How's Trump for You?

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Coming from across the pond, I’ve read a bit in the British media about President Trump’s time in office so far, but I wondered what it’s really been like for Catholics in the US.

I’m curious to know:

Have there been any major surprises - good or bad?

Has your opinion of Trump as a man changed since he was elected?

You don’t have to say how you voted - but if you had to vote all over again, would you vote the same?

Day to day, have you noticed anything ***fundamentally different ***yet being under Trump rather than Obama?

Media coverage here is fairly polarised: either gloom and doom about Trump being a ‘loose cannon’ or Trump being a beacon of common sense …and not much in between (apart from lots of photos of Ivanka’s outfits!!!)
Long story short, Trump’s a politician, and he’s doing what politicians do, albeit with less subtlety, skill, and finesse than we’re used to seeing. He has a partisan position, and he’s fighting for his position. He’s doing so by ignoring unwritten (and sometimes written) rules of conduct, which is entertaining. Some of his personnel picks are very good (ie. James Mattis and Neil Gorsuch), and some of his picks are very bad (ie. Mike Flynn and Steve Bannon). Some of his picks are just so mindboggling that they defy explanation by a sane person (ie. Sean Spicer). The only real difference between Trump and Obama is that the ship of state will be scraping against the right bank of the river instead of the left bank for a while. Also, Obama oozed a smarmy , dishonest sort of cool, while Trump oozes a powerful, intimidating sort of uncool.

He campaigned as an outsider, and he was elected as someone who wasn’t a politician. That was true on election day. However, it only takes about twelve hours for someone to become a politician after they take office, and Trump has.
 
And if you actually READ the article you linked to, it says " . . . retailers on this list are closing stores because they’re not giving people what they want in terms of things like price, fashion, and selection. . . . . We have far too many retail locations, shopping centers, and branches of different chains."

And all this would be Mr. Trump’s fault, in your view, because . . . . .? I
This is not Trump’s fault.

The economy is collapsing. Online sales only account for 8% of the sales at physical retail stores. 3,000 store closing is very disastrous to the United States economy.
 
Stores are closing because people are shopping online, and they are buying experiences rather than things… compared to the past.

I’m one of those persons who buys nearly everything online, including groceries. Excepting groceries, none of the local shops near me can even begin to match the range of products offered by say, Amazon, or niche vendors…

Why spend hours driving around (or phoning around) to find that thing I need, only to be told “we don’t carry that.”

When I can go online and have it delivered for free in two days.

I hate that I shop online, but if the shops don’t carry what I’m looking for, even for a higher price, which I would be willing to pay, what am I meant to do? If I do without, which is a viable alternative, then these online vendors go under too.

The economy is changing, not tanking.
 
Stores are closing because people are shopping online, and they are buying experiences rather than things… compared to the past.

I’m one of those persons who buys nearly everything online, including groceries. Excepting groceries, none of the local shops near me can even begin to match the range of products offered by say, Amazon, or niche vendors…

Why spend hours driving around (or phoning around) to find that thing I need, only to be told “we don’t carry that.”

When I can go online and have it delivered for free in two days.

I hate that I shop online, but if the shops don’t carry what I’m looking for, even for a higher price, which I would be willing to pay, what am I meant to do? If I do without, which is a viable alternative, then these online vendors go under too.

The economy is changing, not tanking.
Online sales only account for 8% of the sales at physical retail stores.
 
Trump supporter, mainly because he is pro-life and he made General Mattis Secretary of Defense. Go Mattis! All the other stuff, whatever, unless I’m President I’m gonna disagree with whoever is about something…
 
3,000 stores closing, 20,000 people who are losing their full time incomes when YouTube got rid of much of their ad revenue, many thousands of lay-offs, pensions taking a big hit, 401KS’ taking a big hit, and many banks about to collapse; this is not a better economy.
I’m not sure where you are reading this information. Our financial planner, who is a banker, told us that Trump is the best thing that has happened for the country, financially, in a long time. Stock markets have had record highs. You are correct, that we are about to have a financial collapse, but this is from decades of irresponsible governmental spending, not a couple of months of Trump. He is actually trying to fix the problems, by rolling back regulations that tied the hands of businesses and made it almost impossible for small businesses to start up.

