Depopulation Revisited

 *Are you still concerned with Russian collusion and Stormy Daniels? You really need to stop coming to my blog, you're a fucking idiot!

The World Bank and the development delusion

The World Bank can be an effective tool in the fight against poverty with fundamental changes in its power structure.

When Jim Yong Kim took the helm of the World Bank in July, progressives in the development community hailed it as a turning point in the fight against poverty. For once the Bank is headed not by a US military boss or a Wall Street executive, but by an actual expert in the field of development. Jeffrey Sachs called Kim's appointment a "tremendous step" toward making the World Bank a place "where the world convenes to address the dire, yet solvable, problems of sustainable development". 

I have deep respect for Kim and his past accomplishments, but I do not share the optimism that has overcome the development community. I find it astounding that we continue to place our hope for the end of poverty in an international financial institution that is fundamentally beholden to the interests of Wall Street and the US government. And we do so against all the available evidence. History shows that most of the countries that have come under the sway of the World Bank - and its sister institution, the IMF - have experienced declining development outcomes over the past 30 years or so. 

This is either an unfortunate mistake that can be fixed with a little dose of better leadership, as Sachs and the rest seem to believe, or an indication that the Bank doesn’t actually care much about development and poverty reduction, and that it's after something else entirely. 

Structural adjustment 

To explain the Bank's dismal record on development we have to understand its core economic strategy, namely, "structural adjustment", which has been in place since about 1980. When the Bank gives out loans to poor countries, they come with strict conditions attached that require debtors to restructure their economies in line with neoliberal policyby cutting subsidies and price controls; privatising public utilities; curbing regulations on labour and pollution; removing trade tariffs; and allowing foreign corporations to buy up public assets, bid on government contracts and repatriate profits at will. 

E.J. Dionne Jr.: Why all the 'nones' who have given up on organized religion?

They’re put off by displays of hypocrisy and intolerance.

Do you wonder why the proportion of Americans unaffiliated with organized religion has skyrocketed in recent decades?

This trend is especially pronounced among adults under 30, roughly 40 percent of whom claim no connection to a religious congregation or tradition and have joined the ranks of those the pollsters call the “nones.”

To understand how so many now prefer nothing to something when it comes to religion, ponder the news over the past few days.

President Donald Trump finally admitted that he had paid a porn star to keep quiet about an alleged affair as we saw unfold what we’ll call Jesuitgate, the controversy over who should be chaplain of the House of Representatives.

On Thursday, Speaker Paul Ryan backed down from his effective dismissal of the Rev. Patrick Conroy, a Jesuit priest, as chaplain. Mr. Ryan had said he asked the cleric to quit for providing inadequate “pastoral services” but denied that Father Conroy was ousted because of a mild prayer for justice he delivered during the debate over the GOP tax cut.

The phrase “pastoral services” must inspire a chuckle from your average millennial agnostic. It makes the work of holy men and women sound like the this-worldly tasks of the accountant, mechanic or dentist.

Father Conroy had initially agreed to Mr. Ryan’s request to step aside but withdrew his resignation in a quietly stinging letter. The priest noted that he had never been informed of the shortcomings of his “pastoral services.” If he had, he would “have attempted to correct such ‘faults.’ “

Father Conroy also quoted Mr. Ryan’s chief of staff, Jonathan Burks, as telling him “something like ‘maybe it’s time we had a chaplain that wasn’t a Catholic.’ “ Mr. Ryan’s office vehemently denied this, but the speaker announced he didn’t want to have a “protracted fight” and that Father Conroy could stay.

Many of us could have told Mr. Ryan that it’s a mistake to mess with a Jesuit. But think about it: The House Republican leadership was more inclined to push out a chaplain than to impose accountability on a president who is a proven liar and trashes the rule of law for his own selfish purposes day after day.

This degree of partisan irresponsibility only aggravates the already powerful skepticism among the young about what it means to be religious. In their landmark 2010 book, “American Grace,” the scholars Robert Putnam and David Campbell found that the rise of the nones was driven by the increasing association of organized religion with conservative politics and a lean toward the right in the culture wars.

Mr. Putnam and Mr. Campbell found that millennials with tolerant and open views on homosexuality were more than twice as likely to be religious nones as their statistically similar peers with conservative or traditionalist views on homosexuality. Many young people came to regard religion, the authors wrote, as “judgmental, homophobic, hypocritical and too political.”

