This failure of a president* is incapable of a win. In less than 24 hours he has surrendered on the Census citizenship question and surrendered on Alex Acosta. This in addition to surrendering on North Korea’s missile launches, surrendering on China’s military buildup in the South China Sea, surrendering on renegotiating NAFTA, surrendering on holding Saudi Arabia accountable for murdering a US journalist, surrendering on the US relationship with Turkey - they just bought a Russian defense system instead of the US system, surrendering to China over Huawei electronics, surrendering to China on the Trans-Pacific Partnership...
It’s just one surrender after another.
There is huge difference between what Trump says and what Trump does. Most politicians when they can't deliver on campaign promises and suffer defeats in office, they deflect and ignore the issue but not Trump. Trump claims a victory.
Trump has painted himself as saving America from the hordes of southern invaders but in fact he is deporting less people than Obama, spending more on border security which is allowing more people to enter the US, and he has created a disgraceful human rights tragedy at our border.
He takes pride in the tax bill which was planned by republicans when Obama was in office. He insisted on the low corporate tax rate which is now creating a big problem for the treasury. As early as the end of Sept, the US may have to default on financial obligations because the treasury is running out of money.
Hardly a day goes by that Trump doesn't give himself a pat on the back for the great economy he has created. However, the facts are economic growth began years before Trump took office and was accelerating when he became president.
Trump claims that if China doesn't meet our demands, it will suffer dire consequences. This is a bold face lie. China's growth rate in 2018 was 6.6% twice that of the US rate 3.2%. The effects of the US tariffs will bring China's growth down to about 6% this year. The reason for this is Chinese exports to the US accounts for only 2% of China's GDP.
Trump has with confidence declared he will not allow Iran to have nuclear weapons, confident that economic sanctions will cripple Iran and will certainly drive them to the bargaining table. This is a very logical business depression. However, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran is not business man. He would be the one to make such a decision to negotiate. However, he does not make business decisions where they conflict with ideology. Iran has withstood sanctions for 36 years and it is very unlikely they will throw in the towel now. With Iran centrifuges producing plenty of nuclear material, nuclear weapons now maybe less than a year off which would give Iran a huge advantage at the bargaining table. Another war in the Middle East may well be the only way Trump will keep his promise. However, the one bright spot is Trump does not keep his promises.
