Posted on 11/10/2017 12:46:31 PM PST by ForYourChildren
President Trump hit back early Friday at critics at home for challenging his comments in Beijing on the massive trade deficit with China, doubling down on blaming not China but past U.S. administrations for the situation.
“I don’t blame China,” Trump reiterated on Twitter.
“I blame the incompetence of past Admins for allowing China to take advantage of the U.S. on trade leading up to a point where the U.S. is losing $100s of billions,” he continued.
“How can you blame China for taking advantage of people that had no clue? I would’ve done same!”
The unrepentant Friday morning tweet was posted after the president came under fire for earlier remarks on what he described as the “very one-sided and unfair” economic playing field.
“I don’t blame China,” he said, speaking alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on Thursday.
“After all, who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country for the benefit of its citizens?”
“I give China great credit,” he said, then added that he does, however, “blame past administrations for allowing this out-of-control trade deficit to take place and to grow.”
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you are on the wrong thread!
“I cringed at the headline though”
—Well, that’s the editor’s job!
Distort, Dissemble and outright lie.
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