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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Trump started strong with his trade war talk.  That's his strong suit and there's probably some validity in what he says there.  After that, he fell apart.  His discussion on NATO is especially disturbing.[/quote]
His discussion on NATO really hit a home with me. It's time to re-evaluate all these Cold War relics and have our junior "partners" start funding at least to their treat obligations. It would be great if they paid their fair share. The only obligation under article 5 is to provide what support each country  deems appropriate up to and including military aid. It does not say each country must respond with military force. [/quote]

Trump is a great thinker. I can't remember any other politician approach this issue with this outside of the box thinking. They will be starting to pay their fair share when he gets into the office.[/quote]

The problem is, how is he gonna change the situation?You can't force companies to do anything. Most of them have global presence and America is not the largest market. Rest of the world is and especially China. So yeah he talks the good talk about trade BUT there is no solution. When you slap tariff of 25% on things made outside USA, price of things goes up by 25% and Americans pay for it. Sales will drop resulting in millions of job cuts.

He goes to trade war with China. China shuts down its 1.3 billion market to USA, who will lose , American companies. China is the largest market for GM, Microsoft, caterpillar, and hundreds of others. China also holds over 1 trillion$ Of USA debt. Any trade war with China will result in job losses in USA when china kicks out USA companies. China holds all the cards. Trump with his ADHD will be eaten alive by the shrewd Chinese.

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+1  Unlike the US, the Chinese gov't has much tighter controls on its companies, and has no qualms about making it extremely difficult for foreign companies to compete there. I get that you think that's a good thing, but it's quite un-American.  If this is how people want the US to run then you don't love democracy. To me, he basically is saying we should be exactly like China.  I think he wants the media to be controlled like it is in China, too, or Russia.  Given that he wants the US to have more manufacturing like China, he does seem determined to mirror that country.[/quote]

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