paperburn1 wrote:His energy policy just plain sucks, he has removed most funding for exploring new energy options(sorry polywell he just does not think fusion belongs anywhere but sci fi books) and spent a fairly large amount to prop up coal and aged nuclear power.(Will he give prices support for pagers and bring back AOL next?
) He torpedoed solar power just to support a friend (but yet a foreign owner) that was being hurt by cheap chinese import that were of a better quality than those made in the usa.
How about his reversal of Obama's cancellation of the Keystone Pipeline? The effects of that will certainly play out in the years to come. Or his support (I believe) for off-shore drilling, Alaska & Arctic drilling and of course fracking? Compare that to Obama's at best queasy tolerance of it if not thinly veiled hostility. Nuclear power is "aged" especially in the United States because of deliberately engineered neglect by multiple previous administrations; different story in China (and India). If we are not careful we could end up having to pay the Chinese to build our reactors (maybe even Fusion or Polywell) at some point; that would be embarrassing. Hard to not understand his lack of enthusiastic support of solar power in the wake of the oft not reported Solyndra debacle; though I personally support solar (and especially wind, doing very well in Texas I understand).
paperburn1 wrote: His lack of infrastructure spending is disturbing a well as how much he is over spending on the military.
He tried big time to get infrastructure spending in the omnibus spending bill I believe; but since he insisted on trying to put spending for the wall in it the dems wouldn't budge, I believe that is why he failed (so far).
paperburn1 wrote:My health care premiums to another large spike in price due to his incomplete attempt to derail ACA.
Yes but the republicans wouldn't let him repeal and replace only somewhat scale back; but yes that's a legitimate complaint.
paperburn1 wrote: I am getting more in my paycheck due to tax cuts so that's a good thing. oil prices have gone up even though we are now a major exporter. Interest rates have yet to rise so that's good, and no spike in inflation, depending on how you calculate it jobs are fair to good but not exactly high paying.. stock market is ok with the major correction being cover by the meteoric rise in the first year.
The US my understanding is now producing historical record levels of domestic oil production; I believe we are the number one producer. Not saying Trump caused this (he didn't) but he is much more of a friend/ally to this then Obama was, or Hillary would have been for whatever that is worth.
paperburn1 wrote:Due to the fact as i travel a lot my status as an american is about the same as an earthworm in a lot of places. Nobody is talking about the shitstorm in africa. most of the world is stabbing us in the back because of his inability just to not run his mouth about himself.
Don't know much about what you call the "shitstorm in Africa" but I am afraid I just don't see that as POTUS and by extension America's job to fix that. As for the rest of the world "stabbing us in the back", not sure exactly what you mean by that but it seems to me that is more validation of his "America first" policies than a repudiation of them. Would you rather there were screwing us largely unreported by a compliant news media as they were under Obama?
paperburn1 wrote:Immigration control is good but he is going at it in such a haphazard way it will not work.
On a scale of 1 to ten I would give him a 6. That being said the taste the other candidate left in my mouth from the 90,s I am glad trump won over hillary preferring him over her by a factor( the stories I could ell about that wench) , but I voted libertarian because I see both of them unqualified for the job at hand. Does that help?
The issue with immigration is that the mess is by design; a substantial percentage of our government (the dems especially) really don't want to fix it; evidence for that belief is the reaction when Trump actually offered the dems everything they wanted and more on DACA. They (the dems) refused because firstly it also meant Trump's wall being funded (he claims it is already being built anyway); and secondly they really don't want the dreamers issue fixed, they want to run on it in 2018 (& 2020). The Dems have for decades seen illegal immigrant Hispanics as their ticket to permanent demographic dominance; their new pet "minority" who will eventually be the majority and loyally (they think) vote democrat. I decided that voting Libertarian (as I did in 2012 for Johnson) was throwing my vote away; I was just more favorably disposed (still am) toward Trump then Hillary; not regretting my vote so far.
paperburn1 wrote: That being said the taste the other candidate left in my mouth from the 90,s I am glad trump won over hillary preferring him over her by a factor( the stories I could ell about that wench)
What kind of stories? Do tell...don't think Hillary has too many friends in this forum if that is what is holding you back. Understand the chants of "lock her up, lock her up" are back; if they every left.