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Trump
Jun 1, 2018 13:22:30 GMT -4
Post by Captain Obvious on Jun 1, 2018 13:22:30 GMT -4
Trump said 2 years ago that those numbers were fake. Can't give him any credit for fake numbers! A couple things: 1) He should watch his tweets - an hour before the actual numbers were released he tweeted that he was looking forward to seeing the jobs report in the news. Senior administration officials, including the President obviously, know these reports days ahead of time - tweeting like this signals ahead of the market opening could be used to open an insider trading investigation by the SEC and you could get some pissed off short sellers filing lawsuits as they have probably lost $$ today with the DJIA up , I suspect they would have thought the market down with the tariffs going into effect. 2) Labor participation index went down so only 2/3 of the drop in unemployment rate is based upon actual hiring. From a tweet I read... Adding 223,000 jobs in May is a good #JobsReport. I wish Trump and the Republicans would have acknowledged that on any of the 4 previous Mays in the Obama administration when that happened. data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001?output_view=net_1mth … May 2010: 522K May 2013: 240K May 2014: 252K May 2015: 326K
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Trump
Jun 6, 2018 4:11:49 GMT -4
Post by hal on Jun 6, 2018 4:11:49 GMT -4
The Philadelphia Eagles were uninvited to The White House . Not one Eagle kneeled during the National Anthem last Season . However that didn't stop Trump from calling them unpatriotic................Ken Read of Sportsnet had a good line ....."he calls The Eagles Unpatriotic.........then shows a Video of Trump and the Marines Marching Band doing their rendition of God Bless America in front of the White House and the President doesn't even know the words "
* " they should have set up a teleprompter for him.............hell they did it for Elvis " !
Classic !
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Trump
Jun 6, 2018 6:56:23 GMT -4
Post by Captain Obvious on Jun 6, 2018 6:56:23 GMT -4
The Philadelphia Eagles were uninvited to The White House . Not one Eagle kneeled during the National Anthem last Season . However that didn't stop Trump from calling them unpatriotic................Ken Read of Sportsnet had a good line ....."he calls The Eagles Unpatriotic.........then shows a Video of Trump and the Marines Marching Band doing their rendition of God Bless America in front of the White House and the President doesn't even know the words " * " they should have set up a teleprompter for him.............hell they did it for Elvis " ! Classic ! Show just how much of a fraud Trump is. He just highjacks the military/flag/patriotism theme to push his agenda, the guy had 5 deferments from the military by faking bone spurs. This has nothing to do with Democrat or Republican, the guy ran on being straight and transparent with voters and he wouldn't even release his tax returns, unlike the last 45-50 people that ran for president...
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Trump
Jun 11, 2018 7:38:53 GMT -4
Post by Captain Obvious on Jun 11, 2018 7:38:53 GMT -4
Trump badly embarrassed his country on the weekend by acting like a petulant toddler at the G7...this is the same guy that kisses Putin's ass but he can't have a normal conversation with Canadian, German and UK leaders...even most Republicans said he made an ass out of himself.
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Trump
Jun 12, 2018 7:36:26 GMT -4
Post by Captain Obvious on Jun 12, 2018 7:36:26 GMT -4
So Trump gives Kim everything he wants and gets...nothing...in return!!! If Obama had legitimatized a murderous dictator the GOP would have burnt Washington DC to the ground.
Doug Mataconis @dmataconis · 1h1 hour ago
More So Kim got:
1. The recognition and veneer of legitimacy that comes from a face-to-face meeting with the President of the United States
2. Cancellation of US/ROK military exercises
What did he give up?
Nothing that I can see.
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Trump
Jun 12, 2018 9:15:10 GMT -4
Post by moosefan1994 on Jun 12, 2018 9:15:10 GMT -4
nationalpost.com/news/world/donald-trump-and-kim-jong-un-signed-something-in-singapore-heres-what-it-saysCurious, nowhere in the text does it state that the U.S. will be giving North Korea hundreds of billions of dollars nor does it say that Trump will allow North Korea illegal access to the U.S. banking system to convert currency unlike what happened with Iran in 2015. The sanctions are still on with the threat of more onerous sanctions if North Korea takes a step out of line. It remains to be seen what will happen but one thing is clear, Trump has accomplished more in one summit than Obama did in 8 years, of course it wouldn't have taken much to do that since Obama did nothing with respect to North Korea in his time in office aside from telling Trump on his way out of the Oval Office that North Korea was the greatest threat.
