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Originally Posted by Richard Davis

What nation did Putin invade during the 4 years Trump was in office?

"Trump suggested Russia can keep Crimea"

"Trump said Putin did “an amazing job of taking the mantle” when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump broke with US policy and suggested he was OK if Russia kept the Ukrainian territory. He repeated a Kremlin talking point, saying, “The people of Crimea, from what I’ve heard, would rather be with Russia than where they were.”

"According to congressional testimony, Trump declined to publicly condemn a Russian attack against Ukrainian military vessels in November 2018, even though the State Department prepared a statement for him. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized Russia’s “dangerous escalation.”

"Trump defended Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

During a January 2019 Cabinet meeting, Trump defended the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan. He said the Soviet Union “was right” to invade in 1979 because “terrorists were going into Russia.” The comments puzzled many observers, who noted that the Soviets had invaded to bolster a communist government and the US had backed Afghan militants who fought the Soviets."

"Trump’s Syria withdrawal gave Putin a boost"

"Trump announced in October 2019 that US troops were withdrawing from northern Syria. The abrupt move cleared the way for Turkey to conquer territories previously controlled by the US and allied Kurdish militias. It also gave Russia a golden opportunity to expand its influence and swiftly take over abandoned US outposts and checkpoints. Trump’s move was a boon for Putin."

"Trump ordered US troops out of Germany"

"In June 2020, Trump approved plans to significantly reduce the number of US troops in Germany. The plan to remove about one-third of the force drew serious concerns from the Pentagon because it could compromise Europe-based defenses against Russia. In a letter to Trump, nearly two dozen Republican lawmakers said his decision would “strengthen the position of Russia to our detriment.”

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/17/politics/trump-soft-on-russia/index.html

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

What nation did Putin invade during the 4 years Trump was in office?

WHAT, THIS ISN'T ENOUGH?!


"Trump suggested Russia can keep Crimea"

"Trump said Putin did “an amazing job of taking the mantle” when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump broke with US policy and suggested he was OK if Russia kept the Ukrainian territory. He repeated a Kremlin talking point, saying, “The people of Crimea, from what I’ve heard, would rather be with Russia than where they were.”

"According to congressional testimony, Trump declined to publicly condemn a Russian attack against Ukrainian military vessels in November 2018, even though the State Department prepared a statement for him. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized Russia’s “dangerous escalation.”

"Trump defended Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

During a January 2019 Cabinet meeting, Trump defended the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan. He said the Soviet Union “was right” to invade in 1979 because “terrorists were going into Russia.” The comments puzzled many observers, who noted that the Soviets had invaded to bolster a communist government and the US had backed Afghan militants who fought the Soviets."

"Trump’s Syria withdrawal gave Putin a boost"

"Trump announced in October 2019 that US troops were withdrawing from northern Syria. The abrupt move cleared the way for Turkey to conquer territories previously controlled by the US and allied Kurdish militias. It also gave Russia a golden opportunity to expand its influence and swiftly take over abandoned US outposts and checkpoints. Trump’s move was a boon for Putin."

"Trump ordered US troops out of Germany"

"In June 2020, Trump approved plans to significantly reduce the number of US troops in Germany. The plan to remove about one-third of the force drew serious concerns from the Pentagon because it could compromise Europe-based defenses against Russia. In a letter to Trump, nearly two dozen Republican lawmakers said his decision would “strengthen the position of Russia to our detriment.”

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/17/politics/trump-soft-on-russia/index.html

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

What nation did Putin invade during the 4 years Trump was in office?

"What nation did Putin invade during the 4 years Trump was in office?

If my answer wasn't enough for you, then the question should be "What nation did Putin invade during the 4 years Biden was in office" since neither Putin or reportedly Trump consider Ukraine to be a country...

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

It not that your answer wasn't enough, the fact is that you didn't answer the question I asked.  

Are you ignorant?  I'll ask it again.  What nation did Putin invade during the 4 years that Trump was in office?

See how this works, I asked you a direct question and you dodged the question just like Kamala Harris doesn't answer questions, and so you didn't name a country. 

Name a country that Putin invaded with his military when Trump was in office for 4 years.

Nomal, sane People would either A) Name a country, or B) respond with 'Putin didn't invade any other nation militarily when Trump was in office'.

The answer is either A or B above.  

If you're not smart enough to answer a simple question, just say so.  It would be much easier than your dance.  

I'll ask you a simple question, what does it all matter since Trump said: "that he would end the Ukraine-Russia war "in one day." Afterall, since you steadfastly believe everything Trump says and does including his descriptions about Russia and Ukraine, you obviously believe that too...

"Inflation is likely to rise in the United States and around the world if newly elected US President Donald Trump follows through on his campaign promises to cut taxes, crack down on immigration and hike tariffs on all imported goods."

"Together with a Republican majority in the US Senate, Trump’s historic reelection, which CNN projected Wednesday, puts the former president in a strong position to implement his potentially radical economic agenda."

