Posted on 07/30/2017 5:24:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Not the supposed protectionist Donald Trump, but the “free trade” wing of the Republican Party has taken the United States into a trade war that it can only lose. New sanctions against Russia passed by the House and Senate last week force Europe into a de facto alliance with Russia against the United States, and by extension with China as well. It is the dumbest and most self-destructive act of economic self-harm since the United States de-linked the dollar from gold on August 15, 1971, and it will have devastating consequences. The charade in the House and Senate may embarrass Trump, but it also poses a threat to European energy supplies as well as an extraterritorial intrusion into European governance. Berlin, Paris and Rome will conspire with Moscow to circumvent the sanctions while attacking the United States at the World Trade Organization and other international fora.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), and their counterparts in the House of Representatives allowed their dudgeon against a sometimes provocative president to overwhelm their sense of self-preservation. The sanctions will hurt Russia, but not nearly as much as they will hurt the United States over the long term. The White House envisioned sanctions as a bargaining chip, to be used to persuade Moscow to behave in the Ukraine and to limit the ambitions of its Iranian ally of convenience. In their present form, however, the president will have no authority to remove sanctions imposed by Congress. That turns a feint into a threat. Wars have been started over less.
The Democrats along with the McCain Republicans, it will be remembered, accused Trump of undermining the Atlantic Alliance....
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There is a report now that McJudas had a phone conversation with Joe Biden before the vote. Regardless, he is a liar, a flat, bald face liar. War hero be damned. Hero is not what I call liars.
So, then....basically all the words in this lengthy article boil down to McCain, and the establishment have screwed us again.
Yes that did. Particularly MC Cain. The only silver lining to an otherwise dark, black cloud is that those in Arizona that voted for Mc Cain were screwed by him too.
I believe the American people will be much better off without the thumbs down “leadership” of John McCain. His bitterness has turned itself on the American people.
However, I wish his departure would have been by defeat at the polls instead of his current predicament. I wouldn’t wish that one on anyone.
Use his Mob name of Ice Pick!
His current predicament is is reward for a life spent in furtherance of Juan McAmnesty, not the public benefit.
While I don’t wish it on anyone, it’s just deserts for him.
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Multiple Hill staffers confirm last night McCain was heard laughing w Dems and remarked, “Lets see Donald make america great again now”
1:33 PM - 28 Jul 2017
McCain has turned out to be a bigger embarrassment to America than Joe Biden...and that's pretty embarrassing. At least slow Joe didn't do too much harm. McCain not the same. Hopefully, we will be "over" McCain soon.
I never could understand how mccain the zero was labeled a hero.
I would say versus McCain first. McCain does have a foundation like the Clintons.
McCain will be a punchline in jokes for years to come. Not very funny right now.
Wow. I’m ashamed to have voted for him (it was really a vote for Sarah Palin and against Obama).
Just can’t express just how much I dislike McNuts! Worthless POS!
Article 1 Section 3 states that no person who has aided enemies of the United States is allowed to serve in the Senate. As McCain helped fund radical Muslims in Syria, he shouldn’t be eligible to be serving presently.
They should all be hung for treason , the traitors!
Obama was adding 97,000 pages of government regulations per year. Trump is reducing government regulations which is resulting in the stock market reaching a new record every day. Idiot democrats/socialists government is not the solution to our problems government is the problem.
The Obama economy is why liberals/democrats live in their parent's basement after graduating from the gov funded college.
McAinal = MALA!*
MALA = Make America Last Again
Before he dies I wish a reputable investigator would go after McCain’s despicable actions while a POW. He’s been skating in his POW “hero” image since 1973. It’s about time the real story of the Songbird is exposed for all to see. He’s as been a disaster for veterans since he got in the senate and he’s best friends with traitor John Kerry,
Requirements to be a U.S. Senator are established in Article I, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution.
In addition, the post-Civil War Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits any person who has taken any federal or state oath swearing to support the Constitution, but later took part in a rebellion or otherwise aided any enemy of the U.S. from serving in the House or Senate.
https://www.thoughtco.com/requirements-to-be-a-senator-3322307
same here
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