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What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

Started by FunkMonk, November 08, 2016, 11:02:57 PM

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Barrister

Quote from: Valmy on December 05, 2019, 12:48:16 AM
Quote from: katmai on December 05, 2019, 12:44:27 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 05, 2019, 12:10:07 AM
Any guesses on what Canadian products will be hit with tariffs?
maple syrup and .... I don't know what else they export besides actors and comedians.

Here you go Katmai: https://oec.world/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/can/usa/show/2017/

How the fuck do we export $500 mil worth of coffee per year? :wacko:
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Quote from: Barrister on December 05, 2019, 10:48:11 AM
How the fuck do we export $500 mil worth of coffee per year? :wacko:

Not sure but probably by ship or by rail.
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Quote from: Barrister on December 05, 2019, 10:48:11 AM
Quote from: Valmy on December 05, 2019, 12:48:16 AM
Quote from: katmai on December 05, 2019, 12:44:27 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 05, 2019, 12:10:07 AM
Any guesses on what Canadian products will be hit with tariffs?
maple syrup and .... I don’t know what else they export besides actors and comedians.

Here you go Katmai: https://oec.world/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/can/usa/show/2017/

How the fuck do we export $500 mil worth of coffee per year? :wacko:

Branded coffee? like timmie's or something?
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Eddie Teach

Are there enough Canadian ex-pats to consume that much?
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Valmy

Quote from: Barrister on December 05, 2019, 10:48:11 AM
Quote from: Valmy on December 05, 2019, 12:48:16 AM
Quote from: katmai on December 05, 2019, 12:44:27 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 05, 2019, 12:10:07 AM
Any guesses on what Canadian products will be hit with tariffs?
maple syrup and .... I don't know what else they export besides actors and comedians.

Here you go Katmai: https://oec.world/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/can/usa/show/2017/

How the fuck do we export $500 mil worth of coffee per year? :wacko:

The same way you export over 1.4 billion dollars in chocolate, despite the inability to grow either in Canada :P
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I'm very impressed by the cars figure, those, what 8?, plants really churn out alot!
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The good news is the US President has a very short attention span and Fox news is likely on to spinning an alternative impeachment reality.  So if nothing has happened by now we are probably safe.

katmai

Quote from: Eddie Teach on December 05, 2019, 11:28:14 AM
Are there enough Canadian ex-pats to consume that much?
they are like cockroaches
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Malthus

Quote from: katmai on December 05, 2019, 04:32:40 PM
Quote from: Eddie Teach on December 05, 2019, 11:28:14 AM
Are there enough Canadian ex-pats to consume that much?
they are like cockroaches

Timmie's coffee is more like dishwater than cockroaches.  ;)
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Quote from: Malthus on December 06, 2019, 09:14:09 AM
Quote from: katmai on December 05, 2019, 04:32:40 PM
Quote from: Eddie Teach on December 05, 2019, 11:28:14 AM
Are there enough Canadian ex-pats to consume that much?
they are like cockroaches

Timmie's coffee is more like dishwater than cockroaches.  ;)

but there is that hint of cockroach in it.
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Well done Yanks.  :showoff: :)

QuoteNonfarm payrolls surged by 266,000 in November, better than the 187,000 expected by economists polled by Dow Jones.

The unemployment rate ticked down to 3.5% from 3.6%, back to the 2019 low and matching the lowest jobless rate since 1969.

The end of the GM strike had a big effect, boosting employment in motor vehicles and parts by 41,300, part of an overall 54,000 gain in manufacturing.

Average hourly earnings rose by 3.1% from a year ago, slightly above the 3% expected by economists polled by Dow Jones.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/06/us-nonfarm-payrolls-november-2019.html

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So, the President says people have to flush 10, 15 times till their poop goes down, so he has to deregulate water suppliers?
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