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Donald Trump Says He Would Threaten to Tax China 25%
My Fox Memphis ^ | Updated: Friday, 01 Apr 2011, 1:59 PM CDT

Posted on 04/01/2011 5:02:33 PM PDT by Red Steel

Real estate mogul Donald Trump said Thursday that the US is being ripped off by the rest of the world, but he would change if he were president.

"If I decide to run, we are not going to have the kinds of problems we have now because I won't be taken advantage of by the rest of the world," Trump told FOX News Channel's Bill O'Reilly.

"We are being ripped off by the rest of the world to the tune of trillions of dollars," Trump said. "I am not talking about the old word, billions. I am talking about the new word, trillions."

Trump says he knows just how to fix things, starting with China.

"Twenty-five percent tax on China, unless they behave," he said.

"You're threatening China with a trade bill. Twenty-five percent tariff. That's big," O'Reilly retorted.

"No, they're threatening us.

(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxmemphis.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: china; donaldtrump; tariff; tax; trump
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1 posted on 04/01/2011 5:02:36 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

“No, they’re threatening us.”

If he keeps this up, he’ll eventually get my vote. Must...resist...toupee-wearing president...


2 posted on 04/01/2011 5:05:06 PM PDT by max americana (FUBO FKBRK)
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To: Red Steel

I’m sure Trump could open the China market to fair trade.


3 posted on 04/01/2011 5:05:21 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: max americana

Ithink it is a comb job...but he has got spunk!


4 posted on 04/01/2011 5:07:12 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (Obama Sucks)
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To: Red Steel

There’s a kind of blackmail going on. As long as we’re China’s bestest customer, they’ll keep their nukes in the silos. What would a tariff do? I dunno.


5 posted on 04/01/2011 5:09:14 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: Red Steel

A president who is going to do something about the unilateral trade war the Chinese have been waging against us for 30 years?

This is really getting interesting.


6 posted on 04/01/2011 5:09:36 PM PDT by Yet_Again
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To: max americana
If he keeps this up, he’ll eventually get my vote.

Against Obama, Jimma' Carter would get my vote!

7 posted on 04/01/2011 5:10:02 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Red Steel

I wonder what Walmart’s going to think of that idea?


8 posted on 04/01/2011 5:10:27 PM PDT by in the wind
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To: screaminsunshine

Trump can afford the best hair plugs in the world, if he wanted that. I think he’d look better with a Kojak ‘do.


9 posted on 04/01/2011 5:10:37 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: max americana
It is his real hair. He messed it up and showed his receding hairline on camera recently. It is on youtube somewhere.
10 posted on 04/01/2011 5:13:11 PM PDT by Andy from Chapel Hill
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To: HiTech RedNeck

True. But he does have spunk.


11 posted on 04/01/2011 5:14:02 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (Obama Sucks)
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To: Red Steel
Trump understands money well enough to see through the fog of political bullsh*t and knows the Chinese need us more than we need them.
12 posted on 04/01/2011 5:15:12 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: screaminsunshine
True. But he does have spunk.

I won't say it, nope I won't go there, nope won't... ; )

13 posted on 04/01/2011 5:16:25 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Red Steel

In other words he would raise prices of goods sold here from China by 25%.

Nice... I thought Republicans were against taxes?


14 posted on 04/01/2011 5:16:49 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: EGPWS

????


15 posted on 04/01/2011 5:17:37 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (Obama Sucks)
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To: max americana

It’s not a toupee. It’s a comb-over. “Shocking truth behind Donald Trump’s hair revealed”

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/03/shocking-truth-behind-donald-trumps-hair-revealed.html

He would be thousands of times better than BO regardless of how he combs his hair.


16 posted on 04/01/2011 5:17:41 PM PDT by La Lydia
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To: hinckley buzzard
Trump understands money well enough to see through the fog of political bullsh*t and knows the Chinese need us more than we need them.

Bingo!

China would collapse within a quarter if we slapped a 25 % tariff on them.

In the long run that is not a good thing for America either.

Cheap goods is addictive to the general public

17 posted on 04/01/2011 5:19:28 PM PDT by Popman (Obama. First Marxist to turn a five year Marxist plan into a 4 year administration.)
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To: EGPWS
he does have spunk. I won't say it, nope I won't go there, nope won't... ; )

I will....he doesn't have any 'spunk' left because he downloaded inside some 42nd street hooker.

18 posted on 04/01/2011 5:20:21 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (It's not the Obama Administration....it's the "Obama Regime".)
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To: Popman
Cheap goods is addictive to the general public

TS

19 posted on 04/01/2011 5:24:51 PM PDT by OBXWanderer (I'm up against a hard break...)
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To: GeronL

“Nice... I thought Republicans were against taxes?”

You had better tell, Michigan Governor, Rick Snyder that.


20 posted on 04/01/2011 5:26:23 PM PDT by DeadFurrow (Your rights end where mine begins.)
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