Trump the most successful president in history

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The media is so unhinged. You would think this president got our ambassador killed...
Or gave uranium to Russia...
Or used a private server and gave classified information stolen by 5 enemy countries...
Or spied upon the opposition party and unmasked them...
Or took millions from foreign countries for pay to play...
Or gave over 33 billion in gold to Iran...helped Russians sell uranium to Iran...supported ISIL with guns and money.
And they want to impeach Trump because he is mentally unstable.

And that's the short list

Don't forget directly or indirectly responsible for dozens of murders. That's a biggie.

Bout time you agreed as to Clinton's shortcomings.

[Moonshot_1]

And Reuters has just published that there were 18 undisclosed contacts between the Russian campaign and Russia in the final months of the 2016 campaign.

How did they know if they were "undisclosed"?
Where did that information come from? How do we determine the accuracy of it?
Were these contacts unlawful? If so, under what US Code?
Were these "contacts" required to be disclosed? Again, under what part of the US Code?
How did the source or sources come by this information?
Who are the sources that provided the information?
Did the sources have an obligation under US Code to disclose this information to the DOJ?

Can't answer all of the questions the story is bogus.

[baldo]

The media is so unhinged. You would think this president got our ambassador killed...
Or gave uranium to Russia...
Or used a private server and gave classified information stolen by 5 enemy countries...
Or spied upon the opposition party and unmasked them...
Or took millions from foreign countries for pay to play...
Or gave over 33 billion in gold to Iran...helped Russians sell uranium to Iran...supported ISIL with guns and money.
And they want to impeach Trump because he is mentally unstable.

And that's the short list

Don't forget directly or indirectly responsible for dozens of murders. That's a biggie.

Bout time you agreed as to Clinton's shortcomings.

I need a new keyboard. My sarcasm font is broken.....

[dinosnake]

Trump has been so successful at saving/creating jobs and starting to turn the economy around with only 4 months into his presidency because he is repealing the executive orders that Obama signed against the will and good intentions of most US citizens.

I didn't subscribe to the Kool-Aid deliveries so I'm not quite in the know right now: Exactly what "saving/creating jobs" and "turn the economy around" are you talking about?

Oh, you mean like the Ford deal he said he brokered previously?

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ford-motor-layoffs-idUSKCN18C03P

Or, maybe, you're talking about our general economic condition?

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/28/first-estimate-of-2017-q1-gdp.html

I would advise less reading of alt-right materials, my good man, they are spinning flat-out lies, living a fantasy, to keep you exactly where they want you.  Reading factual reporting shows the world...isn't quite that great right now.

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Trump has been so successful at saving/creating jobs and starting to turn the economy around with only 4 months into his presidency because he is repealing the executive orders that Obama signed against the will and good intentions of most US citizens.

I didn't subscribe to the Kool-Aid deliveries so I'm not quite in the know right now: Exactly what "saving/creating jobs" and "turn the economy around" are you talking about?

Oh, you mean like the Ford deal he said he brokered previously?

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ford-motor-layoffs-idUSKCN18C03P

Or, maybe, you're talking about our general economic condition?

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/28/first-estimate-of-2017-q1-gdp.html

I would advise less reading of alt-right materials, my good man, they are spinning flat-out lies, living a fantasy, to keep you exactly where they want you.  Reading factual reporting shows the world...isn't quite that great right now.

From the Reuters link you surely did read?????????

"A person briefed on the plan said Ford plans to offer generous early retirement incentives to reduce its salaried headcount by Oct. 1, but does not plan cuts to its hourly workforce or its production. "

Oh surely not more that you of course read
"
Ford plans to emphasize the voluntary nature of the staff reductions. Ford said April 27 when it reported first-quarter earnings that it planned to cut $3 billion in costs."

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Say it aint so from the same Reuters piece you of course fully comprehended before posting the link.

"Following criticism from Trump, in January Ford scrapped plans to build a $1.6 billion car factory in Mexico and instead added 700 jobs in Michigan.

