And he likes that Chinese yuan.
Posted on 08/24/2019 6:59:49 AM PDT by Monrose72
While speaking to reporters on Friday, President Trump stated that he has “the absolute right” to order American businesses not to do business with China. Trump said, “Well, in 1977, we had an act passed, a national emergency act. I have the absolute right to do that. We’ll see how that goes, but I have the absolute right.”
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Okay then.
I’ve just been educated. Thank you, Mr. President.
what’s the name of the Act ??
Yeah, I would like to hear more detail about this capability. Very interested.
Trump named it.
‘The National Emergencies Act (NEA) (Pub.L. 94-412, 90 Stat. 1255, enacted September 14, 1976, codified at 50 U.S.C. § 1601-1651) is a United States federal law passed to end all previous national emergencies and to formalize the emergency powers of the President.’
No he doesn’t. Sorry, but a president is not a dictator. No matter how much I like Trump, he is wrong on this one.
You see how he has the media saying he can’t order businesses to stop allowing a drug into the country that ruins entire towns?
And, yes he does. Falls under import/export he could order it with a stroke of a pen
National Emergency Act. (Pub.L. 94–412, 90 Stat. 1255, enacted September 14, 1976, codified at 50 U.S.C. § 1601-1651) is a United States federal law passed to end all previous national emergencies and to formalize the emergency powers of the President.
well, he isn’t a dictator, and yes, apparently he does have the absolute right, just like he said, so there you go.
How much Chinese tech is Boeing putting in the New Air Force One ?
re: “No he doesn’t. Sorry, but a president is not a dictator. No matter how much I like Trump, he is wrong on this one.”
How about Seattle enacting minimum wage laws - DICTATING to companies what must be paid to an employee by a business?
No he doesn’t. Sorry, but a president is not a dictator.
If Congress gives the President the power, then he is not a dictator for using that power.
Like it or not we are back in a “cold war” only with China this time.
A dictator is a political leader who possesses absolute power. A state which is ruled by a dictator is called a dictatorship. The word originated as the title of a magistrate in the Roman Republic appointed by the Senate to rule the republic in times of emergency (see Roman dictator and justitium).
Like the term "tyrant" (which was originally a non-pejorative Ancient Greek title), and to a lesser degree "autocrat", "dictator" came to be used almost exclusively as a non-titular term for oppressive rule. Thus, in modern usage, the term "dictator" is generally used to describe a leader who holds or abuses an extraordinary amount of personal power. Dictatorships are often characterised by some of the following: suspension of elections and civil liberties; proclamation of a state of emergency; rule by decree; repression of political opponents; not abiding by the rule of law procedures, and cult of personality. Dictatorships are often one-party or dominant-party states.
I don’t know if the President has the authority to order the owners of a private company to leave another nation.At the same time I think it would be in the interest of those companies to pay attention to what the President is saying.
A decision made by a President could have economic repercussions that could cause serious damage to a companies bottom line if they choose to ignore his recommendation.
And he likes that Chinese yuan.
It’s like pulling a bad tooth.
I'm glad you called them private companies and not American companies, because there isn't anything American that I can see about them.
Correct, and stupid to talk about. It won’t help at all in the current China struggle. His trolling habit is getting to be a bit much.
“No he doesn’t. Sorry, but a president is not a dictator.”
You don’t need to be a dictator to prevent imports. We’re a country, not an anarchy.
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