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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 11:28 AM Aug 2019

The Chosen One issues decree: "Our great American companies are hereby ordered to..."

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

Our Country has lost, stupidly, Trillions of Dollars with China over many years. They have stolen our Intellectual Property at a rate of Hundreds of Billions of Dollars a year, & they want to continue. I won’t let that happen! We don’t need China and, frankly, would be far....

10:59 AM · Aug 23, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

....better off without them. The vast amounts of money made and stolen by China from the United States, year after year, for decades, will and must STOP. Our great American companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternative to China, including bringing..

10:59 AM · Aug 23, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

....your companies HOME and making your products in the USA. I will be responding to China’s Tariffs this afternoon. This is a GREAT opportunity for the United States. Also, I am ordering all carriers, including Fed Ex, Amazon, UPS and the Post Office, to SEARCH FOR & REFUSE,....

10:59 AM · Aug 23, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

....all deliveries of Fentanyl from China (or anywhere else!). Fentanyl kills 100,000 Americans a year. President Xi said this would stop - it didn’t. Our Economy, because of our gains in the last 2 1/2 years, is MUCH larger than that of China. We will keep it that way!

10:59 AM · Aug 23, 2019·Twitter for iPhone


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The Chosen One issues decree: "Our great American companies are hereby ordered to..." (Original Post) Miles Archer Aug 2019 OP
Does he think using the word "hereby" makes his babble official/legally binding? RockRaven Aug 2019 #1
He can't spell theirfour dalton99a Aug 2019 #12
Fiat via Twitter? Skraxx Aug 2019 #2
He is truly bat shit crazy. nt Phoenix61 Aug 2019 #3
So, when the Deplorables end up squabbling over who gets to eat the last cockroach... Girard442 Aug 2019 #4
Effin' Mad BBG Aug 2019 #5
Huh. MontanaMama Aug 2019 #6
Yeah, CEO's LOVE to be told what to do by government officials... Aristus Aug 2019 #7
Damnit, people, just do what he says dalton99a Aug 2019 #8
The word 'fascism' doesn't seem to faze RWers Cirque du So-What Aug 2019 #9
Ordered? exboyfil Aug 2019 #10
He could easily create a financial incentive for companies to hire Americans Clash City Rocker Aug 2019 #11
Correction: "Our country has lost trillions of dollars to my stupid tax cut for billionaires" world wide wally Aug 2019 #13
+1 dalton99a Aug 2019 #17
The original stone tablet and lightning bolt messaging was so much better NRaleighLiberal Aug 2019 #14
I would love it if Fedex or UPS tweeted back MontanaMama Aug 2019 #15
And the market immediately drops Brother Buzz Aug 2019 #16
The Trump crime family is making a shit load of money from his official pronouncements dalton99a Aug 2019 #18
He is probably raking in money hand over fist by selling then tanking shraby Aug 2019 #19
He is not dumb. He knows what he says moves markets. dalton99a Aug 2019 #20
Today was a twofer Brother Buzz Aug 2019 #21

RockRaven

(14,783 posts)
1. Does he think using the word "hereby" makes his babble official/legally binding?
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 11:30 AM
Aug 2019

Or does he think it makes him sounds smart?

Girard442

(6,059 posts)
4. So, when the Deplorables end up squabbling over who gets to eat the last cockroach...
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 11:33 AM
Aug 2019

...do you suppose they’ll still believe trade wars are easy to win?

BBG

(2,476 posts)
5. Effin' Mad
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 11:34 AM
Aug 2019

The fucking guy is out of his freaking head.

Hereby ordered and ordering:
He’s mad as in insane.
He’s mad as in angry.
He’s inept and out of his league.
He’s overdue retirement and replacement.

Cirque du So-What

(25,812 posts)
9. The word 'fascism' doesn't seem to faze RWers
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 11:39 AM
Aug 2019

but how's the word 'communism' set with ya? Even Stalin went through the motions of working with the politburo.

Clash City Rocker

(3,379 posts)
11. He could easily create a financial incentive for companies to hire Americans
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 11:40 AM
Aug 2019

If he actually cared about that as more than just a talking point.

shraby

(21,946 posts)
19. He is probably raking in money hand over fist by selling then tanking
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 11:57 AM
Aug 2019

the market with a pronouncement, buying back in at a much lower price then changing his mind in order to get it to go up again.

Talk about playing the market, he's doing it in spades.

Brother Buzz

(36,214 posts)
21. Today was a twofer
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 12:19 PM
Aug 2019

He tanks the market and stabs Fed Chairman Jay Powel in the back in one thrust; this retaliation and revenge thing is real strong with the orange anus.

"My only question is, who is our bigger enemy, Jay Powel or Chairman Xi?"

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