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Trump
Jun 12, 2018 9:23:23 GMT -4
Post by Captain Obvious on Jun 12, 2018 9:23:23 GMT -4
nationalpost.com/news/world/donald-trump-and-kim-jong-un-signed-something-in-singapore-heres-what-it-saysCurious, nowhere in the text does it state that the U.S. will be giving North Korea hundreds of billions of dollars nor does it say that Trump will allow North Korea illegal access to the U.S. banking system to convert currency unlike what happened with Iran in 2015. The sanctions are still on with the threat of more onerous sanctions if North Korea takes a step out of line. It remains to be seen what will happen but one thing is clear, Trump has accomplished more in one summit than Obama did in 8 years, of course it wouldn't have taken much to do that since Obama did nothing with respect to North Korea in his time in office aside from telling Trump on his way out of the Oval Office that North Korea was the greatest threat. That's a crock of bullshit that goes against facts. There was an Iran agreement with verifiable targets and clear inspections from the UN. Every civilized nation on the planet was against tearing up the Iran deal but Trump being the hair brain idiot he is had to do it to try and look tough. He went to NK and legitimized a guy that kills his own people and operates a suppressive regime, he ended up giving up military exercises that help secure a US ally in South Korea and got nothing in return. Why even meet with NK and legitimize them without getting anything back? He basically bent over and took it up the ass...he even had the audacity to talk up Kim like some great leader of his people...pure idiocy. David JollyVerified account @davidjollyfl Follow Follow @davidjollyfl More Trump on Kim: "A talented man who loves his country very much. An honor to meet him." For the record of history, never before has a U.S. President spoken this way of a dictator accused of crimes against his own people.
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Trump
Jun 12, 2018 9:53:11 GMT -4
Post by Captain Obvious on Jun 12, 2018 9:53:11 GMT -4
Joon LeeVerified account @joonlee · 40m40 minutes ago
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Joon Lee Retweeted Jake Tapper
Trump on Kim Jong-Un: “He loves his people.”
Incomplete list of ways Kim treats his people - Traps 120,000 in prison camps for speaking out against the dictatorship - Starves, tortures, forced to work and rapes his own people in prison camps - Publicly executes political enemies
Vipin Narang @narangvipin · 2h2 hours ago
More Vipin Narang Retweeted Ankit Panda
President Trump said he was going to take away Kim’s nuclear weapons. Instead he legitimized the value of nuclear weapons in international politics. Even a “pipsqueak fourth rate power” can bring the US to the table and win if it has nuclear weapons. Open season now.
...yet the orange idiot kisses his ass like he is the pope!
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Trump
Jun 12, 2018 10:29:33 GMT -4
Post by moosefan1994 on Jun 12, 2018 10:29:33 GMT -4
There are still thousands (over 30000) of U.S. troops stationed in South Korea that will not be leaving anytime soon, there are still groups of U.S. Navy ships that were ordered by Trump last year.
I suspect that the U.S. also has aircraft groups with the F-35 ready to go - when Israel bombed Syria a few weeks ago there was rumor they did it with the F-35 and if Israel has them you know the U.S. has them over in the Pacific as they are deadly.
Trump is going with the carrot and stick approach here - giving up the annual war games is nothing, those troops are well trained and ready at any time if Kim did something stupid. North Korea has recently given back hostages and didn't get billions of dollars for doing it, Obama gave a hundred billion dollars to Iran and didn't get any of the American hostages still being held in Iran. Because Iran got that $$ they haven't improved their behavior as Obama, Clinton and Kerry foolishly hoped for. Iran is behind the rebellion in Yemen and are still causing trouble in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Afghanistan etc.
