Kudos To Justin Trudeau For His Smack Down Of Traitor Trump

This photo of the 71 year old brat facing an "intervention" by REAL world leaders, said all you needed to know about the G7 summit over the weekend. When I asked Janice  what Angela Merkel was likely saying she replied: "I'm going to bash your fat orange face in if you don't act your age!"

"To our allies: Americans stand with you even if our president doesn't."  - Sen. John McCain

"Why is Donald Trump acting like a snowflake on the international stage? Why is he acting like the ultimate snowflake when Justin Trudeau gives a blandly Canadian response? It was not that tough. He was being kind, eminently reasonable." Joe Scarborough this morning.

The ending of the G7 meet in Quebec was supposed to be a non-drama. Basically, all seven member nations had agreed to signing the final statement --  which was crafted by the U.S. delegation though with some disagreements noted.  Reporters on Air Force One had even been told that the United States would sign the joint statement. But then the unthinkable occurred, as Traitor Trump - our illegitimate resident - unleashed a broadside on Canadian Premier Justin Trudeau.  The orange- hued mutt didn't even have the courage to broach opposition (to a Trudeau speech) to his face, but  in a remarkable pair of acrimony-laced tweets after sneaking away on Air Force One.. But this is the coward twerp we've come to know:

A fucking disgrace and rank embarrassment  to the nation and a blight on the world.  A blight because this feral swine - by his puerile actions-   upended two days of global economic diplomacy late Saturday.    He did this by having  a hissy fit and refusing to sign a joint statement with America’s allies, threatening to escalate his trade war on the country’s neighbors and deriding Canada’s prime minister as “very dishonest and weak.”

Imagine that! This Do-TURD calling Justin Trudeau 'dishonest and weak' when already Trump had spieled off over 3, 300 lies by his 500th day as resident.  A zero who is so weak he has to recruit lackeys to do his firing for him (such as for Comey and Tillerson)  and hasn't the balls to criticize a man to his face but has to resort to tweet attacks on Trudeau on his plane. . Like a little tweety bird, all twitters, no substance...and no balls.  Rather like the "ultimate snowflake" to use Joe Scarborough's phrase.

But it didn't stop there. In addition, Trump sent off his little pet monkeys, including economic adviser Larry Kudlow and senior trade adviser Peter Navarro,  to spout even more disparaging adjectives on the Sunday talk show circuit. These included the following descriptors of Justin Trudeau: “amateurish,” “rogue,” “sophomoric” — while also accusing Trudeau of a “double-cross” and “betrayal.”

But the most incendiary remark was unleashed by the pretentious buffoon, Navarro:

“There’s a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in bad-faith diplomacy with President Donald J. Trump and then tries to stab him in the back on the way out the door.”

Making one wonder what this imp would say if Trudeau had really stabbed Dotard in the back.  Somehow I think these two assholes-  Kudlow and Navarro -  have their perspectives inverted. They need to reverse the mirror because they are the dregs who betrayed the Canadian PM and the G6.  Why? Because literally moments after Mr. Trudeau’s government proudly released the joint statement, again drafted and approved by the UNITED STATES -  and agreed to by all seven countries -  Trump blew it apart with his deranged tweets.  As Ian Bremmer put it this morning on CBS, "this was the geopolitical equivalent of the Comey firing".  And he traced it to Trump's inability to control his emotional impulses in a critical setting.

Trump  also, by his classless fit, shattered the veneer of cordiality that had prevailed throughout the two days of meetings in a resort town on the banks of the St. Lawrence River.  That fit, perhaps triggered by the worry he would soon be meeting a superior opponent in Kim Jong Un in Singapore,  led him to tweet:

“Based on Justin’s false statements at his news conference, and the fact that Canada is charging massive Tariffs to our U.S. farmers, workers and companies, I have instructed our U.S. Reps not to endorse the Communique as we look at Tariffs on automobiles flooding the U.S. Market!” 

 

Of course, all of this is horse manure, given that when goods and services are factored into the trade equation, the U.S. is actually coming out slightly ahead of Canada.

 And WHO is Trump anyway, that he can't be challenged or confronted-  especially by a PM defending his own country from the ravages of a Hitler wannabe, e.g.


Hyperbole? Hell no!  Recall that Bill Eddy-   who wrote the definitive book on high conflict personalities -  observed that Trump is  “…potentially the most dangerous person in politics since Adolf  Hitler.”  Got that? The most dangerous politico since Adolf Hitler. Indeed, he's already shown himself to be a traitor to this Republic  and even former Director of National Intelligence,  James Clapper,  now concedes (in the latest TIME, June 11, p. 45), that Trump definitely got shoehorned into office by Russian hacking into U.S. election systems. As he put it:

"Of course the Russian efforts affected the outcome. Surprising themselves, they swung the election to a Trump win. To conclude otherwise stretches logic, common sense and credulity to the breaking point.  Less than eighty thousand votes in three key states swung the election, I have no doubt that more votes than that were influence by this massive effort by the Russians."

