ALL HAIL PRESIDENT TRUMP
" This is measurably untrue. There is no such thing as an A+ president. Who grades the papers? Devolving Wilds
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Trump lowered taxes and gave us 2 of the most fantastic supreme court judges since Clarence Thomas. Measurable A+
And bonus points for no major wars...so far Upgraded to A++ Last edited by Khoranth on Sep 13, 2018, 1:26:55 AM
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" Trump did not give you two judges. Mitch McConnell gave you one, and nature the other. And what do you know about them being good or bad? Never mind, I am being unfair. You probably know more about them then the president does, since he doesn't care and has got the attention span of a sixth-grader with too much candy within grasp. Attributing things to Trump that he has done nothing for seems pretty strange to me. Basically his role is to twitter this, lie about that, waste a lot of perfectly decent air on what he calls rallies, basically, to attract attention. All the while his corrupt gang furthers their own interests and gives him papers to sign. Which he happily does, in all likelyhood neither caring about what he is signing nor understanding it. Now, to an extent I do understand Scroties disappointment with President Obama; I still have to finish a posting to that. But naming that sad wreck Trump a good presodent is something I am completely unable to grasp. (\__/) This is Bunny. Copy and
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" I judge Trump's presidency based on what he has actually done. Let's pretend you are right, and Trump's advisers make all the decisions. Ok, well what do I care, if the stuff he is doing is amazing? Trump still gets an A++, he chose the advisers and followed their advice, sounds good to me. Bottom line: lowered taxes, no new major war, 2 amazing supreme court judges! A+++ Last edited by Khoranth on Sep 13, 2018, 4:26:10 AM
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From a foreigner's point of view, Trump dumped a bunch of recent major treaties, making the country's written word worthless.
He's also been damaging the world effort to protect the environment. He's also been naming the worse possible choices for some of his staff (environment, education,...). He is also a heavy liar, even compared to politician standards. Etc... That some people prefer him to Clinton, I can understand. That some people have any trust in him, I cannot. |
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" "Well, the holocaust did free up a lot of cheap apartments, so I can finally afford life in the city. My man!" You certainly know how to pick your upsides and ignore the rest. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-china-tariffs-business-damage-trade-economy-trump-imports-exports-goods-a8501361.html Bank regulations have also been nixed. Let's talk again after he's triggered another recession. Or rather let's not, I have the distinct feeling you're just trolling. |
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"Trump dumped a bunch of recent worthless treaties..."
FTFY. Given that Obama was intent on selling out the US to anybody who wanted a piece of us, no matter the disadvantage at which it put us, President Trump's primary responsibility, protecting the US and US interests, required that he void those treaties. Just because some politically and economically tone-deaf community organizer thought it would make everyone like us better if we bent over and took the paddling didn't make those treaties good; it certainly didn't obligate us to honor them regardless of how stupid that would be. President Trump isn't some evil dictator; he's the CEO of the USA. He's revisiting our relationships with the rest of the world, and taking steps to correct the abusive and exploitative ones. The results speak for themselves: It's the economy. Oh, and, before anyone says "Well, Obama made that happen," let's all remember that Obama said that those jobs weren't coming back, that the bad economy was the "new normal," and that he questioned with what "magic wand" Trump was gonna keep his promises. Obama didn't build this recovery; he didn't even believe it could be done. =9[.]9= =^[.]^= basic (happy/amused) cheetahmoticon: Whiskers/eye/tear-streak/nose/tear-streak/eye/
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President Trump and his administration have been busy, the last twenty or so months:
