Cont: The Trump Presidency X: 10-10 'til we do it again

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Captain_Swoop said:
Trump Tweets

"Billions of dollars are, and will be, coming into United States coffers because of Tariffs. Great also for negotiations - if a country won’t give us a fair Trade Deal, we will institute Tariffs on them. Used or not, jobs and businesses will be created. U.S. respected again!"

Maybe someone should tell him about the Smoot Hawley Act and how that worked out.

“The result was disaster: country after country erected their own barriers in retaliation, global trade plummeted, and American exporters saw their suffering intensify. By 1933, US exports and imports had fallen by about 60 per cent.”
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I'm sure this time will be different. (Much like how tax cuts never result in increased government revenue, except when Trump and the republicans implement them.)
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Trump Tweets

"Billions of dollars are, and will be, coming into United States coffers because of Tariffs. Great also for negotiations - if a country won’t give us a fair Trade Deal, we will institute Tariffs on them. Used or not, jobs and businesses will be created. U.S. respected again!"
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Not sure he understands how tariffs work.
 
Belz... said:
Something seems wrong about this. Almost manufactured.
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The Affidavit looks valid. It wasn't until he was in the back seat of the cop car going to jail that he made the comment.

The woman he groped was more tolerant than I would be. First time she just pushed him off, second time she made a formal complaint and asked to change seats. I would have turned around the first time and very loudly said, "eeewww, that's disgusting!" Then I would have asked to change seats.
 
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dudalb said:
Trumps knows nothing about economics.
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Or anything else.
Belz... said:
Not sure he understands how tariffs work.
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Or anything else.

If he hadn't been born with a silver spoon in his rectum, he'd be serving time for selling used cars with fraudulent titles.

ETA: As I've said here many times, I don't think Trump is necessarily unintelligent. But he's vastly, and proudly, ignorant.
 
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Segnosaur said:
We don't even know how good he is at "hustling real estate", considering that there are suspicions that he is being kept afloat by: 1) Money laundered on behalf of Russians, and 2) sketchy sales techniques (including deceptive marketing of his real estate).
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#2 comes under "Hustling Real Estate".:D
 
dudalb said:
Trump's campaign is now running on pure bigotry.
I predict, if the Dems do not take back the house, prepare for massive upheavels that will make those of the 1960's look mild in comparasion. The anger will go into the streets.
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We need that upheaval at the ballot box, not in the street after the fact.
 
Segnosaur said:
Not sure. I suspect that most people who attend church weekly probably fall into the 'religion is important' group, although it doesn't mean there aren't a few people who go to church for other purposes (social interaction, family obligations, etc.)

The point was, if you use the definition of "religious=anything but atheist/agnostic" then yes, many/most people who dislike Trump would be considered religious simply because there aren't enough atheists/agnostics account for the disapproval of Trump. If you think that someone who is "religious" actually has to let their beliefs have some impact on their lives (e.g. by actually attending church) then its possible that religious people with a disapproval of Trump form a minority.
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It should be clear from my post referencing the non religious as not avatars of skepticism, I was indicating the "anything but" definition.
 
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