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Placeholder already replied on the other point, here's the energy part: POINTS Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. oil and gas sector has boosted exports to the point where the U.S. is at the top of the world’s energy-exporting nations. This week new data from the U.S. government showed the U.S. exported a record 11.1 million barrels a day of oil and refined products. “It’s amazing to think of all those decades of concern about energy dependence to find the U.S. is the largest exporter of LNG and one of the largest exporters of oil. The U.S. story is part of a larger remapping of world energy,” said Daniel Yergin, vice chairman of S&P Global. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/03/ceraweek-how-russias-war-made-the-us-a-dominant-supplier-of-energy-.html

In which parallel universe are you living? "Davis’ ruling means jurors will need to decide whether Fox News defamed Dominion by repeatedly promoting false claims that the voting technology company rigged the 2020 presidential election by flipping millions of votes from Donald Trump to Joe Biden. Dominion wants $1.6 billion in damages." https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/31/media/fox-news-dominion-lawsuit/index.html TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT Published November 23, 2020 10:20pm EST Tucker Carlson: Yes, the election was rigged for Joe Biden. Here's how https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-2020-presidential-election-rigged-big-tech-mainstream-media Compare the election-fraud claims Fox News aired with what its stars knew https://www.npr.org/2023/02/18/1157972219/fox-news-election-fraud-claims-vs-what-they-knew Rupert Murdoch says Fox News hosts endorsed false election fraud claims "Some of our commentators were endorsing it," Mr Murdoch said in a sworn deposition filed on Monday. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64794606

I guess that, at that time, the GOP was not phagocyted by people like MTG and other nutters.

Meanwhile.... Fox News settles lawsuit with Venezuelan businessman it accused of helping rig the 2020 US presidential election, as it readies for $1.6 billion Dominion trial https://news.yahoo.com/fox-news-settles-lawsuit-venezuelan-114132726.html " Shortly after the election, Dobbs took to Twitter to call it a "cyber Pearl harbor" and said that Khalil was a "liaison with Hezbollah" who had executed an "electoral 9-11." The former Fox host also accused Khalil and other Venezuelans of being involved in a scheme to oust former president Donald Trump."

You are confusing me with another poster ????

Just trying to move the target. The issue is not what Fox news argues in court. It is that it has been publicly and repeatedly stated on Fox News that elections have been rigged thanks to Dominion machines. They claimed on their channels that elections have been rigged thanks to Dominion machines (among others), and they knew it was B.S. So It's a defamation. A comparison may make it more clear. If someone states "this bank has been robbed because the safe had security issues". Then a check is made and no money is missing in the safe. It is defamation.

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The numbers are in the link I posted before. As you can see the total is not 6.2 trillion. FY 2021: $1.5 trillion FY 2020: $4.2 trillion FY 2019: $1.2 trillion FY 2018: $1.3 trillion https://www.thebalancemoney.com/us-debt-by-president-by-dollar-and-percent-3306296

You know about it but you don't apply it From your post: "it was up about 6.2 trillion"

The chart shows crearly that the debt was more or less stabilised around 20 trillion at the end of Obama's mandate, and then it grew with a similar trend as at the beginning of Obama's first mandate. With a big difference: Obama increased debt to fight the consequences of a major crisis, while Trump similarly increased debt in a context of continuous growth and low unemployment. Additionally, as I mentioned to you previously, the debt must be calculated by fiscal year, and not by calendar year. "For example, President Donald Trump took office in January 2017. He submitted his first budget in May. It covered the 2018 fiscal year, which didn't begin until October 1, 2017. Trump operated the first part of his term under President Barack Obama's budget for fiscal year 2017, which ended on Sept. 30, 2017." https://www.thebalancemoney.com/us-debt-by-president-by-dollar-and-percent-3306296

Really? Did you calculate the regression coefficient? Why gold? The relative value of a currency is usually calculated against other currencies, and the U.S. dollar index published by the Fed is the most recognised index to measure its value.

Not really https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Dollar_Index

The beauty of this case is that it relies on plain material evidence: took/not took, keep/not keep, hide/not hide, lie/not lie, obstruct/not obstruct. We know Trump willingly took the document (he officially stated ut) and kept them, we know there was obstruction (part of the documents were not given back and have been hiden), and we know there were formally lies (a statement signed by one of his lawyer). The only thing they need is enough evidence that the obstruction and lies were caused by Trump, and they probably already have it.

They pay a higher share of taxes than before because they have a higher share of income than before.

2017-2019, which sounded like the continuation of 2013-2016. About inflation and gas price, are you claiming that Biden is responsible for the global inflation and global oil prices?

If not, no worryl! The Aryan Brotherhood will protect him! ????

It's not what Biden says, It's what economic indicators say. Strong GDP growth, low unemployment, inflation is high due to global context but decreasing (and lower than G7 average), energy production and exports have significantly increased, etc... not to mention a coherent industrial policy.

The usual m.o. with MAGA fans. They are asked to provide a sources they link the first one they find without really reading it! Another quote From the article: "When President Trump took office, there was more than 10,000 American troops in Afghanistan. He took it down to 2,500. He negotiated the release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners that were being held by the Ghani government without consultation with the Ghani government. He negotiated the Doha Agreement with the Taliban without the Ghani government in the room. And he all but froze the Special Immigrant Visa program, which had been providing opportunities for some of our Afghan allies to get out of the country and to come — and to come back."

Is this source ok to you? https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/us-taliban-peace-deal-agreement-afghanistan-war "all U.S. and other foreign troops will leave Afghanistan within fourteen months" I let you do the calculation, knowing that the agreement was signed on February 29, 2020 Also this one: "In February 2020, the United States and the Taliban reached a deal, known as the Doha Agreement, under which the United States agreed to withdraw all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by May 2021" https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/US-Withdrawal-from-Afghanistan.pdf

So Fox News would have evidence suggesting the machines were vulnerable, and would not have displayed them or submitted them to the court? That would be incoherent.

Exactly. Had Biden sent troops back to Afghanistan, the GOP and the MAGA fans hete would criticise him for extending the war, while Trump had negotiated a perfect peace deal.

Ask the Taliban! Taliban angry at US for destroying military equipment: They destroyed national assets "The Taliban expressed their anger at the US for destroying military equipment before their withdrawal from Afghanistan saying Americans destroyed their “national assets”. Taliban member, Anas Haqqani said: “The US had deliberately destroyed military equipment including helicopters, military vehicles, and facilities,” according to Afghan news oulet Ariana news." https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2021/09/01/Taliban-angry-at-US-for-destroying-military-equipment-They-destroyed-national-assets

No. As I told you before (Placeholder confirmed it and also posted a link about it), it was May in the agreement, not August. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/US–Taliban_deal

The agreement was negotiated and signed between the U.S. and the Taliban only, without the official government even allowed to participate You don't know that? That's why it was nonsensical! It was de facto handing power to the Taliban. No wonder the official authorities were not too motivated and quickly collapsed. Typical of Trump's show business m.o., you know, like designing a peace plan in Palestine without the Palestinians.

If I remember well, the agreement stipulated a withdrawal in May. Maybe September was the latest extension the Talibans would have accepted?