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demmiblue

(36,823 posts)
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 06:46 AM Jul 2017

President Trump: U.S. Economy Is Making Everyone Rich Except Me

Source: Time/AP


Polish President Andrzej Duda (R) and US President Donald Trump hold a joint press conference at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland, July 6, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) SAUL LOEB—AFP/Getty Images


President Donald Trump says that everyone is benefiting from a thriving U.S. economy, except for him.

Trump bragged about recent stock market gains as he addressed a summit with the leaders of the Three Seas Initiative in Warsaw, Poland.

But he says: "Personally I've picked up nothing."

He adds: "that's all right. Everyone else is getting very rich. That's ok, I'm very happy."

Read more: http://time.com/4846719/donald-trump-us-economy-rich-poland/?utm_campaign=time&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&xid=time_socialflow_twitter

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President Trump: U.S. Economy Is Making Everyone Rich Except Me (Original Post) demmiblue Jul 2017 OP
offs Kali Jul 2017 #1
By The Old Gods and The New !!!!!!!!! Every Word out of this Imbecile's Mouth ResistantAmerican17 Jul 2017 #2
+1 riversedge Jul 2017 #15
But this isn't a strategy; an idiot like this HAS NO STRATEGY. He is incapable of Nay Jul 2017 #21
Then resign you greedy asshole IronLionZion Jul 2017 #3
Damn, wouldn't you know it,... Ferretherder Jul 2017 #4
George Soros rpannier Jul 2017 #6
Don't Forget RobinA Jul 2017 #8
Maybe delayed due to the Independence Day Holiday? Coventina Jul 2017 #27
Yeah, I know, huh? Ferretherder Jul 2017 #28
By "everyone" he must mean Scarsdale Jul 2017 #5
What utter nonsense. gademocrat7 Jul 2017 #7
Ah, such noble sacrifice for the country's sake! trusty elf Jul 2017 #9
Well I do have riches that this man will never understand. logosoco Jul 2017 #10
You are certainly right about that. janx Jul 2017 #30
The actual economy is not the stock market Progressive dog Jul 2017 #11
Attorney fees and settling lawsuits tend to do that KRISITNA Jul 2017 #12
What's he talking about? no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 #13
WTF is his problem? yuiyoshida Jul 2017 #14
How does he know that? MGKrebs Jul 2017 #16
i'm sick and tired bora13 Jul 2017 #17
The usual lying sack of shit! dmosh42 Jul 2017 #18
Such a classy dude. Makes me proud to be 'Murkan. Nitram Jul 2017 #19
oh just shut the fuck up.... dhill926 Jul 2017 #20
+1 hamsterjill Jul 2017 #24
STFU, you lying sack of shit! smirkymonkey Jul 2017 #22
I love when he talks off the top of his head oberliner Jul 2017 #23
He's simply repulsive. hamsterjill Jul 2017 #25
He needs to make some money SCantiGOP Jul 2017 #26
He is They_Live Jul 2017 #29
oaf. truthisfreedom Jul 2017 #31

ResistantAmerican17

(3,795 posts)
2. By The Old Gods and The New !!!!!!!!! Every Word out of this Imbecile's Mouth
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 06:53 AM
Jul 2017

is straight out of upside down world. Distraction and exhaustion. That has to be what the Orange Fool's strategy has to be. Distract us from his party's determination to eviscerate the nation, and exhaust us with his inane drivel.

Nay

(12,051 posts)
21. But this isn't a strategy; an idiot like this HAS NO STRATEGY. He is incapable of
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 10:30 AM
Jul 2017

doing something as nuanced as 'developing a strategy.'

This is the lashing out of a bully, a mental deficient, a spoiled rich brat, and a monumental ego all wrapped up in an ugly suit.

Ferretherder

(1,445 posts)
4. Damn, wouldn't you know it,...
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 06:57 AM
Jul 2017

...they haven't mailed my ' surprise-you-are-very-wealthy' check, yet. Why didn't anybody tell me this was coming?!
...heck, he might not be as horrible as I thought he was!

RobinA

(9,886 posts)
8. Don't Forget
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 07:42 AM
Jul 2017

Obama. I saw a guy looking an awful lot like Obama (wink, wink) walking down a street near my house a couple weeks ago. It was probably him, one of Obama's secret army guys out looking for guns to confiscate. Found my check instead!


Coventina

(27,057 posts)
27. Maybe delayed due to the Independence Day Holiday?
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 12:54 PM
Jul 2017

Those lousy gov't workers get the day off for that, ya know!!

I better get mine in today's mail!!!

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
5. By "everyone" he must mean
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 07:10 AM
Jul 2017

his "kids" As Beavis Jr.. said "The money is flowing in from Russia" Then there is the "leadership" in the gop, padding their Pac and the RNC with Russian $$$. I know of nobody who is getting rich with this deranged fool in the WH.

gademocrat7

(10,644 posts)
7. What utter nonsense.
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 07:36 AM
Jul 2017

Another overseas visit to further embarrass our country. A disgraceful display of incompetence and lying.

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
10. Well I do have riches that this man will never understand.
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 07:53 AM
Jul 2017

Honesty, empathy for my fellow beings, respect for the earth, compassion, love, peace.

Those are worth far more than anything on the economic scale. Many of the folks like trump with big bank accounts are lacking in the ability to pick up those things.

janx

(24,128 posts)
30. You are certainly right about that.
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 07:54 PM
Jul 2017

He has never had those riches; apparently he has never been exposed to them or taught about them.

Can he be moved by a painting, other than his perception of its value or how it appears on his gold wallpaper? Has he ever taken music lessons and felt the thrill of how his ears and brain work? Has he ever read literature and been mesmerized or pissed off or puzzled by it? Has he ever kicked back with people who are rich, poor, in between? Has he ever challenged himself to manual labor, even painting a fence or learning how to repair a lamp? Has he ever had to take care of a dying or incapacitated relative? Has he ever watched the stars from a gravel bar on a river? Studied a language? Grown his own food--hell, prepared his own food? Planted flower seeds?

Progressive dog

(6,899 posts)
11. The actual economy is not the stock market
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 08:08 AM
Jul 2017

In the last twenty years, we have had two stock market crashes following bubbles; the tech stock bubble and the housing bubble.
Since our economic growth is at a 2% pace, there is no rational reason why the stock market is up more than 15%. We are in the orange shit gibbon bubble.
From today's NY Times
"Hopes of ‘Trump Bump’ for U.S. Economy Shrink as Growth Forecasts Fade"
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/business/economy/united-states-economy-gdp-trump.html

SCantiGOP

(13,865 posts)
26. He needs to make some money
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 12:46 PM
Jul 2017

Fighting impeachment and trying to stay out of jail is going to be very expensive.

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