Over My Shoulder

David McWilliams: “Trump—The First 100 Days?”

February 9, 2017

I seldom send you a link to a video, but this is a great five-minute YouTube from my Irish friend David McWilliams. Now, David is a little bit more left-leaning than I am, but he's a hale and well-met fellow. He does these whiteboard videos, talking about the issues of the day. As an aside, he is the most-read and best-known Irish economist.
 
This one offers a view of how the rest of the world sees Trump, both internally and externally. And his conclusions are  close to mine. I've been writing this week, and am going to continue writing for the next couple weeks, about the proposed tax bill coming out of Ways and Means. It is a job killer and does nothing to increase income of the little guy (in fact, it does just the opposite). When with some tweaking it could.
 
This is a brand killer if they actually do it. It will make everything else that Trump does, no matter how good and wonderful irrelevant, as it could ultimately trigger a trade war and a global recession. Think Smoot-Hawley.
 
But in the meantime take five minutes and look at David's video and laugh with me. You gotta have some fun here and there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpzE3JcGKzM&feature=youtu.be

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