Trump presidency predictions

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[quote=livinincali]I predict a fairly severe recession that would have happened no matter who was president. I also think he’ll likely be a one term president, but I thought the same thing about both major candidates.[/quote]

This. He will also take much of the blame for it, as H would have had she won.

[scaredyclassic]

because hes so fat. hes very fat. too fat to be president. 5th fattest president ever as of now. will be in top 3, maybe fattest ever. hes a pig. the media talked about christies fat, but donalds fat is hiding in plain sight. hes an unhealthy rotund slob.

fat shamer be shamed!

infowars v. wapo. why is the onion getting scoops like this and beating out major mediaoutlets?

http://www.theonion.com/article/donald-trump-stares-forlornly-at-tiny-aged-penis-i-28589

[zk]

[quote=Ribbles][quote=livinincali]I predict a fairly severe recession that would have happened no matter who was president. I also think he’ll likely be a one term president, but I thought the same thing about both major candidates.[/quote]

This. He will also take much of the blame for it, as H would have had she won.[/quote]

Transparent bullshit. Predict a recession, and then if it doesn’t happen, you can say it’s because of your guy. If it does, you say it would’ve happened anyway.

All that enthusiasm for trump, and not one single positive prediction. I wonder why that is.

[njtosd]

[quote=scaredyclassic]because hes so fat. hes very fat. too fat to be president. 5th fattest president ever as of now. will be in top 3, maybe fattest ever. hes a pig. the media talked about christies fat, but donalds fat is hiding in plain sight. hes an unhealthy rotund slob.

fat shamer be shamed!

infowars v. wapo. why is the onion getting scoops like this and beating out major mediaoutlets?

http://www.theonion.com/article/donald-trump-stares-forlornly-at-tiny-aged-penis-i-28589%5B/quote%5D

Hmm – yes, he is fat. But Hillary has gone in that direction over the last few years – she’s certainly no Elizabeth Warren. If your issue is hypocrisy – politics has a lot of low hanging fruit.

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[quote=zk]Transparent bullshit. Predict a recession, and then if it doesn’t happen, you can say it’s because of your guy. If it does, you say it would’ve happened anyway.

All that enthusiasm for trump, and not one single positive prediction. I wonder why that is.[/quote]

Where exactly in those posts did you deduce that he’s “your guy?” Or are you just reading into things hoping to find a conservative to bash? I think he’s an idiot who is on track to set us back decades. I certainly didn’t vote for him.

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=zk]
All that enthusiasm for trump, and not one single positive prediction. I wonder why that is.[/quote]

Because Trump is just American badass. People like the talk; makes them feel good. But no intellectual rigor.

[zk]

[quote=Ribbles][quote=zk]Transparent bullshit. Predict a recession, and then if it doesn’t happen, you can say it’s because of your guy. If it does, you say it would’ve happened anyway.

All that enthusiasm for trump, and not one single positive prediction. I wonder why that is.[/quote]

Where exactly in those posts did you deduce that he’s “your guy?” Or are you just reading into things hoping to find a conservative to bash? I think he’s an idiot who is on track to set us back decades. I certainly didn’t vote for him.[/quote]

You’re right, Ribbles. I shouldn’t have lumped you in with livinincali.

Livinincali, what about you? I guess you haven’t come right out and said (that I remember) that you’re a trump supporter. You’ve indicated some support for some of his ideas. You’ve agreed with him that global warming isn’t human-caused. Are you a trump supporter? Do you think he’ll do well? Any positive predictions?

Now that he’s won, are there any trump supporters out there? bg, you are clearly a big supporter. Any positive predictions?

[FlyerInHi]

I think the economy will do worse because Trump’s style is reactionary in nature. He lurches in all directions and that’s not stable or good for business. For evidence, you can look at this own business career. With the money he inherited, he could have invested deliberately and become richer. But he likes to lurch in all directions, spinning his wheels, doing risky work that didn’t increase his networth. Other rich Americans families have done much better (like the Koch brothers).

[zk]

I predict that the shrinking of the middle class will accelerate.

I predict the lower-middle class, working class, and poor will all be economically worse off.

Trump promises to bring back jobs to the middle class. His policies will have the opposite effect. He’ll hurt unions, which will hurt the middle class. He may cause a trade war, which would hurt the middle class. His lowering of corporate taxes will do nothing for the middle class; it will only help raise corporate profits and widen the gap between worker pay and ceo pay. Health insurance will be more burdensome for the lower middle class and poorer. If he is successful in screwing with medicare (which I predict he will try to do), that will really hurt the lower middle class and poorer.