US Cuts 300 Million In Aid To Pakistan Trump Cut Off 200 Million in Aid to Palestinians Trump ends 230 Million Dollar Rebuilding Payments to Syria Trump has our soldiers remains returned home from Korean War Trump signs Right to Try drug bill US Embassy moved to Jerusalem by President Donald J Trump Trump secures release of American Prisoners from North Korea Trump Negotiates Peace between North and South Korea Trump Signs Order Calling for Work Requirements for Welfare Programs HISTORIC: Trump Nominates First Woman for Head of CIA Feds collect record taxes in first month under Trump’s tax cuts; runs surplus in January Trump signs sweeping two-year budget deal - MILITARY FUNDED Trump proposes biggest civil service change in 40 years - 'Hire the best and fire the worst' Trump signs bipartisan bill to combat synthetic opioids Trump Shrinks Federal Bureaucracy by 16000 President Trump set a record for lifetime appointed judges in 2017 Trump Signed 96 Laws In 2017 Trump Administration Set to Roll Back $900 Million in Obama-Era Offshore Drilling Regulations U.S. Imposes Sanctions on 52 People and Entities for Abuse and Corruption Individual Mandate of Obamacare REPEALED Senate Passes Historic Sweeping Tax Reform Climate Change REMOVED from 'Threat List' Trump Admin is a Deregulation Machine: Eliminating 22:1 Trump signs $700 billion defense bill, gives troops largest pay raise in 7 years New Space Policy Directive Calls for Human Expansion Across Solar System Trump Declares Jerusalem the Capital of Israel Senate Passes Sweeping Tax Reform - 20% Corporate rate - Largest in 31 Years. Trump Shuts Down CIA funding of Syrian Rebels House Passes Tax Bill in Major Step Toward Overhaul Senate Passes Budget Resolution Clearing the Way to pass Tax Reform with a Simple Majority Trump's HHS defines life as beginning at conception President Trump Declassifies and Releases JFK Files Iran Deal: DECERTIFIED Trump: 'We are stopping cold the attacks on Judeo-Christian values' Trump administration abandons the Obama-era clean power plan aimed at reducing global warming School Choice tops the list of Priorities U.S. Education Department Grants Trump Signs Healthcare Order, Expands Choice and Access through associations US and Israel withdraw from UNESCO citing "anti-Israel bias" Trump has written 46 Executive Orders Treasury Department to target companies doing business with North Korea Trump has signed 53 bills into law Trump Signs Order Rolling Back Environmental Rules on Infrastructure 11,000 government jobs slashed under Trump - downsizing government UN Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea Senate confirms 65 Trump nominees for various positions U.S. Small Business Administration opens assistance center 800 Obama regulations cut - Saved over $200 billion EPA's Pruitt moves to roll back over 30 environmental regulations in record time Cut the White House budget - Saved taxpayers $22 million Haley Tells Congress US Assuming More Assertive Role at UN Trump’s EPA To Repeal Obama’s ‘Waters Of The US’ Rule Eliminated 1200 man hours of wasteful paperwork requirements including Y2K preparedness President Trump Announces “Massive Permit Reform" Push Trump Lays Out Plan to Privatize Air Traffic Control System Statement by President Trump on the Paris Climate Accord Treasury to call for rolling back banking regulations Trump orders a Voter Fraud Commission to investigate 2016 election Fired corrupt and incompetent FBI Director James Comey HHS to Rescind Birth Control Mandate in Obamacare Appointed conservative Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court Ben Carson Finds $500 Billion In Errors during Audit of Obama HUD President Trump's executive order will undo Obama's Clean Power Plan rule U.S. Will have Free but Fair and Balanced Trade: Mnuchin Executive order to reduce operating costs of the Federal Government Fired all 46 attorney generals hired by Obama Purging the State Department of Obama loyalists Fixing lobbying laws - 5 year lobbying ban on White House officials Put a regulatory freeze on all federal agencies Cutting regulations in government agencies (add 1, take out 2) 45th PRESIDENT of the United States of America, DONALD J. TRUMP - Department of Justice Trump DOJ Sues California For Interference With Immigration Enforcement DOJ Halts Obama's Operation Chokepoint, Which Targeted Firearm Dealers More than 1,000 arrests in sex trafficking operation Four charged with leaks from Trump administration Jeff Sessions announces new crackdown on 'so-called' sanctuary cities Justice Department announces takedown of AlphaBay, the largest dark web market Sessions's New Civil-Forfeiture Rules 400 medical professionals charged in largest health care fraud takedown The Department of