In March, Ford said it would invest $1.2 billion in three Michigan facilities and create 130 jobs in projects largely in line with a previous agreement with the United Auto Workers union."

[..]

Petard - hoist away.

[..]

I went back to read the second link and GUESS WHAT

"The pedestrian first-quarter growth pace is, however, not a true picture of the economy's health. The labor market is near full employment and consumer confidence is near multi-year highs, suggesting that the mostly weather-induced sharp slowdown in consumer spending is probably temporary."

Your sad attempt simply shows you up as an agent provocateur. And not a very good one at that. 

[dinosnake]

Trump has been so successful at saving/creating jobs and starting to turn the economy around with only 4 months into his presidency because he is repealing the executive orders that Obama signed against the will and good intentions of most US citizens.

I didn't subscribe to the Kool-Aid deliveries so I'm not quite in the know right now: Exactly what "saving/creating jobs" and "turn the economy around" are you talking about?

Oh, you mean like the Ford deal he said he brokered previously?

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ford-motor-layoffs-idUSKCN18C03P

Or, maybe, you're talking about our general economic condition?

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/28/first-estimate-of-2017-q1-gdp.html

I would advise less reading of alt-right materials, my good man, they are spinning flat-out lies, living a fantasy, to keep you exactly where they want you.  Reading factual reporting shows the world...isn't quite that great right now.

From the Reuters link you surely did read?????????

"A person briefed on the plan said Ford plans to offer generous early retirement incentives to reduce its salaried headcount by Oct. 1, but does not plan cuts to its hourly workforce or its production. "

Oh surely not more that you of course read
"
Ford plans to emphasize the voluntary nature of the staff reductions. Ford said April 27 when it reported first-quarter earnings that it planned to cut $3 billion in costs."

Of course I read the article    The point was that Trump's deal was for no reductions: the fact that the method of the reductions is relatively pleasant does not change the fact that the jobs are going.  Of course, as you note, it is all "salaried" jobs, meaning white-collar rather than mostly blue-collar; the jobs will probably be in design (less emphasis on gas and diesel, more on electric, mixed fuels and autonomous), probably cuts in marketing and finance.

Still, as I say, cuts is cuts.  The fact that they are being given "early retirement incentives" only means that some won't go back into the workforce...but others will.

[dinosnake]

I went back to read the second link and GUESS WHAT

"The pedestrian first-quarter growth pace is, however, not a true picture of the economy's health. The labor market is near full employment and consumer confidence is near multi-year highs, suggesting that the mostly weather-induced sharp slowdown in consumer spending is probably temporary."

Your sad attempt simply shows you up as an agent provocateur. And not a very good one at that. 

That's because you didn't follow the rest of the economic story to put all the pieces together.  In fact, most of you aren't actually following macroeconomic news at all

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2017/05/11/retail-mageddon-macys-ugly-earnings-drag-down-entire-sector/#11b0fc76786e

The retail sector is BLOWING UP.  It is completely doom-and-gloom in business right now, from real estate to retail, with last month offering one of the few lights of hope

https://therealdeal.com/la/2017/05/18/inside-the-retail-apocalypse/

http://www.businessinsider.com/retail-apocalypse-industrial-reits-in-demand-2017-5

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2017/04/19/few-retailers-remain-hhgregg-space/100638438/

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-retail-apocalypse-is-a-new-normal-2017-5

Not following?  Sears Holdings (Sears & KMart) issued an official statement that they have, quote "substantial doubt exists related to the company's ability to continue as a going concern"

http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/22/news/companies/sears-kmart-future/

https://www.thestreet.com/story/14139739/1/yes-sears-stock-is-still-crashing.html

That's right, Sears is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy by the end of the year, and their stock is collapsing because of it.  Sears.  How do you like that?

