Svartalf wrote:a) he just might try to follow up on his bluster and leave the countries in ruins, especially if he tries to use the trump method to foreign affairs (you know, like making Mexico pay for the cost of building a certain wall, you can bet the cartels won't have it and drive the Mexican civil war into >US territory to protect their interests), or if he is too harssh with the Russians or with NKorea... he might just do a wrong move and precipitate WWIII
If you listen to his speeches, he tells you how he makes Mexico pay for the wall. He said, "Mexico must pay for the wall and, until they do, the United States will, among other things: impound all remittance payments derived from illegal wages; increase fees on all temporary visas issued to Mexican CEOs and diplomats (and if necessary cancel them); increase fees on all border crossing cards of which we issue about 1 million to Mexican nationals each year (a major source of visa overstays); increase fees on all NAFTA worker visas from Mexico (another major source of overstays); and increase fees at ports of entry to the United States from Mexico [Tariffs and foreign aid cuts are also options]. We will not be taken advantage of anymore."
So, what he means is, that if Mexico doesn't want to pay for the wall, we'll charge them for it through other means.
If the argument against building a wall is that the Mexican drug cartels have business interests in the US which will be impacted, and they might become violent if we cut off the flow of drugs and money across the border, then that's an argument FOR the wall, not against it.
With regarding to being "harsh" -- have you seen what Hillary has said about Iran? She said in 2008 if she were elected President she would "obliterate" Iran, basically if they made one false move. I mean, there are other Presidential candidates saying they would never deal with Putin, because he's a dictator and a tyrant (Cruz). Trump says that he would have no problem working with Putin. Hillary Clinton says that Vladimir Putin is like Adolph Hitler, and she told Boris Johnson that the Europeans were "too wimpy" in their approach to Putin. Trump has said many times that the US should work together with Russia and more closely with Russia.
But, you think Trump is the loose cannon and not Hillary? Saying the president of Russia is comparable to Adolph Hitler? That's Presidential, but Trump is a loose cannon because he will work closely with Putin?
Trump was against the Iraq War, Hillary was for it. Cruz was for it. Trump was against the Libya war. Hillary was for it.
I'm not in favor of a wall, incidentally. I disagree with Trump on that.
Svartalf wrote:
b) he's very skilled at bankrupting things and leaving others to take the fall, so even if he doesn't cause WWIII, he might just destroy the economy.
Most successful businesspeople and inventors filed bankruptcy. Henry Ford filed bankruptcy twice.
Prez. Abraham Lincoln filed bankruptcy twice.
Prez. Ulysses S. Grant filed bankruptcy.
Prez. William McKinley filed bankruptcy.
Popular liberal Presidential candidate George McGovern filed bankruptcy
Walt Disney, Mark Twain, Rembrandt, the list goes on and on.
Trump's bankruptcies were Chapter 11, Reorganization, for casinos, not personal bankruptcy, by the way.
Two of Hillary Clinton's biggest supporters, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup filed bankruptcy. Chrysler and General Motors filed bankruptcy. Apple Computers. Texaco Oil. Lehman Bros.
The notion that trump casinos filing chapter 11 means Trump is a liability on the economy is just a major misunderstanding of what bankruptcy is.
Svartalf wrote:
Hillary... tell me that the others don't support TAFTA, NAFTA, GATT and the rest... She's more concerned with having power than in exercizing it, she won't do a wrong move to avoid putting her situation in jeopardy. she wants to be a two temr president, so she can't alienate the voter.
Trump does not -- unless there are provisions leveling the playing field. That's the whole crux of his campaign. That the US is being killed by these trade deals which the other countries cheat on.
And, your argument for Hillary is that she is more concerned with having power than exercising it so she won't really do anything to change the status quo. Compelling.
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar