What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[CountDeMoney]

Their Will Be Done.

[Jacob]

Interesting article in the Atlantic on US - Mexican relations, their future, and the impact of Mr. Trump: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/05/mexicos-revenge/521451/?utm_source=atlfb

[Valmy]

I know. We spent over 20 years creating a great relationship with Mexico but now he and his moronic supporters are destroying it. They think Mexico is a poor country for some idiotic reason. Hell LaCroix sneered that Mexico could cause us any problems. That kind of idiocy is what got us into this situation.

[Zanza]

Interesting article in the Atlantic on US - Mexican relations, their future, and the impact of Mr. Trump: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/05/mexicos-revenge/521451/?utm_source=atlfb

Trump's presidency leads to really strange new bedfellows. Merkel's strongest ally on free trade these days is the Paramount Leader of the Chinese Communist Party... 

[garbon]

Interesting article in the Atlantic on US - Mexican relations, their future, and the impact of Mr. Trump: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/05/mexicos-revenge/521451/?utm_source=atlfb

Trump's presidency leads to really strange new bedfellows. Merkel's strongest ally on free trade these days is the Paramount Leader of the Chinese Communist Party... 

We love China now.

[Zanza]

Interesting article in the Atlantic on US - Mexican relations, their future, and the impact of Mr. Trump: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/05/mexicos-revenge/521451/?utm_source=atlfb

Trump's presidency leads to really strange new bedfellows. Merkel's strongest ally on free trade these days is the Paramount Leader of the Chinese Communist Party... 

We love China now.

Yeah, but what about next week?

[garbon]

Interesting article in the Atlantic on US - Mexican relations, their future, and the impact of Mr. Trump: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/05/mexicos-revenge/521451/?utm_source=atlfb

Trump's presidency leads to really strange new bedfellows. Merkel's strongest ally on free trade these days is the Paramount Leader of the Chinese Communist Party... 

We love China now.

Yeah, but what about next week?

Maybe we'll love Germany and the EU.

[Zanza]

Interesting article in the Atlantic on US - Mexican relations, their future, and the impact of Mr. Trump: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/05/mexicos-revenge/521451/?utm_source=atlfb

Trump's presidency leads to really strange new bedfellows. Merkel's strongest ally on free trade these days is the Paramount Leader of the Chinese Communist Party... 

We love China now.

Yeah, but what about next week?

Maybe we'll love Germany and the EU.

Cool. Mexico can be your BFF the week after that.

[Syt]

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/19/trump-plans-executive-order-on-steel-imports-237383

Trump plans executive order on steel imports

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order as early as Thursday directing the Commerce Department to investigate whether steel imports into the U.S. should be blocked on national security grounds, according to sources familiar with the plan.

A number of steel industry executives have been invited to the White House for an event with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. Representatives from ArcelorMittal, Nucor, U.S. Steel, AK Steel and Timken are expected, along with the president of the United Steelworkers union. China's excess capacity to produce steel is seen as a long-term threat to the U.S. steel industry's viability, but it's unclear whether the order will single out a specific country or be global in scope.

The proposed order would direct Ross to launch an investigation under a provision of U.S. trade law that requires the commerce secretary to report to the president within 270 days whether a certain product is being imported in sufficient quantities or under such circumstances that it threatens to impair national security.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

The president then has 90 days to decide whether to "adjust" imports or take some other non-trade related action.

The United States imported about 30 million metric tons of steel in 2016, down from 35 million in 2015, for use in a variety of sectors including buildings, bridges, water and sewage plants, and oil and natural gas production. Major foreign suppliers include Canada, Brazil, South Korea, Mexico, Japan and Germany.

China is relatively far down on the list because of a number of U.S. countervailing and anti-dumping duty orders already in place on its exports.

[garbon]

Well at least it is just an order to investigate. Investigation has found that no, imported steel is not a national security issue.

[The Larch]

This focus on coal and steel is possitively early XXth century-ish.

[Maladict]

Venezuela paid $500,000 for Trump's inauguration.

[jimmy olsen]

Venezuela paid $500,000 for Trump's inauguration.

For what?

[Tonitrus]

Venezuela paid $500,000 for Trump's inauguration.

For what?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/cash-strapped-venezuela-a-major-funder-of-trump-inauguration/2017/04/19/9ea81ef4-253d-11e7-928e-3624539060e8_story.html?utm_term=.f3cd03249efd

Inaugural committee records filed with the Federal Election Commission show Citgo Petroleum, a U.S. affiliate of Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA, was one of the biggest corporate donors to events surrounding the swearing-in ceremony.

The donation topped that of some U.S. corporate giants including Pepsi ($250,000), Walmart ($150,000) and Verizon ($100,000) and was on par with the likes of JP Morgan Chase and Exxon, which each donated $500,000. It came in under Bank of America's $1 million contribution.

[CountDeMoney]

Citgo will be Russian-owned soon enough anyway.