The Donald Trump Score Card

Trump is ten steps ahead of everyone to his golf course.

 

Trump probably signed the letter: "Brought to you by your favorite president...ME!"

 

Trump is desperate to tell supporters that he is building the wall. It's one of two ways he can garner votes. (The other being touting "his" economy)

 

I don't think he even cares about votes anymore, and is merely attempting to encourage the right wing to take more violent action. The minute it looks like he is backpedaling or not making any progress at all, his supporters will lose steam, and hate is the only message he has and the only weapon preventing even the Libertarians from impeaching him.

 

Donald Trump's Alabama obsession reveals a very deep flaw
Chris Cillizza
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Updated 4:32 PM ET, Thu September 5, 2019

Donald Trump's Alabama obsession reveals a very deep flaw - CNNPolitics

excerpts:

"It's this: Trump is so obsessed with being right (or at least being perceived as being right by his supporters) that he blocks out any and all other responsibilities or duties as President to pursue that goal.

On Thursday afternoon, he tweeted four maps from the previous Thursday, August 29 (three days before his original Alabama tweet) suggesting that the southeast corner of Alabama could be subject to tropical storm-force winds reaching 30 miles per hour.

"Just as I said, Alabama was originally projected to be hit. The Fake News denies it!" he tweeted."


"But remember that Trump's Twitter feed is the best window into what he really thinks and feels. And he is choosing to focus on Alabama -- three times on Thursday morning! -- because he is absolutely fixated on being right. Being right takes precedence over literally everything else, including keeping the focus (his, the media's and the country's) on the Americans currently being threatened by a natural disaster."

 

You just don't see it from the perspective of Trump and his base... It's really very simple. Because there was no hurricane in Alabama, there was no hurricane anywhere.

 

See, told you so, its already working:

China frees up cash as economy slows

 

I saw a meme(wish I could find it) that shows two people on a beach next to a hurricane warning sign. It appears to be a sunny day. One of the guys says that sign was put up by liberals.

 

In his ongoing quest to try to cover the mistake he made on Sep 1, Trump has now resorted to showing a South Florida Water Management District chart for Aug 28 (four days before his mistaken claim) in addition to the Aug 29 chart he used that had an added sharpie contour that included Alabama.

Trump has also convinced Homeland Security advisor Peter Brown to make a public statement trying to defend his mistake.

The charts at the time of Trump's mistaken claim on Sep 1 that Alabama would get hit harder than expected actually showed that the track had moved east, away from Alabama..



White House adviser gives Trump cover on Alabama hurricane claim
By Brett Samuels and Morgan Chalfant
09/05/19 06:00 PM EDT

White House adviser gives Trump cover on Alabama hurricane claim

excerpt:

"He offered no source for that figure, but he later tweeted out an Aug. 28 map from the South Florida Water Management District that showed a few stray projections of the storm grazing Alabama. The chart came with a disclaimer that information from the National Hurricane Center and local agencies should supersede data on the map."

 

The mass media's mockery of Donald Duck belies the fact the same people that voted for Obama, voted for him, and still have no clue they are all voting for whoever advertises the most, or whoever promises to save the idiots from themselves. The last thing the mass media wants is an audience that takes matters into their own hands, such as changing the channel or blowing up their TV, and deciding demand an actual government.

 

Come on, two year investigation into the weather charts

And this time please please please let the guy be named Special counsel Bueller

 

Trump is known for his use of sharpie pens.

His latest preoccupation with his Alabama mistake is a milder example of his pathological state.



Why Donald Trump Has Been Sending Vanity Fair Editor Pictures of His Hands for 25 Years
Nobody calls Donald Trump a "short-fingered vulgarian!"
By Char Adams
October 26, 2015 03:40 PM

Why Donald Trump Has Been Sending Vanity Fair Editor Pictures of His Hands for 25 Years

excerpts:

"The bizarre, decades-long feud between the journalist and the billionaire presidential candidate began when Carter wrote an essay for Spy magazine calling Trump a “short-fingered vulgarian,” Carter wrote in this month’s editor’s letter."


"“Like the other packages, this one included a circled hand and the words, also written in gold Sharpie: ‘See, not so short!’ I sent the picture back by return mail with a note attached, saying, ‘Actually, quite short.’ ”

Carter wrote that Trump sends “the occasional envelope” of torn-out magazine pages, “On all of them he has circled his hand in gold Sharpie in a valiant effort to highlight the length of his fingers.”":

 

Sen. Marco Rubio unnerved Trump when he made the following statement. Rubio was actually insinuating that something else of Trump's was short when he referred to his short hands.


Rubio: "And you know what they say about men with small hands? You can't trust them."

 

The Real Stakes of Trump’s Trade War With China
As the media obsesses over each round of tariffs, they're missing a much bigger story about the future of the global economy.
By Benjamin Studebaker
August 27, 2019

The Real Stakes of Trump’s Trade War With China

excerpt:

"According to the president, the goal of this trade war is to spur the creation of jobs stateside, or force China to agree to trade with the United States on more favorable terms. Democrats continue to argue that neither of these outcomes are likely. Nevertheless, the debate over whether Trump can “win” the trade war with China is rather vague about what it means to “win” a trade war.

