Quote:Donald Trump Complains About Deadline He Set For Himself His first 100 days are almost up.
[/url] President Donald Trump is complaining that a deadline he set for himself for various policy plans is unfair.
Trump’s first 100 days in office ends April 29, and critics have pointed out that he has yet to achieve many key goals. The president responded to such criticism on Friday by calling the benchmark a “ridiculous standard,” even though he personally touted the deadline for months.
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No matter how much I accomplish during the ridiculous standard of the first 100 days, & it has been a lot (including S.C.), media will kill! 6:50 AM - 21 Apr 2017
[url=http://www.npr.org/2016/11/09/501451368/here-is-what-donald-trump-wants-to-do-in-his-first-100-days]Shortly before the election, he laid out his plan for his first 100 days, including two of his biggest campaign promises: building a wall along the Mexican border and repealing the Affordable Care Act. He has yet to fulfill either commitment.
Then, days after the election, Trump released a video detailing many more accomplishments he’d hoped to make by the time his first 100 days were up. The video included promises to pull the U.S. out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, crack down on illegal immigration and get
rid of regulations on coal mining― all of which he did.
In a separate announcement made in the wake of reports of Russian election meddling, Trump also promised to release a report on cybersecurity within 90 days of taking office. That report never materialized.
Quote:MR. SPICER: Well, you’re right, I mean, we do have a ways to go. And I think that you’re going to continue to see activity to further that goal. So far, we’ve passed 24 laws, we’ve signed 24 executive orders; we’ve achieved the first Supreme Court confirmation in 100 days since 1881; we’ve instituted tough immigration policies that have driven illegal border crossings to a 17-year low; we’ve removed more job-killing regulation through legislation than any President in U.S. history.
I think that there’s a lot of things that have been accomplished so far, and I think you’re going to continue to see it. We’re not looking at, like, a marker and saying let’s just rush to it and get to -- I think day 101, 102, 103, 180, 200, we’re going to continue to press on.
Edit: Misheard the report! LOL! Still...
Also taking credit for the continuing drop in border crossing and executive orders that essentially were orders to investigate some stuff.
Your anger and ego will always reveal your true self.
Quote:Donald Trump Announces Rally On Same Night As White House Correspondents Dinner Because, of course.
President Donald Trump will hold a rally for supporters in Pennsylvania next Saturday, an apparent attempt to divert attention from the White House Correspondents Association dinner in Washington, D.C. being held the same day, which he has refused to attend.
Trump announced plans for the event on Twitter on Saturday around noon:
The president revealed that he would not go to the dinner in February, breaking with the precedent set by recent presidents.
The event, hosted by the White House Correspondents Association, provides a forum for prominent comics to roast the president, the media and other official fixtures Washington. The president then has the opportunity to deliver his own light-hearted remarks.
This story is developing
If I didn't know better I'd think he was thin skinned and only wanted to around crowds that cheered for him and he wouldn't get any blow back.
But that's impossible for the perfect outsider candidate!
Your anger and ego will always reveal your true self.
Quote:On Donald Trump's website sits his contract "with the American voter" noting what he will accomplish during his first 100 days in office. That was posted before election day and now that he's the alleged president, those promises have been unfulfilled. On Friday, Trump called it a "ridiculous standard" to judge him by his first 100 days even though he still has that ‘contract' posted on his website. And on Saturday, Trump announced that he will throw another rally this Saturday, because of course. Trump's ego has taken a beating lately so to feed it, he wants to surround himself by his most ardent supporters, but he will leave behind the ones who have been suffering from buyer's remorse.
Yes, that's what America needs. Another rally! All of this to celebrate the fact that he's failed to manage any notable legislation. We're not sure how Trump is able to host another rally unless he's taking time off from his weekly vacations at his resort in Florida or his golf course, which of course, brings us to his growing conflicts of interest. And yet, Trump is tone deaf in the face of his numerous scandals while campaigning for his re-election even though he's new on the job. The former reality show star wasn't fit for office before election day and now he's campaigning to keep his residency at the White House going for eight years. That is, if he can stay out of prison.
