It seems the market is still salivating over the same old empty promises and rhetoric we've been hearing for a year.

"We spent $6TN on the Middle East [not true, and anyway he was in favor of the Iraq war], which we could have spent at home instead.... so I propose a massive increase in military spending... with no mention of how it's paid for."

"Infrastructure bad, so I propose $1TN to be spent building stuff... with no mention of how it's paid for."

"Historic corporate tax cuts... still no specifics... with no mention of how it's paid for."

"Massive tax cuts for individuals... still no specifics... with no mention of how it's paid for."

"Yes, we're building a Yuge Great Wall... with no mention of how it's paid for."

"Our national debt is really bad... but believe me we're going to do all of this."

"ISIS bad...", wait, I thought that issue was going to be solved day one. He had this amazing plan, remember?

"New healthcare will be awesome...", with vague mentions of things like HSA's which are only good for people who have lots of money, and saying that healthy people won't need to be in the system so how will it pay for itself? And what works in every other developed country in the world won't work here because...? The clock is ticking fast, with Congress having at most a few weeks to look at this before 2018 plans and prices are made. I highly recommend John Oliver's recent show with his coverage about this.

Then there was the empty rhetoric about swamp draining, where he has actually loosened some restrictions, and of course he himself is exempt. And the usual taking credit for things he had nothing to do with. Oh and he loves the stock market but also says the economy is broken.

Where exactly are all these trillions going to come from? Not a chance a fraction of that stuff becomes real. But at least mentally ill people can get their guns, thanks to him reversing regulations on that. Remember the outrage after Sandy Hook? I said at the time, why do people bother with all this outrage, nothing will change. I wish I had been wrong.

Back in the real world today, Best Buy is plunging on weak sales and forecasts, just like Target yesterday. All we've heard for months is "everything is awesome", so that's strange.

As an aside, check out these floats from a German parade. Wow. I can't believe they put out stuff like that in public, LOL.

thelocal.de/20...-mercy

And this clip from Colbert a week ago is funny.

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