45th President of the United States, Donald Trump.
Discussion
turbobloke said:
walm said:
turbobloke said:
The Nobel Prize for doing nothing with a dark skin tone has cemented his place in history as one of the people who got a sham prize for being there at the right time.
Which he freely admits.Imagine how Trump would have reacted to getting one for no reason!
After all it wouldn't change the price of apple pie.
Something, I suspect, we can all agree on!
turbobloke said:
The Nobel Prize for doing nothing with a dark skin tone has cemented his place in history as one of the people who got a sham prize for being there at the right time.
No for peace. Whilst bombing seven shades out of places.. Funny how the mind of a leftie "works"...ETA - and I'd take Trump over Obama any day of the week - I have been waiting a long time for this AGW house of cards to come tumbling down - he may well make it happen.
I take it digga is ignoring the Republican policy of downvoting everything proposed by Obama for the last 4 years. Gain power at any cost, even if it means running the country down for 4 years, stalling everything in an attempt to make the administration look bad.
Now they've got that power but at what costs. Some are not comfortable with their leader
Now they've got that power but at what costs. Some are not comfortable with their leader
jsf said:
Obama isn't the first black President, he is as white as he is black (if you wish to make any comments on the ethnicity of a President), his mother is white with predominantly English ancestry.
There was much made of his ethnicity though - it was celebrated, when he came to power, both at home and abroad.Digga said:
Jockman said:
scherzkeks said:
Carter was, however, a good president. Unlike our current warmongering globalist shill. Had more people paid attention to Obama's actions rather than his words, I suspect his popularity would potentially be the lowest in history.
I liked Jimmy Carter. He was the first President I knew about as a kid, watching a black and white TV in the suburbs of Edinburgh.Willy Nilly said:
This may have been covered, so I apologise if it has.
Trump doesn't like Chinese imports and wants to promote US manufacturing. How will US manufacturers compete if they can't make manufacture things without or with heavily tariffed Chinese made components?
Send him a tweet and ask him.Trump doesn't like Chinese imports and wants to promote US manufacturing. How will US manufacturers compete if they can't make manufacture things without or with heavily tariffed Chinese made components?
Willy Nilly said:
This may have been covered, so I apologise if it has.
Trump doesn't like Chinese imports and wants to promote US manufacturing. How will US manufacturers compete if they can't make manufacture things without or with heavily tariffed Chinese made components?
A lot of things are also made in Taiwan. Source the bits the US can't make from there to ensure maximum pissing off of the Chinese!Trump doesn't like Chinese imports and wants to promote US manufacturing. How will US manufacturers compete if they can't make manufacture things without or with heavily tariffed Chinese made components?
OR
Why should China export products that are subsidised by the state, owned by the army, poor pay, exploitation of the workers and environment, subsidised fuel rates, land grabbing, the lack of corporate law and theft of intellectual property and designs, monetary policy, carbon emission...etc etc
Why should China export products that are subsidised by the state, owned by the army, poor pay, exploitation of the workers and environment, subsidised fuel rates, land grabbing, the lack of corporate law and theft of intellectual property and designs, monetary policy, carbon emission...etc etc
Willy Nilly said:
This may have been covered, so I apologise if it has.
Trump doesn't like Chinese imports and wants to promote US manufacturing. How will US manufacturers compete if they can't make manufacture things without or with heavily tariffed Chinese made components?
Mexican made componentsTrump doesn't like Chinese imports and wants to promote US manufacturing. How will US manufacturers compete if they can't make manufacture things without or with heavily tariffed Chinese made components?
hidetheelephants said:
Digga said:
Jockman said:
scherzkeks said:
Carter was, however, a good president. Unlike our current warmongering globalist shill. Had more people paid attention to Obama's actions rather than his words, I suspect his popularity would potentially be the lowest in history.
I liked Jimmy Carter. He was the first President I knew about as a kid, watching a black and white TV in the suburbs of Edinburgh.Digga said:
Disclaimer: I've read his articles before as well as other Zerohedge stuff and (in my opinion) they're on the whackjob fruitloop end of the scale. I'd be more than happy to look at the other links if you have them handy.To give one example of why I think he's a fruitloop - he dismisses annual GDP growth of 2.5% since 2009 as "paltry". That's amongst the leading rates for a developed economy.
Jasandjules said:
No for peace. Whilst bombing seven shades out of places.. Funny how the mind of a leftie "works"...
Much of that bombing was a direct result of his predecessors 2 wars. Short of a unilateral withdrawal from Afghanistan and Iraq there wasn't much that he could do. It's funny how the minds of frothers "work"Countdown said:
To give one example of why I think he's a fruitloop - he dismisses annual GDP growth of 2.5% since 2009 as "paltry". That's amongst the leading rates for a developed economy.
It's not Obama either, rallying after one of the worst declines in stock market history and then ZIRP/QE.p1stonhead said:
All I see is the red line 10% up and the blue line nearly 25% up since he took office?
Digga is correct is in his assessment.A few things have happened that Obama, whilst it was not his fault as his hands were tied, has accelerated.
Whilst U.S GDP has grown, a gradual snow-balling affect, which started well before Obama has continued apace and has now reached a point where it is now a real problem. The problem with the GDP measurements is that its not really a great yard-stick anymore, because in the USA those GDP increases are going to the top 1% and far less of it is making its way to the other 99%.
I will summarise some of the symptoms as follows:
a) a collapse in small business creation
b) a widening gap between income groups
c) an overall deterioration in the middle class.
One of the recent reports which really defined what many have been writing about for years is by the Harvard Business School and the following diagrams are taken from that report.
The report is called 'A Nation Divided & A Problem Un-Solved'.
Did anyone see the documentary about the Trump family on Channel 4 last night?
Extremely interesting, especially about his grandfather and father...
Well worth watching:-
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/meet-the-trumps...
Extremely interesting, especially about his grandfather and father...
Well worth watching:-
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/meet-the-trumps...
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