If you want an exquisite hypocritical moment, consider that last Thursday, the day Mr. Trump had to admit his lies on the Stormy Daniels payoff, the president tweeted to commemorate the National Day of Prayer. “Prayer is the key that opens us to the treasures of God’s mercies and blessings,” he proclaimed in a pious 42-second video. I guess Mr. Trump can use some mercy right now.

What’s maddening about all this is that religion has a strong case to make for itself — to the young and everyone else — given its historical role as a prod to personal and social change and the ways in which movements for justice have been inspired through the centuries by the words of Exodus, Micah, Isaiah, Amos and Jesus.

Father Conroy was getting at this in the most uncontroversial way possible when he spoke in his now-contested prayer of how “our great nation” has created “opportunities that have allowed some to achieve great success, while others continue to struggle.” If a chaplain could be rebuked for voicing that simple and undeniable truth, what’s the point of the “religious liberty” that Mr. Trump and his GOP allies celebrate?

And when will those who advertise themselves as religion’s friends realize they can do far more damage to faith than all the atheists and agnostics put together?

E.J. Dionne Jr. is a syndicated columnist for The Washington Post (ejdionne@washpost.com).

Obesity Is Now A Bigger Killer Than Smoking

The recent Healthy Survey for England shows that currently 26 percent of adults (defined as persons 16 years and above) are obese. In 2014, 58 percent of women and 65 percent of men were overweight or obese, and these figures are rising.

Persons with BMIs (Body Mass Index) of higher than 25 are condisered overweight, and those with BMIs that range between 30 and 34.9 are moderately obese.

A study by Public Health England shows that obesity has now eclipsed smoking as the number one cause of death in the UK. Smoking-related illnesses account for 10.7% of deaths, but those relating to obesity now stand at 10.8%, and according to a Harvard study the amount of smoking-related deaths is decreasing yearly.

The Public Health England report also notes that a whopping 40% of NHS resources are spent on treating diseases and ailments that stem lifestyle factors like obesity, with Simon Stevens, NHS head, saying our "junk food diets" are to blame.

This is not cute, it's disgusting.

Professor Kevin Fenton, PHE director of Health and Wellbeing, added that “as a nation we are eating far too many fats and far too much sugar.” Trans fats and saturated fats are particularly in the crosshairs, with the former offering no nutritional benefit whatsoever.

In the 2016 UK Budget report, George Osbourne announced the introduction of sugar tax of up to 20% on the soft drinks industry, which is due to come into effect in 2018. The tax is set to target fizzy drinks in particular, including Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Lucozade, and beverage manufactures will be taxed according to how much sugar their drinks contain. The reports predict that a tax on sugary drinks would prevent 3.7 million people becoming obese in the next decade.

While we've all known for a long time that a poor diet and lack of exercise can lead to health complications, it's always unsettling to see just how profound the effects can be. Despite the current social media trend for downing green juices and doing downward dogs every morning, the study is a harsh reminder that as a nation, our habits are far from healthy.

New Pamphlet: “Leftist Indoctrination in Our K-12 Public Schools”

The Freedom Center’s new pamphlet documents how the Left is subverting our students’ education

The same “progressives” who have made American higher education into indoctrination chambers for cultural Marxism, identity racism and other anti-American ideas are now targeting our K-12 public schools.

• At the Edina School District in Edina, Minnesota, all employees, even bus drivers, must take “Equity and Racial Justice Training” instructing them that “dismantling white privilege” is at the core of the district’s mission. They must acknowledge their racial guilt, and embrace the district’s “equity” ideology.
• To enhance “cultural diversity,” students at Maryland’s La Plata High School were ordered to copy the Islamic creed “Shahada” which states in part, “There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.” One worksheet distributed by the school states, “Most Muslims’ faith is stronger than the average Christian.”
• As part of transgender instruction in Rocklin Academy in Rocklin, California, a male kindergartener was reintroduced to classmates as a girl. A first grader at the school was sent to the principal’s office after she called the student by his given name on the playground – apparently unaware that the five year old had changed gender.

These horror stories are not exceptions to the rule. As our important new pamphlet, Leftist Indoctrination In Our K-12 Public Schools  shows, they are happening every day in schools all across our country. You can access this work which provides crucial documentation of the indoctrination crisis in our schools here or by clicking on the cover image below. 

Our public schools have traditionally been the cornerstone of our country’s democratic values, teaching students how to think not what to think. No longer.

