[USA] SJEDINJENE AMERIČKE DRŽAVE - unutrašnja politika i uticaj na svetska kretanja

[Dragan]

 

 

 

Edited 22 hours ago by Dragan

[Darko]

10 minutes ago, Dragan said:

 

 

 

Clintonu republikanski kongress nije dao moć da potroši više nego što je on hteo pa je government spending bio na niskom nivou. To znači da nije bila inflacija i da je privatni sektor iskoristio manjak government spending što je dovelo do ekonomskom buma. Deficit pod Obamom je isto rastao strahovito, i najveći deo potrošnje se desio pod demokratskim senatom:

 

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Virtually all net spending increases during the Obama administration were enacted during 2009–10

 

Tako da nije baš tako kako ovaj plitki meme ukazuje.

 

Kritike Trampu su na mestu. 

[Angelia]

2 hours ago, ters said:

 

Za one koji ne gledaju stvari ideoloski - kakve veze ima da li je dobro za reps ili dems?

Zar nije bitno jedino sta je dobro za average Dzoa Sjedinjenika? I jos bitnije za gologuzog Dzoa Sjedinjenika koji nikako ne moze da priusti lijekove?

Zato sto mora da dobije mid-terms, znas ima nesto I u politici. Ako mu Kongres to da, onda je I dobro za 70 mil onih koji koriste Medicaid I Medicare.

Ako Dems ne glasaju za to, ko je kriv sto nisu dobili beneficije?

Mozda nisi primetio da smo na temi o unutrasnjoj politici USA, jer se cudis da komentarisem na politicki potez 🙄 

Opet je preuzeo Dems talking points, ovo je izuzetno popularan potez. Moze da se zavrsi lose za vecinu, ali mozda I uradi nesto dobro. Pogotovo ako mu uspe potez da prebaci deo troskova na druge razvijene zemlje.

[mrd]

47 minutes ago, Angelia said:

cudis da komentarisem na politicki potez 🙄 

Opet

Čini ti se. Dems govore u vetar i deca znaju njihove laži, zbog toga republikanci toliko dobijaju. Da nema demsa, repa bi mogli da se spakuju i puste independent da ih biju. 😂

Ovo je samo mojih 5c pist na obe strane.

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[Angelia]

3 minutes ago, mrd said:

Čini ti se. Dems govore u vetar i deca znaju njihove laži, zbog toga republikanci toliko dobijaju. Da nema demsa, repa bi mogli da se spaljuju i poster independent da ih biju. 😂

Ovo je samo mojih 5c pist na obe strane.

Pa kad izvode "we beat Medicaid" Bidena da daje intervjue I prica o tell all knjizi. I jednostavno brane neodbranjivo.  ActBlue im se raspada zbog potencijalnog financial fraud. Nemaju platformu osim "orange man bad". Ja sam mislila da ce da nauce lekciju, isprave Dems. Plaforma im je "ako dobijemo Kongres impichujemo Trampa" pa to je razlog zasto ce izgubiti mid-terms, ako on ne sjebe nesto u ekonomiji.

Ovaj DNC tip izadje I kaze kako su probali da uvere ljude da je Biden ok, I da je ekonomija ok....

Ne valja, mene upravo brine to sto si rekao, ako nema Dems, Reps mogu da rade sta hoce. 

[𝓑𝓪𝓫𝔂]

 

 

Tramp je za 100 dana uvecao svoje licno bogatstvo za 3 miijarde dolara... 

 

 

I to ne racunajuci avion od skoro pola milijarde koje je dobio na poklon i rekao da ce ga  kad ode iz WH odneti sa sobom... svi znamo pravila, ne?

[MeanMachine]

11 hours ago, Dragan said:

 

 

To je to, Amerikanci su njega glasali i ako ih odvede u propast, sami pali sami se ubili. Ovaj put baron Minhauzen je dobio popular vote samo da podsetim.

 

Lik je uspeo da bankrotira kazino i to nekoliko 😄

 

Edited 10 hours ago by MeanMachine

[Dragan]

How Trump managed to get his much-needed China trade victory

 

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"Just remember that the first time trump was president he claimed to have made an AMAZING deal with China (China trade deal phase 1) it not only led to a COMPLETE COLLAPSE of the U.S. agriculture export market to China (American farmers LOST $27 billion in JUST soybean sales - a market that to this day has NOT returned) it also required a $75 billion bailout to farmers (most of which went to giant corporate farms)"

 

"And trump's claim that tariffs will massively increase U.S. manufacturing is PURE FANTASY...