Macys (Consolidated) fell flat, too.  JCPenney stabilized but since they were down in the basement for years now where could they go?  Many retailers are closing stores left and right, one even closing their Fifth Avenue flagship store location (Ralph Lauren)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-04/ralph-lauren-to-close-flagship-polo-fifth-avenue-store-cut-jobs

https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/03/07/these-10-retailers-are-closing-stores-in-2017.aspx

Luckily, Wal-Mart (today) just posted a big increase, from internet sales

Remember that, just several months ago, they were still stating "full employment" but everyone here was calling out "bull, it's just an Obama lie!".  But now that Trump makes the same claim, with about the same economy, with business reports going down, it's truth?

Trump, sadly, hasn't turned a single tide yet.  He may though, who knows?  Frankly it is FAR too early to call out anything, giving Trump the benefit of the doubt, he's only been in office for 4 months and his policies aren't active yet.  Everything that is going on is happening under the shadow of the Obama administration.

So let's wait and see.

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I went back to read the second link and GUESS WHAT

"The pedestrian first-quarter growth pace is, however, not a true picture of the economy's health. The labor market is near full employment and consumer confidence is near multi-year highs, suggesting that the mostly weather-induced sharp slowdown in consumer spending is probably temporary."

Your sad attempt simply shows you up as an agent provocateur. And not a very good one at that. 

That's because you didn't follow the rest of the economic story to put all the pieces together. 

I responded to what you posted. I'm not f'in psychic. Geeeez.

My comments about your lame post still apply.

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I went back to read the second link and GUESS WHAT

"The pedestrian first-quarter growth pace is, however, not a true picture of the economy's health. The labor market is near full employment and consumer confidence is near multi-year highs, suggesting that the mostly weather-induced sharp slowdown in consumer spending is probably temporary."

Your sad attempt simply shows you up as an agent provocateur. And not a very good one at that. 

That's because you didn't follow the rest of the economic story to put all the pieces together.  In fact, most of you aren't actually following macroeconomic news at all

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2017/05/11/retail-mageddon-macys-ugly-earnings-drag-down-entire-sector/#11b0fc76786e

The retail sector is BLOWING UP.  It is completely doom-and-gloom in business right now, from real estate to retail, with last month offering one of the few lights of hope

https://therealdeal.com/la/2017/05/18/inside-the-retail-apocalypse/

http://www.businessinsider.com/retail-apocalypse-industrial-reits-in-demand-2017-5

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2017/04/19/few-retailers-remain-hhgregg-space/100638438/

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-retail-apocalypse-is-a-new-normal-2017-5

Not following?  Sears Holdings (Sears & KMart) issued an official statement that they have, quote "substantial doubt exists related to the company's ability to continue as a going concern"

http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/22/news/companies/sears-kmart-future/

https://www.thestreet.com/story/14139739/1/yes-sears-stock-is-still-crashing.html

That's right, Sears is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy by the end of the year, and their stock is collapsing because of it.  Sears.  How do you like that?

Macys (Consolidated) fell flat, too.  JCPenney stabilized but since they were down in the basement for years now where could they go?  Many retailers are closing stores left and right, one even closing their Fifth Avenue flagship store location (Ralph Lauren)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-04/ralph-lauren-to-close-flagship-polo-fifth-avenue-store-cut-jobs

https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/03/07/these-10-retailers-are-closing-stores-in-2017.aspx

Luckily, Wal-Mart (today) just posted a big increase, from internet sales

Remember that, just several months ago, they were still stating "full employment" but everyone here was calling out "bull, it's just an Obama lie!".  But now that Trump makes the same claim, with about the same economy, with business reports going down, it's truth?

Trump, sadly, hasn't turned a single tide yet.  He may though, who knows?  Frankly it is FAR too early to call out anything, giving Trump the benefit of the doubt, he's only been in office for 4 months and his policies aren't active yet.  Everything that is going on is happening under the shadow of the Obama administration.

So let's wait and see.

I can't access the Forbes website.

Your next link has

"Behind the scenes, Azria’s business was laden with debt, which he’d refinanced with more expensive debt, including a $135 million cash infusion in 2015 from affiliates and clients of Guggenheim Partners, the investment banking firm."

and

"For one, with 24 square feet of U.S. shopping center space per capita, the country is vastly overretailed in comparison with other developed countries. Then there’s the challenge posed by online shopping. Finally, consumers went into frugality mode during the last recession, and they never really came out."

