Trump Gloats That His Trade War Is Going To Hurt The American People

[CousinIT]

https://www.politicususa.com/2018/04/06/trump-trade-war-american-people.html

First, Trump blamed all previous recent presidents for his trade war, “We don’t have a trade war. We’ve lost a trade war because for many years, whether it is Clinton or the Bushes or Obama, all of our presidents before have for some reason it just got worse and worse.”

Later, in the WABC interview, Trump admitted that the trade war will hurt the American people, “So I’m not saying there won’t be a little pain. But the market’s gone up 40%, 42%. So we might lose a little bit of but we’re going to have a much stronger country when we are finished and that’s what I’m all about. We have to do things that other people wouldn’t do. So we may take a hit and you know what? Ultimately we’re going to be much stronger for it. But it is something we had to do.”

There is no reason for a trade war besides Trump’s desperate need for something that he can call a political win. Just the threat of a trade war with China is damaging the US economy. It wasn’t Obama, the Bushes, or Clinton who lost on trade. It is Trump who is currently losing on trade. The Chinese are prepared to unleash tariffs on US products that will hit red states who voted for Trump hard.

Trump doesn’t care if the trade war hurts the people who voted for him, because he never cared about them. Trump could make sure that these people don’t feel pain. Instead, he is happy to inflict hardship upon them because he thinks that it will lead to a “win” for him. Trump will lose any trade war that he fights because it will be the American people who pay for his decisions.

[Girard442]

1. "I'm not saying we won't get our hair mussed."

"I do say, no more than 10 or 20 million killed, tops -- depending on the breaks."

[dogknob]

4. Lovely. This needs a pic to go with it.

[Girard442]

5. Perfect.

[kairos12]

24. ..and Slim Pickens as Major Kong.

[green917]

25. You can't fight in here...

this is the war room!

[Champion Jack]

2. what Vlad wants,

Vlad gets

[C Moon]

20. Yep

[Turbineguy]

3. Serves us right.

We should adore him more.

[yonder]

6. "So we might lose a little bit of but"(t).

Yes, it is out of context. However, losing our collective asses is more like it. If this is winning, he's right about one thing: "We'll be so tired of winning". Boy howdy.

[smirkymonkey]

7. He has no fucking clue when it comes to economics or trade. He's just pulling things out of his fat

orange ass because he wants to be a contrarian. God help us. The man is a raging idiot.

[John Fante]

8. "But the markets gone up 40%, 42%."

Right here, if the reporter had any guts he/she would have followed up with, "excuse me sir, does it hurt pulling numbers out of your ass? Does it become less painful over time?"

[TCJ70]

9. The market's up 40-42%? What?

It was 19,827 when he was inaugurated. It's 23,849 right now. That's a jump of 4,022. That'd make it a 20% jump to get to where it is today.

Moron.

[ProfessorGAC]

10. And 20% Is What It Did When?

2016, when Obama was president. The upward trend has not changed outside of statistical bounds, at least until the last 10 days.

What an idiot. (Edit: Not you. After i read it, i thought i might look like i was talking about you. You know who i'm talking about!)

[Squinch]

12. Yep. The Obama momentum finally ended. Now we get to see what

Trump-fuckery really looks like.

[ProfessorGAC]

27. I Think We Are, Squinch!

And, it's predictably incompetent!

[TCJ70]

13. No worries...

...my numbers start from his inauguration in Jan 2017. As far as I'm concerned the first year of any presidency belongs to the prior president so that growth is Obamas. Since Trumps first economic year its been heading down.

He's definitely a moron.

[ProfessorGAC]

26. Then We Agree

Both 20% years are due to BHO!

[MariaCSR]

11. It's also going to hurt his GOP comrades in congress come midterms.

Heh.

[Timmygoat]

14. Has anyone asked

How this will affect the dozens of items of Trump merchandise that are made in China?

[keithbvadu2]

19. They don't seem to be on the list for tariffs?

[C Moon]

21. and if the dollar is weak, that will make for more tourists from overseas to stay at his hotels.

[Sam McGee]

15. Let's remind everyone about the Dow-Jones . . .

Trump is a genius . . . under his administration so far, the DJIA has hit 25,000. Twice.

Going up and, now, coming down.

[C Moon]

22. :D

[iluvtennis]

16. Uncaring, unfeeling, bastard.

[mtngirl47]

17. Interesting that I haven't heard any talking heads discuss how this

trade war will effect the upcoming meeting with North Korea. I thought we needed China's help to keep the sanctions in place so that N. Korea will come to the table ready to give up their weapons.

[BobTheSubgenius]

18. I wonder if he has yet grasped the mechanism by which the American public would be hurt.

Or why they wouldn't be happy to shoulder the burden, as long as the wealth continues to flow upward.

[red dog 1]

23. China to Trump: "You want a trade war? You got it!"

And the American poor & middle class will be the ones who'll have to pay for Shitler's "trade war" (not his GOP millionaire and billionaire friends & supporters)

K&R

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

28. "You knew I was a snake before you took me in."

Isn't that the last line of the song that Donnie Two Scoops told CPAC attendees? At the time, everyone was wondering WTF was he talking about. Now they know.

As an aside, the song, "The Snake," was written by black activist communist Oscar Brown Jr. How it got into the speech of a literary ignoramous such as Trump is unknown.