China warns ,don’t appease trump

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6 hours ago, jas007 said:

I think if you go back and read some of my posts, you'll see that I'm not a "hardcore MAGA member."  If thinking Harris would have been a disaster as President makes me hardcore MAGA, then that's silly.  Call me a realist who makes some effort to think for myself and question authority.  I may not get everything right all the time, but at least I try.  I'm smart enough to know propaganda when I see it, and I'm smart enough to know crazy when I see it.  And I absolutely believe in free speech. 

As for questioning authority, your line has pretty much been Trust in Trump.

[jas007]

1 hour ago, Walker88 said:

He just caved on China. Yesterday he caved on Jerome Powell.

 

Now 184 targets of tariffs know he's weak and willing to forget it.

 

EVERYBODY---even that uninhabited island---will be playing the clown like a fiddle.

 

To use one of his own favorite epithets, he's a total loser.

And where did you read this so-called "information"? Or are you just putting your desired spin on the fact that, reportedly, Xi and Trump will meet in May, as Trump has requested.  China wanted to do it the normal way - through diplomatic channels to work out a deal, and then finally with XI.  But Trump wanted to bypass all that and meet directly with Xi, which sounds like exactly what is now being reported.  

[jas007]

3 minutes ago, placeholder said:

As for questioning authority, your line has pretty much been Trust in Trump.

Not that I agree with him, necessarily, but because he's the President and he's the one running US foreign policy, per the US Constitution, Article II.  Or do you think that's no longer relevant? 

 

Like I said, I deal in reality, not propaganda-induced fantasy.  

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7 minutes ago, jas007 said:

Not that I agree with him, necessarily, but because he's the President and he's the one running US foreign policy, per the US Constitution, Article II.  Or do you think that's no longer relevant? 

 

Like I said, I deal in reality, not propaganda-induced fantasy.  

You claim that Americans should defer to him. And no, he doesn't have unlimited license to run foreign policy. And the pushback he's gotten seems to have derailed his plans. Is that necessarily a bad thing? Given your views, apparently so.

[CallumWK]

 

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/commentary-trumps-economic-pain-thresholds-have-emerged-in-other-words-he-blinked-155556365.html

 

Commentary: Trump's economic pain thresholds have emerged. In other words, he blinked.

 

President Trump is finally signaling that his trade war has caused enough mayhem and he’s willing to do some damage control.

 

On April 17, Trump said in a social media post that Powell’s “termination cannot come fast enough,” triggering yet another market sell-off. But five days later, Trump told reporters, “I have no intention of firing” Powell. Markets jumped.

 

Trump and his team have also signaled that it’s time to rein in tariffs that, in some cases, are so severe they’re effectively an embargo on imported goods. Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent both recently said Trump’s draconian 145% tax on Chinese imports is too high and needs to come down, as long as China makes similar adjustments. New tariffs might be half the current level.

 

Through April 21, the dollar had fallen 9.4% relative to a basket of foreign currencies since the start of the year. It rebounded a bit after Trump talked back his trade war. Trump may have discovered that a gradually weakening dollar is OK, but a plunging greenback is not.

[Cryingdick]

Has XI resorted to saying Trump is a fascist dictator worse than Mao and Hitler yet?

[jas007]

40 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

 

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/commentary-trumps-economic-pain-thresholds-have-emerged-in-other-words-he-blinked-155556365.html

 

Commentary: Trump's economic pain thresholds have emerged. In other words, he blinked.

 

President Trump is finally signaling that his trade war has caused enough mayhem and he’s willing to do some damage control.

 

On April 17, Trump said in a social media post that Powell’s “termination cannot come fast enough,” triggering yet another market sell-off. But five days later, Trump told reporters, “I have no intention of firing” Powell. Markets jumped.

 

Trump and his team have also signaled that it’s time to rein in tariffs that, in some cases, are so severe they’re effectively an embargo on imported goods. Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent both recently said Trump’s draconian 145% tax on Chinese imports is too high and needs to come down, as long as China makes similar adjustments. New tariffs might be half the current level.

 

Through April 21, the dollar had fallen 9.4% relative to a basket of foreign currencies since the start of the year. It rebounded a bit after Trump talked back his trade war. Trump may have discovered that a gradually weakening dollar is OK, but a plunging greenback is not.

Well, it looks like Trump didn't "blink," as the mainstream is so eager to report.  Bessent just denied it and again signaled that the tariffs need to be reduced in a mutual fashion.  Of course, the markets didn't like that to much, but they're still up substantially on the day, so far. 

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bessent-us-and-china-tariffs-need-to-come-down-before-talks-can-start-154240028.html

[jas007]

48 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

 

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/commentary-trumps-economic-pain-thresholds-have-emerged-in-other-words-he-blinked-155556365.html

 

Commentary: Trump's economic pain thresholds have emerged. In other words, he blinked.

 

President Trump is finally signaling that his trade war has caused enough mayhem and he’s willing to do some damage control.

 

On April 17, Trump said in a social media post that Powell’s “termination cannot come fast enough,” triggering yet another market sell-off. But five days later, Trump told reporters, “I have no intention of firing” Powell. Markets jumped.

 

Trump and his team have also signaled that it’s time to rein in tariffs that, in some cases, are so severe they’re effectively an embargo on imported goods. Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent both recently said Trump’s draconian 145% tax on Chinese imports is too high and needs to come down, as long as China makes similar adjustments. New tariffs might be half the current level.

 

Through April 21, the dollar had fallen 9.4% relative to a basket of foreign currencies since the start of the year. It rebounded a bit after Trump talked back his trade war. Trump may have discovered that a gradually weakening dollar is OK, but a plunging greenback is not.

Wrong. Trump didn't "blink."  Yet more evidence that the mainstream media gets ahead of itself whenever they sense an opportunity to bash Trump.  The truth doesn't seem to be a priority for them, so long as it's all to "get Trump."

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bessent-us-and-china-tariffs-need-to-come-down-before-talks-can-start-154240028.html

 

[jas007]

7 hours ago, placeholder said:

You claim that Americans should defer to him. And no, he doesn't have unlimited license to run foreign policy. And the pushback he's gotten seems to have derailed his plans. Is that necessarily a bad thing? Given your views, apparently so.

Did I say Trump has an "unlimited license" to run foreign policy?  Nope.  For example, Congress can declare war.  And certain actions are taken with the advice and consent of the Senate, such as appointing ambassadors.  And it's the Senate that must ratify treaties.  The list goes on.  But it is the President that is the prime driver of foreign policy.  And all this has been recognized in the courts.