The Trump Presidency

[sturg33]

https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/...-research.aspx

This certainly challenges sturg's orthodoxies, but it's an informative snapshot.

As we continue to subsidize and criminalize profits I'd wager we will continue to decline

[57Brave]

I mean ...

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump

Since taking office I have been very strict on Commercial Aviation. Good news - it was just reported that there were Zero deaths in 2017, the best and safest year on record!

[mqt]

*Presently using DACA as a ****ing bargaining chip*

[thethe]

*Presently using DACA as a ****ing bargaining chip*

Smart - Give us that wall and an end to VISA Lottery/Chain Migration.

Need to stem the tide of movement into the country and slowly work to get the existing population US citizenship.

[57Brave]

Eric Holthaus
‏Verified account @EricHolthaus
Jan 1

Eric Holthaus Retweeted Dr. Eric Kaplan

Puerto Rico, Day 103:
—About 1.5 million people still w/o power
—Hundreds of thousands still w/o clean water
—Still a humanitarian emergency
It's New Year's Day. Puerto Rico is still in crisis. One of the worst injustices in American history is still being ignored by leaders.

[sturg33]

Trump making a fool of himself on twitter tonight

[thethe]

Trump making a fool of himself on twitter tonight

His results are so good but his tact is so bad. What a shame.

[CK86]

Trump making a fool of himself on twitter tonight

He's been doing it all day today. It's just crazy to me this moron is the president of our country.

[mqt]

So look, I've often said that global politicking is hard stuff and I'm not qualified to judge such things, but I think it's safe to say this isn't how you do it.

[VirginiaBrave]

The man is a nut job. And the Republican Congress better grow a pair and remove him from office before the untinkable happens. He has put us all in danger.

[bravesnumberone]

Trump making a fool of himself on twitter tonight

Makes a fool of himself every day and half the country follows him in lock step. They value their allegiance to him over the sake of the country and the world. The man is not stable and if people can't see that they're blind.

[thethe]

North Korea to open dialogue with south korea. Are these insane tactics actually working?

[mqt]

North Korea to open dialogue with south korea. Are these insane tactics actually working?

No. The threat of war is always present, and if NK starts a nuclear war they get obliterated. They know this regardless of what our idiot president says.

[thethe]

No. The threat of war is always present, and if NK starts a nuclear war they get obliterated. They know this regardless of what our idiot president says.

Just food for thought. The president is crazy but ISIS has been dealt a near death blow. We may see an overthrow of the theocratic regime in Iran. North Korea willing to open a dialogue with south korea.

If someone told you a year ago those three things would happen or possibly happen you would have thought they were insane. So just all coincidence?

[Runnin]

North Korea to open dialogue with south korea. Are these insane tactics actually working?

Working for North Korea.

[57Brave]

[Runnin]

No one can pretend to be shocked anymore. That's exactly what I would expect him to say. It might be frightening if he were an otherwise competent President whose words had real meaning.

[Oklahomahawk]

[Jaw]

North Korea to open dialogue with south korea. Are these insane tactics actually working?

The smartest Foreign Policy, and specifically North Korea, scholars will tell you that Trump's twitter antics have actually been quite an asset in dealing with the current regime in North Korea. We have had plenty of the typical FoPo wonks swing and miss at getting NK to halt nuclear progress over the past 25 years. This administration is the first to not be laughed at and taken advantage of. While I don't think this strategy would work with many in the international community, it seems perfect for NK.

We've given the bully detention, suspension, and taken away his lunch money. It hasn't helped. At some point you need someone to walk onto the playground and let the bully know he isn't the only one in the school willing to throw down.

Austin Bay from Strategy Page explains the deliberate strategy behind all of this here, via The Observer and Real Clear Defense - http://observer.com/2017/08/donald-t...tary-strategy/.

As an aside, Real Clear Defense is a must scan if you have interest in the current US/Asia happenings. It curates Defense and FoPo articles from a broad ideological spectrum and finds all of the best sources and sharpest minds in those areas.

[thethe]

The smartest Foreign Policy, and specifically North Korea, scholars will tell you that Trump's twitter antics have actually been quite an asset in dealing with the current regime in North Korea. We have had plenty of the typical FoPo wonks swing and miss at getting NK to halt nuclear progress over the past 25 years. This administration is the first to not be laughed at and taken advantage of. While I don't think this strategy would work with many in the international community, it seems perfect for NK.

We've given the bully detention, suspension, and taken away his lunch money. It hasn't helped. At some point you need someone to walk onto the playground and let the bully know he isn't the only one in the school willing to throw down.

Austin Bay from Strategy Page explains the deliberate strategy behind all of this here, via The Observer and Real Clear Defense - http://observer.com/2017/08/donald-t...tary-strategy/.

As an aside, Real Clear Defense is a must scan if you have interest in the current US/Asia happenings. It curates Defense and FoPo articles from a broad ideological spectrum and finds all of the best sources and sharpest minds in those areas.

4D chess

We will look back 7 years from now and say wow all of this got done in 8 years? Amazing.