The Trump Presidency
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Actually, honey, it's just that he's not going anywhere. In fact, you're laying the groundwork for lost dem seats; you're making him stronger. Hahaha. You can't do anything right, can you, lil' cowpoke?
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Not all dems are incompetent pussies, afraid to face the truth. But those are the ones that you hear from. How about a word from
Andrew Yang, Democrat Candidate for the Presidency of the United States
“I’m pro-impeachment, but this is going to be a loser. Not a single Republican has given any indication that they’re in fact-finding mode. They’re all in defend-the-president mode. You need literally dozens of Republican senators to switch sides when the trial starts, which we’ve gotten zero indication is going to happen. The more this drags on, the more danger there is of two things: Number one, Donald Trump comes out of this and says, ‘Vindicated! Totally exonerated!’ And number two, we are wasting precious time where we should be creating a positive vision that Americans are excited about solving the problems that got Donald Trump elected, and beat him in 2020. If all that happens is all of the Democrats are talking about impeachment that fails, then it seems like there is no vision. It seems like all we can do is throw ineffective rocks at Donald Trump, and then it ends up leading, unfortunately, toward his reelection.”
Halper added, “It’s like good PR for him.”
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Andrew Yang, Democrat Candidate for the Presidency of the United States
“I’m pro-impeachment, but this is going to be a loser. Not a single Republican has given any indication that they’re in fact-finding mode. They’re all in defend-the-president mode. You need literally dozens of Republican senators to switch sides when the trial starts, which we’ve gotten zero indication is going to happen. The more this drags on, the more danger there is of two things: Number one, Donald Trump comes out of this and says, ‘Vindicated! Totally exonerated!’ And number two, we are wasting precious time where we should be creating a positive vision that Americans are excited about solving the problems that got Donald Trump elected, and beat him in 2020. If all that happens is all of the Democrats are talking about impeachment that fails, then it seems like there is no vision. It seems like all we can do is throw ineffective rocks at Donald Trump, and then it ends up leading, unfortunately, toward his reelection.”
Halper added, “It’s like good PR for him.”
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Top Russian diplomat to visit Washington in first visit since 2017 Oval Office controversy, officials say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...6242cc-1875-11ea-bf81-ebe89f477d1e_story.html
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is expected to travel to Washington next week for his first visit to the United States since his controversial Oval Office meeting with President Trump in 2017, diplomats familiar with the trip said.
Lavrov is poised to meet with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who has largely kept the Russian diplomat at arm’s length during his tenure, leaving much of the Russia portfolio up to former national security adviser John Bolton and diplomats in special envoy positions.
It is unclear if Lavrov will meet with Trump.
The White House declined to comment on the visit.
A U.S. official said Pompeo and Lavrov are likely to discuss the most pressing sticking points between the nations, including Ukraine, Syria, Venezuela and arms control issues.
One day before the meeting, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladi*mir Putin in Paris.
Lavrov’s last trip to Washington in 2017 concluded in a firestorm of criticism after Russian state media released images of him and other U.S. officials smiling and shaking hands after U.S. photojournalists were barred entry to the meeting.
U.S. officials later revealed that Trump disclosed highly classified information to Lavrov in the meeting that related to a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State.
The meeting came a day after Trump fired FBI Director James B. Comey, who was leading the investigation into the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russian officials. Trump reportedly told Lavrov that Comey was “crazy” and a “real nut job.”
“Americans were still grappling with the immediate aftereffects of Russian interference in our election, and the optics were really badly managed,” said Andrew Weiss, a Russia scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “The Russians gleefully took advantage of that and it propelled the idea that Russia’s meddling would be forgiven.”
On Friday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Lavrov’s “meeting is being prepared” for Dec. 10 but did not offer any details.
Lavrov probably will continue conversations he had with Pompeo in Sochi in May when the two men publicly disagreed over election interference, said diplomats, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the trip.
The prospects for warmer relations between the United States and Russia are dim given Washington’s deep distrust of Moscow and disagreements over how to address irritants between the two countries.
Much of the contact between the two countries has happened through low-level special envoys, including Stephen E. Biegun, the U.S. special representative for North Korea, and Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan.
“From the outset of his tenure as secretary of state, Pompeo has kept his distance from a prominent role running the U.S.-Russia relationship,” Weiss said. “It’s unclear if he viewed it as a loser politically or because there are simply very few issues where there is much prospect of making progress.”
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Let's get facts straight
Trump Takes 1st Step To Cut Welfare for Nearly 700,000 People, Tightens Work Requirement
https://www.westernjournal.com/trum...m=afb-pac&utm_campaign=dailyam&utm_content=ps
America Created 266,000 Jobs in November
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2...daily&utm_campaign=20191206&utm_content=Final
More Black Men Have Jobs Than Ever Before, Unemployment Rate Holds at Lowest Level Ever
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2...daily&utm_campaign=20191206&utm_content=Final
Trump Takes 1st Step To Cut Welfare for Nearly 700,000 People, Tightens Work Requirement
https://www.westernjournal.com/trum...m=afb-pac&utm_campaign=dailyam&utm_content=ps
America Created 266,000 Jobs in November
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2...daily&utm_campaign=20191206&utm_content=Final
More Black Men Have Jobs Than Ever Before, Unemployment Rate Holds at Lowest Level Ever
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2...daily&utm_campaign=20191206&utm_content=Final
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From The American Conservative :rofl:
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/trump-cant-close-any-deals/
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https://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/trump-cant-close-any-deals/
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Trump is guaranteed a second term after this impeachment fiasco is over. Book it.
