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The Trump Presidency 15

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Norman Alexander said:
Seriously??! The USA has similar, more advanced technology failures than the Russians? Is that what you are saying, Donny?
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Yes, the US project pluto from the 1960s.

Abandoned as a bad idea and too provocative at the height of the Cold War
 
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Through massive devaluation of their currency and pumping vast sums of money into their system, the tens of billions of dollars that the U.S. is receiving is a gift from China. Prices not up, no inflation. Farmers getting more than China would be spending. Fake News won’t report!
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Trump Tweets

Through massive devaluation of their currency and pumping vast sums of money into their system, the tens of billions of dollars that the U.S. is receiving is a gift from China. Prices not up, no inflation. Farmers getting more than China would be spending. Fake News won’t report!
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Am I the only one that can't figure out what he's trying to convey here?
 
Fasten your seatbelts. This is from a financial analyst website called "The Street." Economists increasingly fear an economic downturn is not only looming, it may have already begun.
The difference between 2-year and 10-year yields fell to 3 basis points in early Tuesday trading, the lowest since June 2007, after data from the Commerce Department showed July core consumer prices rose by a faster-than-expected 2.2% from last year, accelerating past 2% for the seventeenth consecutive month. The data suggests importers paying tariffs on China-made goods -- $6 billion alone in June and $28.8 for the nine months of the government's fiscal year -- are starting to pass those costs onto customers.

President Donald Trump, however, took to Twitter Tuesday to suggest that there is "no inflation" while insisting the "tens of billions" the government is collecting is being paid by the Chinese government. Link
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Trump has a well-established history for screwing things up. His major mistake is always refusing to acknowledge reality. Like Atlantic City, things look good for a while but eventually his flawed strategies spell doom. The fear is, that's what he's doing with the US economy. Business people are already warning that his trade war with China is being handled in a way that is causing price rises and material shortages. Farmers complain his trade policies have cost them billions and billions of dollars in export income.

Just as with the football league, the airline and the casinos, this can't go on. I just hope the downturn happens before the 2020 elections so we can be sure of getting rid of this idiot and cut our losses. I'm sure it will turn out that it's going to take many years to repair the damage The Dunce has already done.
 
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newyorkguy said:
Graeme Wood writing in The Atlantic three days ago:

He described it better then I can. "A really exceptional work of obscenity, like a really exceptional work of beauty, exceeds the ability of its viewers to fathom what they just saw. Did that just happen?"

Can't get this damn image out of my head. A horrible man. :(
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newyorkguy said:
Fasten your seatbelts. This is from a financial analyst website called "The Street." Economists increasingly fear an economic downturn is not only looming, it may have already begun.


Trump has a well-established history for screwing things up. His major mistake is always refusing to acknowledge reality. Like Atlantic City, things look good for a while but eventually his flawed strategies spell doom. The fear is, that's what he's doing with the US economy. Business people are already warning that his trade war with China is being handled in a way that is causing price rises and material shortages. Farmers complain his trade policies have cost them billions and billions of collars in export income.

Just as with the football league, the airline and the casinos, this can't go on. I just hope the downturn happens before the 2020 elections so we can be sure of getting rid of this idiot and cut our losses. I'm sure it will turn out that it's going to take many years to repair the damage The Dunce has already done.
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A strong economy has been a tremendous gift to Donald Trump. The fact that he has such high disapproval despite such a strong economy is a real indication of his inherent toxicity.

Should the economy take a noticeable downturn before the election, I'd say it's a sure thing he won't win re-election. Can't wait for Republicans to suddenly start caring about deficits should a Democrat win.
 
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TofuFighter said:
The same way he will tweet after being in the WH. He complained just a few days ago about Obama making comments after the two recent shootings, apparently suddenly unhappy about presidential norms not being adhered to, but who believes he won't be ranting up twitter with his usual lies and ignorance about both past and future presidents after he's out of office? :rolleyes:

He sure is going to miss those rallies though. Wouldn't entirely surprise me if he just kept doing the anyway.
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He's not going to miss the rallies. He'll keep on having them until he dies.
 
Trebuchet said:
He's not going to miss the rallies. He'll keep on having them until he dies.
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That's another thing that's been on my mind lately.

