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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jun 10

    For all Trump's talk of starting trade wars, he's not talking about doing anything to foster American competitiveness. He's doing the opposite.

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      1. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jun 10

        Of course it's not surprising that Trump isn't trying to do what he can to make America more competitive. He's never actually succeeded where he had to compete w/o artificial advantages.

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      2. Bronco Bama‏ @BronckoBamma Jun 10
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Lest we forget, the White House Office of American Innovation is led my Jared Kushner and nothing says more about Trump's commitment to American competitiveness than that.

        2 replies 6 retweets 42 likes
      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jun 10
        Replying to @BronckoBamma

        Well said.

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      1. Angry Moderate 2020‏ @PaulWartenberg Jun 10
        Replying to @emptywheel

        because he honestly doesn't understand competitiveness. he views the world as 'ripoff artists' or 'suckers' and so he never wants to be the sucker. so he never thinks long-term, never thinks of improvement, never thinks outside of short-term ego-stroking.

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      1. Brian Hurn‏ @brianhurn Jun 10
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        When the sum must be zero, the magnitudes are irrelevant.

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      2. William Bach‏ @WilliamBach8 Jun 10
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Your wrong. Proudly, the US is the largest consumer of products and services in the world. Trump is not a diplomat. He’s from Queens,NY.Gruff,unapologetic.Remember I’m a left leaning kinda guy so this war is all about our money and countries who want it.

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      3. Dread Pirate Rap‏ @Protest_Works Jun 10
        Replying to @WilliamBach8 @emptywheel

        You're wrong

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      1. Hf‏ @hf7495 Jun 10
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Putin does not want a competitive America or Europe....he wants the opposite to try to save his own economy.

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      1. Anne‏ @SparksMom53 Jun 10
        Replying to @emptywheel

        He’s just pulling from his deep well of experience w/business failure, which is bad enough, but what’s worse is he thinks this is just about him: it’s his 1 and only frame of reference & the only thing that matters. And people w/power to stop it/him are just letting it happen.

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      1. Bill, a GM (Fx, #VoteThemOut, and etc)‏ @gm_wggames Jun 10
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        I'm dreading the opening bell on Monday. What is the market going to do after the president threatened to somehow end all trade with the rest of the world?

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      1. Glenn Middleton‏ @glennmid10001 Jun 10
        Replying to @emptywheel

        The reality of competitiveness is replacing workers with robots/machines. Nation should embrace that before it is too late.

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      1. William Bach‏ @WilliamBach8 Jun 10
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I’m in embarrassed to say that a lot of my liberal brothers and sisters have this illogical group think and know nothing about economics.

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      1. William Bach‏ @WilliamBach8 Jun 10
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Wrong again! America has the best engineers/ai/it/ and etc. The problem lies with China stealing the all of the aforementioned from us. Ask Elon Musk/Tesla and Elon will tell you the same. 💋

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      1. kiss me, k8s‏ @rone Jun 10
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        Please tell Matt Stoller.

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      1. Craig‏ @CraigNJ66 Jun 10
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Well said.

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