"US stock markets opened sharply higher, buoyed by Trump’s decisive victory, while the dollar is rallying against major currencies as traders price in higher domestic inflation and therefore fewer interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. (Higher interest rates tend to boost the value of a currency by attracting more capital from abroad as investors seek bigger returns.)"


"Investors are bracing for tariffs… which will push up the price of imported goods for American shoppers,” she wrote in a note Wednesday. Trump’s “vow to kick out immigrants with waves of deportations could also have economic ramifications, potentially pushing up wage bills for companies,..."

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/06/economy/inflation-interest-rates-donald-trump-presidency/index.html

Bottom line: There's no free lunch here...

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Joe Biden ACTED on his threats. 

Did you miss the fact that Steve Bannon just got out of Prison the other day, after being in Prison for 4 months because Biden's DOJ put him in prison?

How about Peter Navarro?  He was put in prison by Merrick Garland's DOJ. 

Do you want to address those actual imprisonments by Biden's DOJ?

Do you care to explain why Nathan Wade, the lover of the Corrupt Ga prosecutor Fani Willis, met with Biden's people, which was recently revealed?  

Fani Willis is supposedly acting on her own in prosecuting Trump for BS charges.

According to Joe Biden, his people have NO involvement with any of these prosecutions of his political Rival Donald Trump.

Are you SO very gullible that you think it is just coincidence that these people are meeting with the Biden people?  

I guess I'll just chalk it up to the massive double standard that Democrats enjoy when their politicians do something that isn't prosecuted, while the Republicans are always prosecuted.

We've already been through this, Rich. You don't listen. Steve Bannon specifically blamed NANCY PELOSI for his imprisonment while  Peter Narravo is too preoccupied with his conspiracy theory that JFK stole the election from Nixon to care one way or the other...

Originally Posted by Russ Carroll

People are not buying what Dems are selling. The GOP ran the trans surgery-in-prison ad 30,000 times for a reason. The Lincoln project pointed out in an ad they made that reassignment surgery was a policy under the Trump administration. Does ANYBODY believe it will be policy under the new Trump admin? No way, so pointing this fact out without denouncing it herself is meaningless. Tip of the iceberg.

Allowing minors access to drugs or surgery to alter their gender was also left unchallenged. Too woke to address it even if she agreed it shouldnt be allowed. I wrote a post warning about these issues during the election. Here was a post I made today. You want to know why you lost so many hispanic men? Here is one of the reasons:

"My Democratic friends, and yes I consider you friends: In the spirit of trying to learn from the electoral beat-down that the Democrats took in this election, let me re-echo something I tried to warn about before the election.

There is a huge difference between trying to protect the rights of people that hold minority beliefs or practices versus trying to impose societal norms against the desire of the majority. Its one of the bigger lessons from this election IMO, that I hope the left figures"

I think the Dems lost because of the following:

1. Persistent in your face (greed) inflation in the supermarket and elsewhere.

2. Primary pres candidate: female 

3. Persistent lying in the GOP echo chamber: Faux and the like.

Why do you care anyway, Rich? You don't have any investments in the market anyway.

That said, this rally is what Alan Greenspan used to call "irrational exuberance." Tomorrow, or in the next few days, the market will drop due to profit taking or some other reason. It's the long term performance that counts...

"JPMorgan analysts predicted in a report ahead of Tuesday’s election result that under a “red wave,” stocks stood to gain through the end of 2024, but “the uncertainty around policy execution would become more prominent in 2025.”

"However, markets and the economy have generally performed better under Democratic presidents — though stocks have boomed regardless of which party controls the White House. The S& 500 has grown an average of 10% under Democrats and 6.7% under Republicans, according to Sam Stovall at CFRA Research. Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the US economy, has averaged 3.9% under Democratic presidents, well ahead of the 2.4% under Republicans."

“This was a market coiled for an extreme reaction one way or the other,” said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at B Riley Wealth Management. “The market is saying: We just elected a business-friendly president. … The initial reaction to a Trump administration is met with enthusiasm that may be temporary.”


https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/06/investing/dow-stock-market-trump/index.html

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

LOL  It is pretty funny watching you in your regular desperation, try to explain something away as you attempt to find something or someone to go against the idea that the markets are reacting incredibly favorable to the Donald Trump election for President.  

I also liked how at the end the caveat was stated "it MIGHT be temporary" 

Oh, is that kind of like Janet Yellin telling the nation a FULL 3 Years ago, that "this inflation would be transitory"?  

Hmm... that was the prediction wasn't it back 3 FULL years ago?  

So, did you want to explain how 36 FULL months later, we are still seeing core inflation at 3.3%, well above the target of 2%?

Did you have a neat little answer for that one?

I don't know about you, but I surely don't consider 3 FULL years of inflation hitting its highest level in 45 years and still not coming back down to target levels as "transitory" do you?

"The Federal Reserve may have pretty much just hit its 2% inflation target"

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/11/the-federal-reserve-may-have-pretty-much-just-hit-its-2percent-inflation-target.html