An idea for Trump: He could try to do something good for this country instead of begging for glorification from his inbred, mullet-haired, corncob pipe-smoking, low-info supporters. Something that includes everyone. Something good. Just one good thing. One ***** thing. It's no wonder that the majority of voters would prefer to have Barack Obama back as President over Donald Trump. It's like he's just a crazy old dude who keeps applying for a job he already has while ***** up the job big time.
Will the his supporters hold him accountable as they did Obama, or will they play the "he's the perfect outsider" card and say the GOP just won't work with him?
Your anger and ego will always reveal your true self.
Hi fellows. Don't get me wrong, I loved the Donald in Home Alone but I stink he is making a big mistake not attending the White House Correspondents Association dinner. That comedian they picked to host it probably is re-writing his material to slam him twice as much. He should of just gone, sucked it up, laugh alot and act like none of those jokes bother him. If he would do this, it would take alot of wind out of the comedians making fun of him. By not going it just shows what a thin skinned vagina he is.
That’s because stopping subsidies for out-of-pocket costs like deductibles would indirectly increase the cost of a broader subsidy that helps reduce monthly premium costs.
The government would end up paying 23% more than they would save from ending the cost-sharing subsidies, which are the subject of a lawsuit filed in 2014 by congressional Republicans against the Obama administration.
The Trump administration has been temporarily continuing the subsidies while the lawsuit continues.
President Trump has indicated he wants to use the subsidies as a bargaining chip to bring Democrats to the table to support the GOP effort to rewrite the Affordable Care Act. He also suggested on Twitter Sunday that Republicans could include the subsidies in a budget bill needed to keep the government operating beyond Friday if Democrats agree to fund a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico.
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ObamaCare is in serious trouble. The Dems need big money to keep it going - otherwise it dies far sooner than anyone would have thought. 10:20 AM - 23 Apr 2017
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The Democrats don't want money from budget going to border wall despite the fact that it will stop drugs and very bad MS 13 gang members. 11:42 AM - 23 Apr 2017
The uncertainty around both the subsidies and the ACA in general comes as insurance companies are deciding what rates to charge for next year, and if they even want to continue offering plans on the exchanges created by the law.
“With each passing day, the uncertainty and lack of clarity increases the chance of insurers existing,” Kaiser Family Foundation Senior Vice President Larry Levitt said earlier this month. A coalition of health industry and business groups already warned the administration that higher premiums that would result from ending the cost-sharing subsidies, which would hurt both taxpayers and the Obamacare customers who don’t qualify for assistance.
“There’s just been a unanimous expression of concern to Congress,” said Timothy Jost, a health-law professor at Washington and Lee University. “The consequences of not solving the problem are pretty dire.”
The issue affects the more than 12 million Americans who buy insurance through the individual marketplace instead of through an employer or a government plan like Medicare and Medicaid. The ACA created premium subsidies for people earning up to 400% of the federal poverty level — about $64,960 for a family of two.
For those earning up to 250% of poverty, insurers have to offer plans with reduced deductibles and co-payments. The Obama administration paid insurers an average $1,136 last year for each customer eligible for the extra help.
But the GOP-controlled House sued the Obama administration in 2014, arguing lawmakers never approved the funding for the payments. While a district court judge ruled in favor of the challenge, the payments are continuing as the case is being appealed. The next court date is May 22. If the subsidies are halted for 2017 plans, insurers would get stuck with the bill.
In addition to the short-term funding issues, there’s the long-term uncertainty. The GOP bill to rewrite Obamacare would both end the cost-sharing subsidies and cut funding for the premium supports. That bill was pulled from the floor in March and it’s unclear if Republicans can sufficiently modify it to gain enough support to pass. If the rest of the ACA stays in place but the cost-sharing subsidies go away through the lawsuit or action by the Trump administration, insurers would raise premiums an estimated 19% to offset that loss, the Kaiser Family Foundation estimates. Because premium supports are tied to the cost of premiums, the federal government would end up spending a net increase of $2.3 billion more next year.
And that assumes insurers are willing to stay in the market if the cost-sharing payments are eliminated.
“Ending cost-sharing subsidies would send a signal to insurers that the Trump administration and Congress are not looking to make the marketplaces work,” Levitt said. “The likely result would be that insurers would not stay in the marketplace and raise premiums, but would instead create a stampede for the exits.”
