and a fight that Trump must loose. — Wayfarer
That's when 'the base' might begin to turn. I'm expecting June-July. — Wayfarer
I outlined the most direct route to a stable progressive world. I know it’s not realistic, or likely in the near term. But only a few years ago, say 10years, that is what we had. U.S. EU and China cooperating and providing stability and a safe arena for global trade.Your go-to reaction seems to be "wait and see" and geopolitics is about "potential" instead of well, grounded in fact. If it's not true in 3 years, we must wait 5, if it's not true then it must be 10, but maybe in 20. Not very convincing. To put it differently, if my dad had a vagina he would've been my mother.
And a few days later he exempted IT products from the China tariffs. A very stable genius.But here, he's not saying that the point of the tariffs was to make a deal with China. He's saying that China wants to end the trade war. I honestly don't think he has framed the latest tariffs as a method of extortion. I think he truly wants to shut down imports. But I learn something new everyday. :cool:
Your go-to reaction seems to be "wait and see" [...] — Benkei
On the contrary, I am actively hypothesizing possible reasons for the things we see, while the rest of the forum cannot seem to produce anything beyond "it's stupid". — Tzeentch
Oh boy... TPF looking mighty silly once again. Ya'll gotta stop basing your opinions on regurgitating below-average media slop. — Tzeentch
I've not seen a working hypothesis from you and how what is happening now supports getting to your theorised end goals. — Benkei
Read: I disagree with what others say, here's something that does agree with my view. — Benkei
I've given you plenty of suggestions. You're just refusing to read them, apparently. — Tzeentch
Who do I trust? Benkei, who thinks the governing body of the world's most powerful nation is stupid, or the people who put in an effort to understand what's actually going on? — Tzeentch
Your argumentation means nothing to me if at the end of the day all you're doing is calling the White House stupid. — Tzeentch
I don't feel one way or the other about the article. But it's clear to me that the situation is scarcely as cut and dry as you pretended. — Tzeentch
If people criticise your teet-weening point on Russia, it's "no, it's a long game". — Benkei
There is no deep state. — frank
Is Team Trump, or someone in his vicinity, setting up (prerequisites for) authoritarianism, or is there nothing to worry about here? — jorndoe
His administration want desperately to frame it as a negotiation tactic. That it was planned all a long to happen like this.I honestly don't think he has framed the latest tariffs as a method of extortion. I think he truly wants to shut down imports. — frank
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