And I really can't be bothered wasting any more time on your inability to comprehend what you are posting.

Keep it up, you are just making yourself look ineffectual.

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it's too good to waste.


"“In the be-careful-what-you-wish-for department, we made the prescient call four years ago that retail was in secular decline and acted on that by selling our [17] malls, spinning our strips into Urban Edge Properties, while retaining and even growing our flagship street retail in Manhattan,” Roth said in his letter.

“If anyone was shocked that Sears had concerns, they were living under a rock,” said Alexander Goldfarb, an analyst at Sandler O’Neill. “The big guys have seen this coming for a long time, and they worked hard to reinvent themselves.”"

You are quite laughable.

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And the hits keep coming.

If you say you have read your links either

a) you are being economical with the truth
b) you have a reading disorder




" The industry's decline isn't just a phase or a temporary trend: it's a new normal, according to report released Wednesday by the asset management company Cohen & Steers.

"We see this retail weakness, which is occurring despite a relatively healthy economy, as part of a permanent evolution in how and where Americans spend their money," the firm, which manages $58.5 billion in assets, said in the report. "

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I love free ammunition

" Industrial real estate is emerging as a winner of the crisis in brick-and-mortar retail.

With more people choosing to buy online and have their purchases delivered to them, there's been a surge in demand for storage facilities in large distribution markets, says Jay Leupp, a portfolio manager and analyst on Lazard's global real-estate securities team.

This bodes well for real-estate investment trusts, or REITs, that own or fund industrial properties for profit. "



""You're seeing the beginning signs of reuse of property where retail real estate really no longer makes sense," Leupp said. Some neighborhood shopping centers would most likely be repurposed for other uses, and there may be some merger activity among REITs to consolidate resources, Leupp said. "

[Moonshot_1]

This comes strictly from my observations. The perspective is from the retail industry, of which, I am a cog in a really big wheel.

The brick and mortar retail industry is taking a major hit. My view, there are a couple significant reasons for it.

Normally, I don't like to put much blame on an Administration, but in this case, the ACA and by virtue the Obama administration, does have a significant role.

The 2 reasons are:

1. The Affordable Care Act
2. Internet Sales (Amazon and the like)

The ACA has tentacles deep within the business community. Many of the rules and regulations governed employment. Businesses could only hire people for only so many hours per week or have to pay extraordinary benefits. For Retailers with seasonal shopping patterns, this was a killer. I know the argument would be to just hire more full time people but retailers could only justify that if their sales were as constant as, say, holiday sales. That doesn't happen.
In any event,  the ACA cost businesses a bundle in ensuring compliance.
This, in and of itself, was not the killer.

Combining this with the onslaught of Internet sales was.
You can shop at your convenience, from home, from your phone. You can have it shipped to your home, business or anywhere. You don't have to pay sales tax as a general rule.
The brick and mortar retailers could battle this with putting more effort into customer service. Service you can't get through the internet.

The ACA kind of screwed that up. Businesses found themselves having to serve Federal rules and regulations before their customers. Before you discount that, I am in the retail industry and have seen this dynamic first hand. We could, during seasonal  times, have part-time workers put in a full week. Even get overtime. Can't do that now. That would put them in a class where the company would have to make them full time with benefits. So they lose out on the seasonal work increase. We struggle to serve our customers at the store.

We do have internet sales through our store. It is used daily. (Grocery store. Regional chain)

With the dynamics of both of these, brick and mortar retailers are having a difficult time.

Yes, they can go to an internet based model and sell from there. But you still have to close stores, fire people. The Cities lose a tax base, States lose revenues.

Couple of the things that could alleviate this is, if not a repeal, an entire rework of the ACA. Get as much of it out of business as possible. The best way to great health care is a great and robust economy. Don't care what plan you got, you can't get there without a robust economy.

