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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

    He’s functionally illiterate for an executive. Incapable of reading and comprehending more than a few sentences. He has no grasp of theory and hypothesis. He’s a parrot at best, able to repeat a few words that others repeatedly say
     
    heyabbott, Jul 28, 2018
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  2. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    DanOregon, Jul 28, 2018
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  3. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    heyabbott, Jul 28, 2018
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  4. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    poindexter, Jul 28, 2018
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  5. Slacker

    Slacker Well-Known Member

    "And then we got ice cream! And I got two scoops!"
     
    Slacker, Jul 28, 2018
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  6. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    This is just awesome watching you jump through hoops to defend this moron.

    I have been in tons of meetings with execs, multi multi millionaires, and CEOs.

    Never, in our preparation, did we worry about dumbing down stuff.


    This is hilarious.
     
    poindexter, Jul 28, 2018
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  7. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    It’s sad actually. It doesn’t appear to be trolling. It appears to believe.
     
    heyabbott, Jul 28, 2018
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  8. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Who says it was dumbed down? The original article is behind a paywall, but the article linked here says this:

    European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker reportedly used brightly coloured flash cards to explain international trade to US president Donald Trump.

    The pair met at the White House earlier this week for trade negotiations and Mr Juncker used cards with simple language and easy-to-understand explanations, according to a senior EU official who was at the meeting and spoke to the Wall Street Journal.

    “Each card had at most three figures about a specific topic, such as trade in cars or standards for medical devices,” the paper reported.

    The official said the EU team of negotiators was aware it was “not an academic seminar”.

    The meeting, according to the senior EU official, went well with Mr Trump appearing “charming” and “well-briefed”.

    Sorry, but that's just wise strategy for anyone making a presentation.

    This is only a story because how it's been framed, and because people's preconceptions.
     
    YankeeFan, Jul 28, 2018
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  9. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    Eisenhower did the same thing with Churchill to explain D-Day
     
    heyabbott, Jul 28, 2018
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  10. QYFW

    QYFW Well-Known Member

    Interesting take.

     
    QYFW, Jul 28, 2018
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  11. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I have no idea what happens now that the meeting between Jean-Claude Junker and Trump is in the rear view mirror, and the optics will have to give way to action or inaction.

    But to the extent that it does away with any tariffs, silly regulations and the corruption that goes with both of those things (and I am not hopeful of any of that), it is a great thing for consumers. People should be mindful of that.

    I have always said that you can do a free trade agreement on a cocktail napkin. Get the governments out of the way and let anyone choose to to trade with whoever they choose at whatever terms they both freely agree to.

    I have no faith that is where we are headed. The EU has never been about that. It's been all corruption and mindless bureaucrats who have never held actual jobs outside of their bureaucracies, dictating everything to everyone else. And our president is a populist idiot, who seems to have no clue when it comes to the concept of comparative advantage and believes that the purpose of trade is to protect businesses (ones he favors), and not for consumers to have as many choices as possible at the lowest costs possible, in order to enhance their standards of living.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jul 28, 2018
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  12. garrow

    garrow Well-Known Member

    garrow, Jul 28, 2018
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