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Dec 17, 2018, 9:46 AM

-The writer leads with the CO2 emissions, but this had to do with the decrease in electricity sales, which the government itself said happened due to our growing shift away from coal (which Trump doesn't like) and milder weather in 2017 that resulted in less electricity consumption by residential and commercial entities. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration

Didn't have anything to do with Trump.

-The nation's poverty rate hasn't declined despite an increase in salaries per household. Nearly 40 million Americans still live in poverty, and that hasn't really changed much from Obama to Trump. Slightly lower? Sure, but not much to be significant. Poverty rates are still holding pretty strong. Source: U.S. Census Bureau

-Unemployment is definitely down and continuing to decline just as it was under Obama. That's good all around, and while Trump can't take credit for doing something to really lower it, he certainly can take credit for not ####### it up. That's more of how presidents operate in regards to this figure.

-Yep to those NY Times figures, although I thought everyone here and Trumpies say we can't trust what the Times says? Or is it that we can only trust the NY Times when they say things we like? Well, going back to that NY Times article, it does note how spending isn't increasing with businesses and there are signs of a cool down. As if they know it's best to hold on to that money.

So where does Trump come into play here? People put too much credit on a president for the economy. And there's a lot more to a presidency than that. It's great Trump hasn't done anything to really #### all this up, but let's wait and see. If we're still rocking by 2020, awesome. Kudos to him.

But if it does tank, I except this guy and every Trumpie to stand up and say, "Okay, we were wrong."

-Wages are finally up, but this is very, very recent. They had remained stagnated for all of his presidency until the third quarter of this year. It's not enough to call this a "successful presidency."

-Oooh President Xi! You're quite impressive!

If you're going to pretend to be a professional writer, please act like it. Jesus.

-Ah, man. He cited North Korea as if that's still a success. I guess he hasn't seen that it was all a lie and they're back to their shenanigans again.

-The trade war with China isn't working.

-I've applauded Trump for the criminal justice reform measure. I hope it passes.

-Our oil exports have been increasing steadily before Trump. This isn't something he did. But he sure does want to ruin our coastlines, including SC's, to get more oil.

When this guy is done sniffing Trump's butt, would he like a list of all the reasons why we can call his presidency thus far not very successful? Because most of this stuff he cites had little to do with Trump or is just some clever fact twisting.

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He's someone who's very pessimistic about Europe, and European culture in general, and clearly believes that enervation of national feeling has something to with that. However, I don't think he understands that American nationalism isn't the same as French nationalism or English nationalism, and that less American adventurism won't necessarily mean less international meddling in national affairs.

Houellebecq is also concerned about the cultural threat of Islam to Europe, especially since he views European civilization as dying, if not dead. This is one reason why he, although agnostic or atheist himself, wants to promote "authentic Christian conservatives," offers advice for Roman Catholics, and seems favorable to Orthodoxy. But surely he doesn't think radical Islam will stop threatening the rest of the world and that Muslims will stop moving to France and threatening non-Muslim French-people just because Americans and French have become more concerned with their national character. And what national character is there to speak of if you need somebody like Trump to make you more nationalistic?

'Lil sumethin for you Trump haters to pick apart

'What about his tweets,' and 'he's a meanie.'

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Sure, I'll take a shot.

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Agreed on most of those points....

Fair points. That's why I posted it.

Failed? No.

You might slow down a bit on that trade war with China thing

They didn't say chicken.

Our long term debt is a much bigger threat to the

Every president in my lifetime has.

This argument is getting old with Trump defenders.

No one in their right mind would call this....

It's almost like some people just discovered politics

Trump has done some things well imo.

That -1% GDP killed '14 for Obama.

I haven't taken a side on this article.

The tariffs are a bad idea.

To admit that Trump is successful would also require

Re: 'Lil sumethin for you Trump haters to pick apart

Foreigner's seem to love Trump

Quit reading at : “America is no longer the world’s

Michel Houellebecq is a great novelist

Re: 'Lil sumethin for you Trump haters to pick apart

Why do you call it a train wreck?

Re: Why do you call it a train wreck?

Typical "Hate Trump" liberal prose.

Travel bans that get held up in courts thanks to tweets.

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