No matter what happens; he loses re-election, he gets impeached, even if he goes to prison... Trump isn't going to "go away" like literally every other President, good and bad (whoever you want to put in to whatever category) has.

I don't see Trump having one of those "Post-Presidency quiet lives of occasional speaking tours and humanitarian projects" lives.
 
JoeMorgue said:
That's another thing that's been on my mind lately.

No matter what happens; he loses re-election, he gets impeached, even if he goes to prison... Trump isn't going to "go away" like literally every other President, good and bad (whoever you want to put in to whatever category) has.

I don't see Trump having one of those "Post-Presidency quiet lives of occasional speaking tours and humanitarian projects" lives.
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Something I have also been pondering.
Even if he loses reelection, he (and his family, and cronies) has been given some high level insight into the operation of the U.S. Gov.
The Trumpsters' group does not strike me as one that will hesitate to monetize that insight however they can, regardless of what harm they may cause doing it.
 
Distracted1 said:
Something I have also been pondering.
Even if he loses reelection, he (and his family, and cronies) has been given some high level insight into the operation of the U.S. Gov.
The Trumpsters' group does not strike me as one that will hesitate to monetize that insight however they can, regardless of what harm they may cause doing it.
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If I was the next President like literally my first priority in office would be a top down review of policy and to, on a policy level, basically "change the locks" as much as possible.

Yes, I would intentionally change just base government procedures as much as possible on a functional level, every form would be updated, I would move people around, I would... shuffle the parts as much as I able to, just to subvert what you are (in my opinion correctly) worried about
 
JoeMorgue said:
If I was the next President like literally my first priority in office would be a top down review of policy and to, on a policy level, basically "change the locks" as much as possible.

Yes, I would intentionally change just base government procedures as much as possible on a functional level, every form would be updated, I would move people around, I would... shuffle the parts as much as I able to, just to subvert what you are (in my opinion correctly) worried about
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How sweet of you. A more canny president would arrange a state funeral. Really arrange it.
 
TragicMonkey said:
If I was the next President like literally my first priority in office would be a top down review of policy and to, on a policy level, basically "change the locks" as much as possible.
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How sweet of you. A more canny president would arrange a state funeral. Really arrange it.
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I have it on good authority* that every president is given 3 assassinations to use as they want.

* and by good authority, I'm referring to an episode of The Simpsons.
 
newyorkguy said:
Fasten your seatbelts. This is from a financial analyst website called "The Street." Economists increasingly fear an economic downturn is not only looming, it may have already begun.

The difference between 2-year and 10-year yields fell to 3 basis points in early Tuesday trading, the lowest since June 2007, after data from the Commerce Department showed July core consumer prices rose by a faster-than-expected 2.2% from last year, accelerating past 2% for the seventeenth consecutive month. The data suggests importers paying tariffs on China-made goods -- $6 billion alone in June and $28.8 for the nine months of the government's fiscal year -- are starting to pass those costs onto customers.
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The so-called 'inverted yield curve' and increased inflation are not the only signs of economic trouble.

- The manufacturing sector may already be in recession (https://www.france24.com/en/20190716-us-manufacturing-sinks-recession-amid-trade-wars)

- Consumer confidence may still be above average, but its dropping (https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/25/us-consumer-confidence-june-2019.html)

It should be noted that a significant number of economists (over half in some surveys) are now predicting a recession by 2021, and many of those say it will happen in 2020.

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/...f-economists-predict-recession-by-2021-survey
 
newyorkguy said:
Graeme Wood writing in The Atlantic three days ago:


He described it better then I can. "A really exceptional work of obscenity, like a really exceptional work of beauty, exceeds the ability of its viewers to fathom what they just saw. Did that just happen?"

Can't get this damn image out of my head. A horrible man. :(

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alfaniner said:
He's not going to miss the rallies. He'll keep on having them until he dies.
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I think that once he's out of power, he will be totally impotent. No one will want to deal with him.
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Nobody with any power or influence will want to deal with him. But I can see large number of his current followers wanting to see him speak, regardless of any scandals or embarrassments he has in office.

A lot of former politicians have made money after leaving office by giving speeches to large corporation. (E.g. Clinton speaking to Goldman-Sachs.) I wonder if any corporations would pay to hear from Trump after he is out of office.
 
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