tradewar Trump Secures $1T In New Investments

[gatomontes99]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-us-adding-1-160334777.html

Trump says US adding $1 trillion of investment with Saudi trip

"With this trip, we're adding over $1 trillion more in terms of investment into our country and buying our products," Trump told the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Riyadh.

(Reporting by Gram Slattery; Writing by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Mark Porter)

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I think this brings the total to $6T in investments in the US and there are 80+ countries to go.

[Michael Hardner]

"Trump says..."

[Michael Hardner]

Remember this?

 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-touts-job-creation-at-foxconn-groundbreaking-in-wisconsin-1266276931894&ved=2ahUKEwiL8czQvqGNAxUJCnkGHV7yEUAQwqsBegQIAhAF&usg=AOvVaw36lp25bDaSlF1w6kk55CpD

 

The 13000+ jobs he touted ended up being less than 1200.

 

His problem is that he doesn't know what he's doing and doesn't listen to others.

 

Just more hype.

[WestCanMan]

4 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said:

"Trump says..."

So sayeth the guy who says "Carney says...".

Just sayin'. 

[WestCanMan]

4 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said:

Remember this?

 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-touts-job-creation-at-foxconn-groundbreaking-in-wisconsin-1266276931894&ved=2ahUKEwiL8czQvqGNAxUJCnkGHV7yEUAQwqsBegQIAhAF&usg=AOvVaw36lp25bDaSlF1w6kk55CpD

 

The 13000+ jobs he touted ended up being less than 1200.

 

His problem is that he doesn't know what he's doing and doesn't listen to others.

 

Just more hype.

If the jobs pay enough then spin-off jobs will also be created. 

Some plants/factories generate enough wealth to support entire communities. 

Contrast that with a leftist quote about job creation, which always means "more gov't sector waste" instead of economic growth. 

Edited May 13, 2025 by WestCanMan

[CdnFox]

If the investiment is real it'll show up in job and wage growth and GDP.  There's no arguing it then. 

 

[Michael Hardner]

1 hour ago, WestCanMan said:

So sayeth the guy who says "Carney says...".

Just sayin'. 

I don't think I would use Carney as a source for his own achievements. 

Like... The economy is going to grow next year because Carney says...

That's not a good cite.

[WestCanMan]

6 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said:

I don't think I would use Carney as a source for his own achievements. 

Like... The economy is going to grow next year because Carney says...

Carney is the accepted source for his own achievements here in Canada. Where have you been the past 2 months?

Carney is "the guy to stand up to Trump" because Carney says that Trump talks respectfully to him about Canada on the phone. 

[eyeball]

I guess butchering journalists pays these days. Its like sending lawyers to the bottom of the sea. Who's going to complain?

[WestCanMan]

1 hour ago, eyeball said:

I guess butchering journalists pays these days. Its like sending lawyers to the bottom of the sea. Who's going to complain?

Wow. You sure have a long memory for crimes committed by governments overseas. 

[WestCanMan]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/05/13/trump-middle-east-visit-live-updates-musk-altman-and-other-billionaires-join-trump-in-saudi-arabia-inking-billions-in-deals/

• Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the kingdom would aim to increase its total investment to $1 trillion—a figure Trump has repeatedly urged Riyadh to agree to.

$1 trillion. 

[Deluge]

16 hours ago, Michael Hardner said:

Remember this?

 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-touts-job-creation-at-foxconn-groundbreaking-in-wisconsin-1266276931894&ved=2ahUKEwiL8czQvqGNAxUJCnkGHV7yEUAQwqsBegQIAhAF&usg=AOvVaw36lp25bDaSlF1w6kk55CpD

 

The 13000+ jobs he touted ended up being less than 1200.

 

His problem is that he doesn't know what he's doing and doesn't listen to others.

 

Just more hype.

That was a long time ago - his first term. 

Let's see how things shake out this time around. We're only 4 months in.  

[Nationalist]

15 hours ago, Michael Hardner said:

I don't think I would use Carney as a source for his own achievements. 

Like... The economy is going to grow next year because Carney says...

That's not a good cite.

Michael Michael Michael...

Why do you insist on playing these transparent games? Just clear your slate and come clean.

Admit that you despise everything Trump and would cut off your right ear if you thought it would damage the guy.

The carney is in Trump's pocket. 

"Elbows Up" was nothing more than just another lie...that you fell for.

You been had Michael. 

 

[Radiorum]

20 hours ago, gatomontes99 said:

Trump says US adding $1 trillion of investment with Saudi trip

A drop in the bucket compared to the trillions lost in the stock market under his mismanagement, but anyways ...

