extorsion to get something he wanted yeah , and he himself said he'd gladly accept the blame and he's own it, so naturally in the next breath he was blaming someone else
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Tim Cook Named to President Trump's American Workforce Policy Advisory Board
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extorsion to get something he wanted yeah , and he himself said he'd gladly accept the blame and he's own it, so naturally in the next breath he was blaming someone else
Don’t forget that factories Trump bragged were now booming because of his policies are now closing or firing people.
Math: Trump 2 years, Obama 8 years. At this rate, Trump would hit 12 Trillion if he somehow manages to stay in office for 8 years. Time to sharpen your math skills.
Also, consider Obama took over at a horrible time in the economic cycle—I’d give it an F minus—and Trump inherited an A+ economy.
Republicans yell and scream about the deficit when a Democrat is President, but when they’re in office they give away so much money to the 1% it makes the Dems look like amateurs.
You are correct. Left out “on track too” in my comment. My bad. If Trump keeps this pace, and he said he will, 4 years 6 trillion and 8 years 12 Trillion. The point, Tim Cook a better money manager then Trump.
Stand corrected on the numbers!
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It is the highest national debt ever. Period. And he’s had control of both houses of Congress since taking office, so it’s been completely under his control. It is 100% his responsibility.
He could have lowered the debt, like Clinton did, or raised it at lesser pace, like Obama. But instead, he’s jacked up the debt at An even greater rate.
I knew I should have added George W. Bush in my original post. I forgot that liberals still blame him for anything they can't blame Trump for. *sigh*
Extortion to get what he wanted along with those who voted for him and I’d imagine some people that didn’t vote for him. He did also own up to it and said blame me. You mean someone actually took responsibility for something bad.
You forgot to add the /S symbol. Some people might have thought you were serious. Trump inherited a good economy form Obama, and now is doing his best to hand the profits to his rich buddies while driving the rest of us down.
I am sure thats what you meant
While politically we have lots of strong opinions and disagreements from many perspectives, I see this as nothing but a good thing. Having a cross-section of industry and social organizations all polling ideas to strategize how to do a better job preparing the next generation to participate in a strong marketplace is a win for everyone.
We - ALL of us - need to soend more time focuaing on where we agree and less on the differences. This is an opportunity to so just that.
We - ALL of us - need to soend more time focuaing on where we agree and less on the differences. This is an opportunity to so just that.
Except that Trump took credit for starting the shutdown and continuing. But sure lets forget that part
If almost 2/3 of the country is dim witted, you must be soooo smart!
Hey, I have no clue if Trump is a racist. But I do know that he can’t seem to win an election without ginning them up. He’s also (provably) a recidivist liar and cheat who (provably) has no interest in learning from or even reading daily briefings; sets records for “executive time” off; kisses the butts of the likes of Jong-Un, Putin, and Duterte while giving Canada... Canada!... the finger; and who undermines his own judiciary, intelligence community, and military leadership on the international stage. Yeah, I want that guy at the helm.
Trump apologism syndrome infects the blind, terrified, or desperate and shows no signs of stopping.
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You’re right it is the highest national debt ever. The debt almost doubled under Obama. Under Clinton there was a deficit his first 4 years and then the final four years they actually paid some of the debt down. Is it really that hard to look at facts people. You could have said The national debt is growing faster under Trump than X president and then you wouldn’t sound so CNN.
Spot. On.
Speaking of policies... I'm interested to see what his supporters think after filing their taxes this year. If you think "build that wall!" is a powerful chant, it will pale in comparison to "where's my money?".
You seem to be ignoring the fact that almost every independent analysis of the Trump tax cuts indicate that they disproportionately favor the wealthy over middle income and lower income folks. These tax cuts are not what they claimed to be, but instead are a giveaway for the richest Americans. And they come at the cost of unnecessarily increasing our national debt at an unprecedented rate, during a time of supposed economic prosperity, while that debt is held by a country that we just declared a trade war with. But you are right in that these things are Trump’s fault. And we should all remember that when this house of cards crashes in a few years, just like every one of his businesses has.When you pay less in taxes during the course of the year and you don't change your witholdings you will get a smaller tax return. Pretty simple to understand. Completely ignoring the fact that if you are a person who gets back large sums of money in a tax return every year your'e not very intelligent with money management anyway. But yeah, that's Trumps fault.
