The first debate between Trump and Clinton was not about America. It was about whether or not the US Federal Government should continue its now traditional role of governing the world militarily and economically. Trump argued that the government makes trade deals and political deals with foreign states unfavorable to American states. The deal with Mexico, for example, allows products from Mexico into the US tariff free while products entering Mexico from the US are subject to tariffs. Jobs are regularly sent from the US to foreign countries. Most big American corporations operate globally without benefiting Americans. America pays 78 percent of the cost of European defense by monies paid to Nato. He gave fact after fact proving what Americans and the world know. The Federal Government does not pursue a national agenda aiming at the advantage of the average American. Clinton, Trump argued, has been supporting this policy for years as a member of the political establishment in Washington. She explained with some detail her plans for America, better jobs, better infrastructure, investment in new technologies, fairer tax laws,equal pay for women and so forth. Trump said it was all talk and he was right. But she was right that it was the talk that an experienced Washington insider needed to talk to get elected President and continue using the power of the Washington government for the benefit of the world first and Americans second. The people with the most interest in what was said were not located in the 50 United States. They did not see and hear the debate about whether Trump would put America or Clinton would put the world first. Clinton won the debate. So did the world.
Daniel McNeill
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A powerful and very dramatic exploration of love and relations between
a 70-year-old man and four women, two sisters 18 and 19, their mother
46, and a lesbian friend 22. It is full of well-written dialogues between the five
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one liberating ending to all its beginnings.
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