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In the matter of let's wait and see about the implications of Trump's various polices .......
It's still early and Pompeo is enroute this week for further talks with NK on Nucs, but, there is mounting evidence that NK isn't going to relinquish the nuclear weapons status it has gained among the world's nuclear weapons powers. Moreover, missile sites that were to be dismantled remain operational and a new nuclear plant, capable of producing plutonium, is under construction.
On immigration: The public remains, not unexpectedly, mired in debate over the separation of families who have illegally crossed the US boarder. Never mind the process of separating children from their illegally immigrating parents has been ongoing through 4 administrations and comports with US code. Substantive debate regarding improving and revising existing immigration law and amnesty for illegal immigrants including those covered under BO's DACA policy (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and the DREAM Act. (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act), that has been around since 2001 in various forms but never up voted by Congress is not much debated in public forums. Presidential leadership on immigration has been superficially oriented on improving Trump's image after AG Sessions announced, gasp, actually more strictly enforcing components of existing immigration law (USC 1325 and 1326) as a deterrent to illegal immigration from Central and South America, via Mexico, across the US's SW boarder. Maybe PDJT is doing more behind the scenes with Congress on immigration reform but, if that's true, it's not being much reported.
On Trade: Trump's fuck you trade policy is having an impact and, so far, it's not good. Economists have raised the specter of increasing probability of a global recession and that is affecting markets world wide. Most of the market's gains since January, 2018 have vanished and the most heavily traded funds, those that are indexed to market performance, are down, sharply in the last month.
Fact checking reveals a remarkable penchant in this administration to form a false reality that doesn't comport with the facts. To me, that is the most troubling aspect of DJT's presidency. Certainly, this penchant for shaping a favorable view of a presidency isn't new. I think the scope of it under Trump is significantly greater and the level of what can only be described as lying, is much higher than in past administrations.
It's still early and Pompeo is enroute this week for further talks with NK on Nucs, but, there is mounting evidence that NK isn't going to relinquish the nuclear weapons status it has gained among the world's nuclear weapons powers. Moreover, missile sites that were to be dismantled remain operational and a new nuclear plant, capable of producing plutonium, is under construction.
On immigration: The public remains, not unexpectedly, mired in debate over the separation of families who have illegally crossed the US boarder. Never mind the process of separating children from their illegally immigrating parents has been ongoing through 4 administrations and comports with US code. Substantive debate regarding improving and revising existing immigration law and amnesty for illegal immigrants including those covered under BO's DACA policy (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and the DREAM Act. (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act), that has been around since 2001 in various forms but never up voted by Congress is not much debated in public forums. Presidential leadership on immigration has been superficially oriented on improving Trump's image after AG Sessions announced, gasp, actually more strictly enforcing components of existing immigration law (USC 1325 and 1326) as a deterrent to illegal immigration from Central and South America, via Mexico, across the US's SW boarder. Maybe PDJT is doing more behind the scenes with Congress on immigration reform but, if that's true, it's not being much reported.
On Trade: Trump's fuck you trade policy is having an impact and, so far, it's not good. Economists have raised the specter of increasing probability of a global recession and that is affecting markets world wide. Most of the market's gains since January, 2018 have vanished and the most heavily traded funds, those that are indexed to market performance, are down, sharply in the last month.
Fact checking reveals a remarkable penchant in this administration to form a false reality that doesn't comport with the facts. To me, that is the most troubling aspect of DJT's presidency. Certainly, this penchant for shaping a favorable view of a presidency isn't new. I think the scope of it under Trump is significantly greater and the level of what can only be described as lying, is much higher than in past administrations.
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