well said K.

I think you've pretty much hit the nail on the head.

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 27^th, 2017 at 6:15pm:



Agreed. Well written...

Republished with Permission

Trump's business model - the one Americans hope will make Amerika great again - is borrowing huge amounts and, when the investment fails, writing it off as a corporate bankruptcy.

It's an elaborate pyramid scheme, and one that worked for Trump because of his other business strategy: branding. Here, Trump believes all publicity is good publicity. The important thing is to get his name out there - divorce settlements, fake PR (Trump used to call the tabloids to spread "fake news" under the name of John Barron), reality TV, all of it. The banks wrote off Trump's 1.8 billion dollar debt to keep the Trump name on Trump's failed casinos and hotels.

For Trump, this validated his personal brand. When Trump called up Forbes to argue his case to be on their rich list, he pretended the Trump name itself was worth billions. In this way, Trump overinflates his wealth.

When Forbes didn't buy it, Trump called them fake news.

This is exactly what Trump plans to do with the US economy. He has, on a number of occasions, argued that the US could print more money because of the "brand" value of the US dollar. His plans to slash taxes and spend big on infrastructure will require enormous government debt. Ultimately, Trump believes that the Trump name alone attached to the White House will restore confidence in the US economy. Presumably, this is what Trump means when he talks up the US economy after a month of being in office.

Trump plays the media in exactly the same way he did in business. He actively spreads fake news, getting staffers and even FBI agents to call reporters and give them "alternative facts" as background. Like Trump's John Barron character, Trump's staffers refuse to go on the record. Like Trump's hissy fits attacking the Forbes rich list, he blames the press for refusing to publish his fibs.

In a paradoxical display of transference, Trump calls them fake news outlets. He has even taken to locking media organizations out of White House press briefings. Their sin?

They published investigative reports on Trump.

Ultimately, Trump has no clear plan to make Amerika great again. His promises are a grab-bag of populist, protectionist and lasses-faire policies, and this is what makes Trump's own party - those who will need to vote for Trump's policies - panic. There is no consistency. Unlike Reagan, Clinton and Obama, there is no economic narrative. Trump, of course, has no plan to bring the congress and senate on side - a plan critical to all administrations. This is, after all, what makes a successful president: the ability to get his/her policies voted in. 

Trump has seen the futility of presidential executive orders. This was probably his biggest lesson in government to date. What Trump will need to survive is a coherent economic plan, along with a legislative plan to get it through government.

A brilliant post from Karnal:

Trump's business model - the one Americans hope will make Amerika great again - is borrowing huge amounts and, when the investment fails, writing it off as a corporate bankruptcy.

It's an elaborate pyramid scheme, and one that worked for Trump because of his other business strategy: branding. Here, Trump believes all publicity is good publicity. The important thing is to get his name out there - divorce settlements, fake PR (Trump used to call the tabloids to spread "fake news" under the name of John Barron), reality TV, all of it. The banks wrote off Trump's 1.8 billion dollar debt to keep the Trump name on Trump's failed casinos and hotels.

For Trump, this validated his personal brand. When Trump called up Forbes to argue his case to be on their rich list, he pretended the Trump name itself was worth billions. In this way, Trump overinflates his wealth.

When Forbes didn't buy it, Trump called them fake news.

This is exactly what Trump plans to do with the US economy. He has, on a number of occasions, argued that the US could print more money because of the "brand" value of the US dollar. His plans to slash taxes and spend big on infrastructure will require enormous government debt. Ultimately, Trump believes that the Trump name alone attached to the White House will restore confidence in the US economy. Presumably, this is what Trump means when he talks up the US economy after a month of being in office.

Trump plays the media in exactly the same way he did in business. He actively spreads fake news, getting staffers and even FBI agents to call reporters and give them "alternative facts" as background. Like Trump's John Barron character, Trump's staffers refuse to go on the record. Like Trump's hissy fits attacking the Forbes rich list, he blames the press for refusing to publish his fibs.

In a paradoxical display of transference, Trump calls them fake news outlets. He has even taken to locking media organizations out of White House press briefings. Their sin?

They published investigative reports on Trump.

Ultimately, Trump has no clear plan to make Amerika great again. His promises are a grab-bag of populist, protectionist and lasses-faire policies, and this is what makes Trump's own party - those who will need to vote for Trump's policies - panic. There is no consistency. Unlike Reagan, Clinton and Obama, there is no economic narrative. Trump, of course, has no plan to bring the congress and senate on side - a plan critical to all administrations. This is, after all, what makes a successful president: the ability to get his/her policies voted in. 

Trump has seen the futility of presidential executive orders. This was probably his biggest lesson in government to date. What Trump will need to survive is a coherent economic plan, along with a legislative plan to get it through government.

Original post here.

Why freedumpster allows for you to continually troll your racist poo is beyond me. Unless he is one, too. 

so proud of Donald.

as you say, he means to destroy the power in washington, thereby putting the power back in the hands of the strong, powerful, dynamic and entrepreneurial american people.

i suppose washington will suffer
the washington hangers-on will suffer
the intellectual elite will be side-lined
those sucking on washingtons titties will be weaned off and have a little sook.

all in all, its just the most brilliant news i have ever heard .

US President Donald Trump has said he is seeking a "historic increase" in military spending of more than 9 per cent to be funded by cuts elsewhere in government.

Mr Trump will seek to boost Pentagon spending by $US54 billion ($70 billion) in his first budget proposal and slash the same amount from non-defence spending, including a large reduction in foreign aid, a White House budget official said.

The President does not have the final say on federal spending.

His plan to ramp up military spending is part of a budget proposal to Congress, which, while it is controlled by his fellow Republicans, will not necessarily follow his plans.

Mr Trump told state governors at the White House that his budget plan included a "historic increase in defence spending to rebuild the depleted military of the United States of America".