.@realDonaldTrump’s weak spot is a lack of understanding of geopolitics & the interconnectedness of everything. All presidents have weak spots (the last one had his weak spots) - this is Trump’s. => https://twitter.com/jonathanvswan/status/969203979245662208 …
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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him instituting a tariff on chinese solar panels caused a chinese company to open a plant here in the US. what's the issue with that method?
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Steep steel tariffs are not solar tariffs. But even that gets beyond my broader critique.
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so your critique was a narrow one only about "steep" steel tariffs? come on
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We're going around in circles now. I stand by my analysis; I think some of your arguments have merit despite differing from mine, you argue well. Now I have to write an actual story.
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we might be going in circles because you're deliberately ignoring every question i ask you. you could have had a substantive convo in less time than that took. good luck with the story
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I didn't ignore, I just wasn't persuaded.
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since obviously its #2, aren't you assuming that 1) you know more about the economy than a guy who has been famous for making economic deals for 40 years & 2) aren't you also assuming that his goal is exactly what he says in plain language before a negotiation that it is?
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The idea that I can't offer critical analysis because I have less experience in the arena is not compelling. I offered plenty of critical analysis of the last admin's foreign policy despite having less experience in the arena, & I don't think that fact DQ'd my analysis
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if your point is "I think this is a bad idea and this is why" then great. if your point is "I understand international business better than Trump and here's what he's missing" then i think you're kidding yourself a little
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OK, we disagree. Plus I didn't criticize his international biz skills. I criticized his understanding of geopolitics & that is different. I also criticized Obama's understanding of geopolitics, despite his vastness of experience in the arena over mine.
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I wasn't saying "POTUS's are always right" or "POTUS's can't be criticized", just saying that if you're speaking to the 1 thing they know how to do on earth it might be better to give them the benefit of the doubt
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Fair enough. I give the benefit of the doubt on some things, not others. I don't just jump on everything he does. In fact I'm complimentary of many things.
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i never said you did. I just think maybe knocking him on international business is like you knocking Hope Hicks on looking like a super model.
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I didn't knock him on int'l business.
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isn't it possible that Trump is using the economic might of the US as a club to get better deals on things "or else" he might do something that he never intended to do? or, isn't it possible he might be right about tariffs and General Kelly is wrong? isn't that actually likely?
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Anything is possible; I don't find it likely. If he's not really the quasi-protectionist he's claimed to be for 40 years (this is on topic on which he's been consistent) than so be it. If he achieves an amazing outcome, then I'll be wrong. So be it.
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obviously you don't find it likely but of the two men, Kelly or Trump, who is likely to have a better understanding of what would actually happen if Trump imposes the tariffs he's been thinking about for 40 years
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This argument is not compelling. Bernie Sanders has been thinking about economics for 40 years - that doesn't make his preference for Socialism (or quasi-socialism) the right choice.
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you're seriously comparing Bernie and Trump in terms of their real world experience with international economies? Do me a favor and just say that out loud to whoever is in your vicinity right now and see what look they give you
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I'm comparing your standard of 'thinking about a subject matter for 40 years.'
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my standard was clearly the pairing of credibility based on results with having long considered what he's doing now. If you were critiquing Bernie on making a living while pretending to run against someone he actually supported, I would mention that you were being silly then too
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