You all are making this about personalities, and his one or two instances of not dealing appropriately with war survivors. (There are plenty of instances showing how kind and compassionate he is with them.) It's the liberal way to divert from all the good news....a successful operation In Syria, significant reduction in illegal border crossings, unemployment at a 16-year low, consumer confidence at an ALL-TIME high, and so forth. |
Even the White House has back tracked on this story. Why are you contorting yourself? |
Do you hold Donald J. Trump up to the same standards? Doesn't seem like it. Where is his proof that she and the soldier's mother are wrong? |
Yeah, honestly, "president gives decent speech" isn't usually news - it is with this president because it's so anomalous, but you are thinking of this from a PR perspective and not from a newsworthiness perspective. If you were his publicist, then yes you would issue a press release about the speech - if you're a reporter, it's only interesting if he is going to deliver some news during the speech. Reveal details about the tax plan, or something like that. Again, however, given what a sh*tshow this president is, it is actually newsworthy when he manages not to totally f*ck up an easy gimmie like giving a speech at Heritage, so you might actually expect to see it covered. |
So you are saying that as long as the Investor Class is making money we should overlook the fact that our President could not even remember the name of an American Soldier who died in service of this country, while calling the widow who he refers to as "that lady". Thats a very low bar, so low I cant see it in the swamp muck. FFS all he needed was a post-it with the names but he just does not care about anyone not named Trump. |
I've never heard "all this talk from liberals that every Trump voter 'regrets' his vote" -- if anything, what I've heard is a WTF that Trump still has approval numbers in the 30s and 40s percent range. Pretty mind blowing given his completely amateurish performance so far as president. How many chiefs of staff has he blown through already? I'm glad you're thrilled that Trump has gotten so many legislative victories. Can't wait for that wall to be built and paid for by Mexico! Ha ha p.s. how many of those opioid-addicted out-of-work blue collar workers have stocks to tide them over? You sound like an elite bragging about your portfolio. |
What do you mean by investor class? The hard-working middle-income Americans who are making financial sacrifices elsewhere to contribute to their 401ks so they will have a nice retirement? I'm glad to see such responsibility rewarded with nice returns. And I'm not saying overlook the thing with the name. I'm saying that you libs get focused on small issues as a way to divert from all the positive news. It's not great when he says "that lady," but it is small potatoes to the fact that millions of Americans are better prepared for their retirement and unemployment is at a 16-year low, as just two examples. Conservatives want some attention on our huge success in Syria, and libs say....but look, he said "that lady" instead of her name. |
The soldier made the ultimate sacrifice. May he RIP |
Nope. Not an elite. Never even cracked $100k. But I've taken modest vacations, buy at Target, and replaced cars once every 12 years or so I can comtribute the full amoimt to my 401k. I have $500,000 now. Hardly elite - but someone who twkes responsibility for herself and wants to build a nice retirement. I am typical of millions of others - hard-working middle Americans who sacrifice now for a comfortable future. The out-of-work blue collar workers still get benefits, provided by my taxes, like food stamps, housing subsidize, free Medicaid, etc. Nobody's forgotten about them. But unlike libs, we don't direct 100% of our focus to poor people and ignore - or make worse - the situation with the middle class. Why are you happy that the middle class is more likely to have a good retirement, based on increasing stock values as a result of Trump's policies? Again, that is why you LOST. |
-Consumer confidence is not at an all time high -Illegal border crossings have been going down for years, this is not due to Trump. In fact, Obama deported more illegals in the first 9 months of 2016 than Trump has in the first 9 months of 2017. -The VA reform was underway under Obama and in fact, the head is the one Obama holdover. -What specific business regulations that were onerous have been eliminated and what exactly is the economic impact and environmental impact of said regulations? -Stock market has been rising for years as a result of the stabilization of the economy under the previous administration. Yes it has seen a bounce due to the anticipation of corporate tax cuts, but even Mnuchin said yesterday that those DOW gains would disappear if the cuts don't happen. Most Americans do not benefit from a rise in the stock market. -What policies has Trump enacted that has impacted unemployment? Again, the trendline has been good for years. -What policies has Trump enacted that has impacted Food Stamps? Again, the trendline has been good for years. -How does flying one sick kid compare to the overt abuse that has cost millions in taxpayer dollars and Tom Price his job? -Check your figures on Keystone. Also, where is the steel for the pipeline coming from? Oh ya, Russia. -Keystone is not energy independence for the US. The best path towards energy independence in the US is renewables, which has 6x the jobs of coal in the US. -Returning issues to Congress. In theory, I agree with you on this. In practice, Trump has signed many more impactful EO's than Obama and doesn't have any major legislative victories. So off the top of your head, there really isn't much that Trump has accomplished. Well, actually, he has made our foreign policy a shambles, has caused further instability in Kurdistan and North Korea, is inflaming our longtime Allies in Europe over both the EU and Iran. I guess we really do live in two countries if you believe what you wrote. |
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Sorry, hon. Only half of Americans own any stock at all, and 92 percent of those are owned by the top 20 percent of Americans. So you absolutely do not represent the majority of middle class folks. Most Americans can't afford a surprise $500 expense. I'm happy that you're making money in the market; I am too. But that is absolutely worthless for most middle-class workers, who have a pittance in the market if they have anything at all. And Republican policies will do absolutley NOTHING for these folks. |
Meanwhile, it's come out that the NSC prepared a statement of condolences for the White House to release, and they did it immediately after the ambush. But it was NEVER released.
Why do you think that is, Trump supporters? Would you care to weigh in? I'll tell you what I think: I think Trump and/or his staff didn't want to publicize this tragedy and that Trump at heart really doesn't care about these soldiers in Niger but was more concerned about not having his own Benghazi moment. http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/18/trump-niger-condolence-statement-243917?lo=ap_c1 |
Fake news. Trump is driving this country into the ground. Years from now we'll recognize the Trump years as the beginning of the end of what used to be a great country. |
DP. Be specific about what is “fake” in the posting above. |