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We better hope he doesn't put up Obama GDP numbers...

Only President to never have a 3% GDP growth rate.

Note as well the negative GDP in Obama's first two quarters - (-5.4% and -0.5%)

Trump accelerates GDP growth in first two quarters to 2.6%:
https://www.usnews.com/news/economy/...-percent-in-q2

07-31-2017 , 01:49 PM

#11877

batair

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Didn't he say were in a bubble that is going to collapse. He must have fixed that.

07-31-2017 , 02:11 PM

#11878

spanktehbadwookie

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Add it to a chain email of monotone victorious feeling.

07-31-2017 , 02:13 PM

#11879

JiggyMac

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Quote:

Originally Posted by batair

Didn't he say were in a bubble that is going to collapse. He must have fixed that.

The only bubble we're in right now is having put the "recovery" on the credit card. But Trump's working on deficit reduction too.

07-31-2017 , 02:15 PM

#11880

spanktehbadwookie

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Originally Posted by JiggyMac

The only bubble we're in right now is having put the "recovery" on the credit card. But Trump's working on deficit reduction too.

Mmmmmm hmmmmmm, EconomicsMac.

07-31-2017 , 02:33 PM

#11881

batair

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JiggyMac

The only bubble we're in right now is having put the "recovery" on the credit card. But Trump's working on deficit reduction too.

****ing joke. He could sell you on anything.

07-31-2017 , 02:43 PM

#11882

TheMadcap

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Quote:

Originally Posted by spanktehbadwookie

Eh?

"Trumpists seperate and elevate themselves"

Presumably this means you are something other than a Trumpist and you feel that you don't do this bad thing that Trumpists do.

Spoiler:

07-31-2017 , 02:44 PM

#11883

spanktehbadwookie

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Hopefully this is a leftist source by the trumpish standard of calling stuff leftist.

https://m.mic.com/articles/183111/tr...ump#.0MvwJAlZu

Quote:

“No — there’s not a Trump bump,” Chad Stone, chief economist at the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, said in an interview. “The president is confusing a short-run fluctuation in gross domestic product in one quarter with longer-term trends leading up to this quarter and realistic longer-term projections going forward.”

According to experts, Trump is equating one quarter of higher growth with an annual increase.

07-31-2017 , 02:45 PM

#11884

sylar

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CNN breaking news that the Mooch is out. lol if true.

07-31-2017 , 02:50 PM

#11885

JiggyMac

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Katie Hopkins says it best:

Shame too - he was entertaining.

John Kelly is taming the Chaos.

07-31-2017 , 03:14 PM

#11886

Bladesman87

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Of course Jiggy follows Katie Hopkins.

07-31-2017 , 03:25 PM

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TheMadcap

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JiggyMac

Katie Hopkins says it best:

Shame too - he was entertaining.

John Kelly is taming the Chaos.

Not to beat a dead horse but Scaramucci was also the key to total victory for Trump according to Scott Adams. (7:50 or so)

07-31-2017 , 03:29 PM

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JiggyMac

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Originally Posted by TheMadcap

Not to beat a dead horse but Scaramucci was also the key to total victory for Trump according to Scott Adams. (7:50 or so)

Here's on Periscope now, if you really care about these sort of things:

https://www.periscope.tv/ScottAdamsSays/1RDGlmbwkBqJL

07-31-2017 , 03:36 PM

#11889

TheMadcap

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JiggyMac

Here's on Periscope now, if you really care about these sort of things:

https://www.periscope.tv/ScottAdamsSays/1RDGlmbwkBqJL

I don't. The point that I am trying to make is that he is just throwing a bunch of things against the wall and seeing what sticks.

07-31-2017 , 03:49 PM

#11890

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JiggyMac

US surpasses $19 Trillion in GDP for the first time ever, under President Trump:
https://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/nat...ewsrelease.htm

Now we know why his opponent's hate him.

