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OT: American Politics

Mad negotiation skillz in effect

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zeke said:
Christ he is dumb.
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and irresponsibly so. his first tweet slammed the price of crude futures, but it quickly recovered when SA denied any "agreement"

At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if he tweets out some of this market moving gibberish to give his family a trading edge.
 
Still boggles my mind that 60+ million people went into a voting booth and decided, yeah, I'll vote for this buffoon to be the president of the United States and leader of the free world.

#MakeAmericaSmartAgain
 
axlsalinger said:
Still boggles my mind that 60+ million people went into a voting booth and decided, yeah, I'll vote for this buffoon to be the president of the United States and leader of the free world.

#MakeAmericaSmartAgain
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It isn't that that gets me.

Its that they might do it again
 
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/04/us-pork-producers-brace-for-new-pork-tariffs-from-china-mexico.html

U.S. pork producers are about to be bitten by a second batch of hefty retaliatory tariffs from China and Mexico — and that has some large producers predicting they could lose big money and be forced to invest overseas.

Executives say the pork industry has been expanding in recent years, in part on the expectation of export opportunities that would continue to support growth. However, the threat of a trade war is adding uncertainty and driving fear. One in 4 hogs raised in the U.S. is sold overseas, and the Chinese are the world's top consumers of pork.

"We put a halt on all investment, not just because we will be losing money, but because we don't know if growing in the U.S. is the right move if we won't be an exporting country," said Ken Maschhoff, chairman of Maschhoff Family Foods and co-owner of the nation's largest family-owned pork producer.

Maschhoff said the farm industry has been "asked to be good patriots. We have been. But I don't want to be the patriot who dies at the end of the war. If we go out of business, it's tough to look at my kids and the 550 farm families that look us into the eye and our 1,400 employees."

Mexico imposed a 10 percent tariff on chilled and frozen pork muscle cuts effective June 5, and that import tax is set to double to 20 percent on Thursday. Mexico's retaliatory action followed the Trump administration's duties on imported aluminum and steel.

China, meantime, is scheduled to start collecting an additional 25 percent import duty Friday on American pork products as it targets $34 billion worth of U.S. goods in response to President Donald Trump's action against Beijing for alleged intellectual property theft.
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In other news, Canada is set to over take the US as the largest supplier of pork to China.
 
Altair said:
It isn't that that gets me.

Its that they might do it again
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Yep. I remember thinking this during the Bush years. Electing him once? Whatever, people get caught up in the rhetoric and vote for whoever. But getting re-elected? That's buying into the buffoonery.

But man, I didn't think there was anyone out there who could make us look back fondly at the Bush years...
 
Altair said:
It isn't that that gets me.

Its that they might do it again
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The funny thing is ..... i think they might.
I think some of them view this as a bit of the glory years of the US throwing around its weight and trying to bully others.
Unfortunately, they dont see that once all the clowns at the table (trudeau and others) leave with their toys in tow, there wont be anyone left to bully and they will start to canabalize themselves, which is already happening.
 
CH1 said:
and irresponsibly so. his first tweet slammed the price of crude futures, but it quickly recovered when SA denied any "agreement"

At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if he tweets out some of this market moving gibberish to give his family a trading edge.
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nothing he has said or done gives me the impression he is smart enough to do this
 
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