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Impeachment is never good for the party of the impeached in the next election cycle. The only thing getting booked after the election is going to be The Orange Pig in the southern district of NY.
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The Orange Pig: Russian Asset, Making Russia Great
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture-idUSKCN1UL275
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture-idUSKCN1UL275
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Making America Great, The Way A Pig Makes Mud Great
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/u...bankruptcies-at-highest-since-2011-2019-11-16
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/u...bankruptcies-at-highest-since-2011-2019-11-16
U.S. stock market at record but farm bankruptcies at highest since 2011
Squeeze on farmers underscores the toll the trade war has taken on a critical Trump constituency ahead of the 2020 elections
While the U.S. stock market is soaring to new record highs, farmers are having trouble paying their bills in the heart of America’s agricultural sector.
U.S. stocks closed at fresh record highs on Friday on revived hopes for a U.S. - China trade deal despite mixed economic data. The Dow DJIA, +1.22% hit 28,000 for the first time after posting a fourth straight week of gains, while the S&P500 index SPX, +0.91% rallied for a sixth week, its longest winning streak since November 2017.
Meanwhile, farms incomes are falling in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and portions of western Missouri and northern New Mexico, according to the Kansas City Federal Reserve.
Farm income fell in each state within the region from a year ago and credit conditions in the Federal Reserve’s Tenth District deteriorated in the third quarter despite an increase in the price of certain commodities and additional government aid to farmers.
Farm household spending and capital spending both declined, with bankers in the Kansas Fed’s region saying they expect the trends to continue.
Farmers have struggled to escape a downturn that began in 2013, a slump made worse by President Trump’s trade war with China, Mexico and Canada that cut exports and depressed already low prices, while extreme weather including flooding, a freeze, and drought early in 2019 added to farming woes.
In other districts such as Iowa, farm finances are also faltering. About 85% of Iowa land is used for farmland and it’s ranked first in U.S. corn and egg production and one-third of the country’s hogs are raised in Iowa.
Iowa farm debt hit $18.9 billion in the second quarter, the highest level in the nation, according to Ohio State University agricultural lending data.
Despite President Trump’s agriculture bailouts, Iowa farmers continue to see their financial condition erode, with 44% of producers last year struggling to cover their bills, an Iowa State University report shows.
“It’s very, very concerning,” Alejandro Plastina, the Iowa State agricultural economist who conducted the study, told the Des Moines Register. “It’s getting harder and harder for farm operations to cash-flow their business.”
Plastina expects farmers’ struggles to continue this year, with a tough growing season and dim prospects for improved prices. Record spring rain hampered planting, leaving nearly 464,000 acres unplanted. And the fall harvest has been slowed by rain, sub-freezing temperatures and snow.
The Trump administration rolled out a total of $28 billion in farm assistance packages over the past two years to offset losses due to the trade war, but Plastina said the assistance Iowa farmers received has only slowed, but not reversed, the trend of financial decline for farmers.
Farmers have worked to lower costs, restructure debt, and free up cash. Some growers also have sold unneeded equipment and land to keep operations afloat.
Nationwide U.S. farm bankruptcies in September surged 24% to their highest level since 2011 amid strains from President Trump’s trade war with China and a year of wild weather.
In the 12 months through September, there were 580 Chapter 12 farm bankruptcy filings, the most since 2011, the American Farm Bureau Federation reported. Wisconsin, which was among the top five milk-producing states in 2018, had the highest number: 48.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects farm income in 2019 to reach $88 billion – the highest net farm income since 2014’s $92 billion, but still 29% below 2013’s record high.
Growers are becoming increasingly dependent on trade aid and other federal programs for income, according to figures in a report by the American Farm Bureau Federation, the nation’s largest general farm organization.
Nearly 40% of that income – some $33 billion in total -- is related to the federal governments trade assistance, disaster assistance, the farm bill subsidies, and insurance indemnities and has yet to be fully received by farmers and ranchers
The squeeze on farmers underscores the toll that China’s retaliatory tariffs have taken on a critical Trump constituency as the president enters the 2020 reelection campaign. The figures also highlight the importance of a “Phase One” deal the administration is currently negotiating with Beijing to increase agriculture imports in return for a pause in escalating U.S. levies.
U.S. farm debt is projected to reach a record high of $416 billion, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Adjusted for inflation, the current farm debt is just below the 1980 record at $431.6 billion. That was just before the 1980s farm crisis struck.
While President Trump is touting the rally in the stock market, saying the economy is booming and repeatedly promising a trade deal as being close, farmers throughout the country are not experiencing the same level of success.
According to the terms of the partial deal, Trump says China has agreed to purchase between $40 billion and $50 billion worth of U.S. agricultural products, but the highest amount of agricultural products Beijing ever purchased from the U.S. in a year was $16 billion.
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