Posted on 01/10/2016 7:53:21 AM PST by don-o
> “...telling Fox News Sunday “I didn’t say I would do it.”
Not saying you would do it is not the same as saying you won’t do it. English grammar and all that.
Trump has mastery of the English language.
What does that have to do with making two diametrically opposed statements within a week?
Yes plus Trump has said numerous times he would never even have to really put the tariff on. If he just announces he is going to do it the Chinese will straighten up and stop devaluing. I think that’s probably true.
During the main election, it won’t matter that much if Trump get’s caught contradicting himself a few times. Trump supporters will vote for Trump because of who he is, and what he stands for, in general. A large part of the electorate wants a president who is on our side, for a change.
Trump will never be handled with Alynski tactics: “To freeze and isolate them; make them live up to their rules, because they can’t.” Trump writes his own rules and moves the goal posts faster than they can create rules.
There is a distinct difference between would and should. There is also the art of the deal. Threaten to demand far more than you intend to get in the deal, you can always move toward reasonable, but if like the GOPe you offer your best deal you can only give in.
That would be the brother of We Tu Lo?
Well, is Trump for or against it?
article states Trump said it WOULD be 45%........
Quotes Trump as saying it SHOULD be 45%...
If writers would state truth - there would be less bickering among freepers and people in general.
Seems they twist peoples words and meanings to keep us all at odds, or the writers are just plain lacking comprehension skills of what they are reading or hearing from the people they report on.
Trump is a negotiator. He’s boldly stating problems and starting dialog of solutions. No candidate can truly state what they will actually do, unless they plan to rule by EO like obama. Candidates know it will be their ideas, negotiated into a final outcome.
I see Trump as best of those running, at negotiating for the best possible outcome within the law on issues USA faces (as he has done in his business career), not caving or being cowardly on issues - until a bold person comes along to temporarily gain strength from as Cruz and Rubio and others have ALL shown in their work/political careers/votes. They lack true love of the USofA and truly abiding in her and her abilities. Trump seems to be schooling all the other candidates on what it means to love USA and stand FOR her and WITH her, even if it may be uncomfortable and at times standing alone. I see some candidates beginning to wake and realize they been asleep at the wheel and abdicating their leadership abilities afforded them by their elected positions. They allowed themselves to live watered down versions of American ideals and their positions in society, no use for that in any one who claims to love USofA and trying to gain hold the presidency.
How do you know what he stands for? It varies from one day to the next. You're buying a pig in a poke because you don't have a clue what he will believe by Jan. 2017 and beyond.
Trump wants balanced trade deals and is willing to impose tariffs if necessary to get them.
The wto agreements include a provision to apply tariffs in the face of chronic trade deficits. So it’s probably something Trump can do without congressional approval. So it’s a very credible threat that Trump is wielding.
Unpredictability. Keep’em guessing.
“That would be the brother of We Tu Lo?”
Those two guys aren’t Chinese, they are two of the four Korean pilots who crashed at SFO. The other two, according to Fox Channel 2 in Oakland, were Ho Lee Fuk and Bang Ding Ouw! Let’s just keep our “Asians” straight!
So in other words Trump has said, on network TV, "I'm going to go to China and say I'm going to put a 45% tariff on imports from them if they don't re-do trade agreements. But I really have no intention of doing it." Great negotiating. Really savvy.
I saw the interview, and didn’t see the inconsistency you do. He said he prefers they play by the same rules. Implying if they do not a tariff would be a likely possibility.
Plenty to bust on Trump about, but this isn’t it. Again, I saw the interview, did you?
Is that new? Or is the the same one you have been spamming on a regular basis?
I do not have a television.
I mostly read the written words. Did you read them?
It’s the same one you’ll be seeing for months to come.
“I mostly read the written words. Did you read them?”
Are you discounting an eye-witness account?
Why would you do that?
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