Russia Investigation Heating Up

[Parkbandit]

This exchange showcases exactly how shallow your "conservativism" is -- not a single one of your links demonstrates your contention. Having a trade deficit isn't evidence of the other country "taking advantage of" the United States. We benefit in numerous ways from trade deficits.

The fact that you moronically thought you were proving someone wrong is icing on the cake -- you're a gleefully ignorant, deluded tribalist, and nothing more. You don't know how to think beyond what the Cheeto-in-Chief tells you the stance du jour is.

The Cato Institute -- the Koch brothers' far-right "think tank":
Trade deficits are not a sign of unfair trade practices or a lack of American “competitiveness.”
Source: https://www.cato.org/publications/co...eally-bad-news

Forbes:
"He seems to think big trade deficits mean the U.S. is losing in the game of international trade. But nothing could be further from the truth. They are good: The bigger the better, in fact."
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonco.../#7c6e44772b96

NYT:
"Most economists do not see the trade gap as money “lost” to other countries, nor do they worry about trade deficits to a large degree. That’s because trade imbalances are affected by a host of macroeconomic factors, including the relative growth rates of countries, the value of their currencies, and their saving and investment rates."
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/u...sts-trump.html

You are, as always, willfully ignorant and easily humiliated. Better luck next time, shit-for-brains.

This has been pointed out to him before.

Trade deficits are NOT about anyone losing money.

Sit back and relax trannies... the MAGA Express is steam rolling ahead.

Just relax. You'll get to prove your ignorance again in November.

[Wrathbringer]

Sit back and relax trannies...

[Fortybox]

It's unconstitutional now? You do understand that not all appointments require Senate confirmation, right?

Watching you regurgitate the lies from a man who has done nothing but lie about this investigation is hilarious.

There is nothing unconstitutional about the SC guidelines.

It violates the Appointments Clause of the constitution.

It is inaccurate to classify Mueller as an inferior officer with the broad scope he has. Rosenstein is not supervising his work directly. He is acting as a principle officer, which is to be appointed by POTUS and confirmed in the senate.

[Parkbandit]

I wonder if these were the same 'economists' that said manufacturing jobs would never come back to the US....

https://www.wsj.com/articles/manufac...ars-1522845356

I'm all for letting our President, who is Mr. Art of the Deal, have a crack at leveling out the trade deficit.

[Parkbandit]

And you can trust this video to be unbias.. because it has NEWS in the name.

[cwolff]

We are actually witnessing an attempt at turning America into a dictatorship.

Yes of course. This has been obvious since the beginning. When we brought that up to trump supporters they said things like, "If he ever does x then I'll be the first one to denounce him." He's since said X,Y,Z, and the rest of the alphabet (albeit spelled incorrectly) and they simply dial their value system down a notch to match his descent into tyranny. They give 0 fucks about the constitution.

You play a OHB obsessed stuttering transgendered paladin in a multi-decade old text-based game. That is NOT grown up behavior. Pot meet kettle.

I'm amazed that you guys always fall back on this. Get some new material.

The appointment of this special council, with far overreaching powers is unconstitutional. The power given to Mueller with no confirmation from the house/senate is very concerning.

Although I'm not surprised it's astonishing how trumps tweets get picked up and parroted by his trumpanzees. Have you no moral fiber? No ethical backbone? How far is too far for a trump supporter?

It's unconstitutional now? You do understand that not all appointments require Senate confirmation, right?

Watching you regurgitate the lies from a man who has done nothing but lie about this investigation is hilarious.

There is nothing unconstitutional about the SC guidelines.

It violates the Appointments Clause of the constitution.

It is inaccurate to classify Mueller as an inferior officer with the broad scope he has. Rosenstein is not supervising his work directly. He is acting as a principle officer, which is to be appointed by POTUS and confirmed in the senate.

Look at the constitutional scholar. Where did you get that talking point? Fox? Infowars? Breitbart? Ask yourself this. Would republicans have purposefully violated the constitution by appointing Mueller? If it's so unconstitutional how'd it get this far? Do you ever consider for a second that it's been done in accordance with our laws and Mueller is doing the job he's hired for?

Think about this for a second. Mueller doesn't leak. He's not out there giving press conferences about what a scumbag trump is yet the right is responding as if he is. There's actually nothing for them to fight against yet. He's not been subpoenaed, he's not been indicted. The people he hires and surrounds himself with have received some convictions and indictments but no one's said shit about trump's guilt but trump and his team.