Today, as Leftist Indoctrination In Our K-12 Public Schools shows, no age group and no corner of our K-12 classrooms are immune from the left’s ideological aggression.

It is imperative that we act now. If we lose our primary and secondary schools we will have lost everything. 

To this end, the Freedom Center has initiated a new campaign to work with legislators to adopt a Code of Ethics for K-12 Public Schools to end politicized teaching and classroom indoctrination. This campaign will educate the public about the extent of the threat to our educational system and our essential liberties and carry the fight directly into the political and legislative arena.

We have already had an early success in Virginia where State Delegate Dave La Rock has introduced HJ 117, a bill to establish a code of ethics and professional responsibility in the state’s public schools.  Similar efforts are under way in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Nebraska where legislators on the education committees are in the early stages of drafting legislation, and legislators in a growing list of states are expressing interest in our campaign.

The text of the K-12 Code of Ethics introduced in Virginia may be viewed here. We look forward to bringing you updates on the progress of this growing movement to halt the Left’s efforts to indoctrinate our youngest citizens. 

WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS QUESTION THE STATUS QUO

Change is progress, stagnation is death. That is the truest truth, especially in capitalism and thus also in trading. Grow or die. But then the real question is, why do so many people want to go backward? Everything was better before, we will make this and that great again, bla bla bla, yada yada yada. And why are so many people afraid of change when change is the only thing that ever brought humanity forward?

In Germany, we have this saying:”The farmer doesn’t eat what he doesn’t know”…that exactly describes the herd mentality. People are afraid of change because it involves an unknown factor. What will happen if we do that? What will happen if do this? I want to go back to my mommy. Where is my mommy? That is exactly what is happening in politics and in the world right now.

And also in trading. People are scared of algorithms. Will chart trading still work? Will human traders even be able to trade in a few years from now, or will the market be completely cluttered and torn apart by billions of transactions each second in the great algo war?

Questions, questions, questions, all I see are questions, but no actions! Adapt or die. Most people worry, and that worry paralyzes them. Instead of reading, learning, improving, changing, they close their eyes and keep running until they fall off the cliff. And then they blame everyone and everything, but not themselves.

If you are so worried about algos, why don’t you look at Python? Read up on it. Cloudquant, Quantopian. The tools are there, the information is there, for free. Get educated and then make an informed decision instead of worrying and crying like a baby. This is really paradoxical to me, because when I am worried about something, then I do everything I can to dissolve those worries. But most people just bury their head in the sand. Crazy.

There Is Always Something That Has To Be Done Better

The Status Quo was never satisfying to me because there is always something to improve. When I was working for a big corporation, the managers there sometimes said to me “no, we don’t like your suggestions, we have always done it this way and we will keep doing it this way”. Well, that is the most stupid thing I have ever heard in my life.

Just because something has been around for a long time, that doesn’t mean there isn’t a better alternative. The opposite is the truth – the longer something is around, the more likely it will become obsolete. This is also true for people that don’t change. They become an artifact of the past, ready to be exchanged with a new, hungry and curious person.

You always need to question the Status Quo, in everything you do. After all, the greats in the history of mankind were always the disruptive ones. From Socrates to Cesar to Elon Musk to Steve Jobs to Muhammad Ali. They were all very unique. Why? Because they looked at the Status Quo and said “wait a moment. This is not right. This can be done better, and this as well”, and so on.

And yes, this is very true for trading, as well. You should always question the Status Quo of your trading strategy, but you have to do it with a system – that is, a trading journal. And by this I mean you should not worry or doubt your system, but you should always ask yourself whether what you are doing still makes sense in relation to the current market conditions. Review, study, learn, improve, progress.

The markets are ever changing, the world is ever changing, and the worst thing you can do is to look away and ignore it. Or even worse, go backward and vote for conservative politicians or opt to stick with your trading strategy only because it worked for the last 5 years and now it stopped. This will only bring you disaster.

And the beauty about this is that it is an organic process. Once you get used to the process of reviewing, seeing things in perspective, and adapting, it will be the most normal thing for you to do, like breathing.

Death (Change) Is The Big Equalizer

Big companies like Yahoo refused to change, or they didn’t see that the world around them was changing and they ultimately perished. Even McDonalds had to change after 50 years of growth because their business model suddenly stopped working as it used to. Car companies, delivery businesses, bookstores, restaurants, the list goes on and on. Everything eventually becomes outdated.

