Gotta hope and pray the next month opens a lot more eyes to reality.
If Obama or Biden taken care of it, then our economy would be much better. It would be a nightmare if they actually produced one be cause they could nuclear extort the entire world and let only the ones they approve of to have oil. We have enough of our own, but prices would necessarily double for Iran to recoup their billions. They would put a 50% toll on oil.
I have not seen any articles about the abuse Iran caused their neighbors. I am not referring to the news of bombing or other attacks, my area of question is about using your neighbors as a form of leverage in the war. The Persian and Arab relationships has a always been difficult, now it has turned into a deadly contest.
I think over a period of time, say 10 years there will be payback. Not in the way of war, but financial. My feelings is that the other Middle Eastern Nations will not forget and will block Iran every way they can.
War is fine if all it means is disabling your enemy by pushing a button.
I have never seen any President like him, and I started watching LBJ, of at least that was when I became aware and followed to a degree what was going on.
Dan Bongino describes Trump as a very accomplished "Level 10 Decision Maker". (As Bongino describes it in the position of President, you are mostly seeing "Level 10 Decisions" because, otherwise...those decisions would never have made it to him. In a well functioning system, those decisions are made by someone below you.)
He says that Trump lets everyone speak their piece, actually listens to what they say, and then makes the decision. And when he understand the choices, hd makes the decision, it gets moved on.
Honestly, there were two things in particular that Trump did in his first term, that just blew me away and converted me from a "Let's wait and see what he can do" voter into a "I will crawl on broken glass to vote for this man again" voter.
One was moving the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. EVERYONE told Trump it couldn't be done, the world will ignite, cats and dogs will sleep with each other, and so on. And he shrugged his shoulders and...
Just.
Did.
It.
And absolutely nothing happened. EVERY "expert" on the Middle East and International affairs, former State Department big-wigs, and other diplomats all over the world predicted doom. And nothing happened.
And what's more, Trump acted as if he knew nothing was going to happen. I never even hear him boast about it, but I am sure I just missed him when he did. Amazing. 13 Presidents, and nobody had the guts to move the embassy. And then-he-did-it.
Then, he withdrew from the Paris Climate Accord. He did it in the Rose Garden on an international scale to both Rose Garden attendees (to their faces) and broadcast around the world, he discussed Climate Change using the terms that we understand it in: "Scam". To their faces. He called it, in front of the world, and to their faces that it was a wealth distribution scheme. He said:
"...The agreement is a massive redistribution of United States wealth to other countries..."
YOU, Libloather, knew that. I knew that. Anyone with two functioning brain cells to rub together would know that. So he laid it out. And then he said to close his speech:
As President, I have one obligation, and that obligation is to the American people. The Paris Accord would undermine our economy, hamstring our workers, weaken our sovereignty, impose unacceptable legal risks, and put us at a permanent disadvantage to the other countries of the world. It is time to exit the Paris Accord — (applause) — and time to pursue a new deal that protects the environment, our companies, our citizens, and our country.
It is time to put Youngstown, Ohio, Detroit, Michigan, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — along with many, many other locations within our great country — before Paris, France. It is time to make America great again. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much."
And it was at this point I became a "Broken Glass Voter" for Donald Trump.
And...he has shut down illegal entry into the country and deported those already here illegally. What other President has ever done that?
And he has actually reduced the size of Government. What other President has ever done that?
And he did these momentous things. And many more. He made them happen.
He sees things that are wrong and he takes decisive and immediate action.
So, yeah. I think he is the best and most aggressive (for Good) President in my lifetime. And if I could crawl on broken glass to vote for him again, I would do it. We will not see the likes of him again. Or at least, I won't.
Iran’s currency hits new record low as war destroys country’s economy
Definitely the greatest President in my memory - despite what the TDS trolls and whiners here think, he has a plan and he carries it out without going the instant genocide route against the Iranians that wish to be free - and if Thune and company would get on-board, we could be in so much a better place.
If Trump can get most of the world’s oil & gas reserves under US control and / or strong leverage...