I enjoy Trump jokes too. But it's important to remember his goofy gaffes in Asia don't really matter. What matters is his failure to secure any bilateral trade agreements. Not because he didn't try, but because no one trusts his word or ability to follow through.
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Replying to @wwwwwww2y @Roy__Cohn
Falling for flattery is a big part of the problem. Chinese companies that partner with American companies have invested billions of dollars into the American economy under every president since Nixon opened up China. That's not irrelevant, but it's not much either.
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Replying to @NGrossman81 @Roy__Cohn
It's a sign of how far we've fallen that anyone thinks sales for American companies is what passes for presidential duties these days. It's not that it's a bad thing. Just that it's so much less than international trade agreements.
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Replying to @wwwwwww2y @Roy__Cohn
No, just that it's worse Past presidents negotiated extensive trade deals with Asian countries that benefited the US economically and especially geopolitically. Trump switched strategies, aiming for new bilateral deals, but (so far) failed to get any. Not sure why you excuse that
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Replying to @wwwwwww2y @Roy__Cohn
I hold every president to an incredibly high standard, which also means critiquing them in real time. If Trump secures the bilateral agreements he says he's pursuing and the result is good for the US, your patience will be justified. But so far, it hasn't worked out.
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My favorite modern president is George HW Bush.
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