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Old 09-25-2018, 08:01 PM   #31
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This just in. The parent viewed most favorably by a 5 year old is the one that gives them the most candy.
Agree, I have a few issues with President Trump. But how the rest of the world sees him I could care less. I'm sure the other countries loved most of our previous Presidents. That's because we've rolled over and played nice for a little too long.
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Old 09-25-2018, 08:01 PM   #32
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The pendulum still has a ways to go, swinging back towards the US, before anything remotely possible can be good for both.....Lots of damage still needs to be fixed from the previous Administration.
Yeah... well nobody has really articulated that.

Including the President....

Which is why he was laughed at....

Because the United States dominates the global world order...
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Old 09-25-2018, 08:06 PM   #33
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Yeah... well nobody has really articulated that.

Including the President....

Which is why he was laughed at....

Because the United States dominates the global world order...

Did you think Trump was lying when he said, " I've seen the situation the country is in from a POTUS perspective, and it's even worse than I thought...It's a real MESS".
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Old 09-25-2018, 08:12 PM   #34
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Did you think Trump was lying when he said, " I've seen the situation the country is in from a POTUS perspective, and it's even worse than I thought...It's a real MESS".
I don't think Trump understands how trade works.

How deterrence works.

How leverage works.

How are alliances work.

Etc. Etc.

Do I think he's lying...? No... maybe not. I just don't think he understands.
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Old 09-25-2018, 08:17 PM   #35
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You don't think?

Let's stop there.
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Old 09-25-2018, 08:24 PM   #36
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You don't think?

Let's stop there.
Well like Clocker and economics being his discipline...

International Security Issues and MPT were mine...

Very few on here throw out international political theory outside of their canned <insert left/right biased> website.
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Old 09-25-2018, 08:31 PM   #37
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Laughing Stock

He just doesn't get it.
King Narcissist.

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Old 09-25-2018, 08:33 PM   #38
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I predict I'm going above 21.

What is this, Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser?
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Old 09-25-2018, 08:37 PM   #39
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Trump is just too mean.
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Old 09-25-2018, 09:27 PM   #41
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Actually, there's a lot of truth here....It's rare that Trump ever shows emotion out of character.....
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Old 09-26-2018, 07:46 AM   #42
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This just in. The parent viewed most favorably by a 5 year old is the one that gives them the most candy.

Good one!
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Old 09-26-2018, 10:38 AM   #43
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I don't think Trump understands how trade works.

How deterrence works.

How leverage works.

How are alliances work.

Etc. Etc.

Do I think he's lying...? No... maybe not. I just don't think he understands.
Trump also does not understand globalism, which he condemned at the UN. We have a global economy, and it would be in serious trouble if anything interfered with that.

One recent example was shown by Trump's tariffs on imported aluminum. Those tariffs were supposed to help American companies by making imports more expensive. Alcoa was actually hit hard by those tariffs because part of its aluminum production process is smelters it owns and operates in Canada. The output from those smelters then enters the US for final production. So Alcoa has to pay tariffs on its own aluminum before the finished product is produced here.

Alcoa has one stage of its production in Canada because smelting is energy intensive, and Canadian electricity is cheaper than American power. This is a large part of globalism. Many American companies, including automakers, operate global supply chains that feed into final production or assembly here. Current estimates are that Trump's proposed tariffs could increase the price of an "American made" automobile by up to $5000. Achieving what?

One of Trump's favorite whipping boys is the iPhone. The phone is assembled in China, and Trump wants that production moved here.



He doesn't understand that maybe $10 or $20 of the value added to a $500 iPhone comes from assembly. The rest comes from R&D, marketing, etc., most of which happens here. Apple has over 35,000 employees just in California. And those people are making a lot more than American workers assembling iPhones would make. And it would cost billions to build new plants here, hire and train workers, etc. By some estimates, the cost of an iPhone would double. Which would greatly hurt sales, and probably lead to job cuts.
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Like I give a flying **** what other countries think about Trump's speech.

I listened to the speech...and agree with Rush Limbaugh 100%

It was a ****ING GRAND SLAM:

https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2...nited-nations/

And the only thing YOUSE guys can do is side with foreign nation giggles because there wasn't much else you could pick apart about the speech.

GOOD JOB...
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