BigRedBuster Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 If you haven't figured it out, this guy is an egotistical jack ass. Link to comment
ZRod Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 If you haven't figured it out, this guy is an egotistical jack ass. https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/821697182235496450 https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/821699672687448064 Jack ass indeed. I can tell you right now the auto industry isn't necessarily bringing back jobs. Some are being created, yes, but we're still keeping them in Mexico and Canada too (which oddly enough people don't have much of a problem with Canada, but that's another discussion). These decisions were made sometime ago probably, this buisness doesn't operate that fast at the top levels. Investments in capital takes careful, strategic, thought out planning that doesn't occur in 2 months. Demand for automotive is great right now, hence why investment in the US, Mexico, and Canada is happening. The fact that the industry is doing well is why you see jobs being created in those places over the last few years, not Trump. Also quite a few of the parts in your car come from tier 2 and 3 suppliers that have plants in Mexico, China, the DR, Korea, etc. Nobody cares about that though. Kind of odd... Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 In my opinion, US companies have realized that all they need to do in order to generate goodwill with President Trump is announce jobs packages you had already planned. This allows them to stay out of his crosshairs and give him something to puff up his chest about on Twitter. We'll have to wait to see what jobs reports say going forward. Numbers don't lie. I've got a feeling protectionist economic policies could wind up increasing the cost of goods for the consumer. If we get in a trade war, they will skyrocket. That would mean President Trump would actually decrease the purchasing power of the average American. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 If you haven't figured it out, this guy is an egotistical jack ass. https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/821697182235496450 https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/821699672687448064 Jack ass indeed. I can tell you right now the auto industry isn't necessarily bringing back jobs. Some are being created, yes, but we're still keeping them in Mexico and Canada too (which oddly enough people don't have much of a problem with Canada, but that's another discussion). These decisions were made sometime ago probably, this buisness doesn't operate that fast at the top levels. Investments in capital takes careful, strategic, thought out planning that doesn't occur in 2 months. Demand for automotive is great right now, hence why investment in the US, Mexico, and Canada is happening. The fact that the industry is doing well is why you see jobs being created in those places over the last few years, not Trump. Also quite a few of the parts in your car come from tier 2 and 3 suppliers that have plants in Mexico, China, the DR, Korea, etc. Nobody cares about that though. Kind of odd... That's what people who are drooling all over what Trump is saying here just don't get. These aren't decisions that just all of a sudden came to fruition because he won in November. If this is what the CEOs of these companies are saying, they are playing him like a fiddle just like Putin is. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 In my opinion, US companies have realized that all they need to do in order to generate goodwill with President Trump is announce jobs packages you had already planned. This allows them to stay out of his crosshairs and give him something to puff up his chest about on Twitter. We'll have to wait to see what jobs reports say going forward. Numbers don't lie. I've got a feeling protectionist economic policies could wind up increasing the cost of goods for the consumer. If we get in a trade war, they will skyrocket. That would mean President Trump would actually decrease the purchasing power of the average American. It definitely will. Do people really think they will be able to go buy a pair of shoes from Walmart for $12 that are made in the US? NOT!!!! Link to comment
QMany Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Remember when Trump pledged sweeping legislation on January 20? “…[D]ay one – which I will consider to be Monday as opposed to Friday or Saturday. Right? I mean my day one is gonna be Monday because I don’t want to be signing and get it mixed up with lots of celebration,” Trump said, according to a transcript of the interview. http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/314498-trump-monday-will-be-day-one-of-administration Who really expected the narcissistic trust fund baby would actually go to work after inauguration? 4 Link to comment
NM11046 Posted January 22, 2017 Author Share Posted January 22, 2017 And then an hour and half later, when his staff woke up and logged on to see his activity: Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 It's so painfully obvious when you're getting unfiltered tweets vs. ones from his staff. Link to comment
ZRod Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Honestly I had the same thought. Did all these people turning out now vote? Did they vote in the primaries? Link to comment
Moiraine Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Honestly I had the same thought. Did all these people turning out now vote? Did they vote in the primaries? Probably not. One thing I've been thinking about lately even before the election is part of the reason it's so hard for one party to keep the White House is: a) the grass is always greener. For those voters who aren't staunchly on one side, they may blame the party of whoever is in charge at the time for everything that went wrong and want "change." b) angry people are probably more likely to go out and vote. I guarantee some of the marchers didn't vote but would vote tomorrow if they had the chance. Link to comment
zoogs Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 I think the vast majority of them voted, and for Hillary, but I'm sure there was a contingent of those who either stayed home or voted third party. Of course, it didn't make a difference in the key states in the end. Link to comment
ColoNoCoHusker Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 I agree the majority of those that showed up for the protests voted in the national election. Last numbers I saw were ~53% of voting age population cast a ballot. That was about ~137 million with ~54% being women. Of the ~74 million women that voted, ~50 million voted non-Republican. The percentages may be off by 1-2%... Functionally Trump was elected by ~25% of the voting age population. This has been the unfortunate case for several decades. I really thought we could eclipse 60% VAP turnout but voter apathy has become very ingrained in this country. 2 Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 God help us all. I mean, we all knew this happened. But for his mood on the day he's getting inaugurated to be affected by Twitter is... disconcerting. Link to comment
Moiraine Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 It's been intuitively obvious for ages how sensitive his ego is. Link to comment
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