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| Trump's Deal with the EU Is Democrat Nightmare |
| 2018-07-27 |
| [PJMedia] They must be burning whatever gallons of midnight oil they have left at MSNBC, CNN, the New York Times, the Washington Post, CBS, NBC, ABC, etc. -- all the propaganda organs of the Democratic Party -- trying to figure out how to downplay the agreement Donald Trump just made with European Union President Jean-Claude Juncker, but it's not going to be easy. This is the beginning of a massive free trade deal between Europe and the U.S. with zero tariffs outside the auto industry. If even half of it comes true, there will be a (okay, why not?) YUUUGE growth in trade benefitting both sides of the Atlantic. Forget porn stars. Forget tapes. Forget evil Vlad and Rocket Man. Forget insulting our NATO partners (whatever that means). Forget that pseudo-socialist with the hyphenated name. Forget Mueller, sleazy Strzok , Adam "Leaker" Schiff, Fingers Clapper, Knuckles Brennan, Rocko Rosenstein, or any of the sordid crew. Forget even Twitter! (well, maybe). By comparison, those are all sideshows. As everyone knows, in politics, "It's the economy, stupid!" ...Making matters worse for the Dems, this new deal entails growing sales of liquid natural gas by our country to Europe. Who does that most affect? Well, duh, Comrade Putin, of course. Thought experiment (actually you don't even have to think to answer this one): What do you suppose would trouble Putin more -- the U.S. cornering the LNG market or Trump calling him a bunch of nasty names? ...It also should be powerful ammunition for any Republican running this fall. Do you want the Trump economy or do you want a return to the Obama economy? It's as simple as that. Trump continues to negotiate great agreements for America, at home and abroad. The "Art of the Deal" may be a cliché by now, but it appears to work. And when something's working for once, why change it -- especially to something that already failed?(Or, in the case of socialism, worse than failed -- caused mass impoverishment and mass murder.) If Republicans can communicate that simple message, they will win big. Not always geniuses at marketing their ideas, this one is so obvious maybe even the GOP can do it. But will they? |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #5 I refuse to watch the nightly news; but my wife says that NBC News has not reported it. |
| Posted by: Tom 2018-07-27 15:16 |
| #4 This is only one part of ongoing negotiations. Seems a bit early to be doing an end-zone dance. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-07-27 10:44 |
| #3 "It's the economy, stupid!" That's generally true when the economy is bad, but when it's good, people assume it's normal and permanent, and don't associate it with politicians and elections. The issue that matters will be something else, like plastic straws. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2018-07-27 09:07 |
| #2 |
| Posted by: Jack Chaiter7913 2018-07-27 08:21 |
| #1 growth in trade benefitting both sides of the Atlantic I'll bet the hard part was getting the governments to let go of the tariff taxes, which were probably more expensive tax revenue wise than they were worth. A 100% tax on zero trade is still no money. In the end, it will be good for all once they see the tax revenue flowing in through more normal channels. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-07-27 01:24 |