The Donald Trump Score Card

Trump stated that he had a 'foot thing'.

 

He's also said he doesn't remember which foot it was...

 

Canada, U.S. have reached a NAFTA deal - now called the USMCA
Trudeau says it's 'a good day for Canada,' but does not elaborate
John Paul Tasker, Elise von Scheel · CBC News ·
Posted: Sep 30, 2018 12:40 PM ET

Canada, U.S. have reached a NAFTA deal | CBC News

excerpts:

"At the heart of the deal is a trade-off between greater U.S. access to Canada's dairy market, which is heavily protected by a system of supply management, and Canadian demands for the maintenance of a dispute resolution process, sources said.

The two sides have agreed to keep Chapter 19, NAFTA's dispute resolution mechanism, intact. That's a major victory for Canadian negotiators who have long sought to keep some sort of process to challenge anti-dumping and countervailing-duty cases — which Canada has deployed in the past over the softwood lumber file."



"Under the new NAFTA, the U.S. will have roughly the same access to the Canadian dairy market as what was given up by Trudeau when he signed the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade deal with 10 Asia-Pacific countries earlier this year.

Under that agreement, those 10 countries will have market access that equals 3.25 per cent of Canada's annual milk production. The exact percentage extended to U.S. dairy exporters was not immediately clear.

At the outset of the NAFTA talks, the U.S. demanded Canada dismantle supply management entirely — something that Trudeau maintained is a non-starter."



"Importantly for Canadian negotiators, Trump has agreed that no hard limit will be placed on Canadian auto exports to the U.S., sources told the CBC's Chris Hall.

That said, should the U.S. move forward with the imposition of worldwide 232 tariffs on autos, they would also apply to Canada. However, Ottawa has negotiated what is effectively an exemption, as it would still be able to export cars and parts tariff-free up to a certain amount that is well above what Canada sends south of the border."

 

Not Trump-related per se, but still I would definitely welcome this:

Elizabeth Warren To Consider A 2020 Presidential Run After Midterms | HuffPost

 

I donated to her several times. I love Elizabeth Warren!

 

Here are the details of the new North America free trade deal
Reuters
01 Oct 2018 at 15:45 ET

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/details-new-north-america-free-trade-deal/

 

What U.S. trade with Canada actually looks like
By Philip Bump
June 11, 2018

Analysis | What U.S. trade with Canada actually looks like

excerpt:

"Notice, though, that we export more in agricultural products to Canada than we receive. What’s more, we export more than five times as much dairy as we import. Then, at the bottom of that chart, services. We export twice as much in services as we import. Ignore that, and suddenly you’ve got a trade deficit, and if your argument is that trade deficits are necessarily bad and signs of being taken advantage of, you’ve suddenly got a problem.

What drove Trump’s response to Trudeau, though, seems to have been something more abstract.

“POTUS is not going to let a Canadian prime minister push him around,” National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow, said on CNN on Sunday. “He is not going to permit any show of weakness on the trip to negotiate with North Korea.”

Much of this, then, may not have been about trade. It may, instead, have been about projecting strength to Kim Jong Un — at the expense of Justin Trudeau."

 

World prefers Angela Merkel to Donald Trump: Pew study

A US-based research center has surveyed 26,000 people in 25 countries and found few with confidence in President Donald Trump to do the right thing. His low status is nearly matched by the Russian and Chinese leaders.

DW
02.10.2018

World prefers Angela Merkel to Donald Trump: Pew study | DW | 02.10.2018

 

Trump tumbles down the Forbes 400 as his net worth has taken a major hit since he launched his presidential run

- President Donald Trump's net worth has declined by more than $1 billion since the year he launched his presidential campaign at the foot of Trump Tower's escalator, Forbes reported Tuesday.
- The president's net worth stands at $3.1 billion, down from $4.5 billion in 2015, Forbes said. As a result, Trump has tumbled down the Forbes 400 list, the latest edition of which will be published in full Wednesday.
- Trump was the 248th wealthiest person in America on Forbes' 2017 list.

by Kevin Breuninger
Published October 2, 2018

Trump tumbles down the Forbes 400 as his net worth has taken a major hit

excerpt:

"Forbes estimates Trump's licensing operation is now valued around $3 million, down sharply from the $23 million estimate Forbes made in 2015. Brands such as Serta and Macy's separated from their licensing agreements with Trump shortly after some of his most incendiary comments on the campaign trail."

 

I am sure he has more than made up for it with envelopes under the table.

 

There are simply no depths he won’t go, nor stoop to low.

 

Trump at his rally in WV.

It could be mistaken for a comedy sketch.

 

*** Wonder what the plaid shirt guy's facial expressions would have been at Trump's rally in WV which was even more bizarre than the one in MT.

How are Trump's handlers managing to find anyone who can stand behind him at his rallies and keep a straight face?

 

trump continues to prove that he is a fucking jackass.