So despite Trump incessantly calling the Mueller probe a "witch hunt" and "a hoax" he knows damned well he had the assistance of an alien, hostile state to get into high office. In other words, he is a traitor:
One can then plausibly conjecture that a prime reason for Trump's rage against Trudeau is that he knows in his heart of hearts Trudeau is legit, legitimately elected, while he needed the help of Putin and Co. to grab enough electoral votes. (And as I noted in previous posts, had the electoral college done its due diligence as opposed to rubber stamping, Trump never would have been installed, e.g.

http://brane-space.blogspot.com/2016/12/why-hamilton-electors-would-be-right-to.html

In an alternate universe where law is respected, this bitch would have been hung already or put before a firing squad. He most certainly wouldn't be sowing discord and chaos, alienating our closest allies and slandering the Prime Minister of the host nation for the G7 meet..  All appalling actions, behavior more in synch with a mentally unbalanced 12 -year old than a U.S. president. But wait, he isn't a real president, only a pretender, a fake. A Traitor!

 In an interview with a San Diego journalist two years ago,  referencing the earlier quote, Bill Eddy was asked: "Clearly a terrifying opinion — yet we do remember the ardent hordes of Hitler’s followers. Can you elaborate?"

Eddy replied:

"There are similarities regarding how he connects with his followers, so that they become more passionately connected when he and they are criticized. It strengthens their bond. It’s a major part of my book. In a nutshell, it’s because he uses emotions instead of logic, and uses repetition on a greater scale than most politicians since Hitler. He has conditioned his followers to his simple arguments from day one. Hitler was known for spewing ten times as many words as any other politician, and he used modern media for voice (daily speeches  on the radio) and face (movies of him speaking at his huge rallies). These emotional media projecting face and voice are much more powerful on our brains than printed words."

It is noteworthy that in the interest of comity Justin Trudeau had sought to play down personal clashes with Trump as he wrapped up the summit, calling the meeting “very successful” and saying he was “inspired by the discussion.”.   Why wouldn't the PM who is the host of such a meeting want to at least put a positive accent on it at the end?  The same way (well, not quite) Dotard is trying to put a positive spin on the Singapore meeting with Kim, before even having met him.  A "summit" which from all indicators will be more like a glorified photo op.

Trudeau was also justified in pledging to retaliate against the United States tariffs on steel and aluminum products in defense of Canadian workers.  Again, this is eminently natural to do  for a nation's leader and only a spineless, worthless wuss and loser would punt.   He also said this to Trump's face, as well as on assorted Sunday shows last week, so it was never "behind" the orange baboon's back.  But see, Trudeau didn't realize fully he wasn't dealing with a mature adult male but a sick, narcissistic, egomaniacal coward who sees every robust defense of others' interests as a threat to his own.  Hence, the urge - like a 12 year old who needs a serious intervention - to 'punch back",   even when others are merely defending their own turf and principles. 

But like the alley cats  the 14 year old Trump used to stab with his specialty switchblades while growing up in Queens, he expects no one to fight back. Trudeau did and the bellyaching litte yellow belly couldn't take it.

 Trump, who apparently saw Trudeau’s news conference on television aboard Air Force One en route to Singapore, lost it at the sight of a fearless leader.  His only recourse then was to again emulate a petulant twelve year old, and project his own insecurities and defects onto Trudeau, e.g.

“PM Justin Trudeau of Canada acted so meek and mild during our @g7 meetings,only to give a news conference after I left saying that, ‘US Tariffs were kind of insulting’ and he ‘will not be pushed around.’ Very dishonest & weak. Our Tariffs are in response to his of 270% on dairy!”

Not long after that childish expulsion, John "Ripper" Bolton -  Trump's top national security stooge.....errr adviser  -   tweeted out a photo of Trump, with arms crossed and pouting, as the leaders of the other nations stood in a circle around him.  Evidently DOLT-on believed the image (seen at the top) would convey Trump in a defiant pose facing down the G7 allies trying to get him to rescind "America First".

In fact, all the photo did is confirm the truth most already knew: The U.S. is being led by a 71 year old, navel -gazing man baby who conducts government business like a dyspeptic toddler who shits his diapers every two minutes and expects quick changes.

Mr. Trudeau’s office responded to Dotard’s Twitter barrage with a carefully worded statement, making clear the U.S.'  maggot leader had lied again.   As Trudeau spokesman Cameron Ahmad put it:

 “The prime minister said nothing he hasn’t said before — both in public, and in private conversations with the President.”

