[DoodleDawg]

We did it to Japan with Commodore Perry, or do you not know American history at all?

Again by flexing military muscle. Do you really think that's going to work in today's world?

Trump's plan, so much as he has a plan, appears to be that he's going to rip up all existing trade agreements on day one of his administration and have new ones in place by day two. And that he will bring back all those jobs back to America while creating a trade balance in the bargain. And none of you sees any flaws in that?

[LS]

Absolutely. And the interesting thing is, in Panama, in Japan, 99% of the time for the Brits, we never had to fire a shot. Absolutely it works.

[Partisan Gunslinger]

Trump's plan, so much as he has a plan, appears to be that he's going to rip up all existing trade agreements on day one of his administration and have new ones in place by day two. And that he will bring back all those jobs back to America while creating a trade balance in the bargain. And none of you sees any flaws in that?

Gunboat diplomacy in 2017. They live in a dreamworld. The good thing is Trump is just playing to their simple-minded populist beliefs. If he wins, there will be no gunboats going up any river to force trade.