45th President of the United States, Donald Trump. (Vol 4)

[paulguitar]

p1stonhead said:

JuniorD said:

Countdown said:

Trump highest rating in 11 months

Trump rating lowest in months

His ratings seem to go up and down as often as his underpants

But on the single most important metric of "Keeping Hillary Out" I'm sure he's at 100%

Sums up his voters to be honest. They cant lose in that regard. He is perfect.

Even though I think anyone who voted for Trump must have been pretty crazy, I sort of get the whole ‘let’s have a total change’ idea. I guess they were thinking ‘what the hell, let’s roll the dice’. The problem is, they rolled the dice and got two ones.

I am not getting much pleasure in witnessing the nightmare unfolding before us.

It is interesting I think reading the stuff his defenders on Facebook and Twitter come up with. More and more, it is something like ‘Get over it butthurt Libtard, SHE LOST’. I have even seen lately ‘Libsts are liars!’


I have found it fascinating to witness all along. I genuinely feel sorry though for the poor ordinary, sensible, Americans caught up in and having to deal with this pantomime.

[Halb]

JuniorD said:

It must stick in Trump's craw that he has to pay for sex with floozys whereas Vlad seems to get them for free.

Vlad is a pretty fit judoka

[Eric Mc]

coyft said:

Byker28i said:

Of course - all this has come up as North Korea leader Kim has a cozy chat with China's leaders

It’s all happening. Quite a week for Trump and his foreign policy.

That's why he's worried.

[Tallow]

coyft said:

Trump secures trade deal with South Korea.

Got a link to this? I can't see anything in the news and I'm intrigued as to what the terms/details might be

[Countdown]

Tallow said:

Got a link to this? I can't see anything in the news and I'm intrigued as to what the terms/details might be

http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/27/news/economy/us-south-korea-trade-deal/index.html

[Countdown]

The CNN link above is pretty "meh" about the new US/SK trade deal. i thought Forbes might be more neutral but that also seems underwhelmed.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/phillevy/2018/03/26/k...

Any sources which are "Wow, this is totes amazeballs!" about the deal?

[Byker28i]

coyft said:

Byker28i said:

Of course - all this has come up as North Korea leader Kim has a cozy chat with China's leaders

It’s all happening. Quite a week for Trump and his foreign policy.

So give us your thoughts then - how do you see this playing out - or are you just about headlines?
Is it really much of a deal in real terms?

[minimoog]

Countdown said:

http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/27/news/economy/us-so...

So some concessions on tariffs on US exports of cars to SK which are irrelevant because SK doesn't buy US cars in anywhere near sufficient numbers for them to have any effect at all, and some exemptions for SK from US tariffs meant to protect US steel production, i.e. advantage SK.

Fabulous deal for America there.

[Tallow]

Countdown said:

http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/27/news/economy/us-so...

Cheers. Doesn't seem particularly earth shattering, or am I missing something there?

[Countdown]

coyft said:

Byker28i said:

Of course - all this has come up as North Korea leader Kim has a cozy chat with China's leaders

It’s all happening. Quite a week for Trump and his foreign policy.

The way I see it....

Trump is threatening trade sanctions against China
China are fundamental in ensuring that NK sanctions are effective.
By meeting KJU China are effectively signalling to Trump "Behave yourself or we'll make the NK sanctions ineffective"
They've already made suggestions about buying US debt which, if followed through, is going to push up interest rates and lower stock markets.

Trump's like a paralytic drunk playing "Hit the pinyata". If he hits it it's more through luck than judgement, and he's causing a lot of collateral damage whilst he's playing. The grown ups are hoping he'll get tired soon and sit down, and the neighbours are looking through the window in shock.

[paulguitar]

Countdown said:

The way I see it....

Trump is threatening trade sanctions against China
China are fundamental in ensuring that NK sanctions are effective.
By meeting KJU China are effectively signalling to Trump "Behave yourself or we'll make the NK sanctions ineffective"
They've already made suggestions about buying US debt which, if followed through, is going to push up interest rates and lower stock markets.

Trump's like a paralytic drunk playing "Hit the pinyata". If he hits it it's more through luck than judgement, and he's causing a lot of collateral damage whilst he's playing. The grown ups are hoping he'll get tired soon and sit down, and the neighbours are looking through the window in shock.

Sounds about spot on to me. I'm hoping he is gone before any major catastrophe is caused.

[anonymous-user]

paulguitar said:

The problem is, they rolled the dice and got two ones.

Not even that good! They rolled the dice, one bounced off the table and rolled under the sofa, the other was eaten by the cat....... ;-)

[Bill]

It was definitely a massive number 2.

[Europa1]

Countdown said:

The CNN link above is pretty "meh" about the new US/SK trade deal. i thought Forbes might be more neutral but that also seems underwhelmed.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/phillevy/2018/03/26/k...

Any sources which are "Wow, this is totes amazeballs!" about the deal?

I don't know; have you tried Fox?

[Countdown]

Europa1 said:

I don't know; have you tried Fox?

Yep. Nothing, nada, zero, zilch, about the trade deal.

OTOH Roseanne is looking hot.....

[FN2TypeR]

coyft said:

U.S. fourth-quarter growth revised up to 2.9 percent; consumer spending surges.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-gdp...

Is that figure annualised?

[scenario8]

FN2TypeR said:

coyft said:

U.S. fourth-quarter growth revised up to 2.9 percent; consumer spending surges.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-gdp...

Is that figure annualised?

‘‘Tis how our cousins record these things. It isn’t a sign of a 12% annual growth...

[FN2TypeR]

scenario8 said:

FN2TypeR said:

coyft said:

U.S. fourth-quarter growth revised up to 2.9 percent; consumer spending surges.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-gdp...

Is that figure annualised?

‘‘Tis how our cousins record these things. It isn’t a sign of a 12% annual growth...

I did wonder

Bigly growth!

[scenario8]

FN2TypeR said:

scenario8 said:

FN2TypeR said:

coyft said:

U.S. fourth-quarter growth revised up to 2.9 percent; consumer spending surges.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-gdp...

Is that figure annualised?

‘‘Tis how our cousins record these things. It isn’t a sign of a 12% annual growth...

I did wonder

Bigly growth!

In fairness it’s greater than I expect I’ll ever witness in the UK.

Edited to add that I’m possibly being a bit gloomy. But when you look at growth since 2007 and then factor in the near future predictions 2.9% looks very healthy.

Edited by scenario8 on Wednesday 28th March 18:53

[Seventy]

coyft said:

U.S. fourth-quarter growth revised up to 2.9 percent; consumer spending surges.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-gdp...

Good numbers indeed for a western economy.
They need to be viewed in conjunction with the US consumer debt levels though.
They are storing up huge problems for the future, Trump will never ever see this though, it’s not the way his brain works. It’s all about the here and now, he really cannot see beyond next week.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/13/total-us-household...