First - manufacturing is NOT going to return to America in any significant way.

Second - The little bit of manufacturing that does return will be automated and will NOT provide any significant number of jobs.

Third - NO ONE wants to work a factory job - especially today's youth who have grown up with technology.

Fourth - NO ONE outside the U.S. is going to buy the much more expensive U.S. products.

Fifth - Manufacturing is often dangerous and almost always polluting to our air and water.

Sixth - The U.S. did not become the world's largest economy on manufacturing - it was due to innovation, technology and financial services (Sure, after WWII there was a 20year period of economic growth due to manufacturing but since the 60's we have been shedding those jobs and when off shoring those jobs (80's-present) really increased our economy has grown exponentially)"

 

"What victory? Trump got scared by public and expert opinion of his tariffs hikes. Polls were going down regarding his handling of the economy. Pausing the tariff increases put things back to square one while they try to negotiate a trade deal. That's not a victory, but a back down."

"Not even close to a victory unfortunately. Not once in history has a tariff been implemented and removed and the prices gone back to normal. They may go down, but not to where they were, a price increase always remains. No one but businesses come out ahead in the short or long term and that was probably Trumps aim all along. He got his victory, at our expense, like always."

"So it really is just another federal tax we will have to pay. Nothing more or nothing less. Trump is hoping that the tariffs will make up for the tax cuts for the rich and corporations. The tax burden will be on the consumer. "

 

"Thanks to Trump’s ‘brilliant’ trade policies, Americans now enjoy the privilege of paying 30% more on Chinese goods—up from 0% before his glorious ‘Liberation Day’—plus an extra 10-25% tariff on imports from other countries (up from 0% from Liberation Day). Truly, nothing says ‘economic patriotism’ like letting working-class families foot the bill for his trade wars while calling it a ‘win.’ And what a win it is—for him. As prices soar, Trump’s turning the presidency into a personal ATM, funneling billions into his private businesses and showering his oligarch buddies with billions in corporate handouts. But don’t worry, folks: His voters will keep cheering, even as they pay more for everything, because nothing matters more than owning the libs—even if it means getting owned by their own ‘billionaire populist.’"

 

"How is this in any way a Trump "victory"? China got everything it demanded (reciprocal drop in tariffs, no further negotiations until it happens) and the US got... exactly what?"

"Trade agreement? There was no trade agreement, they just agreed to roll back tariffs for 90 days. Thats not a deal. Thats just a postponement"

"Just like Trump claimed victory with the UK. The only thing they agreed upon was the ground rules for a trade agreement."

"Victory?

China is now sourcing crude from Canada and soy from Brazil. The US is not getting that revenue back."

 

“People have never really used trade how I use trade,” Trump told reporters Monday morning."

Of course no one has ever "used trade how trump uses trade"....know why?

 

" How Trump managed to get his much-needed China trade victory " He sent a plane load of grown men with tears in their eyes to negotiate pleading, Please Please Mr. Xi we will do anything. Just give us something to make Trump look good.

Answer....because it just creates chaos, uncertainty, instability and is going to lead to a lower standard of living for Americans.

 

"Donald didn't win anything. Trump lowed his tariff, so China lowered theirs, it wasn't any deal. China said from the start that if Trump put tariffs they would put tariffs on the US, and they did. They also said from the start if Trump reduced that they would."

 

 

Trump makes a major backtrack on tariff policy

Following a meeting in Geneva, the US and China suspended most of their tariffs for 90 days. 

This effectively marks the end of Trump's trade policy adventures.

 

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"Risk on" is the order of the day after the US and China announced a 90-day pause in the tariff dispute. The dollar is rising, stocks are gaining ground, oil is becoming more expensive – the recovery rally on the stock market, which recently seemed completely "surreal" even to seasoned financial experts, can continue.

The US is reducing its tariffs from 145 to 30 percent, while China is reducing its tariffs from 125 to 10 percent. With this agreement, reached in the sunshine in a cozy garden of an ambassador's residence in Geneva, the biggest global economic risk of the current year has virtually vanished into thin air. This risk is called the "trade war" and was created by Donald Trump when he appeared in a garden on April 2nd and announced a list of exorbitant tariffs that the US would impose on 90 countries around the world.

 

Trump is retreating step by step

There has been much speculation about what the US President intended to achieve with these tariffs. Trump himself has repeatedly made contradictory statements. At one point he said the tariffs were intended to revive American industry. At another he claimed they would generate revenue for the federal treasury. And at another he hinted that the tariffs were merely a negotiating ploy to extract various concessions from countries.