The coal industry (what is left of it) has been saved by Trump. I live in coal country. The mines that are still open after 8 years of Obama trying to shut them all down, by severely regulating the power plants, are thriving. They are hiring. I see train cars full of coal moving down the tracks, and I haven’t seen that for years. I saw a barge on the river, two days ago, full of coal, much more coal than I have seen them pushing for a long time. Thousands of jobs saved in this area, just with coal. By trying to change the trade deals, he will be responsible for making it easier for manufacturers to stay in the US or come back to the US and hire Americans. Many, many other jobs have been created, as well, not sure where you get your info.

President Trump directed the Department of Commerce to streamline Federal permitting processes for domestic manufacturing and to reduce regulatory burdens on domestic manufacturers. This is going to save and create many, many jobs.

He put a freeze on hiring more Federal employees, saving us money.

Trump signed EO establishing new ethics commitments for all Executive branch appointees, putting in place a five-year lobbying ban and a permanent ban on lobbying for foreign governments, so that appointees serve the American people instead of their own interests. Who can argue with that?

He ended the ridiculous burden by those unable to purchase Obamacare.

He is upping the military budget, and he is not afraid to say that ISIS needs to be removed from the earth. He has no problem calling out the evil of radicalized Islam.

Trump signed an EO for Veterans to get the care they need much faster, which is much needed! Our past treatment of our veterans has been despicable, at best. The first Navy Seal who died in a raid, he went to the man’s funeral. He does care about these people.

He is trying to tamp down the free-for-all illegal immigration problem. He is trying to do something about halting the drugs (heroin) coming over the border, yet not closing the borders.

He is working with Canada for the advancement of women entrepreneurs and business leaders. He signed into law the Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act to encourage the National Science Foundation’s entrepreneurial programs to recruit and support women to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and into the commercial world. Encouraging STEM education, particularly its women.

We have a Supreme Court Justice, no thanks to the Democrats, who will fight against anything and everything Trump does.Trump is trying to govern, but the Democrats and the media are so caught up in the “resistance” that it is almost impossible. He has enemies at every side. He has people in the White House leaking everything going on there. No one in Washington, wants an outsider at the helm, and they will try to take him down in every single way.

The wall can’t be built in a few months, and unfortunately, we have political judges who are putting the stops to everything he wants to do to give our country better security.

The numbers of people crossing the borders illegally has gone way down.

He was able to free an American citizen held prisoner in Egypt, that Obama did nothing about.

It is almost impossible to find out anything good Trump has done, because the media is biased and this is where we get most of our information. What do you think the enemies of the US are doing while all the chaos is ensuing? I’m sure we will find out.
 
One thing is certain. Like him or not. Trump made History. Politics will be known in future years, Pre-Trump and Post-Trump.

Those who do not like Tump say he is taking us back to the dark ages.
Those that like Trump say it is a new era and it was about time America brought back God.

How is Trump for me? I dunno. I like many things he has done, while others make me scratch my head. But I give him the benefit if the doubt, like I did Obama.

I only wish I could give our politicians a stern talk to and wish they would listen, because they are dividing the country.
 
I’m not sure where you are reading this information. Our financial planner, who is a banker, told us that Trump is the best thing that has happened for the country, financially, in a long time. Stock markets have had record highs. You are correct, that we are about to have a financial collapse, but this is from decades of irresponsible governmental spending, not a couple of months of Trump. He is actually trying to fix the problems, by rolling back regulations that tied the hands of businesses and made it almost impossible for small businesses to start up.

