Trump Started Trade War Because He Was Angry

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Some of the best quotes against Donny’s idiot trade war are coming from Repubes. I love it!

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/24/polit...armer-welfare/

During a private lunch Tuesday, senators expressed concern about the administration's trade policies, according to two members who attended. According to one Republican member in the room, members from farm country relayed there is growing frustration with Trump back home.

"It was people from farm country saying, 'Things have changed,' a lot fewer MAGA hats around," the senator said when asked to describe the lunch.

"This trade war is cutting the legs out from under farmers, and White House's 'plan' is to spend $12 billion on gold crutches," said Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska. "America's farmers don't want to be paid to lose -- they want to win by feeding the world. This administration's tariffs and bailouts aren't going to make America great again, they're just going to make it 1929 again."

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Senators unveil bipartisan bill meant to delay Trump auto tariffs

FU, Donny! Doug Jones already starting to prove his worth to AL and the country, vs the Donny-backed child molester Roy Moore.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/25/sena...o-tariffs.html

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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker reportedly used colorful cards with simple explanations to discuss trade policies during his Wednesday meeting with President Trump.

The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Juncker relied on more than a dozen of the cards while explaining trade topics to Trump, including automotive trade, ahead of their Rose Garden announcement to hold formal trade talks.

“We knew this wasn’t an academic seminar. It had to be very simple,” a senior European Union official told The Journal.

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/in...rds-to-explain

So, the art of the deal involves kindergarten cue cards?

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Originally Posted by finnbow

So, the art of the deal involves kindergarten cue cards?

Might work on our resident moron!

The big lesson from Trump’s truce on trade? Pushback works.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...c38_story.html

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Billionaire industrialist Charles Koch is warning that Trump administration trade policies could trigger a recession.

The conservative activist is lashing out at the Republican president's brewing international trade war as hundreds of donors attend a private gathering in Colorado.

Koch tells reporters during a rare question-and-answer session that "protectionism at any level" is "detrimental."

He says Trump's approach, "if it's severe enough," could lead to a recession...

The powerful Koch network is promising to punish politicians in either party who support the tariffs.

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Exactly what I expected--big money telling Trump 'Hey this tariff shit is costing us real money! Stop it!' But can the Kochs restrain Trump? Or is he beyond all control?

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Tariffs on aluminum are a tax on beer

Finally, an issue even the simplest Trumpkin can understand. Beer prices are going to rise thanks to their idiot hero.

http://www.beerinstitute.org/tariffs-aluminum-tax-beer/

I estimate that the aluminum tariff will increase the annual cost of beer production in the U.S. by $347.7 million per year. To put that in perspective, after decades of persistent effort, last December the U.S. beer industry successfully lobbied Congress to reduce its federal excise taxes by about $130 million per year for the next two years. The aluminum tariff will not only wipeout every cent of beer’s hard-won excise tax relief – it will pile on an additional $217.7 million in costs each year the tariff is kept in place.

The U.S. beer industry creates 2.23 million American jobs, which is 1.4% of all U.S. employment. The aluminum tariff will put more than 20,000 of these jobs at risk. About half of the jobs that would be lost will be from brewers, distributors, and retailers who sell beer to American drinkers. The other half would be from companies that sell inputs to beer production like aluminum cans and from other jobs that exist because of household spending by people who work in beer.

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by finnbow

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker reportedly used colorful cards with simple explanations to discuss trade policies during his Wednesday meeting with President Trump.

The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Juncker relied on more than a dozen of the cards while explaining trade topics to Trump, including automotive trade, ahead of their Rose Garden announcement to hold formal trade talks.

“We knew this wasn’t an academic seminar. It had to be very simple,” a senior European Union official told The Journal.

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/in...rds-to-explain

So, the art of the deal involves kindergarten cue cards?

But did Juncker move in Trump's direction?

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Originally Posted by Dondilion

But did Juncker move in Trump's direction?

He spewed a few platitudes in the Lying Dotard's direction. Beyond that, who knows?

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Originally Posted by Dondilion

But did Juncker move in Trump's direction?

No, every analysis I’ve read indicates we’re headed right back to exactly Obama’s trade policies with the EU, which Donny was so fond of attacking. Donny is a wreckless, feckless fool.