Meanwhile, President Emmanuel Macron of France had left an indelible imprint of his thumb on Trump's right hand after a particularly vise-like hand shake. (Google "Trump bruised right hand from Macron" or some such, and you'l see it.) As Janice put it when the image flashed across the news last night: "Too damned bad Macron didn't break his hand!"  Ouch!

That  power hand shake (Macron got the jump on him) was followed by 48 hours of tense and often confrontational closed-door discussions between Trump and the leaders of America’s closest allies — France, Britain, Canada, Japan, Italy and Germany — in the hopes of resolving a brewing trade war among friends. Instead, the gathering   to further inflame Dotard's belief that the United States is being treated unfairly by countries with which prior presidents had long ago negotiated trade agreements for the flow of goods and services.

Exhibiting his full range of ignorance and stupidity, Trump railed about what he called “ridiculous and unacceptable” tariffs on American goods and vowed to end them.  Like the disruptive, ignorant  brat he is, he whined:

“It’s going to stop, or we’ll stop trading.with them. And that’s a very profitable answer, if we have to do it.”

Awww, Bwaahahahahahaaa!   Poor little baby Doturd. Give him a sippy cup, and another diaper change. Wouldn't want him going into that meeting with Kim Jong Un with a full load.

The other six leaders were defiant in the face of Trump’s threats, accented by Justin Trudeau's end comment:
 

“I have made it very clear to the president that it is not something we relish doing, but it is something that we absolutely will do. As Canadians, we are polite, we’re reasonable, but also we will not be pushed around.”

Goof for you, sir! And be ready to level the full 'boom' of the planned $12.8 billion tariffs on Trumpdom come July 1st.

Emmanuel Macron himself  said that trade debates ought never be conducted via angry emotional outbursts, Adding:

 “There is no winner, there are only losers when you take that strategy.”

Next time, sir, please do crush Trump's tiny hand. It would make wifey's day.

See also:

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/p-m-carpenter/79588/america-first-more-like-america-dead-last

Trump Another JFK? - Total Delusionary Balderdash

Seems some addle-pated conservo bloggers with too much time on their hands have taken the fake news idiom even further - to fake history. That is, actually trying to argue (presumably with straight face) that Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy are both cut from the same cloth. Not bloody likely!

Let's start with some basics: namely the god-forsaken tax cuts just passed by the Repukes which will gut the poor and middle classes (taxes set to increase by 2025, and ACA repealed - tossing 13 m off healthcare) and amount to a ransom paid to the GOP donor class (e.g. the Koch brothers). In other words, these tax cuts are supply side bunkum on steroids.

JFK at NO time supported "supply side" tax cuts, because technically these did not even exist until Arthur Laffer (with his "Laffer curve") invented it ca. 1974 on a napkin.   Laffer's curve  (below)became the basis of Reagan's tax cuts and the whole supply side definition which meant cutting taxes more for the wealthy than the lower or middle class to enable "trickle down" effects.



Laffer argued that higher tax rates on the rich would only cause them to work fewer hours, or if REALLY rich, invest in fewer projects, enterprises, hence create fewer jobs.

Thus was born "voodoo economics" or supply side theory as it has come to be known. Now it's more rightly called "trickle down" because the crumbs from the richest are forecast to fall on our respective tables to enrich us too. Well up to a point! A meager one in the case of this latest GOP iteration. (By way of comparison, the middle class tax cuts in 2009, as part of the Obama stimulus package, were 5 times greater for those earning less than $75, 000 than Dotard's "greatest cuts" deliver now.)

In their examination of supply side tax cuts,  authors James Medoff and Andrew Harless in The Indebted Society, 1995, found, p. 23:

"For the health of the economy, Reagan's policies turned out to be just about the worst thing that could have happened: investment did not increase, growth continued to stagnate, and the federal deficit ballooned to new dimensions....In 1981, the year Reagan took office, the public debt was 26.5 % of the gross domestic product (GDP)....In 1993, the year that Bush left office, the public debt was a staggering 51.9 percent of the GDP."  

In contrast JFK's tax cuts were 180 degrees from supply side or trickle down. Why? Because  JFK's tax cuts were overly weighted (by 60%) to the working and middle classes while Trump's are weighted (according to recent scoring) by 83 percent to the top one percent.  In  addition, JFK only advocated lowering the top tax rate to 65 % from 91 %. And note that 65 % is still 63 percent higher than the top rate today.

Seldom mentioned in conjunction with JFK's tax cut proposals were the other aspects he had in mind, including:

-the elimination of all tax breaks set up in the form of foreign investment operations or companies

- the repeal of all tax advantages by corporations operating in low tax countries, such as Switzerland

- the repeal of the 100% charitable contribution write-off by the wealthy

- Withholding tax on the investments, dividends and capital of the wealthy to ensure revenues could not be lost by too many shelters or at the 'end point'.

