What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[PDH]

Welcome to North Carolina.  Now Nation Wide!

[DGuller]

Can't really blame Republicans for realizing that their voters will never hold them accountable.

[Syt]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/816260343391514624

General Motors is sending Mexican made model of Chevy Cruze to U.S. car dealers-tax free across border. Make in U.S.A.or pay big border tax!

Regardless of free trade agreements, how high would the border tax need to be to make production in the U.S. competitive again? And will consumers be ok with buying the products for a higher price?

[Syt]

[Liep]

https://mobile.twitter.com/jason_howerton/status/816128228091904001/video/1

Yeah, I can't figure out how to snatch the animated gif on my iPad. sue me.

[FunkMonk]

I laughed

[The Minsky Moment]

I bet that Wednesday will come and go and he won't even remember that he said this.

The reveal on this is still on.  It's scheduled to be double-tracked with the reveal on his plan to avoid conflict of interest.

[citizen k]

https://mobile.twitter.com/jason_howerton/status/816128228091904001/video/1

Yeah, I can't figure out how to snatch the animated gif on my iPad. sue me.

The blocker would have been more accurate if he was Julian Assange or John Podesta with a chef's hat. 

[Valmy]

With No Warning, House Republicans Vote to Hobble Independent Ethics Office

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/02/us/politics/with-no-warning-house-republicans-vote-to-hobble-independent-ethics-office.html

Sounds like the Republicans chickened out after the internet freaked out. Hail to the mob.

[celedhring]

It will get stealthily weaseled through Congress at a later date, I have no doubt.

[Valmy]

It will get stealthily weaseled through Congress at a later date, I have no doubt.

It is nice to know knowledge on how our government works is so easily grasped by foreigners.

[Tamas]

It will get stealthily weaseled through Congress at a later date, I have no doubt.

It is nice to know knowledge on how our government works is so easily grasped by foreigners.

In Hungary what have worked well is to create a massive bill filled with meaningless stuff, and as one of the sub-points enact a decisive change in how the country works.
For maximum effect, it needs to be filed overnight and pushed through the system with record speed, but still.

[Valmy]

In Hungary what have worked well is to create a massive bill filled with meaningless stuff, and as one of the sub-points enact a decisive change in how the country works.
For maximum effect, it needs to be filed overnight and pushed through the system with record speed, but still.

Huh. At least we usually just do that for pork projects.

[derspiess]

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/business/ford-general-motors-trump.html?_r=0

Ford, Criticized by Trump, Cancels Plans to Build Mexican Plant

Ford Motor said on Tuesday that it was canceling plans to build a $1.6 billion plant in Mexico and would instead invest $700 million to increase production in Michigan.

#trumpeffect

[Valmy]

They help America and save $900 million.