@Beemann yeah that's my main issue with him. That and he's not done much to decrease federal spending. (Granted that's not really his job)

I like the tax cuts, but tax cuts without a cut in spending just results in more debt and will speed the coming collapse of the dollar.

he is just too knee jerk, and will be swung by major events even when the solution he's working on will do nothing for it

this is the issue with voting in a wildcard who doesnt get bogged down by congress

Yeah, I wish he were more principled.

He's been great on trade and the border, but too reactive elsewhere

I would actually prefer if Trump had Obama/Trudeau activity levels, but then a good chunk of his voterbase would be radicalizing tbh

he's not addressing the core issue behind trade still

What would you say that is?

the fact that the US promises X Y and Z but trades with countries that dont

it's honestly the same concept that has the automation apocalypse people spooked

but essentially regulation has made it more financially viable to ship raw materials halfway around the world, and cheap products back again for people to replace sometimes monthly or yearly

than it is to pay an American to make a good product

Tariff fuckery from China aside, that problem will still remain and only be obfuscated as long as protectionism is in full swing, and I doubt most companies in NA are going to make significant changes as long as theyre comfortably making money at an investor pleasing rate - even if that profit is artificially driven

thinking about it more actually, you could get around this to a greater extent (though not completely) by automating and then retraining people, the primary issue likely boiling down to the culture around jobs in some areas of the 'States, and the lack of communal support, which should be counted on both in motivating people to make better job decisions, and easing social costs while those decisions are made. Right now the Coal industry is being held up, when it's really not terribly efficient and has been causing y'all to blow up fucking mountains to get more coal. Because those same people have been convinced that this is their trade and that's how it has been and should always be, any suggestion to shift them sideways into another energy source is going to be met with a lot of anger, but government cant be expected to prop that shit up by directly funding it, or bringing nuclear down

That's all true. The problem is that it's not really something that Trump has full control over. At least he's doing something so that even though I would be fine with isolationism if done right, at least our trade deals are being re-negotiated in terms semi favorable to us.

Even if we can't compete with deregulated economies.

Trump is actually in one of the positions where he could do something about it, it just wouldn't be popular, and it might involve more meddling before there's less

I guess that's what I mean. Sure he might technically have the authority, but he would be killing his re-election chances.

After 2020 is when I would take the more unpopular actions if I were him.

I dont think he will though, that's the thing

Probably not. But at least he's doing more, and it's not like there are many other options thanks to our two party system.

The two party system is aids.

And yet there hasn't been anything else implemented throughout all of human history due to the, dare I say, _bigoted_ nature of humanity

@Deleted User wut... I'm pretty sure that's just white man's culture.

No other culture has two party system problems.

@[DGI]tech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7wnyDBr-9M

@Legalize no can do, sorry @Peachpanther I'm at work.

Is he waiting until Wednesday?

theory: epstein died of asphyxia induced cardiac arrest from vigorous masturbation and erotic asphyxiation

Epstein didn't die

He only respawned

I went into voice, but @Peachpanther isn't talking

Am I supposed to be listening in braille or some shit?

Isn't that called morse code?

Epstein was never actually in prison, it's been a body double this whole time

I wonder if there's ever been a blind dude who had no arms, had to read braille with his dick

why not his face?

like that dude who plays SF with his mouth

SF?

tongue is far more sensitive

Wonder if he could use eccolocation.

err, has higher resolution