While I agree with criticizing Trump's "Foreign Policy," which appears to be a gumball machine of "turn the crank and who knows what you'll get" I don't agree we're "isolated" because of the cold-shoulders and social-pariah effect he had at the conference. That's obviously an overt display of displeasure at his actions/tactics/speeches. But, we're still doing stuff with our allies, still trading with people, still have embassies and are still talking with other nations.
In short - Trump sucks, but this was just a "cold shoulder" treatment so observers could see that other world leaders were not pleased with Trump. And, of course, to let Trump know they weren't pleased with him. I'm not sure he noticed...
Yeah. He had spoken to them and made a Deal! A DEAL! Wow, a DEAL just like in the title of "his" book... Nice "Deal," Trump. AFAIK, none of the major companies has done much of anything that Trump promised they would do with the extra savings in taxes. Now, don't get me wrong - I am in favor of the corporate tax breaks! BUT, I didn't believe for a second these companies would do the things that Trump said they would. At least, not immediately. That was never something I though would happen. I do, however, believe it is a good move for the long-term and it will, eventually, have long-term benefits IF, and only if, we can "cover the spread" until then. If we can't and the deficit is an insurmountable problem without those rates, then we will have to raise them back or we will have to cut the budget in other areas. I am in favor of doing both, but especially budget cuts. And, budget cuts in places people don't like to talk about, like... The Military. /gaspIs it also true that GM are for laying off somewhere in the region of 15,000 employees. Wasn't GM one of Trumps big thriving companies that he was always ranting on about hiring new employees and doing great things under his presidential leadership, what's he saying now.
"Career politicians take for granted that tax payers will fund not only their lifestyle but also their careers.. especially favoring methods that fund their lifestyle without tax-payers knowing that they are paying for it." - Fixed that for you.Santi wrote: ↑Wed, 12. Dec 18, 02:52Career politicians take for granted that tax payers will fund not only their lifestyle but also their careers. While politicians will hire staff with the promise of influence and political power, an outsider like Trump, coming from the private industry, will hire based in results.
Also compare Trump with Macron, easy to spot who knows what people wants.
Trump isn't hiring people who "get results." Trump is hiring people who are celebrities and who may have gotten results using "any means necessary" including "illegal" means.
How many people associated with Trump's campaign or administration have already been indicted and plead guilty to crimes? These are the "results" oriented sorts of hires you're talking about? I think you may have a bit of an inflated stereotype of the "successful businessman" going on, here. Trump's "successful businessman" organization consisted of maybe a dozen people or so, with the rest being rank-and-file workers, hotel managers, landscapers and doormen... We're not talking about a Google-sized organization, here or some corporate climate that "promoted from within" letting the rank-and-file compete for higher positions based on meritorious service. Trump didn't run what's conceived as some traditional corporate machine. He ran an autocracy-oriented "family business."
Look at one of Trump's "hires" here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Clovis
A radio talk-show host hired, which I assume you'd say was a meritorious hire, as Undersecretary of Agriculture for Research, Education and Economics... The dude doesn't have a science or research or even a teaching background. Nada. If anything, he's got some background in Security and politics, but Trump hired him for this? This isn't a special case, but it's obviously one of the most prominent ones.
That is the sort of "results oriented" hiring practices you say Trump engages in?
