Trump Plays Dangerous Game Of Chicken With Trade Tariffs

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Tom B, Jun 3, 2018.

  1. "..and its citizens". You know he is not a king right? He is the commander-in-chief of the military, not the citizens.

    I guess this is where your think your place is in the world, subject of the President.

    Seriously, it has all gone to shit. And this is not economics, you are just trolling.
     
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    #181     Jun 11, 2018
  2. dozu888

    dozu888

    see... there is nothing besides the hair splitting and empty statements.
     
    #182     Jun 11, 2018
  3. piezoe

    piezoe

    I predict virtually none of the Trump Tariffs will ever amount to anything. It is a show for his base. He's a con man, and con men are actors. Just like Obama wasn't born in Kenya; Just like there is no Wall; Just like Mexico didn't pay for it; Just like you didn't get "something wonderful" in place of Obamacare; Just like there is no Trade deficit with Canada, and Just like there isn't an 800 billion trade deficit, it is highly unlikely there will be any significant new tariffs actually enforced. And neither, by the way, will Trump know in "the first five minutes" whether talks with Kim Jung-un will be productive. But this much you can absolutely count on. Donald's orange face and fat little hands will be on your TV whenever there is a TV crew anywhere near him. And if none is near, he will find one. Step in front of the camera and insult someone, make up a number, or claim something absurd to get your attention. He can't help it.
     
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    #183     Jun 11, 2018
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  4. DTB2

    DTB2

    Hmm a 20 mile stretch of wall is being built right now, in the area that has the greatest numbers of illegals apprehended. No wall?

    Mexico won't pay for it? Did you expect a big cardboard check? They will pay for it in a myriad of ways. Just sit tight.

    Tariffs will not be applied, hopefully. They are but a lever to persuade renegotiation of bad trade deals with our partners.

    You probably haven't been right on anything political since Trump announced his candidacy.
     
    #184     Jun 11, 2018
  5. I spent the last two days at the hospice I have started to help out with here. A lot of waiting around and just making sure all is ok. More time than usual to waste.

    A kid once asked me if cancer cells are tougher and basically immortal why can't all the cells be replaced and then the sick person would not die but live forever? Makes sense to a child.

    It sometimes seems that this is how some adults think about Trump.. not a perfect analogy but..when it is all only false numbers and 'attitude' that will bring some golden age.
     
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    #185     Jun 11, 2018
  6. piezoe

    piezoe

    Took me a moment, but I understand your analogy now, and it is a good one. Nice of you to help out at the Hospice.
     
    #186     Jun 11, 2018
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  7. SunTrader

    SunTrader

    .... don't forget Twitter for those stubby little fingers of President Insomniac.
     
    #187     Jun 11, 2018
  8. piezoe

    piezoe

    you've been lied to again. Must get tiresome. It's 20 miles of fencing that will replace existing barriers.. The wall that already exists is a holdover from the Obama administration. It seems Trump never properly thanked Barrack for that.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/us/politics/us-mexico-border-wall-funding.html
    The replacement fencing includes 28 miles in the San Diego region and a new 30-foot-high barrier in Calexico, Calif., that extends for two miles. In New Mexico, the Border Patrol will replace 20 miles of barriers that are intended to stop vehicles with new fencing to prevent people from crossing into the United States.

    This year, the administration asked for $1.6 billion to build a border wall in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas. But Congress rejected that request in the spending bill it approved last week. Instead, lawmakers provided nearly $1.6 billion for border security — including new technology and repairs to existing barriers — in what the administration has since described as a down payment on a wall.
    (o_O)
    FOOL!

    Maybe infowars should start reading the NYT.
    (it appears fatso is going to be waiting a long long time for that check from Mexico.)
     
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    #188     Jun 11, 2018
  9. piezoe

    piezoe

    Of Course! Good Lord, how could I have forgotten Twitter!
     
    #189     Jun 11, 2018
  10. Palindrome

    Palindrome

    Can we talk Assault Rifles?

    This is always an interesting argument.
     
    #190     Jun 11, 2018