Trump Throws Chuck Schumer a Shoutout on China Trade Talks: We 'Have Long Agreed'

[DonViejo]

Source: Mediate




by Aidan McLaughlin | 8:10 am, May 21st, 2018

The White House announced over the weekend that President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping had come to an agreement that would see China reduce its trade deficit with the US, and in exchange the US would remove tariffs.

The halt on tariffs cooled off a potential trade war between the two countries, but it’s not clear that the new agreement is much of a win for Trump.

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[riversedge]

1. If Trump wants credit for a China Trade deal, He just blew it by acting like a jerk. Why

does the Donald always have to piss on someone. all the time all the time.

[Liberalagogo]

2. Deflection from the Shithole

n/t

[dalton99a]

3. WP: "China is winning Trump's trade war"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/05/20/china-is-winning-trumps-trade-war/
China is winning Trump’s trade war
by Heather Long May 20 at 6:20 PM

It was easy to miss the U.S.-China trade statement that the White House released Saturday, right in the midst of royal wedding mania. But it's hard to hide that China looks as if it's winning President Trump's trade skirmish — so far.

The statement said that, after several days of talks, the Chinese agreed to “substantially” reduce the United States' $375 billion trade deficit with China and that the details would be worked out later. It was noticeably vague.

Notice China didn't agree to a specific amount. On Friday, Trump's top economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, was telling reporters that the Chinese had agreed to reduce the deficit by “at least” $200 billion. China quickly denied that, and, a day later, the official statement didn't have a concrete number, a seeming victory for the Chinese.

What about the IP fight? The real battle against the Chinese was supposed to be over intellectual property theft, which the Trump administration says has been going on for years and costs the U.S. economy $225 billion to $600 billion a year. Trump was supposed to get the Chinese to stop stealing U.S. business secrets and technology. On this front, the statement was brief and lackluster, saying that both sides agreed to “strengthen cooperation” (diplomatic speak for not doing much) and that China would “advance relevant amendments” to its patent law. It remains to be seen whether that happens (and whether China enforces any new laws).

[maxrandb]

4. If "Fucken, Chucken Schumer" doesn't come out

and I mean, RIGHT FUCKING NOW, and denounce this orange piece of shit...and make it Crystal "A Few Good Fucking Men" Clear that Donnie Shit for Brains is NOT QUALIFIED TO CARRY PRESIDENT OBAMA'S JOCKSTRAP, then Chuck needs to drop the fucking pretext, walk across the aisle and join the ReTrumplicans.

Chuck needs to understand that there is ONLY ONE acceptable response to this tweet. He needs to forcefully...and with this exact language, tell Donnie Dirtbag to; "go fuck himself and keep President Obama's name out of his Fried Chicken hole"

[notdarkyet]

5. Yep.

[maxrandb]

6. Still waiting

Hey Chuck, how long does it take to type "Go Fuck Yourself and keep President Obama's name out of your Fried Chicken hole" on twitter?

[Nitram]

7. Wow, max, I think you're confusing politics and statescraft with the middle school locker room.

Yeah, I know that's boring and not as much fun as punching somebody in the nose (as much as they might deserve it), but welcome to adulthood. Lowering ourselves to Trump's level would be stupid and pointless.

[secondwind]

8. Bingo

[maxrandb]

10. Have you met some of your fellow citizens?????

I'm still waiting for when "going high" is going to result in some electoral victories.

Woody Hayes once famously said; "I'm all for turning the other cheek, but I'll be damned if I'll tell my football players to do that when all that will happen is they'll get it shattered".

You have noticed that the party full of shitheads, assholes, bullies and foul-mouthed ass-pickles CONTROLS ALL BRANCHES OF OUR GOVERNMENT...2/3RD OF OUR COUNTRIES STATEHOUSES...AND STOLE A SUPREME COURT LIFETIME APPOINTMENT...

But, you're right, we mustn't be as cut-throat as they are

[LanternWaste]

11. Rational thought is complex and wearisome. I get it.

No... of course you're right. We should yell and stomp and threaten to hold our breath. Without petulance, so many are empty of anything else. We should emulate that tactic, and allow our brains to be beholden to the lowest common denominator worthy of a fifth-grade schoolboy.

Our Righteous Tantrum will be just the thing to forward the Democratic agenda.

Or, you could realize that reductio ad absurdum is a logical fallacy, use it again with the eye-roll, and further pretend both relevance and cleverness.

My guess is, you'll choose the latter. Rational thought is complex and wearisome. I get it.

[maxrandb]

12. What an ignorant, elitist thing to post

As a retired United States Navy Officer, I know all about rational thought.

I also know that, unless you live in a fantasy world completely detached from reality, you would understand that rational thought and arguments don't work with irrational people.

Have you seen the Donnie Shit for Brains voters? Rational, intelligent, thoughtful, complex and reasoned engagement is not going to work with them...EVER

Righteous Anger is never a "tantrum" when you happen to be "right".

My guess is you've never been in a situation where you had to use your instincts, but when your dealing with completely irrational people, reasoning with them is like trying to teach a goat to sing. Something I'm sure you've tried and failed at.

Noli pati a scelestis opprimi - See, I know Latin too. Thank God for 12 years of Catholic Education.

[Maxheader]

9. We'll see donny, we'll see...

China has agreed to buy massive amounts of ADDITIONAL Farm/Agricultural Products - would be one of the best things to happen to our farmers in many years!