With GDP up and deficits down, there can be only one reason...

Trump is a sorcerer. Looking at his opponents, they obviously believe in witchcraft and magical thinking. And when you're a Leftist and you see numbers like this, what else can you conclude?

We who voted for Trump assure you, he is not wizard. Or is he?

To attribute this to Trump you'd have to know it wouldn't have happened under Hillary.

07-31-2017 , 03:58 PM

#11891

JiggyMac

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jalfrezi

To attribute this to Trump you'd have to know it wouldn't have happened under Hillary.

Hehehe. Sure.

I mean, when you're udoing regulations at 16 to 1 and rescinding EOs left and right, your impact timetable might speed up.

Or are you saying Hillary was going to do those things too? Would our stock market be higher? Doubt it.

07-31-2017 , 03:59 PM

#11892

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMadcap

I don't. The point that I am trying to make is that he is just throwing a bunch of things against the wall and seeing what sticks.

Your mind is very small.

07-31-2017 , 04:08 PM

#11893

Huehuecoyotl

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When pool entered the tennis clubhouse CNN was on four screens reading: “NOONAN: Trump is 'weak and sniveling'” until your pooler took a picture (on my Twitter and Instagram @mattlaslo) and then a staffer dutifully changed three of the TV's to tennis and one to an infomercial on a really nifty skillet thingy that cooks steaks perfectly in under 5 minutes and comes with a bonus griddle!

Quote:

This is probably the least of Trump's faults, but on President Obama's far-less-frequent trips to the links, the pool was usually provided with the names of Obama's partners. Trump's staff won't even admit when he's playing golf. Ironically, that's when Trump is doing his best work for the country: nothing.

Ouch

http://ijr.com/the-response/2017/07/...ntent=Politics

07-31-2017 , 04:22 PM

#11894

TheMadcap

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JiggyMac

Your mind is very small.

Yup. I'm pretty dumb.

With that out of the way, name one thing that can happen that will prove to you that Trump is not the next level puppet master that Scott Adams seems to be describing.

Spoiler:

07-31-2017 , 04:34 PM

#11895

Max Cut

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lol leftists, everyone knows mooch was a temp hire

well oiled machine

07-31-2017 , 04:47 PM

#11896

JiggyMac

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMadcap

Yup. I'm pretty dumb.

With that out of the way, name one thing that can happen that will prove to you that Trump is not the next level puppet master that Scott Adams seems to be describing.

Spoiler:

You're asking "How could Trump fail?"

Ok - I'll take one out of Scott Adams playbook as well. If Trump lets Sessions go after legalized Medical Marijuana. And doesn't backpedal after receiving tremendous backlash.

I'm anti-Marijuana personally, but Scott has convinced me otherwise. It's not for me, but I don't really care what others do.

07-31-2017 , 04:48 PM

#11897

JiggyMac

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Considering we got worse healthcare for higher costs under Obamacare though, even just letting it implode would be a victory.

07-31-2017 , 04:49 PM

#11898

TiltedDonkey

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JiggyMac

Considering we got worse healthcare for higher costs under Obamacare though, even just letting it implode would be a victory.

Uh..

07-31-2017 , 04:52 PM

#11899

Max Cut

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JiggyMac

Considering we got worse healthcare for higher costs under Obamacare though, even just letting it implode would be a victory.

polly want a cracker?

07-31-2017 , 04:57 PM

#11900

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JiggyMac

Considering we got worse healthcare for higher costs under Obamacare though

First, citation needed.

Second, if that is the case, how do you explain the CBO projection for the impact of the Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act of 2017, which is basically identical to the 2015 repeal bill which congress passed and which Obama vetoed? Here's what the CBO says:

Quote:

Average premiums in the nongroup market (for individual policies purchased through the marketplaces or directly from insurers) would increase by roughly 25 percent—relative to projections under current law—in 2018. The increase would reach about 50 percent in 2020, and premiums would about double by 2026.

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