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19.06.2019, 16:32
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | | | | | | What does the "greatest commander in chief of all times" need a defence secretary for anyway?
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19.06.2019, 17:22
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | The 2020 launch was in Orlando, the main local paper wrote
“Some readers will wonder how we could possibly eliminate a candidate so far before an election, and before knowing the identity of his opponent. Because there’s no point pretending we would ever recommend that readers vote for Trump,” the editorial board wrote.
“After 2½ years we’ve seen enough. Enough of the chaos, the division, the schoolyard insults, the self-aggrandizement, the corruption, and especially the lies.”
The Sentinel dubbed Trump’s “successful assault on truth” as “the great casualty of this presidency, followed closely by his war on decency” and said the commander in chief “has diminished our standing in the world.”
Poll: Trump trails Biden and Bernie in Florida
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By JEFF GREENFIELD | | | | | It is noteworthy that the Sentinel is a Republican-leaning paper and has consistently endorsed Republican candidates for several years, if not decades.
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21.06.2019, 01:28
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: |  | | | President Trump said Thursday that he believes Iran mistakenly shot down the US drone, saying he finds it "hard to believe it was intentional."
"Probably Iran made a mistake. I would imagine it was a general or somebody who made a mistake in shooting that drone down," Trump said.
"I find it hard to believe it was intentional. I think it could've been somebody that was loose and stupid," Trump said. "It was a very foolish move, that I can tell you."
Trump assured that the situation is "all going to work out." | | | | | Trump likes to portray himself as a tough guy and sends out tweets with aggressive rhetoric but when it comes to a real critical situation that needs strong Presidential action then he walks away.
Same when N. Korea resumed missile testing he just said something like "Kim is his friend".
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21.06.2019, 10:15
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | Trump likes to portray himself as a tough guy and sends out tweets with aggressive rhetoric but when it comes to a real critical situation that needs strong Presidential action then he walks away.
Same when N. Korea resumed missile testing he just said something like "Kim is his friend".
Typical keyboard warrior.  | | | | | I'm not sure, I can't imagine he would have any hesitation in laying down other men's lives if he thought it made him look better on the world stage, instead of the out-of-his-depth clown he is typically portrayed as, and that by those with first hand experience.
Remember the sum total of his military experience is dodging the draft, he knows he'll be out of harms way whatever happens, he doesn't care if others lose lives or limbs.
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21.06.2019, 10:35
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | I'm not sure, I can't imagine he would have any hesitation in laying down other men's lives if he thought it made him look better on the world stage, instead of the out-of-his-depth clown he is typically portrayed as, and that by those with first hand experience.
Remember the sum total of his military experience is dodging the draft, he knows he'll be out of harms way whatever happens, he doesn't care if others lose lives or limbs. | | | | | I was not advocating war when I wrote "strong Presidential action" I was thinking more of phoning the Ayatollah and laying down red lines rather than tweeting. I doubt he is really strong in one to one meetings which is why his meetings with Kim, Putin and Ki were not witnessed or documented.
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21.06.2019, 10:59
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President?
I can't say that I would have been against Iran being declawed as a major regional power.
However, major retaliation for an unmanned drone is a tad excessive.
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21.06.2019, 14:46
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | I can't say that I would have been against Iran being declawed as a major regional power.
However, major retaliation for an unmanned drone is a tad excessive. | | | | | Totally agree. Did you see Lindsay Graham's interview? He's in favor of a huge military strike of some sort to "inflict serious pain". | 
21.06.2019, 14:49
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | However, major retaliation for an unmanned drone is a tad excessive. | | | | | Even more so as the US shot down civilian jet Iran Air Flight 655 in 1988 in the Strait of Hormuz, killing all 290 civilians on board. The two countries reached some kind of agreement, some millions were paid, but still.
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21.06.2019, 15:34
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | I was not advocating war when I wrote "strong Presidential action" I was thinking more of phoning the Ayatollah and laying down red lines rather than tweeting. I doubt he is really strong in one to one meetings which is why his meetings with Kim, Putin and Ki were not witnessed or documented. | | | | | Can't disagree with that, he's been shown to be a pussy one on one, he can't even fire people orange face to face, so does it by proxy.
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21.06.2019, 16:35
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | he can't even fire people orange face to face | | | | | He pretend fires people on The Apprentice. Does that count?
