We must respect those words. They are from a very stable genius.
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Thanks. I suppose in the end it really doesn’t matter which is true. The talking point about securing the steel industry as a national security need is debunked either way. A NATO ally such as Canada isn’t going to hold exports hostage in the event of a strong US military need.
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As much as I think I understand him in a conceptual way, the degree of his malfunction is still stunning.
You have to remind yourself regularly that if it weren’t for inherited wealth and the corruption of the Republican party, this strange figure would be homeless, institutionalized, or long dead. The only thing he was ever even moderately successful at was pretending to be successful in a TV show.
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He never had to work so he never did. Lacking all experience he lacks all judgement. And he ain’t very bright.
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Folks waiting on Mueller might have to wait until after the midterms in November. I highly doubt that Mueller is going to serve up Trump to this Congress only to have them sit around with their thumbs up their collective butt and do nothing to upset the base before their reelection is assured. Mueller’s way too smart to let all this hard work get pissed away by these self-serving RepubliCants.
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Hey boys and girls, moms and dads you’ll love Reuben Bolling today
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Please, just shut the fuck up, you stupid imbecile.
Trump’s clarifications prove that the “roll out” was screwed up from the start. He wings it and avoids responsibility for his own grotesque mistakes. Dweeb!
In other trade-related news: Eleven nations - but not U.S. - to sign Trans-Pacific trade deal
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Russia maybe for only as long as it benefits them.
His only real true friend is the guy walking around in the wall mirror in his private throne room that he relies on bigtime. The only guy that tells him the truth and pats him on the back while agreeing to anything he asks for. Also he shows immense loyalty when he looks him in the eyes.
His only reliable true friend.
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Or somewhere in between. The private hell of being lost in obscurity.
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Real friends! Bigly friends! SUPER FRIENDS!
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“…the economic momentum
ignited by the Republican tax cuts and Trump’s deregulation measuresinherited from the Obama administration.”
FIFY Ms. Lafond.
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If our national security can be assured via steel and aluminum sold to us by our “real” friends, how can Trump unilaterally place tariffs on sales from other nations using national security imperatives as the justification? It would seem at some point all the exclusions he proposes to put in place renders his executive ability to impose tariffs null.
Trump, walking back a giant mistake?
I would “like” your comment, but there is nothing to like about us losing out on the Trans-Pacific trade deal. This will hurt America for the next 50 years.
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Utterly backwards.
The rationale for encouraging metals manufacturing inside the United States is that it’s vital to our defense. If anything, Trump should be pushing for Steel and Aluminum Domestic Content provisions for our Military purchases. And you implement that by offering incentives for Suppliers who comply.
It should be Demand-driven, and it should be graduated.
Tariffs punish everyone except for the domestic suppliers, and those suppliers won’t be able to keep up with the sudden increase in Demand.
So, GOP goal achieved. There’s a simplistic beauty to a plan well executed.
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That’s the rational approach. It won’t work for Trump.
Agree. The 11 remaining TPP members hope the US decides at some point to rejoin. Maybe under another administration …