So what's going on? Some James Bond MI6 agent says Trump has been getting groomed and blackmailed by Russia for the last 5 years? Also something about a hooker piss orgy? Can things get any weirder? It sounds like fake news but it's from MI6? http://nymag.com/daily/intelligence...-with-claims-that-russia-compromised-him.html
I actually don't find it at all far-fetched given everything that has happened that Trump colluded with the Russians, or that they have collected compromising stuff they can use to blackmail him.
Aren't candidates vetted at some point? I love a good conspiracy but the biggest issue is Trump himself. He doesn't seem like someone that could shut up about it. And lol at him being compromised on kinky sex. The dude bragged about his dick on national TV. But I could see owing billions to Russian mafia or government though.
The Trump/Russia connections have been really obvious for a long time. Who knows whether the golden shower stuff is legit or not, but ultimately that's the unimportant part. Trump constantly praising Putin, questioning NATO, trolling U.S. intelligence on Russia, having a major campaign advisor that was a pro-Russian stooge in Ukraine, and nominating a secretary of state who's only international qualification is that he made oil deals for Exxon in Russia his entire career and is tight with Putin etc., etc. Way too much to just be a coincidence. These are all things he's doing publicly. His own words. His own actions.
lol at Trump getting mad at his press conference. I guess 'many people are saying' doesn't apply when it targets him.
BBC has a great side by side of the Obama Inauguration vs Trump Inauguration.The mall was totally packed for Obama, but mostly empty for Trump. Seems like lots of the people going to Washington today were protesters. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38682574
There's now a skinhead that shows up sporadically at the local transit stops and manically babbles about Trump's plans for America. Today it was all about the "evidence" of voter fraud and how Trump is going to ensure "justice" through incarceration. He also used the phrase "powerful white man" every other sentence.
The voter fraud investigation is so ridiculous. Trump is such an egomaniac, he just can't wrap his head around the fact that he's extremely unpopular with the majority of Americans and basically won on a technicality. We have an issue with our voter base, but it's not fraud. Voter fraud is extremely rare. It's that we have low turnout. Many people are too busy working to vote.
Unfortunately, I think that's what Jeff Sessions (and the next Supreme Court nominee) is for: coming up with whatever convoluted pretzel of legal support required for Trump's accusations. They're going to go for it and see what happens.
This proposed tariff on Mexican products is going to be very interesting to watch. Tariffs are terrible ideas and do more harm than good, but I have a feeling Trump is using it as leverage against Mexico. Its an economic game of chicken and Mexico cannot win. Trump may actually get them to pay for at least some of the wall. I hope its all a bluff, because we all suffer if that tariff goes forward.
Most likely a tarrif on goods would get added into the cost of the item which means American consumers will still pay for it in the end.
Which is exactly the problem. It will be an added tax on Americans, driving up prices, so it ends up hurting both us and Mexicans if sales drop. Tariffs and protectionism are lose-lose.
It's also likely illegal. The U.S. is a member of the WTO etc. and can't just arbitrarily slap tariffs on Mexico.
I actually enjoyed watching the President of Mexico throw a tempur tantrum after being trolled by Trump. Time for him to fix shit in his country so people stop flooding into the US illegally. He acts like his people are entitled to enter the US illegally, take jobs from Americans, bring in drugs and crime, and leech off of US taxpayer money. Fuck him. Mexico is a great example of a country that leeches off the US while giving nothing in return. I hope there's a tariff and that it's so severe that companies stop outsourcing to Mexico.
The net remittance out of the US is $126 billion, 0.7% of GDP. It's not illegal and attempting to challenge this could damage the USA as the safest place to invest globally. Mexican illegal immigration is actually a negative number. More are returning to Mexico than coming into the US. A lot of that has to do with globalization providing them good paying manufacturing jobs at home. If we were to crush or undermine their legit economy, all that is left is the drug trade. That would only open up the floodgates for more illegal immigration. About building a wall, I don't really have a problem with it. A $10 billion wall is an insignificant amount in a multi-trillion dollar budget. It's not the biggest deal and can be his signature legacy. The problem is trying to compel another nation to pay for it. They simply won't, and there is nothing much he can do about beyond cut economic, humanitarian, and counter-narco aid.