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Susan Rose's avatar

Oh yes sir, David. You break it right down to the basics so it's understandable even if you're not an economy expert! But anyone should be able to look at just the surface of the economic situation and see how disastrous it is. I still cannot believe so many people actually voted for this incompetent ass after witnessing the chaos and lies of his first term. What the hell??? And also, thank you for giving Joe Biden some of the credit he is due. The economy was growing and stable under him. People think the economy is just prices we pay when we shop. It's a much larger picture!! He's old but wise and experienced, and he DID a great deal of good for us and this country. I am grateful to him. Especially so, as we live this nightmare that is destructive at all levels to our country and government. Seems every day we fall deeper into the point of no return.

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David Maceira's avatar

He ran on empty promises. But mostly to stay out of jail.

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Noreen Lassandrello's avatar

He lies and lies and lies. And many folks choose to believe him contrary to reality. We need to get rid of Fox Entertainment and this regime!

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Leslie Lynch's avatar

Absolutely!!!

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Canadian Returnee's avatar

It's what enough Americans voted for

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Susan Rose's avatar

Unbelievable, but true ... unfortunate for all of us.

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Bonnie Calhoun's avatar

Bashing Americans isn't helpful to the millions of us who have been working exhaustively the past 15 years to fight this evil presence and the foreign interferences that infiltrated our elections and media to get him elected. We need allies and help in eradicating this blight.

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Canadian Returnee's avatar

Bashing swing-state and red-state voters is something worthwhile, as they dragged the world into this mess

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Bonnie Calhoun's avatar

If you fail to include foreign interference in the situation, you will be missing a large component of how this happens and of the global trend in authoritarian influences. China and Russia have been chipping away at the US for decades. A lot of mis and disinformation attacks by skilled evil doers.

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Miniaturesintheory's avatar

All for one and one for all, sadly. As a society this is all of our fault exacerbated by years of misdeeds and extorted by this regime and its supporters. We as a country belittle entire nations for do what we are now. America is the titanic and some of us believe just like Jack that we will survive, but know better.

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Doug's avatar

Retreat? Manufacturing is leaving the country for good. This is not retreat it is abandonment.

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Evelyn Scolman Lemoine's avatar

So where is the NYT or WaPo business section's exposes on this? It's even more blatant than their reluctance to call out the rapid visible decline of the orange menace. After all, there are data to tell the story--and there are people who lost their jobs because trump's "golden age" of manufacturing is a total farce. Surely those august journals could find a story or two in that, no?

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Murray Smart's avatar

And here we all thought Donnie was/is this great businessman...........silly us. "Everything Trump Touches Dies"

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Tim Matchette's avatar

Thanks David. Spot on as always. This is what happens when a moron without any discernible skills, particularly in business, is elected president. Then he surrounds himself with equally unskilled half wits who contribute to our decline because instead of business skills, they are too busy kissing his fat ass.

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Marianne Kendrick's avatar

Trump has never delivered on promises. He has always been about the show. Gullible people see the theatre and never look beyond the smoke screen to the rot beneath.

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Susan O’Brien's avatar

I like your basic information, and I absolutely do not like Trump, but the tone, sarcasm and language in your communications just aren't necessary. He is causing huge problems on so many levels, but I think it would be more effective and reflect better on you if you left out the offensive language and stopped trying to be glib. You have a lot of good to offer. Thank you.

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