Trump backs away from demand for border wall money (AP, but just a heads up, maybe...)

You have, basically, a straight line comparison with China’s dumping of cheap steel for about the same time frame as the Canadian timber dumping. Why didn’t Clinton put a stop to it? Obviously, follow the money. Why didn’t Bush or mudboyobama stop it? They were politicians and they didn’t care (IMO).

Why isn’t Trump jumping all over it? It’s business. I’ve long said America needs to be run like a business and we need a businessman, rather than a politician, in the White House.

Again, IMO, to understand a lot of what Trump does/does not do you need to think like a business person, not a politician. Right now, putting a stop to the Canadian timber dumping will only help America, we don’t have a lot of other issues to iron out with Canada so slap a tariff on them and let them whine, they’re good at it. Not the case with China, there is a lot of ironing to do. Now is most definitely not the time to start slapping them with tariffs, we have too much potential leverage to negotiate and we need them to help with N.Korea. I firmly believe that Pres. Trump will deal with China and all their unfair trade but timing is important in any business deal. I could be totally wrong, I’m no expert, but that is how I see it.

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