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President Trump has turned a central precept of American diplomacy on its head, embracing fellow leaders who abandon democratic principles. When President Joseph R. Biden Jr. convened democracy summits at the White House in 2021 and 2023, he pointedly disinvited President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, a man he had once described an “autocrat” who deserved to be driven from office by voters. On Tuesday, President Trump offered a much rosier assessment of the Turkish president, even as protesters filled the streets following the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul, Mr. Erdogan’s chief political rival. “A good leader,” the president said of Mr. Erdogan during a meeting of his ambassadors at the White House. He made no mention of the arrest or the protests. https://archive.ph/bXfWQ#selection-721.0-733.156

Chief among those people would be Donald Trump. Do you understand that it was Donald Trump who single-handedly made this an issue?

He also had no answer for that fact that while he claimed that a 0.1% drop more than was expected was significant, whereas a 0.1% increase beyond what was expected, and that for a statistic that the Fed places greater weight on, was insignificant. Such a gifter doublethinker.

So far it looks like he's doing OK https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/poll-tracker/canada/

And was it Mike Waltz;s fault that Hegseth took his wife to highly confidential meetings?

Funny. You give a good rational reply about the use of anecdotal evidence. And then you fall into the trap of motivated thinking.

Really? "Canada is nothing by the hat of the USA"?

Typical right wing pavlovian response. I'm referring to hard science. Ya know, physics, chemistry, biology, climatology. geology, hydrology and so on and so forth. For example, Johns Hopkins had to let thousands of people go thanks to the cuts.

Even spellcheck doesn't respect hegseth? What makes that significant is that everyone knows that spellcheck is a Republican.

Nothing quite so funny as a typographical anomaly. In some alternate universe.

But the fact is that most Trumpistss here in aseannow.com march in unison with Trump even if that means a 180 degree reversal. Or crazy stuff like annexing Canada,

This is from the article you linked to: "US inflation fell more than expected to 2.8 per cent in February, bolstering the case for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates amid signs of slowing growth in the world’s largest economy. Wednesday’s annual consumer price index figure was below January’s 3 per cent and the 2.9 per cent expected by economists, according to a Reuters poll." So when inflations drops o.1% more than expected, that's significant. But when it rises 0.1% more than expected, and, what's more, it's the statistic that the Feds prefer, that doesn't count? Doublethink much?

I just wonder how effective these spontaneous consumer boycotts turn out to be. It's clear that tourism is getting hurt. But what about Coca-Cola?

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is facing scrutiny over his handling of details of a military strike, brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed, according to multiple people who were present or had knowledge of the discussions. One of the meetings, a high-level discussion at the Pentagon on March 6 between Hegseth and U.K. Secretary of Defense John Healey, took place at a sensitive moment for the trans-Atlantic alliance, one day after the U.S. said it had cut off military intelligence sharing with Ukraine... A secretary can invite anyone to meetings with visiting counterparts, but attendee lists are usually carefully limited to those who need to be there and attendees are typically expected to possess security clearances given the delicate nature of the discussions, according to defense officials and people familiar with the meeting. https://archive.ph/Fwl4Q#selection-2179.0-2191.332

The military's involvement came into full force in 2023, with nearly 15,000 federal and state forces deployed at 301 checkpoints along Mexico's southern and northern borders, according to government data... Migrant caravans leaving from Mexico's southern border, which usually gather hundreds of people travelling by foot to the U.S. border, are being disbanded by Mexican officials. From January to August 2024, migration authorities intercepted more than 950,000 undocumented migrants in the country, 132% more than in the same period the previous year. This was the highest number of encounters recorded in 10 years, according to Context analysis of government data. https://www.context.news/money-power-people/whats-mexico-doing-to-stop-migration-to-the-us

So, basically, what you're claiming is that Canadians don't have much of a problem with Liberal policies. It was mostly about Trudeau.

Actually, you're forgetting that it was the Mexican government that was really responsible for the massive slowdown in immigration. And still is.

Thanks for reinforcing my point.

But that would still leave the lefties with you. And without themselves.

Biden was referring to a deal that he had negotiated with the Republicans in Congress that would have given him the authority.

So even when he reverses himself you still agree with him? That's an amazing coincidence. Your opinion and his change simultaneously.

I googled that and couldn't find it. Can you share a source?

That's true. But so what. He got it done.

Actually, illegal immigration had slowed way down before Trump too office. But the thing about illegal immigrants is, they do jobs that Americans don't want to do. If Republicans really wanted to stop illegal immigration, they could just make it a major felony to hire illegal immigrants. Of coorse they would have to lock up most dairy farmers among others were that the case. It will contribute to inflation.

irrelevant to what? So not "even with" but rather "especially with".