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President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Nov 12, 2016.

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  1. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    I always figured trump as a person who takes the path of least resistance and who is desperate to be ‘highly respected’. He’s mentally weak and obviously lazy. The path of least resistance seems to be that of a populist. Jared and Ivanka are about the money because that’s how the get paternal attention. But Donald needs to be adored. I figured he would become the rich kid with no friends on the playground and give out candy to buy friends.
     
    heyabbott, Apr 3, 2020
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  2. Deskgrunt50

    Deskgrunt50 Well-Known Member

    How has the medical supply chain not be federalized? Which Republicans are making huge profits off this bidding war?
     
    Deskgrunt50, Apr 3, 2020
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  3. garrow

    garrow Well-Known Member

    Why aren't Trump's vast (and empty) hotel properties in NYC and DC being used for patients?
     
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    garrow, Apr 3, 2020
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  4. Jake from State Farm

    Jake from State Farm Well-Known Member

    Trump is a capitalist
    He likes it when states bid against each other and suppliers raise prices
    He doesn’t give a shit about the common good
     
    Jake from State Farm, Apr 3, 2020
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  5. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    They're too busy fighting with their foreign creditors to not make loan payments due to the crisis.
     
    Inky_Wretch, Apr 3, 2020
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  6. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    1) Trump isn't a capatlist. At least he isn't a free market capitalist. He is all about trying to game rigged systems, whether it has been in his personal business. ... or him as president, where he has acted dictitorial in his belief that he can manage the economy from the top down. He has used tariffs, he has given farmers subsidies, he thinks trade terms should be dictated by the government, he just signed a $2.2 trillion spending bill that has government picking winners in the capital stucture, and he has continually harranged the Federal Reserve to fix the price of money so it is cheaper than free; that is the most important price in capitalism and a free market doesn't set it. Trump is an anti-capitalist.
    2) Also, what you described isn't capitalism. States are part of the government. When the response to this is for the government to take over the market and coordinate the response from the top down, driving out private buyers. ... it's not capitalism. Even if it was, capitalism doesn't mean that everyone bids against each other and therefore suppliers raise prices. In an actual free market, prices are exactly where supply meets demand. Suppliers have no more power to dictate a price than buyers do. There would also be way more buyers than just the states helping to find an equilibrium price.
     
    The Big Ragu, Apr 3, 2020
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  7. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Well, he's certainly not a communist or socialist in the sense that he thinks the government should do anything at all whatsoever to benefit the citizenry -- except insofar it helps keep him in power.
     
    Starman, Apr 3, 2020
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  8. garrow

    garrow Well-Known Member

    Plenty of adjectives that end in "ist" to describe Trump before "capitalist."
     
    garrow, Apr 3, 2020
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  9. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    Which we’re gonna need to protect ourselves from the MAGgAts.
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Apr 3, 2020
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  10. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

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    I think it might be time to rewatch They Live.
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Apr 3, 2020
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  11. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Is Fatboy on teevee again?
     
    Starman, Apr 3, 2020
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  12. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    No, that’s what Jared looks like when you put the right sunglasses on.
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Apr 3, 2020
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