Justice Stands by Texas's Voter ID Law Charges: Sex traffickers took hundreds from Thailand to US AG Sessions is bringing back the harsher sentences for drug dealers Sex Trafficking Arrests Soar Under Trump; MSM Completely Ignores DHS is planning on denying green cards to legal immigrants if they receive federal or state aid Trump takes 'shackles' off ICE, which is slapping them on immigrants who thought they were safe ICE raid hits 77 businesses in Northern California End of Year Report: Deportations up 40% - Historically Low Crossings DHS: Announces New Procedures for Refugee Admissions Deportations Of Noncriminals Rise As ICE Casts Wider Net Cutting regulations in government agencies (add 1, take out 2) - Veterans Administration Trump signs VA Mission Act Enhancing Veteran Care Act VA seeks partnerships to build and improve health-care facilities VA announces Veterans Coordinated Access & Rewarding Experiences Act VA, Ginnie Mae create task force to address mortgage refinancing issues Telemedicine: An important tool for Veterans health Trump Signs Bill to Streamline VA Disability Claims Appeals Process Trump signs ‘Forever GI Bill,’ boosting aid to student vets VA expands Tele-Health access VA fires more than 500 feds under Trump, even before new accountability law Trump signs VA accountability act into law, promises better care for veterans Trump Administration Streamlines Veteran Medical Records White House to launch veterans' complaint hotline Accountability and Whistleblower Protection at VA - Economy Fastest growing pace in 14 years for manufacturers BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT RECORD LOW Jobless claims lowest level since 1969 Trump secures 2026 World Cup for the USA Consumer Confidence Highest in 18 years Black Business Ownership Under Trump JUMPS 400 PERCENT in ONE YEAR Youth Unemployment Hits 52 Year Low Black Support for Trump DOUBLES to 29 percent RECORD Number of Employed - 63 Percent labor participation Worker pay rate hits highest level since 2008 Black and Hispanic Unemployment rates hit record low in April Business Investments up 39 Percent Due to Tax Cuts April 2018 Best Month in HISTORY for Budget according to CBO Food Stamp Usage Drops Half Million in Single Month Highest Ever Manufacturer Optimism over 94 Percent Unemployment claims have fallen to a 45-year low Trump Economy Explodes Record Number of Americans Employed Stocks Soar FEB JOBS BLOWOUT 313K GREAT AGAIN Household Net Worth Pushes Further Into Record Territory U.S. Consumer Confidence Is at 17-Year High US homebuilding permits soar to highest level since 2007 Economy to grow at 5.4% rate in first quarter Roaring: Economic Optimism Index hits 13-year high, credit to tax cuts U.S. jobless claims drop to near 45-year low Wages jump to highest level since 2009 - up 2.9% U.S. Oil Production Tops 10 Million Barrels A Day, First Time Since 1970 Trump Decreases Debt to GDP Ratio - First Time in Over 50 Years! Jobless claims drop to lowest level in nearly 45 years Apple to Invest $350 BILLION in US citing Trump Tax Plan Utilities cutting rates, cite benefits of Trump tax reform Over 100 companies giving 'Trump Bonuses' after tax victory Black unemployment rate falls to record low Trump adds 184,000 manufacturing jobs and continues growth trend Manufacturing in the U.S. Just Accelerated to Its Best Year Since 2004 Nikki Haley negotiates $285M cut in ‘bloated’ UN budget WIC Welfare Participation Hits 17-Year Low U.S. home sales hit 11-year high Manufacturing Optimism Reaches Another All-Time High - 94.6% Economy adds 228K jobs in November Mining up 28.6% - Leads the Nation in Growth Broadcom will move back to U.S. — and bring tax money with it US private sector added 235,000 jobs in Oct - Beats Expectations Consumer confidence highest level since December 2000 Q3 GDP at 3 Percent – Beats Expectations Ivanka Trump creates new World Bank initiative to foster Entrepreneurship among Women Consumer Sentiment in U.S. Surges to 13-Year High 63.1%: Participation Rate Reaches Trump-Era High Unemployment down to 4.2, wages rise .5% New entrants from outside the labor market made up 3.2 U.S. Factories Expanding at 13 Year high Dow posting first eight-quarter winning streak in 20 years Home builder confidence at 12-year high Manufacturer confidence at a 20-year high Tech giants pledge millions to Trump initiative Q2 GDP up 3.1% Sales of new U.S. homes rebounded in August Federal Reserve: Household Wealth in America at record high of $1.7 trillion - Rising property values and Financial gain Surging stock market powers U.S. wealth to $96.2 trillion Food Stamp