That is especially true for leaders. When you are catching up, you are hungry. You have the drive. You want to be number one, the best. But once you have actually become the leader, you become complacent, arrogant, rigid, unflexible. Someone else will eventually take your place. Empires come and go. It’s a natural cycle, life and death.

In trading, it is the same. Everyone thinks “once I have a strategy, I am set for life and I can trade it for the rest of my life” – no, that’s not how it works. Even traders of classical chart patterns, which have now been around for almost 100 years, had to make adjustments to how they trade these patterns in order to thrive and survive.

Whenever someone says “we don’t need this, we didn’t need it before”, be very, very careful. They have already become dead weight. Distance yourself. Progress is the only way to prosperity.

We as a human species have only come so far because we are the most adaptable species on this planet. I reinvent myself every day. I become 1% better every day. And that is the secret of my success, the magic sauce.

Changes Equal Chances

So before you send me an email next time asking “how long has your strategy been working, how long do you think it will work, what about algos, what about changing liquidity?” and so on, simply take a look at yourself: you are seeing all of this, how the conditions change, which is good, but you see it as a threat, which is bad.

See it as a chance instead. When the world changes, there will always be winners and losers. When old and established structures are broken, this creates opportunity. Be happy about that, because no change, no opportunity, especially for newcomers.

Some of the best musicians out there are the ones that have no classic musical education, why? Because their thinking is not deadlocked by 500-years old theories. They simply do what feels right. I even think that the internet is both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because now you can get all the information about trading strategies for free and learn in a short amount of time what took others years to comprehend. And it’s also a curse because you are taken away the chance to make up your own mind, to see charts and trading with the eyes of a toddler, so to speak.

Of course, my favorite arch enemy, the education system, does not teach you how to criticize the Status Quo, because they don’t need and don’t want people like that. They want to keep the Status Quo, so they can keep their power, their money, their way of life at the cost of others.

So you will have to teach yourself how to do that. Critical thinking is a skill. Looking at something and instantly seeing the flaws and what can be improved, that is one of the most valuable skills in life. How can we train that? Well, you know my answer. Read books you don’t understand, talk to people that are smarter than you, and train your brain muscle. Asking for directions? Start with the teachings and writings of Ayn Rand, for example. You are welcome.

Embrace change, fuck the Status Quo. It sucks.

Trump administration uses fuzzy logic to derail $11 billion tunnel plan for New York and New Jersey

“The president is concerned about the viability of this project and the fact that New York and New Jersey have no skin in the game. They need to step up and bear their fair share. They are two of the richest states in the country.”
— Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, discussing the Gateway project at a House hearing, March 6, 2018

The “Gateway project” is code for a new rail tunnel connecting New Jersey and New York. Supporters say it’s sorely needed because the existing, waterlogged tunnels under the Hudson River are 108 years old and nearly unusable.

Chao once called Gateway an “absolute priority,” but she changed her tune after The Washington Post reported that President Trump, amid a feud with Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), is asking Republicans to kill funding for the tunnel.

Now, the Department of Transportation says New Jersey and New York want a fantasyland funding deal. Chao complained to lawmakers that under the states’ proposal, the federal government would be providing 100 percent of the money for the Gateway tunnel and 95 percent of the money for a related project: replacing the Portal Bridge in New Jersey. (That’s another 108-year-old structure near Manhattan that services trains traveling up and down the East Coast.)

“They’re putting in less than 5 percent on one and zero in the other,” Chao testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

The states, however, since 2015 have proposed to split Gateway costs 50/50 with the federal government. “Fifty percent is more than the federal government usually asks for such projects, so she’s just dead wrong,” Schumer said. “She doesn’t know her facts, or she’s dead wrong.”

What we have here is a black-and-white disagreement over basic facts. Do New Jersey and New York really want a full ride from the federal government, as Chao says?

The Facts

Train delays and derailments are a fact of life for hundreds of thousands of riders shuttling daily between New Jersey and New York. This congestion dominoes up and down the East Coast, since the Hudson River tunnels are a choke point for all Amtrak trains traveling through New York to other cities such as Boston or the District.

With few exceptions, political leaders in New Jersey and New York have long recognized this situation as a budding crisis. A previous tunnel project, called Access to the Region’s Core (ARC), had been slated for completion this year. But then-Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) canceled it in 2010, citing disputed cost overruns, at a time when the tea party was flexing its muscle over federal spending.

