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Trump's handling of this is probably his biggest mistake

Posted on: July 25, 2018 at 09:17:01 CT

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to date. I do not include china in this, since we could be tariffing the hell out of this slimy, lying little dung piles for all I care.

Oh, another big mistake...he let ZTE off the hook after correctly intending to put them out of business.

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Trump's Road to Socialism - ummmm MU - 7/25 08:38:05

This is so typical. The left accuses the right of being - hokie VT - 7/25 09:19:27

Correct you leftists have NOTHING - JG A - 7/25 12:44:42

You're an uneducated, uninformed idiot (nm) - pickle MU

- 7/25 09:33:07

Why does this post make you so angry? (nm) - MIZ45 MU - 7/25 11:22:41

SS is about as socialist a program as you can create. (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 7/25 09:26:56

So only socialists support it? Are you as dumb as the - hokie VT - 7/25 09:29:11

no, but anyone supporting it is supporting a socialistic - 90Tiger MU - 7/25 09:30:06

I have posted here before that the board idiots, i hadn't - hokie VT - 7/25 09:41:43

you don't know anything about capitalism, socialism, - pickle MU

- 7/25 09:54:14

why is the label important to you?(nm) - cnk ATL - 7/25 09:47:06

Labels are important. Despite what the pansy left and - hokie VT - 7/25 09:52:12

I guess my point is this - cnk ATL - 7/25 09:59:53

you need to re-read my post (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 7/25 09:42:09

Only because of how it started and also what - GA Tiger MU - 7/25 09:29:08

If you are in favor of social security, then you are in - ummmm MU - 7/25 09:26:12

I just disputed it.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 7/25 09:29:42

You did? (nm) - pickle MU

- 7/25 09:36:48

Will you allow opt outs with your plan? (nm) - ummmm MU - 7/25 09:31:21

Probably. The only reason I would - GA Tiger MU - 7/25 09:36:47

What mechanisms would be used when enough people - cnk ATL - 7/25 09:41:03

Shouldn't matter, if the total opting in was - GA Tiger MU - 7/25 12:20:26

If you allow opt outs, then it is nothing like social - ummmm MU - 7/25 09:39:47

There is no subsidy as I outlined my solutions. - GA Tiger MU - 7/25 09:43:15

I couldn't tell from your prior post if you were defending - ummmm MU - 7/25 09:48:08

He meant to say it can't be disputed rationally. (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 7/25 09:30:39

lol. - Newcatbirdseat MU - 7/25 09:24:34

i know, right?(nm) - dangertim MU

- 7/25 09:26:13

Trump's handling of this is probably his biggest mistake - GA Tiger MU - 7/25 09:17:01

NAFTA picked winners and losers - Roberts MU - 7/25 09:08:01

Your last sentence could be reversed and posed as: - ummmm MU - 7/25 09:13:21

Oh my. Libtards are so short sighted - TigerFan92 MU - 7/25 09:01:14

True, they would elect a washed up reality TV star - TheShoe STL - 7/25 09:08:43

Precisely why I posted this: - 90Tiger MU - 7/25 09:26:14

Sounds similar to the credentials of many politicians. - Newcatbirdseat MU - 7/25 09:26:02

That demonstrates what monumental fruitcakes you.have - Mizzou Lou KC - 7/25 09:24:57

They did, If they would have had a better - tcat UMKC - 7/25 09:17:30

Tariffs are foolish and clearly a gvmt overreach. If the - 90Tiger MU - 7/25 08:48:55

RE: Tariffs are foolish and clearly a gvmt overreach. If the - meatiger MU - 7/25 09:39:47

How are they a Goverment overreach?(nm) - tcat UMKC - 7/25 09:45:48

I would like to know what EU and Canada tariffs for us are, - GA Tiger MU - 7/25 09:18:27

Here are Canadian import fees - cnk ATL - 7/25 09:23:28

The problem with instituting any govt interference with - ummmm MU - 7/25 09:10:34

Has anyone ever went that far in the red before - tcat UMKC - 7/25 09:26:28

I doubt you will get little.disagreement there - Mizzou Lou KC - 7/25 09:16:42

Why wait for the EU to agree to stop taxing its citizens? - ummmm MU - 7/25 09:23:34