Usage Has Fallen Every Month Under Trump Median Incomes Climbing for First Time Since 2007 Trump has signed a $15 billion relief package for Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey Jobless claims drop to 240,000 - hottest streak in 43 years U.S. Consumer Sentiment Rose in August Recovery Is Finally Trickling Down to Least-Educated Workers U.S. Job Satisfaction Highest Level Since 2005 American manufacturing expanded in August at fastest pace in six years Donald Trump Ends Obama Effort to Waive Work Requirements for Welfare Consumer confidence strengthens in August, second-highest level since late 2000 President Trump Cuts More US Debt for a Longer Period of Time Than Any President Pennsylvania coal company to open a SECOND coal mine Summer Youth Unemployment Falls, Level Since 1969 In Trump era, American corporations are seeing their best earnings in 13 years US trade deficit narrows as exports hit 2-1/2-year high Milestone for Trump: 1 million new jobs in six months National unemployment rate at 4.3% (lowest it's been in 16 years) 13,000 jobs being created in WI - largest job announcement in WI history (Foxconn) Black Unemployment, Lowest Level in 17 Years Gas prices at a 12-year low Some states are experiencing their lowest unemployment rates in their histories Trump Announces $200 Million in Apprenticeship Funding U.S. has record 6 million job openings, 6.8 million Americans are looking for jobs CEO confidence highest since 2014 U.S. jobless rate falls to lowest level in 16 years Trump signs bills that helps Veterans and Police officers by giving them Priority and Training Government spending as percentage of GDP down 1000s of jobs being created through pact with Saudi Arabia Executive Order on the Establishment of the American Technology Council USA's small business confidence is spurring a hiring and spending spree Alibaba Takes First Step To Fulfilling Jack Ma And President Trump's 'One Million U.S. Jobs' Promise Slashing job-killing regulations left and right Creating thousands of more jobs for immigration officers and border patrol Signed a resolution encouraging women in entrepreneurship and STEM Executive ordered all federal agencies to create task forces to cut regulations that hurt the economy US Manufacturing Index at a 33-year high Coal Miners are WINNING. Cut Regulations/Create Jobs/New Plant US Economic Confidence Surges To Highest Level Ever Recorded By Gallup - State Department Four Months into FY 2018, Refugee Admissions Plunge to Lowest Level in 15 Years US increases vetting and resumes processing of refugees from 'high-risk' countries US Delays Payment to UN for Palestinians US Suspends $2 BILLION in security assistance to Pakistan Global Magnitsky Act Signed: Targeting Global Corruption and Human Rights Abuse North Korea Designated as 'State Sponsor of Terrorism' United States Announces a New Strategy on Iran Trump Administration Announces 'Extreme Vetting' Plans Trump cuts Obama’s refugee target in half, takes more Christians than Muslims New Order Indefinitely Bars Almost All Travel From Seven Countries UN Security Council unanimously steps up sanctions against North Korea Fewest Monthly Refugee Arrivals in August Since 2002 Trump to stop travel from countries that refuse to help Homeland Security America has withdrawn almost $300 million in foreign aid to Egypt Tillerson to shutter war crimes focused State Dept. office: report Rex Tillerson, Mediating Gulf Dispute, Signs Antiterrorism Pact With Qatar Canceled Obama Era special immigration program for foreign entrepreneurs Critical milestone in the global fight against ISIS Tillerson to back up Trump efforts to bolster Eastern Europe against Russia Tillerson Tightens Limits on Filling State Department Jobs Report: Trump plans to cut foreign aid, merge State and USAID US to make at least $285m cut to UN budget Tillerson on North Korea: Military action is 'an option' It's a bloodbath at the State Department - Homeland Security DHS is planning on denying green cards to legal immigrants if they receive federal or state aid Trump takes 'shackles' off ICE, which is slapping them on immigrants who thought they were safe ICE raid hits 77 businesses in Northern California End of Year Report: Deportations up 40% - Historically Low Crossings DHS: Announces New Procedures for Refugee Admissions Deportations Of Noncriminals Rise As ICE Casts Wider Net DACA Renewals Drop 21% 30-foot concrete slab prototypes erected along border ICE has conducted a MASSIVE raid on sanctuary cities this week - 498 illegal immigrants arrested Trump has updated his travel ban, includes