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Jarqui

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9. The recent suffering farmers have been experiencing is the direct result

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 11:08 AM

Dec 2018

of his lousy bull in the china shop trade management.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/19/escalation-in-trade-war-comes-at-worse-time-says-iowa-ag-official.html
(random grab of media on this)
The interim relief they're getting is from him undoing the stupid thing he did after everyone warned him of the consequences for farmers.

What he's doing now is what he needed to do before he hurt the farmers: diplomacy and negotiation.

The problem now is he remains an idiot and China will probably clean his clock.

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Trump Claims Farmers 'Will Be A Very BIG And FAST Beneficiary' Of China Deal [View all] DonViejo Dec 2018 OP

Please let this assh*le be removed from office soon! trusty elf Dec 2018 #1

Didn't Chairman Mao have "a great leap forward" in the late 1960s? Botany Dec 2018 #2

Maybe Mr. Fontenot can unplow his field... PeeJ52 Dec 2018 #4

Mr. Fontenot can get a job in the new Trump NCjack Dec 2018 #16

The GREAT LEAP FORWARD anf the CULTURAL REVOLUTION were not the same thing. pangaia Dec 2018 #10

thanx! I stand corrected Botany Dec 2018 #12

Sometimes I think tRump's advisors are setting him up..... luvtheGWN Dec 2018 #13

Trumpspeak translation: Mr.Bill Dec 2018 #3

The problem is, the fields HAVE been leveled, and the crops have gone to waste. NT mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2018 #5

The Orange Menace is speaking to the new owners of NCjack Dec 2018 #15

Farmers, start raking dalton99a Dec 2018 #6

And now the world's biggest market for agricultural products, China, is now buying from .... Botany Dec 2018 #7

Yep. Genius move dalton99a Dec 2018 #8

The recent suffering farmers have been experiencing is the direct result Jarqui Dec 2018 #9

China will clean Americans' clocks ! pangaia Dec 2018 #11

HE's just lying to them again duforsure Dec 2018 #14

New school for farmers safeinOhio Dec 2018 #17

"...if and when a deal is completed." CrispyQ Dec 2018 #18

And Kim has already dismantled his nuclear capability, right? SergeStorms Dec 2018 #19

The unpurchased crops have already rotted TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #20

$12 billion Roy Rolling Dec 2018 #21

Good, then the $12B farmer bailout is no longer needed ... aggiesal Dec 2018 #22