Trump Started Trade War Because He Was Angry

[Chicks]

Predictable. Whell “knows better” than a Nobel winning economist. Do you actually pay money for your Limblow newsletter subscription? Lol.

[whell]

Originally Posted by Chicks

Predictable. Whell “knows better” than a Nobel winning economist. Do you actually pay money for your Limblow newsletter subscription? Lol.

I can't help it if the "nobel winning economist" guy was wrong. LOL!

[whell]

Originally Posted by Chicks

Predictable. Whell “knows better” than a Nobel winning economist. Do you actually pay money for your Limblow newsletter subscription? Lol.

Looks like another day, and another faux crisis fades further.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/27/us-s...he-agenda.html

International markets received a boost Tuesday after a strong day on Wall Street, with both Asian and European indexes posting gains during their respective trading sessions. Markets have bounced back over the past day, with investors attributing this to an alleviation of concerns over potential trade tariffs.

Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive memorandum that would inflict tariffs on up to $60 billion in Chinese imports prompting China to retaliate, however news has emerged that the nations are open to discussions that could allay a trade war.

As others have observed, the threat of tariffs is apparently being used as an inducement to accelerate discussion and facilitate agreements on trade.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

...As others have observed, the threat of tariffs is apparently being used as an inducement to accelerate discussion and facilitate agreements on trade.

It seems you believe that the Dotard carefully strategized this whole tariff brouhaha, as opposed to it being a frustrated reaction to all the shit blowing up around him in the White House as reported in the OP's link. It seems to me that he lashed out and his staff was forced to again clean up the mess he created with his impulsive and infantile behavior. If you believe he has a thorough understanding of trade policy that manifested itself in new tariff policy via tweet (and without any internal review by government lawyers or his own staff), you're even more gullible than I thought you were.

[whell]

Originally Posted by finnbow

It seems you believe that the Dotard carefully strategized this whole tariff brouhaha, as opposed to it being a frustrated reaction to all the shit blowing up around him in the White House as reported in the OP's link.

Yeah, I do. There's no question about that. In order to believe that its anything other than that, you have to discount months and months of statements that were made about trade before the November 2016 election.

That said, I think Trump is less about carefully strategizing than he is about making instinctive, sometimes impulsive, decisions. But I'll leave it to you to put credence in a sloppily sourced report that suggests that the decision to move forward with tariffs was nothing more than the result of a temper tantrum.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

Yeah, I do. There's no question about that...

I guess it depends on your view of what strategizing means. I'd characterize his actions as spouting off impulsively without good information or advice and lying while he did it (about whether we had a trade deficit with Canada). He's a clueless, incurious, narcissistic clown on a good day. On a bad day, he's worse.