OH MY GOD!
Charges don’t need to be filed for the pressure to be felt. He has obstructed in both the campaign finance violation as well as the Mueller investigation. He knows it and as the irrefutable evidence becomes known, the members of the house will have no choice but to put pressure on him to resign.
not salty at all
I'm not aware of a single President that lied to the American public at even close to the same rate as Trump, Republican or Democrat.
"Weapons of Mass Destruction" caused loss of life. Should I go on on other lies that caused loss of life?
Yes, but Bush actually believed the information given to him by his advisers (IMO). Being wrong doesn't make you a liar.
So what's worse? A gullible liar or a calculating one?
Well if you believe what you are saying is the truth, I don't think you are liar. Morally, a calculating liar is far worse. Practically, it depends.
This is where I'm at. Unless there are tapes of Trump explicitly instructing Cohen to pay with campaign funds, I would think Trump could use the defense of he assumed it would be personal funds. That again, is my guess. I would think (taking a big leap of faith here) Trump is smart enough to NOT use campaign funds expressly. But who knows. I don't think this is a huge deal in the end.
I agree this is a sad period in time for our country. I think politicians (both sides) aren't trustworthy and are completely partisan. It's overtaking peoples lives and it's damaging our country. I don't think this was brought on solely by Trump, he just escalated it to an extreme level.
How, exactly is the country "suffering" from him not directly standing up to Putin in that conference? He's put on more Russian sanctions than Obama, if I'm not mistaken. This is the dumb liberal drivel that republicans like me hate. It's pure hot garbage.
Well, Russia didn't poison a spy until Trump was in office, so it would be hard for Obama to sanction them over that...
Good. So you agree that your comment was hot garbage with absolutely zero backing. More liberal nonsense. The country isn't "suffering" from Trump not saying exactly what the liberals wanted him to say in that press conference.
This how I hear lifelong conservatives describe their decision. For me, I couldn’t abandon my principles and what I know to be right for a few tax cuts and a Supreme Court nominee.
Capital markets, yes, not just futures specifically. I don't think the bottom will drop out, but then again my definition of that may be different than your own. I could see a pullback of 10% or so at some point. The yield curve is relatively flat which is an indicator that a recession could be on the horizon (not guaranteed). Overall, I think it's clear the markets are in favor of Trump's pro-growth policies which is why you see muted responses to some of the political headlines from the markets. Given how strong corporate earnings have been this cycle along, dampened fears on tariffs/trade and the recent GDP growth number, I don't anticipate any significant pullback without a major catalyst.
That's your opinion and I disagree with it.
What's the driver of the long term damage? Trade seems to be going alright. It's a sort of uncharted territory the way Trump is approaching it. Talking with traders, they all believe the exact opposite from strictly a finance perspective (I assume you're talking about more damage than just financial). They believe that the tariffs and trade talks could cause short term pain for long term success. But overall, what long term damage are you referring to?
One huge aspect of the long term damage is companies being forced to lay off employees or completely shutdown over tariffs on raw materials. In trying to save the tiny (compared to the world) American steel companies, he is harming American companies. Many companies than can afford to do so are moving their production away from the United States where their raw materials aren't artificially high due to tariffs on our "closest allies", those that cannot or will not move out of country have some hard choices to make, none of which are good.
We haven't seen any material impact from tariffs like you outlined. Again, short term pain for long term benefits. That's what I hear most financial people say in terms of the trade war/tariffs deal.
Uhh... you are completely wrong. We absolutely have seen both layoffs and companies shut down due to tariffs. Links when I get back to my desktop.
