The administration is stealing immigrants’ due process by: making it clear that if judges don’t rule the way the administration wants, they will be fired; giving judges so many cases that they can’t possibly give each case the attention they deserve; and hiring poorly trained judges whose job is just to order deportations, not to determine if deportation is appropriate.
Trump went to war without the willingness to win it if Iran simply fought back in predictable ways.
Trump can get away with acting like a jackass for the same reason he can get away with grabbing women by the pussie…he’s a celebrity. When you’re a celebrity, they let you do anything you want. Other Republicans who have tried to imitate Trump, have not been very successful.
The Obama Iran deal required 100s of workers and experts working meticulously to get done. Trump sent a couple real estate guys and then gave up and started a war which he lost.
Trump is cool with Iran having ballistic missiles because other countries in the region have them. He’s acting like Iran is just another country and not a unique threat.
Former Republican with experience doing this, says Republican officials and media people afraid of Trump have to couch any criticism of Trump with blame on one of Trump’s many “enemies” to appease their overlord.
A lot of Republican-leaning policy coalitions have been betrayed by Trump and most of them still cheer for him and lie for him.
Some economists act like different factors of the economy are interchangeable when really they are complements.
The blocking of the Strait limited the supply of multiple inputs, and it will take time to get logistics and production back to normal. The downstream economic impacts of the blockade are not over.