Trump himself may never have known exactly which of these goals was most important to him. Five and a half weeks after the ominous "Liberation Day," however, it's now becoming clearer which direction things are headed. The US president has backtracked on his policies across the board.

It began with Trump announcing a 90-day pause just one week after the tariff crackdown. Countries like Switzerland would negotiate "trade deals" with him, and in the meantime, tariffs would be capped at 10 percent. A sudden rise in US Treasury yields appeared to have prompted the president to do so. The tariffs remained in place only against China, which had imposed retaliatory tariffs.

Then last week, Trump presented an agreement with Great Britain that grants the British a tariff reduction in return for minimal concessions (US farmers would be allowed to export more beef). The US president also apparently wants to reach an agreement with Switzerland soon.

And now Trump is suspending tariffs on China as well—the country that, according to Trump himself, is not only primarily responsible for America's industrial decline, but which the US also considers its greatest geopolitical rival.

 

This de-escalation is a capitulation

This step is almost impossible to surpass in symbolism. And it highlights the current state of Trump's tariff policy. His tariffs are causing so much uncertainty that any speculation about positive side effects is superfluous. Investments aren't thriving in the climate the US president has created. And the tariffs aren't generating significant additional revenue either—that's just not economically feasible.

Trump seems to have realized that he has maneuvered himself into an untenable situation. The tariff pause with China is therefore more than a de-escalation. It is a capitulation – to the idea of using tariffs to rein in a global power like China and to revolutionize the current system of global trade.

It's no longer hardliners like economic advisor Peter Navarro, who have precisely this in mind, who are calling the shots in Washington. Instead, it's Wall Street types like Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. He says the US is "not seeking decoupling from China, but fair trade." And he reiterates his commitment to conducting further negotiations in "good faith."

Just over the weekend, Trump said in a social media post that an 80 percent tariff on China "seems right." This will certainly not be the final word in the trade dispute with China.

Whether the US will ultimately receive truly significant concessions from China remains to be seen. One thing is clear: Trump needs the "trade deals" he has promised more than any other party involved. This is a positive finding today, and not just for the stock market.

 

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It is the guiding principle behind Donald Trump's "Art of the Deal": Start a negotiation with maximum pain, then back down – and suddenly even high tariffs don't look so bad anymore.

This also applies to the recent agreement in the tariff dispute with China. Following the breakthrough in the trade dispute between the US and China in Geneva, according to a joint statement, US tariffs on Chinese imports will be reduced from 145 percent to 30 percent. Beijing's tariffs on imports from the United States will be reduced from 125 percent to 10 percent.

The regulation is still temporary and only applies for 90 days. However, the world's two largest economies appear to have averted the worst for the global economy for the time being.

The agreement in Geneva marks the temporary end of an unprecedented rollercoaster ride of US tariffs. Since taking office, US President Donald Trump has announced tariffs of varying levels against specific countries and product groups, such as steel and aluminum or auto parts, almost weekly – only to later reduce or specify them.

What's often forgotten, given the recent positive turn in the tariff dispute and the rollercoaster ride of various tariffs, is that even after the agreement with China and the deal with Great Britain, the average tariffs the US imposes on imports are still very high. According to Yale University's Budget Lab , the average US tariff rate is currently 17.8 percent – the highest it has been since 1934, even before World War II.

 

If tariffs remain at their current level, Donald Trump's protectionism will cost the US population dearly: Compared to the previous year, the costs for American households have increased by $2,800, according to the Yale University team. The US economy will shrink by 0.4 percent, or $110 billion, compared to the previous year, and the unemployment rate will rise by 0.4 percentage points by the end of the year.

 

 

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[DJORDJE]

Art of the Deal

 

 

 

 

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[Dragan]

Ovaj film je od pre 4 godine, ali nema brige, sad stize Zlatno Doba.

Osim toga to su sve fake news i wokekomuisticka propaganda iza koje stoji Biden.

 

 

 

Trump makes billions from crypto deals

Like no other US president before him, Donald Trump has opened the channels for bribery. Now money is flowing: He's raking in billions through his crypto business, and Arab sovereign wealth funds and shady entrepreneurs are buying their way into the White House.

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The details of the deal were so explosive that it took two months for the full truth to emerge. Back in March, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) state-owned investment firm MGX announced it would invest two billion dollars in the crypto exchange Binance. This news caused a stir in the fintech scene and the international financial press: After all, it was the first institutional investment in the world's largest crypto exchange. However, the extent of the deal only became clear in early May.