I predict that international relations will suffer. Possibly a trade war, possibly conflicts over Syria, isis, and North Korea, and with Russia and China.

I predict that he will repeatedly act poorly in response to insults/negative comments, resulting in friction between him/his administration and many other entities: foreign countries, senators, congressman, governors, corporations, unions, government agencies, individuals, etc. And I predict that this friction will, in many cases, result in harm to our country and its people.

I predict he won’t build the wall that he promised, and that whatever pale shadow of that wall he does get built, if any, will not be paid for by Mexico.

I predict that the deplorable tenor he has brought to our national discourse will continue for a couple years, until cooler heads prevail, the tide turns against that kind of talk, he’s no longer cheered for it, and trump himself reins it in. But the damage is done.

I predict more made-for-tv deals like the Carrier one. I predict that they will have negligible effect on anything, except distracting from the real economic issues at hand.

I predict that America’s standing in the world will suffer. We may even no longer be looked at as the leaders of the free world (an outdated term, but that’s what we’re seen as).

I predict that he will continue to lie about easily-verifiable things, and this will cost him credibility around the world, as people learn to doubt anything he says.

I predict that his selection of morons like Ben Carson, scary fucks like Jeff Sessions, lunatics like Michael Flynn, and other assorted jackasses/losers, along with his reliance on family and those who have been loyal to him (regardless of their other merits – or lack thereof) will result in a general condition of infighting, incompetence, conflict, and malevolence in the trump administration.

I predict that the right-wing media will either blame all this on the “liberals,” or they’ll say everything is great, despite it not being great. I predict that trump supporters will buy whichever b.s. they decide to go with.

That’s most of it.

I’m hanging it out there, trump supporters. You can point to all this in 4 years and tell me how wrong I am, if I am (I hope I am).

One more: I predict that no trump supporters will have the guts to make any substantive, positive predictions about trump’s presidency.

[FlyerInHi]

I agree, zk. Trumpismo is pretty much the beginning of the end of american exceptionalism which is ironic because Trumpistas voted for America First.

[an]

[quote=FlyerInHi]I agree, zk. Trumpismo is pretty much the beginning of the end of american exceptionalism which is ironic because Trumpistas voted for America First.[/quote]Total BS. American Exceptionalism can’t be killed by one man. That’s the same BS that the right wing nut job have been peddling for the last 8 years.

Here’s my prediction…
– Housing: more expensive
– Income: higher
– Rent: higher
– Stock: higher
– Inflation: higher
– Labor participation: higher
– Standard of living: better than it is today

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=AN][quote=FlyerInHi]I agree, zk. Trumpismo is pretty much the beginning of the end of american exceptionalism which is ironic because Trumpistas voted for America First.[/quote]Total BS. American Exceptionalism can’t be killed by one man.

Here’s my prediction…
– Housing: more expensive
– Income: higher
– Rent: higher
– Stock: higher
– Inflation: higher
– Labor participation: higher
– Standard of living: better than it is today[/quote]

That’s not what I meant by exceptionalism. That’s just money. By your measures, Dubai and Singapore are better than we are. What about the growth and wealth creation in China?

We are exceptional because of our ideas and governance. Trumpismo is moving us in the direction of Chavismo or Putinism.

BTW, I agree with the above broad measures because overall civilization moves forward, in all countries.. but it will be uneven and there will be losers.

But hey, fuck it, the deplorables who voted for Trump own him. There’s no bitching allowed on their part if he screws it up for them.

I always knew there was wide deplorable thinking in this country but I was always confident we were better than that. The Trump win caused me to stop caring for the deplorable working and middle class. Let Trump feed them when they’re down and out. We concentrate on own business and helping people like undocumented immigrants who appreciate our efforts.

[zk]

[quote=AN]
Here’s my prediction…
– Housing: more expensive
– Income: higher
– Rent: higher
– Stock: higher
– Inflation: higher
– Labor participation: higher
– Standard of living: better than it is today[/quote]

Interesting predictions. Just for the record, when you say better standard of living, are you including the middle class in that?

[mixxalot]

more mosquitos zika? Been biting BG lately I see?

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=zk] Just for the record, when you say better standard of living, are you including the middle class in that?[/quote]
Since I agreed with AN, I’ll give my take.

It depends what you define as the middle class. “Midlde class” in the British sense or the professional middle class will continue to well. Just make sure your kids don’t slack off and fall below.

The US will be more like China where the middle class suffers anxiety in making sure their kids don’t fall behind.

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