Let us not forget Obama attending a baseball game in Cuba with his good friend Castro !!!

Who cares? It's not the 60s.

Trump's allegiance to Putin is far more troubling than any other president's relationship to Cuba.

You are mistaken once again, I need to remind you that Hillary was the one receiving millions of dollars from Russians contributing to her foundation so that she can deliver the 20% uranium to Putin.

Castro regime are still killing, torturing and imprisoning innocent people. 60's excuse does not hold water.

yeah he was pretty damn bad. Didnt seem to give a shit about actual americans which is classic liberal

Sometimes I wonder what planet they come from.

Trump regime is torturing and imprisoning too. Children, at that.

No, but this picture, which is the poster child of this topic, wasn't snatched by border agents but was instead taken away with her mother, not seperated

Me too

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http://www.breitbart.com/national-s...ets-dmz-receive-service-members-remains/

U.S. Sends 100 Caskets to DMZ to Receive Service Members’ Remains

America's political system is the real problem IMO, they created a president like Trump.

The same system created a president like Obama

Delusional again

Hard to argue with this.

One could easily say that this has been Trump's America for 30 years now. For that time his name has been synonymous with douchebag capitalism and narcissism. Maybe it's not that Trump became president, but that the presidency came to him. The White House finally succumbed to the same low brow reality tv culture that the rest of the country has.

Trump obliterates whatever standards there were to becoming president. Literally anyone can take that White House now. Kim Kardashian. Any argument that she couldn't win would sound similar to the same arguments that Trump couldn't win. OJ Simpson could become president.

This is a component of the 21st century we weren't prepared for. We thought the future would bring us great advancements. Cures for diseases. World peace. An end to poverty. Instead, it brought us Donald Trump.

Yes, he was like Trump a highly polarizing figure, but at least he elevated America's image abroad.

I guess you have a point,with appeasement, Obama did elevate his image.

So the system works some of the times based on peoples image of the president.

You say that like it's a bad thing. I'm glad Donald is the President. He's doing a much better job than Hillary would be at this point!

Thank you Oaks you made Trump's case.

World peace: Trump has destroyed most of ISIS, got an agreement with Jong Un, got Nato nations to spend more money on defence

Cures for diseases: The economy is prospering so people have more money to donate for research on diseases.

End Poverty: Trump created more jobs & Americans are at an all time low unemployment in decades. More people out of poverty & food stamps

Great Advancements: Trump created a space force, made America energy self sufficient,

It only works if the President stands above both parties and tries to unite the country. I agree Clinton would bealso a bad choice with so many enemies, but at least we abroad knew with what America we would be dealing trump is unpredictable.

Trumps unpredictability is a positive. You watch, he will get an immigration bill. If Trump was president of germany or france, both countries would still have a culture rather than being polluted with garbage.

Trump as a politician,has kept most of his promises thus far and the ones he hasn't delivered is the fault of congress.

He is direct and says what he is going to do. Some of these world leaders abroad challenged him from the very beginning rather than work with him.
I say some of the problems they have now is of their own doing.
Trump as president was courageous enough to question some of the wrong doings that exist.

Example: Countries not paying fair share
- United nations expenses
- Nato defense
-Trade imbalances
-Tariffs imposed by other countries on America are much higher

Trump said from the very beginning that he wants fair trade. He recognized these trade imbalances and it favors other countries more than it favors America.
It is natural to assume that any president willing to correct this imbalance will not be viewed with a good image abroad.
America has enough debt and does not need to burden itself by giving free money to industrial countries that can afford to pay their own.

There's nothing wrong with trade defecits or imbalances, especially bilateral ones. Most economists see them largely as the result of bigger economic forces: Americans spend more than they produce, and imports fill the gap

A trade defecit means the dollar is strong, which is a good thing.

If you think of economics as a competitive game among nations, who wins? The winner is the nation that provides the most goods and services to its citizens. A trade deficit with China means we end up with more goods and services than they do. We win. Although I was never big on the Chicago School types, I thought Milton Friedman explained this concept very clearly: when we give someone a little stuff and get a whole bunch of stuff back, we're winning. It's not that hard to understand.

They end up with more currency, but you can’t eat currency or build stuff with it.

In the steel example, by importing steel, we end up with more steel than if we made it ourselves. That means we can make more of the stuff that needs steel. That results in additional jobs in those manufacturing sectors. It also means that product made with steel are cheaper for everyone.

You make a compelling argument as usual. Lets concentrate on Milton Friedman concept which I happen to agree by the way.
So what has America gotten back over the last decade(s).
More unemployment , manufacturing jobs disappearing, jobs going abroad. Any logical person will see that there is something wrong with this picture. The trend has been going in one direction. So it is false to assume that Milton Friedman's concept will work in all situations.
I don't blame his concept I blame the politicians that veered away and allowed countries such as China to cheat and steal American technology.
Politicians turned a blind eye to this and Trump is correcting it. He is not against trade, he wants fair trade is that too much to ask ?

Trumps goal is not to create tariffs, on the contrary he wants to eliminate them all together. He is using his negotiating skills to achieve that goal.

You impose tariffs on countries that have high tariffs on American goods for the purpose of convincing them to lower or eliminate tariffs.
It may or not work but it is worth a try but I am confident it will.

The difference is that it's Trump's words and actions that are polarizing. Obama's mere skin color was polarizing.

I really don't care do u?

Fake News.

No, It was his elite attitude and socialist beliefs that did Obama in.

I do care.