Then Zach Wittkoff, the son of US Special Envoy for the Middle East and Ukraine Steve Witkoff, and Donald Trump's second eldest son Eric, dropped the bombshell. On stage at a crypto conference in Dubai, they announced to a packed conference hall: For the deal, the Emirati AI sovereign wealth fund would use the stablecoin USD1 from Donald Trump's crypto firm World Liberty Financial.

The significance of this announcement cannot be overstated. Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies whose value remains constant because they are pegged to real assets. Trump's USD1 is almost entirely backed by US dollars and US Treasury bonds. The deal thus gives Trump's crypto company a one-time $2 billion injection from a foreign government, which it can invest and earn millions in interest with virtually no risk.

Like no other US president before him, Trump has turned the US government into a self-service store during his second term . Even before he took office, it was possible to buy into Trump's interests through traditional means, via real estate deals in India, Oman, and elsewhere. But by far the president's biggest gateway for bribery and self-enrichment is his crypto business. It's an invitation to lobbyists, entrepreneurs, and foreign powers to buy US politics. And with the investment from Abu Dhabi, this is no longer a theoretical possibility, but a reality.

 

Trump visits Gulf states

The US President and his family collect 75 percent of World Liberty Financial's profits – formally in exchange for promoting the platform. As founders, managers, or promotional figures for the company, not only Trump and his sons Don Junior, Eric, and Barron also earn money. So do his golf buddy Steve Witkoff and his sons Alex and Zach, as well as the shady entrepreneurs Zachary Folkman and Chase Herro, who proudly calls himself the "scumbag of the internet ." Also indirectly benefiting from the deal is Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who pleaded guilty to violating money laundering rules in 2023, went to prison, and paid a $50 million fine – in addition to the $4.3 billion in indulgences paid by Binance. He is currently lobbying the Trump administration for a pardon.

No concrete return from the Trump administration for the Gulf money has yet been observed. But the opportunities are endless. Starting Tuesday, Trump will travel to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE on an official state visit. He may bring with him strategic AI partnerships, approvals for chip exports, and new arms deals for the autocracies in the Persian Gulf, which Trump plans to rename the "Arabian Gulf" during the trip. Trump is also planning a new tower in Dubai.

It's quite possible, then, that the UAE is using the money to secure Trump's favor for these decisions. Especially since MGX CEO Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zaid al-Nahian – also the UAE government's chief security advisor and brother of the UAE president – was at the White House in March for personal talks with Trump, Vice President Vance, Secretary of State Rubio, and Economics Minister Bessent. And the US president has already distributed initial favors for investments in his crypto business.

Billionaire Justin Sun, one of the largest investors in Trump's World Liberty Financial, was under the scrutiny of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for market manipulation until a year ago. After Trump took office, the agency froze the investigation and is now making a deal with Sun. Given all these conflicts of interest, a sentence Zach Witkoff said regarding the billions from Abu Dhabi is particularly telling: "This is just the beginning."

 

"They are lining the president's pockets"

In addition to the crypto platform World Liberty Financial, Trump has created a second channel through which one can buy the White House: his memecoin $Trump, a kind of pseudo-currency based on no real value other than the unwavering faith of Trump fans in their president, and 80 percent of which is directly owned by Trump. The 25 Trump followers who buy the most coins by May 12 will receive "the most exclusive invitation in the world": a private gala dinner with Trump, an "ultra-exclusive private VIP reception with the President," and a tour of the White House .

Money has always played a dominant role in US politics and has spawned countless scandals. But now it's no longer about secret donations to campaign funds or shady shadow financing of parties by large corporations or billionaires. Even the conflicts of interest from Trump's first term—regularly hosting foreign diplomats in his hotels—pale in comparison to what he's doing now.

"They're directly lining the president's pockets," Bharat Ramamurti, former deputy director of the Biden administration's National Economic Council, told NBC. "This is an exchange of money for access to the president, possibly to obtain a favor potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars."

When he was still in charge of economic policy in the White House, he had to keep track of every gift from visitors, no matter how small, Ramamurti says, "even if it was only worth $25." Today, however, the president can cash in without limits through the assets he creates himself. "This is a new world in terms of ethics and any understanding of what is legal and permissible in the U.S. government," warns the economics correspondent for NBC's Axios.

