The Trump Presidency: Sweet/Sweat 16

[GlennB]

I hereby order you (yes you) to gift me a pony.

The twitterati are having huge fun with this

"I hereby order everyone on Twitter to hereby order something. "

If I were on twitter I'd hereby give you a pony. But I'm not.

 

[phiwum]

It might be if it carried any weight whatsoever. It doesn't, so it's just b/s.

It's BS that matters. It's an official statement by the president. People ought to be outraged that he "ordered" businesses to stop production in China, whether or not the order has any teeth.

People would be outraged had Obama, W or any other recent president had officially made such an order. Yes, it's a tweet, but this administration has called such tweets official statements of the president.

We simply ignore the stunning overreach because, you know, it's just Trump.

 

[dudalb]

Now he has gone to insulting Jay Powell, the guy he picked to be the Fed Chair, as being a threat to the US, asking if he is a bigger threat than Chairman Xi from Chuna.

Shades of Andrew Jackson and Nicholas Biddle.....

 

[dudalb]

Trump is losing his rag over the possibility if a huge downturn to recession in the US economy, but he is too stupid to realise that dumb, unfiltered remarks like these, are contributing to it bigly.

And that no POTUS should talk like he had dictorial powers. Period. End of Discussion.
No President has ever said anything close to this.
Yes, Trump has zero powers to enforce it, but dammit, no leader of a democracy should talk like that.

 

[The Greater Fool]

I expect Trump to talk of penalties on companies with connections in China.

 

[dudalb]

It's BS that matters. It's an official statement by the president. People ought to be outraged that he "ordered" businesses to stop production in China, whether or not the order has any teeth.

People would be outraged had Obama, W or any other recent president had officially made such an order. Yes, it's a tweet, but this administration has called such tweets official statements of the president.

We simply ignore the stunning overreach because, you know, it's just Trump.

Oh, this overreach is not being ignored. It was heard on Wall Street..and the Market is in a free fall.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Trump Tweets

The Dow is down 573 points perhaps on the news that Representative Seth Moulton, whoever that may be, has dropped out of the 2020 Presidential Race!

 

[Craig4]

Trump Tweets

Our Country has lost, stupidly, Trillions of Dollars with China over many years. They have stolen our Intellectual Property at a rate of Hundreds of Billions of Dollars a year, & they want to continue. I won’t let that happen! We don’t need China and, frankly, would be far....

....better off without them. The vast amounts of money made and stolen by China from the United States, year after year, for decades, will and must STOP. Our great American companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternative to China, including bringing..

....your companies HOME and making your products in the USA. I will be responding to China’s Tariffs this afternoon. This is a GREAT opportunity for the United States. Also, I am ordering all carriers, including Fed Ex, Amazon, UPS and the Post Office, to SEARCH FOR & REFUSE,....

....all deliveries of Fentanyl from China (or anywhere else!). Fentanyl kills 100,000 Americans a year. President Xi said this would stop - it didn’t. Our Economy, because of our gains in the last 2 1/2 years, is MUCH larger than that of China. We will keep it that way!

Seriously, WTF. Not even a real president has that authority.

 

[phiwum]

Trump Tweets

The Dow is down 573 points perhaps on the news that Representative Seth Moulton, whoever that may be, has dropped out of the 2020 Presidential Race!

He seems to be gloating that he has the power to **** with the market.

Or something. That's the only half-thought I could wrest from this tweet.

 

[Checkmite]

It might be if it carried any weight whatsoever. It doesn't, so it's just b/s.

The stock market has fallen precipitously in response to his statement. It obviously carries enough weight to have an impact on the corporate world.

 

[a_unique_person]

Does he?

Does he have to realize that he should make changes?



I posit that such a thought is beyond his abilities.

At what point does Barr say "oops, my bad, I really meant to say Trump is guilty of collusion and needs to be removed immediately".

 

[Checkmite]

Seriously, WTF. Not even a real president has that authority.

You say that because to the best of your knowledge the Constitution does not invest the president with the legal power to enforce his "order".

However, if any number of American countries actually do start withdrawing from China or even merely seriously exploring options for doing so in response to Trump's "order", then his authority exists as a practical matter of fact regardless of its constitutional enforceability.

 

[a_unique_person]

This man has to be ******* insane LoL. Did anyone tell him that he can't actually tell companies what to do? He actually does think that everyone has to listen to him.

Tim Cook must be thinking their date was a complete waste of time.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Trump Tweets

The Dow is down 573 points perhaps on the news that Representative Seth Moulton, whoever that may be, has dropped out of the 2020 Presidential Race!

He blamed it on Moulton's withdrawal?

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Seriously, WTF. Not even a real president has that authority.

See the Trump is Mentally Ill thread. It explains a lot.

 

[Delphic Oracle]

Trump is apparently concerned enough about his tweets causing a stock market crash he has to tweet to say it isn't his fault.

This is Inception-level ********.

 

[a_unique_person]

The stock market has fallen precipitously in response to his statement. It obviously carries enough weight to have an impact on the corporate world.

He may not have the authority to order businesses to do whatever he wants. He does have the ability to make everyone panic.

 

[dudalb]

He may not have the authority to order businesses to do whatever he wants. He does have the ability to make everyone panic.

THIS.
Trump is creating chaos. CHaos means uncertiainty, and uncertainly is what the Stock Market hates above all else.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Trump Tweets

For many years China (and many other countries) has been taking advantage of the United States on Trade, Intellectual Property Theft, and much more. Our Country has been losing HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS a year to China, with no end in sight....

....Sadly, past Administrations have allowed China to get so far ahead of Fair and Balanced Trade that it has become a great burden to the American Taxpayer. As President, I can no longer allow this to happen! In the spirit of achieving Fair Trade, we must Balance this very....

...unfair Trading Relationship. China should not have put new Tariffs on 75 BILLION DOLLARS of United States product (politically motivated!). Starting on October 1st, the 250 BILLION DOLLARS of goods and products from China, currently being taxed at 25%, will be taxed at 30%..

...Additionally, the remaining 300 BILLION DOLLARS of goods and products from China, that was being taxed from September 1st at 10%, will now be taxed at 15%. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

 

[Andy_Ross]

Trump Tweets

Just spoke with President @JairBolsonaro of Brazil. Our future Trade prospects are very exciting and our relationship is strong, perhaps stronger than ever before. I told him if the United States can help with the Amazon Rainforest fires, we stand ready to assist!