The coal industry (what is left of it) has been saved by Trump. I live in coal country. The mines that are still open after 8 years of Obama trying to shut them all down, by severely regulating the power plants, are thriving. They are hiring. I see train cars full of coal moving down the tracks, and I haven’t seen that for years. I saw a barge on the river, two days ago, full of coal, much more coal than I have seen them pushing for a long time. Thousands of jobs saved in this area, just with coal. By trying to change the trade deals, he will be responsible for making it easier for manufacturers to stay in the US or come back to the US and hire Americans. Many, many other jobs have been created, as well, not sure where you get your info.

President Trump directed the Department of Commerce to streamline Federal permitting processes for domestic manufacturing and to reduce regulatory burdens on domestic manufacturers. This is going to save and create many, many jobs.

He put a freeze on hiring more Federal employees, saving us money.

Trump signed EO establishing new ethics commitments for all Executive branch appointees, putting in place a five-year lobbying ban and a permanent ban on lobbying for foreign governments, so that appointees serve the American people instead of their own interests. Who can argue with that?

He ended the ridiculous burden by those unable to purchase Obamacare.

He is upping the military budget, and he is not afraid to say that ISIS needs to be removed from the earth. He has no problem calling out the evil of radicalized Islam.

Trump signed an EO for Veterans to get the care they need much faster, which is much needed! Our past treatment of our veterans has been despicable, at best. The first Navy Seal who died in a raid, he went to the man’s funeral. He does care about these people.

He is trying to tamp down the free-for-all illegal immigration problem. He is trying to do something about halting the drugs (heroin) coming over the border, yet not closing the borders.

He is working with Canada for the advancement of women entrepreneurs and business leaders. He signed into law the Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act to encourage the National Science Foundation’s entrepreneurial programs to recruit and support women to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and into the commercial world. Encouraging STEM education, particularly its women.

We have a Supreme Court Justice, no thanks to the Democrats, who will fight against anything and everything Trump does.Trump is trying to govern, but the Democrats and the media are so caught up in the “resistance” that it is almost impossible. He has enemies at every side. He has people in the White House leaking everything going on there. No one in Washington, wants an outsider at the helm, and they will try to take him down in every single way.

The wall can’t be built in a few months, and unfortunately, we have political judges who are putting the stops to everything he wants to do to give our country better security.

The numbers of people crossing the borders illegally has gone way down.

He was able to free an American citizen held prisoner in Egypt, that Obama did nothing about.

It is almost impossible to find out anything good Trump has done, because the media is biased and this is where we get most of our information. What do you think the enemies of the US are doing while all the chaos is ensuing? I’m sure we will find out.
Read some of MindyO’s other posts (on other threads), and consider whether it was worth it to type this long, well-reasoned, fact-filled response.
 
Trump may be anti-abortion but that is a far cry from being prolife.
 
Read some of MindyO’s other posts (on other threads), and consider whether it was worth it to type this long, well-reasoned, fact-filled response.
Do you consider many more thousands of jobs being lost in the United States than are being created to be positive for the future of United States of America?
 
I’m not sure where you are reading this information. Our financial planner, who is a banker, told us that Trump is the best thing that has happened for the country, financially, in a long time. Stock markets have had record highs. You are correct, that we are about to have a financial collapse, but this is from decades of irresponsible governmental spending, not a couple of months of Trump. He is actually trying to fix the problems, by rolling back regulations that tied the hands of businesses and made it almost impossible for small businesses to start up.

The coal industry (what is left of it) has been saved by Trump. I live in coal country. The mines that are still open after 8 years of Obama trying to shut them all down, by severely regulating the power plants, are thriving. They are hiring. I see train cars full of coal moving down the tracks, and I haven’t seen that for years. I saw a barge on the river, two days ago, full of coal, much more coal than I have seen them pushing for a long time. Thousands of jobs saved in this area, just with coal. By trying to change the trade deals, he will be responsible for making it easier for manufacturers to stay in the US or come back to the US and hire Americans. Many, many other jobs have been created, as well, not sure where you get your info.

President Trump directed the Department of Commerce to streamline Federal permitting processes for domestic manufacturing and to reduce regulatory burdens on domestic manufacturers. This is going to save and create many, many jobs.