these 8 countries - Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen, Somalia - NO EXPIRATION DATE Crossing The Border Illegally Is Harder Than It’s Been In 50 Years Withholding Federal Funds from Sanctuary Cities - Must allow ICE access to jails and notify before release $1.6 billion down payment to start building the wall Trump cuts off visas for countries that refuse deported immigrants Rescinded DACA Extreme Vetting' for some green cards Deportation orders up 31% nationwide under Trump Deportation Orders Up 30% Miami has removed its "sanctuary" status ICE raids targeting families net 650 arrests Denver To ICE: Stop Arresting Illegal Immigrants At Courthouse. ICE To Denver: Not A Chance. 17 Texas sheriffs approved to partner w/ICE ICE chief wants smuggling charges on leaders of sanctuary cities New crackdown on 'so-called' sanctuary cities Raids to target teenaged suspected gang members Army Corps starts pre-construction work on border wall Deportations in LA are up 60% alone 80% jump in illegal targets Feds taking over Texas National Guard mission along border Border Patrol Morale at Highest Level Christian refugees admitted now outnumber Muslim refugees admitted Bill allocates $1.6 billion for Trump's border wall ICE crackdown scaring some families back to Mexico No Sanctuary For Criminals Act - deny federal grants to sanctuary cities - Passed House and Senate Kate's Law - harsher penalties for previously deported criminals - Passed House and Senate Number of refugees taken in is down 50% Rescinded DAPA Workers install final panel in upgrade of border fence Raids turn Oregon city into ghost town Ending "catch and release" immigration policy Silicon Valley Staffing Firm Charged in H1B Fraud Unshackling ICE - told that they can take action against ALL illegal immigrants - increasing presence in sanctuary cities - Department of Defense Trump signs new defense policy bill that rebuilds military, boosts troop pay Top 5 ISIS Leaders Captured Trump signs order to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open US kills 150 ISIS terrorists in Syria airstrike during government shutdown ISIS has lost 98 percent of its territory - due to Trump admin Pentagon Announces First-Ever Audit of the Department of Defense U.S.-Backed Forces Capture Raqqa from ISIS ISIS facing imminent collapse in Syria's Raqqa Gen. Mattis breaks down New Afghanistan Strategy US-backed fighters 'seize 80% of Raqqa from Islamic State' Mattis sees need for new DOD space programs Trump calls for Increased Military: Senate passes $700 billion defense bill US shares technology with India. Enlisting them to fight in Afghanistan Mattis vows US support for Ukraine against Russian 'aggression' U.S. Cyber Command will be elevated to a "Unified Combatant Command" Mattis decides to withhold U.S. cash from key Pakistani military fund Mosul liberated from ISIS Mattis: 'Annihilation Tactics' Being Used Against ISIS US, Gulf countries form new group: 'TFTC' to stem flow of terror financing NATO weighs new 'Counter Terrorism Post' following Trump's demands ISIS leader 'admits DEFEAT in Iraq and orders militants to flee Mattis Gives White House Tentative Plan for Rapid Defeat of ISIS James Mattis threatens to ‘moderate’ US backing for Nato over budgets - Trade Deals Trump Blocks Chinese Purchase of Qualcomm due to National Security TRUMP SIGNS TARIFF ORDER ON STEEL AND ALUMINUM Trump Slaps 30% Tariffs on Solar Panels imported from China Japan Freezes North Korea’s Assets after Trump’s Visit U.S. Trade Deficit falls to 11-month low Trump Fights for ‘America First’ as 4th Round of NAFTA Negotiations End Crude Oil Shipment to India Highlights Expanding Energy Partnership Trump Blocks China from buying Semi-Conductor company, Lattice Crude oil shipment from Texas opens new vistas in India-U.S. ties Argentina agrees to allow first U.S. pork imports in 25 years Trump orders probe of China's intellectual property practices New memorandum to protect American IPs from China - Potentially save Billions of dollars and millions in jobs Coal exports up 60% China opens rice market for US exports for first time ever U.S. makes final finding rebar exports from Taiwan Renegotiating NAFTA with Canada and Mexico in order to make better trade deals - May terminate United States and Mexico finalize sugar trade deal First U.S. Natural Gas Shipped to Poland Signed an Arms Deal worth more than $350 billion and various other investment agreements with Saudi Arabia China, U.S. reach trade agreement on beef, poultry and natural gas Trump orders a study on abuses of U.S. trade agreements – WTO Trump slaps tariffs on Canadian lumber imports Increased tariffs on Canadian lumber by 20% (worth $1 billion) China buys more U.S. coal, sends North Korea Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) TERMINATED" Granted that much of this has been/is up against stiff opposition, but I think the President is entitled to a few rounds of golf. =^[.]^= =^[.]^= basic (happy/amused) cheetahmoticon: Whiskers/eye/tear-streak/nose/tear-streak/eye/
