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Trump said several times during the campaign that he'd talk to anybody. Doesn't hurt to talk. If you won't talk to someone it limits your options. If nothing comes from the talk, at least you gave it a shot.

Honored to do what? Meet Kim? Represent the United States in a meeting with a foreign head of state? Honored to slam dunk him face-to-face? Honored to troll him like he does to reporters during interviews? In the absence of those types of answers, let's just assume the most negative...

Funny you should mention that. I was a roofer, too. For ONE day. :eek:

It's May Day! Lets go protest. Something.

Far as I know, the only thing in the Constitution that he's said he would like to change is to have term limits for Senators and Representatives, limiting members of the House of Representatives to three two-year terms and U.S. senators to two six-year terms. "If I'm elected president, I will...

I take it you didn't want the interview. In the interview, it was very clear what he was talking about. Of course, some of The Press, like The Washington Post, spin it as Trump wanting to consolidate his power, pretty much bypass Congress altogether. Others have spun it to mean Trump thinks the...

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The only way you're going to get hard data is by using fractal equations. I never said things weren't clear. Every writer and study that uses economic indicators ends up with a very clear argument and result. Correct. That's more or less what I've been saying here. No economic indicator can...

Well, GDP and overall economic growth is a better indicator than the unemployment rate, but more than that, "a healthy economy" correlates most closely to psychological mood of the people in general. That mood can be, and often is (especially in an election year) manipulated, as all thing...

I couldn't resist. :D

Uhm, a US History book? Newspaper clippings from the last 3 centuries? Numerous academic studies? The strength of the economy is rarely the sole factor, and sometimes not even the primary psychological factor, but it's underneath everything. For example, John Adams lost his re-election bid to...

Not really. He's simply leaving room for negotiation. He asks for the Sun, the stars, and the Moon, when in reality his goal is only the Moon. After negotiating, he agrees to the Moon. The other wide feels like they won something by not giving him what he asked for. Yet he got exactly what he...

No. His policy goal is the $5,000, not the $7,500.

NATO, same thing. China. Trade. Tariffs on companies who move jobs. When you want $5,000 for your used car, you price it at $7,500 and negotiate your way down to it.

To add to some of the above movies that I never tire of watching (which has always been my litmus test of movies that I would actually buy the VHS, or later, DVD of) are: Silverado The Right Stuff Aliens Scrooged Blazing Saddles.

Trump doesn't bluff. In the context of politics-as-usual, many people will see it as such, but if Canada and Mexico were to stand firm on refusing to renegotiate NAFTA, Trump would absolutely pull out of it. Trump will bluff with things he doesn't necessarily want to do, but if called on it...

I read it many years ago, then revisited it early last year when he looked like he was in this for real. I wouldn't encourage anyone to put too much stock in the book, either, but knowing what is in the book certainly gives one more context with which to speculate about his words and actions...

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"But Trump's decision to swerve away from NAFTA withdrawal also signaled the extent to which Trump is running up against the realities of governing as he attempts to implement his bold campaign promises." Or, it's chapter and verse of The Art of the Deal. People really should read that book