It's definitely a different faction with thier own goals, there's no doubt about that. But many of the things being done by them seem completely counter to the things everyone knows are wrong with the world but cant articulate. Trade deficits are sketchy things. China is funnelling a lot of goods through Mexico and Canada. The steel issues with new NAFTA were major talking point and deal breaker because Trump pointed out China was abusing Canada trade to get around US sanctions and wanted it stopped. Trudeau plugged his ears and sent Freeland to negotiate and cost us billions. The same was happening with steel and other goods going through Mexico. There are various causes for trade deficits and are not a reliable metric without taking into account other countries and global issues and things like major auto manufacturers relocating to mexico from other countries, etc.
Under Trump, America has seen unprecedented growth well beyond what anyone else predicted and GDP growth that was deemed impossible that was easily met. Theres funny math in a lot of employment numbers, but Obama's were fudged to high heavens with once a week part time jobs counting as full time, etc, but Trump's numbers were still insane and job growth and economics before covid were just unbelievable. That's with banks fighting him every step with interest rates counter to economic growth and accepted economic teachings. Obama was given trillions in loans and quantatative easing out the wazoo and failed to do anything remotely close. Trump did it while hamstrung.
I dont believe Trump is altruistic and perfect and there are major issues with his cabinet choices, too, but there is a definite change in almost all policies and actions compared to past few decades. He is the only president not to start a new war in I dont know how many years. He has actively tried to remove troops from middle east and you have actual reports that military lied to him and reported the wrong troop numbers and kept massive deployments against orders, too. Theres macro politics going on at a global scale that are beyond even the most ardent political pundits right now and we'll never truly know the extent to which each of these factions is actually involved, but I do know the CFR is evil and everyone involved is a threat to humanity at this point. I'll take any faction over them at this point.
Trade deficits are sketchy things. China is funnelling a lot of goods through Mexico and Canada.
The problem is that the trade deficit of the US with China didn't went down. It is as high as under Obama. And the overall trade deficit of the US hit record highs this year. I remember a Trump that called all that out. Now he doesn't talk about it. Someone should explain me how the USMCA deal is so great when Ford, GM and FCA closed 7 car factories in the US and Canada after the deal was signed but not a single one in Mexico.
Under Trump, America has seen unprecedented growth well beyond what anyone else predicted and GDP growth that was deemed impossible that was easily met.
This is not true. Trump had his best year in 2018 with a GDP growth of 2.9%. Obama had the same growth in 2016. 2019 the GDP growth was 2.3%. This year there won't be an increase. It will be a massive contraction. As comparison, Trudeau had a year with 3.0% GDP growth.
As for interest rates and debt. Look at what Trump wants to do. The Republicans in Congress don't want a second stimulus package of more than a trillion. The Democrats want two trillion and what does Trump want? Over $3 trillion. I remember a time where Conservatives would call out such debt levels. I see it with Conservatives in Canada. They call out the Liberals on spending. But Trump, a Conservative in the US, is on pace to spend more in 4 years than Obama did in 8 years. This is not Conservatism.
He has actively tried to remove troops from middle east ...
This is the only topic I would give credit too him. But to win on this, he will have to do more. There are still US troops in Syria. There are still troops in Iraq and there are still troops in Afghanistan. He promised to bring them all home.
It's definitely a different faction with thier own goals, there's no doubt about that. But many of the things being done by them seem completely counter to the things everyone knows are wrong with the world but cant articulate. Trade deficits are sketchy things. China is funnelling a lot of goods through Mexico and Canada. The steel issues with new NAFTA were major talking point and deal breaker because Trump pointed out China was abusing Canada trade to get around US sanctions and wanted it stopped. Trudeau plugged his ears and sent Freeland to negotiate and cost us billions. The same was happening with steel and other goods going through Mexico. There are various causes for trade deficits and are not a reliable metric without taking into account other countries and global issues and things like major auto manufacturers relocating to mexico from other countries, etc.
Under Trump, America has seen unprecedented growth well beyond what anyone else predicted and GDP growth that was deemed impossible that was easily met. Theres funny math in a lot of employment numbers, but Obama's were fudged to high heavens with once a week part time jobs counting as full time, etc, but Trump's numbers were still insane and job growth and economics before covid were just unbelievable. That's with banks fighting him every step with interest rates counter to economic growth and accepted economic teachings. Obama was given trillions in loans and quantatative easing out the wazoo and failed to do anything remotely close. Trump did it while hamstrung.
I dont believe Trump is altruistic and perfect and there are major issues with his cabinet choices, too, but there is a definite change in almost all policies and actions compared to past few decades. He is the only president not to start a new war in I dont know how many years. He has actively tried to remove troops from middle east and you have actual reports that military lied to him and reported the wrong troop numbers and kept massive deployments against orders, too. Theres macro politics going on at a global scale that are beyond even the most ardent political pundits right now and we'll never truly know the extent to which each of these factions is actually involved, but I do know the CFR is evil and everyone involved is a threat to humanity at this point. I'll take any faction over them at this point.
The problem is that the trade deficit of the US with China didn't went down. It is as high as under Obama. And the overall trade deficit of the US hit record highs this year. I remember a Trump that called all that out. Now he doesn't talk about it. Someone should explain me how the USMCA deal is so great when Ford, GM and FCA closed 7 car factories in the US and Canada after the deal was signed but not a single one in Mexico.
This is not true. Trump had his best year in 2018 with a GDP growth of 2.9%. Obama had the same growth in 2016. 2019 the GDP growth was 2.3%. This year there won't be an increase. It will be a massive contraction. As comparison, Trudeau had a year with 3.0% GDP growth.
As for interest rates and debt. Look at what Trump wants to do. The Republicans in Congress don't want a second stimulus package of more than a trillion. The Democrats want two trillion and what does Trump want? Over $3 trillion. I remember a time where Conservatives would call out such debt levels. I see it with Conservatives in Canada. They call out the Liberals on spending. But Trump, a Conservative in the US, is on pace to spend more in 4 years than Obama did in 8 years. This is not Conservatism.
This is the only topic I would give credit too him. But to win on this, he will have to do more. There are still US troops in Syria. There are still troops in Iraq and there are still troops in Afghanistan. He promised to bring them all home.