woodguru

Maybe not god, but you certainly have bestowed a cult leader status on him, there is nothing you care about him having done or currently doing.

Just start by admitting he's pretty lame as a leader, he has the attention span of a gnat when it comes to learning about or discussing details.

proud republican Loc: RED CALIFORNIA

I believe if Democrats will take over the House, stock market will crash and there will be civil unrest...I really believe that..And then DemoCraps will know what its like to be on hte other end of violence!!!

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

You may well be correct about that!

Mike Easterday

The L*****t have lost their minds !

Mike Easterday

The L*****t have lost their minds !

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

You can say that again!

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

Dude! You are my favorite poster! Awesome meme by the way.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

Gee, thanks! I'll try to keep it from going to my head.

woodguru

He just thinks he's god, big difference

Peewee Loc: San Antonio, TX

One of my comedic favorites, Benny Hill, ha. The risque Red Skelton of England.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

Me?

Geo

The economy is already turning down.

Column: The casualties of Trump's trade war are mounting

RVs are assembled in a factory in Elkhart, Ind. Eighty percent of the world’s recreational vehicles are built in and around Elkhart County, Ind., which v**ed for Trump by a 2-1 margin. (Mira Oberman/Getty-AFP)
Steve Chapman Steve ChapmanContact Reporter

When White House economic adviser Gary Cohn showed up in the Oval Office earlier this year to give Donald Trump news of an excellent jobs report, the president’s keen grasp of economics and policy instantly came into play. “It’s all because of my tariffs,” he replied, according to Bob Woodward’s new book, “Fear.” Cohn had to inform him that the tariffs were not yet in effect.

Now they are, and the news is not so sunny. The Federal Reserve reported Wednesday that already, “Tariffs are reported to be contributing to rising input costs, mainly for manufacturers,” and worries about trade disputes have “prompted some businesses to scale back or postpone capital investment.”

Eighty percent of the world’s recreational vehicles are built in and around Elkhart County, Ind., which v**ed for Trump by a 2-1 margin. When times are bad, people don’t buy RVs, because they are a luxury, not a necessity. The Great Recession walloped Elkhart County, which saw its unemployment rate hit 20 percent. Nine years later, the rate is 2.3 percent — but RV sales are falling and some plants have cut production to four days a week.

Why? Trump has imposed new duties on steel and aluminum, two commodities needed to build motor homes, campers and the like. Elkhart County-based Smoker Craft, which makes recreational boats, said because of European retaliation the price of a typical new rig could climb from $30,000 to $37,000. Meanwhile, the tariffs imposed by Canada in retaliation have shriveled a market that previously accounted for a quarter of the company’s sales.

“This is a really big deal for us,” Elkhart County Commissioner Mike Yoder, a Republican, told The New York Times. “We export a lot of product and import a lot of product. If this whole trade dispute expands much more, it has serious implications, and we will once again lead the country into a recession, without a doubt.”

He has plenty of company in his anxiety, well beyond northern Indiana. A group of more than 80 trade associations representing U.S. farmers, retailers, toy makers, fisheries, tech companies and others has launched a campaign with the slogan “Tariffs Hurt the Heartland.”

New trade barriers do no good for them or their customers. The American Apparel and Footwear Association, which is part of this coalition, says, “We urge the American consumer to buy their warm winter clothing now, as it’s shaping up to be a long, dreary, and bitter tariff season ahead.” Parents in need of baby strollers and car seats “could see prices increase dramatically,” warns the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association.

The president’s fixation on blocking imports and punishing trade partners, it must be said, is producing some worthy achievements. One is enlightening many people who v**ed for him in the mistaken belief that he knew what he was doing.

A new NPR/Marist poll found that his support is declining even in small towns, where 46 percent of v**ers disapprove of his performance, compared with 41 percent who approve. All this is before Trump follows through on his threat to slap fees on $200 billion of Chinese goods.

His trade war has also illuminated the value of free trade in ways that everyone can see. When a single industry or corporation laments the threat of foreign competition, it can point to the jobs it provides. The intended benefit, saving them, is obvious.

Granting it relief may raise prices, but not enough for most people to notice or object. Trump’s broad increase in import taxes, by contrast, can’t be ignored: It’s too large and affects too many American companies. It could have hardly been designed more effectively to inflict palpable harm across a wide swath of the country and the economy.

But the benefits, if any, are exceedingly narrow. The steel industry, which stands to gain from the tariffs, employs only 140,000 people. Set that against more than 2 million farmers, 5 million retail workers and 1.3 million auto dealer employees — all of whom stand to lose and many of whom realize it.

In the past, protectionism could be portrayed as a negative only for foreign companies. Now it’s become clear that imports are a vital element in the functioning of the economy and that the government restricts them at our peril.

If the trade fight continues and expands, a lot of Americans will suffer from the effects, losing jobs and paying higher prices. Memo to the president: It’s all because of your tariffs.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

ALL BECAUSE OF TARIFFS? How ignorant.

The economy is totally artificial and has been for decades.

Everything is a trade-off.

Begin on those facts and your presentation wouldn't appear so one-sided to someone who knows better.

We are in for long-put-off pain.

A global economic crash is part of the plan to start WWIII which the "Merchant Princes" will go ahead with even though the kriminal Klinton won't be there to sacrifice the lives and treasure of Americans for. All Trump can do is mitigate the damage to US.

The people who engineer our wars and the rebuilding after are relatively insulated from disaster.

Look at global economic charts and suddenly our economy looks good...we might just be seeing the beginning of the end of the central banks.

Crybaby about Trump all you want. History didn't begin in 2016 and most of us are becoming impervious to lies and propaganda. In fact, this crap makes us set our faces against you (general terms. Not you).

We don't care what the left says anymore.

The left hits below the belt too much and cries too much.

The left stands for nothing but regaining power. FK THAT!

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

Steel and aluminum need to be produced here. Period. End of discussion.

If you can't figure out why I can't help but believe you're being purposely dishonest.