that normal americans think tearing up the Iran deal was a good thing is terrifying

Trump runs on the idea of getting america out of the useless wars, especially in the ME and then tears up the best move in that direction in probably 40 years

the trade war with china was an instant own-goal, requiring a farmer bailout, which insulates some of the people whom voted for Trump from the consequences they deserves, a massive moral hazard the republican party is stereotypically hypocritical about

dunno how much more obvious anything can be, from the party of Personal Responsibility, as BLATANT shielding of it and within months, and it's probably never going to reverse becuse china found other suppliers

trump team even called Canada a national security threat during our trade talks with them, jesus

America's geopolitics are not complicated, but you cannot bring in the model of a business and obviously not being corrupt helps. Trump fires anybody who tries to explain the basics to him, so there is no learning to be done, similar to in here

only intelligent person there now is Robert Lighthizer, who definitely loves AMerica, but his stance is way too harsh when you consider the US barely trades as a percentage of GDP. playing hardball with these countries that are our security allies is losing good will and security cooperation for barely no economic effect at all, but it makes for good headlines

Lighthizer is a good guy, but coming home after being harsh to japan or canada, is just a PR stunt to look tough to trump's base

the optics effect internal politics in those countries, and look at how Trudeu and Macron treat trump and by extension America now in international meetings. The Leaders of France and Canada being caught clowing a US president?

Unthinkable even with Dubya

LITERALLY the laughing stock of the world

I mean Trump went to Europe and tried to get bilateral talks going with members of the EU

how fucking stupid can you be

it's a trade block, they dont do bilateral deals, each country he asked had to tell him that , ELIF style

Trump is Trump, he was always a dunce, but what it shows about the base he has is the really sad part. They are going to be an anchor around US for 20-50 years because they dont have the maturity to admit being wrong, so they will double down on Trumpism until they die

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You give Trump way too much credit if you think hes being true to a business strategy in his governing.

no doubt, he clearly is no business strategist either

His father and Roy Cohn taught him an army of lawyers goes a long way. Always be the first to sue, always mire everything in litigation, especially eyes into your own finances. Trump doesn't create wealth, his brand is all that matters, and with enough real estate assets and bullying, even terrible business decisions have little consequence
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-trump-bankrupted-the-taj-mahal-2017-5
`The reality of the Trumps' arrangement with the casino was a little bit more complicated than that. The casino ended up spending a ton of money on Trump products, including about a quarter of a million dollars for Trump-branded water in both 2009 and 2010, filings show. Those payments, however, went to third-party vendors — to whoever it is that gets a cut of that particular piece of the Trump brand — and through them into the Trump universe.

From the filing:


"In the normal course of business, we engage in various transactions with other entities owned by the Trump Parties. We engaged in the following transactions: $47,000 and $79,000 for leasing certain office space in Trump Tower in Manhattan during 2010 and 2009, respectively; $3,000 and $77,000 for the periodic use of Mr. Trump's airplane and golf courses to entertain high-end customers during 2010 and 2009, respectively; and $33,000 in helicopter lease payments during 2010.

"Additionally, in the ordinary course of business during 2010 and 2009, we purchased from third party vendors $405,000 and $500,000, respectively, of Trump labeled merchandise, including $271,000 and $277,000, respectively, for Trump Ice bottled water served to our customers. While we do not directly pay royalties on such merchandise to Mr. Trump, he may be entitled to royalties from these third party vendors."`

Depreciation

Lol

```According to a report from Voice of America, military leaders at the Pentagon are growing increasingly concerned with the popularity of Russian President Vladimir Putin within the military ranks due to the influence of Russian propaganda and Donald Trump’s boosterism.

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```Donald Trump broke out of his Twitter hibernation on Saturday afternoon just before flying off to Florida for a pair of fundraisers, and used the opportunity to declare himself the “greatest of all presidents.”```

Lol

What legislation is that?

Remember the infrastructure bill he didn’t do?

https://twitter.com/galendruke/status/1203718888682401792?s=21

lol that statement

McConnell is holding up everything except the judge appointments

Meadows is probably gone since the re-districting, asheville will no longer be all chopped up

Good point

They tried so hard, but I think NC is too smart for current day GOP

and the military people aren't stupid either, they watched that senate shit with the medical stuff

It’s definitely a swing state

And certainly part of the “sun belt” path

As soon as it opens up, republicans can’t hold the national government

They may have a gap here between the closing of the rust belt and opening of the sun belt

But like, Texas will be blue in the 2030 census

do you think the 'democrats' will stay together or will the liberals and progressives part ways?

It's been a while since there's been any official divide in an American Party