Official LRC President Donald J Trump Thread

agip wrote:

and japan is about to stop buying US wheat because we are not in the TPP, so we are priced of their market.

TPP was a total disaster. That's why president Trump pulled out of it. Instead, he signed the greatest trade deal in history. It's called USMCA. Now Japan will be pressured to sign a bilateral deal with us. So if they ever stop buying wheat from us, it will be only for a very short period of time. Unlike suckers like Clinton and Obama, Trump knows how to win!

Easy Time wrote:

FAKE PIO! [Hardloper] wrote:

What part of "Simply can't follow Trump and be a conservative. No way. No how." are you having a hard time understanding?

What I have a very easy time understanding is … HI, HARDLOPER!!!

So, you have a very easy time displaying your own stupidity? Very impressive!

Make America Great Again wrote:

agip wrote:

and japan is about to stop buying US wheat because we are not in the TPP, so we are priced of their market.

TPP was a total disaster. That's why president Trump pulled out of it. Instead, he signed the greatest trade deal in history. It's called USMCA. Now Japan will be pressured to sign a bilateral deal with us. So if they ever stop buying wheat from us, it will be only for a very short period of time. Unlike suckers like Clinton and Obama, Trump knows how to win!

Oh, Lying Gary - you are just too CUTE!

Make America Great Again wrote:

agip wrote:

and japan is about to stop buying US wheat because we are not in the TPP, so we are priced of their market.

TPP was a total disaster. That's why president Trump pulled out of it. Instead, he signed the greatest trade deal in history. It's called USMCA. Now Japan will be pressured to sign a bilateral deal with us. So if they ever stop buying wheat from us, it will be only for a very short period of time. Unlike suckers like Clinton and Obama, Trump knows how to win!

Tiny did not sign USMCA instead of TPP. USMCA is for North America, not the Pacific rim. It's just NAFTA with a few tweaks. It's certainly not some kind of landmark deal. It hasn't even been ratified. Of course, the shutdown is causing a delay in congress, so USMCA might never be ratified at all.

Fat hurts wrote:

Make America Great Again wrote:

TPP was a total disaster. That's why president Trump pulled out of it. Instead, he signed the greatest trade deal in history. It's called USMCA. Now Japan will be pressured to sign a bilateral deal with us. So if they ever stop buying wheat from us, it will be only for a very short period of time. Unlike suckers like Clinton and Obama, Trump knows how to win!

Tiny did not sign USMCA instead of TPP. USMCA is for North America, not the Pacific rim. It's just NAFTA with a few tweaks. It's certainly not some kind of landmark deal. It hasn't even been ratified. Of course, the shutdown is causing a delay in congress, so USMCA might never be ratified at all.

You don't seem to understand the brilliance of president Trump. TPP is bad precisely because it covers so many countries. Our advantage is diluted that way. When we negotiate with one or two countries at a time, we have much greater leverage over other countries. That's why we signed a deal with Mexico and Canada. That will put more pressure on Japan to sign a deal with US. That will in turn put even more pressure on other countries to sign bilateral deals with us. And all those deals combined will be far better for us than that disaster called TPP.

I have concluded the M_A_G_A_ is the finest troll I have seen on LRC.

Well played, sir/ma'am. Well played.

you have no idea what you are talking about and neither does trump.

shtrtshr wrote:

I have concluded the M_A_G_A_ is the finest troll I have seen on LRC.

Well played, sir/ma'am. Well played.

A wonderful achievement, a proud day for his entire family.

Fat hurts wrote:

Make America Great Again wrote:

TPP was a total disaster. That's why president Trump pulled out of it. Instead, he signed the greatest trade deal in history. It's called USMCA. Now Japan will be pressured to sign a bilateral deal with us. So if they ever stop buying wheat from us, it will be only for a very short period of time. Unlike suckers like Clinton and Obama, Trump knows how to win!

Tiny did not sign USMCA instead of TPP. USMCA is for North America, not the Pacific rim. It's just NAFTA with a few tweaks. It's certainly not some kind of landmark deal. It hasn't even been ratified. Of course, the shutdown is causing a delay in congress, so USMCA might never be ratified at all.

He's a Trumpette. He actually believes that USCMA is "the greatest trade deal in history" while NAFTA was an unmitigated disaster . . . even though they are virtually the same. Why does he believe this? Because Trump told him so!

Our president doesn't know the first thing about negotiation. He can't even negotiate effectively with his own party. If you think he's going to magically pull off dozens of bilateral trade deals you need to stop smoking whatever it is you are smoking.

