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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Sat Jun 23, 2018, 08:26 AM Jun 2018

Trump's Trade War Is Starting to Hurt Americans

June 23, 2018 at 7:36 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

New York Times: “Mr. Trump, who campaigned on a get-tough approach to trade, has said his tariffs would make trade pacts more fair and ultimately help American workers, farmers, manufacturers and other. But the situation could soon become politically perilous to Mr. Trump, whose trade policies are starting to inflict economic pain across the country, including in areas that are home to the voters who helped him win election.”

“Business owners across the country are fearing the worst and wondering if Mr. Trump, who calls himself a master negotiator, will get the better end of the deal. Here are the ways several American products are being affected.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2018/06/23/trumps-trade-war-is-starting-to-hurt-americans/

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Trump's Trade War Is Starting to Hurt Americans (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2018 OP

He's not even trying to negotiate anything. He's just slapping on arbiteary Squinch Jun 2018 #1

Exactly! Trump is a hot air balloon. He has no idea WTF he's doing. He just bellows out what he RKP5637 Jun 2018 #2

Peanut butter, lobsters, whiskey, nails eleny Jun 2018 #3

Squinch

(51,093 posts)

1. He's not even trying to negotiate anything. He's just slapping on arbiteary

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 08:37 AM

Jun 2018

tariffs because he thinks they make his dick look bigger.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

2. Exactly! Trump is a hot air balloon. He has no idea WTF he's doing. He just bellows out what he

Reply to Squinch (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 08:42 AM

Jun 2018

thinks makes him get the spotlight. In reality, he's a very poor leader and not a negotiator at all.

eleny

(46,166 posts)

3. Peanut butter, lobsters, whiskey, nails

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 10:10 AM

Jun 2018

Areas of the country supportive of Trump are now getting bitten in the ass.

From the article regarding the owner of the Missouri nail manufacturing company who fears he's going out of business:
"Mr. Skarich, a Republican, has lobbied Senator Claire McCaskill, a Democrat from Missouri, for help.

“He ran on ‘Make America Great Again,’ and the point was to defend and protect jobs in the United States,” Mr. Skarich said. “Now here is an action he decides to take that has the potential to cost 500 U.S. citizens their jobs.” "

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