Re: Understanding the US - Again
Posted: 01 Aug 2019 17:46
If Tulsi survives the Democrat primaries, she will beat Trump.
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Is have to agree with much of what you said. There is no way an establishment candidate like Biden will take down Trump. But a non establishment candidate could. Bernie was and still is very popular. Someone like Tulsi would as well. But my guess is that the Dems will ambush these guys. The debate qualifications are rigged anyway. And wait till the super delegates come into play.KJo wrote:I have a different opinion. I think DT will win 2020, there is nothing going against him at this point. Economy good, jobs good, no terrorism threat. He is doing all the right things to win.
Dems talk about impeaching him all the time... For what? For being "a racist" or a "dictator"?It's the same arguments that Congis bring against big bad Modi.
Tulsi barely is at 1%, so there is no way she will make up the difference. I think Biden will be the Dem candidate and DT will demolish him.
The world is getting more conservative/right wing/nationalist. People have had enough of these world citizen types leaders which means nothing other than import more and more muslims into the country to change demographics and do intense virtue signaling about "look look we let in 1000000000 Muslims, we are not racist, we so nice onleee". Modi came back to power, Johnson came to power in the UK, Trump is in power and most likely will come back. Merkel will go soon. The next one is Trudeau of Canada and he will be out soon as per my information (I work in Canada a lot - people are fed up of him and his constant nautanki).
Comparing them doesn't mean that Trump = Modi. It can also mean that certain aspects are similar. One can say that Amit Shah is cunning like a fox and that doesn't mean that all his characteristics are like a fox. Trump and Modi are alike in some ways and different in others.Mort Walker wrote:^^^
Most likely you are correct, but I think it will be close. To compare Modi to Trump is a gross injustice to Modiji.
Only LBS, Narsimha Rao, Vajpayee and Modi have had character and moral fiber as leaders of India in 18/72 years. Others have been just as bad. Modi is probably the most visionary of leaders the world has seen in a long time. He stands head and shoulders above all others in the last half-century.Cain Marko wrote:The biggest difference between Indian leaders, specifically someone like modi and other world leaders, irrespective of superficial comparisons, is the utter lack of character and moral fiber in the latter.
Coming from 'erstwhile' Lalooland, though he ate fodder worth Rs 1000 crores, the humble cattle - Gaiya and Bhaisi - was at the center of his politics and if people recall, one of his salient calls was to set up Charvaha Vidyalya (Shepherd School); So should be poster boy for all Gow Rakshaks..Rudradev wrote:No other leader of India has been as pathetic as Donald Trump. Not even the ribald scam-monger Laloo Prasad Yadav, whom I consider the closest equivalent.
Tulsi Gabbard/Andrew Yang is my dream ticket.JE Menon wrote:If Tulsi survives the Democrat primaries, she will beat Trump.
Tulsi Gabbard's competence and suitability for the job may be beyond reproach. But there are too many people in the US (which is still a deeply Christian country) who will not vote for her because of her religion alone. Obama had to convince people that he and his family were Christians despite his middle-name and ancestry. Plus he had the advantage of near total support and a lot of enthusiasm from the black community (something which HC did not enjoy and suffered for it).Vayutuvan wrote:Tulsi Gabbard/Andrew Yang is my dream ticket.JE Menon wrote:If Tulsi survives the Democrat primaries, she will beat Trump.
Can she be VP candidate? or Secretary of State?nachiket wrote:Tulsi Gabbard's competence and suitability for the job may be beyond reproach. But there are too many people in the US (which is still a deeply Christian country) who will not vote for her because of her religion alone. Obama had to convince people that he and his family were Christians despite his middle-name and ancestry. Plus he had the advantage of near total support and a lot of enthusiasm from the black community (something which HC did not enjoy and suffered for it).Vayutuvan wrote: Tulsi Gabbard/Andrew Yang is my dream ticket.
TG has none of these advantages. To make matters worse, there are enough opponents of her on the loony left as well due to her questioning of the default narrative in Syria (Assad bad, "moderate"headchoppersrebels good) and meeting with Assad. The left's affinity for Islamists like Ilhan Omar also comes in the way for them to support a Hindu.
I don't think she has a snowball's chance in hell.
Mort Walker wrote:Only LBS, Narsimha Rao, Vajpayee and Modi have had character and moral fiber as leaders of India in 18/72 years. Others have been just as bad. Modi is probably the most visionary of leaders the world has seen in a long time. He stands head and shoulders above all others in the last half-century.Cain Marko wrote:The biggest difference between Indian leaders, specifically someone like modi and other world leaders, irrespective of superficial comparisons, is the utter lack of character and moral fiber in the latter.
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KJo wrote:I have a different opinion. I think DT will win 2020, there is nothing going against him at this point. Economy good, jobs good, no terrorism threat. He is doing all the right things to win.
Dems talk about impeaching him all the time... For what? For being "a racist" or a "dictator"?It's the same arguments that Congis bring against big bad Modi.
Tulsi barely is at 1%, so there is no way she will make up the difference. I think Biden will be the Dem candidate and DT will demolish him.