National internet sales tax. I do not like the imposition of more taxation, but in this case the playing field must be leveled. It is wholly not fair to the brick and mortar businesses nor the State and Local Municipalities to lose out on, perhaps billions, of tax revenue per year. A national internet tax that goes back directly to the State of sale would be appropriate.

Again, leveling the playing field is important. If you want good streets, sewers, water, parks, hospitals and the like, a vibrant local economy is vital.

We are not set up to do this with the internet model and business ladened with ACA and other detrimental Federal rules and regulations.

[Skinhead]

Rob, perhaps now is the time to check both your sense of humor and your understanding of the English language.  An amount of success or failure is not based upon your, or anyone else's approval, but only upon a comparison of intent to actual completion.  There is also the measurement used.  Changes? Number of executive orders enacted?  Number of new laws enacted?  Number of appointees approved?

I suspect the OP may have been referring to the number of campaign promises on which he has followed through.

I did acknowledge it was overstated.  The degree of overstatement I'm sure is dependent upon some perspective.  Yours and mine are not the same.  I find mine much more realistic.

You sure talk purty!

[Robert]

This comes strictly from my observations. The perspective is from the retail industry, of which, I am a cog in a really big wheel.

The brick and mortar retail industry is taking a major hit. My view, there are a couple significant reasons for it.

Normally, I don't like to put much blame on an Administration, but in this case, the ACA and by virtue the Obama administration, does have a significant role.

The 2 reasons are:

1. The Affordable Care Act
2. Internet Sales (Amazon and the like)

Like your post and agree on the ACA but not on taxes. Internet sales are a change in society and that happens all the time and in many businesses. Taxes are never a good thing, most state, federal and local governments have been aggressive at forming taxes to cover expenses without real visible results. The Federal government of course the worst offender. I dont believe local businesses are hurt to much by this tax burden although it is a factor.

  Our society the way we shop the things we do and how we live is changing alot. That is part of life like the internet stores being a way for everyone to be in on the newest and best stuff at the lowest prices, where as before people used to go into department stores to find the latest and greatest. Local stores with massive overhead and labor cost, taxes,rent even under the best circumstances are having a hard time. One clothing store in a mall around here some are paying rent of 10 to 80k a month on a medium size store, A kyosk can run 5k a month. Are you kidding me, that kind of rent is a hard thing to swallow to be in a mall or group of stores. As for Sears have you been in a Sears store lately? It was sad for the most part merchandising and new modern upbeat lines were non exsistant.

[MP]

And Reuters has just published that there were 18 undisclosed contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia in the final months of the 2016 campaign.

"Contacts" does not equate to  illusion. There were numerous "contacts" with the Hillary campaign too. But Dems won't look at them.

You need actual proof of interaction between parties to show collusion.

If I live in a gang infested neighborhood in South Chicago, I will have "contacts" with gang members. Does not make me a gang .ember or show we are "colluding" about anything.

[Wizzard]

The only thing Trump has obstructed is Hillary being in the white house.

[Robert]

Do you want to see Loretta Lynch lie about the Clinton case and see members of Congress become frustrated when question.

Its just unbelievable.

Admits she did not make the decision to not prosecute Clinton.

She never reviewed the interview or any information about Clinton

She basically abdicated her job.

She never would say yes or no

After looking at this I have a greater respect for some members in Congress. Fairly short videos but worthwhile watching. It will give you much more information that Hillary was not prosecuted but in many ways she did not get away with the criminal acts all in Congress know what really happened.
The first is the longest.
I would have to ask, we all felt Hillary should be prosecuted, I see by this information members of this committee and Congress. After listening to these congressional interrogations confirmed the possibly a crime why was Loretta Lynch not brought up on charges as well as Hillary. It also pretty much confirms Lynch fell on her sword to protect Hillary.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oS7Y56hSNc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYn1LBUcymE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0CemHD43nQ


As a side note congratulations IT’S OFFICIAL: Sheriff Clarke Just Got a BIG New Job – Liberals Are MELTING DOWN! 

[rocketray]

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