Originally Posted by John Voorpostel
The alternative was not Kamala Harris. She has absolutely nothing to do with what is happening or not happening. She is history

Her candidacy is history. But her manner of governing the border and everything else was still very present, as evidenced by her cohorts at the speech who sat there like a classroom full of pre-schoolers who were told that there would be no dessert today.

Originally Posted by John Voorpostel
The alternative was Trump not lying about why tariffs were imposed, not lying about the "fentanyl problem", not belittling our leadership, not belitttling our sovereignty....he insults us, disrespects us, threatens us....then acts capriciously when we stand up to him. Threats when Ford....as predicted....raised energy prices hugely escalated his response, he immediately threatned huge tariff increases, doubled down on insults, and doubled down in his wish to make us the 51st

He is a chronic liar and a bully and feels that bodes him well as a foreign policy tool and a positions him as tough leader and negotiator domestically and internationally

Your point is?
We have all had a decade to look at Trump. He is the most highly scrutinized person in the world. I can't think of a close second.
Notwithstading all of that, he was elected for a second time. He is what he is.
My advice is to forget the stage act and concentrate on the details of the trade agreements.
As far as your leaders being belittled...it may happen again.

There is a fentanyl problem, but the tariffs are mainly about reciprocity.


Originally Posted by John Voorpostel
Marty, you mentioned he was saved by God from a bullet, is the biggest personality and largest cultural figure in your history and seem to say his ends justifies his means.
you seem to agree his lies are OK ...that he can use them to break the laws of your country, ignore a trade agreement due to be re negotiated....one negotiated in his first term and praised. He had legal ways to get what he wants but chose to dictate his own way forward ignoring his own laws, our shared history of collaboration to solve problems, and diplomatic protocols regarding relationships between nations and leaders and long standing allies ....

That is dangerous thinking when that figure has been unleashed by your Supreme Court, a pliant party, the attempts to reign him in for his (let's be kind and call it) "transitional behaviour" when he lost the last election AND worst of all, that he was saved by God to run your country.

Sorry John,
After a month, the border is in order. Every day hundreds of alien criminals are being taken into custody.
A bunch of us are very pleased and feel safer.
The only way to get that was Trump. His antics came in the package.
If your politicians dont like being demeaned, tell them Marty is sorry.

I like the Supreme Court. There are 5 political activists on it when it comes to hot headline cultural issues.

Thomas
Alito
Kagan
Brown
Sotomayor
On the hot cultural stuff, their votes are cast before the facts are presented. They are political activists who assemble words to justify political opinions.

Roberts is hard to call.

Kavanaugh
Gorsuch
Barrett
are conservative, presumably originalists, but wont abandon the obvious intent of the constitution. (as intended, not as you would interpret it). The right-wing knuckle draggers are calling in bomb threats to Barrett's sister, because Barrett wouldn't go along with allowing Donny to stop congressionally appropriated funds...even if they were going to sh+t places.

As for the rest of your post, I don't know the legal details. I'm fine to let Donny's people talk to your people and try to hammer something out.
Tell your folks to be reasonable. If Donny calls me, I'll tell him the same.

As I've stated over and over, regardless of the noise, the likely actual result was how I voted.
Philosophical "consequentialism"

I don't read the WALL STREET JOURNAL. I see articles here and there. The majority of my news watching is MSNBC.

Marty

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