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The Gateway project, announced in 2011, became the region’s next big hope.New Jersey and New York are seeking funding for the first phase: Building the new rail tunnel and replacing the Portal Bridge. The new tunnel is estimated to cost $11.1 billion. If it gets funded, construction would run from 2019 to 2026. Replacing the Portal Bridge would cost another $1.56 billionand is slated to be done in 2023.

Without a new tunnel, the economic and environmental impact in the region would be severe, according to several experts and a 2012 study by the Government Accountability Office. But with Trump and Republicans from other parts of the country opposed to Gateway, securing the funds will be an uphill climb.

Chao has two primary concerns with the states’ funding proposal and we’re going to unpack each of her arguments. We reached out to DOT officials and aides for several lawmakers from New Jersey and New York. Because of the sensitivity and ongoing nature of the Gateway negotiations, these officials spoke to The Fact Checker on the condition of anonymity.

Full > https://tinyurl.com/ycrlmlfd

There's a ton of money in this!

 Do you have a "basic" knowledge of electrical systems and engines? It's easy enough to learn if you don't and I'll share some links.

 Tons of people around the world pour big money into RC's yet finding a good RC mechanic can be difficult but you can be an RC tech yourself.

 What you'll need to begin:
 - Basic RC toolkit that can be purchased on Amazon or probably at your local hobby store..
 - A drill.
 - A voltmeter
 - Some tape.
 - Clay.
 - Some wire strippers and shrink wrap.
 - A small room with a basic work table. *I live on a smaller yacht and don't even have this.

*I'm purchasing old RC cars, boats, trucks, drones and Quadcopters if you have anything to sell? ntech-solutions@live.com or text to: 386-262-8071

 This link will get you started > http://www.air.flyingway.com/books/The-Essential-Guide-to-RC-Cars.pdf

 - Electrical > http://www.gearseds.com/files/determining_battery_capacity3.pdf

 - Small combustion engines > https://authors.library.caltech.edu/25069/6/AirPollution88-Ch4.pdf

More at > https://www.nikostoybox.com/thetoys

 A person can pick up used RC's dirt cheap on C List or Ebay, upgrade the motors, engines, gears and battery and sell them on the same platform you purchased them on.

 This was just a quick reference to a $$$ getter if you have an interest.

I'm often labeled because I'm mixed & never lived in the hood.

...SO!

The Hierarchy of the People of the World

 - You have the "feed" or "status quo".
 - You have the "herd", a bit more educated and slightly more affluent.
 - You have the "herders" or representatives, (So called) leaders and politicians.
 - You have the "kings" or presidents and dictators, etc.
 - And then you have the "gods" who answer to no one but God himself. We circumvent all your rules and regulations, challenge all indoctrinated values and most of all, "Live by loopholes, not laws"!

*My only chain being "my perception" of events!

MONSANTO PROTECTION ACT SIGNED BY WHO?

*I don't belong to any party, church or religion, no groups & no peoples. I pay no mind to my race, color, nationality or any of that self-binding bullshit to "feel" as though I belong.

GMO BILL WRITTEN BY MONSANTO ITSELF SIGNED INTO LAW WHETHER IT CAUSES CANCER OR NOT!

 But first a little education >

  The Monsanto Protection Act, essentially both written by and benefitting Monsanto Corporation, has been signed into law by United States President Barack Obama. The infamous Monsanto Corporation will benefit greatly and directly from the bill, as it essentially gives companies that deal with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and genetically engineered (GE) seeds immunity to the federal courts, among other things. The bill states that even if future research shows that GMOs or GE seeds cause significant health problems, cancer, etc, anything, that the federal courts no longer have any power to stop their spread, use, or sales.

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There are of course arguments to be made that not enough research has been done yet to accurately determine the effects that GMOs have on human and animal health (though the research already done should make you stop and think). This bill sidesteps that completely though, and simply states that even if there are problems, that the federal courts can no longer do anything about it. And this bill is now law, thanks to President Obama and the U.S. Congress.

Some other interesting things to keep in mind:

– The bill was apparently written by freshman Sen. Roy Blunt in collusion with Monsanto, with them helping to craft the exact language of the document.

– “The Center for Responsive Politics notes that Sen. Blunt received $64,250 from Monsanto to go towards his campaign committee between 2008 and 2012. The Money Monocle website adds that Blunt has been the largest Republican Party recipient of Monsanto funding as of late.”

– Many members of Congress were apparently unaware that the “Monsanto Protection Act” was a part of the spending bill that they were voting on.

– Obama had no problem signing it into law (not really a surprise, he’s been rather soft on GMO policy).

