It's pretty complicated. They are our 2nd largest oil supplier and probably our 2nd or 3rd largest creditor. They officially own $100B in US debt, but the actual figure is rumored to be in the $700 billion - $1 trillion range via shell companies in other nations.
Note how important this "temporary" ban seems to be to Trump and Bannon. ISIS is celebrating it as a recruiting tool, the military thinks it's a mistake, the majority of the public hates it, and it's being internationally condemned as foolish, yet they're insisting on following through despite claiming it isn't really permanent.
@alterego So how are you feeling about the Belichick bro love fest? http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...alks-friendship-with-tom-brady-bill-belichick
So... there are 2 stories floating around: -Trump threatens troop deployment in Mexico -Trump threatens Australian Prime Minister LOL, Our president is such a clown, I can't figure out if it's fake news, real news, troll, or haox.
Russia is charging and probably executing four IT people in their country for passing secrets to US intelligence agencies. The info they passed was most likely about the campaign hacking which most definitely didn't happen. http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/01/news/fsb-kaspersky-arrests/
Trump and Co are dangerous lunatics...basically, the want to go to war in the Middle East in order to give Russia a leg up in the oil market. Oh, and throw in a war against China too, because, hey, they "fear Christianity"... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...non-donald-trump-war-south-china-sea-no-doubt
Belichick and Brady basically play golf with the guy and probably get Trump resort freebies. I don't get the impression that they're all that interested in endorsing him politically to the public. Kraft is the creepiest, as he has specifically said that he thinks Trump will be "good for the economy". My take on Kraft is that it's mainly the gambling connection that attracts him to Trump, as Kraft at one time wanted to build a casino near Gillette Stadium and he was a big investor in the fantasy betting stuff like Draft Kings (that turned out to be illegal!)
So an unqualified billionaire heiress is running the department of education. Lol at the pussy bitch politicians.
It's because "terrorism" is the best excuse they have for shutting down immigration in a last-ditch effort to prevent non-white, non-Christian's from becoming citizens and voting in future elections. It has nothing to do with security or economics. It's about future demographics in the United States vs. a 90% white political party.
What people think H-1B restrictions will bring: more jobs and bigger pay..."We couldn't get an H-1B! More money for you!" What H-1B restrictions will actually bring: more work for the same pay..."We couldn't get an H1-B! More work for you!"
There goes the non-intervention.... Team America World Police is back with a $100M Tomahawk drop on Syria. http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/06/us-m...50-than-missiles-aimed-at-syria-nbc-news.html
The War on Terror is depressing. A $16 million bomb, millions more on operations, and we only got ~100 ISIS cave dwellers. Meanwhile these crazies killed more in Paris with a $500 AR-15. I don't see a practical way to 'win' against that, at least in the traditional sense.