He put a freeze on hiring more Federal employees, saving us money.

Trump signed EO establishing new ethics commitments for all Executive branch appointees, putting in place a five-year lobbying ban and a permanent ban on lobbying for foreign governments, so that appointees serve the American people instead of their own interests. Who can argue with that?

He ended the ridiculous burden by those unable to purchase Obamacare.

He is upping the military budget, and he is not afraid to say that ISIS needs to be removed from the earth. He has no problem calling out the evil of radicalized Islam.

Trump signed an EO for Veterans to get the care they need much faster, which is much needed! Our past treatment of our veterans has been despicable, at best. The first Navy Seal who died in a raid, he went to the man’s funeral. He does care about these people.

He is trying to tamp down the free-for-all illegal immigration problem. He is trying to do something about halting the drugs (heroin) coming over the border, yet not closing the borders.

He is working with Canada for the advancement of women entrepreneurs and business leaders. He signed into law the Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act to encourage the National Science Foundation’s entrepreneurial programs to recruit and support women to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and into the commercial world. Encouraging STEM education, particularly its women.

We have a Supreme Court Justice, no thanks to the Democrats, who will fight against anything and everything Trump does.Trump is trying to govern, but the Democrats and the media are so caught up in the “resistance” that it is almost impossible. He has enemies at every side. He has people in the White House leaking everything going on there. No one in Washington, wants an outsider at the helm, and they will try to take him down in every single way.

The wall can’t be built in a few months, and unfortunately, we have political judges who are putting the stops to everything he wants to do to give our country better security.

The numbers of people crossing the borders illegally has gone way down.

He was able to free an American citizen held prisoner in Egypt, that Obama did nothing about.

It is almost impossible to find out anything good Trump has done, because the media is biased and this is where we get most of our information. What do you think the enemies of the US are doing while all the chaos is ensuing? I’m sure we will find out.
Some impressive stuff. But I do have a question: if, as you say, the media is so biased against Trump so that “it is impossible to find out anything good Trump has done,” where did you get all this information, apart from your financial planner? This is not an accusation; I am simply curious.
 
Some impressive stuff. But I do have a question: if, as you say, the media is so biased against Trump so that “it is impossible to find out anything good Trump has done,” where did you get all this information, apart from your financial planner? This is not an accusation; I am simply curious.
Good question, the MSM sure does their best to hide and twist.

It as easy to find as it is easy to realize the extreme bias.
 
Do you consider many more thousands of jobs being
lost in the United States than are being created to be positive for the future of United States of America?
The net job loss in the US did not start with Trump, so I do not see the point of this response to Brassring.

Automation and job outsourcing has done its damage to the job market not the choice of President.
 
Trump may be anti-abortion but that is a far cry from being prolife.
anti-abortion = pro-life
pro-abortion = anti-life

Those trying to ease their conscience for their unwavering support for the party of death are trying to change the meaning of pro-life.
 
Do you consider many more thousands of jobs being lost in the United States than are being created to be positive for the future of United States of America?
2008 called. It wants its news back.

data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001?output_view=net_1mth

Those of us who reside outside of Alex Jones/Nostradamus conspiracy kookooland have to worry about things like “facts” and “truth”.

And this will be the last time I respond to anything you post. Ever.
 
You are part of the left.

These major retailers are closing more than 3,000 stores this year
clark.com/shopping-retail/major-retailers-closing-2017/
Did you read that article far enough to get to the part where they talk about why those stores are closing?
The reality is that America has been over-stored. We have far too many retail locations, shopping centers and branches of different chains. But stores that are meeting your needs with low prices will continue to thrive.
This is nothing to do with Trump.

Quoted material above is from the link MindyO provided.
 
His pick for SCOTUS was excellent and he seems to putting some iron in the spines of Republicans. So far I approve, but I wish he would do more. There is still an empty prison cell with Hillary Clinton’s name on it and I want to get the Great Wall started.
 
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