to have the same opinion here. Is it good that they lied about their involvement? No. Does it surprise me that a campaign was willing to pay people to get opposition research? No.

[thethe]

Watching all y’all Clinton apologists scramble almost makes me wish she had won.

The funny thing is the conspiracy Clinton cash video will be proven to be 100% right.

[57Brave]

David Corn‏Verified account @DavidCornDC 57m57 minutes ago

Hey Trump voters, yesterday Pence voted to break a Senate tie to pass a bill to stop consumers from mounting class-action lawsuits against rip-off banks/credit card firms. Trump will sign. How's that for populism? You were conned. Sad.

[57Brave]

LOLGOP‏ @LOLGOP 5m5 minutes ago

LOLGOP Retweeted Legal Defense Fund

Remember that time when people got so mad at immigrants and a woman using email that they decided to hand our lives over to the big banks?