The Trump Presidency

nsacpi said:
I wouldn't be opposed to Scaramucci being given a second chance.
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He actually showed a lot of restraint and professionalism on Bill Maher a few weeks ago, but I think it's just a matter of time before he blows a gasket on air.
 
When Ivanka Trump traveled to Pyeongchang, South Korea, to attend the Olympic closing ceremony, President Trump tweeted: “My daughter, Ivanka, just arrived in South Korea. We cannot have a better, or smarter, person representing our country.”

“Why? Is there some rule against it?” a critic responded.
 
Carla D Moore

‏ @liltwin1101

Mar 2

We're in danger when

a reality show actor faking a president

complains about a fake president

who is a real actor.

Our world turned upside down.
 
Runnin said:
From Gates?
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It would seem that Broidy's encrypted email to the UAE was hacked by the Qataris. From there it found its way to the NY Times. Hard to say how the matter came to Mueller's attention. Maybe from the questioning of Bannon.
 
sturg33 said:
But he's a real president. He beat Hillary
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https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/03/politics/trump-maralago-remarks/index.html

In the closed-door remarks, a recording of which was obtained by CNN, Trump also praised China's President Xi Jinping for recently consolidating power and extending his potential tenure, musing he wouldn't mind making such a maneuver himself.

"He's now president for life. President for life. No, he's great," Trump said. "And look, he was able to do that. I think it's great. Maybe we'll have to give that a shot some day."
 
nsacpi said:
It would seem that Broidy's encrypted email to the UAE was hacked by the Qataris. From there it found its way to the NY Times. Hard to say how the matter came to Mueller's attention. Maybe from the questioning of Bannon.
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I doubt they learned about it from Bannon, but Nader was a topic in his interview, noted a few weeks ago.

Kushner's Gulf State ****ery has the potential to be a very big deal, to put it mildly. It's hard to say right now what's what, but damn...he looks like he is primed for a fall. Maybe letting a callow and massively leveraged nepotism hire act as shadow Secretary of State wasn't such a hot idea.

I'm not really surprised that the Trump crowd has stepped in this much **** in a little over a year---I've always taken a rather cynical view that they were going to try to steal what they could as soon as they could. There's a certain logic to just matching up the obvious combination of cupidity and power in the Trump inner circle with the players who have money to throw around in order to influence policy--the Gulf States, China, the Kremlin/oligarch/OC axis. I'd be shocked if they didn't all try to get a bite of the apple, and there's circumstantial evidence to suggest that they all have.
 
goldfly said:
Swedish appliance manufacturer Electrolux—Europe’s largest home appliance maker—says it will delay a planned $250,000,000 investment to expand and modernize a plant in Tennessee after Trump's tariffs announcement.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-u...-on-hold-over-trump-tariff-hike-idUKKCN1GE1P0
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Hopefully Trump's move to Bernie Sanders style economics will get the left thinking more rationally about it.

But then again I didn't hear these complaints when Bernie was proposing them
 
sturg33 said:
Hopefully Trump's move to Bernie Sanders style economics will get the left thinking more rationally about it.

But then again I didn't hear these complaints when Bernie was proposing them
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But was this a policy or a temper tantrum? It could've been done better.
 
goldfly said:
against this that will help millions

for building a pointless wall

seems about right for this ****boy
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I want you to take your post about Electrolux and parallel it to this story.

Why do you think Trump may want the party to hedge on the funding?

Why do you think Trump will ultimately fold (ostensibly with concessions)?

Why do you think the EU may want Electrolux to hedge on investing in America?

Why do you the EU will ultimately fold (ostensibly with concessions)?
 
Hawk said:
How? What purpose would that have served?

He has been overtly telegraphing this for two years.
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1. He would have included his support staff, the people standing between him and a jail cell.
2. He would not have given the stock market a 24 hr shock.
3. He could have shown other countries a little respect.
4. He could have earned a little Presidential respect.
 
Protectionism is inherently disrespectful. Rhetoric doesn’t lessen the blow.

I don’t understand why Americans care so much about what people beyond our borders think of us. Vanity runs deep I suppose.
 
Hawk said:
Protectionism is inherently disrespectful. Rhetoric doesn’t lessen the blow.

I don’t understand why Americans care so much about what people beyond our borders think of us. Vanity runs deep I suppose.
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there have been historical periods where the reigning hegemonic power has abdicated...the outcomes have tended to be disastrous for all parties...if you want to read up on the thinking in this field Charles Kindleberger is a good place to start
 
CK86 said:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/03/politics/trump-maralago-remarks/index.html

In the closed-door remarks, a recording of which was obtained by CNN, Trump also praised China's President Xi Jinping for recently consolidating power and extending his potential tenure, musing he wouldn't mind making such a maneuver himself.

"He's now president for life. President for life. No, he's great," Trump said. "And look, he was able to do that. I think it's great. Maybe we'll have to give that a shot some day."
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That would probably be the quickest way to get rid of him.
 
Hawk said:
Protectionism is inherently disrespectful. Rhetoric doesn’t lessen the blow.

I don’t understand why Americans care so much about what people beyond our borders think of us. Vanity runs deep I suppose.
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Common courtesy and respect runs a little deeper than vanity.
 
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