President Trump

KS55 said:
Just total ignorance. There are plenty of policies available which do not ramp up the war. See Canada. China is the second largest economy in the world, not some struggling minnow. 85% of the world economy is not the USA. Has Xi got a telephone?
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I've no idea why people seem to be blaming China for playing hard ball against Trump's tariffs.

As for Canada ...

globalnews.ca

B.C.’s softwood lumber U.S. tariffs now higher than Russia’s: ‘Let that sink in’ | Globalnews.ca

'This additional tariff means that Canadian wood has a higher tariff rate going to the United States than Russia does. I want to let that sink in,' Premier David Eby says.
globalnews.ca globalnews.ca
 
Vic said:
I've no idea why people seem to be blaming China for playing hard ball against Trump's tariffs.

As for Canada ...

globalnews.ca

B.C.’s softwood lumber U.S. tariffs now higher than Russia’s: ‘Let that sink in’ | Globalnews.ca

'This additional tariff means that Canadian wood has a higher tariff rate going to the United States than Russia does. I want to let that sink in,' Premier David Eby says.
globalnews.ca globalnews.ca
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Trump is allied to Russia and an enemy of Canada, and more generally is allied to dictatorships and opposed to democracies. The tariff position makes perfect sense.
 
Vic said:
I've no idea why people seem to be blaming China for playing hard ball against Trump's tariffs.

As for Canada ...

globalnews.ca

B.C.’s softwood lumber U.S. tariffs now higher than Russia’s: ‘Let that sink in’ | Globalnews.ca

'This additional tariff means that Canadian wood has a higher tariff rate going to the United States than Russia does. I want to let that sink in,' Premier David Eby says.
globalnews.ca globalnews.ca
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Because it is short sighted, self defeating and harmful.
Canada employs a range of policies to respond which are not tit for tat
tariffs, eg a campaign for Canadians to voluntarily eschew US goods and not travel to US.
 
@KS55
Please don't misquote me without a "fixed" or some such indication that I did not say what you've attributed to me. Because I don't at all agree with your point 2.

Are 50% of Americans actually cunts? Or are they predisposed to vote a certain way, locked into social media that reinforces their view, and... well, are pretty much in a cult - in need of intervention?
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I suppose I should expound on this.

Both my parents were Republican. Very, very deeply so.

Later in life, my Dad surprised me - having remarried into a wife and family that were very much liberal, I think he changed his mind. He was supportive of Dianne Feinstein late in life - which surprised the hell out of me.

My mother was deeply religious - and bought a copy of one of Pat Buchanan's books - "For the Right" - I can't recall - which I immediately discarded.

So... both of my parents were very, very far right - both were educated, my Dad a PHd in mathematics - and, were they in their 30's brought to life circa 2016... I think that they both would have voted for Trump.

My father was at least persuadable - and I think if he were alive in 2024 - and married to his third wife for several years... I don't think that he would have voted for Trump.

My mother was so much wrapped into Catholicism... that I don't know how she would vote. At the same time she adored her daughter - my sister - and later in life loved my sister's children - one of whom turned out to be a lesbian. It's not clear to me what my mother thought of this - but she loved her grandchildren - so she either got over this issue or didn't know.

Which brings me back to my objection to your misquote.

Unfortunately, there's so much misinformation and inflammatory dialog in modern discourse that facts are routinely ignored - and moreover, the natural inclination for humans is tribalism - seek out those who profess beliefs in alignment with your own. Most such... IMO - are kind, but mislead individuals.

If you want to label the mislead as "cunts" - fair play - but don't misquote me as stating such.

I think that many of those who voted for Trump were simply misled.
 
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Listening to rest is politics US and it seems cabinet member families are buying up tariff contract claims at 10c in the dollar in anticipation of the government losing the tariff war in the courts,the grift continues.
 
KS55 said:
I meant that Your usual trick is to avoid an answer by pretending nobody in the west understands China. You never have any logical point to make about anything. You should try it sometime. You just come over as dogmatic and ignorant. Nobody is fooled by you.
So, tell us all what policy you have ever embraced here that is not the same as CCP.
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If you think China's shipping retaliation against Trump tariffs is because they're communists, you don't understand.
 
roubaixtuesday said:
Bro, you flood every thread I've seen you on with unthinking praise for whatever the CCP position is.
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Just because he supports the CCP position, it doesn't mean the CCP position is wrong. Just because no-one else will tell Trump his tariffs are mad...
 
roubaixtuesday said:
Trump is allied to Russia and an enemy of Canada, and more generally is allied to dictatorships and opposed to democracies. The tariff position makes perfect sense.
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Well that doesn't make sense - isn't China a dictatorship and opposed to democracies?
 
KS55 said:
Because it is short sighted, self defeating and harmful.
Canada employs a range of policies to respond which are not tit for tat
tariffs, eg a campaign for Canadians to voluntarily eschew US goods and not travel to US.
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How's that policy working?

nationalpost.com

Canadian economy falling into recession thanks to Trump tariffs, Crown corporation forecasts

Export Development Canada is forecasting that the Canadian economy will officially fall into a recession this calendar year.
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Vic said:
Just because he supports the CCP position, it doesn't mean the CCP position is wrong. Just because no-one else will tell Trump his tariffs are mad...
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I'm not saying that it's right, wrong or indifferent. Merely that on every single topic related in any way to China, alvin takes the position of the CCP, normally as here without any actual rationale. Oh, and pretends all Chinese support them.
 
Vic said:
How's that policy working?

nationalpost.com

Canadian economy falling into recession thanks to Trump tariffs, Crown corporation forecasts

Export Development Canada is forecasting that the Canadian economy will officially fall into a recession this calendar year.
nationalpost.com nationalpost.com
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The economic ignorance on display in this thread is astonishing.
The whole point is that TARIFFS DESTROY TRADE. Canadas policies are not designed to or expected to change that fundamental law.
Thus their volunteer policy of not travelling to USA for example is working well (Google the numbers) and is an alternative type of trade barrier, but it is still a barrier.
Somebody will be telling me next that the corn laws were a logical response to France.
 
roubaixtuesday said:
I'm not saying that it's right, wrong or indifferent. Merely that on every single topic related in any way to China, alvin takes the position of the CCP, normally as here without any actual rationale. Oh, and pretends all Chinese support them.
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You can pretend not all Chinese support CCP.
But I think at least 90% of people trust CCP.
 
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