More fake news? / myLot

Walnut Creek, California

August 6, 2018 10:50am CST

I admit that I sometimes check the Huffington Post headlines before checking my email (I use AOL's free service). It's not a news source that I trust, but I want to know if WW III has started or if a wildfire is raging toward my home. This morning, I saw a headline about American President Trump blaming California for the wildfires that have been burning up the State. I'm not a Trump supporter, even as I get more conservative in my old age, but my first thought was "more Trump-bashing. I'm tired of it." The article claimed that Trump had made the following tweet: "California wildfires are being magnified & made so much worse by the bad environmental laws which aren’t allowing massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilized. It is being diverted into the Pacific Ocean. Must also tree clear to stop fire spreading!" It also claimed that Trump had made no mention of the seventh person to die in our wildfires. So now I'm in the rabbit hole, and check whether Trump actually made such a stupid tweet. Diverting water into the Pacific Ocean is what rivers and tributaries do. It's called "nature." If he didn't, then I'll never read ANYTHING on Huffington Post again. If he did, then I'm going to scratch my head yet again and wonder how WE, yes WE, elected this man President of the United States of America.

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vanny

@vandana7 (102698)

• India

6 Aug 18

I am Trump supporter. Reason? Trump is making dollar stronger, consequently gold weaker. What it does is that the currency of our competitor which country shall not be named becomes weaker, and the inflation in that country increases. While similar thing happens in our country as well, they have loads of gold, and the value comes down making their currency genuinely weak. They have to export at a cheaper rate, and our poor innocent citizens who are importing everything that used to be manufactured here, would be a tad better off, considering that elsewhere the prices of gas are punching us real hard. And this competitor would think twice about attacking us because we become the major importers for them. International relations are complex. I am good with Trump as long as he does something like this.

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vanny

@vandana7 (102698)

• India

6 Aug 18

@TheHorse When banks started throwing out gold way back some 18 odd years ago, one country that cornered it was that neighbor. We have gold, there is no doubt about it. If you go to each house, of a middle class person you will find 250 - 300 gms of gold. Rich people have in kgs. That still does not mean we are anywhere close to this neighbor because they bought it at national level, parking all their surplus in gold. They benefited immensely with spike in gold prices. But for the last few years, gold prices are stagnant. With one of the famous Gold ETF companies having had problems recently, people are increasingly becoming skeptical about gold. Good for my country and in a way for the world. That metal simply is purposeless and looks hideous on some clothes.

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