Trump Presidency Predictions Thread - Page 10 - Politics and Economics

Well the last time gop had all 3 branches. The recession hit got into a phony war in iraq and tortured innocent civilians just because they looked guilty. What could possibly go wrong?

11-09-2016 , 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by seattlelou

I see a big infrastructure bill and increased spending on defense.

I see this + cuts to entitlements to counteract the infrastructure bill. It's perfect. Trump gets to look like he's creating jobs and business repubs get to enact longterm cuts to entitlements.

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11-10-2016 , 12:01 AM

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Not going through thread to see if this was said but, if you set the o/u at 2.1 yrs that he actually serves, I take the under. Don't think he really thought he'd get this far. He will get some "health issue " and will step down. Cant see him grinding out a 4 year session of this

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11-10-2016 , 12:15 AM

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Bunch of glass is half empty people ITT.

11-10-2016 , 12:20 AM

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ScreaminAsian

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Originally Posted by zikzak

Imagining Burlesconi in charge of the world's largest economy and military doesn't make me feel even a little bit better.

i'm 100% positive trump can be strategically distracted by a bunga bunga party

11-10-2016 , 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by campfirewest

Bunch of glass is half empty people ITT.

Is there a compelling half-full case to be made? Or even quarter full? Hell, I'd settle for damp.

11-10-2016 , 12:23 AM

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I do wonder what the power struggle inside the Trump camp is going to look like. So many players - Chris Christie, Rudy, Ivanka, Kushner, Deplorable sons, Bannon, Manafort, Lewandowsky, Pence. They're all going to be vying for some amount of power; the little feeder fish of the big dumb shark.

11-10-2016 , 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by campfirewest

Bunch of glass is half empty people ITT.

Glass totally full.

Spoiler:

11-10-2016 , 12:37 AM

#234

oneonth3run

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The "Feel better, champ" dream sequence from Fight Club pretty much sums it up:

11-10-2016 , 01:08 AM

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"It is a general rule of human nature that people despise those who treat them well, and look up to those who make no concessions." -- Thucydides

11-10-2016 , 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by stinkubus

The notion that any pretense of restraint from our surveillance or law enforcement apparatus may soon be dropped to cheers from the crowd is scaring the ****ing **** out of me right now.

May soon be? Did you miss this?

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Originally Posted by Losing all

Protesting the results of a free election is about what I'd expect from the SJW terrorists. Good luck winning over the rust belt coal miner in 2020 with this petulant crap, a rude awakening is coming indeed.

People exercising their constitutionally protected rights has this guys lawnmower in orbit

11-10-2016 , 01:19 AM

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jfc the cable news arguments tonight. I have seen nothing, absolutely nothing today to make me optimistic about where we are heading. Not even the tiniest sliver.

Tapping out for the day. Thankfully I'm gonna be slammed busy for the rest of the week and wont have time to dwell on all this as much as today.

11-10-2016 , 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Jules22

OK board liberals I'm not white and I'm sick of this. I didn't vote for trump but I m not staring at the ceiling terrified that he won. Unless you are A. Undocumented brown (in which case I feel for u) or B. Muslim brown (also have my sympathies given the current political climate.) there is no reason to think the impending trump admin threatens anything that can't be remedied by not being lazy and going to vote. The teeth gnashing about the safety of nonwhites is borderline hilarious, especially considering it's mostly coming from well to do White's like mrwookie, suz, Dvaut etc.

Right because minorities never have their votes systematically suppressed, especially in the US. History is pretty clear on that.

11-10-2016 , 02:13 AM

#239

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Originally Posted by A_C_Slater

"It is a general rule of human nature that people despise those who treat them well, and look up to those who make no concessions." -- Thucydides

Must be why Congress's approval rating is starting to crest double digits.

11-10-2016 , 02:17 AM

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Donald John Trump is an American businessman and politician who is the President-elect of the United States as well as chairman and president of The Trump Organization.

11-10-2016 , 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

Right because minorities never have their votes systematically suppressed, especially in the US. History is pretty clear on that.

I think having today's oppression (which at its absolute worst is a poll tax, which I vehemently oppose) compared to the oppression of the past, is a ridiculous leap. If it's really so awful to have R's in charge mobilize voters and go win some elections! All I've heard today from most on the left is whining and insults. If Donald trump really is hitler-Mussolini-Rasputin then AA's should feel real dumb that they are being held back at the polls by the need for a photo ID. Clinton was just an uninspiring turd and people stayed in bed.

Dems got outworked and now they want to give R's a huge majority in 2018 by looking like petulant children. What a bunch of babies if winning elections was easy more people would do it.

I'm also going to flat out say as a non White I'm tired of being told by white liberals how I should think and feel, as if I'm too stupid to formulate my own positions!!

11-10-2016 , 02:59 AM

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11-10-2016 , 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Noodle Wazlib

People exercising their constitutionally protected rights

Like voting?

and aren't I just protesting the protests, therefore, hero. Thank you

11-10-2016 , 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Losing all

Like voting?

