@Tom Dunlap
Tom, the president's job isn't to help or hinder the economy, his role in the republic is to be the top level branch of defending the citizen's liberties and serving us (which most politicians sadly no longer do). As one of his assigned roles, he is supposed to set and promote foreign policy. As I stated, he pointed out that all the foreign misadventures previous administrations either got us into or allowed to occur is one of the biggest reasons we are now the biggest debtor nation in the world, as well as hated by most other countries for being the bully we are (both militarily and financially; sanctions are economic warfare).
Unlike the chattering echo chamber that is the Washington Beltway and the now limp MSM that no longer question their actions, Trump was correct that Russia is not our enemy and we need to work with them and not against them (that completely pisses off the majority of the establishment, as they need to hype a greater "enemy" to keep us scared and not question the fleecing of our money and liberties to keep control). Many established media organizations outside the US report on Russia wanting to work with us, but the constant chattering classes here yelling "RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA!!! " (insert vid of Rachel Maddow or Keith Olberman) make it near impossible to see these alternate points of view. Think about this, the media constantly claims we act to deter "Russian aggression", but which country is it that has over 800 military bases in over 130 countries worldwide, including many with nuclear missiles right near their "Biggest enemy's" border. Trump wants to work with an adversary, and for that he is called out for treason. The same with meeting with N. Korea and also desire for meeting w/Iran, neither of which pose a threat to us (and no, N Korea's nukes are not a threat to us, they are a deterrent to keep us from invading them, like we practice w/S. Korea annually). He's also keeps indicating he wants out of Afghanistan and Syria, 2 places our military should not be, and that causes the establishment to go nuts when he speaks of it (because they benefit from it; bigger discussion on that point I'm not going to dive into).
Many don't see it, because they don't understand that these global issues have more of an effect on US citizens than they realize (deficit spending leading to higher taxation, loss of civil liberties due to Patriot Act, the Thieves & Sexual Assailants/TSA gate-raping and stealing form us while failing their own tests 95% of the time, the govt. regs that allowed for our manufacturing base to be outsourced to the world and decimated flyover country employment, etc..). So the fact he's willing to talk about these things and make attempts to undo the stupidity our govt./military has done ranks him pretty damn high.
Additionally, asking a foreign government to work with our AG to look into corruption is exactly what our top diplomat should do, and you should know that no other president in recent memory would even think about that. As for calling it a "quid pro quo", there is no "there" there.
My $0.02
Tom, the president's job isn't to help or hinder the economy, his role in the republic is to be the top level branch of defending the citizen's liberties and serving us (which most politicians sadly no longer do). As one of his assigned roles, he is supposed to set and promote foreign policy. As I stated, he pointed out that all the foreign misadventures previous administrations either got us into or allowed to occur is one of the biggest reasons we are now the biggest debtor nation in the world, as well as hated by most other countries for being the bully we are (both militarily and financially; sanctions are economic warfare).
Unlike the chattering echo chamber that is the Washington Beltway and the now limp MSM that no longer question their actions, Trump was correct that Russia is not our enemy and we need to work with them and not against them (that completely pisses off the majority of the establishment, as they need to hype a greater "enemy" to keep us scared and not question the fleecing of our money and liberties to keep control). Many established media organizations outside the US report on Russia wanting to work with us, but the constant chattering classes here yelling "RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA!!! " (insert vid of Rachel Maddow or Keith Olberman) make it near impossible to see these alternate points of view. Think about this, the media constantly claims we act to deter "Russian aggression", but which country is it that has over 800 military bases in over 130 countries worldwide, including many with nuclear missiles right near their "Biggest enemy's" border. Trump wants to work with an adversary, and for that he is called out for treason. The same with meeting with N. Korea and also desire for meeting w/Iran, neither of which pose a threat to us (and no, N Korea's nukes are not a threat to us, they are a deterrent to keep us from invading them, like we practice w/S. Korea annually). He's also keeps indicating he wants out of Afghanistan and Syria, 2 places our military should not be, and that causes the establishment to go nuts when he speaks of it (because they benefit from it; bigger discussion on that point I'm not going to dive into).
Many don't see it, because they don't understand that these global issues have more of an effect on US citizens than they realize (deficit spending leading to higher taxation, loss of civil liberties due to Patriot Act, the Thieves & Sexual Assailants/TSA gate-raping and stealing form us while failing their own tests 95% of the time, the govt. regs that allowed for our manufacturing base to be outsourced to the world and decimated flyover country employment, etc..). So the fact he's willing to talk about these things and make attempts to undo the stupidity our govt./military has done ranks him pretty damn high.
Additionally, asking a foreign government to work with our AG to look into corruption is exactly what our top diplomat should do, and you should know that no other president in recent memory would even think about that. As for calling it a "quid pro quo", there is no "there" there.
My $0.02
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