[vsergiu]

I don't like Trump... but the guy made billions ... even tho some people will argue that he avoided paying taxes and other stuff.

Still... he is not stupid, he will not go bananas. I think there will be economic growth in America. Hopefully less corruption and no terrorism. Look at Europe... they have the "open mindset" approach and there are more problems there than anywhere in the world (regarding politics, terrorism and common people not being happy)

[HighSense]

> Look at Europe... they have the "open mindset" approach and there are more problems there than anywhere in the world (regarding politics, terrorism and common people not being happy)

What? I'll grant you the corrupt politicians and stupid politics, but you get those anywhere and everywhere.

Terrorism? Yeah, sure it seems to have spiked lately, but if you count mass shootings as terrorism I'd wager the US would have more incidences of terrorism than any European nation. The US is also listed as having a higher rank on the Global Terrorism Index for 2015.

And finally, Europe has some of the most highly rated nations in terms of their citizens' happiness, at least the Scandinavians are enjoying themselves.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Terrorism_Index (2015 data) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report (2016 data)

[moyta]

Terrorism is such a low priority though, we would be much better off focusing on cutting our mortality rate from car accidents and maternal deaths during pregnancy, we would save waaaay more people from dying with much less funding.

There is no good reason we can't cut maternal deaths to under 100 versus the 670 odd deaths a year currently, we have the infrastructure, just not the willpower to save those 570 women's lives.

[zimpenfish]

As a data point, car accidents in the US have killed 10x as many as 9/11 -every single year- since 1946.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_i...

[moyta]

We can save a good percentage of those 35k people that die every year, at least a few 9/11's a year with just a bit of funding for traffic safety improvements.

I remember as a kid going to a section of railroad track with my mother, where I then asked her why we were here. She said to me "This is where I saved 4 lives a year, this 6 block section of track." One section of sidewalk and a small wood pedestrian bridge saved 2 to 3 kids and 1 to 2 adults (mostly women on their morning jog) from dying every year.

That was one of her proudest accomplishments, even if it was one of the most minor projects she ever did. Simple safety improvements can save many lives, and economically are a great investment. Every dead person is a net loss for the US economically & socially.

On a tangent here, we can fight for a better future, but we need to get Americans protesting for it in streets all across America.

[moyta]

Trump isn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but he is not stupid. I predict economic growth via another few bubbles under his presidency, and during that I hope to be one of the ones to get in & get out from one of those bubbles.

Not saying my hope to get in & get out is realistic, but I can dream.

[Mimu]

I believe Trump inherited his billions and actually lost money overall so he didn't made any $$.

[zimpenfish]

He inherited more than Paris Hilton and turned it into less than she did[1]. Also hasn't even outperformed an index fund[2].

[1] https://www.quora.com/Is-Donald-Trump-a-business-genius [2] http://fortune.com/2015/08/20/donald-trump-index-funds/