@12 ... because God Emperor Trump told him to. ...

So, I'm not the only one to notice that behavior.

@#29 ... Just to end this conversion with you -------- as I have proven, ...

Still, with the ad hominem attacks.

And, imo, your current alias has proven nothing with its comments. Quite the contrary, its comments seem to use the ad hominem attacks to provide proof. So lame.

... that the current rate of core inflation is 1.6% ...

Got a link for that number? I'd really like to see how it may have been derived.

Rate is increase or decrease over time.

What is the time period your current trolling ascribes to that stat?

And why might it differ from the link I provided in #10?

OK, #6 is what turned up in my search results. And I had not known that.

But this was more of what I was looking for in my search ...

National

@#1 ... "Trump gave every indication right from the beginning that he was going to be purely transactional," ...

Well, yeah, that seems to be all that Pres Trump can understand.

i.e., how does this benefit me now, who cares about the long-term?

@#2

So, unworthy of a President of the United States.

All Americans.

@#1 ... President Donald Trump on Friday toured the devastation from catastrophic flooding in Texas and lauded state and local officials ...

More from the article ...

... Trump has repeatedly promised to do away with the Federal Emergency Management Agency as part of his larger pledges to dramatically shrink the size of government, and he's fond of decrying officials in Democrat-run states hit by past natural disasters and tragedy.

But the president struck a far more somber and sympathetic tone while visiting America's most populous Republican state " highlighting the heartbreak of what happened while effusively praising elected officials and first responders alike.

"The search for the missing continues. The people that are doing it are unbelievable," Trump, seated with officials around a table with emblazoned with a black-and-white "Texas Strong" banner, said at a makeshift emergency operations center inside an expo hall in Kerrville. ...

More from the article ...

... The three envoys had come with an offer from Washington: release three American prisoners on death row and, in return, President Donald Trump will accept your minerals-for-security proposal.

The trip started well with a police motorcycle escort from the airport, but a frosty first meeting with Tshisekedi's security adviser, some ill-advised late-night target practice by some of the envoys and a Congolese general with an axe to grind put paid to the mission.

Reuters pieced together the course of events by speaking to the three Americans on the trip, a State Department official involved in the initiative, and two people the trio met during their brief stay in Congo's capital Kinshasa.

The story of the ill-fated venture, which has not previously been reported, provides a glimpse of how the Trump administration is prepared to work through unconventional channels in pursuit of deals to bring Americans home, a top priority for the president.

"We want to work with folks who have the right connections, but more importantly, have the positive relationships that can help influence a decision-maker's thinking ... so it's not uncommon for us to do that," Dustin Stewart, Trump's deputy special envoy for hostage affairs, who was involved in discussions on the initiative, told Reuters.

"We thought they had enough sway to talk to the right people. Obviously, that proved incorrect," he said.
President Tshisekedi's office did not respond to requests for comment for this article.

Congo has become a focus of U.S. diplomatic efforts to end the decades-long conflict in the east and help American companies access critical minerals, making the country ripe territory for endeavours such as this mission.

"Trump gave every indication right from the beginning that he was going to be purely transactional," said Ebenezer Obadare, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. "He's thrown out the old playbook. He's not going through normal diplomatic channels." ...

@#13 ...The order on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from conducting the arrests without "reasonable suspicion" that its targets were in the country illegally. ...

And, I will state again.

Due process matters.

@#27 ... Yes - and this is probably a new concept for your smooth brain ...

Still, with the ad hominem comment.

That aside ...

... NOT ALL SPENDING IS THE SAME ...

Yeah, in #26 I was mentioning the increase of the deficit, and how that may affect interest rates. Nice attempt at a deflection.

... It would if rates were actually set by supply & demand - which they aren't. ...

For US bonds and, subsequently, the cost of US borrowing, yeah they do appear to be set by supply and demand.

That's likely one of the reasons why Pres Trump reacted so quickly to the bond market.

@#6 ... Joan Jett..

Wow, of the Blackhearts fame?

@#25 ... Because - as Trump and I have already told you - it is going to cost taxpayers an extra $180B - $360B this next 12 months because the Fed is going to sit with its thumb up its ass. $180B - $360B that otherwise would show up as deficit reduction. ...

So, suddenly [?] two things seemed to have occurred...

1) both your current trolling alias and Pres Trump have told me the same thing.

2) they both seem to have a major concern about the borrowing costs related to the Federdal deficit.

So, Pres Trump's policies have increased the amount of money that the Federal government needs to borrow.

And, there may be less interest by other countries in purchasing that debt.

That results in a rising of interest rates.

So I ask once again, but differently this time, do Pres Trump policies cause the interest rate rise he seems to rail against?

@#9 ...That, or else someone's chimp is on the computer again. ...

Or, maybe not on a computer, but sticking a blade of grass up its ---- pore?

Does MAGA dislike NPR because it is one of the more accurate news broadcasters?

Or does MAGA dislike NPR because it does not bow down and kiss the ring of Pres Trump?

"Your papers, please."

Is this what Pres Trump's ICE has devolved into?

@#23 ... Cutting rates DOES NOT SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH. ...

It doesn't?

Wow.

While the rate cuts may not result in an economic boom, they do seem to help the economy, making it less expensive to invest in and grow the economy.

Taking a different approach, why should the Fed lower interest rates?

@#19 ... The last person anyone should ask for economics advice is a ------- ...

Still, with the ad hominem attacks.

@#17

I do not disagree.

@#16 ... He wants to Fed to stop interfering based on their continually wrong assumptions about inflation. Europe has cut rates repeatedly ..

The European economies do not show the strength your current alias has boasted about the current US economy. So, yeah, they need to lower interest rates to help their economy. And, fwiw, I do agree the the US economy is currently stronger than the EU economies.

So, if I may ask, is the US economy strong under Pres Trump, or is it weak?

If it is weak, well, then, yeah, let's lower interest rates to boost it.

But taking a step back here...

Why might Pres Trump want the Fed to lower interest rates?

Have his senior advisors told him that his policies might slow down the US economy?

@#7 ... from being guilty ...

What Court found him to be guilty?

@#13 ... I will explain 1 time and 1 time only for you stupid -------- ...

Still with the ad hominem attack.

What else your current alias got?