What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[Berkut]

Aparently it's 119 billion, with the actual barrier at 'only' 12-18 billion. That sounds about right.

What costs 119 billion?

Not sure, paywall:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/17/nyregion/sea-wall-nyc.html

But I would guess the 12-18 is for the barrier across the Hudson estuary, plus a lot of shoring up of the coasts on Long Island and New Jersey

Picture a storm charging toward New York City, pushing a surge of seawater like the one that flooded the region during Hurricane Sandy. But this time, man-made islands with retractable gates stretch from the Rockaways in Queens to a strip of land in New Jersey south of Staten Island.

The gates swing shut. A six-mile-long wall blocks the deluge, saving property and lives.

The giant barrier is the largest of five options the Army Corps of Engineers is studying to protect the New York area as storms become more frequent, and destructive, on a warming Earth.

The proposals have sparked fierce debate as New York, like other coastal cities, grapples with the broader question of how and to what degree it must transform its landscape and lifestyle to survive rising seas.

[DGuller]

Aparently it's 119 billion, with the actual barrier at 'only' 12-18 billion. That sounds about right.

What costs 119 billion?

Barrier and kickbacks.

[The Brain]

New York will be flooded by 1986.

[Barrister]

Aparently it's 119 billion, with the actual barrier at 'only' 12-18 billion. That sounds about right.

What costs 119 billion?

Barrier and kickbacks.

It'd be easier just to wall Manhattan off and leave it to the criminals.

[The Minsky Moment]

It'd be easier just to wall Manhattan off and leave it to the criminals.

Too late, the Trumps seem to have moved to Florida for good.

[Savonarola]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

A massive 200 Billion Dollar Sea Wall, built around New York to protect it from rare storms, is a costly, foolish & environmentally unfriendly idea that, when needed, probably won't work anyway. It will also look terrible. Sorry, you'll just have to get your mops & buckets ready!

At last, a president who understands the Army Corps of Engineers.

[Admiral Yi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a6sDQwNxdg

Macron folds on digital tax.

[Grey Fox]

Damn it.

[Zoupa]

Jesus fucking Christ

[Zoupa]

Well, to be fair, this is all twitter crap. Nothing on paper yet. We'll see.

[Oexmelin]

It's on paper. Tax may be suspended as negotiations continue throughout the year.

https://www.latribune.fr/technos-medias/la-france-a-propose-de-suspendre-le-prelevement-de-la-taxe-gafa-en-2020-837669.html

https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2020/01/21/taxation-du-numerique-paris-et-washington-concluent-une-treve_6026716_3234.html

[Zoupa]

Les entreprises concernées ont dû s'acquitter d'un acompte en novembre, mais seront a priori dispensées des sommes dues en avril et en novembre 2020. La taxe n'est toutefois pas retirée.

I choose to believe in Jupiter

[OttoVonBismarck]

I think it's probably more the EU is just looking to avoid a stupid tariff war with Trump in an election year, banking on him not being around after the election. If he's reelected they'll have to take firm battle positions at that point. Trouble before then might just be trouble for no real reason that will cost a lot of money for European businesses.

[Razgovory]

Les entreprises concernées ont dû s'acquitter d'un acompte en novembre, mais seront a priori dispensées des sommes dues en avril et en novembre 2020. La taxe n'est toutefois pas retirée.

I choose to believe in Jupiter

I don't know much about French politics, but I do know that Macron is not well liked.  Why are people pissed at him?

[Valmy]

Well for one: he is President. Nobody in France likes the President.