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There is probably more you'd agree on, but only the inflammatory stuff really makes the news. I see that the news did actually cover Trump going into North Kore

by tropo 7y ago

There is probably more you'd agree on, but only the inflammatory stuff really makes the news. I see that the news did actually cover Trump going into North Korea last week, but it sure was buried -- did you see that it happened? Also regarding drug prices, Trump is trying to do a sort of most-favored-nation status for the prices, and/or allow reimporting. That too will be fought in court I'm sure, even if it goes through congress. If it survives court challenges, then Americans no longer pay more for drugs than the rest of the world.

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tiles 7y ago
The visit was pretty widely covered on cable news, after all this was the first president to enter the DPRK. Why did no president before now want to visit the DPRK, and what public good did this administration secure in exchange for doing so?
- whamlastxmas 7y ago
  It's diplomacy. It's a gesture. Not everything has to be transactional when it doesn't cost anything but a couple hours of time.
  - tiles 7y ago
    Sure, and it's objectively a diplomatic win for North Korea. But what diplomatic outcome is expected for the U.S. for visiting the DPRK for the first time?
    - tehlike 7y ago
      Time will tell. Instead of a hostile approach, a little gesture on both ends could go a long way... Or nowhere... But it is an attempt, no?
      - tiles 7y ago
        An American president visiting the DPRK is not a little gesture, it is a big gesture.
scarface74 7y ago
There was just a bipartisan bill passed to make it harder for the IRS to seize bank accounts that was signed by Trump that didn’t make the news but the North Korea visit did. But I wonder how long it will take both parties to realize the ridiculousness of the current health care system the same way that they are both slowly turning back government overreach when it comes to being “tough on crime”.

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There is probably more you'd agree on, but only the inflammatory stuff really makes the news. I see that the news did actually cover Trump going into North Kore

by tropo 7y ago

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tiles 7y ago
The visit was pretty widely covered on cable news, after all this was the first president to enter the DPRK. Why did no president before now want to visit the DPRK, and what public good did this administration secure in exchange for doing so?
- whamlastxmas 7y ago
  It's diplomacy. It's a gesture. Not everything has to be transactional when it doesn't cost anything but a couple hours of time.
  - tiles 7y ago
    Sure, and it's objectively a diplomatic win for North Korea. But what diplomatic outcome is expected for the U.S. for visiting the DPRK for the first time?
    - tehlike 7y ago
      Time will tell. Instead of a hostile approach, a little gesture on both ends could go a long way... Or nowhere... But it is an attempt, no?
      - tiles 7y ago
        An American president visiting the DPRK is not a little gesture, it is a big gesture.
scarface74 7y ago
There was just a bipartisan bill passed to make it harder for the IRS to seize bank accounts that was signed by Trump that didn’t make the news but the North Korea visit did. But I wonder how long it will take both parties to realize the ridiculousness of the current health care system the same way that they are both slowly turning back government overreach when it comes to being “tough on crime”.