[Ashliana]

Sit back and relax trannies... the MAGA Express is steam rolling ahead.

Just relax. You'll get to prove your ignorance again in November.

Aww. You couldn't even muster up one of your pretend responses. Good on you, though, for speeding up your concessions.

I'm all for letting our President, who is Mr. Art of the Deal, have a crack at leveling out the trade deficit.

This is one of the cringiest things you've ever written. Not only are you beyond moronic for thinking Trump is actually talented at dealmaking, calling yourself a conservative while not understanding that the American economy isn't state-run (nor the limited influence the executive branch can have on it) is especially comical.

Trump doesn't have a mind for policy. He demonstrated that quite clearly during the GOP's failed attempts to repeal Obamacare -- he didn't understand what the current law is, nor did he understand the GOP plans that Republicans were crafting for him to sign. He undermined his own party repeatedly, and had no underlying goals of his own. The same holds true for trade.

You are gullible beyond belief. No wonder you got conned.

[Methais]

Yes of course. This has been obvious since the beginning. When we brought that up to trump supporters they said things like, "If he ever does x then I'll be the first one to denounce him." He's since said X,Y,Z, and the rest of the alphabet (albeit spelled incorrectly) and they simply dial their value system down a notch to match his descent into tyranny. They give 0 fucks about the constitution.



I'm amazed that you guys always fall back on this. Get some new material.



Although I'm not surprised it's astonishing how trumps tweets get picked up and parroted by his trumpanzees. Have you no moral fiber? No ethical backbone? How far is too far for a trump supporter?







Look at the constitutional scholar. Where did you get that talking point? Fox? Infowars? Breitbart? Ask yourself this. Would republicans have purposefully violated the constitution by appointing Mueller? If it's so unconstitutional how'd it get this far? Do you ever consider for a second that it's been done in accordance with our laws and Mueller is doing the job he's hired for?

Think about this for a second. Mueller doesn't leak. He's not out there giving press conferences about what a scumbag trump is yet the right is responding as if he is. There's actually nothing for them to fight against yet. He's not been subpoenaed, he's not been indicted. The people he hires and surrounds himself with have received some convictions and indictments but no one's said shit about trump's guilt but trump and his team.

[Androidpk]

Oh man:

GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa) said on Monday that President Trump should get a new lawyer if he's been told that he can pardon himself.

"If I were president of the United States and I had a lawyer that told me I could pardon myself, I think I would hire a new lawyer," Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told CNN, when asked if Trump had the ability to pardon himself.

[time4fun]

It violates the Appointments Clause of the constitution.

It is inaccurate to classify Mueller as an inferior officer with the broad scope he has. Rosenstein is not supervising his work directly. He is acting as a principle officer, which is to be appointed by POTUS and confirmed in the senate.

Yeah, actually it doesn't.

First- Nixon tried that exact argument decades ago, and it was flatly rejected by SCOTUS. Secondly, it's considered to be an inherent power of the AG. You don't even need the Special Counsel statute for it to happen- it was put in place to help protect the independence of the Special Counsel.



So let's play this out:
1) First Trump told you that his campaign team never met with Russia- but it turns out they had met with Russia dozens of times

2) Then Trump told you that Russia didn't interfere in our elections- but it turns out that they definitely did, AND he knew about it because both the FBI AND Russia told him about it

3) Then he told you that the Democrats colluded with Russia, but it turns out that there's literally no evidence of that\

4) Then he told you that he fired James Comey because he was mean to Clinton, but it turns out that that wasn't true

5) Then he told you that Obama personally ordered a wiretap of Trump Tower, but it turns out that never happened

6) Then he told you that the entire investigation was started solely on the basis of the dossier, but it turns out that wasn't true

7) Then he told you that the FISA warrant application was intentionally lying about evidence, but it turns out the application was clear about its evidence

8) Then he told you that the Russia investigation is all about Democrats being angry, but it turns out that all Federal investigations into Trump's campaign are being run by Republicans

9) Then he told you that the FBI illegally planted a spy in his campaign, but it turns out that's not at all what happened

10) Then he told you that he didn't ever try to fire Mueller, but it turns out he tried twice

11) And now he tells you that the Special Prosecutor is unconstitutional, and you're just jumping right up to believe him again.


It's really pathetic.