RMK54

I'd give you some relevance if you'd put your <removed> aside. This time last year the US budget, in accordance with the CBO, had a $75B deficit. This year this time, a $27B Surplus ... and growing. If you look at this website, https://www.whitehouse.gov/investments/, it lists the huge number of investments occurring in the US since he has taken office. I did vote for PDJT, but I don't think I'd invite him to my home. However, he's a business man and our country needs to be run like a business, not a social experiment. Out of the last 16 years, our government has been run by Democrat Administrations, 70+% of Americans decided the we needed a change ... he is doing exactly like the voters wanted. I imagine you're a very nice person, and probably fairly intelligent, so, give him the fair shake I believe you gave those Democrats that came before him and got us in the mess we are. But, if you're really truly upset by what he's done so far, remember, he's got 3.5 more years to greater things! Live in Peace, try being less divisive and enjoy life!

Yes, we do, because that's what we voted for! 70+% of the population saw the waste, fraud and abuse being perpetuated by the liberal Democrats in our government. They saw the pandering to the EU and other countries before addressing the concerns of US citizens. So, the people spoke, Trump heard, and he is governing the USA for the benefits of Americans, not the world. Now, I truly believe, once America is back on solid footing, he probably will be more gracious to other countries and try and help them. However, before he does that, he's going to right our government and get the US on a steady course. Don't let your Kumbaya emotions and <removed> get the best of you, sit back, enjoy your retirement, or whatever you're doing in Thailand, and watch. A ship's path doesn't turn on a dime, but PDJT has directed the US ship to be aggressive in maneuvering as much as possible.

It's interesting, the number of left leaning armchair politicians that post on here regarding US economic strategies. I've found that most, even when I look at myself, have an "opinion" about things that vaguely touch the actual true points of an issue with accuracy that is way, way less than 10% of the true story. One's personal bias tends to drive them to dislike a person or thing not on what they know about them/it, but what they "think" they know. I'd bet that most of the pundits posting here are far, far from in the know about any of this subject matter!

I couldn't agree with you more! If someone doesn't like it ... DON'T GO!

You just can't fix stupid!

Come on! She's British, the epitome of white. The UK is statically overcast 78.7% of the time. When they do get a peek at the sun, it's still partially hidden by broken clouds. Koh Samui is at latitude 9.5° N and the UK 52° N. Given this perspective to the sun's rays is like selecting simmer on a gas stove compared to full on flame for boil or burn. Her skin is probably so white, the sun's rays were probably bending to be absorbed by her. I have a son-in-law from Traverse City, Michigan, latitude 44° N, he is just like she is, a sun ray absorber. Now that he and my daughter live in Eastern North Carolina (35° N), she can cover him with a centimeter thick application of sunscreen and it just acts like a frying media on his skin. But, he knows that's how he is and seldom comes out without being covered with SPF clothing and a wide brimmed hat. Me, for some reason, with Austrian/English bloodlines(or something like that), my skin is like my mothers and I brown from the rays coming through a window. I just don't burn. My dermatologist says I'm good to go! So, after all this textual jabbering, I do feel sympathy for this young lady, but she had to know (or should have known) that she was susceptible to the intense rays of Koh Samui at 9.5° N. I bet she won't do that again!

You're right! They'll rehabilitate him, give him a degree, release him, and he'll be a smarter criminal! 🤣

The benefits of disinformation is that it has everyone, including this forum, imparting and disseminating half truths to further a narrative to justify extending warfare on an engagement that may not be warranted. Everyone here has done their bidding. What one thinks they know about something is usually way less than 10% of reality...especially when it deals with national intelligence.

Nope, not the same!

You can't fix crazy, because crazy is as crazy does!

Tourists and expats that act like this makes me scratch my head. My wife and I worked our butts off to retire and come to Thailand to chill out from the stresses of life, not bring them with us. You're telling me you can't do without the nicotine hit until tomorrow? Arrest him, jail him and kick him out of Thailand, the Thai people don't need this behavior from tourists or expats ... neither do we!

Although he provided for my mother, me and my six siblings, he was an excessive disciplinarian, using verbal and physical means, to the extreme, to address issues. I am a very disciplined person and have always been as an adult, but decided early on with my children to do neither of those to correct behavior. So, I guess what I learned from him was not to be like him in that way.

Time tells all! I was a workout king for a long time until the grind of life and age started having its affects. Today, I'm 67 with Siatica, warn joints and random aches and pains...thank you Navy! It happened over night. My son, a 20 year retired Marine, told me I needed to workout more. I thought the same thing when I was his age, 43. It hasn't hit him yet, rolling out of bed at 6am with a muscle pull and a knee pain that wasn't there the day before. I think he's soon to be enlightened to the inevitability! Where am I going with this? All these young men and women chasing the scalpel and chemical fountain of youth and beauty will eventually face the aging of time, too. They may try and fight it, but, eventually, their doctor and spa visits will only stretch, pull and change them to a point. Beyond that point, that's when their chase of these fountain of youth elixirs will start making them look less than normal and more like a freak. Accepting themselves as they are, over time, will allow them to age more gracefully and not live to unrealistic expectations that only a psychological change will fix.

You teach, you do not touch! This is someone's child and their responsibility, not the teacher's.

The hypocrisy of this is that Bernie would be the first to criticize a Republican for doing the exact same thing. The initial plan for politicians by our forefathers was that politicians were only supposed to get per diem, not entitlements.