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21.06.2019, 17:12
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | He pretend fires people on The Apprentice. Does that count? | | | | | Hi supporters think the Apprentice was real life so to them, yes.
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22.06.2019, 16:21
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | Can't disagree with that, he's been shown to be a pussy one on one, he can't even fire people orange face to face, so does it by proxy. | | | | | Trump threatened “fire and fury” against North Korea, hinted at military action in Venezuela and warned that he could bring about the “official end of Iran but he always backed off.
I appreciate him not starting wars but his failure to back up his fiery rhetoric risks he will not be taken seriously in future; best would be if he dropped the fiery rhetoric and reverted to normal diplomacy!
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22.06.2019, 22:35
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | Trump threatened “fire and fury” against North Korea, hinted at military action in Venezuela and warned that he could bring about the “official end of Iran but he always backed off.
I appreciate him not starting wars but his failure to back up his fiery rhetoric risks he will not be taken seriously in future; best would be if he dropped the fiery rhetoric and reverted to normal diplomacy! | | | | | And again | Quote: |  | | | President Trump announced he would delay an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation that would have deported as many as 2,000 migrant families for two weeks.
The plan, which was first reported this week, was set to involve predawn raids Sunday morning in cities with major immigrant communities such as Houston, Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles. The operation would target migrant families who have already received deportation orders. | | | | | Source
I am glad they delayed this deportation but Trump has again demonstrated he is just a bag of wind!
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23.06.2019, 13:02
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The law of unintended consequences seems to be working well for the trade war with China!
Vietnam’s trade with the United States rose to $24.06 billion through the first four months of 2019, according to a WorldCity analysis of latest U.S. Census Bureau data, U.S. imports from Vietnam rose 38.35 percent.
The U.S. deficit with Vietnam was $17.33 billion. Source
Taiwan and Cambodia imports also up over 20% in the same period also with growing trade gaps.
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23.06.2019, 14:37
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Deleted Trump tweet
Why did he delete this?
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24.06.2019, 00:02
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Tucker Carlson criticizes Trump left, right and center for getting the US within minutes of war with Iran over the drone shootdown.
Weird times indeed. | 
24.06.2019, 00:19
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Think about it: they'll be making documentaries about this in fifty or sixty years, when the files are declassified - just like the Cuban Missile Crisis.
This time, we are witnessing it ourselves. We've even got front-row seats, if you want to see it that way.
Well, provided we make it to the next decade. At all.
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24.06.2019, 00:19
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | Tucker Carlson criticizes Trump left, right and center for getting the US within minutes of war with Iran over the drone shootdown.
Weird times indeed. | | | | | Weird indeed, some media claim "Fox News' Tucker Carlson Reportedly at Center of Trump's Decision Not to Bomb Iran".
If true, do more of the same.
Leaving aside the over over weird that a US President gets most of his intelligence briefings, advice and direction from Fox News hosts.
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24.06.2019, 10:23
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | And again Source
I am glad they delayed this deportation but Trump has again demonstrated he is just a bag of wind! | | | | | Some media are advancing the theory that the Iran and deportation policy reversals are due to Trumps concerns about 2020 reelection.
They say that images of dead Iranian civilians being carried from burning buildings or screaming women and children dragged from homes of illegal immigrants would be negative for him. Agreed 2020 election is a long way away but such images can be kept and replayed by rivals on the campaign trail.
A more extreme theory is that Trump would be the last Republican President!! Based on the fact that firstly he has destroyed the GOP image as the party of Fiscal thrift; he has increased the national Debt by more than $2 Trillion and is on track to increase it by more than Obama did despite claiming on the campaign trail he would wipe it out!
Also he has reinforced the GOP image as a party that is anti-colour, anti-gay, anti-LGBT and anti-women. Just look at all the photos he tweets of himself surrounded by white males.
Of course the economy is doing well under Trump although wage increases are still minimal. Other than the 2017 tax cuts, it is not obvious what Trump does/did to improve the economy.
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| | Re: Will Trump be a Good President? | Quote: | |  | | | Weird indeed, some media claim "Fox News' Tucker Carlson Reportedly at Center of Trump's Decision Not to Bomb Iran".
If true, do more of the same.
Leaving aside the over over weird that a US President gets most of his intelligence briefings, advice and direction from Fox News hosts. | | | | | Why would anyone think that.
Maybe the strategy is just to put Tucker in the spotlight more, he totally deserves high credit.
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