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The Trump Presidency: Sweet/Sweat 16

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a_unique_person said:
There was a whole hating on Hillary industry running in the right-wing loony webs. After many years they finally had a chance to vent their hatred directly. Another candidate probably would have done better. I think she was badly done by myself, much as Julia Gillard was in Australia. It is interesting that an uppity black was elected but an uppity woman? No way.
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Almost any Democrat would've won in 2008.
 
Trump suggests 'nuking hurricanes' to stop them hitting America
Donald Trump has reportedly suggested on more than one occasion that the US military should bomb hurricanes in order to disrupt them before they make landfall.

According to US news website Axios, the US president said in a meeting with top national security and homeland security officials about the threat of hurricanes: “I got it. I got it. Why don’t we nuke them?”

“They start forming off the coast of Africa, as they’re moving across the Atlantic, we drop a bomb inside the eye of the hurricane and it disrupts it. Why can’t we do that?”

Quoting unnamed sources who were present at the meeting, Axios report that the response from one official was “We’ll look into this.”

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In the article, entitled Nuking Hurricane: The Surprising History of a Really Bad Idea, they point out that the response from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was: “Needless to say, this is not a good idea.”
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a_unique_person said:
There was a whole hating on Hillary industry running in the right-wing loony webs. After many years they finally had a chance to vent their hatred directly. Another candidate probably would have done better. I think she was badly done by myself, much as Julia Gillard was in Australia. It is interesting that an uppity black was elected but an uppity woman? No way.
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I predicted two things to my students back in the 80's:

1. China would be the next economic super power and
2. A black man would be elected POTUS before a white woman.
 
phiwum said:
It's more ridiculous than that. The government of Japan doesn't determine how much corn the nation buys. Private businesses do. So Abe never made any promise about how much corn would be bought.

I imagine it's the same with China, though I could be mistaken.
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This is mostly right. The governments can set quota, for instance say that Japan had a Trade deal with the US for 250,000 tons of corn, then that would mean that Japanese buyers could bring in up to 250,000 tons of US corn. This would result in the US market trying to find buyers to take that much and if they couldn't, then they'd not be able to send in 250,000 tons. Now in this case that seems to be the issue with China, i.e. it simply didn't have the markets for the set quota. Japan could take more corn, if it's businesses are willing to buy it, and the Government is willing to increase the quota. It seems that the Japanese Government is willing to up their quota, allowing more corm to be imported, but the US producers will still need to find the market in Japan to actually but the increased amount of corn available or they will be in no better position than they are now.
 
phiwum said:
It's more ridiculous than that. The government of Japan doesn't determine how much corn the nation buys. Private businesses do. So Abe never made any promise about how much corn would be bought.

I imagine it's the same with China, though I could be mistaken.
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Trump still doesn't understand who and what he is dealing with. He is doing the economics equivalent of bringing a knife to a gunfight, and in this case, the opponent is a professional gunslinger. Trump is the the leader of a capitalist country where the economy is driven by market forces. His opponent, Xi Jinping, is the leader of a communist country, where the economy is driven by whatever Xi Jinping says.

Its no contest, Trump will never win this, every time Trump threatens new tariffs in his trade war, Xi Jinping will simply call his bluff, knowing that he can adjust the Chinese economy as needed.
 
smartcooky said:
Trump still doesn't understand who and what he is dealing with. He is doing the economics equivalent of bringing a knife pumpkin to a gunfight, and in this case, the opponent is a professional gunslinger. Trump is the the leader of a capitalist country where the economy is driven by market forces. His opponent, Xi Jinping, is the leader of a communist country, where the economy is driven by whatever Xi Jinping says.

Its no contest, Trump will never win this, every time Trump threatens new tariffs in his trade war, Xi Jinping will simply call his bluff, knowing that he can adjust the Chinese economy as needed.
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ftfy

Also, Trump has no idea what the rules of the game actually are because he is utterly and stubbornly ignorant. He's bluffing with them as well. Thinks that what he says is what the rules are. Reality says otherwise. Loser.
 
