TheDude
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Trump didn't really want the job, (i.e., even he couldn't have imagined Republicans would be so dumb).
I actually agree that the win was as big a surprise to Trump as it was to the rest of us. On the night of the election, and in his post-election interview on 60 minutes, he looked scared shitless.
But here's something else to consider. Trump KNOWS what he's done and the things Mueller has likely found in the Russia Investigation. Flatly stated, Trump has been laundering money for Russian Oligarchs since Putin came to power. It's the source of his mysterious cash flow which he's been using to buy properties and do deals since the turn of the century.
Trump is fuming and raging now, and terrified of what Mueller will do next. Because he KNOWS that the men who are now talking to Mueller (Manafort and Cohen), can bury him, and destroy not only Trump, but his empire and his family. Trump thought he could run for President, and never have to make disclosures or have the public and law enforcement find out all of his dirty secrets. That didn't exactly work out as planned.
You're a logical thinker Dragonlady. Trump didn't want the job, which is supported by he doing a tremendous job despite regressive propaganda, mother nature, filthy Democrat leadership, and a dumbed-down public.
He's not doing a "tremendous job", as shown by the thorough drubbing Republicans received in the mid-terms. This is now just about the worst mid-terms defeat in history. Over 300 seats nationwide, turned from red to blue.
The trade imbalance is higher than ever. The deficit is at the highest level in history. Job creation is slowing despite the double goosing of tax cuts and increases in government spending. The stock market is stalled and nervous. And then there's the boycotts of American products all around the world in protest to Trump's attacks on NATO and your trading partners.
Prices are rising due to tariffs, but imports are increasing, not decreasing. I thought Dumb Donald said "Trade wars are easy to win.". The tax cuts did nothing for the American workers at all. Increased prices of health insurance and consumer goods have more than wiped out any income gains made during this Administration.
And then there's the level of violence in the country. Public shootings reached record levels since Trump was elected. As have hate crimes which are up 500%. Mass shootings have increased, hate crimes have increased, and shootings of unarmed civilians by police are also up.
There isn't one single indicator that Trump has done ANYTHING right since he was elected, and much which shows that every decision taken by this clown, has been the wrong one.
Put down the pipe Dragon Lady. You're too far gone to recognize voters are often simple minds who only know what the media tells them. Nor do you understand history and historical trends. Did you know the public didn't support Abe Lincoln on many issues? Of course not, but according to you, PROGRESSIVES have the mental capacity to distinguish between right and wrong, and between good information and propaganda.
Ah shucks, the stock market is stalled and nervous. That's a lie, but even if you were right, you'd do yourself a favor to educate yourself on the relationship between interest rates and the market. You know, rates that were historically low during Obama's tenure.
And stick your hate crimes where a dragon's butt is displayed. It's the left who features hate speech all day everyday. To deny that is to deny you have a mother. It's also the result of the chaos that comes with mass immigration and a divisive chaotic culture.
You're a fucking fool Dragon Lady. Trump has done nothing right? Again, progressives don't care about the objective, what's important is the shit that spews from their mouths. Here you go dummy, choke on this but educate yourself: Trump’s list: 289 accomplishments in just 20 months, ‘relentless’ promise-keeping
The Washington Examiner??? You must be joking.
“Trump’s successes in reducing the cost of taxes and regulations, rebuilding our military, avoiding wars of choice and changing the courts rival those of all previous Republican presidents,” said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform."
Those regulations Trump got rid of will cost thousands of lives due to a degradation of the quality of the air we breathe and the water that is essential to life on earth. And despite the tax cuts, the de-regulation, and massive injections of governement spending, job creation is declining. It was lower in 2017 than in was in 2016, and it shows every indication of being still lower this year.
The NAFTA tweaking contained nothing that wasn't previously agreed to the TPP negotiations. Otherwise Trump got NOTHING in NAFTA 2.0. The dispute resolution Tribunal that the US desperately wanted scrapped is still there. The softwood lumber dispute was settled in favour of Canada - again. So while this is listed as a HUGE accomplishment by an Administration desperate for wins, it's not much of one.
As for the all of the claims of lowered unemployment and lowered unemployment claims, those are Obama's accomplisments more than Trumps'. Trump piggybacked on top of Obama's unprecedented record of job creation, which is the greatest job creation record since the end of WWII. To claim these are solely Trump's accomplishments is a total joke. The same with his claims of increasing wages.
There are 5 accomplishments listed under increasing optimism. What bullshit! Whether people feel more optimistic than in the past isn't an "accomplishment". America feels better about the future. That an $2 will by you a large coffee. Talk about making a big to-do about absolutely nothing.
His "accomplishments" under health care have seen millions cut off from coverage and premiums skyrocket. In fact, his destruction of Obamacare is the single biggest factor leading to the loss of the House in the mid-terms.
His accomplishment under "opiods" are non-existent. More and more people are dying from opiod abuse than when he became President, and Trump has done little except make announcements of programs. He has done NOTHING to curb the production and dispensing of opiod-based pain killers by the medical industrial complex, or to restrict their use. In fact, Trump hasn't even mentioned the pharmaceutical industry's role in the opiod crisis. He keeps blaming the problem on drugs coming from Mexico.
His border protections and immigration work are all a disaster. Illegal border crossings are at an all-time low, but you'd never know it listening to Trump. His policy of separating families is not only illegal and wrong. It's not working. And now these children are being cared for by the State at what cost to the taxpayers? $200 million for tax payer dollars are going to the for-profit prison companies for the "tent cities" to hold migrants. What a useless waste of taxpayer dollars.
This list of "accomplisments" is just the Moony Times pretending that everything Trump has done is wonderful and achieved its stated goals, instead of being honest and saying that we\re going to put a LOT of lipstick on the pig that is the Trump administration, and tell people this is the greatest president who ever lived, instead of the worst, and the one that has done the least of any president in my memory.
That wouldn't be so terrible, if the things Trump has done had not be so destructive and for the nation, and its standing in the world. It will take a generation or more just to undo the damage caused in your trading relationships and military alliances.
Notice how the Dragon Lady rejects FACTS because she doesn't agree with the source. At least your'e not a total loss, you could have played the race card. I didn't read the rest Dragon, not worth it.
TheProgressivePatriot is another. Difference between Trump and Obama/Clinton is he didn't have to become POTUS to become wealthy. I could give a shit if he does line his pockets, just as Obama/Clinton did, and just as every POTUS has. Difference is Trump is doing us a bang-up job.