CitizenVectron Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Again, using national-security clause to declare blanket tariffs... USMCA will now likely not be ratified by Mexico (after just being ratified in Canada following the US caving on steel tariffs) which will kill the deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentWorld Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Just now, SilentWorld said: lmao Don't you mean "amlo"? 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazatron Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 So how long until he claims this is Mexico paying for the wall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SaysWho? Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 4 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: I don't get the, "He's trying to change the subject," comments. Yes, Mueller was a big story this week; it'll continue to be. We're still talking about it after the report came out a month ago. So changing the subject to Americans paying more for food and cars is the master plan according to pessimists? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Apparently he was triggered by a video of a 1,000 people crossing the border and being detained immediately in a pretty orderly fashion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said: It's more like tomatoes than avacados but same point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 This might even be more stupid than the China tariffs. Does congress really have no power here as long as he says "national security?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 18 minutes ago, TwinIon said: This might even be more stupid than the China tariffs. Does congress really have no power here as long as he says "national security?" I'll give Trump credit for revealing how stupid our system is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 1 minute ago, 2user1cup said: I'll give Trump credit for revealing how stupid our system is He has done a lot of that. I wonder what of these kinds of things will change under the next administration / congress. Warren said she'd make sure the President would be subject to federal law. Part of that is appointing an AG that would be willing to press charges, but part of would still require congress to change the law. If Trump's enduring legacy is that previous norms get codified into law, that would be great, but it's hard to imagine any politicians voting to limit their power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Big numbers I just made up! Be scared, people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodimus Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 "Very Stable Genius" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexy_shapiro Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Increasing the cost of Coronas and margaritas during the peak of Summer doesn’t sound like a good ide politically but what do I know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 ololololo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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marioandsonic Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 I still prefer Morons Are Governing America. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 31, 2019 Author Share Posted May 31, 2019 Some are theorizing that he is actually trying to slow the US economy so that the Fed doesn't increase interest rates. Why, you might ask? Not because he holds specific fiscal policy re: growth, but because higher rates mean Trump owes way more money in debt payments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 3 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Some are theorizing that he is actually trying to slow the US economy so that the Fed doesn't increase interest rates. Why, you might ask? Not because he holds specific fiscal policy re: growth, but because higher rates mean Trump owes way more money in debt payments. I don't think he's THAT smart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said: Some are theorizing that he is actually trying to slow the US economy so that the Fed doesn't increase interest rates. Why, you might ask? Not because he holds specific fiscal policy re: growth, but because higher rates mean Trump owes way more money in debt payments. Wouldn't his rates have been set when he took out the loans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 1 minute ago, Jason said: Wouldn't his rates have been set when he took out the loans? Could be prime + x points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 17 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Could be prime + x points And it's Trump, so you know the terms of any loans given to him must be bigly terrible... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted June 3, 2019 Author Share Posted June 3, 2019 That's like saying that as a sign of good faith, the US should immediately stop all murders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Wouldn't that be more like Mexico is doing what the man with a gun pointed at hem is telling them to do? Like how would that be in good faith? lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 2 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said: Wouldn't that be more like Mexico is doing what the man with a gun pointed at hem is telling them to do? Like how would that be in good faith? lol. He's asking/telling the President of Mexico to become a dictator and prevent people in Mexico from crossing the border. Nothing says freedom like stationing your own military on the border to prevent your own citizens from crossing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 So let's charge more for nutritious foods that are fresh and farm raised being brought into the country in high demand due to record flooding in the Midwest farmlands wiping out a years' worth of crops ... ohhh right and also around the corner will be all those wondrous wildfires further devastating our crops. Meanwhile, those in the shrinking middle class pay even more for groceries and goods now being imported, completely off setting any "tax triumphs" we may have had swayed in our favor in the last fiscal year. Also, lets continue to vilify Mexico instead of focusing on the fact that America is the greatest user of recreational drugs and even acknowledge that at the very least, legalizing marijuana on a federal level would help tremendously both the states & the country as a whole with a vast surge of monetary gain in taxes and further stimulating the economy with spending, in turn curtailing at least to a point, the demand of black market "goods" smuggled through the border no matter how wide or high the walls may end up being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comet Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 *starts googling "how to best grow avocado trees"* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 8 minutes ago, Comet said: *starts googling "how to best grow avocado trees"* My neighbor had one, he'd never pick them and they'd just get super big and fall off the tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 41 minutes ago, Comet said: *starts googling "how to best grow avocado trees"* 33 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: My neighbor had one, he'd never pick them and they'd just get super big and fall off the tree. @SFLUFAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 So literally nothing has changed but Mexico calling his bluff: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Wow Trump did it! MAGA #winning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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