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In 2018 then President Donald Trump tweeted how “trade wars are good, and easy to win.” That was the start of his imposing tariffs on about $360 billion of imports from China.
Nearly 3 years later and it turns out Donald Trump was wrong on both counts. Trade wars are not good and we lost.
In 2020 to make matters worse, Donald Trump ignored the coronavirus as it infected nearly 1 in every 10 Americans, killed half a million Americans, and initiated the steepest economic downturn since the Great Depression.
Consequently, Donald Trump struck out with the largest slate of tariffs and sanctions that he could muster against China’s technology companies. His charade as a big tough leader failed miserably.
View from the Bleachers By tim jones on April 8, 2021 at 4:33 PM
In a press briefing, Mr. Trump announced,
“This will be the biggest, greatest, most beautiful precedential liebrary in history – way better than Obama’s or even Washington’s.” [
Editor’s note: President Washington never had a presidential library. The first one was for Franklin D. Roosevelt, dedicated in 1941. Also, we know, “Presidential” is misspelled, but Trump’s aides were afraid to point this out to him.]
The exact location has not yet been announced, but sources wishing not to be named indicate it may be adjacent to a Las Vegas Hooters or an adult video store in Queens.
“No, but we must carry on as though we did.”
“Amen.”
I was delighted to see
Jen Sorensen address the stereotype that all Red State (ie, rural) voters are dedicated conservatives and Trump supporters.
The two-township community in which I grew up went for Trump 501-397, or about a 55/45 split, which isn’t close but is hardly a runaway and mirrors our county’s 55/43 vote.
That’s a substantial percentage of pro-Biden voters, and, if you looked at my Facebook feed, you’d see that my high school friends were very much in his corner, perhaps because those who feel otherwise have either unfriended me or been unfriended by me or were never my friends in the first place.
Former President Donald Trump had no influence on high-profile defense contracts despite his public statements, Ellen Lord, outgoing Pentagon undersecretary of defense acquisition, said this week.