Hard to believe that less than 100 days ago the POTUS said it was time to remember the little guy.
And he would pass a great healthcare replacement bill that would provide better service for less money.
And just a few months since enough people thought the snake oil would cure all their ills caused by the bad black man and voted this charlatain into office.
Your anger and ego will always reveal your true self.
Hard to believe that less than 100 days ago the POTUS said it was time to remember the little guy.
And he would pass a great healthcare replacement bill that would provide better service for less money.
And just a few months since enough people thought the snake oil would cure all their ills caused by the bad black man and voted this charlatain into office.
So sick of Republican't threats to shut down the government.
Quote:Republicans exempt their own insurance from their latest health care proposal
Republican legislators want to keep popular Obamacare provisions for themselves and their staff.
Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images House Republicans appear to have included a provision that exempts Members of Congress and their staff from their latest health care plan.
The new Republican amendment, introduced Tuesday night, would allow states to waive out of Obamacare’s ban on pre-existing conditions. This means that insurers could once again, under certain circumstances, charge sick people higher premiums than healthy people.
Republican legislators liked this policy well enough to offer it in a new amendment. They do not, however, seem to like it enough to have it apply to themselves and their staff. A spokesperson for Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.) who authored this amendment confirmed this was the case: members of Congress and their staff would get the guarantee of keeping these Obamacare regulations. Health law expert Tim Jost flagged me to this particular issue.
A bit of background is helpful here. Obamacare requires all members of Congress and their staff to purchase coverage on the individual market, just like Obamacare enrollees. The politics of that plank were simple enough, meant to demonstrate that if the coverage in this law were good enough for Americans than it should be good enough for their representations in Washington.
That’s been happening for the past four years now. Fast-forward to this new amendment, which would allow states to waive out of key Obamacare protections like the ban on pre-existing conditions or the requirement to cover things like maternity care and mental health services.
If Congressional aides lived in a state that decided to waive these protections, the aides who were sick could be vulnerable to higher premiums than the aides that are healthy. Their benefits package could get skimpier as Obamacare’s essential health benefits requirement may no longer apply either.
This apparently does not sound appealing because the Republican amendment includes the members of Congress and their staff as a protected group who cannot be affected by this amendment.
You can see it on the sixth page of the amendment, although it is admittedly hard to spot. The Obamacare section that requires legislators to buy on the individual market is section 1312(d)(3)(D). And if you look at the Republican amendment, and the list of who cannot be included in this waiver? It includes Section 1312(d)(3)(D).
Read more about the Republicans’ new amendment here.
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Quote:Trump backtracks: U.S. will not withdraw from NAFTA
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President Trump reversed course late Wednesday and said he had agreed to renegotiate rather than withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada, a surprise announcement that came just hours after reports said he was considering an executive order to pull out of the trade pact and as his administration faces questions about what he has achieved in his first 100 days in office.
“It is my privilege to bring NAFTA up to date through renegotiation. It is an honor to deal with both President Peña Nieto and Prime Minister Trudeau, and I believe that the end result will make all three countries stronger and better," Trump said in a statement about his calls with the Mexican and Canadian leaders.
Early Thursday Trump added to that by appearing to claim the diplomatic upper-hand. In a tweet, the president said he "received calls from the President of Mexico and the Prime Minister of Canada asking to renegotiate NAFTA rather than terminate. I agreed ... subject to the fact that if we do not reach a fair deal for all, we will then terminate NAFTA. Relationships are good — deal very possible!"
Renegotiating or withdrawing from NAFTA, a decades-old trade deal that Trump has described as a "disaster" and says hurts U.S. workers, was one of the president's campaign pledges. Trump has already abandoned the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation trade deal brokered by President Obama. Mexico and Canada are the U.S.'s two largest export markets. NAFTA was established in 1994 to remove taxes on goods traded between the three countries. Pulling out of the pact would send the strongest signal yet from Trump that he intends to follow through on his vow to recast years of American economic policy.
The about-face followed a Politico report that said senior White House aides were drafting an executive order to withdraw from the pact, a move that drew immediate objections from some in Congress, including Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
“Withdrawing from #NAFTA would be a disaster for #Arizona jobs & economy,” he tweeted. “@POTUS shouldn’t abandon this vital trade agreement.”
