a guy who owns businesses in 20 countries doesn't understand geopolitics? ok
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One doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the other. He looks at each deal as a one-off. In politics & gov't, everything is connected. He doesn't always operate as though he gets that.
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i mean obviously i dont know his internal thinking either but i would think the more likely scenario is that the guy who does multi million dollar deals internationally & rose to the highest office on a foreign-policy based platform probably "gets" a little bit of it
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I didn't say POTUS was an idiot - I said doesn't appear to get this 1 thing. (Bush implemented steel tariffs too, I don't think that was right just cuz wasn't Trump) Plus I regularly offered critical analysis of Obama (ie. Iran deal) despite how smart he is given elected prez
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I mean (I don't like the comparison but..) did MacArthur land and Inchon because he just "didn't get" that he was supposed to break out of the Pusan perimeter and march north the normal way? or because he thought his way was better
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I'm not arguing that Trump doesn't think his way is better and has his reasons, I'm saying his reasoning is faulty & not better. I'm not criticizing motives or saying he's not a thinking person.
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or, if you went to a used car lot and the salesman said "I want to show you the greatest car in the world!" and took you to an old beater, would you say "this guy is bad at his job because he doesn't even know that's not the best car in the world"?
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Trump's motives are not the issue - his methods are.
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Are tariffs your premise, have any been instituted?
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Link me.
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If you'd like to stop sounding foolish on trade, I'd advise reading "How Rich Countries Got Rich ... And Why Poor Countries Stay Poor." Your advice is leading us to poverty ... w.
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I think he's got more of an understanding than any president we've seen. Problem is, most of you journalists tend to only focus on what he says, but you never step away and look at the big picture of what he's actually doing
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This? THIS? THIS?!?
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