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Thank you. This is one of the worst aspects of the credulous Trump cult. A two-second Google search reveals the truth.

 

The talk-radio crowd literally does not care.

They've been swallowing up Rush and Hannity's bullshit for 20 years now - never once taking the time to say, "Hey let me google that for a second," or "Hey - didn't you say the opposite last year?". They don't care. And they're shameless about it.


See also: Workforce Participation Rate, Rising Stock Market, Lock Her Up, and Deficit spending.

 

We're going to win the trade war with China:

If you want to know the endgame in this China trade war, it is probably this: redirect supply chains to favor American manufacturers; pressure the Communist Party to open its mega domestic market to Americans with no strings (already happening pre-tariffs); and challenge Chinese dominance in Asia, a dominance many in Washington feel was ill-gotten, partly on the backs of intellectual property theft.

China is an export-driven economy. It owes its wealth to that. The Trump Administration is going after China’s jugular. And China is feeling it.

Dissent in China was never easy. Since 2014, I have lost nearly all of my mainland China investment banking sources as Xi Jinping cracked down on them talking to the foreign press. Now, think tanks are being censored for criticizing Xi’s reaction to Trump’s trade policies.

In early July, pro-market think tank Unirule Institute of Economics was abruptly shut down. Here’s an example as to why: analyst Zhang Lin criticized Beijing for its trade war strategy in an op-ed published July 30 in the South China Morning Post. The SCMP is basically the only place for mainland Chinese opposition voices to be published. This weekend, Zhang says his country is misreading Trump and argues that the economy may be stuck for years if the export model grinds to a halt.

It won’t grind to a halt, but manufacturers are leaving mainland China.

 

The economy is the story:

 

But this is precisely why this mouthbreather just might get eight years -- spite. Middle America is hearing the liberals telling them how dumb they are, and they're going to vote Trump in again to thumb their nose at the high-falutin' intellectuals.

 

There can be more than one story at once. The economy is a story. The Mueller probe is a story. It doesn't have to be one or the other.

 

I’m sure the Marine combat veteran is backing down from the pussygrabber

 

Seems obstructiony ...

 

What does "winning" the trade war look like?

A trade deficit of $0?

 

Was it obstructionist when Dems were insisting that the FBI conclude their investigation into Hillary's emails?

And, not only did they demand it, the FBI acquiesced to the demands, clearing her, just in time for the general election campaign.

And, even when they were forced to re-open the case, they miraculously were able to clear her again in just a matter of days.

 

We're not talking about "Dems" or "Repubs."

We're talking about the head of the Executive Branch of government.

 

Perhaps that should tell liberals something about their strategy.