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Kyuubi4269 posted...

It must be temporary because it suits me.

It's temporary because it is literally temporary - the tax cuts on corporations and the rich are now permanently signed into law and will take another act of Congress to alter; the tax cuts on everyone else are temporary and will automatically lapse after 10 years (I think - could be wrong on the timeframe) unless Congress intervenes.

Kyuubi4269 posted...

I think Kim botched it by not doing as agreed.

Kim was never going to give up nuclear weaponry; he has made it the lynchpin of his reign and it remains his most reliable tool to avoid being deposed, either by a coup or by external influence.

Anyone who failed to recognize this was an idiot, and one bad at spotting patterns too (given that this is the... what, fourth time? fifth? that North Korea has pinky-swore to ditch its nukes in return for aid, then reneged on the bargain). Most foreign policy experts knew this venture was doomed from the get-go - only Trump and his toadies seem surprised that North Korea is doing nothing now that they accomplished their actual aim of getting China to loosen up sanctions.

Kyuubi4269 posted...

Republican politicians are shit-eaters so who gives a fuck what they want, but I like the message the wall sends.

"We like wasting ridiculous amounts of money on ineffective gestures rather than comprehensive solutions, or we would but this boondoggle is so bat-fuck crazy not even the most extreme of politicians is going to support it, so we'll just mumble about it for a bit and hope the president forgets about it"?

Kyuubi4269 posted...

So he's a better politician than politicians?

He's a better liar, I'll give him that much. And when you consider who he's up against, that's actually a really impressive distinction.
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