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" FTFY. Iran: Treaties are based on trust. The trust that if you do as described in the treaty, the other side will do likewise. No matter what's in the contract itself, the fact that one side steps away from the treaty makes future treaties of any kind harder to negotiate for lack of trust. This is an aspect that's completely missing on the sad wreck's argumentation. It is not unimportant. Trust is influence, influence is power. Which ist now weakened. How long has the Iran withstood international pressure before that, and how long do you think will it take until they renegotiate with the US again after being burned like this? There's more that just two sides to that treaty. By stepping away from the treaty, said wreck pissed of the US' allies and put them in a difficult Position. One should not do that without compelling reason, because, well, the US might need allies one day. So not only was trust lost but also real damage done to allies. You probably dont feel that right now, and quite possibly, you won't ever feel it fully. Hopefully. Because, you know, I am hopeful that the moron in chief will not make a second term. Your allies will not drop you, our friendship will weather this. (It is probably too much to hope that those who claim to try and prevent the worst grow some balls. Either they think the president is fit for office. In that case, they should do their job and not his. Or they don't. In that case, there's provisions for that. Carrying the wreck through the term is deceit of his voter's at the very least) But I digress: The Iran Deal worked. Before, the Iran was on its way to the bomb, after that, not. The world was a safer place. At basically no cost to the US: only sanctions were lifted. Now, Iran might just decide to return to the bomb. The world is an unsafer place. Trump weakened the US, hurt its allies, made the world an unsafer place, with no realistic expectation of a replacement. How was that good for the US? Paris: Climate change is happening. If you don't believe that, fine. Drive SUVs and Trucks to your heart's content, waste all the energy you can afford, throw away all the plastic you can find, do everything you are allowed to do, I don't mind. But a government needs to base their decisions on science and Facts and reason. It needs to set the boundaries within which their peoples can act. It needs to do so responsibly, so that the next generation can live good, too. There's ways to do that that use the markets, too. put a price tag on emissions, and if you set them right, the market will reign in some of the emissions for you. But whatever you do, it is a global problem. Local activities won't work. Only global solutions have a chance to. For global solutions you need global treaties, and for those you need trust, which the sad wreck is doing his best to undermine. Also, the paris agreement had no punishment clauses that could have forced the US to pay or do something. Violating it would have caused loss of trust at worst. Which, by pulling out, the president chose to have the full load of, at once. How was that good for the US? " Hell, no. He is doing something, just to be able to be able to sit somewhere, grinning, with a pen in his hand, and have photos made. In order to give his voters the impression that he is doing something, maybe even is following a plan, a great scheme to make Amerika great again. He is not. He has no plan. He is simply doing stuff. And he is not doing it good. " Let's revisit that statement when you have realized that by throwing fuel into the fire said fire certainly will burn better for a while, but afterwards, the fuel will be gone. Also, America needs trade. It profits from it. The US citizens can buy all that stuff because of it. They will pay more, and more people will lose their jobs than Jobs have been gained. (\__/) This is Bunny. Copy and (='.'=) paste Bunny to help him (")_(") gain world Domination. Last edited by Ersatzdrummel on Sep 13, 2018, 9:05:32 AM
