With TPP, US was at the center of a 13-country pact excluding China. Now, 11 of them made a pact excluding US, and many are getting closer to China. Trump abandoned a great geopolitical move containing China's rise, and united other countries in an anti-US containment strategy.https://twitter.com/AP/status/929142126759350272 …
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You're welcome. I find the whole thing very frustrating, and though it's not much solace, it's nice to know others do as well. Thanks for reading.
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I suspect he, like many Americans, vastly underestimated the replacability of American trade.
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To the extent there's strategic thought behind the decision, that's a possibility. The biggest logic I can see is the assumption that everyone wants access to the US market, without realizing that bailing on a long-negotiated deal would make countries unwilling to make a new one.
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My suspicion is that his view of Asia as riding on America's coattails made him think American participation in trade was something they couldn't survive without.
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The Trump contingent doesn't really understand how much trade in the world has nothing to do with us.
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Excellent summarization. I hold Fox News and Conservative media more accountable than Trump for all these diplomatic failures. By supporting Trump and using their false pretense as a "news" corporation they fail to educate their viewers on basic common sense impacts on them.
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I don't see how Trump can be separated from Fox, Breitbart, Drudge, etc. The two are so intertwined. There's no way he could've become president and retain his current support levels without them, and they influence his thinking in office.
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Yes but I find it hard to see how these "news" orgs can fail to see the sabotage and then ignore it. If they report it, Trump will have to change his approach.
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China wins now. We’re all going to need to get used to it now.
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Great thread...followed! So spot on; it's disheartening to see the country rapidly declining before my very eyes.
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Trump is an ignorant, impulsive man, doesn’t read, doesn’t want to listen...USA is heading toward failure in diplomacy and trade, just as Trump’s properties went bankrupt.
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America last!
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