I think the thing your missing in all of this is not - tcat UMKC - 7/25 09:33:31

I really don't think I'm the one missing that. - ummmm MU - 7/25 09:37:31

Then I stand corrected - tcat UMKC - 7/25 09:44:42

It does not describe the current customary framework of the - ummmm MU - 7/25 09:51:52

Perhaps that works, it can.still be attempted, although i - Mizzou Lou KC - 7/25 09:27:31

Speaking personally, the president's ego/image is pretty low - ummmm MU - 7/25 09:34:07

I get that, I'm just answering your question. It might work - Mizzou Lou KC - 7/25 09:39:09

I don't disagree and hence my position. I just don't see - 90Tiger MU - 7/25 09:15:52

doing nothing at all - meatiger MU - 7/25 09:43:02

I don't like that US goods have tariffs slapped on them - ummmm MU - 7/25 09:24:55

It's indefensible, but look at the "conservatives" trying (nm) - pickle MU

- 7/25 09:38:23

Why do you keep implying that I (or anyone) thinks the - 90Tiger MU - 7/25 09:29:39

"Imposed as a tactic" as a move toward free markets - pickle MU

- 7/25 09:40:27

Because I'm told that the new tariffs are aimed at - ummmm MU - 7/25 09:35:24

I see, you are having trouble grasping the concept of - 90Tiger MU - 7/25 09:44:23

if force is involved, then it's not negotiation (nm) - pickle MU

- 7/25 09:55:27

Force in negotiation sounds like an oxymoron to me. - ummmm MU - 7/25 09:49:58

because it is. (nm) - pickle MU

- 7/25 09:55:43

well, if you don't think leverage (you call it force) isn't - 90Tiger MU - 7/25 09:54:21

That's not analogous. - ummmm MU - 7/25 10:05:04

RE: well, if you don't think leverage (you call it force) isn't - meatiger MU - 7/25 09:56:54

Not analogous (nm) - pickle MU

- 7/25 09:56:13

RE: I see, you are having trouble grasping the concept of - meatiger MU - 7/25 09:49:48

Straw man - Mizzou Lou KC - 7/25 09:41:38

Eliminate or minimize, it doesn't matter. - ummmm MU - 7/25 09:43:07

the average tariff on US goods - Ferg STL - 7/25 09:00:49

Then that is NOT worth quibbling over. Trump - GA Tiger MU - 7/25 09:21:21

Then it still isn't (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 7/25 09:03:03

Even at 2% and 3%, we are talking about a whole lot - ummmm MU - 7/25 09:11:38

I agree, but would like to know how much higher it is when - 90Tiger MU - 7/25 09:13:48

Really? Tariffs are going up on both sides. - Ferg STL - 7/25 09:05:54

"Tariffs.are foolish and clearly a govt overreach..." - Mizzou Lou KC - 7/25 09:13:44

That's ridiculous and doesn't hold water (nm) - pickle MU

- 7/25 09:36:17

why is it so simple for folks to simply disregard this when - 90Tiger MU - 7/25 09:14:35

I guess TDS is more virulent than rotavirus - Mizzou Lou KC - 7/25 09:21:47

you just told me the average tariff levels are so low as to - 90Tiger MU - 7/25 09:07:19

nationalism and racism open the door for fascism - pickle MU

- 7/25 08:42:09

From april 2013 - you claim the US was under fascist rule - 90Tiger MU - 7/25 09:10:42

So America is currently under a fascist dictatorship? - Mizzou Lou KC - 7/25 09:02:06

I didn't say dictatorship, so no - pickle MU

- 7/25 09:34:53

lol, ok spanky (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 7/25 09:45:09

So are we (the US) on the road to - tcat UMKC - 7/25 08:59:44

such hyperbole (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 7/25 08:49:17

you've chosen to put your head in the sand - pickle MU

- 7/25 08:55:12

No, pickle, you've chosen hyperbole and rhetoric at - 90Tiger MU - 7/25 09:03:34