Resistance is forming in the US Congress. The first comprehensive regulation of stablecoins – precisely the type of cryptocurrency into which two billion dollars are now flowing from the Emirates – was supposed to be passed this week. It would be the first major success for the crypto lobby. The so-called GENIUS Act actually had the support of ten Democrats, which are needed to pass it in the US Senate. But after Trump's Abu Dhabi deal became known, it failed in a vote on Thursday.

"The biggest corruption scandal in modern history is unfolding right now—and no one is paying attention," warned Democratic U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren earlier this week. "Trump has made it possible to buy presidential favors like tariff exemptions, pardons, and government positions with crypto payments, from which he and his family directly benefit. No one has to speculate about what will happen. None of this is happening in secret. It's happening right in front of the public eye."

 

 

Edited 7 hours ago by Dragan

[Angelia]

Mislim koliko god je zabavno da se informisete na Tik Toku I Twitteru, toliko je extremno glupo ponavljati te stvari kao da su istina.

Avion nije ponudjen Trampu, nego DoD na poklon, za koriscenje dok Boing ne zavrsi nove AirForce One, sto je direktno trolovanje Boinga koji je presao sve rokove I budzete. U predlogu, avion bi se koristio dok zamene nisu gotove, a onda bi bi bio decommissioned (znaci stavljen van funkcije) I dodeljen Trampovoj predsednickoj biblioteci kao artifact u izlozbi. Znaci nijednog trenutka ne bi bio u vlasnistvu Trampa. Prihvatanje poklona od Qatara jeste los izgled, ali je poklon namenjen USA a ne Trampu. Legalno ne postoji problem, PR izgleda lose, I nadam se da nece prihvatiti.

 

Tramp nije bankrotirao nijedan kasino, nego je 4 puta (ili 6 kako god neko racuna) podneo za Chapter 11, sto je ustvari zastita od bankrota, dok firma pregovara dugovanja. To mu je omogucilo da ispregovara potrazivanja, I proda kasina. Nije ni prvi ni poslednji koji je iskoristio taj loophole da zaradi. Trenutno se borim sa dve firme koje koriste isti sistem. Znaci ako nemate pojma o cemu se radi, ne ponavljajte medijsku pricu.

 

Tarife nisu otkazane, ustvari 10% stoji na vecinu sto nije bio slucaj pre njegovog "liberation day". Kina cak I za 90 dana "pauze" ima 30%, sto je 20% vise nego pre Aprila, Tramp je stavio 10% u prvom mandatu, Biden je to zadrzao 4 godine. Ja se nadam da ce to da dovede do smanjenja tarifa.

 

Znaci stvarno deluje da niste informisani.

Sve je to lepo, ismevate Trampa koji vam se ne svidja, ali realno posto radi (za sada), izgledate smesni.

[nonick]

Tramp dobija zlatan avion a deca da poseduju samo max dve lutke ili dva polovna autica.

 

Njemu i nije vazno kakve gluposti pravi, on samo dauradi nesto, da bi posle spasavao svet 🙂 sarlatanstvo 101. 

 

Ako dobije taj avion onda vise stvarno nema mesta za nikavku diskusiju, koji bre big Guy i zardjali pistolj od Hantera. Mafijasko burazerska tvorevina - MAGAland.

[Angelia]

Vesti: najniza inflacija od 2021. Da li ce imati uticaj od tarifa? Videcemo

[𝓑𝓪𝓫𝔂]

Idiot na delu

 

 

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted photos Sunday of him and his family swimming in Rock Creek where swimming is not allowed “due to high bacteria levels.”

 

I jos poveo decu 

[DJORDJE]

19 minutes ago, 𝓑𝓪𝓫𝔂 said:

Idiot na delu

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted photos Sunday of him and his family swimming in Rock Creek where swimming is not allowed “due to high bacteria levels.”

I jos poveo decu 

 

Treba da ga pozovu na Lido kupanje ako navrati u Srbiju, ova voda deluje mnogo cisto. Deca boze moj, okupa ih posle u varikini i popiju koju casu, po receptu Dr. Trampe.

[𝓑𝓪𝓫𝔂]

3 minutes ago, DJORDJE said:

Treba da ga pozovu na Lido kupanje ako navrati u Srbiju, ova voda deluje mnogo cisto. Deca boze moj, okupa ih posle u varikini i popiju koju casu, po receptu Dr. Trampe.

 

Citam komentare na vest pa kaze: 

 

Nadam se da su bakterije dobro

Mozda ovo i nije tako lose

 

I naravno, cisto da ne bude jedini idiot u sobi:

 

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