west didsblue
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And to add to the USA's largest ever trade deficit figure of $891bn for 2018, the federal budget deficit is up 77% on last year thanks to the tax cut and increased spending.
I was posting about this news as the trade deficit was already mentioned two pages ago.
Fox is puzzling - many of their broadcasts aren't billed as "news" - rather - it's opinion.And how would you describe Fox News?
At least it's offset by NBC and CNN I suppose.
I'm not going to label Trump/Sanders as Nazi.So it's like a Ministry of Propaganda? Like Joseph Goebbels
>> Not meant to be an insult -- meant to be an accurate reflection of your perspective.Not meant to be an insult -- meant to be an accurate reflection of your perspective. Which it is, 100%. Exhibit A is your post.
"Almost certainly he wants to remain in power" -- you've answered my question then. Hence why he won't do ANY of what you fear. He'll leverage it, he'll leverage the threat. He'll never do it. And yeah, I do think he's rational. He's acting exactly as any rational despot would. Which is the threat means more than the action externally.
"You assume that a foreign entity won't pursue aggression due to nuclear deterance [sic]" -- exactly. And it doesn't have to be nuclear.
As far as your doomsday scenario, the fat fucker can't feed his own people, but, yeah, he's going to launch all out war in Asia. Sure. Oh, and he'll nuke 'em to boot -- because when you want new territory, the best idea is is to destroy the infrastructure you need and make the place fucking uninhabitable for 50 years. Yeah, that makes a ton of sense. Why didn't I think of that?
I have ran out of things to say: