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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I would just say that if people are thinking you are sympathetic to the Trump position on this issue, it may be because you seem to take their arguments at face value, even though this Administration lies all the time. I really don't believe there are many people in the Administration who think that protectionism is good for the country.
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You credit these people with far too much cynicism and shrewdness. I think a bunch of these folks really think they can win a trade war.
I think Putin has a grand plan to balkanize the world into geographic spheres of influence. Were Trump smart, one could assume he's playing along with that by starting a trade war. But he's not. He's playing to the base and thinks he's going to do some victory lap after bringing the Chinese to their knees. I see dumbness here and little else.
(Of course, there are some smart folks who understand that Trump's strategy could result in an global recession that damages the Chinese and buys us more time at the top of the heap, but Trump is not one of them. And I'd guess those people are a really tiny faction within this clueless administration.)
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