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I can easily imagine Trump rationalizing “you know, ‘people’ are saying they’d rather have a great big wall more than a puny little tax return. That’s what ‘people’ are saying. So we’re just giving the people what they want and using their ugly little tax returns to pay for the big, beautiful wonderwall.”
Do you ever get tired of regurgitating the same old liberal talking points that have been used for decades? I'm guessing no. Keep on keeping on though. I've already grown tired of this dialogue because I know what you are going to respond with before you even type it. I've heard the same old mantra a thousand times from every other liberal NPC on the internet. Have a good day and remember, Trump is still your President.
Decidedly, no. He said, in no uncertain terms, on TV, that if there was a shutdown, he would be to blame. Congress passed a bill that he'd previously said he'd sign. Then he decided not to sign it, after the people he depends on for his ego, on Fox, said they wouldn't like him as much if he signed it. He wants $5+ billion (out of the likely $50 billion it'd eventually take), to build an enormous monument to fear and to him. The statistics from the agencies involved show that the vast, overwhelming, majority of people in the country illegally, came here through official ports of entry (border checkpoints or airports) and simply overstayed their visas. The wall won't help with that. (Same with illegal drugs - they're largely smuggled in through official ports of entry, or on container ships - the wall won't change that.) Numerous polls show that the majority of Americans don't want the wall. The Democrats in congress have said publically that it'll never be built. Many Republicans in congress have been saying privately that it'll never be built. Now Trump has gone completely into fantasyland saying, "we're already building the wall" - no, you're not. Some maintenance/upgrade work is being done on fencing, that was already long planned. He's scrambling to take credit for anything he can pretend is his wall.
Remember, he promised hundreds of times during his campaign that it'd be a big beautiful 30+ foot tall concrete wall along the entire southern border, and that Mexico would pay for all of it. Now he's cost the country billions of dollars with his shutdown, because he had a temper tantrum, because Fox News said mean things about him, because congress won't give him billions of dollars to spend on something ridiculous that he swore up and down that we wouldn't have to pay for. He took the country hostage to get his way. We don't negotiate with hostage takers.
Saying "well both sides are at fault" takes an awful lot of gall. Trump sells himself as the supreme dealmaker. It turns out his only dealmaking techniques are yelling, and breaking things until he gets his way. He knows nothing of actual dealmaking.
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I’m not a “liberal”, and those aren’t talking points. They are facts.Do you ever get tired of regurgitating the same old liberal talking points that have been used for decades? I'm guessing no. Keep on keeping on though. I've already grown tired of this dialogue because I know what you are going to respond with before you even type it. I've heard the same old mantra a thousand times from every other liberal NPC on the internet. Have a good day and remember, Trump is still your President.
Making assumptions about people who don’t immediately agree with you is a surefire way to never learn, grow, or solve a problem. You might consider a new tact.
(And again with the green smiley faces emojis. Oy.)
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I need some Pepto Bismol as this story made me throw up in my mouth (just a little).
Well at least we know birds of a feather... you know the colloquialism. But yeah I think this definitely reinforces the culture change under Cook which has resulted in the pricing insanity that Apple has applied to every one of its product lines.
Next up the Trump Phone... emblazoned in Gold and utterly useless. Oh and a special feature, the ringtone is so offensive that visitors leave the country to escape the sound. “Now the circle is complete.” LOL
Well at least we know birds of a feather... you know the colloquialism. But yeah I think this definitely reinforces the culture change under Cook which has resulted in the pricing insanity that Apple has applied to every one of its product lines.
Next up the Trump Phone... emblazoned in Gold and utterly useless. Oh and a special feature, the ringtone is so offensive that visitors leave the country to escape the sound. “Now the circle is complete.” LOL
Bahahaha I'm a little late to the show here, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that a LOT of subsequent commenters who saw this asinine post of yours absolutely destroyed you over how hilariously wrong you are on both of those claims.
EDIT: Only looked at the first couple pages of replies, and yup sure enough...
So the "American Workforce Policy Advisory Board" is composed entirely of CEOs, university presidents and a few politicians. That's not very representative of the actual workforce. ;-)