Hawkeye21

Trade deficits. China taking advantage of us. Astronomical debt. Corporations continuing to leave the US.

He has taken action which no one has been willing to do. Time will tell if it benefits us or not. This not meant to be a quick fix. I see this as a turning point for our futures. What we were doing wasn't working. No one was doing anything to change it. Remember that.

Doing nothing was not doing any good. That's no longer acceptable. Dems have no plan, that's why they lost. That's why people like me decided to put our disdain for Trump aside and vote for him.

Keep kicking ass!

All I see is pissing and moaning. Has anyone ever come up with a better plan? What were the Democrats going to do better?

Do we want factories here or not? Make up your minds.

Well, there was a trade talk where he said we need open borders. I assume you're referring to that.

Are you talking about him saying we need open borders in regard to trade?

Of course. They all have to pander to their base.

Are having trade barriers better?

Netanyahu just announced in the Oval Office Israel will be TOTALLY ELIMINATING their trade deficit with the United States This is in ADDITION to zeroing out tariffs on our country "We intend to do it very quickly. We think it’s the right thing to do. And we’re going to also eliminate trade barriers, a variety of trade barriers that have been put up unnecessarily." "We will eliminate the trade deficit with the United States... Mr. President, we are going to eliminate the tariffs." https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1909326848900612292

I've asked him this a few times and he never gives a straight answer. I'm pretty sure he just reads the Bible and interprets it in his own way.

We're not in a great depression though.

The Dow Jones is still very high. I don't know what the unemployment rate and interest rates are off the top of my head. Oil prices are like $10 cheaper now.

WHAT ARE THE BETTER PLANS? Who is proposing them? Who is implementing them? How long do we just keep talking about doing something before we actually do something? Our country never seems to accomplish much until crap hits the fan. Maybe this can jumpstart us.

I get the feeling that the people who hate this, are afraid of change and live in fear. We can't continue doing what we've been doing as a country. Unless someone can come up with a better plan. Democrats can't manage to do that.

Why?

China says that Trump is bullying them with these tariffs. Sounds to me we have them right where we want them. China has been screwing us for way too long.

That's good to hear.

Really? My son and I were excited for this until we saw the trailers. I figured it would be terrible. We still want to see it though.

I appreciated the humor. Well done.

It was too soft. I got banned for a month for calling someone a turd.

A lot. The only time I can remember being worried about our country was 9/11. It's going to take a lot more than these tariffs and the market dropping a few percentage points for me to get really worried. If it doesn't work out then we make to appropriate adjustments. We are a strong country that can take care of itself.

It's still fine though. Relax.

What's it like being so insecure? We all know it's not the same but it's still entertaining basketball.