RE: Will Trump Win the Tarriffs War?
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Thanks for continuing to read my posts!
There will always be some imbalance to correct. It often depends on who weighs on things and determine they are balanced or not. And it depends if correcting certain imbalances brings you (i.e. in this case, the US) and the partners more harm than good. Especially that the US needs partners even more than before to stay competitive against the bigger perceived threat.
Trump tells a lot of half-truths or plain lies to justify his actions. It's like a broken record. It's unfortunate, but when he starts talking and I have a choice, I mute the sound, because he started to bore me to death. I've seen people stopped contradicting him altogether, because it's counterproductive. He just gets more stubborn and probably never hears what the other person says on some subjects, or if he does, he gets mad about it.
Thank you for your response, @gadrian. It looks like my comment prompted some more engagement with your readers, on your post!
We agree on this. There were always be something to point a finger at, as it is sadly far too common to create some sort of "all or nothing" narrative around whoever the latest enemy is supposed to be. With what objective?
Dividing us by whatever works versus uniting us around common objectives.
Perhaps. How would you characterize the claims of so much of what the administration he replaced had to say? About pretty much any topic you would care to mention?
The sad reality is people are far less inclined to have open and honest dialog about any topic today than was the case in my younger years. It was most certainly not perfect then, but it is indisputably worse today.
The various political leaders we are all presented with as our "savior" do not help this, but since people are so easily swayed, I guess the argument is made that is what the people want.
I despise this mindset personally.
We can agree on this. Trump is a classic New Yorker and I have worked with some of them personally. I do not know what happens to people growing up in that concrete jungle, but they definitely have similar traits.
FWIW, I do not like the way he communicates, particularly when he makes it personal. Since, again, this is such a common characteristic of public discourse in our time, I have to grudgingly accept the constant give-and-take is part of it and ignore it myself.
I and many of the American people focus instead on what he does. In sharp contrast to the administration he handily defeated, who had done all in their considerable power to destroy him and anyone willing to be publicly associated with him.
Haha, it sure does!
Yep! It's always easier to control people when they are divided and to turn them against each other instead of against you.
I didn't follow what Biden was doing as much. I certainly thought he was unfit for the position toward the end. I certainly didn't like the woke movement and the non merit-based job structures. Trump may be partially right about immigration, but I can't trust Trump to say the truth either, and I'm too far to know what's really going on. I know he surely exaggerates on some aspects, because not all delinquents came to the US. He conveniently forgets about the ones that are a "net positive". After all, Elon Musk is an "imported good". So was Albert Einstein and many others. I'm sure a few came in the last 4 years. Maybe not as prominent yet, but time will tell. By the way, how many of the gold-diggers back in the day were upstanding citizens?
Trump maybe would have taken better economic decisions (for the US, not necessarily the world), but we see now at what costs...
Yes, now it's difficult to have a dialogue. The radicalization has reached very high levels.
I hate that we turned on this route, too. You rarely have two viable options to choose from.
Ah, that's another thing they did horribly. But that turned him into a victim and a sure winner. Probably they thought they would break him and he won't run for the 2nd term. Bad judgement call with Trump!
Thank you for this additional input on a new day here, @gadrian. Lots of good input from you here. With most it, we are in agreement. In spite of living in different parts of the world.
That is encouraging to me.
I think I will leave this conversation here and we'll all find out together what the outcome is of this particular aspect of President Trump's agenda, as it is scheduled to be taken to another level on April 2nd.
Thanks for a meaningful conversation, as always!