We have a weak president who is neither respected nor trusted. Nobody wants to do a deal with him. Most think he won't be in power much longer, so why bother?

Spanky, you're doing a great job.

U.S. wheat is facing “imminent collapse” in the Japanese market, and Canada and Australia will be the beneficiaries of its demise.

Japan has been the largest and most valuable U.S. wheat customer over the past five years, but that is about to change in a hurry, according to U.S. Wheat Associates.

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) is that country’s sole importer of wheat. It resells imported wheat to flour millers with a significant mark-up of $154 per tonne.

Through the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the mark-up on Canadian and Australian wheat will be capped at $148 per tonne as of Dec. 30, 2018, and fall to $140 per tonne as of April 1, 2019.

USW president Vince Peterson said that will put U.S. wheat at a $14 per tonne price disadvantage as of April 1.

Good morning! How are all you LRC stable geniuses doing this fine am?

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/07/12/trump-speaks-after-nato-summit-stable-genius-newday-vpx.cnn

With everything going on in the USA I wonder what the headlines are about the USA at major objective, reality based news outlets? Let’s see what the associated press, Reuters, the Wall Street journal, and the BBC have up as top story on their websites...

https://www.apnews.com/b0034bf33e214cd6b6a85ae1c23bdcaf

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shutdown/trump-to-make-case-about-u-s-border-crisis-in-address-about-wall-idUSKCN1P20AR

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-to-visit-southern-border-on-thursday-white-house-says-11546881676

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46792676

That seems about right—relevant, factual, etc. I wonder what the top story is on foxnews.com right now?.....

https://www.foxnews.com/us/second-body-found-in-home-of-democratic-megadonor-ed-buck-in-california

Oh, yeah that makes sense. LOOK!!! A SCARY CLINTON SHAPED SQUIRREL!!!!

Ironically, it seems like Trump's negotiating skills are actually is worst quality as president.

agip wrote:

Make America Great Again wrote:

You don't seem to understand the brilliance of president Trump. TPP is bad precisely because it covers so many countries. Our advantage is diluted that way. When we negotiate with one or two countries at a time, we have much greater leverage over other countries. That's why we signed a deal with Mexico and Canada. That will put more pressure on Japan to sign a deal with US. That will in turn put even more pressure on other countries to sign bilateral deals with us. And all those deals combined will be far better for us than that disaster called TPP.

you have no idea what you are talking about and neither does trump.

Let’s be fair here. TPP was opposed by all major candidates in the 2016 POTUS election. So, it’s not just Trump who would’ve shut this down.

I strongly dislike Trump and his policies. That being said the one area where I think he has the right idea—but very bad execution—is his posture towards China. China needs to be stopped both in the trade arena (they play dirty) and in the pacific rim influence arena.

Most western powers and most US allies agree with the above about China. So, Tiny could’ve built a strong coalition to oppose Chinas influence in Asia AND finally call them out re: forced tech transfer, currency manipulation, and copyright infringement. He could’ve had a lot of support for that.

Instead, he basically attacks all of our allies, including our closest trading partners, and killed the TPP. The TPP would’ve been YUGE in regards to helping allies in Asia and hurting China.

Basically, Trump is a child with very little understanding or nuance when it comes to trade and foreign policy. While he has some good instincts, his policies will hurt—not help the USA.

Russian lawyer [Natalia Veselnitskaya] who met with team Trump to discuss "Americans adopting Russian orphans" is charged with obstruction of justice in a money-laundering case

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/08/politics/natalia-veselnitskaya-trump-tower-charged/index.html

Indicted wrote:

Russian lawyer [Natalia Veselnitskaya] who met with team Trump to discuss "Americans adopting Russian orphans" is charged with obstruction of justice in a money-laundering case

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/08/politics/natalia-veselnitskaya-trump-tower-charged/index.html

FAKE NEWS! Totally fake!

Don't believe what you are seeing and reading, folks. It's all fake news!

Day Eighteen of the Trump Shutdown . . . hang in there, everybody!

The District, of course, is the part of the country most affected by the shutdown; this graphic shows the 50 states and its effect on them:

https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/8vgyofjhLxeKFL2IQ57UgQ--~A/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9MTI4MDtoPTk2MA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/9da47de97bafbac7bca6d56fff06a519

From:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/government-shutdown-hitting-u-s-states-hardest-124420047.html

The impact is clearly variable politically, but many (not all) of the hardest-hit states voted for President Trump.

It's the REVENUE, stupid, Trump!

Trump Organization’s annual revenue, which stood at about $700 million in 2016, fell between $45 million and $90 million in 2017

https://www.crainsnewyork.com/politics/trump-organizations-trying-times