Buy or sell……….
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It really doesn’t matter what he does. 25% of the people are going to think he solved world hunger, 25% of the people are gonna think he raped and murdered kittens, and the rest of us are going to have to listen to the 25%ers argue about it.
The middle group feels like way fewer than 50%, but maybe the other two groups are just that loud about it.
It is more like 45, 45, & 10
I think kicks arce, unless he tries to name China Trump Land.
He’s doing a hell of a job with inflation, gas prices and foreign policy…Brownie
Let it be known that I’ve always been part of the 10.
not in a million years. anything he does he'll revoke the next tuesday
Are those sarcastirisks?
However it plays out, I am confident that he is going over there with a well thought out strategy. He won't make any kneejerk reactions, nor will he announce any short-sighted or counterintuitive policy decisions on Truth Social that might cause a spike in volatility indexes or additional rises in Treasury Yields...***
I know some previously hardcore MAGA folks who are 100% out on DJT. The house will be lost in the mid terms (as expected), hopefully the Rs will keep the Senate (I'm a big fan of gridlock and the government not getting stuff done). Nov 2028, if those elections happen, will be a huge blue wave.
With Tim Apple and Elon Musk in tow, everything will be solved!
- I am guessing some Yuge commitment From China to invest or buy stuff will be announced. No details will be given. A year from now, nothing will come of it, like so often before.
- AI issues and concerns won't actually be solved.
- Taiwan's independence won't actually be solved.
- Self- inflicted price increases due to reactionary tariff policies won't actually be solved.
- Reliable long term access to rare earth materials won't actually be solved.
- There is no need to open the Strait, since Trump has declared it's been open probably a dozen different times and ways, so that won't actually be solved.
Even if it's announced that we 'won' the meetings, both China and Trump have a history of totally ignoring promises and agreements.
There is 0 reason to think what is 'accomplished' will all happen.
- I am guessing some Yuge commitment From China to invest or buy stuff will be announced. No details will be given. A year from now, nothing will come of it, like so often before.
- AI issues and concerns won't actually be solved.
- Taiwan's independence won't actually be solved.
- Self- inflicted price increases due to reactionary tariff policies won't actually be solved.
- Reliable long term access to rare earth materials won't actually be solved.
- There is no need to open the Strait, since Trump has declared it's been open probably a dozen different times and ways, so that won't actually be solved.
Even if it's announced that we 'won' the meetings, both China and Trump have a history of totally ignoring promises and agreements.
There is 0 reason to think what is 'accomplished' will all happen.
The midterms may go well for the D's, but I think you're really underestimating just how awful that party has become if you think 28 will go well. Maybe they'll figure something out before then, but I'm seeing no signs of it.
Concur, the democrats run the absolute worst candidates. It'll be Gavin Newsom, who I refer to as the "Trump of the Left." If they'd find a middle of the road, Bill Clinton type candidate, it'd be a landslide.
The first party that manages to get a centrist through their primaries will win in a landslide. I don't see that happening anytime soon, probably not in my remaining lifetime.
My prediction on the meeting: there will be deals that sound good, on agricultural products or something similar, but nothing earth shaking. Half or more of the so called deals will be totally ignored by both sides.
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I'm predicting a 99% tariff on China upon his departure, reduced to 0.0001% by the time he lands in the good ole US of A, followed by an immediate 1 million percent tax on Canada, quickly repealed in favor of pulling military focus from the middle east in favor renewed war game planning for Greenland and Mexico occupation.
If Dems had anything remotely palatable to offer we wouldn't be in this mess, but the two party system is both broken, and firmly in control of our nation. The one thing that both parties agree on is keeping power within the existing two parties...
It's not set up to allow that. Heck, by the time I get to vote in the primaries there's usually only one candidate running. The illusion that we get a vote is just that. An illusion.
ranked choice would be a nice attempt at making such things more meaningful/hopeful
BUY.
and the reason I like the guy, is we have all become so conditioned to government shenanigans, and now a business owner comes in and shows exactly how pitiful our government (and congress) truly is.....as a private business owner, we cut the BS, and simply make things happen, and your feelings are of no concern
and the reason I like the guy, is we have all become so conditioned to government shenanigans, and now a business owner comes in and shows exactly how pitiful our government (and congress) truly is.....as a private business owner, we cut the BS, and simply make things happen, and your feelings are of no concern
Theater staged so both leaders can claim success for their countries then it will go back to business as usual next week. China will take care of the "party leaders" and we'll take care of our wealthiest and most influential .
Sounds nice in theory. But can you imagine the average voter trying to figure that out?