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quadraginta said:
Only if they think it will boost their ratings.

Mebbe if too many advertisers bleed off, That would do it too.
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Maybe. If it were enough to make it non-viable as a business. Even if it did happen, though, it would be no surprise if the GOP propped it up. It's one of the arms of GOP propaganda, after all. At last check, it was sacrificing profitability for increased influencing of people to vote Republican. Without Fox, Republicans would fairly certainly have been losing by a landslide for a couple decades now, either way.
 
Trump Tweets

A disgrace!

Judicial Watch
JW received 6 pages of records from the FBI showing that a month after James Comey was fired by President Trump, FBI agents visited his home & collected “as evidence” 4 memos that allegedly detail conversations he had w/@realDonaldTrump. READ MORE: http://jwatch.us/7VAYQg
 
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Judicial Watch
@JudicialWatch
Judicial Watch Director of Investigation Chris Farrell joins @SebGorka on America First to discuss the federal court hearings on the #HillaryClinton emails that are taking place in Washington D.C. on Thursday, August 22, 2019. READ MORE HERE: http://jwatch.us/ELrU4g

CREDIBLE Evidence Ilhan Omar Married Her Brother--'We're Not Sure Her Last Name is Omar!' WATCH MORE HERE: http://jwatch.us/FanfFy

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@TomFitton on @LouDobbs: “The more we learn about #SpyGate targeting of Trump, the worse it looks for the Obama administration. Every piece of information that comes out further exonerates President @realDonaldTrump while implicating the Obama gang." http://jwatch.us/bJaMC5
 
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Trump Tweets

In France we are all laughing at how knowingly inaccurate the U.S. reporting of events and conversations at the G-7 is. These Leaders, and many others, are getting a major case study of Fake News at it’s finest! They’ve got it all wrong, from Iran, to China Tariffs, to Boris!
 
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My Stock Market gains must be judged from the day after the Election, November 9, 2016, where the Market went up big after the win, and because of the win. Had my opponent won, CRASH!
 
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@SteveHiltonx “The Democrats statements about Donald Trump are lies. Here are the Facts.”
I will soon be posting the entire segment. Too much positive news, too many good things, to Tweet. PLEASE BE SURE TO WATCH! Thank you Steve Hilton for being a real pro and not being afraid!

Great meeting this morning with President @AlsisiOfficial of Egypt at the Hôtel du Palais in Biarritz, France! #G7Summit
 
PhantomWolf said:
This is mostly right. The governments can set quota, for instance say that Japan had a Trade deal with the US for 250,000 tons of corn, then that would mean that Japanese buyers could bring in up to 250,000 tons of US corn. This would result in the US market trying to find buyers to take that much and if they couldn't, then they'd not be able to send in 250,000 tons. Now in this case that seems to be the issue with China, i.e. it simply didn't have the markets for the set quota. Japan could take more corn, if it's businesses are willing to buy it, and the Government is willing to increase the quota. It seems that the Japanese Government is willing to up their quota, allowing more corm to be imported, but the US producers will still need to find the market in Japan to actually but the increased amount of corn available or they will be in no better position than they are now.
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Notice it was "corn". China is currently a net exporter of corn. They started producing massively around 2009/10 and their imports from the US went down exponentially from 5 billion tons to about 200,000 tons in '15. That's not chump change but it's certainly a do-able deal. Notice they didn't commit to buying soybeans or pork or dairy products. There's no market for those in Japan. They can probably use the corn in gasohol production (and sell it back to us to use in infrastructure projects in Greenland). 200,000 tons is about a thousand containers, not even enough to fill 15% of those larger Post Panamax ships.

He also referred to, or seemed to refer to, stocks. Has the corn belt started harvesting the 2019 crop? I thought it was a September harvest? (Any Cornhuskers in the house?)

Is Abe shucking and jiving Trump? Or is Trump shucking and jiving the farm vote?
 
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