Stabitha_Christie

danox said:

Stabitha_Christie said:

Thatguy2 said:

USA wins yet another trade deal, and this one where everyone said china would never cave. Now 90 days to make it permanent and help our farmers with more china purchases like last time. Impressive 

Not even the administration is saying there is a deal. They are saying they have 90 days to work on one. What you are calling a “win” is The U.S. and China temporarily lowering tariffs but neither lowered them to pre-trade war levels. So close consumers in both countries are still paying more than they otherwise would have. Progress on the administrations stated goals, reducing the trade deficit and repatriating manufacturing? None. 

That people see someone intentionally setting a house on fire and then putting out part of the fire as a “win” is why it’s a cult. Y’all can’t see anything beyond your idol worship. 

Is Ricky Rubio playing the role of Henry Kissinger? Is Trump Richard Nixon?

As much as I find Rubio to be a complete knob, I wouldn't compare him to Kissinger. That seems overly cruel to Rubio. 

Trump is certainly doing his best to Dick impersonation, what with trying to use the IRS to target his enemies and all that jazz. But realistically, Trump isn't anywhere near as smart as Nixon. Nixon at least knew that he should try and be subtle.

Does all of this mean Vance is Agnew? Agnew used to accept cash bribes in the White House but I don't think he ever offed a Pope.

jfabula1 said:

$1.5 trillion trade deficit? How did we get into this mess. That Buffon is doing something about my kids future, otherwise America will be gone. Debt up to our noses. $36 trillion and nobody is mentioning and not even Apple can survive.

The trade deficit and national debt are two entirely different things. How did we get into this mess? We got here because far too many people people don’t have a basic understanding of economics and confuse things like trade deficits and national debt. Can you actually articulate why a trade deficit is bad? Is it even bad? If you are like me then you have somewhere around 100% trade deficit with your grocery store. Is that bad? Should we be starting trade wars with our local businesses? 

Thatguy2 said:

USA wins yet another trade deal, and this one where everyone said china would never cave. Now 90 days to make it permanent and help our farmers with more china purchases like last time. Impressive 

Not even the administration is saying there is a deal. They are saying they have 90 days to work on one. What you are calling a “win” is The U.S. and China temporarily lowering tariffs but neither lowered them to pre-trade war levels. So close consumers in both countries are still paying more than they otherwise would have. Progress on the administrations stated goals, reducing the trade deficit and repatriating manufacturing? None. 

9secondkox2 said:

Seems like a smart man’s genuine appreciation of another smart man. 

Good to see. 

Cook is they’re to look ahead and can see the potential blessing of current moves down the road  

Trump has claimed he has made deals with 200 countries. There aren't 200 countries in the world. The most generous explanation is that he doesn't know how many centuries there are and just made up a claim because he wants people to think is tariffs are working. The less generous explanation is that his cognitive abilities have declined to the point that he actually thinks there are more than 200 countries and that he has actually made deals with 200 of them. Neither of those explanations would indicate that he has a particular strong intellect and by no means would that qualify as "smart". 

Xed said:

cpenzone said:

They're not Trump's Tariffs... they're Republican Tariffs.

No, these are Trump’s tariffs. This wouldn’t have happened if an actual Republican was in office. Trump, his cronies and disciples are RINOs.

These aren’t even strictly MAGA tariffs as many of his MAGA supporters are smart enough to see how this will negatively affect them.

The Senate and House are responsible for oversight and taxation. Tariffs are a form tax. Currently both houses of congress are led by Republicans and have abdicated their responsibilities for both oversize and taxation. So we can split hairs on if these are Republican tariffs or Trump tariffs but either way the Republicans are completely complicit in the situation and will bare responsibility for the outcome.