– The bill will only remain in effect for a limited time, but it’s a bad sign. With the ease that this bill passed, it’ll be interesting to see what future bills look like.

 As the Daily News asks, “Who’s more powerful, the world’s largest producer of genetically modified crops or the U.S. government?”

“On Tuesday, Pres. Obama inked his name to H.R. 933, a continuing resolution spending bill approved in Congress days earlier. Buried 78 pages within the bill exists a provision that grossly protects biotech corporations such as the Missouri-based Monsanto Company from litigation.”

“In light of approval from the House and Senate, more than 250,000 people signed a petition asking the president to veto the spending bill over the biotech rider tacked on, an item that has since been widely referred to as the ‘Monsanto Protection Act.'”

“But Obama ignored [the petition],” as the IB Times notes, “instead choosing to sign a bill that effectively bars federal courts from being able to halt the sale or planting of GMO or GE crops and seeds, no matter what health consequences from the consumption of these products may come to light in the future.”

GMOs, while they may cause problems for human health, are primarily a problem for other reasons, mostly to do with crop/genetic diversity and overly complex industrial systems. And also the fact that they often don’t even work the way that they are “supposed” to.

When taken in context though, GMOs are really just another in a long line of environmentally damaging practices that people have done for short term gain/profit. From the large-scale deforestation of the world’s old-growth forests, to sustenance farming, to modern imported-fertilizer/pesticide/herbicide/fossil-fuel dependent industrial agricultural, the trend has been consistent, GMOs are just another in that line of attempts to temporarily maintain/raise crop yields. Regardless of the type of agriculture or the location, there are limits to how long any land can remain productive, applying imported fertilizers, or utilizing GMOs, only provides, at best, a temporary halt to the land’s transition to non-productive “wasteland”, and to desertification.

Image Credits: The White House

Who wrote this Executive Order?

*This Executive Order authorizes Gov to Seize Farms, Food, Processing Plants, Energy Resources, Transportation, Skilled Laborers, homes, water, and even your ass + your kids "in peacetime" or war.

https://tinyurl.com/ya54esw6

You keep worrying about Stormy Daniels.

Before I head out...

*Are you concerned about Russian collusion or Stormy Daniels?

 What do you know about 2018' propaganda measures? What do you know about indoctrination and indoctrinated values? Most of all what do you know about fractional reserve banking?
 Your head may be so far up your ass that "if" it were pulled out it would go "POP".

Chromebook OS Review

*I don't care what laptop or desktop you place this operating system on, it's a piece of shit! No memory for a "craptop" guru, no control panel, no nothing, it's a glorified cell phone utilizing apps.

 It sucks, the designers suck and Google sucks when it comes to OS's!
 Don't buy one! Mine does nothing but play my YouTube videos over my sound system and monitor my security cameras. I could achieve these tasks with a $40 Android phone.

How to navigate "SysNica" to past posts.

*Do you have a technical obstacle that you can't see your way through? Contact me: ntech-solutions@live.com

These Are the Ways Donald Trump’s Presidency Could End in 2018

 1. He could be impeached

Although it’s pretty unlikely Trump would get impeached, it’s definitely a possibility. But remember, it takes more than just impeachment to have a sitting president removed from office — just ask Bill Clinton.

Even if the House decides to impeach Trump, the Senate must also try and convict him by a two-thirds vote for him to be forced out. In the history of America, only two presidents have ever been impeached, and neither was removed from office. The former president most likely to be both impeached and removed — Richard Nixon — resigned before proceedings could begin.

2. He could be removed by the 25th Amendment

While impeachment seems to be everyone’s go-to for ousting Trump from office, it’s much more likely that he’d be removed by using the 25th Amendment. This is still a rare possibility, but it’s more likely than successfully impeaching Trump.

The amendment states that if the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet find the president is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.”

Both Republicans and Democrats have expressed their misgivings about Trump’s ability to lead, comparing him to an “unruly toddler who has to be tricked and manipulated into not causing too much damage.”

But do the members of his Cabinet and Vice President Mike Pence truly believe Trump is unable to fulfill his duties? So far, it seems the answer is no.

3. He could be forced to leave office for health reasons

Full article at: https://tinyurl.com/yc8jzzh7

 *I still believe most Americans are retarded, D. Trump was "voted" into office by the majority of US citizens. That boils down to more than 50% of voters SO... Donald's not the problem, it's every other person you associate with +1. Dumb ass!