Originally Posted by LarryS View Post
Originally Posted by MisterV View Post
Obama was NOT stupid.

His problem was he was too political, not decisive enough.

Trump is at the other end of the spectrum: impulsive, decision, without a political bone in his body.

Neither are "best."
but he is getting done, the things on his checklist one by one....the things on his running platform.

you may not agree with those things, but he has shown an ability to walk the walk after he talked the talk.

He has given a promised tax decrease, he is addressing illegal immigration that is killing out healthcare system and our schools, he is addressing poor trade agreements which when the smoke clears we will eventually win with, he is working to dismantle obamacare first by defunding it thereby lighting a fire under the ass of congress and senate to move on it.(even bill clinton said there were real problems with it in the campaign).

So what that he does the above with brashness and conceit, and with ignorant statements. He wasnt elected to be politcally correct. He was elected to get shit done
I'm with Trump. I'm itching for a global trade war.

The English charge 4 times the tariff on American cars than we charge them.
An American made motorcycle that sells for 9K here sells for 20K in Germany.
The Canadians charge a 270% tariff on American milk, cheese and butter. They do this not to protect thousands of family farmers in Canada but to protect a dozen conglomerates. The average Canadian pays $200 more per year for milk, cheese and butter than they should have to.

We have a 375 Billion dollar trade deficit with China. Take a look at the math. The Chinese import 130 billion a year from us. We import 505 billion a year from them. Trade barriers prevent us from doing any better. Trump announces 50 billion in tariffs. The Chinese respond with 50 billion in tariffs. Trump is now putting together another 200 billion in trade tariffs on the Chinese. How can they respond? They only have another 80 billion to work with. If they fire off any more trade tariffs Trump will then put tariffs on remaining 250 billion.

The trade war will hurt the Chinese a hell of a lot more than it will hurt us. And Trump will then be negotiating from a position of power. It's best we get this trade war going while the economy is strong. So let's go Trump. Bang the shit out of them. I'm willing to pay more for goods until the Chinese wise up.