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   RM>> I really seems like he is getting manipulated by Putin and the rest   
     >> of the world is watching pretty closely because if the USA is on   
     >> Russia's side, who knows who Russia will invade next?   
      
   MP>With Trump, flattery supposedly gets you everywhere.   
      
   Yes, he definitely doesn't like anyone saying anything negative   
   about him.   
      
   I caught part of a speech he just made yesterday and I am amazed that   
   no one either on his staff or from the news networks says anything   
   about the blatant exaggerations and outright lies he tells to make   
   his plans sound like a good idea. He was going on again about how   
   the USA is subsidizing Canada to the tune of $200 Billion to keep us   
   from going bankrupt and he seems to mix up the words 'subsidize' with   
   Buying goods from us. As I've said before, we have a trade surplus   
   with the USA (not that high) only because of all the oil you buy   
   from us at lower than world prices and if you don't count the oil,   
   you actually have a trade surplus with us, selling us more goods   
   than you buy from us.   
      
   It sort of seems like he has a lot more control over what is   
   reported on the news down there than I would expect, although I   
   haven't heard too much of it really. I base my assumption on the   
   fact that if news services down there were calling him out, our   
   news would pick up on that and tell us.   
      
   RM>> Today he was saying that in Canada he doesn't want the Consevatives to   
     >> win th coming election because "Poilievre was stupidly not nice to him".   
     >> He figures he'd prefer it if the Liberals get back in because he figures   
     >> he can more easily control them..   
      
   MP>Here's hoping the Conservatives win then.  I am wondering if some of his   
     >antics are not attempts to sway elections in other countries in ways he   
     >wants them to come out.   
      
   Could be.. although I'm not sure which party would work out best for us.   
   Poilieve (Conservative) talks a good fight but it is believed he is   
   a lot more like Trump and may go along with a lot of what Trump says.   
      
   Carney (Liberal) is talking some good points but is, at heart, still   
   a Banker who has never been elected to anything, so he's no politician.   
      
   By 'Banker' I mean a Major Banker as in he has served as the Governor   
   of the Bank of England and then as Governor of the Bank of Canada.   
      
   The MORE liberal parties are saying that Carney is too Conservative,   
   which wouldn't be a shock, and it will be interesting to see how   
   he handles things if he does get elected. We will have that election   
   within the next month they say.   
      
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