- Tax on investment dividends so that all those earning in excess of $180 k would pay a much higher rate.

-Devices that would prevent 'high bracket taxpayers' from concealing income from 'personal holding companies'.

(Source: 'Battling Wall Street - The Kennedy Presidency', by Donald Gibson, Sheridan Square Press, 1994, pp. 22-23)

Don't take my word for it, just consult the published accounts in the  financial press at the time, to see how they actually felt about JFK's proposed policies and initiatives. One of these, which appeared in Fortune accused him of an attempt to "manipulate the tax level against the business cycle". ('Activism in the White House', June, 1961, p. 117). Two years later, Fortune implored Congress to stop JFK from using tax policy "as instruments to manage the economy". ('The Dream Businessmen Are Losing', Sept. 1963, p. 91).

These aren't just fiction, but historical records of the press of the JFK era and what THEY actually thought of his tax proposals. They are available to anyone with the diligence to seek them out.

Along the same lines, the "central organ of finance capital" - The Wall Street Journal, launched various articles and diatribes accusing JFK of being a "statist" and other things. Some of those articles include:

- 8/6/62 'No Cause for Celebration'; p. 6;

- 3/26/63 'Too Much Money, Too Little Thought', p. 18;

- 8/15/63 'When Friends Become Foes', p. 8

Meanwhile, Henry Hazlitt, contributing editor at Newsweek (The Washington Post's sister publication) was airing many of the same complaints against JFK. These polemics, appearing regularly in Hazlitt's 'Business Tides', included taking JFK to task for his tax policies - including the proposed tax on U.S. business earnings abroad while he also chastised Kennedy for "welfare spending".

Do you think Donnie Dotard would ever be accused of "welfare spending"? Give me a break!

Other Differences:

JFK, like my dad, served in the Pacific Theater in WW II and actually helped save a number of his men. Trump, by contrast, used "bone spurs" to evade military service five times.  (He did spend some time at a New York Military Academy, basically because his parents couldn't keep control of him., after being notified he was testing switch blades on alley cats in Queens.)

Further, there is the handling of nuclear tensions - where one can compare Trump's unhinged "fire and fury" response to Kim Jong Un to Kennedy's vis-à-vis Castro and Cuba in October, 1962.   JFK's impulse control was tested most severely when the Joint Chiefs, especially Gen. Curtis Lemay, implored him to invade and bomb Cuba.  A move that would have triggered a release of at least 93 IRBMs and initiated a nuclear exchange. Kennedy refused.

Would Trump have done the same? I doubt it. This is the asshole who asked during the campaign last year "If we have nuclear weapons why can't we use 'em?"  DOH!  Trump also displayed no rational control in his over the top engaging with Kim, only succeeding in making matters worse. Kennedy would never have acted like such a goddamned spoiled, imperious,  impetuous braggart and clueless numbskull narcissist - risking 25 million lives in Seoul as he tweeted like a troll.

Psychologist (Bill Eddy) has noted Trump's inherent instability and fractious nature makes him a “more dangerous politician  than Adolf Hitler”.  In other words, unlike with JFK, we can only assume Trump will make exactly the opposite decision in a nuclear game of high stakes poker.  Little wonder that even Trump toady Lindsey Graham estimated a probability of 30 percent for a nuclear war with North Koreas next year.

Additionally, Kennedy was vastly more equipped to deal with a complex, multi-threat world. He read profusely, up to twenty complete newspapers a day. In addition, he read books - whole books - not comics like Trump, or National Enquirer gossip pieces.  JFK could do this because he read at a rate exceeding 1200 words per minute. This compares to Trump's 50 words per minute, which is why he must stick to tweets.

JFK also  held full news conferences, more than any other president where he took on the press, media openly and ably. His vocabulary and wit never failed to astound the gathered press corps. Trump has yet to call a major press conference in the past 6 months, and if he did is unlikely to say anything more than "Yeah that there idea sounds good".

The extent of Trump's  vocabulary runs to about 200 words, as captured by his twaddle-filled tweets.  His own (rare) "press conferences" are more exercises in egotistic doggerel, aimless, unfocused  babble, and attacks on imagined enemies. More akin to what we'd expect from  a dyspeptic five year old, also suffering from colic.

Don't take my word. See JFK's press conferences  below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twL2wzOf1c4

And compare them to this one of Trump's, e.g.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAkumy7_Pbc

In particular, note the respect conveyed to the press by JFK, and the boundless wit and intelligence with which he delivers his responses, compared to Trump's petulant, self-absorbed and accusatory exhibition .

I'd say 'case closed' on the batshit crazy notion Trump is a  latter day version of JFK. "Disruptor"? Don't make me laugh! If you are going to disrupt you have to do it in the context of the nation's betterment, not its cynical destruction - especially when you only govern for 30 percent of the country - the dolts that voted for you.