The world is getting more conservative/right wing/nationalist. People have had enough of these world citizen types leaders which means nothing other than import more and more muslims into the country to change demographics and do intense virtue signaling about "look look we let in 1000000000 Muslims, we are not racist, we so nice onleee". Modi came back to power, Johnson came to power in the UK, Trump is in power and most likely will come back. Merkel will go soon. The next one is Trudeau of Canada and he will be out soon as per my information (I work in Canada a lot - people are fed up of him and his constant nautanki).
vijayk wrote:Can she be VP candidate? or Secretary of State?nachiket wrote: Tulsi Gabbard's competence and suitability for the job may be beyond reproach. But there are too many people in the US (which is still a deeply Christian country) who will not vote for her because of her religion alone. Obama had to convince people that he and his family were Christians despite his middle-name and ancestry. Plus he had the advantage of near total support and a lot of enthusiasm from the black community (something which HC did not enjoy and suffered for it).
TG has none of these advantages. To make matters worse, there are enough opponents of her on the loony left as well due to her questioning of the default narrative in Syria (Assad bad, "moderate"headchoppersrebels good) and meeting with Assad. The left's affinity for Islamists like Ilhan Omar also comes in the way for them to support a Hindu.
I don't think she has a snowball's chance in hell.
I don't think so for all the reasons moderator nachiket mentioned. But one can dream. Kamala Harris has a better chance as VP or SOS. She has the backing of the most populous state, CA, and the elite SI valley left who have deep pockets. Yang will take a lot of heat for his BMI (Basic Minimum Income) proposal, i.e. $1000 pm to each and every American adult. That is a $2.4 trillion cash coming into the economy every year on the year.vijayk wrote:Can she be VP candidate? or Secretary of State?nachiket wrote: ... I don't think she has a snowball's chance in hell.
williams wrote:No Democrat has a credible solution to answer the rural crowd who voted in numbers for Trump and will again vote in numbers for Trump. None of the intellectual arguments matter for this crowd. All they think is Trump could have done better if not for all obstacles that were put against him by Washington politicians. If Bernie is not going to be the Dem candidate then Trump's second term is a done deal. So from an Indian perspective, we need to be prepared to put up with Trump Bahadur for the next 5 years. Trump Bahadur does not understand the nuances of international relations. So all we got to think about is a transactional relationship. Keep the transactions moving will be my thought. We need Khan tech and khan needs some trade/business overtures, let us give what we can and get what we can that is it.
Mr. Trump has, with varying degrees of seriousness, repeatedly expressed interest in buying the ice-covered autonomous Danish territory between the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans
his advisers have supported the concept
Apparently getting enough pork and rice from Xi.,Kashi wrote:A far bigger thenga to Moon who was going on and on about a "peace economy" with the North.
Kim also turned down rice assistance from South.
not a new proposal. it was made back in late 1800s. US has a large, in fact the largest, airforce base in Greenland. China is making inroads into Greenland as we speak.vera_k wrote:President Trump eyes purchase of Greenland from Denmark
Mr. Trump has, with varying degrees of seriousness, repeatedly expressed interest in buying the ice-covered autonomous Danish territory between the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans
Trump is the ultimate troll in the ultimate position. He creates news headlines to distract from his administration’s policies and to suck the political oxygen out of the opposition. It's all about him and no one else.vera_k wrote:Trump just put off a meeting with Denmark because they won’t talk about selling Greenland
More to it than a trial balloon?
Trump ‘hereby’ orders U.S. business out of China. Can he do that?
Some see Trump’s command as more than ‘cheap talk,’ saying he has real tools to encourage compliance.
President Trump’s extraordinary edict demanding U.S. companies move out of China — delivered in a series of angry tweets Friday — left industries of every stripe scrambling to understand how seriously to take the order, and how the White House might enforce it.
Businesses from retail to electronics to home goods, many already under pressure from a months-long U.S.-China trade war, were contacting their industry associations for guidance and awaiting more substantive announcements from the White House.
“I’m trying to keep my cool and not get worried and upset, but it’s becoming hard,” said Magi Raible, founder of LiteGear Bags, a luggage maker based in Vallejo, Calif.
She has a meeting next week with an industry colleague to discuss moving more of her manufacturing from China to India or South Africa, she said.
“The tweet isn’t entirely cheap talk,” said Derek Scissors, a China expert at the American Enterprise Institute, a think tank partly funded by industry.
Trump fired off the tweets after China imposed a new round of retaliatory tariffs on $75 billion worth of American imports Friday.
Donald J. Trump Verified account @realDonaldTrump
Our Country has lost, stupidly, Trillions of Dollars with China over many years. They have stolen our Intellectual Property at a rate of Hundreds of Billions of Dollars a year, & they want to continue. I won’t let that happen! We don’t need China and, frankly, would be far....
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....better off without them. The vast amounts of money made and stolen by China from the United States, year after year, for decades, will and must STOP. Our great American companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternative to China, including bringing..
....your companies HOME and making your products in the USA. I will be responding to China’s Tariffs this afternoon. This is a GREAT opportunity for the United States. Also, I am ordering all carriers, including Fed Ex, Amazon, UPS and the Post Office, to SEARCH FOR & REFUSE,....
....all deliveries of Fentanyl from China (or anywhere else!). Fentanyl kills 100,000 Americans a year. President Xi said this would stop - it didn’t. Our Economy, because of our gains in the last 2 1/2 years, is MUCH larger than that of China. We will keep it that way!