The problem with this is that it's very difficult to get gas prices to lower but very easy for them to spike. A president's biggest lever to pull would be suck up to OPEC and have them ramp up production - our producers are market driven and going to increase slowly. There's no financial motivation for them to increase quickly bc 1) it's expensive and 2) more difficult than to simply charge more.
But he can't pull that lever right now bc we Leroy Jenkinsed into the middle of OPEC territory and distribution routes. So he's going to play off gas prices as if they shouldn't matter to you or him since he can't possibly win there right now (despite inflation/gas being the reason he was put back in office).
Yeah. It looks like we once again went into a military operation with no real exit strategy at all. A mistake we've repeated many times going back to Korea.
Indeed. Polarize your image and platform and trade power back and forth with no effort to moderate for or deal making. Continue the money printing machine and keep enriching the ruling class and convince the rubes you actually care about them. I haven't seen any party truly interested in eliminating deficits with action or truly draining the swamp but they both sure do talk about it a lot.
Will be interesting if the masses ever figure this out before the economy tumbles and all the folks that benefited cash out and change hemispheres.
I think it was an assumption that our allies would help us control the strait should Iran try to shut her down (surely we knew they would?). Turns out spending the term crapping on our allies with tariffs and **** talking didn't fire them up to get involved with the operation. So...we're winging it. Good times.
It is genuinely surprising to see how in so many interviews he is like 'meh, it isnt a big deal' in response to gas prices.
Below are just a few of the countless tone deaf claims and comments...
March 12th
"The United States is the largest Oil Producer in the World, by far, so when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money."
April 16th
“They’re not very high. If you look at what they were supposed to be in order to get rid of a nuclear weapon, with the danger that entails. So the gas prices have come down very much over the last three, four days.”
April 23rd
“They would have opened it up three days ago,” Trump said of Iran. “They came to us and they said, ‘We will agree to open the strait.’”
“So I’m the one that kept it closed. We have total control of it, and it’ll open when they make a deal or something else happens that’s very positive.”
“I thought oil would go up to maybe $200 a barrel. And oil is a very different number than anyone thought,” Trump said. “In fact, this country is much lower because we have all the oil we can use.”
May 11th
“I think it’s a great idea. Yup, we’re going to take off the gas tax for a period of time, and when gas goes down, we’ll let it phase back in.”
Here we are now- 2 months after the President bragged that 'we make a lot of money' when oil prices go up and 3 weeks after the President claimed he chose to keep the Strait closed and that the US has total control of it.
We are apparently now going to ask Congress to suspend an 18 cent tax to lower gas prices. That tax funds highway construction, maintenance, bridge safety, and more.
We are going to stop funding that as a way to make gas prices be 47% more expensive than just before we bombed Iran, instead of the current pricing which is 53% more expensive.
Very rarely do I tie gas prices to presidents. I recognize that there are a ton of outside influences which make prices rise and fall during a presidency. That is the reality of a global economy and a global commodity.
Its been tough to say these last 2.5 months shouldnt be tied to Trump though.
Below are just a few of the countless tone deaf claims and comments...
March 12th
"The United States is the largest Oil Producer in the World, by far, so when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money."
April 16th
“They’re not very high. If you look at what they were supposed to be in order to get rid of a nuclear weapon, with the danger that entails. So the gas prices have come down very much over the last three, four days.”
April 23rd
“They would have opened it up three days ago,” Trump said of Iran. “They came to us and they said, ‘We will agree to open the strait.’”
“So I’m the one that kept it closed. We have total control of it, and it’ll open when they make a deal or something else happens that’s very positive.”
“I thought oil would go up to maybe $200 a barrel. And oil is a very different number than anyone thought,” Trump said. “In fact, this country is much lower because we have all the oil we can use.”
May 11th
“I think it’s a great idea. Yup, we’re going to take off the gas tax for a period of time, and when gas goes down, we’ll let it phase back in.”
Here we are now- 2 months after the President bragged that 'we make a lot of money' when oil prices go up and 3 weeks after the President claimed he chose to keep the Strait closed and that the US has total control of it.
We are apparently now going to ask Congress to suspend an 18 cent tax to lower gas prices. That tax funds highway construction, maintenance, bridge safety, and more.
We are going to stop funding that as a way to make gas prices be 47% more expensive than just before we bombed Iran, instead of the current pricing which is 53% more expensive.
Very rarely do I tie gas prices to presidents. I recognize that there are a ton of outside influences which make prices rise and fall during a presidency. That is the reality of a global economy and a global commodity.
Its been tough to say these last 2.5 months shouldnt be tied to Trump though.
tell them it's for American Idol auditions and they need to rank their favorite...