Trump is a Winning Machine

Trump working to improve things Libby response:
What’s taking so long? is this winning? Why hasn’t he fixed the entire world in two years?

Trump “investgation” Libby response:
Give it time. His term is not up, still plenty of time to go to jail. These things take time.

 

There's evidence that It's actually closely connected to the tariffs.

 

https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/trump-tax-cuts-federal-revenues-deficits/

Thinking is hard.

 

It is going to be a new Trump Casino.

 

The trade defect is also related to the tax cut and low unemployment. US Consumers have more money to buy more stuff from overseas.

 

No shit. Do you argue that he said he would cut the deficit?

 

How do you decrease deficits?

1: increase revenue
2: decrease spending

I'd say he's halfway there. Maybe you and your borrow-and-spend Keynesians need to revisit some Austrian economic theory.

 

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-trade-deficit-soars-nearly-10-on-record-imports-2018-09-05

One reason the deficit keeps rising is counter-intuitive: Americans are financially better off than consumers in most other countries. They can afford to spend more on imports such as French wine or German autos. A stronger dollar also makes imports less expensive to buy.

https://qz.com/1486387/the-us-trade-deficit-is-bigger-than-its-been-in-10-years/

Shrinking exports are the biggest reason for America’s yawning trade deficit. US goods exports shrank slightly in October versus the previous month, with big drops in soybeans and industrial supplies. Likely culprits include slowing global growth momentum, as well as the trade spat with China.
As for imports, Donald Trump’s fiscal stimulus has for months now sustained buoyant American demand for foreign stuff. In October, that trend slowed a bit. In fact, adjusting for price distortions, imports actually slipped slightly, versus September. That could mean surging domestic demand may finally be losing some momentum as the fiscal boost wears off.

Could it also have something to do with the higher tariffs Trump has imposed? That would seem possible. After all, in 2017, China supplied about 22% of all foreign goods bought by Americans, by value. Then, in late September, new US tariffs on a sweeping range of Chinese goods went into effect, which you might have expected to dampen demand. Not the case, though.

In fact, imports of Chinese goods hit a record-high $52 billion in October. The brewing US-China trade war may have had the counterintuitive effect of stimulating import activity. The 10% tariff rate set by the White House was to jump to 25% as of Jan. 1, 2019.

 

So you're saying the trade deficit is Trump's fault?

 

Are you saying he won't bring it down?
I believe he's still President.

 

Yes. If you want to do that as well, then you have to give him credit for lowering unemployment and spurring the economy by lowering taxes.

 

I was only talking about the trade deficit though.

 

If you go year by year with Barry, it seems to be better than what the Messiah did in is first two yrs. I'd say let's wait and see what the next 6 look like.

 

He called Tim Cook "Tim Apple" to his face today
https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/6/18253785/donald-trump-tim-apple-cook-ceo-name

That reminds me of the time he called Marilyn Hewson (the ceo of lockheed-martin, a company that got paid ~35billion by the government) "Marilyn Lockheed"
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-marillyn-lockheed-martin-ceo-hewson-2018-3

"stable genius" by the way

 

Did Trump have to do drastic measures to try and right a dining ship ?

Yes, we will see Just saying that Trump made that promise and is taking actions that counter that.

 

What measures do you think Obama took to improve the dining ship?

 

I think this belongs here.

https://swirled.com/cheetos-facts/?

 

If Obama locked the Oval Office door, sat on his hands and did nor said a single thing, the economy would have recovered quicker and more robust. In addition, trillions of dollars would not have been pissed away on unaccounted for "stimulus projects."
To give that idiot any credit for the recovery is laughable.