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11-10-2016 , 03:14 AM

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Tell me a plausible bedtime story then. Make me feel better about Trump's America.

I am just as scared as you zikzak, but one silver lining is that historically, despotic demagogues who had held power had the support of the young and that doesn't seem to be the case with Trump.

11-10-2016 , 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Hold'em 07

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So you're saying these protests are springing up because they don't like the long established rules of the election (after the fact, of course)? Because that's idiotic.

Or are you just tilt mashing random numbers because your lawnmower is in orbit?

Help me out here, I really don't know what the hell you're talking about

11-10-2016 , 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by fityfmi

Unemployment down, poverty down, wealth/income inequality down, uninsured down, life span up, education up, standing in the world up considerably.

Ukraine takes Russia, maybe a few more countries.

Considerably?

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Originally Posted by Gizmo

Don't forget Putin.

11-10-2016 , 03:41 AM

#248

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Originally Posted by Losing all

So you're saying these protests are springing up because they don't like the long established rules of the election (after the fact, of course)? Because that's idiotic.

Or are you just tilt mashing random numbers because your lawnmower is in orbit?

Help me out here, I really don't know what the hell you're talking about

They don't like Trump much either.

11-10-2016 , 05:05 AM

#249

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Didn't even notice this thread until now. Zikzak is entirely correct, as far as what I would 'predict'. I said during the Republican primary when like 9 people were left Donald Trump was nothing less than an existential threat to the Republic itself (that the global order follows is a given). In the long thread I claimed that the only way to prevent such an outcome is nothing short of forced capitulation towards a constitutional truce... literally before inauguration day. This is a pipe dream, but it is not impossible.

The revolutionary left wants to fight, and so do many Trumpists. There's simply been no indication at any point during both the primary and the general that Donald Trump doesn't see himself as this brand of authoritarian leader. If you want to cite his victory speech, fine. But, uh, when he WASN'T running for POTUS he was praising authoritarian regimes crushing internal dissent.

Allow me to repeat myself: when he WASN'T running for POTUS he was praising authoritarian regimes crushing internal dissent. He genuinely admirers Vladimir Putin. This is not him leveraging a détente. It's just... not.

Republicans who are supposed to be our guardians of the constitutional and Global Order literally conceded to Donald Trump at every single stage. If you think they will fight later you are the king of fooldom in your personal domain. The reason they will capitulate at every turn is that Donald Trump is the voice of the people who elected him, and they aren't. Donald Trump has humiliated all of his confederates. Chris Christie and Mike Pence have been humiliated the most. not going to explain it. You either paid attention or not. Who humiliates their closest allies on big stages? It is not in good fun. We know what types of leaders do this. It's behavior exclusive to tyrants.

The einbert crowd is even more myopic than the domer crowd. Donald Trump did not seek to become president in order to rubber stamp Paul Ryan's agenda. He came to rule. Yes, I said rule. He's going to do **** like threaten the life of a sitting Senator within 6 months of office.

He will give the green light to law enforcement to commit atrocities everywhere civil unrest exists. If he's not immediately removed from office, the world ends in nuclear holocaust.

11-10-2016 , 08:18 AM

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The following is speculation:

The stock market is propped up by 0% rates. It will crash slowly in a huge bubble that threatens the dollar. Bitcoin will reach an ATH. Trump will mostly be blamed initially, but some will point to his prescient comments about the market. However, the short of it is that people will rally behind Trump. Social security and Medicare will be affected substantially. Trump will eventually finger and take on the Fed through historic speeches. If he doesn't die like many before him who have challenged central banking, then he will curtail the system whereby the govt lends money from private banks instead of just printing it themselves. He will also invest heavily in infrastructure. These two things will lead to enormous American prosperity.

Trump will also make inner cities better, in terms of crime, education, and unemployment. He won't go after gay marriage, drugs, or abortion at a supreme court or federal level, with the exception that he may legalize all or a substantial class of drugs in his second term. ISIS will be defeated swiftly, and standstill relations between Russia will improve. America will no longer be involved in fighting in 7 countries as they are now. NATO will be renegotiated, or the current terms will be enforced better than they are now.

Healthcare outcomes re insurance will improve, but only a little. Education outcomes for K-8 will improve substantially. Race relations will be better, and people slowly over time will shift their opinion and applaud his "unifying" rhetoric. His success will merit a political dynasty, and he will easily win a second term, in part due to getting large numbers of the black and other minority votes. His opponent, who will not be a crony or corrupt, will be seen and labeled as ineffective, putting the country back into gridlock that we've worked hard to jostle it from, and that's what the race will be decided on (assuming he's alive of course.)

The biggest clue is the FBI. If the FBI finds the massive level of corruption in the Clinton Foundation and many people go down, then Trump is more likely to do better things. If only a couple people go down, then people are "playing ball" and it's more likely to be status quo.

People will claim their opposition was just politicking (or won't even recall having been staunchly opposed to Trump) and won't have to answer for their uninformed comments like "the world is doomed".

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Just wanted to call this out as absurd fanfic. Have bolded the parts that won't happen.

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