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Hindsight is 20/20. That's not how it works in real life. If he did the hard way it's still an achievement.

Getting 1 million dollars helped of course, but again he is worth 5100 million now. So there was a bit more to it than getting a hands up I suspect. Sure, he got the 400 plus million during the course of his life later, but well, 5100 million. Come on!

He could have done that. But then he would not have had the leverage he now has with the tariffs. Master negotiatior? I am not sure. Take China for instance. The tariffs are effectively a trade embargo on China. which China cannot afford. I would suspect most nations when faced with considerable pain will do something to make that pain go away. I am sure that will happen anyway, but the operative words are "as much as possible". Many companies genuinely depend on the US market. They cannot just stop exporting there.

You mean he created businesses worth 5.1 billion USD.. People talk about his business bankrupticies, but I do not see that as an issue, many businessmen fail, but Trump got up and succeeded again with other ventures. It is even more impressive really.

You mean that makes him someone who gives special privileges to LGBT people. At the cost of the tax payer.

"College students who are undocumented immigrants or identify as transgender may apply for state financial aid for college." I did not realise the people of Illinois sponsor transgender people with tax money under a bill Pritzker introduced. "In June 2019, Pritzker signed an executive order requiring schools across the state to be "affirming and inclusive" of transgender and non-binary students. He also asked the State Board of Education to take a lead on LGBT rights by making relevant resources easily accessible." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JB_Pritzker So more taxpayer money for the alphabet people. I guess that makes Pritzker the LGBT candidate.

No, just a normal amount. It was good. It was a US style Striploin cut.

Trump gets plenty of respect.. He's the most powerful man in the world, after all.

A nice start in business to be sure, 1-2 million dollars. The 413 million were received throught his entire life, including inheritance money. You can't blame a man for getting an inheritance surely. Just to be clear, his net worth now is 5.1 billion USD. That's 5100 million USD. Prettay prettay prettaayyy good going....

It is a tough trick to pull off to be sure, but Bessent and Co did author a paper on just how to do that. I think it basically involves getting other nations agreement to the devaluation whilst still retaining the dollar as the reserve currency. That maybe the strategy behind the tariffs. Perhaps worry free access to the market and other trade concessions will entice other nations to make that deal. Let's see.

Medium-rare Australian steak with french green beans and mash with mushroom sauce. Everything came out great. The Australian steak is not as flavourful as the American variety but still very good.

That's a very good point, six of his companies went bankrupt. He did not. Good point.

Don't believe all the lies Kamala and the NYT tell you. "The Times was not specific about how much Trump would have received from his father by the time he entered the real estate business with the family company, but it appears to be somewhere in the $1m to $2m range once adjusted for inflation. That is a lot — much more than Harris’s proposal of $50,000 for new startup businesses — but it is far below the $413m Harris cited. Our ruling Harris said Trump “started out with $400 million on a silver platter and then filed for bankruptcy six times”. There is no question that the former president had a strong financial wind behind him when he started out, and he always had a reasonable expectation of inheriting a share of his father’s business. But he did not begin his business career with $400m available to him. A comprehensive New York Times review of the Trump family finances in 2018 found that Donald Trump received $413m from Fred Trump or his estate over the course of his lifetime. However, all but perhaps $1m or $2m of that amount reached the son after he had already begun working for the family business." https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/22/fact-check-did-kamala-harris-exaggerate-scale-of-trumps-pre-career-inheritance

Obviously trade deals don't conclude within 3 days, lol. It's not K-drama. But negotiations are underway,.

Yes, he loves his ABC cereals.

https://ig.ft.com/china-mexico-tariffs/

Cheap lies, he got 14 million. Turned into billions. Twice. And refer to the president in a more respectful manner. I don't like how you talk about this great man.

Pfffft, so many, Vietnam, Japan, UK...too many to name.

At pretty much everything, at life, in real estate, made billions of Dollars, in show business, had a top rated TV show, in politics, became president of the USA, twice. How about you, what have you won in? Maybe list your accomplishments in this thread.

Very true. You're lucky if your girlfriend talks to you.

Of course not, in the first presidency China was able to evade his tariffs by going through Canada and Mexico. Now they don't have that option anymore. Trump learnt from the first tariff war.

Trump advisers say more than 50 countries have reached out for tariff talks with White House https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-advisers-say-more-than-50-countries-have-reached-out-for-tariff-talks-with-white-house

Yes indeed, this trade conflagration is only getting started, much too early to call it. Bessent was working with Soros and was part of the team that structured the trade that broke the Bank of England. Trump's team is head and shoulders above anything any other nation can field. They just have to moderate their tone so they can actually do the deals and not annoy their counterparts more than necessary.

Maybe she was very good at sex.

Global trade will be remodelled in the US favour. Many nations have already sent delegations to negotiate with the US and offered substantial concessions. I suspect ultimately a Mar a Lago acord that will allow the Dollar to be devalued but will still retain it as the reserve currency will happen. That's what the paper by Bessent and his colleague outlines.