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   RM>> .. It seemed to me Obama was pretty good but you   
     >> couldn't find someone much more different from Trump..   
      
   MP>Politically speaking, they are different, but they do have similarities if   
     >you look for them.  Both promised (Trump the first time) to be "different"   
     >than other politicians, both knew very well how to work an audience, how to   
     >use social media to their advantage, and both had campaigns that knew about   
     >branding.  Obama was the first President where I noticed a marked amount of   
     >things -- beyond campaign wear -- with his stylized "O" on them... hats,   
     >t-shirts (post election), etc.  Trump's MAGA hats seem even more prevalent,   
     >but are basically the same thing.   
      
   Sounds like it's more about personal popularity than what they intend   
   to do politically, although Trump makes some wild promisses, and you   
   can't trust a lot of what he says. It's either dead wrong or a total   
   distortion of the truth.. Like he said today that he Subsidizes Canada   
   to the tune of $200 Billion.. Makes it sound like a hand out rather than   
   the truth that the USA buys that much from us because it is cheaper than   
   it can be made there or bought anywhere else.   
      
   The tariffs started today and apparently has already cost the USA   
   3 Trillion dollars in stock drops, and Trump is suddenly suggesting   
   that he may have another look at things in a few weeks and maybe   
   make some adjustments.   
      
   Trudeau, usually pretty polite to everyone, said today that for   
   such a smart man he was doing a really stupid thing..   
      
   In Congress today apparently most of what he said was Boo'd by   
   at least all the Democrats and he had to have the Congressman   
   from Texas physically removed from the floor when he was heckling   
   Trump during his speach and someone else started suggesting voting   
   for Trump's impeachment..   
      
   RM>> Yes, I was sort of glad to see he didn't sign the agreement. That's   
     >> probably about as close as you could come to calling Trump a twit   
     >> without having him attack you on stage..   
      
   MP>The Trump administration is now spinning this as "Zelenskyy was escorted   
     >out by us and the presser was cancelled by us," which was not the original   
     >story.   
      
   No, nothing that makes Trump look bad is ever true, and that 'truth'   
   can change day by day as required..   
      
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