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Marketwatch brings good news for the USA: American workers are finally reaping the benefits of the lowest unemployment rate and best jobs market in decades: Wages and benefits are rising at the fastest pace in a decade. Firms have sought to fill openings by offering better benefits such as more vacation time or flexible hours. When push comes to shove, they are offering higher pay. While bigger paychecks are great for workers, the US Federal Reserve is watching closely to see if rising compensation is stoking inflation. The Federal Reserve could increase U.S. interest rates if it becomes a big worry, but so far inflation remains relatively mild.
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(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Monday August 06 2018, @08:56PM
Many of the world’s great leaders request to come to Mar-a-Lago and Palm Beach. They like it, I like it, we’re comfortable. We have great relationships. It was called the Southern White House. It was given to the United States, and then Jimmy Carter decided it was too expensive for the United States. So they, fortunately for me, gave it back and I bought it. Who would have thought? It was a circuitous route.
Shinzo Abe, very nice guy, I showed him around Mar-a-Lago. We played a few rounds at Trump National Golf Club and at Trump International Golf Course. One thing about golf, you get to know somebody better on a golf course than you will over lunch.
And I visited Shinzo in Japan. Very unique country, very special. We played a few holes with Hideki Matsuyama -- another wonderful person -- at the Kasumigaseki Country Club. And I ate the best hamburger I've ever tasted in my entire life. Possibly the best one you've ever tasted. Very nice place, very nice trip, very nice people. pic.twitter.com/vYLULe0o2K [t.co]
But they're ABSOLUTELY KILLING US. Economically, they're killing us. New York, I'm driving in New York, I see so many funny looking taxi cabs. And I ask my driver, "what kind of car is that, who makes that one?" He says "Toyota." Which comes from Japan. Well, I'm telling Toyota, try building your cars in the United States instead of shipping them over.
Same with the steel & aluminum. I put tariffs on those so our great steel mills and aluminum mills can open up again. Can start hiring again. And for our National Security. Very important that we have steel & aluminum for our military. For our ships, planes, tanks, rockets and so much more. What if we go to War with Japan? They have all the steel & aluminum, we have ZERO. Not great. And by the way, the situation militarily is very one-sided. The American taxpayer is spending A LOT to protect Japan. They need to pay more. Or start protecting themselves. We can make a deal, I love deals that are VERY FAIR. We have some great companies, great equipment. Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon -- terrific guys with the very best equipment. And Japan, probably they'll want nuclear. We can talk about that, we can help them with that. North Korea has nuclear -- not for long -- China has nuclear. And they're no friends of Japan, believe me. So Japan's going to have nuclear sooner or later.
Canada, I met Justin from Canada. Great looking guy, looks amazing. He acts so meek & mild. But this is a VERY DISHONEST guy. I'll tell you, what he's doing is terrible. Trudeau came to see me. He said, "no, no, we have no trade deficit with you, we have none. Donald, please." I told him, "wrong, Justin, you do." I didn’t even know. I had no idea. I just said, "you're wrong." We sent one of our guys out, his guy, my guy, they went out. I said, "check, because I can't believe it." "Well, sir, you’re actually right. We have no deficit, but that doesn’t include energy and timber. And when you do, we lose $17 billion a year." It’s incredible.
And the Dairy, Canada charges the U.S. a 270% tariff on Dairy Products! They didn’t tell you that, did they? Not fair to our farmers! Even Chuck Schumer says it's HORRIBLY UNFAIR. We do 3%, they do 270%, it's very one-sided.
After G7 -- so nasty and a big waste of time -- Justin gave a news conference, he said "US Tariffs were kind of insulting" and he "will not be pushed around." Well, I put Tariffs on the steel & aluminum coming in from Canada. Our Tariffs are in response to his of 270% on dairy! Another thing, they have the universal healthcare. Something I'm working very hard on, we're going to have that too. But until we do, it's unfair. They have it, we don't. Our great American workers are getting sick and can't pay the bill for the doctor. They stay sick, they can't work. Or they do lousy work. While the Canadian workers go to the doctor and, no bill. They get fixed up, they're back to work. Very hard to compete with that.
And the EU, or European Union. They're a foe. And maybe you don't think of them as a foe. Trust me, they are. But I made a great deal with President Juncker. They're going to buy a lot more of our soybeans. And a lot more of our LNG, the natural gas. So they won't have to buy that from Russia. It's going to mean a lot of new JOBS for our farmers. And in our gas industry.
The minimum wage, I am looking at it and I haven't decided in terms of numbers. But I think people have to get more. I would like to see an increase of some magnitude. So folks can have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS. But I'd rather leave it to the states. Let the states decide. Because don't forget, the states have to compete with each other!!!!