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   RM>> It all does seem to be about making him look more powerful but you   
     >> have to wonder if he will damage the USA's reputation in the world   
      
   MP>It most likely will.  We had a governor that inherited a small mess.  He,   
     >similar to Trump, campained on cleaning up the mess and finding all the   
     >"waste, fraud, and abuse."   
      
   Yes, and we've all been talking about possibilities and guesses abou   
   where we are heading and you've mentioned a few times about the drop   
   in the stock markets this is causing before it's really even started..   
      
   Mark Carney, our new replacement Prime Minister.. in the past they   
   have always visited the USA first thing to say hello and discuss   
   things. This time Carney's first trip is off to Europe..   
      
   Canada has ordered a large number of fighter jets from the USA and   
   the first 16 of them are contracted to the point where the order   
   can't be cancelled, but any more of them, we are looking for   
   somewhere else to buy them. And, like cars, we make them in Canada   
   too but will buy from the USA when there seems to be an advantage   
   but, thanks to Trump, a lot of $millions may be lost there too.   
      
   But back to looking at possibilities from Trump's antics..   
      
   I am far from rich but, like most retired people, I have funds   
   invested to augment my pension income, and in the last ONE month   
   the current situation has cost me an estimated $20,000 in the   
   combined drop in value and loss of the average usual profit.   
      
   That figure sounds like I pulled it out of a hat. The actual   
   number came out to $19,967.80, but that is an estimate so isn't   
   carved in stone. Some months are better than others but that drop   
   wiped out roughly 5 month's worth of my normal added income.   
      
   This has to be doing the same thing for millions of people in the   
   USA as well which makes me wonder why there hasn't been a much   
   bigger reaction down there than there seems to be so far.   
   As mentioned the other day, they estimate the tariffs will cost   
   1.9 million Americans their jobs, and my example shows what it   
   may be doing to retired people or those who rely on investments.   
      
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