“Scrapping Nafta would be a disastrously bad idea,” Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska said in a statement. “Yes, there are places where our agreements could be modernized, but here’s the bottom line: Trade lowers prices for American consumers, and it expands markets for American goods. Risking trade wars is reckless."
Since taking office Trump has repeatedly indicated he planned to either renegotiate or terminate NAFTA, which he and other critics blame for wiping out U.S. manufacturing jobs because it allowed companies to move factories to Mexico to take advantage of low-wage labor.
“I am very upset with NAFTA. I think NAFTA has been a catastrophic trade deal for the United States, trading agreement for the United States. It hurts us with Canada, and it hurts us with Mexico,” he said in an interview with the Associated Press last week.
The decision comes just days after the White House announced hefty new tariffs on softwood lumber from Canada and as Trump has labeled changes to Canadian milk product pricing that he says are hurting the American dairy industry a "disgrace."
The climbdown sent the Mexican peso and Canadian dollar higher against the U.S. dollar on Thursday.
In the event that Trump changes his mind, he could withdraw from NAFTA but he would have to give six months’ notice. It is unclear what would happen next.
Lawyers at international legal firm White & Case say the president's constitutional authority would likely permit him to withdraw from a U.S. trade agreement without seeking approval from Congress. However, he may still be forced to wrangle with lawmakers over putting tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports.
It is also not clear what changes Trump will be seeking in the renegotiation. In an eight-page draft letter to Congress seen by the AP, acting U.S. Trade Representative Stephen Vaughn wrote that the administration intended to start
talking with Mexico and Canada about making changes to the pact, but the letter spelled out few details and stuck with broad principles.
Much of the existing agreement would remain in place, the letter showed, including private tribunals that allow companies to challenge national laws on the grounds that they inhibit trade. Critics say such provisions allows companies to get around environmental and labor laws.
During the campaign, Trump made 28 promises that he said would be achieved within his first 100 days in office, which he marks Saturday. The pledges were broad and covered constitutional amendments, regulations, trade, tax reform, health care and the military. A USA TODAY analysis found so far he has not achieved his goal.
So he may have learned to listen to smarter people. The question is whether he also learned he shouldn't shoot his mouth off because he *could* be wrong.
Your anger and ego will always reveal your true self.
-It's not easy to repeal the ACA
-NAFTA stays now
-NATO is good now
-We should bomb Syria now
-No plans to spend money on the wall yet
-Still haven't asked Mexico to pay for the wall when we do
-China isn't a currency manipulator now
-No tax returns ever
-Janet Yellen is cool now
-Hillary is still a free woman
(04-27-2017, 09:54 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: 100 day summary:
-It's not easy to repeal the ACA
-NAFTA stays now
-NATO is good now
-We should bomb Syria now
-No plans to spend money on the wall yet
-Still haven't asked Mexico to pay for the wall when we do
-China isn't a currency manipulator now
-No tax returns ever
-Janet Yellen is cool now
-Hillary is still a free woman
Your anger and ego will always reveal your true self.
(04-27-2017, 09:54 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: 100 day summary:
-It's not easy to repeal the ACA
-NAFTA stays now
-NATO is good now
-We should bomb Syria now
-No plans to spend money on the wall yet
-Still haven't asked Mexico to pay for the wall when we do
-China isn't a currency manipulator now
-No tax returns ever
-Janet Yellen is cool now
-Hillary is still a free woman
Damn obstructionist Republicans.
“History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.”-Thurgood Marshall
(04-27-2017, 09:54 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: 100 day summary:
-It's not easy to repeal the ACA
-NAFTA stays now
-NATO is good now
-We should bomb Syria now
-No plans to spend money on the wall yet
-Still haven't asked Mexico to pay for the wall when we do
-China isn't a currency manipulator now
-No tax returns ever
-Janet Yellen is cool now
-Hillary is still a free woman
Need to add recently threatened to shut down the government if Congress doesn't approve funding of the wall.
(04-27-2017, 02:35 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Which ones? The first ones who didn't think it cut enough health care or the second ones who thought it cut too much health care?
The ones who stopped it.
“History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.”-Thurgood Marshall
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