WSJ spot on re Orange's dumbass trade war with our allies. But they are stinkin libs, right?
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Link: https://apple.news/A7xVYyOSAQHqiKuRhW2WY2w
Replies to: WSJ spot on re Orange's dumbass trade war with our allies. But they are stinkin libs, right?
"We don’t need the products that they have"
Ya, who needs fruits and vegetables?
The Secret Service better eat their Wheaties this term. Trump is going to incite the crazies like never before.
And to top off the brilliance, we put 25% on our neighbors and allies
while putting 10% on our main adversary. Winning!
Attacking China would cost the oligarchs too much money.
Attacking Mexico and Canada costs everyone else too much money.
Just as DJT did his best to alienate NATO in his first term, he's now trying to alienate our trade
partners here in the Americas. It makes no sense...unless you factor in how much his 'Puppet Master', Vladimir Putin wants to cash in on his investment getting Trump elected. The best part for Vlad is that it doesn't cost him any munitions or lives to weaken the U.S.
Widdle Maga's are unhappy unless they have someone to hate.
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I have the flu… I’m sure this is Trump’s fault.
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The Open has Frank-TDS25 virus. Symptoms include emote-posting a dozen/wk new threads on same topic.
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Clear that you can’t discuss these topics cause you know he’s wrong. So the default is this stupid
post.
I was going to make a joke about me starting a thread every 12 times you do. But...
I think we are working on 20+.
You can't stop talking about these topics. Keep it up. I think you are changing the world.
Obviously you have no response which shows how lame you are.
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Mr. Disingenuous strikes again...got to admit, he's very good at it.
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Indeed. I have no response. Feels good not to be worrying about this crap.
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What is it with you? This trade war is no one’s fault but Orange’s. Your flu could come from a
myriad of sources. Like not washing your hands after taking a shit like Hegseth for 20 years?
Hope you are feeling better and shiting regularly. You have sounded constipated recently
I always thought you.were an attorney. Do you not NEGOTIATE?
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Sure I negotiate all the time. I am a certified mediator by the federal court. That’s not what he’s
doing. He’s trying bulldoze who he sees as opponents into submission which makes him a tool. There are ways to play this. But no way should those tariffs be imposed on allies for that sham reason. Once they go on it’s hard to take them off. They will cost the average household $1,200 per year in purchasing power. He also DOES look at these as income sources which come off the back of American consumers. Enjoy your choice Curls.
C'mon Frank. Mediators go hard / bulldoze both parties all the time.
Meet with one party...tell them how bad their position is...get them to worry about the worst case scenario.
Then, meet with the other party...tell them how bad their position is...get them to worry about the worst case scenario.
Mediators always come on hard.
Then, they work to bring the parties together.
The hard playing is not the end goal. It is the opening gambit. It also makes each party look good when compromise is reached. The lead on each side can go back and say, "Sure, we had to give up X, but we didn't have to suffer through the worst case of 10X, so I won with the compromise." It allows saving face. When the other side gives in, they can still go to their people and say they gained something.
Trump is the President, not a union boss. Canada and Mexico are our neighbors.
Such conversations are conducted respectfully and not bantered about like some asshole yelling from the cheap seats to fix the fentanyl traffickers or eat tariffs.
It reflects poorly on all Americans.
Btw, did you know that Trudeau lets China do cold weather military training exercises in Canada?
The son of Fidel Castro has no problem sending fentanyl into the US, and he already hates the US.
It's been happening for years, and they have done nothing. Biden did nothing. That reflects poorly.
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I thought you weren’t worrying about this? Make up your mind.
Good mediators never bulldoze. They apply pressure selectively on points the sides already know anyway. They look to gain credibility and be viewed as an honest broker. And they look for solutions. That’s not what he is doing here. It’s the complete opposite. He’s just hardening positions with allies for no reason and hurting our own consumers. He also has another even more stupid motive of raising revenue off of our consumers. Read the article.
Commenting on mediation & negotiation strategies is worrying about this?
I've represented parties in several mediations with allegations of damages of 9 figures. I know how they work.
Granted, Trump is not in any kind of mediation. He is in multiple parallel negotiations.
In each negotiation, there is no mediator. The "judge" is the other party, who has to make a judgement against themselves in part for Trump to win. In such a negotiation, if he wants X, he asks for 3X or whatever). Then, when he gets X, the other side can say they won 2X, and blowhard Dems in the US can post here in the Open ridiculing Trump for asking for 3X and only getting X, when X was all he really wanted. Then, stupid people can act like Trump is incompetent when he gets exactly what he wanted.
You can have the last word. Maybe start 20 more threads about it.
Thanks for making my point. There is nothing to win here. It isn’t about fentanyl.
The only thing to be won is asserting that you are the alpha dog. And in doing it you put so much more at risk with allies, neighbors, and our consumers. He’s a fools fool. Constantly fighting with friends and allies while embracing adversaries isn’t a winning strategy. Read the WSJ piece. It is so spot on. This is the dumbest trade war ever fought.
Definite DEI hire there. Emotional/mental handicap. Glad he chose negotiator over ATC.
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