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"This entire argument is based on the false premise that Trump put the United States in a "breach of contract" situation by reneging on the Iran deal. In fact, the Iran deal was set to expire per its own terms and, in refusing to renew it as the 12 May 2018 deadline loomed, Trump caused it to naturally expire. While there may have been an international expectation of a sort that the US would renew, this expectation was unrealistic: Trump was often publicly critical of the Iran Deal, calling it a mistake during the campaign trail. Your claim that Trump violated international trust is like claiming a tenant who is often heard saying "I made a mistake moving here" is violating the trust of other tenants if he honors the lease he has already signed but declines to renew it when it expires. What you really mean is that you don't agree with his decision, because you like living there and you like him living there; you're implying that any person who disagrees with your preferences is inherently dishonorable. "The great misconception people have regarding climate change is that they are unaware of this truth: cataclysmic non-anthropogenic global warming is, assuming current levels of technological development, inevitable. Hundreds of millions of years ago, earth's atmospheric CO2 was five times current levels, average temperature 3°C higher, and sea levels 100m higher than present. Even with a lack of human intervention — or, more precisely, due to a lack of proper human intervention — this cyclical condition is projected to repeat. I am not claiming that anthropogenic carbon emissions are incapable of expediting this doom, but austerity measures designed to merely hide humanity's carbon footprint will emphatically not save us; at best, they will buy us some time. Humanity must generate a massively negative carbon footprint to prevent apocalypse. This would require the development of what is essentially terraforming technology, capable of scrubbing carbon emissions from our atmosphere. (From a paleoclimatological perspective, plants have been the primary feedback mechanism for restoring low a state of low atmospheric CO2 levels, low temperature, and low sea levels; therefore this tech would likely be plant-based.) If carbon-scrubbing tech exists — and it must, either to save humanity on this planet or immigrate to a new one — then the problem of carbon-emitting devices is solved not by abstinence but by budgeting the "carbon surplus" that such tech would afford us. In short, the core beliefs behind neo-environmentalism (as opposed to older-school environmentalism where "green" referred to chlorophyll instead of energy) are fundamentally flawed, and pushed by Big Energy corporatist lobbying to both exploit subsidies and take public awareness off of the ball in terms of global devegetation. As a consequence of this, opposition to the Paris Accord was rightly deserved. "I have seen news articles wherein US farmers blame Trump for business losses due to tariffs recently imposed on US food exports. However, it is imperative to understand that these tariffs were recently increased by non-US governments in response to tariffs the US government levied against their exports to the US. As such, this argument assumes the moral legitimacy of responding to tariffs with retaliatory tariffs. If we assume the moral legitimacy of such behavior, then Trump's tariffs were, in many cases, also legitimate: many nations had previous tariffs against US goods or heavily subsidized domestic industry with taxpayer funds so as to grant them an unfair advantage in foreign markets. To be clear, I'm against both tariffs and subsidies. I hope that the ultimate result of trade war is to bring nations to the negotiating table so that ultimately tariffs and anticompetitive subsidies can be eliminated or, more realistically, reduced to "pre-trade-war" levels, for all nations at the negotiations. As such, I will readily admit that I worry that Trump's actions might ultimately lead to nothing more than a worsening of the economic situation. However, at the same time I view the pre-Trump situation as economic injustice against the United States, and thus a situation that compels an attempt to rectify that injustice. Thus I view Trump's tariff policy as risky, possibly even disastrous, but not necessarily stupid. When Stephen Colbert was killed by HYDRA's Project Insight in 2014, the comedy world lost a hero. Since his life model decoy isn't up to the task, please do not mistake my performance as political discussion. I'm just doing what Steve would have wanted. Last edited by ScrotieMcB on Sep 13, 2018, 10:58:53 AM
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