Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5590986-20180120231740/@comment-31935476-20180123202807

Mantomato wrote: In my Opinion (Prepare for an essay):

Trump has failed to prove himself as a good president so far.

The Economy:

''Even though the economy is better since Trump has been president, it is widely agreed that these are from Obama's Policies and not because of Trump specifically. Trump's Tax Changes, now these are interesting. In Economic Theory, Income Tax is one of the only Progressive Taxes Widespread. However, the reforms make Income Tax more regressive. This means that the Tax is not as high on the top-earning families. Also, the idea of the Tax Reforms making jobs is somewhat flawed. Coca-Cola, Amgen, Cisco and Pfizer are some of the firms that have already said they will not make jobs. Anyway, the Tax Cuts might not even be beneficial in the long term. By Macro-Economic Theory, as Income increases (Tax Cuts), consumption increases too (Especially of Foreign Goods), which could lead to Deman-Pull Inflation, which is sped up by the Inflation caused by an underprovided market, as Trump is starting to impose Tariffs on foreign companies and their goods. For Example, Trump imposed Tariffs on Samsung Washing Machines. However, local firms can't provide for the whole market as they are not used to. While we are on the Topic of Foreign Goods, Potential jobs are being lost, as both LG and Samsung were in the process of using factories in the US and making them an essential part of their production. A Market that is imposing tariffs on them isn't as lucrative as one that doesn't, so their potential factory creation could be slowed. However, this is Economics. There is Theory, then there is the real deal. Anything could happen.''

Foreign Policy:

''Now, this is where Trump really failed. His handling of North Korea is ... yeah... a bit sporadic. It is as if he is poking them with a stick, trying to make them mad. Sure their missiles can't reach the US, but that doesn't mean that Trump could poke them when their allies in the region could get destroyed. Seoul is not far from the DMZ, Tokyo is within Reach, Hokkaido could become ashes, Busan could no longer exist. Instead of poking them, I personally think he should safeguard his allies, talk to North Korea, work something out. However, his actions here are up to personal beliefs. One might believe in force, one might believe in Diplomacy. I'll leave this one out. His actions on Jerusalem, that was just idiotic. When you are trying to be a mediator, you don't go off and pick sides. Saying he will make peace, but instead making tensions worse, making the Palestinians give up on them, threatening the whole UNGA with threats, being isolated in the UNSC, having allies isolate them. It was a fail, whichever way you look at it. Next, the JCPOA, or Iran Nuclear Deal. Failing to certify the deal with a good reason or reason that everyone backed. It just made them look foolish, being the only ones to claim that Iran was not complying while all other nations and organisations said Iran was complying. Once again, isolating themselves from their allies. Then the handling of it, sending it to the Congress and we didn't hear from it for the next 6 months. The Muslim Ban, as we all agree, was a fail.''

Congress: 

Look at the previous review, I agree with Cheeze.

Environment:

''I made this a separate category because it is really important. The Paris Agreement, pulling out of that, the reasoning is weak, and it does less positive than negative. While, yes, the Paris Agreement didn't bind the US to any commitments, pulling out of it made the US seem foolish and Isolated them, again. Trump's focus on Coal is concerning, as coal is not an efficient or clean fuel. Clean Coal is expensive, inefficient and impractical on a large scale. Instead of that, he should have focused on renewables... instead he imposed tariffs on them... Sigh.'' Yes, Coal is one of thw Worst energy types.