First, Trump has to pause the the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 

[eyeball]

13 hours ago, WestCanMan said:

Wow. You sure have a long memory for crimes committed by governments overseas. 

 It was only 7 years ago. Is there a new statute of limitation on murder that I'm unaware of?

[gatomontes99]

23 minutes ago, Radiorum said:

A drop in the bucket compared to the trillions lost in the stock market under his mismanagement, but anyways ...

First, Trump has to pause the the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 

You really do live in a fantasy world, don't you?

Let's talk about reality:

All three indexes (Dow Jones, S&P 500 and NASDAQ) are flat YTD. There is zero loss in wealth.

 

[CdnFox]

1 hour ago, gatomontes99 said:

 

All three indexes (Dow Jones, S&P 500 and NASDAQ) are flat YTD. There is zero loss in wealth.

 

Flat IS a drop in wealth. Inflation continues. And that's substantial opportunity cost. 

However once again, this is the early stage and it's entirely possible that trump's plans, which include rate cuts which are about to happen, won't produce a longer term benefit that grossly exceeds the small losses to date. 

If i buy a house today and fix it up I 'Lose" money. But if i sell it for double the price in 6 months after the renos are done, it's be pretty stupid to worry about that initial "loss" wouldn't it.  If i can't sell it then yeah, it's a loss. 

You guys are arguing over something we won't be able to see for months. You and @Radiorum both should agree to sit back and wait till ACTUAL results are in. Anyone who thinks that massive national changes to the economy have their final effects in just a month are kidding themselves. The tariff increases in inflation haven't even hit yet, and on the other side when stability hits the money sitting on the sidelines might just come off the benches in droves.  And the tax breaks may help with that. 

We don't know what's going to happen it is WAAAAAY too soon for anyone to be saying it's a disaster or that it's going great, the plan is in motion but it isn't even fully implemented yet and it's fun to comment as it goes on various things but lets not evaluate it's success till it's actually time to do so. 

[Radiorum]

2 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

too soon for anyone to be saying it's a disaster

Uh, no, Trump is a disaster

[CdnFox]

5 minutes ago, Radiorum said:

Uh, no, Trump is a disaster

No he isn't. Not yet. I'm lying about it just discredits anything you have to say on the subject further it makes you look like an uneducated weasel.

So far he's been extremely disruptive. It's hard to see how the actions he's taken to date with regards to the economy are going to result in a net positive in and of themselves.

But whether they do or they don't nothing disastrous has happened at all. If he has mishandled that particular file then the economy will be slightly weaker than it should have been. That's not a disaster. And he has other economic things coming up which may or may not improve the situation.

He's definitely strained relationships with his allies and that in my opinion isn't good but it's not a disaster. 

We'll know in about 2 quarters whether he's done very well, or well or bad or very bad.  But you can't claim he's a disaster today without revealing yourself to be an uneducated partisan hack. The evidence is not there for that. 

[Radiorum]

4 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

he's a disaster today without revealing yourself to be an uneducated partisan hack.

 

He's a disaster and I am an educated impartial observer.

Edited May 14, 2025 by Radiorum

[Legato]

4 minutes ago, Radiorum said:

 

He's a disaster and I am an educated impartial observer.

Impartial with eyes wide shut.

[CdnFox]

3 minutes ago, Radiorum said:

 

He's a disaster and I am an educated impartial observer.

LOL well at least you admit you're a dishonest liar   i suppose that's something, but really you're just setting yourself up to be mocked and heckled by everyone with that kind of bullshit. 

Oh well.  Trying to teach you reason and logic was always a long shot, it's like training a snail to do the 100 meter dash  LOL

 

[Radiorum]

3 minutes ago, Legato said:

with eyes wide shut.

To what?

3 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

LOL well at least you admit you're a dishonest liar   i suppose that's something, but really you're just setting yourself up to be mocked and heckled by everyone with that kind of bullshit. 

Oh well.  Trying to teach you reason and logic was always a long shot, it's like training a snail to do the 100 meter dash  LOL

 

 

I'll take this as an admission that you have no grounds to oppose in good faith anything I've posted.

[Legato]

1 minute ago, Radiorum said:

To what?

 

Who's on first?

[CdnFox]

51 minutes ago, Radiorum said:

To what?

 

I'll take this as an admission that you have no grounds to oppose in good faith anything I've posted.

I've already posted plenty of grounds that completely refute and shut down your bad faith arguments.

Go back to playing with your Lego kid. I have had some hope that intellectually you could rise to a point where you'd be interesting to talk to but honestly you're just another loser lefty who regurgitates his echo chamber without actually thinking for himself

50 minutes ago, Legato said:

Who's on first?

One of my all time faves