Iran had way too much control over when inspections could be done- as to when, as to how much notice was given etc- it was a deal which was going to lead to Iran getting nuclear weapons down the road . Even Chuck Schumer was against that deal until Trump cancelled it... because he has to be against anything Trump does I guess??
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Trump
Jun 12, 2018 10:39:45 GMT -4
Post by Captain Obvious on Jun 12, 2018 10:39:45 GMT -4
There are still thousands (over 30000) of U.S. troops stationed in South Korea that will not be leaving anytime soon, there are still groups of U.S. Navy ships that were ordered by Trump last year. I suspect that the U.S. also has aircraft groups with the F-35 ready to go - when Israel bombed Syria a few weeks ago there was rumor they did it with the F-35 and if Israel has them you know the U.S. has them over in the Pacific as they are deadly. Trump is going with the carrot and stick approach here - giving up the annual war games is nothing, those troops are well trained and ready at any time if Kim did something stupid. North Korea has recently given back hostages and didn't get billions of dollars for doing it, Obama gave a hundred billion dollars to Iran and didn't get any of the American hostages still being held in Iran. Because Iran got that $$ they haven't improved their behavior as Obama, Clinton and Kerry foolishly hoped for. Iran is behind the rebellion in Yemen and are still causing trouble in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Afghanistan etc. Iran had way too much control over when inspections could be done- as to when, as to how much notice was given etc- it was a deal which was going to lead to Iran getting nuclear weapons down the road . Even Chuck Schumer was against that deal until Trump cancelled it... because he has to be against anything Trump does I guess?? Stop spreading disinformation, Obama never gave Iran a dime...Iran got back funds that were their own that were in frozen accounts by an international court from decades ago. It was a big success on many levels. Obama put together the Iran deal which officials in all countries did not want to break, including those in the Pentagon but trump went rogue on even his own advisors.
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Trump
Jun 12, 2018 10:44:12 GMT -4
Post by Captain Obvious on Jun 12, 2018 10:44:12 GMT -4
This is yet another blatant example of the Faux News hypocricy...
Edward-Isaac DovereVerified account @isaacdovere · 22m22 minutes ago
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Edward-Isaac Dovere Retweeted Marco Rubio
"Tough guy? This guy inherited $200 million. .. If he had not inherited $200 million, right now he would be selling watches in Times Square or be doing one of those infomercials on Saturday morning where he promises to teach you how to flip properties." - Marco Rubio, 2/26/16
Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich · 2h2 hours ago
More Fun true fact: North Korea previously pledged denuclearization in 1985, 1992, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2016. Each pledge was a lie. If you believe any promise Kim made to Trump, I have five failed casinos in Atlantic City to sell you.
Joe WalshVerified account @walshfreedom · 21h21 hours ago
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Trump publicly stating that Kim "loves his own people" may be the most ignorant, most offensive thing Donald Trump has ever said.
Kim terrorizes, imprisons & kills his own people. He purposely keeps them impoverished. He purposely denies them basic human freedoms.
That's love?
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Trump
Jun 12, 2018 10:44:40 GMT -4
Post by moosefan1994 on Jun 12, 2018 10:44:40 GMT -4
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Trump
Jun 12, 2018 10:52:19 GMT -4
Post by Captain Obvious on Jun 12, 2018 10:52:19 GMT -4
Again, more bullshit propaganda. The money Iran got was theirs which was in frozen accounts for decades. "The money was legally due to Iran. The country had paid America for military equipment in 1979, but then the Iranian revolution came and the hardware was never delivered."
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Trump
Jun 12, 2018 13:43:57 GMT -4
Post by moosefan1994 on Jun 12, 2018 13:43:57 GMT -4
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Trump
Jun 12, 2018 14:16:14 GMT -4
Post by Captain Obvious on Jun 12, 2018 14:16:14 GMT -4
Not sure if it's still the case, but part of that was because the US did not have regulations as tight on steroids and other "boosters" to chickens and cows. It was in most part to protect small Canadian farms from being wiped out by huge US ones. In the big picture of trade this is a drop in the bucket.
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