At the start it was funny that Donald Trump was different from everybody else, a breath of fresh air and someone willing to stand up and take the flak. Fast forward just a few months and Donald Trump’s lack of diplomacy is becoming a liability for investors. Stock markets have taken a welcome breather from recent highs but there are growing concerns that Donald Trump is becoming something of a mockery on the worldwide stage. Click here to read full article
Markets don't care much about politics. Corporate profits and low interest rates seem to be doing a good job keeping the big boys mostly long. Some believe this bull market could continue on for many more years. Like it or not, Trump is the leader of the most powerful nation on earth. Hopefully we'll see more deregulation, and perhaps some sort of solution to the tax reform and ACA problems. It may take getting some of the RINOs primaried out of office by better GOP challengers in 2018 to get much of that done, unfortunately. I'd like to see McCain and the other GOP senators who are now against repealing the ACA get primaried out.
^^ We were the most powerful nation on earth but that has been changing and there will be 5 super powers and imo >> probably much sooner than later with Trump at the helm. 2016 article pre Trump >> "...The U.S. ranks No. 1 in power and No. 1 in terms of leadership – two powerful indicators of its global standing. But there is evidence that other nations are nipping at its heels. The country ranks No. 2 in terms of political influence, following Russia, and No. 2 in terms of economic influence, after China. In fact, according to Pew surveys, most people in the world believe China is on track to replace the U.S. as the world's superpower. China ranks No. 17 overall in the Best Countries rankings." https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2016-01-20/what-country-is-no-1-not-the-us
I can see China becoming an economic powerhouse to challenge the US but not on a political front. The Chinese government is too totalitarian to dictate to other countries - just my view.
If Trump is a liablity for investors, wtf can they do about? The leader for the free world does not answer ti investors.
It looks as though the knives are out for Donald Trump despite the fact the report into the Russian affair concluded there was no collusion. However, again while Donald Trump has not been proven to have obstructed the investigation, there is a grey area with the report, neither coming to the conclusion there was obstruction or no obstruction. Politicians are now looking to use this report as a means of getting Trump out of office. How can you be castigated for something which is unproven?
Like many I have seen DT as a liability when it comes to international relations but his behaviour in the UK has been of the highest order. I think many people may start seeing him in a different light.
For from it I think DT is starting to become a bit of a hero for US based investors. He takes no rubbish from anyone in his quest to push the US cause.