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SoSpricyHotDog ago

Awesome post as always @srayzie

Don't forget, ISIS has been effectively dismantled, the Saudi Arabian purge occurred, not only are jobs up/but wages too, tax bill was passed, 2 SCOTUS appointments, tons of Federal appointments, 5 for 5 on the mid-terms, a silently strong approval rating, and we're finally beginning to see a reduction in our deficit!

Because... Russia?

These people are stupid.

Thanks for this!

Are_we__sure ago

ISIS has been effectively dismantled

The downfall of ISIS was evident way before Trump took office. He didn't change personnel or strategy. A coalition was put together to roll back ISIS to its two strongholds, Raqqa in Syria and Mosul in Iraq in simultaneous battles so ISIS had no where to run to. The strategy was go slow and hold territory with local forces with the US and others providing Special Ops and Air Power. Trump changed nothing about that. The guy who was in charge of this multinational effort was Brett McGurk, the Special Presidential Envoy for Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. He was appointed in 2015 and is still on the job. The battle for the Mosul begin in Oct 2016. The battle for Raqqa began in November 2016.

not only are jobs up/but wages too,

The average monthly job increase under Trump is below the average of Obama's last few years

https://stevenrattner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/NYT-Jobs-Jul.png

and unfortunately prices are rising higher than wages

Consider that, while average hourly earnings are growing at an annual rate of 2.7%, the consumer price index for the 12 months that ended June 30 was up 2.9%. That means the purchasing power of Americans went down during that period.