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JERUSALEM Within days of Donald J. Trumps election to the presidency, Jerusalems city planning chief declared an end to the era of holding up new housing for Jewish residents in contentious neighborhoods out of deference to American objections.
Last week, he followed through, advancing a long-delayed plan to build 500 homes, a down payment on thousands more to come. The mayors office insisted that the timing was coincidental and the decision not political. But the planning chief made clear that he saw a green light to proceed now that Trump had won.
Call it the Trump Effect. Around the world, his election is already shaping events or at least perceived to be shaping them even though he will not take office for seven more weeks. Companies hoping to profit from Mr. Trumps economic policies have seen shares soar. Countries fearing his anti-trade stance have seen the value of their currencies plunge against the dollar. Governments are recalibrating policies on trade, defense and immigration.
The behavior of the global markets toward Mr. Trump has been uneven. By Monday, the dollar was slipping and bond markets were rallying, partly over a rethinking about whether Mr. Trumps presidency will result in inflation, an expectation that many traders have been calling Trumpflation.'>>>
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/28/world/middleeast/trump-effect-is-already-shaping-events-around-the-world.html?
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(14,668 posts)elleng
(130,865 posts)MineralMan
(146,286 posts)what Trump will do. Just wait until he's in office and actually starts doing random, poorly considered things. And he will. I don't think he has a strategic thought in his brain. What he does he will do without any consideration of its impact on anything, and the result is likely to be chaotic.
Trump has no center. He has no clear direction in mind. He will act erratically and illogically, I have no doubt, though, and there will be consequences for his actions that he will not anticipate. He is not a bright fellow.
elleng
(130,865 posts)and the result is likely to be chaotic.
Trump has no center. He has no clear direction in mind. He will act erratically and illogically.'
"Some countries are trying to figure out how to respond in other ways. Leaders of NATO allies are looking at increasing military spending in response to Mr. Trumps insistence that they pay a greater share of their defense. Lithuania last week chose a new prime minister who renewed the nations promise to raise security spending.
In the Philippines, where President Rodrigo Duterte has feuded with President Obama, the government has tried to gain favor in Mr. Trumps Washington. Mr. Duterte named as his new trade envoy to the United States Jose E.B. Antonio, a real estate tycoon who is helping build Trump Tower Manila. After Britain rebuffed Mr. Trumps suggestion to name Nigel Farage, a leader of the Brexit campaign to leave the European Union, as ambassador to the United States, the Times of London reported that Mr. Farage may move to America anyway.
In many places, there is still much head scratching over Mr. Trump."
MANative
(4,112 posts)Trump will undoubtedly go down as a drastically worse president than even Calvin Coolidge.
MineralMan
(146,286 posts)I'm old, but not that old.
He was President when my still-living parents were born, though, so there is that connection.
MANative
(4,112 posts)Most analysis I've read points to Coolidge as our worst president for being particularly disengaged, intellectually incurious, lazy, and ineffectual. Seems like he's Trump's role model, and he's going to try to one-up him.
MineralMan
(146,286 posts)We may not get that with The Donald. In fact, we have no idea what he's going to do.
MANative
(4,112 posts)screaming from the top of the Empire State Building at the top of my lungs, or in public on-line forums, about every gawd-awful, stupid, and horrifying thing he is likely to do. I'm guessing I'll be doing some of both.
eleny
(46,166 posts)MineralMan
(146,286 posts)We'll get the Western Hemisphere in exchange, maybe. Who knows?
eleny
(46,166 posts)Txbluedog
(1,128 posts)North Korea or Iran?