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| Thiessen: Past few weeks have been the best of Trump's presidency |
| 2019-12-19 |
| GazetteExtra via Instapundit The House of Representatives will soon impeach President Trump. Yet these past few weeks have arguably been the best of Trump’s presidency‐not despite impeachment, but in no small part because of it. Consider the string of successes Trump has racked up in recent days. First came news that the U.S. economy added 266,000 jobs in November, far exceeding economic forecasts. Not only that, but the Bureau of Labor Statistics also revised the August and September jobs reports upward, adding 41,000 more jobs to the Trump economic record. And a new Quinnipiac poll found that 57% of Americans said they are better off financially since Trump took office. In a move that will further bolster the economy, Trump reached agreement with House Democrats to move forward on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), giving the president a major win. Within days, Trump also reached a "Phase 1" trade deal with China, postponing new tariffs on Chinese goods that were set to kick in and cutting tariffs on some Chinese products he had previously imposed in half. The administration expects a $200 billion boost in exports over two years from the deal. Both deals will certainly bolster the president’s standing with the rural and working-class voters who defected to Trump from the Democrats in 2016. That’s not all. Trump also reached agreement with Democrats on a spending bill averting a government shutdown. He secured Democratic support on a tax bill that would repeal three Obamacare taxes, including the "Cadillac tax" on high-cost employer-sponsored health insurance‐a major win for union workers. And the House approved a $738 billion defense spending bill that would authorize the creation of his Space Force and his parental leave policy for federal workers, while not including restrictions Democrats had threatened on use of defense dollars to build a border wall. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #4 And yet the huge omnibus spending bill with every goody Pelosi wanted in it passed yesterday. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2019-12-19 07:39 |
| #3 "It's the economy stupid." |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-12-19 04:56 |
| #2 Landslide a-comin'. Pay no attention to that Shitshow in DC. Novemba 2020 gon' be heah sooner than you tink. |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-12-19 02:17 |
| #1 There's a local (ME) saying: "Dogs bark but the caravan keeps going". |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-12-19 02:09 |