Moreover, the conflict seems to be headed toward a far-reaching change in our approach to China—a shift to a containment strategy that could reorder the economic and political landscape. Whether we should pursue this path, and how prepared we are for the consequences, are questions that the media has left undiscussed.

There are a couple simple reasons why these tariffs are unlikely to create an employment boomlet in the United States. For starters, these jobs don’t necessarily have to return home, they can easily move to other developing countries. Furthermore, should those jobs return to the United States, the work involved will likely end up being heavily automated in a bid to control labor costs, which will minimize the potential job creation."

 

Texas is losing in Trump's trade war with China
Agriculture is only one of many industries dependent on exports.
By Dallas Morning News Editorial
10:13 AM on Aug 30, 2019

Texas is losing in Trump's trade war with China

excerpt:

"In Texas alone, where more than 3 million jobs are supported by global trade, $10 billion in state exports are targeted for retaliation from China. Among the hardest hit are liquified propane, with $1.7 billion worth exported annually to China; grain sorghum, with $494 million exported annually to China; and cotton, with $477 million exported annually to China. And those numbers don't reflect last week's salvo of retaliatory Chinese tariffs.

Small, family-owned business are among the hardest hit, especially those that export to or import goods from China. But the toll is beginning to be felt by giants like Apple and Caterpillar, who've seen their stock values tumble as stiff tariffs on technology and machinery are becoming a reality.

But in Texas, a state with more farms and ranches than any other, no one is getting hit as hard as those in the ag industry. In our state and across the country, producers of cotton, soybeans, corn, feed grains and other crops are struggling financially with farm loan bankruptcies and delinquencies spiking recently due in part to poor weather but also the intensifying trade war."

 

Trump’s Trade War Isn’t Just a US–China Problem
As companies explore manufacturing options outside China, the countries that stand to gain most from new business might still lose in the end.
by Klint Finley
Business
08.26.2019 08:35 AM

Trump’s Trade War Isn’t Just a US–China Problem

excerpt:

"However dubious Trump's claims are, many companies based both in the US and abroad already are looking for alternatives to China due to the trade war. Plenty of countries offer attractive options—although, it seems, not so much the US.

For example, last year solar energy technology company Enphase, which is based in California, announced it would produce some of its products in Mexico to avoid tariffs. Likewise, Apple announced that it would move some of its iPhone assembly from Taiwanese manufacturing company Foxconn's facilities in China to its facilities in India. Southeast Asian countries like Thailand, Malaysia, and especially Vietnam have been some of the biggest beneficiaries of these shifts. Nintendo, Sharp, and Kyocera, for example, have all recently announced plans to shift some production from China to Vietnam."


"But Vietnam isn’t the only winner. Mexico passed China this year to become the US's largest trading partner, though the US still imports more products from China than Mexico. The $9.9 billion trade deficit between the US and Mexico, in Mexico's favor, for the month of June this year was the largest monthly imbalance on record between the two countries, according to the Census Bureau. India, Malaysia, Thailand, and Taiwan all saw upticks in exports to the US and around the world last year, as the US trade deficit hit a record high of $891.3 billion for 2018. Economists argue that trade deficits aren’t necessarily a bad thing. But it’s clear that Trump’s attempts at lowering the deficit haven’t worked."

 

Trump’s Trade War Isn’t Just a US–China Problem

excerpt:

"Many of these issues are hypothetical. But that's part of the problem. The trade war has created uncertainty for companies and economies around the world, and the volatility of the Trump administration makes things worse. For example, in May, Trump threatened a 5 percent tariff on Mexico over immigration policy. The administration backed down, but concerns among businesses linger.

"Companies don't know where they should relocate," says Barbara Weisel, managing director at Rock Creek Global Advisors and former assistant US trade representative for Southeast Asia. "They don't know which country will be the next target. That leads businesses to slow investments, slow decisions.""

 

Attempting to reason with the same people who elected Donald Duck is a complete waste of time, and you might as well be spouting democratic party propaganda designed to give people the impression they still have a functional government, and that somebody gives a crap about the public, other than what money they can get from them. Seriously, why would anyone in their right mind give a crap about Americans today, when their government is led by the KKK and their only response is to complain the KKK are insane and we should "Vote the bums out of office"?

You'd swear they're waiting for Donald Duck to declare martial law, before admitting they no longer have a functional democracy.

 

This one is a good example.

I will put it to you (maybe again, or maybe it was someone else)

....That this all started before Trump even took office. And of course most of the world doesnt check with the US to decide where to set up shop. Particularly in relation to the rise of Vietnam as an example.

It was inevitable the world was going to spread its risk. Relying too much on China is putting your eggs all in one basket

The worlds credit problems, automation, the disparity between rich and poor, even population growth are far bigger problems than one country slapping tarriffs on another

 

Yesterday I saw a dude wearing a MAGA hat, the first one I've seen. He was exceedingly old and could barely walk. I briefly considered knocking him down and stealing his hat so I'd make national news, but I had to get back to work.